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Thanks, MrFrisby. I don't know what my problem was, I thought I couldn't switch drivers until I used all 9 of their starts. By the time I realized that I was stupid and not the setup, it was a little late. Oh well, nice job Folkways.

posted at 04:09 PM on November 18

You'd really take Wayne Chrebet or Troy Brown over Chad Johnson? Wayne Chrebet? Who's career year was around 1080 yards? Troy Brown who's career high was around 1200 yards? Troy and Wayne who both only went for over 1,000 yards ONCE in their whole career? Wow, that's just silly. Chad's average is around 1340 yards since he's became a starter, in his second year.

I understand people wishing he would just shut up and play but I can't comprehend people insinuating that he's not a great receiver.

I also don't follow the logic that only players on great teams are allowed to have nicknames. WTF?

posted at 11:29 PM on August 14

Holy, Hal. I'll have to read it all tomorrow. It's late. But, if you say something in there about just needing your own facility and then you can conquer the entire world of baseball...I'll, I'll...just turn into a red headed Portuguese that climbs mountains. And if my joke is so inside that only I get it. Sorry. I just need funding for an inside joke facility. The musings part reminds me of a strength of schedule analysis for fantasy football, I just read. I look forward to reading it all.

posted at 11:41 PM on July 25

Good stuff in there. I'll start with #1 on the Bill of Rights. Please, don't ever play another soccer game on a football field. Ever. Can't stand it. Can't watch it. Despise it. I can appreciate #10 on the Responsibility list... Playing humbles you and reminds you that the players we all criticize are still light years better than we will ever be. It also reminds you just what a fantastic game this is and why we are fans in the first place. Because it's beautiful no matter how ugly we make it. Get out and play a little.

posted at 11:31 PM on July 23

The fact that Wie did sign the card, with the correct score, it's just a question of how quickly the volunteer managed to catch up with her. If the volunteer was quicker, they would have caught Wie before she crossed the magic pixie line. So now Wie's participation in the event hinges on whether the volunteer was a sprightly 18-year-old or a lumbering 70-year-old? This is, again, where the spirit of the rule wasn't broken, only the letter of the rule. Wie wrote the right score, she signed the card. Hal, you can't blame the volunteer. The letter of the rule has to mean something. Like Witters explained, the players can't go out for dinner and then come back and sign their card. There has to be a cut off as to when a card is officially turned in. In this point it was official when Wie, left the magic pixie line. Liken it to baseball, if you hit one over the fence, you still have to touch home plate. Stupid? Maybe. Also, as JJ explained, you cannot put scoring in the hands of anyone but the player and his/her partner. It isn't feasible and it will change the game. Furthermore, my worry would be that if you put in a referee (and the more I think about it, I reckon you'd need more not fewer people than I originally estimated), then golf starts to lean toward being like most other sports where deceiving the referee isn't frowned upon, but actually lauded and rewarded. In golf, the rules must be self enforced. You can call it hogwash but it really is simply part of the game. If I ground my club and the ball moves 1/2" and no one else saw it, it is my responsibility to count that as a stroke. That is part of what golf is about. If the game started being taught that it was a referee, umpire or volunteer's responsibility to catch those infractions...well, it just wouldn't be golf. In baseball, I'd grin a little if I threw a "strike" that was 4" outside. That's just how it goes. If I didn't count a stroke because my partner couldn't tell that I was actually 6" out of bounds...I wouldn't have been able to sleep.

posted at 11:27 PM on July 22

MLB is not on the same page, I guess. Although it is for charity.

posted at 09:40 AM on July 22

Yeah, I'm in. Who f-n told squealy?

posted at 11:21 PM on July 09

Dude, he did say you can step on it. I thought that was a compliment. And yeah, I'm like, 11.

posted at 01:51 PM on July 09

I come here simply for owlhouse's picks. Not that there's anything wrong with the CFL pick 'em! Good stuff every week. Oh, and not that there's anything wrong with Winnipeg, either...still miss the Jets...well, not really but I do miss the Nordiques. Oh, well, good luck.

posted at 11:11 PM on July 08

"See the video." Yeah, right! Good one! Like I want to see th.. Oh crap. I couldn't resist.

posted at 03:07 PM on July 03

So the CU tennis team got screwed and it had nothing to do with Title IX. Glad you keep bringing it up. I brought it up because I was asked, and because a certain individual implied that I was a hypocrite for mentioning the incident in passing without providing detail. Do you have a problem with that? No, you brought it up on your own and told everyone to take a look at what a money pit the football team is: The facts don't support this. Men's football and basketball turn a profit at a relatively small number of Div I schools; at many others, they're huge money pits. Take a look at CU, just to use one example. If you take a look at CU's info, you'll find that football is indeed not a money pit. You will also find that even without the men's tennis team, the men's participation percentage is still higher than it should be. Look, I have a son who hopes to play golf for a small school. I also have two younger daughters who play competitive soccer and basketball. I want them all to have a fair opportunity. That's why I found the topic interesting. I didn't invent any statements. I simply interpreted them. I have no idea why you started on about uppity women or awful evil women feminists. If they were directed at comments that were deleted, sorry. I simply tried earlier to point out that no one here seemed to be harboring that point of view. And then you said it again, directed at my comment as if to put those words in MY mouth. So, that's where I was coming from.

posted at 02:57 PM on July 03

Lbb, So the CU tennis team got screwed and it had nothing to do with Title IX. Glad you keep bringing it up. And the article is complete trash because a super secret "anti-woman," neocon wrote it to promote her skillfully veiled agenda of ruining women's rights. No football program is good for the school and it is impossible that they may actually make any money because UM is investing in stadium renovations to lose some more money. As it would be impossible to consider that a sound investment. And you like to say "damn uppity women," so that anyone who may have found it interesting to question whether Title IX is perfect as it stands now, is some sort of women's rights oppressor. If I'm missing a real point in there somewhere, let me know. In the meantime I've enjoyed perusing through bperks link. UM's football team generates enough profit to subsidize the entire athletic program and then some. There is one more women's team than men's and participation is almost equal (the women had a handful more) It all looks good based on the numbers and football appears to be an excellent place to spend quite a bit of money due to it's excellent ROI. As bperk also points out, football in D-I seemingly across the board covers it's nut. So, we can not let the facts regarding football get in the way and continue to bemoan that it is the crux of all evil in college athletics, or we can leave it out of a discussion on how Title IX is working out.

posted at 04:15 PM on July 02

Yeah, Title IX did it. It's all Title IX's fault. Hail football, maker of revenue (just don't ask us to show you all the numbers, including expenses, and graduation rates, let's not talk about those either), and if those wussy little sports get cut, it's the fault of the damn Washington politicians and the damn uppity women. I don't think anyone here or the article was saying that. I just don't get why football becomes the main topic whenever Title IX comes up. I don't get why it's so hard to accept that some football programs are profitable. I don't know what that has to do with Title IX possibly needing a look at since there has been time to see what it's strengths and possible weaknesses are. That is, if gender equity is still the ultimate goal here.

posted at 12:25 PM on July 02

You mean happy? Because I'm happy as a clam. Uh, oh. Do you think I could get auto-edited for that? I would have it edited to say, "I am as happy as a bivalve mollusk." But then again I'm an asshole.

posted at 12:05 PM on July 02

Nice job FC-KFC. Spain did a fine job as well, but I feel robbed out of my Portugal-Holland final.

posted at 11:17 PM on July 01