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Trading floors and pits are crazy to begin with, there are always fights at CBOE and CBOT. You just can not hit anyone, thats why they always say "lets go outside".

I did not renew my club seats. I switched jobs and there is no way I can make it to any weekday games this year.

WOW....what is going on here at soxtalk?? this talk of misiles and weapons of mass destruction.....

I prefer newegg for almost everything computer related but I did buy my new laptop battery and charger on ebay.

PABLO!! Could be worse.

All for A-ROD coming to the WhiteSox, yes it may cost some but can you imagine the fan base and money it would pull in for the WhiteSox?

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 04:21 PM) So, Miami is interviewing Mike Leach now and he is said to be the leading candidate. No one wants that job and I dont blame them.

It scares me that everyone thinks Florida is going to get blown out. It reminds me of 2002 when OSU was HIGHLY doubted against the Hurricanes.

Early line has OSU by 7.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Dec 3, 2006 -> 07:08 PM) That person should have their voting rights revoked. Jim Walden 1. Florida 2. OSU 3. UM 4. Oklahoma 5. Boise St.

Final Standings Rank TEAM Harris Votes % of 2825 USA Today / ESPN Votes % of 1550 Computer % of 100 points BCS Average 1 Ohio State 2824 0.9996 1550 1.0000 1.000 1.000 2 Florida 2670 0.9451 1470 0.9484 0.940 0.945 3 Michigan 2632 0.9317 1444 0.9316 0.940 0.934 4 LSU 2372 0.8396 1299 0.8381 0.820 0.833 5 USC 2173 0.7692 1173 0.7568 0.860 0.795 6 Louisville 2272 0.8042 1223 0.7890 0.790 0.794 7 Wisconsin 2229 0.7890 1263 0.8148 0.640 0.748 8 Boise State 1950 0.6903 1053 0.6794 0.760 0.710 9 Auburn 1725 0.6106 1000 0.6452 0.690 0.649 10 Oklahoma 1977 0.6998 1115 0.7194 0.470 0.630 11 Notre Dame 1725 0.6106 923 0.5955 0.680 0.629 12 Arkansas 1483 0.5250 798 0.5148 0.510 0.517 13 West Virginia 1485 0.5257 800 0.5161 0.480 0.507 14 Wake Forest 1366 0.4835 745 0.4806 0.330 0.431 15 Virginia Tech 1358 0.4807 781 0.5039 0.300 0.428 16 Rutgers 1083 0.3834 567 0.3658 0.480 0.410 17 Tennessee 940 0.3327 500 0.3226 0.500 0.385 18 California 736 0.2605 436 0.2813 0.540 0.361 19 Texas 952 0.3370 582 0.3755 0.150 0.287 20 BYU 838 0.2966 369 0.2381 0.090 0.208 21 Texas A&M 551 0.1950 303 0.1955 0.050 0.147 22 Oregon State 127 0.0450 72 0.0465 0.340 0.144 23 Nebraska 352 0.1246 242 0.1561 0.000 0.094 24 Boston Coll 318 0.1126 175 0.1129 0.040 0.088 25 UCLA 10 0.0035 0 0.0000 0.190 0.065

Florida is 2nd in the Harris poll, they even got 1 first place vote. http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/news..._Dec_3_2006.pdf

QUOTE(BHAMBARONS @ Dec 3, 2006 -> 05:14 PM) I am still looking for a ticket. Nice stadium and areas for great tailgating. Where are you staying at? If I could make a recommendation on golfing go to the Wigwam close to the stadium and all the stars go there. Wigwam is the best course in the valley. Im not sure exactly where I am staying. My buddy who is originally from Scottsdale made the hotel reservations. As for golf I think we may be playing at Desert Mountain on Sunday. A bunch of the guys that I am going out there with played golf at OSU and one of them is a member there, so hopefully thats where we will be playing on Sunday.

Rock you going out there for the game? I get out there Saturday and am playing some golf on Sunday.

LA Times reporting Florida is in UM is out... http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/foot...-home-headlines

thank god the bears have a defense

Florida is number 2 in the coaches poll, big move. Not good news for UM fans. QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Dec 3, 2006 -> 12:43 PM) It doesn't matter if the series would be tied up 1-1 because that is the championship game. In Super Bowl XXXIV, the Titans and Rams played and in the regular season, the Titans beat the Rams but in the Super Bowl, the Rams beat the Titans. That means the series is tied at 1-1, should they play another game for the tiebreaker? You put the 2 best teams in it and if you think the Florida Gators are the 2nd best team that's ok, but don't say no to Michigan because you don't like them, or don't want to play them again. Wait is this the NFL or College Football we are talking about??? Thats right its the NCAA, there are no playoffs.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 3, 2006 -> 09:12 AM) Me thinks you are fearful that on a nuetral field, the results my somewhat different if they meet again. Ha, not even close. Why would it be fair to OSU if UM wins and is crowned the champ? The series is tied 1-1 and the games were played back to back, given the 2 months in between. I just think that if UM wins then they should play another game to break the tie, I know this wont happen but it would only be fair. If UM does play in this game and win I bet the BCS will make a change in the rules that says only those teams who have won their individual conference are eligible to play in the National Championship game. GO BUCKS!

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 11:39 PM) This isn't the salvation army. If you think Florida has a better resume, fine. I am a Michigan fan, but I have no problem with UF going. But don't say they deserve to go because you don't want to see a rematch. MICHIGAN already lost to OSU, get over it. Why do they deserve another shot?? THEY DONT! Bring someone else on.... GO BUCKS!

Why should Michigan get to play OSU again? They already lost. I think it would hurt the rivalry if OSU and UM play again. Bring someone else on, I would of liked to play USC though.

OSU rolls. Oden played well in his first game back. He had 14 points and 10 rebounds.

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 10:06 PM) It's simple. It doesn't matter how much effort they put into scheduling tough teams and its their own problem that they have to schedule 12 games of their own. If those teams turn out bad, then they have played a weak schedule and (based on their results this year) do not belong in the BCS. They could schedule USC, OU, OSU, LSU, Florida, etc all in the same year. If those teams were to all turn out bad for whatever reason, then they have played a weak schedule. This is not hard to understand. "But they try to schedule hard" remains the least convincing argument on why Notre Dame should be in a BCS bowl. ND will not schedule Ohio State. OSU had a home and home with them back in 95 and 96. OSU won both games. OSU has wanted to schedule ND but each time they have been turned down.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 03:28 PM) Wake Forest wins the ACC by beating Ga Tech 9-6 in a pretty ugly game. I had to turn that game off, it was so boring to watch. The loss hurts ND in the BCS points.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 03:24 PM) Already been posted... So he can play today, but he couldn't play whatsoever on Wednesday...? must of missed it when i was catching up in the thread.... I think OSU saw that in order to compete with the top tier teams they are going to need a strong inside presence. He needs to be ready by the time they play Florida. With some soft games before that one I see this as a great move to help integrate him into the system.

Oden will play today in OSUs game against VALPO.