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QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ Jan 11, 2012 -> 07:29 PM) Alabama Crimson Tide (Football) Miami Heat Miami Marlins front-runner...

Bears Illini b-ball Sox/Hawks

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jan 11, 2012 -> 01:45 PM) Well he didn't f*** it up at the least. For many parts of the second half, the Illini offense looked the same as always. Shot clock runs down & a guard chucks up a three. BP3 just happened to be hitting every single one last night.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jan 11, 2012 -> 04:23 PM) I agree mostly with your post but if there is a GM who thinks he'll get a better QB than Cutler either through the draft, FA or trading, I would be iffy on that...the starting QB position on the Bears is the least of our problems. I absolutely agree. The QBs that are better than Cutler are unattainable anyway. It was just more of a general statement that hiring a GM shouldn't be prefaced by "He must build the team with this person & this person". Let him do what he wants, that's why you are trusting him with the roster.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jan 11, 2012 -> 03:37 PM) I hope that the new GM signs Forte to an extension within a few weeks.. As long as it doesn't hurt the cap space too much. Forte is solid, but he definitely isn't an "elite" RB. Over and over again you see RBs come out of nowhere to succeed. Just look at the playoff teams: Starks, Thomas/Ivory, Bradshaw, Foster, Green-Ellis, Redman.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 11, 2012 -> 03:33 PM) Lovie doesn't really deserve to be fired, though. However, the incoming General Manager should be allowed to evaluate, and I'm sure could even have the recommendation made that Lovie not be canned. Instead, the Bears make it a point to publicly state that Lovie is going nowhere, and then promote Tice to OC, and make countless other moves before hiring the most important person in building a winning team. It's so bass ackwards. The excitement of Jerry Angelo getting fired definitely tapered off when Phillips said "Our new GM will work with Lovie Smith as head coach & Jay Cutler as quarterback." Basically, we want someone new to take over, as long as he can work with these people we choose. (Note: I love Cutler as QB, just saying that if a new GM were to decide the Bears need a change at QB, you have to let him do what he wants)

ColombianCupid.com popped up on the ad banner this time.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jan 11, 2012 -> 12:50 PM) Okay, Im sick a tired of posts like these. Most people on this site who are advocating for a better farm system believe this: The farm system should not really be judged on the quality of players coming out of it (though that is a factor into other areas), but for the talent it brings your MLB club, whether that's through trade, calling up prospects, etc. If a team has an amazing farm system but they get traded for players that don't pan out or don't help the club then the farm system is useless. Edit: So teams with stellar ranked farm systems only matter if they commit to keeping this talent around, and if they are aggressive enough to trade some prospect depth for impact players. Building a team only through the draft is hard as hell to do without subsequent moves (extensions, trades, FA signings, etc) but having a stellar farm system makes it infinitely easier to win consistently because it provides a buffer zone for mistakes (which every team makes). I'm just sick of people treating good farm systems like WS championships. I understand the importance of a good farm system. s***ty minor leaguers have definitely hurt the Sox the last 5 years. But until those top prospects perform in the majors, that's all they are prospects. Everyone has been slurping on the Royals for the last few years, but until they can at least break .500 in the majors, I don't need to constantly hear about how great they are.

Looks like the Royals get to hang another "Top Minor League System Champions banner" up at Kaufmann Stadium. The fans must be so proud.

After last night, I think it's a lock that Illinois loses next Thursday at Weber's nemesis and scores under 50 points. Oh well, until then, a week to enjoy BP3.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 11, 2012 -> 05:36 AM) Wait, what? Michael Philbin was convicted of having nonconsensual intercourse with two girls at a drinking party at his parent’s house in August 2008.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jan 10, 2012 -> 11:08 PM) Stalberg for Nash. Do it now. Columbus has to be impressed with him. In four games against them this year, he has 3 multi-goal games, including last night's hat trick. Maybe they won't notice that he only has five against everyone else.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 10, 2012 -> 10:33 PM) In a nutshell, she is married to a foreigner. The husband can't get her pregnant (sterile). So...she thought it was best that her child be "bi-racial" so that other Chinese people would accept more easily that he was the father...didn't want to do adoption or sperm bank/donor/scientific method. Says there's "no feeling" that way. Didn't want to adopt...not interested. Wanted to have a child that was her own. Tricky situation. "No feeling"? Interesting...

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 10, 2012 -> 10:35 PM) Technically, it should be filipinAcupid.com, Filipinos are males from the Philippines, the -AS ending denotes female. Like Russian women, kind of, father's name is Sharapov or Kournikov, daughters end an A at the end of their name. Or Spanish, where the A usually denotes feminine and the O masculine at the end of a word. Polish is the same where the men are -ski, but the women will be -ska

Filipinocupid.com keeps popping up on the ad banner at the top of the site

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 10, 2012 -> 09:48 PM) Has either team got a point from the bench? Zero on both sides

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Jan 10, 2012 -> 09:40 PM) Usually I can just laughing at Illinois down the stretch when they look like ass, but f*** I want this one bad. I'm with ya on that. The NW/Minny/Nebraska games I was just laughing, not caring at the end, but it would be pretty damn sweet to pull this one out.

If you guys are gonna go at it, be sure to take off your visors.

Shorty!!! Shove that instigator penalty! Great play by Hossa to set up Bolland

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 10, 2012 -> 08:23 PM) Wait, that was what the unsportsman like was for? WTF? Yup. Just looked it up in the official rules

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 10, 2012 -> 08:06 PM) I really f***ing hate the instigator penalty for a guy who jumps in after his own teammate gets run. And what's with that face shield penatly? 2 extra minutes for not taking your visor off?

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jan 10, 2012 -> 05:17 PM) So, what you are saying is that the Saints had a weak schedule Saints had 6 games vs. playoff teams (and Tennessee who had the same record as Cincy) 49ers had 5 games vs. playoff teams

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jan 10, 2012 -> 05:16 PM) Home: Giants and Steelers Away: Bengals & Lions. The Bengals had the same record as the Titans and a worse conference record.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 10, 2012 -> 05:13 PM) Packers D is a league leader in takeaways. They also are 15-1. Just in case you forgot Side note: The Steelers were 1st in defense by scoring & yards. Yet they were dead last in takeaways, how the f*** does that happen?

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jan 10, 2012 -> 05:13 PM) TN didn't make the playoffs and only had a 9-7 record OK then, the Saints only played one other playoff team on the road, so what do you expect? And they took that team, the #1 seed, to the final possession.