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Oh go bounce a soccer ball off your head! Murton could help bring in a nice impact player despite of Hendry. I hope.

I'd have a limit though, just as the Cubs did when they bid for Furcal.

I wonder what kind of player Murton, Pie, Cedeno/Infante and Veal/Gallagher/Hart would bring in a trade?

And this is why we should know who is cheating and who isn't. If I were a GM I'd hire Jim Rockford for 200 bucks a day plus expenses and get the dirt on who's cheating and who ain't. Roberts indicated just before that season that he had had corrective eye surgery, as well as, was wearing the contacts that enhanced the color red, so he was able to pick up the pitch almost as soon as it started moving. He followed up that great year with a .757, and an .809, so to me that doesn't explain it very well. I'm a big time believer in the better usage of your eyes when it comes to hitting and I wonder if he also gained any strength too? Contacts don't make you stronger and steroids do help you see better. Just curious because I'd hate to make a big trade for a Brady Anderson type player.

I hope the Cubs trade Pie, Veal, Gallagher, Soto and Colvin + money for Pierre, did I beat it? I'm really hoping this was taken out of context.

I have more of a problem with Illinois getting in and not Mizzou. I don't like these bowl tie ins and it screws up the rest of the system which is bad enough as it is. But Illinois getting in had nothing to do with Missouri. Once Kansas was in, Missouri couldn't get in. Same deal with Florida. Really, the only option better than Illinois that the Rose had was Arizona State, and they weren't about to schedule a conference rematch. Bukie is right. Illinois is not the reason Missouri didnt get in. Also I dont know where else I posted this but, The Rose Bowl is very loyal to the Big Ten and Pac Ten because those conferences were loyal to the Rose Bowl. The Rose Bowl would have been pushed out of the BCS except those 2 conferences said they wouldnt get involved unless the Rose Bowl was involved. It's the other way around. The Rose Bowl wanted all the marbles and when they found out the other bowls had a deal, they conceded but still kept the Big 10 vs Pac 10 thing. The BCS is bad enough but these bowl tie ins have made it way worse.

I have more of a problem with Illinois getting in and not Mizzou. I don't like these bowl tie ins and it screws up the rest of the system which is bad enough as it is. But Illinois getting in had nothing to do with Missouri. Once Kansas was in, Missouri couldn't get in. Same deal with Florida. Really, the only option better than Illinois that the Rose had was Arizona State, and they weren't about to schedule a conference rematch. I forgot about the 3 team rule thing. I'm sure the bowls would love a SEC, Big 10 and Big 12 bashout.

And this is why we should know who is cheating and who isn't. If I were a GM I'd hire Jim Rockford for 200 bucks a day plus expenses and get the dirt on who's cheatingand who ain't. The public doesn't need to know. I think the GMs already have a good idea who was juicing. Either way it doesn't matter, use the data to tell you. Those data are too old to tell anyone much of anything about Roberts. Look at his last 3 years for trends. So if the Cubs get Tejada and Bedard for a bucket of balls we'll know why, eh?

SS is going to be a hard position to fill this off season and the Tigers made a good move by jumping ahead and grabbing a good one before the market opened. I like Tejada and always have but my projections for him are 25HR and a 275/320 line and getting worse on D for the for the next 2 years. Is that good enough to spend a lot of young players on? I think what he costs the Cubs is the biggest factor too. As you can see I'm off again on again with this player. IMO, the Cubs have to look for the best CF or RF they can find and go from there. If they get an impact guy in right, they can play Pie and Theriot. I don't see Chone as being that guy, not enough of an improvement over Derosa at second and not enough of an improvement over what I think Pie could do in CF. If he CAN play SS, it's possible he's a decent improvement and that's the same for Roberts. This is why I'd go after Fukedome and trade Pie, Murton, and some pitchers for the best RF or LF out there if Soriano can play RF.

Yep, pretty much as many as I can.

I see your point but I don't agree with the lefty thing as he points out Murton is an everyday player. Is it possible he's pumping up his value....maybe which is way better than talking him down and screwing up his value. Hendry just gets fixated on certain things and goes straightline into foolishness when he gets on a quest like this.

I have more of a problem with Illinois getting in and not Mizzou. I don't like these bowl tie ins and it screws up the rest of the system which is bad enough as it is.

And this is why we should know who is cheating and who isn't. If I were a GM I'd hire Jim Rockford for 200 bucks a day plus expenses and get the dirt on who's cheating and who ain't.

Your Hogs do know that the English play soccer and call it football, yes?

I don't necessarily disagree with that statement. But no one has been able to present a valid argument as to why Kansas should be in the Orange Bowl rather than Mizzou. And no, because Mizzou wasn't competitive in the 2nd half of a game kU wasn't even able to get to isn't a valid argument. So by Kansas NOT playing OU at all they get rewarded. I don't see how that makes any sense. Play all the crappy teams in conference, not go to the Champ game and get rewarded. If Georgia played LSU we would have had a better picture of that too.

You guys went through the exact same thing we did with Coach P...well P won more but he peeked early and was doing the win enough but not nearly enough thing while losing recruits to other schools. Make sure you pick a coach that isn't overwhelmed and has a good solid plan, plus, is familiar with the area and can recruit there.

LOL! I wouldn't say selfish but he doesn't seem to adapt as well as others and makes himself a little too one dimensional.

The conference is too big, they should have played each other in the regular season or in the Chump game. Of course, not that it mattered for Mizzou.

Life would be easier for Cubs fans if Hendry knew what he was talking about.

Mizzou got ripped off. They lose to the best team in college football twice, beat 2 at large teams and get bounced. I hope the SEC plays the Big 10 enough times in the bowls. Yes, the bowl tradition continues and it'll never change as the rich get richer now matter how good or bad they are.

That's some mind bendingly awful logic. I agree. I mean.....wow. :lol: Are you saying a team shouldn't get credit for beating a team ranked in the top 5 in the nation? What constitutes a top 5 win? My logic is apparently flawed so please explain. I'll explain in three sentences. ND beat No. 3 Michigan at the Big House in 2005. Michigan finished 7-5. No one did or should have considered that a top 5 win. End. The stats site that as a top 5 win. It's not really hard to understand. I agree that Wisconsin isn't a top 5 program right now, but that is what they were ranked at the time they played Illinois. The fact of the matter is, Illinois beat 2 top 5 ranked teams. Whether you think those teams should have been ranked in the top 5 is another issue all together. See here's the thing, it WAS a top-5 win. It's not anymore. Now it's a win over the No. 18 team in the BCS. Just out of curiosity, what do you consider Missouri's win over Illinois to be - a win over a team that didn't have any votes at the time the teams played or the No. 13 team in the BCS? Technically, Mizzou beat an unranked team. And right now, the Illini's win over Wisconsin still counts as a top 5 team. All the arguing in the world doesn't change that. Wisconsin a bottom of the top 25 team and after the regular season is over, you look at the whole picture not how they were ranked at the time. Just because the coaches just plug them in there after they played no one OOC is a joke. WV blew it and choked while being outplayed by Pitt. I saw the tightness when they didn't score the TD on the first drive and they went for the FG, which they missed. Now they have to play the best team in College football in a bowl game.

Let's hope this works and Hank has a year like Soto did last year!

It's a 3 point swing, Cotton. Terrible throw by Va Tech. Just a bunch of Big East flunkies. I do think it's funny, and I'm sure you're loving it, that the Big East is a better football conference than the ACC. Imagine if those 3 teams stayed? I don't mind losing the 2 non academic schools but losing BC really bugs me. I assume you mean academic with regards to their athletics programs? Cause as far as I knew Miami and VA Tech were damn good schools. Yes, academic programs.

Whoo hoo! Defense takes over and even scores a 2 pointer!

Interesting turn over events. He did say he is the head coach and will be the head coach and he has no interest in talking to anyone else. It wasnt a flat out im not going to Michigan but its as close as close gets. All I know is we're left looking like Alabama or ND after this. I don't recall who was Bama spurned by? Just before Bama hired Saban, they had Rich Rodriguez all but signing on the dotted line before WVU stepped in and gave him a monster deal with promises for facility improvements. Bama was definitely left with egg on their face and it's likely why they felt the need to shell out $4 million for Saban. I forgot about that...so it's the last 2 times for them then. Yep, I do love to see Bama get embarassed. :lol: It runs in your blood since your coach is a big tattletale.