Magnetic Curses

harper's great when he's not matched up against his wife.

finnegan got his hand in there at the last second and tipped the ball straight up. if he doesn't tip the ball, booker probably catches it. but grossman sucks because he threw it right to the defense, apparently.

he threw it right to him, after all.

Not sure what you are watching or were expecting but he looks ok so far. Seriously? He's 5/7 and 3 of those receptions were because of the receiver. How about that ball he threw 15 yards away from anyone and 5 yards out of bounds? what? he's been pretty good. 5/7 is supposed to be bad? When 60% of his 5 completions were great catches by the receiver, yea. As I said... LUCKILY his RECEIVERS are picking him up. i must have missed those great catches that were only great because of the receiver. looks to me like he's giving his receivers a chance to catch the ball. and the hester sideline grab was absolutely perfect on both sides of it.

Not sure what you are watching or were expecting but he looks ok so far. Seriously? He's 5/7 and 3 of those receptions were because of the receiver. How about that ball he threw 15 yards away from anyone and 5 yards out of bounds? what? he's been pretty good. 5/7 is supposed to be bad?

absolutely. the refs haven't been on our side all year.

don't give it to mckie. don't give it to mckie.

go for it!!!!!

unfortunately. i hate using that guy in any other capacity than as a blocker. He's should be a good check-down option. With this being Grossman's first start, the Titans wouldn't have seen many passes to McKie when there's good coverage downfield. I think it's an option that could consistently give the Bears a good 5 yards. i don't know about that, it takes that guy about 10 seconds to get started.

bear weather is a myth and always has been a myth for teams like the current bears. these bears are built like the tampa bay teams of the early decade. they fly, but they aren't big.

unfortunately. i hate using that guy in any other capacity than as a blocker.

i wish we ran more no huddle.

cory graham, very nice play. i like this kid a lot.

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Not disagreeing, just trying to clarify. From the looks of that replay, especially the back angle with a guy cutting across the field of vision as it happened, I can see why a ref thought it was helmet-to helmet. It wasn't, but it was kinda close and the motion was the same as if it had been. The other thing is, what is the actual wording on that rule? I've understood it that you can't lower your shoulder on a guy who's defenseless, which I take to mean is in the process of making a play on the ball. i don't consider a receiver going over the middle "defenseless", it's so absolutely absurd to consider a receiver attempting to catch a football "defenseless" (i'm not saying that's what you believe, just chastising the referees a bit). football players are supposed to hit each other, it's what they do. what should hardeman have done to avoid the penalty, pushed him lightly and said, "excuse me, would you please drop that ball?" no that's ridiculous. if that hit was considered a hit on a "defenseless receiver", what kind of slippery-slope does that create? it was football, plain and simple. the play was so obviously not a penalty, it was a guy getting his bell rung by a hand grenade-hitter, in a completely legal fashion. btw, bob sanders got away with a lot more in college, for you hawkeyes out there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQK_Vz9JH_g here's hardeman's hit from last week's iowa/illinois game. you be the judge on how bad the officiating has gotten, even in a home game for the illini. it was either the wrong call or a call that could eventually lead tackle to be reduced to two-hand touch. i hope the big ten reviews the call and reacts accordingly. i'm not calling for the heads of the crew, but i'd like to never ever see a call like this ever again. it was not helmet-to-helmet and who the hell knows what a ref's interpretation of defenseless is? 2 refs threw flags, 2 of them! how can you call that hit a penalty? that's football, you idiots. it makes me so mad to watch that crap.

get used to it.

Curry, really? Isn't he still just a shooter? I like him and all, but don't think he is more worthy than a guy like Ellington. The dude averaged 26 pts 5 rebs 3 assists and 2 stls last year what else do you want from him blocks? The ability to create his own shot. In all seriousness if Wayne Ellington was on Davidson he would put up those numbers too. He very well might but if you go down that road then there is a lit of 40 guys you could say that about. The fact is no one knows if someone else could do it and Curry IS doing it. Did you not watch the tournament last year? Sure he shots the three a lot but he was also driving a lot. He averaged 32 points against top teams no else did that. Yes I saw what he did, but don't think he is as good as he played for two weekends. he was the darling of the dance and instantly became illini fans's #1 hero to eric gordon's villain. soon after, it became derrick rose, despite the fact that he, too, spurned us for another school. but those guys in the backcourt would have made us a final four team, no doubt. the funny thing is that gordon decommitted shortly after the illini failed to make rose's final cut. if we're in rose's top 3 when he releases the list, gordon would have been an illini. the fact remains that rose didn't want to play with gordon, which is why we didn't make the initial cut and why rose never seriously considered iu after gordon committed there.

i don't hate mike tisdale. i hate people who think mike tisdale is the second coming of kareem.

gonna be a long season...but boy oh boy do the next few years seem bright with those recruiting classes. those days can't come quick enough.

don't see it happening. we are going to have to have the greatest game ever to beat these guys. but the packers almost did it, so who knows? i'm just not optimistic.

this is my starting lineup once bt season starts: pg-demetri mccamey-6-3 soph. sg-alex legion-6-5 soph. sg-calvin brock-6-5 senior pf-dominique keller-6-7 junior c/f-mike davis-6-9 soph.

As I said, same script as the other three losses. Red zone inefficiency and a huge turnover. First 4 trips to the red zone yielded 9 points which is just terrible. 1st and goal that many times you should come away with at least 16-17 points and that likely would have been enough for the win. Stanzi played poorly for most of the day and the o-line was worse than they've been all year. Defense played well again just too bad they couldn't get a stop after we come back and tie it. 4 losses by a total of 12 points and numerous chances in each one to get the win if you don't kill yourself every trip inside the red zone. So close yet so far away. i was arguing with some hawkeye fan on another site all week about this. he was bragging that the hawkeyes, while not as dangerous an offense as the illini, were more efficient in the red zone. he actually produced several graphs to back himself up. i thought his argument was dumb, even if he was right, though. his argument was based on the hawkeyes ranking in points scored being fairly consistent with their ranking in total offense.

hi hawkeyes! how'd you do yesterday?

yay!!!