SnB

Will you please stop worrying about the cubs?

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Mar 18, 2006 -> 04:18 PM) Hawk can't use a computer. HE LEARNED HOW TO COOK AND USE A COMPUTER THIS WINTER! GEESH

I literally shredded my bracket today.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Mar 18, 2006 -> 11:33 PM) In the case of Illinois, it seems like it's simply a case of not attacking the basket enough. They're generally a perimeter oriented team that takes a lot of jumpers, making it hard to draw a lot of fouls. When they do go inside, it's typically an open shot or a quick shot by Augustine, making it harder to draw contact. This has happened to them on a lot of occasions this year, although it wasn't as bad a descrepancy. Washington on the other hand was constantly attacking the basket. Pretty much all of the fouls on the Illini occurred in the paint in the second half. I'll admit there were numerous BS calls on the perimeter in the first half, but I didn't really see that in the second. While I'll agree with you that illinois should have drove to the basket a bit more in the second half, I think that even when they did, there were a few no calls. But saying that, that's not the biggest reason people are complaining. How many calls went against us today that consisted of touching a player running to the side of you? There were just way too many touch fouls called on their side. If you're going to call them like that, you have to do it for both teams.

Let's go Illini. Let's salvage this awful basketball weekend for me with a sweet 16 birth.

reading that gets me so pumped for 2 weeks. I can't wait to head to the park for the 2nd and 3rd games of the season. So I guess we could turn this thread into our own advice about how to spend your day at the park: 1) church parking lot behind RF, you'll get on the highway 10x faster. 2) get there early, tailgate, get in the park as soon as it opens, watch BP 3) Kosher Dogs + onions OR brats should be your only meal options. 4) Go up on the fan deck for part of BP 5) Keep score during the game 6) Actually watch all the pre-game festivites....especially the videos I miss the place so much.

QUOTE(SnB @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 01:22 PM) though it's not a bad idea. I just went through and did a couple 5 team parlays with teams that i'm 90% certain will win, regardless of how bad the money lines were (MSU, UNC, OSU, KU, etc) :headshake

QUOTE(SnB @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 05:17 PM) 15/16 sweet 16 still alive, all elite 8. If tonight is upset city though, I'm in trouble. uuuuuuh. thanks MSU, and possibly thanks KU......for ruining the tournament for me in the 2nd day.

um......thanks MSU. Go murray state (if UNC loses, the MSU loss won't hurt) Go KU (final four team) This could be disasterous

15/16 sweet 16 still alive, all elite 8. If tonight is upset city though, I'm in trouble.

Hollywood has reached a new low

over/under on how many times I have to hear that applebee's song today: 100

pretty average day, either 11-5 or 12-4, depending if Utah St. pulls this one out. but I do have my sweet 16 still in tact fully, so can't complain too much. Thank god for BC and IU pulling it out late.

IU is the most frustrating team to watch. but congrats on the win, because of you guys, my sweet 16 is still fully in tact.

all of these injuries are really scaring the s*** out of me. It makes you realize just how lucky we were all of last season, considering the injury bug............and well everything else too.

-We will struggle a little more than everyone thinks. -Garland and Garcia both have 'ok' years. -The bullpen situation costs us more than a few games in the beginning of the season. -KW does something about it by the middle of summer -Konerko comes back with an absolute monster year, thome impresses -Anderson plays better than expected -pods isn't himself all season -Mark wins 20 games Record around the 90-72 mark, we get in the playoffs, either by division or WC.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 08:49 PM) I totally agree Aboz on big spreads I'll always take the underdog, especially in football. Sometime in college football, the spreads are like 30+, usually those are a safe bet........unless USC is the favorite. I'll never bet against again.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 08:41 PM) I took caffeine completely out of my diet. Well, at least as complete as I can. I don't drink pop, I really don't eat any sweets. I'm actually a really healthy-eating college-kid. It's kind of creepy. But, right now we just have this green tea powder in a jar that I've been mixing in with water--because I'm out of bottled water, of which I drink about 4 a day--and I can't believe how good this stuff is. My mom swears by this stuff. I've never given it a try. I think I'm beginning to see what they're all talking about. i'm one of those weirdos that can't drink water plain. I just need to have some sort of flavor in my liquids damnit! So i've become very partial to the crystal light and gatorade mixes.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 07:06 PM) Thank God the Sox didn't blow it last year, or I'd be on the ledge. you can always come transfer here, you can sleep on my floor!

if having a player that other players hate is what we have to do to get a player that does what he did in game 2 of the ALCS........fine by me.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 01:50 PM) NEXT WEEK, not this week. damnit!

I have a midterm tommorow morning, thanks kap for helping me out with studying for that

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 01:53 PM) Well, the moneylines aren't available at them moment for those games. They are usually available the day of. This is the first time I have ever looked at it this way, so who knows, maybe they don't put a moneyline on those teams. at least the site I use, mysportsbook.com, doesn't have money lines for every game. If it gets to the point where they know they can't make any money (1 seed games for example), they just won't have a money line.

though it's not a bad idea. I just went through and did a couple 5 team parlays with teams that i'm 90% certain will win, regardless of how bad the money lines were (MSU, UNC, OSU, KU, etc)

most places don't even have a money line for the 1's