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Cannon Shell 11-23-2011 02:47 PM

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_mlb&c_id=mlb

clyde 11-24-2011 11:31 AM

I'm sure you find it quite amusing.

clyde 11-24-2011 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by horseofcourse (Post 818278)
I'm becoming a minimalist on here much to the delight of all involved!! Browns and Rams shocked me with an offensive explosion both getting to double digits. Browns came through with the L though. I think about the same this week...another terrible team coming to town. 10-9 Jax. Only 3 Dawson field goals this week. I'll say 16-13 Buckeyes against the other nameless team! (they're pretty much identical teams for the most part...home field edge.)


Ohio State must kill Michigan to become well again.

horseofcourse 11-25-2011 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clyde (Post 819815)
Ohio State must kill Michigan to become well again.

I missed my picks on both games last week. So I'll go ahead and say Bengals 31-17 and Michigan 24-12 this week and maybe I'll miss both again. The Browns offensive explosions are now becoming obscene. From 12 up to 14 points last week. Maybe they'll get up to 17 this week. Now that they have a running back running for over 100 yards, I've heard they might bench him this week. Makes sense to me.

clyde 11-25-2011 12:39 PM

Oh gosh but that's good stuff.

Like your logic.




I give up with the Browns---unless they win Sunday.

Ohio State..........32

The Vulvarenes....26

Cannon Shell 11-25-2011 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clyde (Post 819813)
I'm sure you find it quite amusing.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/20...rity-of-games/

No this was amusing

clyde 11-25-2011 09:55 PM

Good one.



OOOOOOOOOO

horseofcourse 11-26-2011 06:22 AM

OH my God...these guys might actually be playing some basketball games this year....

18 Casspi, Omri GF/SF 6-9 225 23 2 None $1,254,480
85 Davis, Baron PG 6-3 215 32 12 UCLA $13,050,000
9 Erden, Semih C 7-0 240 25 1 None $473,604
8 Eyenga, Christian GF 6-5 210 22 1 None $1,020,960
33 Gee, Alonzo GF 6-6 219 24 2 Alabama $762,195
1 Gibson, Daniel G 6-2 200 25 5 Texas $4,015,334
12 Graham, Joey GF 6-7 225 29 6 Oklahoma State $992,680
44 Harangody, Luke PF 6-8 246 23 1 Notre Dame $437,604
6 Harris, Manny SG 6-5 192 22 1 Michigan $473,604
5 Hollins, Ryan FC 7-0 240 27 5 UCLA $2,333,333
2 Irving, Kyrie PG 6-2 180 19 R Duke N/A
4 Jamison, Antawn F/SF 6-9 235 35 13 North Carolina $13,358,905
55 Macvan, Milan FC 6-9 265 22 R N/A
24 Samuels, Samardo PF 6-9 260 22 1 Louisville $500,000
3 Sessions, Ramon G/SG 6-3 190 25 4 Nevada $3,964,320
13 Thompson, Tristan PF 6-8 225 20 R Texas N/A
17 Varejao, Anderson FC/C 6-11 260 29 7 None $7,000,000

..as they say, all good things must come to an end!! let the hilarity soon commence. ( I will still hope for the best!) Omri Casspi and CHristian Eyenga are millionaires...cool. That Semih Erden is really getting the shaft.

clyde 11-26-2011 09:04 AM

yippy



Can wait.


These poor guys.Doesn't ownership realize they have families to send support payments and HO's to support as well? Diamond earrings,watches, rings,nippley rings and $100,000 plus cars aren't easily maintained either these days.

The slaves have forced the hand of the plantation owners.

All power to the meek, for they shall inherit the earth which they had a large hand in overpopulating.

horseofcourse 11-26-2011 03:12 PM

I was just impressed that we have Israel, Turkey, Congo, Jamaica, Canada, Yugoslavia, Brazil all represented on the roster. We have a freaking Canadian on the roster, can you believe that?? It wasn't enough to have a first rounder from Congo on the roster we had to mine Canada too with this Tristan Thompson. I think the Turk will be my favorite...Semih Erden...he's playing for peanuts.

clyde 11-26-2011 04:58 PM

You're kidding me.









And I thought we had red lined Canadians out of this area.

I hate Canadians...I hate their spaceships, I hate their hokey hockey game,I hate the way they go aboot talking,I hate their geese, I hate their whiskey,I hate Alex Keebeck and most of all I hate their Legion of Super Heroes because they don't have any.

horseofcourse 11-26-2011 06:39 PM

Well all the talking experts and non talking experts hated the pick of Tristan Thompson with the 4th pick in the draft, which tells me he'll probably be their best player, Canadian and all!!

clyde 11-26-2011 06:59 PM

I also hate Canadian Bacon...forgot that one.




This guy sounds like a Canadian Hot Dog.

cmorioles 11-26-2011 10:22 PM

The lockout is over. I'm sure Cleveland fans are itching for Lebron to bring them that title....oh, wait a minute, sorry, forgot about...ya know.

horseofcourse 11-27-2011 02:27 AM

I really didn't want to get into too much Cavs talk...that can wait for at least 30 days now. I had been reading up on this Houston practice squad player they picked up and he seemed impressive to me. Actually picked up two degrees at Texas and was a 4 time first team academic big 12 selection. He's run for over 200 yards his last two games and see they are likely going to bench the smart guy and start playing the guys dumber than a bag of hammers again. Peyton Hillis just seems very dim witted to me right now. Joe Thomas spoke highly of the intelligence of this Ogbonnaya kid too after the last game...although that may have been a subtle slam at Hillis by him. I have seen one game this year...the Seattle game and the kid only played maybe 15 plays but I clearly remember stating after the game on here that the Houston practice squad player was clearly their best offensive player they had in that game.

I'm not sure why Shurmur is in such a hurry to bench the kid after he's played so well, but that's what he said if Hardesty comes back and I read HIllis may be back too. So now that this Ogbonnaya kid has learned the offense and is running well they are both miraculously healthy again!!

clyde 11-27-2011 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by horseofcourse (Post 820316)
I really didn't want to get into too much Cavs talk...that can wait for at least 30 days now. I had been reading up on this Houston practice squad player they picked up and he seemed impressive to me. Actually picked up two degrees at Texas and was a 4 time first team academic big 12 selection. He's run for over 200 yards his last two games and see they are likely going to bench the smart guy and start playing the guys dumber than a bag of hammers again. Peyton Hillis just seems very dim witted to me right now. Joe Thomas spoke highly of the intelligence of this Ogbonnaya kid too after the last game...although that may have been a subtle slam at Hillis by him. I have seen one game this year...the Seattle game and the kid only played maybe 15 plays but I clearly remember stating after the game on here that the Houston practice squad player was clearly their best offensive player they had in that game.

I'm not sure why Shurmur is in such a hurry to bench the kid after he's played so well, but that's what he said if Hardesty comes back and I read HIllis may be back too. So now that this Ogbonnaya kid has learned the offense and is running well they are both miraculously healthy again!!


Wow,I did not know this.

So His Highness may all of a sudden be able to play,huh?

I'll be darned.



I'd keep the Big O for the same reason I'd want Fickell and not Bourbon Meyer.

clyde 11-27-2011 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cmorioles (Post 820309)
The lockout is over. I'm sure Cleveland fans are itching for Lebron to bring them that title....oh, wait a minute, sorry, forgot about...ya know.


Mrs. Sirloin...you are woefully behind on the times.



Same like with the horsey's; so at least you're consistent.

clyde 11-27-2011 12:10 PM

The Browns just scored their first 1st quarter touchdown this year.








awethome!!

horseofcourse 11-28-2011 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clyde (Post 820352)
The Browns just scored their first 1st quarter touchdown this year.








awethome!!

That was. I knew they'd up their scoring, but they ended up really, really bad in the 2nd half after a pretty good all around first half, couldn't sustain it at all. the cancer has spread completely. Ryan Pontbriand has been their long snapper since day 1 in 1999 of the return, and no one thought 1 second about that position forever. He now has become incompetent too. such is life. I guess Peyton Hillis is back for good now.

clyde 11-28-2011 10:40 AM

You know, it's funny.



The Browns play just hard enough to allow the games to last just long enough so they can lose.

horseofcourse 11-28-2011 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clyde (Post 820488)
You know, it's funny.



The Browns play just hard enough to allow the games to last just long enough so they can lose.

maybe Shurmur isn't all bad. Not sure yet. It's been an odd first year with the lockout and such. I think they may be a hair better than they were at the start of the year despite them losing a lot. I thought this LIttle may be a good one then drops about 15 passes yesterday. HE's not AJ Green though that's for sure!! I get mad at Colt, but really, Andy Dalton has a guy he can just throw the ball in the general direction of and good things will happen. colt has none of that. I have no clue what to do with that team to make it better. Keep getting competent players in the draft I guess. They have 4 games left with Ravens and Steelers, I'd love to see them win just one of those. I'd be happry with that to end the season.

horseofcourse 11-28-2011 11:12 AM

Urban Meyer has so much talent perhaps he can coach both OSU and the Browns. Both will win titles. Nick Saban eventually went pro as did Petrino....I'm guessing in about 3 or 4 years Urban will be bored with OSU. Bowling Green, Utah, Florida, OSU....BROWNS!! Urban will save the whole state.

clyde 11-28-2011 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by horseofcourse (Post 820489)
maybe Shurmur isn't all bad. Not sure yet. It's been an odd first year with the lockout and such. I think they may be a hair better than they were at the start of the year despite them losing a lot. I thought this LIttle may be a good one then drops about 15 passes yesterday. HE's not AJ Green though that's for sure!! I get mad at Colt, but really, Andy Dalton has a guy he can just throw the ball in the general direction of and good things will happen. colt has none of that. I have no clue what to do with that team to make it better. Keep getting competent players in the draft I guess. They have 4 games left with Ravens and Steelers, I'd love to see them win just one of those. I'd be happry with that to end the season.

I guess that's pretty much all true.


I'd love what you would, but considering the difference in talent/experience coupled with those 2 in a division winner fight---I'll faint if we win one of those games.

clyde 11-28-2011 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by horseofcourse (Post 820490)
Urban Meyer has so much talent perhaps he can coach both OSU and the Browns. Both will win titles. Nick Saban eventually went pro as did Petrino....I'm guessing in about 3 or 4 years Urban will be bored with OSU. Bowling Green, Utah, Florida, OSU....BROWNS!! Urban will save the whole state.


He became infested with sec filth while at Florida.

He comes here...that's it for me.

Won't be an Ohio State fan anymore.Fickell is the right guy..they don't know it, but he is.They would rather buy another one selling out; thereby selling out themselves.

horseofcourse 11-28-2011 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clyde (Post 820503)
He became infested with sec filth while at Florida.

He comes here...that's it for me.

Won't be an Ohio State fan anymore.Fickell is the right guy..they don't know it, but he is.They would rather buy another one selling out; thereby selling out themselves.

I was looking at the schedule OSU played this year and Fickell in all honesty did a nice job. With the Big 10 scheduling you can miss out on playing some of the better teams as you don't play everyone. They played the 5 best teams...every single one and if you look at how they did against them....they beat the best team Wisconsin, and I don't think there is a question W is the best....they lost by 3 to Michigan State, they lost by 7 at Nebraska and without question win that game if Miller didn't get hurt. They lost by 6 to Penn State...didn't play well, and lost by only 6 to Michigan and were in the game the whole way and would have won but Miller overthrew a wide open Posey....he was open by 10 yards.

With a true freshman at qb, they were competetive with the top 5 in the league beating the best one of the 5 and within a TD of every single one. Freaking Urban is going to reap the rewards of Fickell having to take the lumps with a true freshman who is a tremendous talent. They get 10 starters back on defense too. Urban will get all the credit, but they'd have been just a good with Fickell too I think. He'd have gotten better too.

clyde 11-28-2011 11:59 AM

It's a crying shame,Horsey.



Buying a pig like Bourban Meyer and thanking Fickel for taking on an impossible situation by saying ,"no thanks".

If you read about the guy and saw his pre and post game Michigan press conferences..you would have no doubt.Give Fickel 2 years and the normal power a HC has,he would have done the job and stayed here for years.

Hiring a carpet bagging,take my football and go home pig like Bourbon utterly disgusts me.The moment it is official is the moment I lose complete interest in college football;with no interest in Ohio State,then there is no interest.

clyde 11-28-2011 12:11 PM

I copied this reader comment from The Ozone...responding to the announcement that Bourbon is official.He mirrors my thought perfectly, other than saying he'll " come around."

I won't.


Believe me, the other 7 comments to date were quite the opposite.



Sickening. If you can't beat 'em, open your checkbook & hire 'em. Ohio State honor & tradition sinks even deeper. The fact that I just saw the most selfish drama-queen in Buckeye Football history... Robert (Dr Bob) Smith applauding the hire, just solidifies my opinion. My Buckeye flag is now flying upside down in distress. I'll come around in time, because I'm loyal... but right now I'm ashamed.

Dahoss 11-28-2011 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clyde (Post 820509)

If you read about the guy and saw his pre and post game Michigan press conferences..you would have no doubt.Give Fickel 2 years and the normal power a HC has,he would have done the job and stayed here for years.

I'm glad you mentioned the post game conference after the Michigan game, because the guy impressed me. You could tell how much the game and the school meant to him. Similar to what Michigan has now with Hoke.

horseofcourse 11-28-2011 01:25 PM

The rot is complete in college sports and this hire just simply verifies it. Even my beloved Penn State where you thought you at least had a loyal guy, the rot was total as he had the entire administration in a noose and his millions donated to the school for academic purposes was just a show. I knew they cheated as they all do but oh well. Meyer didn't want to rebuild in Florida, he had a good qb when he got there, Leak, then rode Tebow through the rest, then quit. Simple to analyze pretty much. It's easy to rebuild at Bowling Green and Utah, not so easy in the SEC with the other schysters in that conference. Big 10's a lot easier to rise quickly and they will and OSU is a perfect setup right now with Braxton Miller despite sanctions. It's all ridiculous.

clyde 11-28-2011 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dahoss (Post 820526)
I'm glad you mentioned the post game conference after the Michigan game, because the guy impressed me. You could tell how much the game and the school meant to him. Similar to what Michigan has now with Hoke.


Thanks so much.One could see his sincerity.He only played here 4 years and I think set the record for consecutive starts at 50...and he was good, but not an AA.He just understands and has oodles of heart.He always played that way.


He took over one of the worst possible situations possible.He didn't pack it in. He never cried about the lambasting he got from many in media and the "fans."

Michigan made the right move,obviously.

They did it without buying some name who quit his last team.I think Meyer is all money and glamor.

clyde 11-28-2011 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by horseofcourse (Post 820529)
The rot is complete in college sports and this hire just simply verifies it. Even my beloved Penn State where you thought you at least had a loyal guy, the rot was total as he had the entire administration in a noose and his millions donated to the school for academic purposes was just a show. I knew they cheated as they all do but oh well. Meyer didn't want to rebuild in Florida, he had a good qb when he got there, Leak, then rode Tebow through the rest, then quit. Simple to analyze pretty much. It's easy to rebuild at Bowling Green and Utah, not so easy in the SEC with the other schysters in that conference. Big 10's a lot easier to rise quickly and they will and OSU is a perfect setup right now with Braxton Miller despite sanctions. It's all ridiculous.


Fine work.

Honest, I will never be an Ohio State fan again.If they win the NC 4 years in a row---I won't do it.

They have sold out to Nike , etc,and their own worship of money.They roar all powerful until something hits and then they all run for cover.

Enough for me.

horseofcourse 11-28-2011 02:17 PM

Well, evidently, now in the starring roles of Joe Paterno and Jerry Sandusky we present Jim Boeheim and Bernie Fine. And EVPN sitting on a taped phone call for 8 years. Of course it's all alleged, but at this point I'm inclined to believe all of it. And it features Fine along with his wife having sex with the same boy. If that tape is really Fine's wife, it's the pure embodiement of evil. I wish I hadn't listened to it.

Dahoss 11-28-2011 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by horseofcourse (Post 820540)
Well, evidently, now in the starring roles of Joe Paterno and Jerry Sandusky we present Jim Boeheim and Bernie Fine. And EVPN sitting on a taped phone call for 8 years. Of course it's all alleged, but at this point I'm inclined to believe all of it. And it features Fine along with his wife having sex with the same boy. If that tape is really Fine's wife, it's the pure embodiement of evil. I wish I hadn't listened to it.

I agree with almost everything you said here (painful to say it ;)) except I don't think Boeheim is in the same ball park as Paterno, at least not yet. The Syracuse situation is going to keep snowballing I think, but I don't think Boeheim had any idea about. IMO Paterno knew it all, especially with seemingly so much of it occuring on campus.

Boeheim probably shouldn't have come out so strongly against the accusers when this first came out, he was wrong there. But I don't think he just ignored it for the sake of the university like Paterno did.

Of course, I could be totally wrong as it's getting more and more difficult to take anything these guys say at face value.

horseofcourse 11-28-2011 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dahoss (Post 820555)
I agree with almost everything you said here (painful to say it ;)) except I don't think Boeheim is in the same ball park as Paterno, at least not yet. The Syracuse situation is going to keep snowballing I think, but I don't think Boeheim had any idea about. IMO Paterno knew it all, especially with seemingly so much of it occuring on campus.

Boeheim probably shouldn't have come out so strongly against the accusers when this first came out, he was wrong there. But I don't think he just ignored it for the sake of the university like Paterno did.

Of course, I could be totally wrong as it's getting more and more difficult to take anything these guys say at face value.

I hope you're right about Boeheim. It just seems eerily similar in that the man in question was the right hand man of the legend. "allegedly" of course

clyde 11-30-2011 12:45 PM

Admit to be pleased as aging MerHigh with the vaporization of the Dukettes by Ohio State.



Seeing their Polish coach getting very upset was quite amusing.

horseofcourse 11-30-2011 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clyde (Post 820957)
Admit to be pleased as aging MerHigh with the vaporization of the Dukettes by Ohio State.



Seeing their Polish coach getting very upset was quite amusing.

They are very, very strong again this year. I believe Sullinger's Dad was very instrumental in getting OSU to offer Kraft their last scholarship. They played together in offseasons and knew how good the kid was. That's the legend I heard from my bro in law who lives in Columbus anyway. Great, great college point guard and they are strong at every position. Sullinger is in better shape this year.

clyde 11-30-2011 03:50 PM

He was sure a good grab.


Hard as it is, I think they just might be better this year although I really liked Havlicek II.

I think I heard Kentucky runs very deep,but it's nice to think about winning the big burrito this year.

horseofcourse 12-02-2011 01:21 PM

I'm actually looking forward to the Cavs season, they're still more fun when they're bad. The Indians are still the only team that I REALLY want to win. The other two--wins and losses are about the same. Tristan, Kyrie and Omri are funner names to cheer for than LeBronze. I'll say Ravens 27 and Browns 13 this week. We have a new long snapper too this week, that caused me to up it from 10 to 13 points this week!! I'll say this week four more times this week, and then this week I'll be done this week. This week is over.

(Rian Pontbriand...you and Phil Dawson were so good for so long, why'd you have to mess up the best combo in the NFL this year?? My Christmas is a bit sadder now this year.)

clyde 12-02-2011 05:50 PM

Wish I could add to your comments.



About the only thing I'd say is a turtle could have done better than Pontbriand.

In fact.....I better not say it.

Stranger things have happened.

horseofcourse 12-04-2011 05:38 PM

They're only being outgained 410 to 150 so far early in the 4th. It's not the most even matchup in NFL history I guess!!


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