SouthSideRyan

I wish I could un-see Cody Zeller

That couldn't possibly be more over my head.

Never seen a kurdish refuge look like the Weber daughters ETA: I do wish they started singing Anatevka on their way out.

That's not really what he said. He said he did some things in his 9 years that had never been done at Illinois. I'm going off of what I read off of two different message boards. He prolly meant losing 19 games. Maybe missing the tourney 3 times in 5 years, while not on probation. Most predictable post ever

Yeah, I don't really agree with everyone driving a semi over Brandon Paul here.

The trend has been that content is king in the entertainment world, and sports is about the most desired content out there. I would say the potential for TV deals across the board is huge. But if FSN Ohio(or wherever the [expletive] they are) says well we'll give you this for local broadcast rights, where does Cincy turn to get a better offer?

Pre-Rizzo trade, I'd have been fine with the Pujols deal.

What do you mean it averages 27.5% of the 2012 payroll? It only accounts for a percentage of the 2012 payroll once. It's pretty clear with all the money that most non-Cubs teams are willing to spend on players that money is expected to be there to afford all these players. Cincy's current payroll is roughly double what it was 7 years ago. If it doubles again that percentage will plummet. The obsession with payroll flexibility really confuses me. I would much rather have really good players than the flexibility to sign mediocrity. The Reds are closer to median payroll now than they were in 2004 which was the last time they were down that low. There isn't as much room for them to grow anymore, so they are dependent on MLB growing salaries across the board. I used the 2012 number because that's the only payroll number we know as of the moment so that served as a baseline. Obviously as I mentioned that percentage will go down as the payroll increases, but I would be stunned if there payroll was double or really anywhere close in the next 7-10 years. Payroll flexibility has to be balanced with the scarcity of playing time. For the Cubs, playing time is more scarce then money, so signing stars to that sort of deal makes sense. For the Reds, payroll flexibility is a big deal. They'll have some difficulty surrounding him in the early years because of how much his salary is, and in the later years he'll decline. That's a big problem. It's an even bigger one when they could trade him and get major assets back for him from a team who doesn't have to be as concerned by the financials. http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2012/02/11/more-scary-news-on-tv-front-for-reds/?odyssey=obinsite the reds current tv deal is a joke, it's not unreasonable to think they'll be right there along with everyone else and get a real deal that allows them to significantly up the payroll in a few years. Is the potential for TV deals really that significant for cities with one sports network and no ability to form their own? Obviously they'll get an increase thanks to the huge increase in demand for live programming, but it's not like they have a lot of leverage.

That Florida team wasn't overall #1? Wow

I still haven't forgiven him for Undercover Boss

Having no idea who Kentucky's freshman class is, I feel pretty confident putting them ahead of Indiana.

i'd rather lose trying to win our 4th championship than sit at home and try to talk myself into the Groce hire. just ran the numbers and this loss moves the illini job ahead of the ku job. man when it rains it pours. They'll have their pick of the Big Sun now. Does that mean we can get Bill Self in 4 years?

Porcello will be a free agent 2 years after Garza. If the best offer you can get is based around a mediocrity like him, then maybe you should actually keep the really good pitcher.

He was terrible.

http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusncaabexperts/kansas.jpg Another recruiting tool for Kansas.

http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/images/11/2008/04/medium_jayhawkfan.jpg Tweesa took this one hard.

i'd rather lose trying to win our 4th championship than sit at home and try to talk myself into the Groce hire. You forgot to count the Helms I only include those when I'm posting with potential recruits. You just lost yourself Ryne BHogg.

i'd rather lose trying to win our 4th championship than sit at home and try to talk myself into the Groce hire. You forgot to count the Helms

i'd rather lose trying to win our 4th championship than sit at home and try to talk myself into the Groce hire. http://www.tigerboard.com/uimages/user17518_23.jpg

I just assumed everyone was.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e302/ckowalczyk/ncb_a_kansas11_576.jpg

The cats have run WILD in New Orleans!!

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I'm pretty sure Taylor took 3 steps before putting that ball on the floor

And then Danny Manning left and the school was put on probation.