Orlando Rays

What do they exactly teach at the University of Florida? Channing Crowder: "I couldn't find London on a map if they didn't have the names of the countries," he said. "I swear to God. I don't know what nothing is. I know Italy looks like a boot. I know London Fletcher. We did a football camp together. So I know him. That's the closest thing I know to London. He's black, so I'm sure he's not from London. I'm sure that's a coincidental name." Dolphins LB Channing Crowder, who appears likely to start in the middle Sunday against the Giants with Zach Thomas ailing, says he didn't know until Tuesday that people in London speak English. http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playernew...amp;line=102661 :lol Well you can't blame him. Most Americans don't... have maps. :mischief This goes beyond not having a map. It's ENGLAND!!! They speak ENGLISH!!! What, does he think the language he speaks is American? FYI: I can name at least 90% of all nations on the map. I'm not the typical geography-phobic American.

If you're a #2 team this year, it so sucks to be you. TOO SOON :o There's your Heisman right there. Insert Yogiism here.

BC wins, 14-3. (There's no way that VT "touchdown" was a "touchdown". One foot out, the other in the air and going out.)

I just saw a Louisiana tourism commercial starring Emeril, and it was talking about all the food in Louisiana. Right in the middle, they have the Manning brothers, and while Peyton says "hot, boiled crawfish", we see Eli next to him stuffing his face with crawfish. Mmmmmmm-mm! :mischief Best commercial since the NFL Sunday Ticket commercial where Archie disowns Peyton and Eli for "Matty" Leinart.

How about Eric Gagne? His second consecutive perfect inning, and he actually struck somebody out! Is our favorite Frenchie back? :mischief As for tonight, I'll rehash a little Curt pep talk from the 2004 ALCS. You can read the rest here. Imagine you're Curt Schilling right now. Imagine you're Curt Schilling today, this minute, with the ball in your hand and the curtain about to go up. You've been here before. The lights, the 100 million eyeballs, the pressure that comes with being the man and rising to meet the moment, it's all old hat to you. You don't sweat the Yankee mystique. You remember October 27, 2001, and a certain 3-hit, 8-K night. The House that Ruth Built doesn't rattle you. You've left notches in that rubber like it was a belt around your waist. You've got a ring on your finger and you snatched it from Georgie Porgie's ham-handed clutches. And you can't believe your good luck. A few days ago you were done, your boys were done, you were rubber-necking a hideous postseason crash. But no, you get another shot. And like Freddie you're wondering, "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?" You're Curt Schilling. You bring it. You throw heavy, diving balls and angry, screaming stuff. Your pitches come packed with purpose, wound tight with intent. You won 21 games this year. You never give up. You're for the team -- you stand on the top step of the dugout when you're not standing on the hill. You keep a notebook. You watch video. Nothing escapes you. You take a tight-eyed look over the lip of your glove, let your breath fall from your shoulders and stretch the length of your arms, turn that broad back ... and deal. You bear down. You bear up. It's what you do. It's who you are. You're Curtis Montague Schilling and tonight's the night.

I hope they don't change the name to the "Fremont A's". More like "The Oakland Athletics of Fremont"... ...in Silicon Valley by San Francisco Bay...

I hope they don't change the name to the "Fremont A's". The Detroit Pistons are 30 miles away from Detroit.

I won't venture to assume that this is the end, but it doesn't look good. The Rox need to make a statement before they get back to Coors. It really comes down to who wants it more.

Who covered us during '03? Isnt TBS suppossed to have the WS? FOX has the World Series until 2013.

I'll try to get an HD screenshot or two, now that I have my tuner working once more.

Orlando Rays is obviously a die hard fan. I also get mixed up on names often. But I am a Magic fan, and always have been. I didn't follow basketball until the Magic came to town. Though my mom's pissed that they got rid of Brian Hill, especially the way they did. She's got an illusion that ethics have more to do with sports than they really do.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8...;show_article=1 The FBI is investigating one of the fires in Orange County as a possible arson.

Game 1 Lineups: Boston Red Sox 1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B 2. Kevin Youkilis, 1B 3. David Ortiz, DH 4. Manny Ramirez, LF 5. Mike Lowell, 3B 6. Jason Varitek, C 7. J.D. Drew, RF 8. Julio Lugo, SS 9. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF SP - Josh Beckett Colorado Rockies 1. Willy Taveras, CF 2. Kaz Matsui, 2B 3. Matt Holliday, LF 4. Todd Helton, 1B 5. Garrett Atkins, 3B 6. Brad Hawpe, RF 7. Troy Tulowitzki, SS 8. Yorvit Torrealba, C 9. Ryan Spilborghs, DH SP - Jeff Francis

Orlando getting some respect. Well, between Rasheed Wallace Rashard Lewis and Dwight Howard, why not? IMHO, this is the best team we've had since Shaq skipped town.

I hope it's delayed because I work until 10. /selfish I'm holding you responsible for any delays now. Goddamn that's an awesome banner! May I appropriate it? BTW: Where are the big "mugshot" photos of all the MLB players? Is there some sort of archive where you can find them all?

I like the black one myself. The white one...not so much.

Wasnt he trashing the Marlins a couple years back.... Anyways, off the bench, no problem... Probably, but he was on the Mets a couple years ago. Divisional rival. Ergo, trash talk. Also, he saw the fire sale.

I found the "Mark all posts as read" link a week ago.

:lol Different Dusty Rhodes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_Stadium Ahh, I saw the "trustee" part, just didn't know if they meant the wrestler. That Dusty isn't exactly poor, after all. Would've been cool if they did, though. :mischief

Is Jim Rome Burning? Phenominal. I sure as hell am. I bet the three-way flame war between Chad in Portland, Mike in Wichitard and J.D. in Necksville started the fire. Seriously, I hope they get the flames put out.

UT Chattanooga @ #16 Elon this weekend. Homecoming. Awesome. 3 wins from a SoCon championship. FCS and mid-major fans FTW. I just looked up Elon. They have a stadium named for Dusty Rhodes? Awesome. USF should get an on-campus stadium and name it "The Cage" or "Hogan Field". :thumbup This week will be a toughie for the Knights. The Golden Eagles are the perennial dominators of C-USA football. They are to Football what Memphis is to Basketball.

ESPN's Bottom 10 after Week 8 (Theme: Weird Al Yankovic songs) 1. FIU 0-7 ("Like A Surgeon") 2. Utah State 0-7 ("I Can't Watch This") 3. Marshall 0-7 ("Stop Draggin' My Car Around") 4. North Texas 1-6 ("Born To Be Mild") 5. Notre Dame 1-7 ("You Don't Take Your Showers") 6. Northern Illinois 1-7 ("Alternative Polka") 7. Minnesota 1-7 ("The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota") 8. Idaho 1-7 ("Livin' In the Fridge") 9. Louisiana-Lafayette 1-7 ("Cajun Paradise") 10. SMU 1-6 ("Callin' In Sick")

When I talked about the weather, I think I included "subject to change". Well, it changed. They're saying rain all day in Boston now. 90% chance. And 50% tomorrow. :thumbdown At least the high won't get much above 60.

Tuesday's Special: The Top 25 Schedule! Just what is the BCS Top 25 doing this week? #1 Ohio State visiting #25 Penn State, Saturday, 8:00pm EDT #2 Boston College visiting #8 Virginia Tech, Thursday, 7:30pm EDT #3 LSU has a bye #4 Arizona State hosting #21 California, Saturday, 7:00pm MST #5 Oregon hosting #12 USC, Saturday, 12:00pm PDT #6 Oklahoma has a bye #7 West Virginia visiting Rutgers, Saturday, 12:00pm EDT #9 Kansas visiting Texas A&M, Saturday, 6:00pm CDT #10 South Florida visiting #23 Connecticut, Saturday, 3:30pm EDT #11 Florida facing #18 Georgia in The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, Saturday, 3:30pm EDT @ Jacksonville #13 Missouri hosting Iowa State, Saturday, 1:00pm CDT #14 Kentucky hosting Mississippi State, Saturday, 12:30pm EDT #15 Virginia visiting NC State, Saturday, 4:30pm EDT #16 South Carolina visiting Tennessee, Saturday, 7:45pm EDT #17 Hawaii hosting New Mexico State, Saturday, 6:05pm HST #19 Texas hosting Nebraska, Saturday, 2:30pm CDT #20 Michigan hosting Minnesota, Saturday, 3:30pm EDT #22 Auburn hosting Mississippi, Saturday, 5:00pm CDT #24 Alabama has a bye The rest of Florida's D-I FBS schools: Miami has a bye FAU hosting Louisiana-Monroe, Saturday, 4:00pm EDT UCF visiting Southern Miss, Sunday, 7:00pm CDT Florida State hosting Duke, Saturday, 8:00pm EDT FIU visiting Arkansas, Saturday, 1:00pm CDT Florida's D-I FCS schools: Jacksonville visiting Drake, Saturday, 1:00pm CDT Florida A&M visiting Morgan State, Saturday, 4:00pm EDT Bethune-Cookman visiting North Carolina A&T, Saturday, 1:30pm EDT

My official pic originally was Sox in 5. But right now I'd go for Sox in 6 or Rox in 5, just so I can hear "We Are The Champions". :mischief The Rox finally fixed their ticket problems, and completely sold out. They still say the site originally was "attacked". They speculate it was ticket brokers trying to bombard the site with requests.