UConn James

Maybe an escape route. You have to get around quick on the island, so the carnivorous giraffe doesn't getcha. But that would imply that the big monster, assuming it's not a polar bear b/c that would be so anti-climactic, was already there before Danielle. Bermuda Triangle/The Lost World? For those w/ Tivo, what book was Sawyer reading?

Well, getting back to brass tacks, how in the heckfire could the bridge support Hurley and not Charlie? That's one that boggles the mind, unless it took a while for a rope to become totally unfrayed. Then, who built the bridge? Looked a lot older than 16 years for Danielle's party to have put up. That combined w/ the existing signal that sidetracked the expedition, this island has likely seen several crashes. Bermuda Triangle, the Pacific version?

When my uncle had one and nothing was found, the doctor gave him a certificate saying that he was a 'Perfect A**hole.'

Well, I do understand and concede his point. And everyone should have the opportunity to read and discuss the show w/o big spoilers being revealed. It's a courtesy thing that is crucial. It's just that in mixing the discussion w/ convention, some ideas get tossed around that others mistake as obvious, premeditated spoilers. They're not, and I don't know how sensitive Steve is about not knowing anything before it is actually on the pixels. But if you're talking about a show, at least be prepared to discuss convention.

Point taken that this isn't a show that follows all the conventions of TV, but they don't throw all of the conventions out. A birthing episode is a ratings-grabber. The writers knew this when they were writing it all before the show became the biggest thing since Marlon Brando's jowls. Obviously, I've obviously been obviously listening to Drew "Obvious" Bledsoe for too obviously long an obvious time. There's a few spoliers I've heard and I haven't and won't post them here. The baby and the lotto one weren't that big a deal. Fuggin TV Guide tells you more. Really, it does. (I doubt it's a polar bear that got the pilot.)

Sorry. Actually, a baby birthing in the season finale is so common an occurance (e.g. Friends, twice; ER, however many seasons it's been on b/c it's every year; need I go on?) it's laughable that anyone might think of it as a spoiler, esp. w/ Claire being 8 mos. preggers and there being not many eps left in the season. It's not hard math. They showed Hurley on the TV getting into a new car. A few positions down in the Telephone Game and voila, you have "Maybe he won the lotto?" That's the risk you run when you read a thread. I'll be conscious about labeling obvious spoilers.

That's a question I asked kind of rhetorically, b/c from what was said, I really couldn't make any judgment on how Hurley knew this guy, Leonard, either as a fellow patient or as a ward attendant.... Just before the numbers come up, he had on a chicken joint uniform, tho, and was telling his mum that he knew that everyone was down/ragging on him. At this point, I'd say he was a patient, but I would guess not very long and not a very severe thing. Maybe anger management issues? see: his blowup to Danielle and bottling things up as mentioned before.

Right on! I wouldn't be overly surprised for this to be a quiet FA period at OBD, relatively speaking, and then addressing some of needs w/ current backups and in the draft. Yaknow, I don't know if an extension gets done for him in this offseason. It seems like a lot of teams (Deadskins, Rayhhdahs) just sign guys and don't worry about it b/c they bank that the cap will go up by $7-8M each year. So far it generally has. Maybe this is what TD has in mind. Or he logically doesn't want to pony up that much green (did I just mix a metaphor? ) for one player and will let him walk or do another PP-type deal.

I'll repeat it. That was a great scene. Saw a lot of who Hurley is. The guy who holds it all in --- internalizes things (and the weight thing as a physical manifestation of this) --- and he finally just goes all "I WANT ANSWERS!" to a crazy lady w/ a rifle to his head. And then the, "Dude, I'm spry!" What was the signif. of the strung-up boar that he passes when he's following the wire? It seems there won't be a new ep until 13 April.

The draft is deep in RBs (about the only position where it is). I'd rather get one who isn't carrying 60 pounds of baggage onto the field, and already beyond the NFL shelf life of the average RB. Bettis was one of the few exceptions I would've made. As a backup.

Yup. It's come up quite a few times, e.g. on the toy airplane in the safe deposit box. Anyone catch that Hurley owned a cardboard box company that burned down? Wasn't it Locke who worked at a place that made... bum-bum-BUM(!) cardboard boxes? (Or was it Michael, I forget). These people are all interlinked. It's like that math thing where you have to draw a line to all of the vertecies. BTW, anyone catch the ref to Hurley as being mistaken for a drug dealer? Jorge played one in Curb Your Enthusiasm for a bit. Lots of in-jokes on the show....

Perhaps the filter needs some refining.

"Lighten up, Francis." You're quite high-strung, man. And you really need to stop getting so worked up over a game where 6th round picks have claimed 3 of the last 6 Super Bowl MVPs.

4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42. '815' is in there....

Hurley's backstory was everything I thought it'd be. So, apparently it is these numbers that are causing everything to go bad. At first I thought it was Danielle who had broadcast the numbers that the listening post guys heard. It was there all along, tho, and imprinted on the plane that's buried. (I actually know what's in there, but I won't give it away). So, everyone who's connected with those numbers is lucky themselves but bad things happen to everyone around them, and it causes insanity in those who profit from them. Question --- how was Hurley in the mental institution that he knew this Leo(?) guy? A patient? Guard? Sigh. I still have no clue what this all is.... That was a really awesome scene w/ Hurley and Danielle.... Did anyone catch what the numbers are? Does 815 figure in there? Locke, Mr. Nice Guy. Nice touch, and Claire is at "almost nine months," so that question that arose here why she's still preggers awhile back is explained. She has the baby in the season finale, as if that's a big surprise to anyone. (And for being 8 mos. pregnant, Claire's got a pretty tight arse ). Anybody flashing on "Sphere," if you saw it?

Either that or TD finally got wise to the fact there's no market for nudie pics of 60-year old men, even if he's a silver fox. Everyone's too busy downloading Paris. But yeah, Joe Burns didn't exactly light up the world in camp. I can remember a few good runs in games, but I think Shaud or a pick in this RB-deep draft will be the backups.

'xactly. When you pick out the last gumball that costs 25 cents, and some other kid comes up and buys it, and then you discover you've only got 15 cents in your pocket and the gumballs aren't that good anyway, why piss and moan?

It's a good thing Jonas is listed at 325 lbs, in the light-in-the-loafers milieu. Just one of the fruity quotes I've read, he's "going to let [his] star shine somewhere else"? Did he steal that from "Rent" or maybe "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"? Not that there's anything wrong w/ that....

Always the ladies man, Rich Aurilia refuses to remove the roll of quarters from his front pocket before shagging flies.

That's a valid point you make. Wiley, Peerless.... I could keep listing these 'til I'm blue in the face but I won't. Let's hope Josh Reed likewise gets the fire in his eyes this year. (Never a wise move to sign a guy based solely on production in his contract year. This has been the road to ruin for many a team. Why would you want someone who could only be bothered to step it up when his ass was on the line? Then when it's not, production slips lower than it was previously. If Reed does do well and wants big money, TD should let him walk.

It might take a few Prozacs when TD doesn't sign Bubba Franks.

You're assuming that each of these players will get bigger contracts than they currently have. For sure, Clements will be expensive if TD wants to keep him. Campbell, Kelsay, Tucker will command higher prices, but they're not going to break the bank unless they really step up their play. I don't see Fletcher, Milloy and Posey getting more than they currently do F&M b/c of their age and already high numbers (salaries tend to go in a Bell Curve shape over the course of a career and their last contracts were their peaks, I'd figure), and P b/c he hasn't even lived up to the deal he signed. Why is it the Pats can put in Koppen, Hochstein and another no-name guy on the OL, and win the SB? And yet, the Bills must have a Name Player at every position? If a guy is asking for more than you can afford, you let him go and plug someone else in who is hungry for a job. I like that TD is trusting his coaches' and staff's judgment and is doing this w/ PW and JJ. He'll do it in 2006 too. (And Lindell? They can cut him right now and shed no tears.)

Watched it for about 45 minutes and then turned it off. Even back in the SNL days, I didn't think Rock was very good. He relies way too much on the delivery than actually having good LOL material. That is where Carson will continue to outshine all of these imposters until they get their heads out of their butts. They should try Seinfeld next year if he'll do it. I think he's aged a bit from his sitcom stuff. BTW, that skit was pretty lame. Just shows that the average person doesn't watch the BIG Hollywood movies that the people in tuxes are patting themselves on the back over.

Who among us has not uttered those selfsame words when sitting in the car dealer's office and demanding a Krispy Kreme? :D

I would assume they used tees... Found this site a while back and it's the one Lindell was using in the scrimmage vs. the Browns last July. I've been told by one of the former UConn kickers that it sucks (I kicked for S&G just to try it, and sometimes they were there). Holders in games do not sit back 17 inches, as if they're pinching their noses and throwing toxic underwear into the hamper. They're close to the ball, like the more standard 11 inch model tees, so they're right on top of it if something happens and to get a good hold. On the playing field, I would think it'd be like trying to hammer a nail when someone else is holding it, when you've only ever practiced using a nailgun. I don't know, that's just me.