Acantha

I understood what you were saying, and I was agreeing with it. The BCS is obviously trash, but there will always be something to complain about. I'm all for an 8 or 16 team playoff, but there will always be the 9th and 17 team that cause people to hate the system. I think the only way to get around these arguments is to start from scratch and realign all of the conferences to match an ideal playoff system. For example, create 8 conferences with 16 teams each, separated into 2 divisions. Every conference has a championship game and sends a team to an 8 game playoff. I'm not saying that's a good idea or something I want to see happen. I just think that trying to make a playoff system that still uses so many components of the current system (polls, at large bids, etc...) will only end in more demand for something better.

Jesus. A 64 team football playoff is absolute non-sense. The BCS makes more sense. Do you (or should I say does he) really think programs will be funded by meaningless games after a team is knocked out of the playoffs? Lets say TT gets knocked out in the first round (a real possibility). Do those TT faithful show up in droves for the rest of those games in enough numbers to keep their already slight recruiting budget (of which you've continuously brought up) to current levels? Not to mention....what's the point? Hell, the talent between the 20-25th ranked teams doesn't even compare to the top 5 in any given year. The only point in having so many games is hoping for a fluke upset, and how far does that go to proving who the "best" team really is? I think Cynical has pretty damn good point in this thread though. We might as well keep the BCS. It doesn't matter how you change the system, people are going to B word that their team got screwed.

Okay, just so we're all together on this, you've now officially gone off the deep end, yeah?

24 now??? Holy crap. By the time anything changes in college football, people will be calling for the 64 team playoff basketball has. I say we just scrap the season and have a 120 team playoff. They could pick the top 8 teams from div II to round off the bracket. How could that fail?

Lost me at russian dressing.

Contract on my phone doesn't come up for a year, but I'm glad that it looks like iphone finally has some competition, especially on a different network. I expect by this time next year there will be two or 3 different choices, but at least there are real choices now.

It was pretty ridiculous. There's a lot of small stuff that goes on between players in soccer games, and it's not uncommon for a player to go off and do something more aggressive, but the way she kept at it? She could have been booted 6 different times, and that's just based on what they've been showing on the clips.

How can you recommend a phone after few hours use?

Not really. Those are all pretty standard for anyone serving over the past decade.

They may have been able to lift 340 the next week, but unless they were keeping up the work naturally (the same they could have used to get to 340 without steriods), that 340 woud have been back to 300 very quickly. In almost all cases, people who use steroids, even for a very short period of time, and then stop will drop below their previous high before their body adjusts and they work back up. Saying that a home run A-Rod hit after all this time (I don't follow baseball, but I remember the headlines being quite awhile ago) has anything to do with steroids is nuts. Now, if anyone claims he's still using them, that's another thing. I don't have a clue...or care.

Damn gophers.

It's possible to sustain the strength naturally, as much as it would have been possible to get that strength naturally to begin with. The steroids don't continue to work once you stop taking them. That statement was absurd.

As a player on the field, the justification was there. As a disciplinarian (coach), it just doesn't matter. I think it should have been a 2 game suspension. But the 1 gets the point across to a player that has never been in trouble and has been a team leader for 3 years.

Kind of hard to agree or disagree with such a big list. Some are very much just common sense. Some I would only expect at a more fancy/expensive restaurant (someplace that had more servers per table, or a place that I was expecting to go and spend more time). There are many restaurants that I think it's a benefit for the staff to be more personable and relaxed. While there are some where I would expect far more professional service like what's described above. I think these are "old fashioned" rules that don't take into account a new restaurant environment. Too many restaurants are geared toward the average persons desire for a quick bite out, as opposed to a full evening dining experience.

You attach it to your belt?

They're still trying to figure out the Digital TV switch.

This is completely unrelated to to the thread, but I have a question about this. I've never done an upload of a retail operating system on a laptop before...does it cause problems with hardware? I'm thinking mostly about the trackpad, but also things like graphics cards, etc... Only time I've done clean OS installs is on desktops that I've put together, so I had all of the drivers/software handy. Is it a pain trying to get everything working on a laptop, or is Windows able to find what it needs to get going?

Ridiculous, isn't it?

It's also the area, but for the case of this comparison (Texas vs. SoCal), it's pretty much a wash. And he does have a point on recruiting budget (as far as it being a factor, though I have no idea what each school's budget is).

Obviously a lot depends on where we draft. Everyone's seems to assume around a top 5 pick, but given the schedule it's reasonable we play ourselves out of the top 10 again (no, not saying I'm hoping for more losses). I agree that OLB is a big need, and I've been yelling for one Suh or Cody since 5 min after the last draft ended. But the fact is, the defense is playing OKAY, and I think they play a hell of lot better if they get down to only playing half a game instead of the 3/4 games they have been playing all season. The offense needs to stay on the field! IMO, if we have a low pick and pass on Trent Williams or Russell Okung (my preference is Okung by a pretty big stretch...not that it matters), we'd really be blowing it. With the interior of the line showing true potential, and Bell able to move over the right side, I think this one pick finally gives us the players to build a team around. And if we're willing to keep them together (another argument, another thread), they could be around for the next 10 years. And I think I'm still the only one beating this drum, but I want Pike in round 2 (if he makes it). I know he's not a big name, but after I randomly watched the first game against Rutgers, I made a point to watch as many Cinci games as I can, and I love the guy. I'm not expecting first year magic with him, but I really believe he's a guy that will make it in the league and be a threat. IMHO, a good coach (yes, we need new coaches...obviously) can build a damn good offense with those two guys added to the current roster. It will take time to get a rookie LT and QB up to their peak, but I think all the pieces will be there. Other needs, in order: OLB DE DT OLB is a need now. We NEED a dominate DE. Maybe Maybin can become one, maybe not. But right now, we don't have it...and we need it. Sooner or later we'll need to address a shallow position with an aging Stroud. But even though though it's a talented draft, I think is the lowest "need" position. BTW, if we pick late enough that we miss out on Okung and Williams, all bets are off. I don't think there are other LT's out there that will be much better than Bell, at least for a couple years. But there will be some good DT and OLB's available in the 8-15 range. Another option (not one that I endorse, just a "for fun" thought) would be to give up picks and draft to make the switch to a 3-4. Pick up Cody early and then trade what's needed to get back into the first and pick up Brandon Spikes. Williams - Cody - Stroud with Mitchell - Poz - Spikes - Maybin? Could be a hell of defense!

That makes sense. You really don't know anything about Windows 7, but figured since it's happened before you could get a good bashing thread going without any real knowledge of the subject.

I think nothing of it all. It was a random statement talking about how well the defense is gelling together. The fact that everyone wants to pick apart every quote, gesture, facial expression, and bowel movement that comes from this team and find a way to make it prove that we have the worst staff in the league is pathetic and annoying. We have a bad staff because we lose. Can't that just stand on it's own?

Good chance Pike will be.

Why?

Truth? Why would someone pay more for the care they are there to receive based on their issue? A smoker who has heart and lung issues pays for that service when they go to the doctor for lung cancer or heart attacks. If there are complications in birth for a mother who drinks, they will pay the costs that are associated with it. (we'll leave the insurance/government arguments about who's actually paying to the many other threads) Half ton people need to pay for the forklift, flatbed and extra personnel it takes to move their asses from point A to point B. If maybe they are a sprite 500 lbs and need a bigger ambulance, extra support on their beds, and additional personnel to pick them up off the ground, then they need to pay for that too.