UConn James

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.

You'd prefer to have him tank it like Rueben simply so someone can wear #93 and remind us all of bygone days? Pat is going to be 33, plays 50 percent of the time, and wants a 4-to-5-year contract w/ a SB that the Bills will have to eat when he retires or is cut in two years. I don't see an upside here. There is a reason why Edwards got some good PT last year (Bengals game) and Tim Anderson was drafted.

Why exactly would you want it to work that way? So he can come back bitter and have it affect everything else, from his onfield attitude to his conditioning ethic? There's times when you have to let guys walk away. See: Hugh Douglas.

People are ready to 86 Lindell b/c of his struggles from inside the 40.

My brother's Army buddies called him Diggler. What? His name is Dirk.

Hasn't been on the show per se. But the combined Hurley quotes in the series had pretty much given it away that he had come into some money, i.e. when he owes Walt 83 Large by betting on that game he said something like 'No problem.' It wasn't a big spoiler, and that's actually in the TV Guide-like description for next week. Not like learning any small tidbit beforehand is going to really help you figure it all out or ruin the surprise in this show. For me, reading a little beforehand helps me spot things when they actually do come onscreen. Not all of us have Tivo, Steve.

Peein' off his players w/ his attitude seems to be a pattern w/ Martz. I don't think TD would bring him back. He doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who does that. Once he's made a decision on a guy, he wipes his hands.

The UConn football team is just in its fourth year of I-A. Beat Toledo in the Motor City Bowl this past season. Have to replace the best QB in school history. DL. Probably have one of the deeper RB corps in the Big East. Randy Edsall has made hay by signing guys that other coaches took off the radar b/c of size or injury. One they're really touting is a QB from Ohio, Billy Cundiff. Also got some good OL. The OL is one of the things they really concentrate on in the scheme. As the reputation grows, (and the AD is building a sweet indoor practice facility on campus) a more guys will have UConn as a first choice. It really is nice to watch the coach build the program from the ground up, basically. Linky poo.