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QUOTE (dasox24 @ Nov 15, 2010 -> 02:27 PM) Michael Smith from ESPN is tweeting that the Redskins have signed McNabb to a 5 year, $78M extension ($40M guaranteed)... hahaha, are they f***ing serious? First he gets benched, then gets a huge extension? Poor Sexy Rexy...

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Nov 15, 2010 -> 01:28 PM) Gameday is coming to (your city) Wrigley for ILL/NW. Awesome. Sounds like they will be setting up in the Mickey D's parking lot. I think it would have been awesome if they been up on a rooftop, but its kinda hard to get the background fans up there.

Not sure if the mods want to start a new Awards Thread, but Feliz & Posey win the Rookie of the Year awards.

Without this thread, I probably wouldn't have even noticed.

Illinois -7 @ Northwestern. WTF? I know they have a freshman QB making his first QB start, but really??? I didn't see this earlier, but one of the field goal posts is attached to the wall/bleachers at Wrigley. Someone is gonna get hurt in that end zone too, crashing into the ivy.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Nov 15, 2010 -> 01:35 AM) I like Stalberg. HUGE win for the Hawks tonight. They needed it. Definitely, especially with how well the Ducks have been playing. 3 points over the weekend was nice, although would have preferred 4. They really need to start off the road trip with a win at Edmonton. Oilers have 4 wins in 16 games, 2 of those at the UC. In the last week, they have lost 7-1, 6-2, & 8-2. They cannot lose a 3rd game to them.

Phillies close to re-signing Jose Contreras to a two-year, $5 million deal.

QUOTE (T R U @ Nov 15, 2010 -> 02:31 AM) im gonna go ahead and be pretty ballsy and declare that there is no chance the Bears beat Miami Thursday.. Weve lost to Baltimore, New England, New York Jets, and Pittsburgh.. and shoulda beat Pitt but the refs screwed us over.. that's pretty much 4 of the best 5 teams in the NFL right there with Atlanta being the other.. It doesn't matter if Thigpen is playing QB, he can do plenty enough to win the game with the way our defense has been playing and my expectancy that Nolans blitzing is going to have a field day on Cutler.. I'm sure Thigpen has taken about 0% of the snaps in practice all year and he has 3 days to prepare for a Bears defense that has actually played well this year. Granted, I'm not saying the Dolphins won't win, especially given Cutler's tendency to lay an egg during primetime games, but come on. It's Tyler f***ing Thigpen, theres a reason why he was behind the two Chads on the depth chart.

I'm actually going there in mid-January for a Hawks game too. Staying downtown near the arena. The wife has friends from there so if I get any good recommendations I shall pass them along.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Nov 13, 2010 -> 01:21 AM) They don't even indicate that. Exactly average at best is what they really indicate. And it's amazing the damage the miscalculation of Brian Anderson caused this organization. A GG caliber starting CF on a team that just won the World Series and our top position prospect, who was also a CF, were traded in the span of a month because we thought Anderson could man CF. Who is this referring to?? Aaron Rowand and Gold Glove should never be mentioned in the same sentence(other than this one).

QUOTE (fathom @ Nov 12, 2010 -> 10:08 AM) I still wonder if Hudson would be a part of the Sox if Beckham could have made a play on a pretty routine grounder in Oakland that resulted in Hudson having a bad start. Also, I think the fact there were some in the Sox Front Office that didn't view Hudson as anything more than a #3/4 starter in the years to come caused the trade. I would hope that the decision makers would be able to see that it was a routine grounder that should have been caught and not judge Hudson solely on the numbers and the final outcome. If not, then boy are we in trouble.

QUOTE (fathom @ Nov 12, 2010 -> 08:33 AM) Rivals insider site for Illinois has been comparing Leonard to Howard all week, with many suggesting he'll be the first pick in the draft in two years. Well they do look alike, so that comparison is partly valid.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 11, 2010 -> 12:29 AM) What former Sox would you want on the team next season if you could only pick one pitcher and one position player? At their current ability. I would choose Hudson for the staff barely beating out Richard. For the position player, I'd choose Uribe I guess (taking the role of super utility man from Teahan and Omar). Gio Gonzalez & Nick Swisher

@paulpierce34: It's been a pleasure to bring my talents to south beach now on to Memphis

QUOTE (lostfan @ Nov 11, 2010 -> 04:51 PM) 17 is the age of consent in Illinois, no? lol... she's grown up quite a bit since the School of Rock days Shouldnt this discussion go in the Filibuster section about the pedophile book on Amazon??

per Mark Gonzalez & Ozzie Twitter

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Nov 11, 2010 -> 03:53 PM) .....I must be missing something here.... I know we have a minor league reliever named Ryan Braun as well, but why the hell would I be talking about him? Inside joke? Like J4L said, there was no link or anything, and Braun being traded would be HUGE news, so I was just trying to be funny that it was the Sox Ryan Braun. I did read the ESPN link, and to me it just sounds like they are throwing s*** at the wall to see if anything will stick. He's due $13 million total over the next two seasons, the haul for him would be so ridiculous, it ain't gonna happen.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Nov 11, 2010 -> 03:30 PM) I said Minnesota's OOC schedule is a bit better on paper, but I still doubt it makes a major difference if NU is better head to head or in conference play in general. Those mid-major games aren't going to be resume-makers and St. Joe's was 11-20 last year and lost their top-2 scorers. In a way, I agree I guess. They're going to have to be over .500 in conference with that OOC schedule. I don't see them having to be QUITE that good though. If they beat the teams they're supposed to beat, split with Minnesota and won three against the top-5 in conference, that'd put them at 12-6 with likely three wins against the top-25 and another top-50 against Minnesota. That strikes me as more of a 6/7 seed type resume than bubble team. Their problem is that they don't really have a lot of games against 50-100 type teams, it's either very good ones or very bad ones. IMO they minimum they have to do is get 3 out of 5 against Minnesota, Wisconsin and Purdue and a conference tournament win. Any win in their 5 games against MSU/OSU/Illinois would be gravy. I also doubt one loss OOC or one to the bottom feeders will kill them as long as they still get a couple of decent wins (though they might need an extra against Minnesota or Wisconsin, an extra tournament win or a win against the top-3). 8-10 seeds generally don't have amazing resumes, but they're also generally not right on the bubble either. That's how I see NU with that kind of season. I guess my main point is that I think they're either going to be out or comfortably in since it will all come down to conference play rather than sitting there in suspense on Selection Sunday as one of the last four in or out. LOL, look at us dropping Bracketology before most teams have even played a single game. I guess I underestimated how many big wins they can get in conference, that 12-6 scenario would have them looking very strong. I guess its just that their OOC really can hurt them way more than it can help them. They almost need to go 9-1 or 10-0. I think any more losses would stand out, as would any bad losses to the Iowas or Indianas of the Big Ten. It puts that much more pressure on thmn to win all of the games they are favored, not much room for missteps. Either way, I hope they do finally make it, just as long as none of those wins are against the Illini.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Nov 11, 2010 -> 03:22 PM) Ryan Braun on the trading block. Interesting. What do you think the Sox can get for a 30 year old reliever with a 6.66 major league ERA, who hasn't pitched in the majors since 2007? Shouldn't this go in the minor league thread anyway?

The football field actually fits pretty well at Yankee Stadium for ND/Army. I wonder if they took out any seats near home or in CF. Although this way there arent as many good 50-yard line seats as there are at Wrigley. Link

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Nov 11, 2010 -> 02:51 PM) In Right Field= The 27 year old Bo Jackson For some reason, I would think that Bo Knows Defense just a tad bit better than CQ does

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Nov 11, 2010 -> 02:40 PM) Between him and Quentin someone should have hired a sports psychologists long time ago. And with Ozzie someone should have hired a psychologist long time ago.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 11, 2010 -> 02:16 PM) Alexei Ramirez only has a couple prime years left. He's 29. I always forget that. I just assume he is still like 25 or 26. It's nice that he is still under the Sox control in 2012 & 2013, although I don't know what the arbitration numbers might look like. (Good he didn't win the GG for that reason.)

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Nov 11, 2010 -> 01:57 PM) Their schedule does suck, but let's not go crazy here. 11-7 in what will probably be the #1 conference in the country should make them more than a bubble team, especially if they get a win or two in the conference tournament. 7 teams out of the Big Ten should be highly doable. To do that, they'd have to beat the 4 bottom feeders and get 3 more wins. It also helps that Minnesota, the other "middle tier" Big Ten team doesn't have marquee type games either (though it'll look better on paper obviously with some decent mid-majors). This is their OOC schedule: Fri, Nov 12 vs Wofford Mon, Nov 15 vs Siena Thu, Nov 18 vs Western Kentucky (neutral site) Wed, Nov 24 vs North Dakota State Mon, Nov 29 vs Virginia Sat, Dec 4 vs Cornell Wed, Dec 8 @ Saint Joseph's Sat, Dec 11 vs Eastern Kentucky Wed, Dec 15 vs Akron Thu, Dec 23 vs South Dakota State I may be over exaggerating a bit, but they definitely are gonna need at least 3-4 wins over the big boys and no bad losses either, they have given themselves little margin for error. Minnesota's is similar, but @ St. Joe's at least looks like a real road game, and the teams like Wofford/Siena/WKU always help the RPI.

QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Nov 11, 2010 -> 01:29 PM) Rival teams believe the White Sox will listen to offers for Gordon Beckham, according to Yahoo's Tim Brown. Let's take a look around the league to determine which teams could become suitors for the infielder. The 24-year-old has a career .260/.331/.416 line and extensive big league experience at second and third. It seems likely that more than half the teams in baseball would have some interest in the former first rounder, despite the extended slow start he had in 2010. Here's a list of teams with potential interest: I'm sure most of the majors would have great interest in Beckham, especially considering his contract situation. Which of those teams have available trade chips that KW would have enough interest to trade Beckham for? Not many of them at all.