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Yeah, it was bad enough that he got in all that trouble in '04 with the minors and alcohol + marijuana charges. But for Va Tech to give him one more chance and what does he do? Elbows an opposing coach after being run out to the sideline, flips fans a bird, and then steps on a player in the Gator Bowl. And to top things off, I saw on ESPN that after he was reached for comment, he simply stated "I'll just take it to the next level, baby". I'm all about giving people chances but with a classless guy like this, I think he's clearly out of them. What's he trying to do, give Maurice Clarett a run for the money?

Quote: is FULLY CAPABLE of winning the BIG GAME? theres alotta critics out there who believe that a scrambling QB (ex- Mike Vick) will never win you THE BIG GAME. Well, i think YOUNG just proved that these special QBs are just as capable of winning the big game like the drop back QBs. The most easily forgotten stat is that Vince Young actually had the highest qb rating of all players eligible this year. So he is a true double threat, as he showed in the Rose Bowl with 200+ yards running AND passing.

Quote: Talk about Missing Nate? I kinda thought that his tenure would be short there. Bob Hill is the man!!! I think you will see a surge in Seattle now. Interestingly enough, Weiss will still be an advisor?? I'm just as surprised as everyone else in the fact that Weiss got the job in the first place. And as far as Nate goes, I read something in ESPN the mag that outside of 3 guys (Pryz, Webster, someone else), he's open to imploding the Jailblazers altogether. What I found interesting is that Ray Allen did an interview and felt bad for not doing enough to help keep Weiss around and he suggested that the team felt the same for the most part.

Thank God. I'm up to my neck in Pac-10 fans up here and I never stop slamming USC or anyone else in the Pac-10 for not being in a real football conference. Glad to see Texas was able to step up and handle business, and hopefully all this dynasty talk (and let's face it, USC was NOT on the verge of a threepeat, seeing as how they split with Auburn) will stop. I give credit to USC for being a great team in an otherwise lackluster conference, but watching ESPN hype them up as on of the greatest of all time (with only the 2001 Miami team beating them in polls) was sickening on top of all the fanfare I have up here. Congrats one more time for Texas and here's to a successful 06/07 for UGA!

Quote: potential only means you haven't proven anything. give me bosh Hmm... Potential is what got Howard drafted. Ability is what has his averages where they're at. I'll take Howard any day over Bosh; free agency, trade, fantasy draft, you name it.

Quote: since the hawks have been that high on a power ranking? haha. Yes, meaningless. but still, it shows the media is recognizing the improvement and not just dogging them out all the time like they usually do. Here's to hoping the press doesn't start dogging on us if we hit another long losing skid, which I can see now (the bad pub, not the long losing skid).

I was watching the early edition of Sportscenter this morning after I got off work and ESPNNEWS cut to a live press conference with this story: ESPN article With the recent talk surrounding the Colts, whether it was about their chance at perfection, their first loss, their Super Bowl chances, Tony Dungy's coach of the year credentials, etc., it's safe to say this supercedes all of the above. Condolences to the Dungy family, from what I've always seen, heard, and what everyone that knows Tony Dungy and his family personally, he's a stand-up family man as well as coach and this type of loss is the least that he deserves. Rest in peace, James.

Quote: I expect the Yankees to haev a similar season to what ehy have had the last few years. Near the top in offense, lots of wins, first or second round playoff exit. The yankee magic is gone and there are clearly better teams out there now. Agreed. Both NY teams love to stockpile offense and then forget about their pitching staff. Look at the Mets, with their own version of murderer's row and nobody worth writing home about after Pedro pitches. Granted, I think the Yankees have an above average staff with Johnson, Chacon, Wang, Pavano coming back, and Moose, but I'm still not convinced that they will have enough pitching at this point to be more than paper champs. But I'm pretty sure there will be more roster tweaking by Lord Steinbrenner, even after they just paid out $43M in luxury tax.

Arg... Looks like another great fantasy baseball team for Steinbrenner. Granted the contract is still being reported as preliminary, but anyway... 4 years, $52 million, hopefully another early playoff exit. Go Braves!

Regardless of how good any team is supposed to be and regardless of how much luck is involved in any team not sustaining injuries throughout the course of the year, there's no denying that the Colts have succeeded 13 times this year. I think that's enough to give Dungy the award for coaching his team to great wins over great teams as Diesel mentioned, as well as winning nearly every other game in between.

Was hoping to see the article also just to hopefully get a little more insight on what the teams are thinking. On a side note, what's up, bro?