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Just stopping by to ask if anyone has gone to a Phils, Astros, Giants board etc. and asked to vote for Jermaine while they are voting for their guy to make it to the game? Also we should go to some of the big BoSox boards and get them to vote for Jermaine to keep the cheater Giambi out of the game. He stole the MVP from Frank in 2000 and now we can't let him steal Jermaine's trip to the All-Star Game. Yankees fans will be out in full force to get their man to the ASG at their home park so we're going to need all the help we can get. I don't know any of the other boards that is why I'm reaching out to you guys because I'm sure some of you might have posted over at some of these other teams boards once in awhile. For that guy who thinks Longoria deserves it more, Evan will have plenty of more chances to make the All-Star Game. I think Dye deserves it more this year, but he should be there instead of Crede. I'm sure as hell glad to see Joe there as a biased Sox fan though.

Are you serious? Come on, Balta.

QUOTE(max power @ Dec 17, 2007 -> 03:44 PM) Sadly most people here do need this. This board makes me ashamed of my fanaticism lately. ^^^^ I just stay out of Pale Hose and go to the other forums. At least there I only get criticized for supporting IU basketball and not for supporting the White Sox and their management.

Valpo is quietly having a very good season. They're 9-1 and will improve to 10-1 tonight if they defeat Chicago State. In their first ever Horizon Leauge game, they knocked off the defending champs, Wright State, on the road. With games against Wisconsin and UNC left this year, we'll see if they are for real by competing with these powerhouses on the road.

Even though Mitchell suggests no punishment, I think it would be a good idea to put some sort of patch on the sleeve of all the players named in the report, branding them as users.

QUOTE(klaus kinski @ Dec 13, 2007 -> 02:26 PM) When Cameron hit those HR off Parque it was JUICE against JUICE Jimmy didn't buy steroids until he was on Tampa and in the minors for Arizona. Maybe those dongers made him want to get steroids though ha.

That '03 Cubs team is loaded with users. Unfortunately there was one on our 2005 team according to the list I've seen, but it's Jurassic Carl so it's not that big of a deal.

That's a shame Pujols is on there. Wood AND Prior hahah. Thank god karma was served.

5 down, 2 to go!! It will feel sooo good to be done

Fans can't guarantee anything, I never made a "guarantee". I made a prediction. There is a massive discrepancy between the two. When an ESPN analysis says who he thinks will win, he is making a prediction. That is what I did. Anthony Smith mad a guarantee, that is by no means what I did. Only players can make guarantees. Everyone needs to lay the f*** off of me. The only time I even said the word guarantee was when I was referring to my opinion that no matter how the Hoosiers season ends up, it will be better than Illini's season.

For which platform? I have a Wii so my advice is Madden for sure. It's a lot of fun with the Wii. If you're on some other platform I can't help you out. Fifa and the NBA 2k series are both solid choices too.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Dec 6, 2007 -> 07:54 PM) I'd expect nothing less from a IU homer. Guaranteeing a championship, gotta love it. And I'd expect nothing less than criticism from a U of I homer whose username on a White Sox message board is related to Illinois basketball. If you had our team you would be saying the same thing.

7 finals for 6 classes, welcome to college! I submitted my written final for my "Computers in Business" class already and Saturday is the computer practical. Next week I have Psychology, Accounting, Micro, Finite, and Philosophy. At this point I'm more worried about the IU-Kentucky basketball game and the fantasy football playoffs starting this week.

That makes two people that have been killed by trains in Gary since this summer I believe. At home I have to cross over three railroad tracks basically everytime I leave or come home and while it's a pain in the ass, I still very rarely cross. Only if the train is several hundred yards away moving very slowly.

To answer your questions posed in the title, it is because that is what people do here. No matter what.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Dec 5, 2007 -> 03:15 PM) Oh, so now your goal is to be better than the Illini and not win the whole thing? Got it. You have the mentality of a 10 year old. What? I never reverted my guarentee, I was just pointing out that even if we don't win it all (this being the point in time when you bring back my post in March/April) we will (most likely) still have gone further than your beloved Illini. Sorry for not explaning my tacit statement because I failed to recognize your ten year old intelligence.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Dec 4, 2007 -> 11:41 PM) Alright, post #805. Will bring this back up sometime in March when you are crying into your candy stripe pants. Please do. No matter how our season ends up I can guarentee it will be better than the Illini who are going to be "Krushed" this year unless Jordan's son becomes his father.

I'd be the first to admit my bias. My excitement for this team is through the roof, and I don't think I should be criticized for it. And I never said they actually do have the best inside-outside combo, even though I believe they do (obviously I'm going to think that) and it is debatable for "experts". If I had to pick a second favorite team in the Big Ten it would be MSU without a doubt, but I just see them as a team that is always over-hyped and never lives up to expectations since the Mateen and Mo Pete days.

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 4, 2007 -> 05:59 PM) "Arguably" being the key word. Oh, I forgot. White is going to be a lottery pick right? He's gotten progressively better in every game this year. He put up 29 and 13 last night. I never said he'd be a lottery pick, and I don't think he will be. That being said, March ends up being a huge factor in the draft and if IU makes a run, he might sneak into the lottery. Bryce Drew shot his way into the lottery and I doubt if Florida didn't win a title that Noah, Horford, and Brewer are all drafted in the top 9. Also, DJ White was the Big Ten player of the week last week before his career best game last night and Eric Gordon was the National Player of the Week. There's not much to argue about in my opinion, but my opinion doesn't matter.

QUOTE(thedoctor @ Dec 4, 2007 -> 04:45 PM) well, then be shocked. exhibition games don't mean a damn thing. coaches aren't using their regular rotations, starters aren't playing normal minutes and the game itself means little or nothing. if you want to use that logic, how can you predict with a straight face that indiana will win it all when they got b****-slapped by xavier by 15. indiana may or may not be better than michigan state. i'm not saying either way. but citing a preseason game as your argument is weak. If we shoot 6.7% from behind the arc (like we did against Xavier) again against any decent D-I school we will have a pretty decent chance of losing. Xavier is a ranked team now. They were receiving a lot of votes before they beat us. With that said, I can predict with a face straighter than a ruler that we will win it all. I've seen all games except for the Xavier and Illinois St. (because I was at home and didn't have BTN) and when we play like we are capable of we are one of the best in the country. By the way, Izzo kicked his team out of the locker room after their loss, try telling him the game itself means little or nothing. And besides, MSU's reserves should be way better than GVSU's best players.

QUOTE(thedoctor @ Dec 4, 2007 -> 04:35 PM) so, indiana is better than michigan state because the spartans lost a preseason game to a d-2 team? ok. It doesn't matter if it's pre-season or not. If you're supposed to be the 8th best team in the country and win the Big Ten you should blow any D-II team out of the water no matter what. I find it shocking that someone can argue that.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Dec 4, 2007 -> 04:19 PM) Indiana isn't even the best team in the worst Big 10 I've ever seen, not sure how they plan on winning it all. Anyways, changing your mind is fine, but don't verbally commit to a basketball program as their crown jewel recruit, lie that you have no interest in Indiana for 7 months, then "re-open" your recruitment for 3 months when you actually, it turns out, verballed to Indiana without telling anybody at Illinois. You think a team that loses to D-II teams is better than IU? We're on a 22 game home winning streak and play 19 at home this year. We were only the 4th team to win in Carbondale in the last 6 years. We have the best inside-outside duo arguably in America and great depth. I'm not going to argue with a bitter Illini fan though, I'll let our play do the talking.

I changed my mind on choosing what college to go to many times. First it was DePaul, then Butler, and finally I chose Indiana. (Just like EJ) I would imagine the choice would be much much harder if I was the best basketball player in the country. Lay off him and stop being jealous because we're going to win it all this year. Edit: I should add that you can't be mad at Eric for taking so long to tell Illinois because I'm sure there was still a chance in his mind that he was going to end up going to U of I. I probably screwed over several kids by not telling other schools that I was not going to accept their tuition scholarships (that other students would have gotten if I didn't accept it) but that doesn't make me a bad person because I honestly did not know where I wanted to go until April.

QUOTE(farmteam @ Nov 12, 2007 -> 10:13 PM) I hope so. I wasn't that lucky, I was stuck in the second to last row of the balcony. Who would you put in the starting 5, greasy? At least you wasted that seat on UTC. I'm in the last balcony row for Purdue and second to last row for MSU Best seat of the year: Longwood this Sunday. The hall is going to be rocking all year though so I'm not too upset about my seats.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Apr 21, 2005 -> 07:01 PM) Who want to take: Mike Williams Who I think we will take and will dislike horribly: Benson At least he got the second part right. I still haven't given up on Benson though. What are you going to do, shoot me?