UMFan83

So wait, its been awhile, how many points do we get for a non-Detroit loss? 1? Wait its 0? WTF?

Oh give him a break. He was probably the best dl on the bears last year he's never been any good. He was pretty good at Florida back in the days of the primordial pre-Tebow history of NCAA football. yeah, but i don't care how he played at florida, it didn't benefit me as a fan at all. if he could actually do what he's supposed to do i would like him. He's not the most talented de on the bears but he is consistently above average. I personally thought he was playing at a pro bowl level in 2005. Had a bad year in 06 and half of 07. Was good last year. I can sense we won't agree though

Fat Oklahoma girl crying was the highlight of my night and I'm not afraid to admit it

Oh give him a break. He was probably the best dl on the bears last year

Just be thankful you aren't watching his mom & sisters in between each play. i wonder what the daniel's are up to right now They are hanging out with Sarah Wood I believe.

Too bad Texas didn't do a good enough job vs. OSU because there is no way they would vote Utah.

Nice. Also, a little contract insight: http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090108&content_id=3736641&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc This is a good contract for the current economic state, but I wonder if Jim realizes that these backloaded contracts will kill him at some point.

I don't know...after seeing Texas struggle and put up 21 vs. Ohio State and seeing Tech lose their game, I'm not sure if the its the Big 12 offenses that are overrated.

At least five members have been incredibly rude to me from the get-go. I'm issued a warning for fighting fire with fire. It's beyond ridiculous. Guess if you're not in a clique or a longstanding member, you're not allowed to defend yourself. I didn't even realize I was in a clique. I just laughed at your strange opinions. The "Clique" begins with IMB!, Meph, Derwood, and Truffle...what, you didn't get the memo from them? That Jersey guys is the biggest prick though, watch out for him. Though he is not as bad as that goony guy was. that is the weirdest idea of a clique ever. one of those people is on my ignore list. I could probably get this in one guess, but to be absolutely certain I would need 2.

The Hawks are losing and they aren't even playing Detroit? WTF is up with that?

I'm not even a huge playoff guy, although I'd like to see one, but its just amazing how I watch this and just think its a huge sham. I really don't treat this game as any sort of national championship game

He looks a little chubby in the picture where he's putting on his jersey.

I read they were looking into signing Lowe

Callis:

I like this guy. He did seem a bit uncomfortable answering some of the harder hitting questions, but overall he gave the answers I wanted to hear. I remember reading an ESPN the Mag article circa 2005ish and I really liked what I read about him and how misunderstood he can be. Obviously some of his actions have come across rather loudly, but outside of those major incidents, I've heard and read nothing but good things.

No, one of the articles posted above says he passed it already.

Embezzles? You mean extorts? Yeah yeah, my brain isnt working today.

I think this really comes down to Peavy. The Padres dangled him and I think he officially wants out. Peavy's contract extension was based on the Padres staying competitive. I wouldn't be surprised if Peavy forces the trade to the Cubs. I've held firm all offseason that this deal will happen. I'm also expecting it to happen sooner now than later. Both teams still have work to do if Peavy isn't going anywhere, and less and less players will be available to either team the longer this deal takes. How would he do that? He could be a total jerk and go to the media and say he refuses to play another game in a Padres uniform, and he will only accept a trade to the Cubs, and force the Padres hand. I think if he went out in public and said he demands a trade but he can only be traded to the Cubs, the public would side the with the Padres without a doubt. You can't make a ridiculous request (ridiculous being limiting them to one trading partner) and not expect backlash. I highly doubt that, no way the public sides with the padres, even padres fans, if Peavy demands a trade. You have to look at the situation, Peavy gave the Padres a huge discount on his extension, the padres dangled peavy out there for more than three months. The padres ownership and general manager were openly talking about trading peavy. Peavy is probably the most loved padre in SD, do you honestly think the fans in SD would turn their back on Peavy after he was misled and pull back and forth in trade talks? Come on give me a break, if back in the day when Sosa was loved and the Cubs sucked, the cubs dangled him out there in trade talks for most of the winter and then decided to pull him back in only to have sosa demand a trade. I would no doubt be on Sosa's side because of the treament he got. It would be a different story if Peavy had an attitude problem or if peavy had been open about his dissapointment in how the franchise hasn't gotten better but yet Peavy hasn't done any of that and has been a good sport eventhough he's on one of the worst franchises in the MLB. So you think the Padres fans would side with Peavy even after he embezzles their favorite team out of any sort of leverage to get a decent return, thus ruining your biggest trade chip? How in the world is he going to embezzle them from getting a decent return? Its not like he would go to the Padres and Say, trade me to the cubs for Marshall straight up. The Package the cubs would offer wont be overpaying but will probably be fair. You act as if getting Vitters and prospects is a garbage package. The Fans wont turn against Peavy because as it mentioned above, the padres gave peavy the NTC and you make it sound as if peavy is telling the padres who gets traded for him. You're not going to get any sort of fair value for a player of Peavy's caliber if you only have 1 team that you *have* to trade him to. Peavy would be forcing the Padres to trade him for less than he'd be worth on the open market. So why wouldn't fans be mad when Peavy screws his former team into getting much less than he's worth?

I think this really comes down to Peavy. The Padres dangled him and I think he officially wants out. Peavy's contract extension was based on the Padres staying competitive. I wouldn't be surprised if Peavy forces the trade to the Cubs. I've held firm all offseason that this deal will happen. I'm also expecting it to happen sooner now than later. Both teams still have work to do if Peavy isn't going anywhere, and less and less players will be available to either team the longer this deal takes. How would he do that? He could be a total jerk and go to the media and say he refuses to play another game in a Padres uniform, and he will only accept a trade to the Cubs, and force the Padres hand. I think if he went out in public and said he demands a trade but he can only be traded to the Cubs, the public would side the with the Padres without a doubt. You can't make a ridiculous request (ridiculous being limiting them to one trading partner) and not expect backlash. I highly doubt that, no way the public sides with the padres, even padres fans, if Peavy demands a trade. You have to look at the situation, Peavy gave the Padres a huge discount on his extension, the padres dangled peavy out there for more than three months. The padres ownership and general manager were openly talking about trading peavy. Peavy is probably the most loved padre in SD, do you honestly think the fans in SD would turn their back on Peavy after he was misled and pull back and forth in trade talks? Come on give me a break, if back in the day when Sosa was loved and the Cubs sucked, the cubs dangled him out there in trade talks for most of the winter and then decided to pull him back in only to have sosa demand a trade. I would no doubt be on Sosa's side because of the treament he got. It would be a different story if Peavy had an attitude problem or if peavy had been open about his dissapointment in how the franchise hasn't gotten better but yet Peavy hasn't done any of that and has been a good sport eventhough he's on one of the worst franchises in the MLB. So you think the Padres fans would side with Peavy even after he embezzles their favorite team out of any sort of leverage to get a decent return, thus ruining your biggest trade chip?

I think this really comes down to Peavy. The Padres dangled him and I think he officially wants out. Peavy's contract extension was based on the Padres staying competitive. I wouldn't be surprised if Peavy forces the trade to the Cubs. I've held firm all offseason that this deal will happen. I'm also expecting it to happen sooner now than later. Both teams still have work to do if Peavy isn't going anywhere, and less and less players will be available to either team the longer this deal takes. How would he do that? He could be a total jerk and go to the media and say he refuses to play another game in a Padres uniform, and he will only accept a trade to the Cubs, and force the Padres hand. I think if he went out in public and said he demands a trade but he can only be traded to the Cubs, the public would side the with the Padres without a doubt. You can't make a ridiculous request (ridiculous being limiting them to one trading partner) and not expect backlash.

:( That...is beyond depressing. He needs to become a minority owner with whoever wins the bid. Maybe everyone is excited that he would put money in scouting and development, but isn't he saying the same things Andy MacPhail always got bashed for--be good enough to win the division and take your chance in the playoffs? Yeah but he didn't follow through.

How the hell did this board become so obsessed with freaking North Dakota?

That's just nuts and it was Harvard's first win ever against a ranked team First big game Tommy Amaker has ever won

This. Normally, I'd agree with this line of thinking, but if you add Sheets, that's 3 potential injuries waiting to happen in the rotation (Harden and sadly Zambrano are the others). Also you have to consider the amount of innings Dempster threw last year vs. the previous 3. While it seems great to say we have Marshall if one goes down if 2-3 of them go down, we are all the sudden looking much less formidable. I don't really think you can build your team around the notion of "What happens if 3 of my pitchers get injured at the same time?" Sounds like something people would say about Wood and Prior circa 2005. How well did that work out for us? Harden and Sheets have been injured in every year of their careers (just about). Zambrano showed signs of wear and tear on his arm that lead to small injuries and ineffectiveness in the second half of last year. I'm just saying adding another injury prone pitcher to the rotation is a bad idea because it increases the odds that we will have to go 7-8 deep in our starting rotation.

The game tonight was even uglier. At least the second half. The only difference was the officials didn't call fouls every other possession. IU threw some of the goofiest passes I've ever seen. Devan Dumes made some of the worst decisions I've ever seen. And really my point wasn't to discuss Iowa. I know you think they stink. They very may well stink although they'll win at least 6 Big Ten games. I'm just wondering how Illinois losing by 10 to such a bad Michigan team fits in. Stuff happens. Maybe the Illini had a bad day, maybe they didn't match up well against the 1-3-1, etc. You absolutely cannot judge a team based on one game, especially in the wacky Big Ten.