UConn James

Maybe he means that he doesn't have an outbreak currently.

That's the same argument I hold to. Saddling the worst team in the league with the first pick every year doesn't help them get better, it just effs up their cap for the next seven years. Makes no sense to pay $18M when you could spend $5M at the #15-20 spot and have the exact same chance of getting a player who'll be a bust. We're seeing an in-between example w/ MW. Yes, his play is getting better but at $9M cap number this year, he could well be playing for another team by the time he hits his peak.

Nine million potential viewers in NYC. And if you don't think there's pressure from TPTB in the NFL to push the Jests ad nauseum so as to ensure the West Side stadium gets built....

Horatio Sanz(?) is a terrible comedic actor. I think they keep him on just to have a fat man that reminds everyone of Chris Farley, who was kept on because he reminded everyone of Jon Belushi. Sanz just flubs every line, and then starts on a giggle-fest. It used to be something unique when the cast would laugh during the skit when something would go wrong (ie, Christopher Walken's moustache kept falling off in "The Continental"). The current cast, minus Tina Fey sometimes, is crap. Tom Brady's Flalafel City????? Well, at least he was wearing a dress (or was it a serape?) so he can be the object of derision. The skits I saw were just bad.

They're saying 2nd or early 3rd for Orlovsky. He's got the size, strength and football smarts (kind of like JP in this regard---he went to college more to play and study football than learn about astrophysics), just that UConn isn't a behemoth football school yet. I'd be very surprised if he dropped to the 5th.

Agree about the others, but I think you're WAY wrong about Orlovsky. This from someone who watched games and quite a few practices. What you don't read about him in those draft guides is him working out on Sundays before the season esp. on footwork w/ cones and rope ladders in the FieldHouse and Memorial Stadium. He's more of a pocket-QB but unlike Drew he is aware of and can step up to avoid the rush.

You've acknowledged that you no longer live in Kooba Norte. That's good. Now change your avatar.

Aaron Schoebel is laughing all the way to the bank. But I don't expect he'll be around for his entire contract, unless he ponies up more than 8.5 coverage sacks per year. If Kelsay doesn't develop fast (I think he will) or even if he does, I'd expect TD to draft a DE early in next year's draft. AS's signing seemed much more like the Dutch boy with his finger in the dike than a long-term solution. This is a valid criticism of TD's management style. I can't say as I disagree with it. You can't kill your cap w/ a few players and have gaping holes of mediocrity/has-beens everywhere else.

To start at a reason why, instead of blaming everyone, I'd look at society as a whole rather than the sum of the parts. Try reading "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell. Social epidemics are created by small events, resulting in a the collection of numerous discrete occurances of similar pattern. Resorting to violence as an acceptable answer to a problem has become an epidemic in this country. Where did it begin? Who knows. Waco? Columbine? 9/11? Likely, something earlier that was the 'tipping point.' A short interview w/ the author

It'd be something to see if one of them tried airing a game that had no announcers, just the sounds from the stadium and some graphics to show what down it is, etc. "Don’t speak unless you think you can improve the silence." --- Adolph Rupp, the legendary U. Kentucky coach, hitting the nail on the head.

Didn't say that JS single-handedly brought down Crossfire. They did it to themselves over a long time. I don't even know who else was on it, and I don't want/need to. And you're wrong about the youth vote. Just like all of the people who don't bother to sift through the facts after the Insta-Pundits tell them something.

Yes. Stewart showed them up when he actually had something to say about how Tucker Carlson and his establishment-praising bowtie vs. an equally extremist person of the other side was "Hurting America!!!" JS was right. Carlson was let go a couple of months later and "Crossfire" format has been completely changed, when they even have it.

TWW this season has had its ups and downs. That episode was a big up. What's happening in real life w/ Delay, Santorum, etc., grasping at straws is a shame. "In God We Trust" --There's a bigger, better conversation about the role of religion in gov't in one of the best scenes of the year. Kind of hard to follow if you didn't watch it tho. Republican nominee Arnold Vinick (Alan Alda):

Ever tried ski-joring? All you need are a pair of skis (and snow), a few bungee cords, and some over-exuberant dogs. GSPs are great for it, and lord knows they're always up for the exercise.

I dunno. Like I said, I've seen this same new preview a few times and it's had "TONIGHT 8/9 Central" at the bottom. It's got me kinda miffed.... And yeah, Steve, you really need to change that thing. Don Johnson is a little too Miami Dolphin-like for a Bills fan. If it's zany you want, try to find a pic of the guy who does Elvis at RWS --- you know who I'm talkin' 'bout.

I don't think so. The writers said there will be some stuff happening, but nothing would be too too 'out there.' I think alternate realities would qualify. Much more believable that it's simply another small group of survivors. I'm really surprised that they haven't explored the entire island, at least just walking along the shoreline. The island doesn't seem to be all that big. I know there's the whole monster thing, but it's like Cast Away, you have to know what's around you. Another point, how would the wild boars have gotten there? There's usually birds on islands like this, but there's no way for the boar to get there by themselves. And I'm discounting that they came w/ the expedition w/ the polar bear just because, who would take boar to wherever they're going on a science mission?

I don't think you need to do a spoiler color for that, as it's been shown (surprising how they redubbed the transmission to make it much clearer --- why didn't they do that originally?), and the rest is our usual speculation.

I think they may have taken a cue from the NCAA Tournament selection show this year 'round now that it is a major event for the NFL Network. There probably won't be any leaks. My bad, Rich. But the same way I wouldn't waste one hour of my life, I wouldn't waste two doing the same thing. There's five months 'til the real games start to digest the sched.

The discussion just goes on and on in there, doesn't really matter that it was created last week. PIZ, I've never deleted a thread I started (haven't started one since the feature was added); you might try deleting the original (first) message you posted. I just don't want to wear out the welcome with Lost threads.

Marry this girl! But teach her to go to a local beef farmer --- much cheaper, no chance of preservatives, etc., and you support the local economy.

We'd enjoy your company in the other Lost thread, where this puzzler is a topic. I'm seeing conflicting things. So as not to make discussion too much of a nuisance to the other TBDers, you might delete this thread or the mods can merge it.

When he was at the toy store he was a fairly young man, had hair and it was pre-however-accident. At the box company/office, he was bald like he is now and I believe he was in the wheelchair, going with the 4-year timeframe, altho I forget if it shows it. He plays the 'war' game (someone he's probably paying) and chats w/ the phone sex(?) girl as if she's his daughter or something. It's a way of showing that his life is very devoid of tangible other people; maybe after the kidney transplant fiasco, he decided not to trust or get too close to other people. The most recent flashback shown of him was in the safari office. And even tho it is written week-to-week, there are no (glaring) flubs in this show. There's going to be a kind of rehash episode soon that has all of the flashbacks for each character in order. And still, the previews for the ep where Jack & Sayid go after Locke are being shown with "Wednesday" and one that was just on said "Tonight." I don't know what's going on....

Or are they going to do it week-by-week and talk for 15 minutes about what match-ups are best even tho at this point, they're completely talking out of their arses? I'd just check here at 3 and save an hour of your life.

The Great Karnak predicts that they start with the NFC and that the AFC East schedules will be the last to be shown.

I'm one who doesn't assume that people are stupid, especially when it comes to salary, tho I do volunteer that many people are mememememe rather than seeing the big picture. We live insulated lives in that regard. What would be nice in theory is if every NFL, NHL, MLB hotshot had to work as a convenience store clerk for a few years like Kurt Warner did (his head got filled back up pretty quickly tho). Or get a real job based on what they can do other than throw catch or kick an air-filled ball. Might change their tune really fast.