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You aren't the only one. :(
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This made me laugh out loud. And dougdescenzo, Belicheck has earned his reputation - CubColtPacer's post is the least of it.
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UCLA won it 70-65. Close UCLA-USC games are worth it just for the classic Tim Floyd late-game meltdown. I haven't seen Pauley that loud ever...and it's always great to see a "JUST LIKE FOOTBALL" chant for the final minute and a half of the game. :)
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Last day of the Caribbean Series: Puerto Rico beat the Dominican Republic 1-0, box. Mexico finally won, beating Venezuela 4-3, box: SS R. Cedeño 2/4, R, K (6) Overall: 11/25, .440/.481/.480/.961, 1 2B, 2 BB, 6 K, 1/2 SB, 1 E
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UCLA playing like crap. Westbrook is the only guy who has shown up so far. ETA: Why don't our big guys dunk it, you'll at least draw the foul. Grr.
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I love David Carr. I think he's a great talent. I'd love him on the Bears, but I would never in a million years pay him that salary and trade the talent it would take to get him. Seems like a 3rd or 4th rounder might be all it takes, which isn't that steep (though JA's 3rd rounders are gold). Trade a 3rd rounder for Carr, then ship off Rex or Griese for a late draft pick to make up for it. Rex would probably be easier to ship off, with Griese's contract lasting 4 more years and Grossman's just one. Plus, we'd have to open up #8 for Carr ;) I'd take Boller over Carr for a 3rd rounder IMO. Why? When Boller first started out he was plain terrible but this year he played very well when McNair was out but was mediocre last year. He's got potential. But over Carr if the draft picks were equal? Tough decision. One thing I will give Carr is he really never had a line to protect him. Both IMO have potential. I would personally go with Boller but to be honest I'd be happy with either to compete against Grossman. I don't like Griese or Orton. Both supposedly can be had for 3rd rounders which isn't bad. Carr is leaps and bounds ahead of Boller and has done a commendable job with no line and Andre Johnson and nothing else (while Boller was awful with weapons like Heap and Jamal Lewis and a solid OL in years past). If everything else is the same, I'd much prefer Carr to Boller.
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what a d-bag. That sounds awfully hollow after ND just took two recruits who had previously committed to Iowa and Louisville. Different situations. The Iowa recruit consisted pretty much of ND offering and him changing his mind due to the offer. The Louisville recruit was a coaching change, i.e. the coaching change that cost ND a bunch of recruits in 2004-05. However, ND's far from innocent of this. There's a Washington Post article today in which former QB coach Peter Vaas was pursuing Arrelious Benn pretty aggressively after he was committed to Illinois. Funny how it's almost always a different situation when ND is involved. Smith had been committed for almost 6 months and taken multiple visits. He helped recruit others to Iowa. The point is Charlie puts on a face for the cameras that he's all about committment and being honorable about them. He's upset that someone would back out of a committment to him. Yet he has no dilemna's when it comes to trying to snatch away commits from other schools, the very week before signing day. What a man of principle. People with morals get burned in college football recruiting. And thanks for reading the rest of my post in bold before jumping right to the stupid attack conclusion. Exhibit 1: Karl Dorrell :x
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Sounds like a perfect opportunity to Ask BA/Ask Callis!
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Earliest I can see is 2009.
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Smokies Looking for New Broadcaster
CaliforniaRaisin replied to jaxxradio's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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Sounds like he hasn't signed yet...was a WVU lean i thought the big news with Devine was that he wasn't going to sign anywhere There ya go. I was trying to ffigure out what the heck he was doing.
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Yeah and I'm sure he can, but I'm also guessing that almost all of these guys were amazing RBs in high school and were heavily recruited as RBs. These aren't generic two-star players who don't have a future at RB and are forced to switch, these are guys who could start for most teams in the country. They aren't going to want to switch off of RB without a chance to prove themselves first. I guess we can also hope that the Reggie Bush case results in USC getting the death penalty from the NCAA :wink: Yeah, all those guys I listed were 4 or 5-star guys and then they still switch highly regarded defensive players to RB/FB. What was strange last year was that CJ Gable was a 5-star RB who was willing to play defense at USC as long as he had a shot at the starting RB spot - he had other chances to play RB with no strings attached.
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Sounds like he hasn't signed yet...was a WVU lean
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I love David Carr. I think he's a great talent. I'd love him on the Bears, but I would never in a million years pay him that salary and trade the talent it would take to get him. Seems like a 3rd or 4th rounder might be all it takes, which isn't that steep (though JA's 3rd rounders are gold). Trade a 3rd rounder for Carr, then ship off Rex or Griese for a late draft pick to make up for it. Rex would probably be easier to ship off, with Griese's contract lasting 4 more years and Grossman's just one. Plus, we'd have to open up #8 for Carr ;) I'd take Boller over Carr for a 3rd rounder IMO. Why? When Boller first started out he was plain terrible but this year he played very well when McNair was out but was mediocre last year. He's got potential. But over Carr if the draft picks were equal?
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S Chris Conte, who verballed to Cal and then switched to UCLA switched back to Cal today.
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so they now have, what, 6 running backs? ludicrous. at least 2 of those guys will transfer in the next 2 years 2007: Joe McKnight Broderick Green Marc Tyler 2006: Stafon Johnson CJ Gable (they expected him to play defense, now he's starting at RB) Stanley Havili (now at FB) Emmanuel Moody Allen Bradford (recruited as a safety, starting at FB) 2003: Chauncey Washington (same class as Reggie Bush and LenDale White, now a senior) Apparently Pom Pom believes RBs are some of the best athletes and he can plug them at other holes when they don't make it at RB. I'm sure those that don't make it will end up transferring.
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It seemed to me they wanted to keep the Colts in front of them and the missed tackles screwed up that strategy. Even without the missed tackles, that strategy hurt - Peyton took the stuff underneath all day and the defense was on the field way too long.
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TUESDAY: The DR beats Mexico 5-3, clinches the title, box. Venezuela beats Puerto Rico 3-1, box: SS R. Cedeño 3/4, K (5), CS (1) Overall: 9/21, .429/.478/.476/.954, 1 2B, 2 BB, 5 K, 1/2 SB, 1 E
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The blitzes weren't working, they were so predictable. Here comes Briggs up the middle and he gets sucked up by the blockers. Every time. This wasn't like the Seahawks and Saints game where they almost sacked the QB multiple times, getting some hurries and knockdowns. If they were going to blitz, they had to be more creative - something I haven't seen Lovie/Chico do. Of course, not blitzing doesn't mean drop the LBs 20 yards behind the LOS.
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Longoria had a much better season than most expected, I would think Miller was rated higher but he fell for a reason.
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Great news. YES!
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I love David Carr. I think he's a great talent. I'd love him on the Bears, but I would never in a million years pay him that salary and trade the talent it would take to get him. Seems like a 3rd or 4th rounder might be all it takes, which isn't that steep (though JA's 3rd rounders are gold). Trade a 3rd rounder for Carr, then ship off Rex or Griese for a late draft pick to make up for it. Rex would probably be easier to ship off, with Griese's contract lasting 4 more years and Grossman's just one. Plus, we'd have to open up #8 for Carr ;) I'd take Boller over Carr for a 3rd rounder IMO. Why?
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I'll have mine done well before the 14th and I sent out the check today, stitch.
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I love David Carr. I think he's a great talent. I'd love him on the Bears, but I would never in a million years pay him that salary and trade the talent it would take to get him. Seems like a 3rd or 4th rounder might be all it takes, which isn't that steep (though JA's 3rd rounders are gold).
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Super Bowl XLI: Bears vs. Colts, Sun 2/4, 5:30 pm CT
CaliforniaRaisin replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
The Bus finally got a ring, that's the last Super Bowl I remember. All of that has been blocked from my memory. I don't see why you'd have to block anything from memory, that makes it all the sweeter.