Magnetic Curses

i don't, but the man has visible stink lines.

i would compare the development of rex to the development of brees, another short QB. brees is more mobile, rex has a better arm. brees was terrible his first couple of years as a starter, but soon found his comfort level in the pocket. when rex learns how to buy himself some time in the pocket by sliding around a bit, he'll excel, but he doesn't have the ability to do that yet. when he's good, his receivers are getting open and he's making good reads. when he's bad, his receivers aren't open and he's trying to fit in impossible throws. when he's okay, he's throwing the ball away when his first 3 reads are covered--or he's dumping it off to a safety valve for minimal yardage.

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. I don't think many if any in the ND fanbase would consider Weis a "true man of principle". He is from the Belicheck school, that is for sure-and unfortunately, that means they cut certain corners to win. I think he is a great coach, but I'm not sure I like the man. When has Belicheck ever cut corners to win? He drafts intelligent players with character because that is the program he wants in place. He certainly doesn't cut corners with the salary cap as the Pats are well under. He even provoked a feud with Mangini because he broke an "unwritten rule" among coaches of the Parcells tree. I would love a couple of instances where Belichek "cut corners" just to win. well, i wouldn't classify it in the "just to win" category, but the man doesn't bathe, and that's cutting corners to me.

Regardless of when it happened, Brewster deciding to follow his dad isn't a big surprise. not a huge loss, but dissapointing nonetheless.

what a d-bag. That sounds awfully hollow after ND just took two recruits who had previously committed to Iowa and Louisville. charlie weiss is a big, fat slob who comes from a coaching tree filled with complete slobs, most being big and fat--starting with parcells and filthy bill, but including mangini and romeo.

is it just me or was clint brewster, the 8th rated QB in the nation, an illini commit until today, when he signed with minnesota?

you forgot to mention 3 things: 1. the patriots, for some mystifying reason, maybe they wanted to lose or something, ran the ball 5 times in the second half after dominating the line of scrimmage in the first half. why did big fat slobby want brady in the shotgun for the entire half? who knows? all i know is that both dillon and faulk averaged nearly 7 yards per carry in that game and the belichek, looking like he just fell out of bed, doesn't go with the ground game in the second half, unbelievable--this perception of belichek as some sort of genius has made him the ultimate arrogant poo-hole. 2. the ravens just kept turning the ball over, and that's a credit to the colts defense, no doubt. but it's not like jamal lewis was held down or anything. both lewis and mike anderson were over 4 yards per carry in the game--they just didn't have a chance to run the ball very much, what with the exalted steve mcnair throwing goal-line interceptions and such. 3. the chiefs just didn't have time to get johnson started. most of that can be attributed to the colts ball control offense holding the ball for twice as long as the chiefs.

where do colts fans come from? i'm serious. i'm 28, almost 29 and i can still remember the baltimore colts--so it's not like the indy colts have a steeped and storied tradition in the NFL, add to that the fact that before peyton, they were miserable for a long time. when i lived away from the midwest however, when i'd go to a sports bar that carried the sunday ticket so i could watch the bears, i'd always see legions of colts fans there to support their team--in some cases very obnoxiously, in other cases not so much. i'm just wondering how they garnered so large of a fan base in such little time, in such strange places.

Probably. What is the relationship between Lovie and the Bears owner and GM'? lovie was with angelo in tampa and was brought in by the man, who was desperate to get rid of hatley-hire jauron, going so far as to sabotage the 2003 bears by cutting ted washington, and watching the defense fall apart. i'll never forgive angelo for that, he's a low-down dirty piece of human garbage for stabbing jauron in the back like that--it was as transparent as you can get. however, angelo is the best GM in chicago save for kenny williams, who i don't really think about as i can care less about the sox. it's really ted phillips' call, he'll re-up them both soon enough. lovie is not a free agent.

i was thinking this exact thing. but lovie isn't available and the bears would have to give permission to jones to talk with smith. that ain't happenin'. the mccaskey family would burn halas hall to the ground before they'd see jones talk to the coach--and that's saying a lot because the mccaskey family is the cheapest in all of football.

who cares about the big east? i live in the midwest. didn't ben gordon come out of the big east one year?

if luther head hits the three that was perfectly lined up, just a little long, with the score tied, the whole issue is moot because the illini win the national championship. what's amazing is how well they fared with one armed tied behind their back, nearly beating a team that sent 4 players to the first round the next season.

The last time I checked you can't punish someone merely for being at the scene of a crime. But the scene of the crime was a club, not some place like his home. The Bears didn't deactivate him to go out late at night after being arrested while on probation. he's definitely got something wrong with him, but i don't agree with punishing fans by suspending or cutting him before this season is up. i've lived and died with this team forever, the players aren't the only ones hoping to win a superbowl here.

from what i've heard, tank may be lucky to suit up for the bears ever again. one chicago writer is speculating that he'll be deactivated for every game here on out and then cut, much like the eagles did with TO.

that's insane. coming to a stadium near you, the next most overrated, overpaid player in baseball. i can't believe that ricciardi would pay him that much money. if his batting average dips to around his career level, you're looking at a 18 million dollar, moderately above average player. He's significantly younger and as productive as Soriano. And there isn't a question about his defense. So, while it's probably overpaying for less than steller production, it's not the most overrated overpaid player in baseball. okay, i'll give you that soriano is more overpaid, but vernon wells is definitely more overrated, whatever that means. people are calling him a "budding superstar" which is completely inaccurate. anyone who thinks of wells as anything more than simply a good baseball player is believing whatever hype web gems feeds them. It's not that bad, it's more of a lack of identification of a career year. If he could repeat his .360/.540 production he'd definitely be a stud in CF. no doubt, but not a superstar. but i'll predict he'll be closer to .280/.330/.500 next season, pretty good for CF, but not worthy of the cash he'll be getting. so then what do you think Soriano will do next season, when alot of people would say they would rather have wells. at those prices, they're both grossly overpaid. but i'd rather have soriano's bat--moreso than wells' glove. to answer your question, being that soriano has appeared to have learned some patience last season, i'll project him around .280/.360/.520--roughly .050 OPS points better than wells.

that's insane. coming to a stadium near you, the next most overrated, overpaid player in baseball. i can't believe that ricciardi would pay him that much money. if his batting average dips to around his career level, you're looking at a 18 million dollar, moderately above average player. He's significantly younger and as productive as Soriano. And there isn't a question about his defense. So, while it's probably overpaying for less than steller production, it's not the most overrated overpaid player in baseball. okay, i'll give you that soriano is more overpaid, but vernon wells is definitely more overrated, whatever that means. people are calling him a "budding superstar" which is completely inaccurate. anyone who thinks of wells as anything more than simply a good baseball player is believing whatever hype web gems feeds them. It's not that bad, it's more of a lack of identification of a career year. If he could repeat his .360/.540 production he'd definitely be a stud in CF. no doubt, but not a superstar. but i'll predict he'll be closer to .280/.330/.500 next season, pretty good for CF, but not worthy of the cash he'll be getting.

furthermore, the decision to place dvoracek on IR was foolish. if dvoracek can live up to some of the expectations he had during training camp, we won't need johnson next season.

Why are you assuming that Tank won't play anymore? i'm definitely assuming that he won't play in the regular season, i hope he gets back for the playoffs, but angelo sounded very po'd yesterday, even before posey was killed.

hill DID have the best game score in the NL last year with his 10 k 1 BB complete game shutout of the reds.

why are we talking about the morality of this? we should be talking about how the bears super bowl hopes were just flushed down the toilet. there is now no way this team wins the big game unless they hearken back to the days of the 3-gap dick jauron defensive front. that won't happen, lovie and chico will attempt to fit scott and boone, two run-stuffing square pegs, into pash-rushing round holes.

that's insane. coming to a stadium near you, the next most overrated, overpaid player in baseball. i can't believe that ricciardi would pay him that much money. if his batting average dips to around his career level, you're looking at a 18 million dollar, moderately above average player. He's significantly younger and as productive as Soriano. And there isn't a question about his defense. So, while it's probably overpaying for less than steller production, it's not the most overrated overpaid player in baseball. okay, i'll give you that soriano is more overpaid, but vernon wells is definitely more overrated, whatever that means. people are calling him a "budding superstar" which is completely inaccurate. anyone who thinks of wells as anything more than simply a good baseball player is believing whatever hype web gems feeds them.

brady clark please. for everyone's info, i'll stop lobbying for clark when we actually trade for him or the season begins.

in summation, brady clark would be cheap to acquire player wise. a mid-level prospect would do it. he'd likely put up a superior OBP to any CFer we've had in the past 3 years and he can play anywhere in the OF. he's decent defensively and his contract is up at the end of the season. a perfect stop-gap to pie. if hendry wanted to bring pie along, he could platoon him with clark as well.

i imagine a room full of GMs sitting around listening to theo declare that he's interested in acquiring a closer and is open to possible trade scenarios. hendry puts his hand up, theo ignores him. hendry begins waving his hands like a madman, theo continues ignoring him. hendry finally stands up. "jim, sit down." Today, BenMaller.com is reporting: The Red Sox are still looking to bolster their bullpen and rotation depth, which could lead to offers for free agents such as Chris Reitsma and Runelvys Hernandez. So, even though the players I mentioned aren't closers, they certainly would bolster the Red Sox' bullpen and Dempster might be able to step into the closer's role in an emergency. dempster is expensive and bad. no way hendry is able to get rid of him without absorbing most of his contract. as for eyre and howry, i'd rather not get rid of them, and hendry probably won't.

that's insane. coming to a stadium near you, the next most overrated, overpaid player in baseball. i can't believe that ricciardi would pay him that much money. if his batting average dips to around his career level, you're looking at a 18 million dollar, moderately above average player.