Alaska Darin

Kicking people out for having cigarettes? No thanks, Reich's chancellor. Land of the Free, my ass.

I saw Gale Sayers. CJ Spiller is no Gale Sayers.

Bull. The government regularly plays shell games with the books. There are more people in the employ of governments at all levels than at any time in history. Just because they're not of the GS variety doesn't mean a damn thing.

Van Halen

I wouldn't do it under any circumstance.

He was a bandwagoner. Both the BILLS and Braves were awesome at that time. I see people from Boston all the time who are Red Sox/Niner fans. They grew up with the Red Sox, the Niners had Montana, and the Pats sucked out loud. I laughed.

...with each other.

"There's no way that microscope is powerful enough to find Biden's brain."

They're also governed by a ton of unfair rules that hamstring them so the University can reap the benefits. If the rules were even close to being fair, we wouldn't be having this discussion. Anytime the pendulum swings too far in one direction, something is going to happen. Here we are.

Does anyone think there's an application process for the "Techno Viking" water boy job? The interview process would be epic.

The Cowboys thought so much of Aikman's first season that they burned another number 1 overall via the supplemental draft to pick Steve Walsh.

You don't have to explain what's been going on. I've been following it very closely because it's going to become the norm for professional sports going forward. The proposal that the Convention Bureau floated was a $200,000,000 upgrade to EJD, with the Rams picking up at least half. That's about the max the area can afford, so they deserve props for not selling out yet again. The reality is, there isn't going to be public financing for a new stadium in St Louis because there's no way it's going to get through the public process since the law changed in both St Louis City and County. The new laws don't allow the use of tax increases or tax payer funds to build sports stadiums without a public vote. That would be a pretty tough sell given there's still pretty good sized debt on the EJD and the city and county are both in pretty poor financial straights. They could try to get through some creative financing deal with the State taking on the entire share of the nut but that's pretty doubtful in the current political climate. They could simply remodel EJD because that doesn't require a public vote but the cost versus return is exorbitant and the Rams would like to get out of downtown and into a place where they control more of the revenue streams. The city and state are pretty much hoping that the fact that there are no real suitors (read as: places with NFL-ready stadiums) is going to keep the Rams in St Louis. They're probably right in the short term but if that dynamic changes, it's doubtful the Rams will remain in St Louis.

Which is why an out of state businessman had to buy the Rams the last time, right? It doesn't matter how many HQs are located there, NFL rules require that owners be individuals. If the Rams leave town that means St Louis will have lost an NFL franchise for the 2nd time, there won't be another team there because the city is broke as hell and they aren't going to get voters to build ANOTHER football stadium. The Edward Jones Dome isn't even 20 years old and the Rams are demanding nearly $700,000,000.00 in renovations, which the city is refusing. If the stadium isn't good enough for the Rams, it isn't going to be good enough for another franchise and there's no way St Louis is going to be held hostage by an NFL team for upwards of a billion dollars. That shipped has sailed.

Apparently you can go 6-10 with a Pro Bowler at the position. Is that the defining fact? Doubtful.

Doubtful. There isn't any money there. To say nothing of the fact that they've lost 2 NFL teams already.

What exactly did he do that should involve a draft pick? It was a game infraction and should be handled as such. A fine or suspension is appropriate.

I'm pretty sure we can go 6-10 with just about anybody playing safety.

Thanks for posting that. It cleared up the term "striker" for me.

At least she'd be banging a dude with a job.

I lived out there when the franchise was born. They were always awesome to the fans and got really great support despite the relatively tiny number of people in the are who'd ever actually played the sport. I'll never forget the atmosphere at the Tank when they upset the the President's Trophy winning Wings to take a 3-2 lead back to Detroit and then how cool it was when they won game 7. That was as much fun as I've ever had at a live sporting event.

They were probably trying to rehab it without surgery and he hurt himself again. It happens.

Apparently "overrated" is the same thing as "popular".

The market says he is.

I disagree. He's VERY good against the run.