Bmwolf21

Yeah I see that now. Couple links I saw suggested putting it on craigslist (apparently some have use for it) or turning it into a birdbath.

We live in an apartment right now, so that's out of the question. The complex would never allow us to leave the dish on the balcony - they would probably hit us with a removal fee out of our security deposit. The email we got from DTV says "the dish is a property of the tenants, rather than DIRECTV. I recommend you dispose of the dish by any locally approved method of disposing of abandoned tenant property." Is it just me or did she basically tell us "toss that sucker away, for all we care"?

So FWIW - the wife called DirecTV yesterday and explained the situation. Just told them it was getting too expensive, that we had originally ordered it so we could get the ST, and that now the programming and the ST package was getting out of hand and we were probably going to cancel at the end of the month, so they offered us the new subscriber package - $59.99/month for for five months of the premier package and ST included. One thing that surprised me, though - they do a lot of promotion and advertising for their Movers Connection service where "they handle everything" when you move. But apparently all that entails is them coming in to our new home and setting up the new dish. We are supposed to pack the receivers and cables and take them with us, and we even have to dispose of the old dish. They apparently install a new dish at the new place, so what the heck do I do with my old dish?

We're in the same boat, Matt - moving at the end of the month and our DTV bill is getting out of control. I also swore I'd never go back to cable if I had a choice, but now I don't know what we're going to do. I think we're going to explore other options and see what kind of deal we can get from cable or ATT U-verse. I'd rather stay with DirecTV, but it's just too expensive right now.

I don't think that is close to true. They've had too many whiffs in recruiting, too many non-qualifiers, too many guys who left the program until the last couple years. They got to the point where they relied too much on recruiting rankings and recruited a bunch of guys who shouldn't have been there. No playmakers to speak of, no depth at skill positions, bad offensive line play. You'll get no argument about the coaching, if you're talking about the Jeff Bowden era. Fisher will be fine as head coach, once he gets a chance to be The Guy and not have to answer to Bobby and can round his staff with guys he wants in there (on both sides of the ball). Rix was a fantastic talent who (like other QBs around in Tally in recent years) regressed as he got more experienced. Fantastic arm, could run, bled garnet&gold, just never progressed like he should have.

Wow.

Agreed. The ACC definitely needed a game like that last night, and CFB needs FSU/UM to regain their prominence - if only to steal some recruits away from UF.

On some points I couldn't disagree more. First off, there's no way they pay Jimbo $5M to walk away and then offer Richt the farm. And FSU has not had top-10 talent for years, that's the problem. Jimbo and co. are just starting to restock the cupboard - Jeffy Bowden and company did an awful job recruiting offensive talent. It's way too early to say that Jimbo is not the answer. Between him and Trickett the offense looks light-years better than what it has over the previous few years when little Bowden was running his crappy excuse for an offense and QB's were regressing faster than they could bring them in. I'm looking forward to seeing Jimbo in control when he doesn't have to answer to Bowden and has As for Mickey - yeah, I'd like to see him stay, if he can figure out how to make adjustments and not just yell and scream. I don't think Amato is the answer either. I give Jacory Harris a lot of credit - he was poised and hit the open man all game long. Problem is, nearly every UM WR was open on almost every play all game long. That's bad secondary play, not great quarterbacking. But this game is on the defense, almost 100%. Yes, clock management was bad and Forston/Ponder combined to blow the final play, but you cannot give up 500 yards and 21 4th-quarter points and expect your offense to keep bailing you out.

Just a typo. Still, MapQuest lists it as 7 hours, 20 minutes. That's a helluva round trip for Canes fans.

It was a nice breath of fresh air to see the offense look much more dynamic and almost carry the team to a win. It's disappointing (and troubling) to see the secondary run around like headless chickens, though. As for the stadium/sellout - there's a lot of legit reasons why the game wasn't sold out, but the two biggest are the economy and the day/date of the game. It's not convenient, easy or cheap to get to Tallahassee from almost everywhere in the state, and with it being a Monday night game, most people didn't want to take an extra day off from work just to drive back home from Tally. It's three hours from Jacksonville (a big UF hotbed) and 4+ hours to Orlando, Tampa, Central Florida, and over 9 hours to Miami. That, and the fact that FSU-Miami have been mired in mediocrity the last few years, probably conspired to keep the ticket sales down. Agreed. I am less concerned with the o-line and running game as I am the secondary. Ponder's INT bothered me a helluva of a lot more than the fumble - that RT got embarrassed off the line and burned. I don't know how much I can put on Ponder for not "feeling the rush" on that one. BYU concerns me now more than it did before, mainly because of the secondary. They usually toss the ball around pretty good, so they need to figure out their secondary issues fast. I'd like to see more of that nickel-creep defense they used sparingly. EDIT: Ramius already replied. I have to agree that vacating win makes no sense to me, unless the HC knew he was using ineligible players. IIRC, the school has promised to take this to the courts if necessary, which is a mixed bag for me. On one hand, anything that bitchslaps the NCAA and gets them to stop acting like a bully is a good thing. That being said, I think we got off light in terms of other punishment (probation and lost scholarships) and if losing the victories and putting JoePa out of reach is the final push to convince Bobby to retire, then I think I can handle Bobby finishing second in the wins ra.

How do we get hosed on the clock in our own damn building? Whatever happened to the hometown scoreboard operator?

Our secondary was brutal tonight. Greg Reid was the lone bright spot back there. Jenije, Magnum and even Robinson took turns getting burned or missing tackles. The clock management at the end killed me. Trying to sub in a whole new personnel package? When Miami was trying to do the same thing? Line up, run a play and catch them offsides or with too many/not enough men on the field or out of position. Someone's got to take charge there.

No problem. And I agree, some schools' Rivals boards are better than others at separating out the FB talk from the other sports and even OT stuff. They do a pretty good job at the FSU site of keeping everything separate - they have 11 free boards and four paid boards, with specialized boards for FSU football (2 free + 2 paid) FSU baseball, FSU hoops, Olympic sports, Pro and general sports discussion, and a handful of non-sports boards, covering off the wall-type subjects on one, political talk on another, and even academics. I probably wouldn't frequent their board as much if I had to wade through a lot of garbage to talk football.

Fantastic series. Can't wait to see The Pacific.

Like most online communities, Rivals' MBs can be hit or miss, depending on the number of d-bags who populate a board, but overall I can tolerate the Rivals' boards. During the recruiting push and as we get closer to the start of the season I spend a decent amount of time at Rivals' FSU site, Warchant.com. No idea how active they are or how good the community is, but you can check out Penn State's Rivals' message boards here: http://bwi.rivals.com/forum.asp

That's grounds for ending the friendship.

Agreed on all counts.

And hopefully he doesn't cry in an Atlanta Wal-Mart.

Agreed 100%. Anyone who has had or cared for children that age knows that they are sometimes prone to tantrums, outbursts, fits, whatever. There are no superparents anywhere who can consistently anticipate and defuse every meltdown of a small child. And if you're shopping in Wal-Mart you damn well better expect crying children and bad parents alike.

Congrats, Indy! Enjoy every minute.

Yes, he did. According to the statement, Vick also was involved with the others in killing six to eight dogs that did not perform well in testing sessions last April. The dogs were executed by drowning or hanging. “Vick agrees and stipulates that these dogs all died as a result of the collective efforts” of Vick, Phillips and Peace, the statement said. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/20417707/

I really wasn't trying to put you in a position to defend Dick. Nor am I naive enough to think that Jauron is the sole reason. He's a big-ass huge reason why we've been mired in mediocrity the last few years, but clearly not the only one. I'm also not stupid enough to turn my nose up at talent if they get themselves into a bit of trouble now and then. But I also don't believe that being a crappy team with a group of guys that are generally of good character means you have to go to the other extreme to improve. I think we can find good players who aren't complete jackasses. As to Marshall - his list of incidents and transgressions is much longer than this week's pout-fest at camp, and everything to me screams Pacman-esque troublemaker, and to stay far away. I'd rather overpay for a Boldin that rob the Broncos of a Marshall, but that's just me.

No, that's what sh!tty coaching gets you.

I was thinking the same thing. I loved Zombie's version of Halloween.

Can't post it on YouTube, but here's the link to the video on the Bills website: http://www.buffalobills.com/media-lounge/v...49-2bdd322e2bce