Mizzou

the "forward progress stopped" call was particularly egregious in the first quarter... especially since one ref signaled that it was packers ball. Nobody will be able to convince me that the refs don't want Dallas to win tonight. It's so blatant it's sickening. Just like when the Packers would go down there in the 90's and on more than one occasion a Dallas defender would pull a Packers ball-carrier down by his facemask three feet from the official and not get a call. And the NFL won't do a damn thing about it's referees. It's so frustrating. Why is it that you think the NFL prefers the Cowboys to win rather than the Packers?

I just remembered that this game is only available to the 8 people who have NFL Network. Damn!

lots of butter + lots of marshmallows + hot pan = melted goo melted goo + fruity pebbles = colorful goo colorful goo + square pan + refridgerator + knife = fruity pebble treats Basically sounds like Rice Krispies treats (which are fairly common) but substituting the cereal.Homemade peanut butter rice krispie treats are where it's at.

I'm a big Mark Prior fan, always have been. I really hope that Hendry isn't dumb enough to non-tender him, and hope that a deal can be worked out to keep Mark here. I'd offer him a low base salary in '08 with incentives that kick in based on the number of starts. Also tie on a team option for '09 around 8-12 million. If Mark is only willing to accept a one year deal, then I'm prepared to move on. We've paid him enough money to do nothing over the last couple of years; he can give the Cubs two more years of control in return.

As a baseball fan, how can you honestly say that you don't care who has been cheating over the last X amount of years? That just boggles my mind.

I assume you put a lot of money down on them then. I would if I were a betting man, but I'm not.

All this talk about possible scenarios if Mizzou loses is cracking me up. Mizzou is going to win, count on that. You can stop thinking about these hypothetical situations based on them losing cause it's not going to happen.

I'd do that deal right now before he changes his mind. Cooley has been solid lately, and Welker's stats blow Ward's away. That's a no brainer to me.

So this week is the first week of the playoffs in my league. If I win this game, I win 50 bucks and a chance to win 100 next week. My team is set, all except for the running back slot. I have LT, so he'll be starting in one of the two slots. However, I don't know who to go with as the other starter. Here are my choices: Justin Fargas (vs. Denver) Willis McGahee (vs. New England) Thomas Jones (at Miami) I'm leaning towards Fargas, but wanted to get some other opinions as well. Anyone?

Off the top of my head, I'd vote for Dawson, Blyleven, Donny Baseball and McGwire.

They are, says the GameDay website: http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnMicrosite?showID=FBCG Z-O-U!!! Ahaahaha three times in one year. Wow. Remember last year when we got chastised on this board for even suggesting that Game Day would ever do a Mizzou game? Now they will have for three times. In other news, I just got a ticket to the National Championship game if Mizzou goes. Ahahahahah VERY EXCITED!!!! How did you do that?

Excellent news! Kerry is a true Chicago Cub.

When it comes to how good two teams are. Beating a team by 2 points is worth about as much as losing by 2 points. A few points either way in a college game are kinda random. It's not like we're talking about two touchdowns up is the same as two touchdowns down, it's not. We're talking about a field goal either way. There's a lot of volatility in that. There's a reason it works out this way...and it has nothing to do with the SEC, Big XII, Big Ten or Mangino's waist size. If only things were as simplistic as you'd like them to be. We're not talking about a missed field goal. We're talking about a 60 minute football game. There's nothing random about winning. Calling a two point loss "random" is just ignorant.

Guys, Jeremy Maclin missed all of last year with a knee injury. With him, we would have went undefeated. So basically, Mizzou should have won the National Title in 2006.

You're right. A 12 point loss in a game where Tebow couldn't run because of his shoulder and was sacked six times because of this. He's been sacked six times the entire rest of the season (!). Granted, the defense gave up 42 points, but the Gators would have scored 40 or so with a healthy Tebow, more than likely so the 12 point difference isn't very telling but keep pretending it is if you want. I'm going to need some explanation. The best baseball teams almost never win 60 percent of their games and the worst don't often win under 40. Meanwhile, in college football, there are normally plenty of two-loss or fewer teams and plenty of two-win or fewer teams. From what I've seen, college football, more than any other sport in America, is the most likely to have the better team win a game. Your on the right track. This quote is true: "From what I've seen, college football, more than any other sport in America, is the most likely to have the better team win a game." The problem is that wins and losses don't accurately measure which team is better. If you assume that the Gators are the number 2 team in the country, based on their schedule the most likely outcome is 2 losses. They would be expected to lose 2 games 32% of the time. They would be expected to lose 3 or more games 27.8% of the time! So they score 40 with Tebow they still lose by 2 And a two point loss tells us nothing. Absolutely nothing. It's means about the same as winning by two points... Hahaha, are you serious? A two point loss means the same thing as a two point win? How drunk are you right now? Hey guys, win or lose, who cares. Let's just not lose by too much. Keeping the score close is what matters. :roll:

By the way, how does a guy who goes to school in Texas become a Florida fan? Do you have ANY ties to the school at all, or did you just start rooting for them because they've had a good program?

No, what's laughable is how you just overlook the fact that Florida lost three times. Three times!

good thing some guy in USA Today's rankings have no actual effect on the real world Except one of his polls is used for the BCS Computer rankings... Florida's top five in all scientific polls that involve SOS and score as well as other things. It should be certain that theyre one of the top five teams in the country. which of FLorida's 3 losses was your favorite? I prefer the 12 point loss at home to Georgia. Good stuff. You like that one better than the loss at home to unranked Auburn? Edit: looks like Andy's with me!

Where are they at in the rankings that actually mean something?

I wasn't worried about the kU game at all. Not one bit. This game is the real challenge. I'm confident that we'll win, although admittedly not TOO confident, but I do think that we will win.

He can gun it down field when he wants to. I was kind of surprised that we didn't see any bombs. But Chase's biggest strengths are his accuracy and his ability to make things happen (as we saw on the TD pass to Alexander where he scrambled around for about 10 seconds). 40/49 is incredible. But when you consider that the Mizzou receivers had 3 or 4 drops, the 2 or 3 balls that Daniel threw away, and the missed pass interference call on the Maclin play when he went deep, you're looking at a QB that made 2 or 3 bad throws out of about 43 attempts.

Flip Mizzou and WVU and you'll have it. There is no way that West Virginia should be ahead of us right now. Wasn't WVU already #3 and Missou #4? Yeah, they were barely ahead of us in the BCS rankings. But we just beat the #2 team and WVU beat the #20 team. We're going to be at ranked number one. Wow, I can't believe I'm saying that. Dont get used to it, cause it will only last about a week. OU by 10 Doubt it. We led in the 4th quarter of our first matchup this year, in Norman. If not for missed communication between Daniel and Maclin that led to a fumble inside our own 10 yard line, we probably would have won.

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Eh, it's just habit at this point. Our student newspaper determined that the K in kU wasn't worthy of capitalization several years ago, and it just stuck.

Flip Mizzou and WVU and you'll have it. There is no way that West Virginia should be ahead of us right now. Wasn't WVU already #3 and Missou #4? Yeah, they were barely ahead of us in the BCS rankings. But we just beat the #2 team and WVU beat the #20 team. We're going to be at ranked number one. Wow, I can't believe I'm saying that.