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I'm in denial that I have to change "I" countries this weekend. -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 11:37
"Which brings us to that second question: Does this year's SEC deserve the benefit of the doubt? " - crash davis Oct 11, 11:32 12
- Stewart Mandel belongs on AM sportstalk radio, not SI. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 11:41
- (He does this column every year.) - David Oct 11, 11:36 10
  - so every year, the Pac-10 is deeper than the SEC? -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 11:38 1
    - He's the guy who always bets against the Harlem Globetrotters, because the Washington Generals are due. -- nm - David Oct 11, 11:40
  - Your IM makes it clear he just CnP a previous year's column for it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 11:37 7
    - All he changes are the names. Two years ago, he 'staked his reputation' on the Big 12 being better than the SEC. - David Oct 11, 11:39 6
      - "he shouldn't call that team who've lost 3 conference games in a row down, as this time they lost by just a little" -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 11:41 5
        
        The key word there is "conference games". Randall Cobb would be the best player on Boise and by quite a bit. - David Oct 11, 11:42 4
        
        I'm sure there are a lot more physically gifted athletes there. But really that is irrelevant. The concepts of player and team /= interchangeable -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 11:46 1
        
        Couch it in whatever terminology you want. Cobb is a better football player than you have. - David Oct 11, 11:50
        
        I wonder if he gets tired of Tex jokes. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 11:43 1
        
        Kim had never made that connection until he was crushing Auburn all by himself on Saturday. - David Oct 11, 11:46
Your new Spider-Man movie reboot villain is Rhys Ifans. -- (link) - Reagen Oct 11, 11:25
NFL.COM reporting that Jermichael Finley undergoing knee surgery and will be out for 3 weeks -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 11:23 3
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- sonofa... -- nm - Stephen Oct 11, 11:24
- Coach Mike McCarthy did not speculate on how long Finley would miss but did say he didn't think it was a season ending injury. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 11:24
which party gets the blame for the flat COLA again? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 11, 11:15 7
- your mom? -- nm - znufrii Oct 11, 11:29
- Anti-socialists. -- nm - mara Oct 11, 11:23
- Philip Rivers -- nm - David Oct 11, 11:23
- the Russians -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 11:21 1
  - they do vodka shots -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 11, 11:22
- The Baby Boomer Party -- nm - Qale Oct 11, 11:16
- Pepsi -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 11:15
Has Rick Springfield had bad plastic surgery? -- nm - Dano Oct 11, 11:13 1
- That is just the human touch. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 11:14
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Delhomme hurt his ankle again during the Browns' defeat to the Atlanta Falcons. - David Oct 11, 11:10 4
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- "Also, see how it does this? It shouldn't do that." -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 11:13
- Sound slike they should just take it off, then. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 11:12
- Good thing there's nothing wrong with the middle. -- nm - Dano Oct 11, 11:12
and a friend had just discovered the "double rainbow" youtube video. How old is that thing anyway? -- nm - CQ Oct 11, 11:07 1
- Tweeted by Kimmel on 7/3 -- (link) - oblique Oct 11, 11:10
Have there been any studies comparing over time the number of Senators/Congressmen who have voted against their party on bills. -- nm - Dano Oct 11, 11:02 2
- Here's 1 data point, House loyalty by Party (2009) -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 11, 11:06 1
  - That's depressing. -- nm - Qale Oct 11, 11:11
Chevy Volt just a hybrid after all? -- (link) - oblique Oct 11, 10:56 4
- But isn't it a plug-in hybrid? -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Oct 11, 11:51
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- and linking from one of the comments: You need to give it 10-15 min warning if you are going up a hill -- (link) - decline Oct 11, 11:02
- heh. "shocker." -- nm - JaxSean Oct 11, 11:00
LYC about my friend that was convicted a while back - oblique Oct 11, 10:55 4
- hope it all works out for him. It sounded like a bad case of knee jerk reaction. -- nm - sycor Oct 11, 11:10
- sounds like he is on the right track -- nm - Epiphany Oct 11, 10:56
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  - indeed -- nm - oblique Oct 11, 10:57
Winning the Nobel Prize "almost as good" as the Red Sox winning the World Series in 2004. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 11, 10:53 5
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- Cost me a nut -- nm - Denis Leary Oct 11, 10:55 3
  - "Honey...fah is fah." -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 11, 10:58 2
    - those are still some of the best commercials. *laughing* -- nm - CQ Oct 11, 10:58 1
      - the thing is...it's frightening how close to the truth some of that was. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 11, 11:44
I cannot wait until pasta bowl Monday tonight. I have the sauce on the burner right now. We're 5 hours away from greatness! -- nm - CQ Oct 11, 10:53
Has Luck jumped Locker as the #1 QB taken next year? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 10:51 16
- What about Mallett? -- nm - Dano Oct 11, 11:00 5
  - #12 to the Bengals -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 11:03 4
    - It makes sense that all the best players are in the SEC. We pay the most. - David Oct 11, 11:04 3
      - Mallet was a big 10 guy until Rodriguez came. -- nm - pmb Oct 11, 11:46 1
        
        Only because Arkansas wouldn't offer after they signed Mitch Mustain. -- nm - David Oct 11, 11:51
      - Only cause our new AD took away the checkbook. (nm) - musubi Oct 11, 11:18
- Absolutely. And that tackle is going to make him instantly popular with teammates once he reaches the pros. -- nm - David Oct 11, 10:52 9
  - "I wish our linebackers could hit like that." (nm) - What I said when it happened Oct 11, 11:18 3
    - What I love about the play is it's this huge turnover in the game and the announcers don't even care. They're too stunned by the collision. -- nm - David Oct 11, 11:22 2
      - It was bizarre in that Sharece Wright saw Luck a second before the hit, but Wright didn't brace himself for a tackle. - musubi Oct 11, 11:30
      - *frowns* -- nm - NFL Oct 11, 11:24
  - I just checked out a mock draft... guy had 3 of the Top 5 picks from the SEC. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 10:58 4
    - Peterson, Green and Ingram? -- nm - David Oct 11, 11:01 3
      - Green, Peterson and Dareus -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 11:02 2
        
        Ingram at #8 to the Patriots -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 11:02 1
        
        I do think the Patriots are going to make a play for Ingram, whether that's at #8 or higher. -- nm - David Oct 11, 11:03
This is a kinda neat photo-story of a Dutch woman who collected photographs won by her from a rifle shooting gallery at fairgrounds... -- (link) - oblique Oct 11, 10:49 1
- kind of a crappy game though. "The prize is a picture of you winning a prize." -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 10:50
What is PlayoffPAC? -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 11, 10:40 1
- In 2009, the 0-12 Washington Huskies still came away with more BCS money than the 13-0 Sugar Bowl Champion Utah Utes. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 10:42
OK, what other errands was I supposed to do on my day off? -- nm - JaxSean Oct 11, 10:39
BTW, the idea of Boise State being the best team in the country is a joke, but I'd sooner buy that before I'd believe it's Ohio State. - David Oct 11, 10:33 27
- they might not have the biggest or fastest recruits, but their coaching is top notch and that seems to be the difference -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 11:04
- I get that the Big Ten doesn't get much respect around here (perhaps less than the BCS itself) but I'll take it. - TWuG Oct 11, 10:37
- DLC - Spawn Oct 11, 10:35 23
  - Hmm. That number (261) is down from 308 in 2010. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 10:45 3
    - Out of curiosity, what year do you think it is? -- nm - David Oct 11, 10:47 2
      - lol. 2008. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 10:48 1
        
        Quick! Short-stell stock in all of the subprime mortgage corporations! -- nm - David Oct 11, 10:52
  - Number drafted by Atlanta Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff: 0. - David Oct 11, 10:37 18
    - 2005 the last time the Falcons drafted one? - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 11, 11:01 1
      - Given the strong relationship between Belicheck and Ferentz, I'm sure that's the case. - David Oct 11, 11:12
    - and how many Superbowl wins does Atlanta have? -- nm - CQ Oct 11, 10:41 3
      - Ah, there's a cromulent data point. - David Oct 11, 10:43 2
        
        You're equating the Falcons to Lady Gaga? You're a strange one -- nm - CQ Oct 11, 10:46 1
        
        Pi = 3 - David Oct 11, 10:46
    - Well, maybe that's why they've never won a Superbowl and only ever won 1 Conference Championship -- nm - decline Oct 11, 10:41
    - QBs alone = Brees, Brady, Griese, Orton. - Spawn Oct 11, 10:39 10
      - Forgetting Henne and probably others. -- nm - pmb Oct 11, 11:10 1
        
        Yup. Those were who I could remember. - Spawn Oct 11, 11:11
      - Griese? Sorgi? And you're calling someone else nuts? -- nm - David Oct 11, 10:41 6
        
        Just saying that compared to some of the clunkers you have had... -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 10:42 5
        
        Like Kurt Kittner of Illinois! -- nm - David Oct 11, 10:43 4
        
        Don't forget Jeff George of Illinois -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 10:44 3
        
        God, I hate Illinois. -- nm - David Oct 11, 10:45 2
        
        No, you don't. - Kim Pine Oct 11, 11:17
        
        Non-QB but I like Kelvin Hayden. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 10:47
      - In other words, he is a bit nuts. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 10:40
- I'm convinced that a Boise-TCU final game will be the final nail in the BCS coffin - Strongbad Oct 11, 10:35
New carnivore discovered in Madagascar -- (link) - oblique Oct 11, 10:31
Wow, Kim Jong Un is... a lot younger than I expected him to be. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 10:28 5
- that's why his name is Youngun. -- nm - loosilu Oct 11, 10:31
- A clone is a clone. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 10:29 3
  - Shouldn't they have grown him to be mid-30's? Dude looks 12. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 10:57 1
    - It all depends on how ling it takes to teach him what the original knew. In this case, 12 years. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 11:02
  - now wouldn't that be some crazy. -- nm - decline Oct 11, 10:30
Wow, blood bath in ST Pick'em league. Somehow I managed to move up into 2nd place. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 10:26
What does this necklace look like it's depicting to you? - mara Oct 11, 10:25 26
- A pearl necklace in the shape of a "splurt." What's so unusual? -- nm - con_carne Oct 11, 10:35 3
  - It's sterling silver, not pearl. :-p -- nm - mara Oct 11, 10:36 2
    - They sacrificed color for shape. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 10:43 1
      - Some baroque pearls have shape and color going for them -- nm - TWuG Oct 11, 10:47
- I'm guessing some islands or something -- nm - CQ Oct 11, 10:31 1
  - oh, it's exactly what I originally thought, heh -- nm - CQ Oct 11, 10:33
- whoa! look at those clouds! -- nm - Guy si Oct 11, 10:30
- See, I was expecting a trick question, not the obvious answer. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 10:29
- I wonder what she used for the model :) -- nm - decline Oct 11, 10:28
- oh my god. that's gross. -- nm - kare Oct 11, 10:28
- well, that makes sense. - znufrii Oct 11, 10:28
- carribean islands? -- nm - loosilu Oct 11, 10:28
- I don't see any discernible shape. -- nm - David Oct 11, 10:27
- turned out to be exactly what I was expecting from the URL title. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 10:27 7
  - Ah, an expression I hadn't heard, although I suspected that's what it meant. -- nm - mara Oct 11, 10:28 6
    - lyrics - Spawn Oct 11, 10:31
    - wait, what? - znufrii Oct 11, 10:30 2
      - No. -- nm - mara Oct 11, 10:30 1
        
        You know some highschool kid is going to get that for his girlfriend -- nm - decline Oct 11, 10:49
    - ah. Yeah, I was trying to ignore the title. -- nm - loosilu Oct 11, 10:29
    - what! -- nm - kare Oct 11, 10:29
- ZZ Top fan? -- nm - TWuG Oct 11, 10:27 2
  - ~ She wanna pearl necklace.... she wanna pearl necklace... ~ -- nm - Billy Gibbons Oct 11, 10:34 1
    - I've always heard that as "she wore a" -- nm - TWuG Oct 11, 10:36
- designed by Ke$ha? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 11, 10:27
- Oh, and both are depicting the same thing. -- nm - mara Oct 11, 10:26
I have a date with the genius bar tonight to get a new phone. again. the iphone really is kind of a piece of junk. - chromanda Oct 11, 10:25 7
- It was amusing overhearing so many people with them complaining about lack of service at the Pride parade. -- nm - Qale Oct 11, 10:52
- i'd marry my iphone if i weren't already married. it's the oldest of old skool, but i don't car.e -- nm - kare Oct 11, 10:26
- Android is the way to go. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 10:26
- Locked into AT&T? If not you should compare Android handsets. You should be a ble to find one that works for you. -- nm - TWuG Oct 11, 10:26 3
  - I'm not, but I get a stellar discount on karen's family plan. if I venture out on my own, I pay more no matter which provider. - chromanda Oct 11, 10:32 2
    - also, I know that upgrading to 4G would improve the situation, but I am nancy no-spend right now. *plus* - chromanda Oct 11, 10:52 1
      - The article in the NYT on the iphone going to Verizon said people won't be able to use their existing iphones on Verizon's network because they aren't - jnine Oct 11, 11:16
Banhammer -- nm - amoxy Oct 11, 10:22 3
- I now picture bery as being the dude from the last Resdient Evil movie. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 10:24
- "Blow me up, Imus!" -- nm - nubby Oct 11, 10:23
- Bery, we have a volunteer.... -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 11, 10:23

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