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4 o clock is the press conference. I'll make a pick from out of left field: St. Louis.

Is there a way to break down posts among forums? I wonder what some of these numbers would look like without the PPP totals.

Wow, that's even worse. Could you imagine switching on MSG (which will carry the press conference) at 4 pm and seeing the first envelope opened to determine the #30 pick... and seeing the mad goat on the card? Since I'll be home this afternoon, I think I'll watch on the cheapest television I own. No sense breaking the good one.

The lottery itself will still be behind closed doors. The press conference is just to announce the order. As I said before, I'm more pissed that teams who OUGHT to have a legitimate (read: more than 6%) chance to get Crosby have had their odds significantly diluted by the presence of EVERY team in the lottery, even the friggin Devils, Avs, Stars, Wings, etc.

No kidding. And I know I said it before, but I'm still assed that every team gets at least one ball. To give it any semblance of fairness, any team that has made the playoffs in each of the last three years should have NO chance to get Crosby. NONE.

I saw that last night. Just another example of why ESPN sucks.

Right about this time is when the Rangers' lottery balls go in the freezer, I'd suspect.

But those slams ignore the facts that (1) a statue played quarterback for us last year and (2) McNally has now had the benefit of a full year to coach them. These prediction columns are pretty humorous if you ask me. Very few of them are grounded in any kind of research or thought, and most of them are written by fans who -- like us -- have chubbies for certain teams and axes to grind with others. Even if you dog the Bills' chances on TSW, given a national spotlight you'd almost certainly talk them up just out of pride, and these guys are no different with "their" teams. This clown Coulston doesn't REALLY think Miami has a shot in hell this year, but he's just representing for his boys. Hell, I'd probably do the same. Rarely do you ever read an objective, well-thought-out set of predictions.

He also appears to have skipped English 101 en route to his journalism career.

But clearly he has a hardon for the Dolphins. He writes more about them than about any other team, and he says this: Meanwhile, he says Buffalo, which swept Miami last year and won five more games, is "headed in the right direction," but that "it will take quarterback J.P. Losman at least a year before he's ready to lead the Bills to the playoffs."

34 sucks, actually.

It was actually the only time I played it today. Total time wasted: five minutes. And on my lunch hour. But thanks for playing.

Look at the first post. The game is hyperlinked. But if you're looking for a link to my score, you'll just have to take my word!

That's what I thought at first too. On this one I nailed the first and last seven holes in one shot apiece. Shot 2 on #8 (the long one, though I have on occasion holed it), holed #9, somehow missed #10 which I almost always hole out, and had another 2 on #11 which I think is actually the hardest hole to get right. It's possible to ace every hole with some luck, but I challenge anyone to go lower than 21 in a single round!

The Patsies seem to be getting a little long in the tooth, though. Excluding Bruschi, they still have seven players on their D going into their tenth year or more -- five of whom could be starters or at least see significant time. At some point "experience" becomes simply "age."

Truer words never spoken

I guess he made a mistake then

No argument there. But I'm willing to assume that by "key players," Todd was being expansive in his interpretation. Charlie Weis and Romeo Crennel weren't "players" on the field, but they were certainly "key players" in New England's recent success.

Yeah. Besides the emotional and physical heart of their defense, who? That's a big, big loss, pal.

Who asked you?

I just shot a 21 on it. Fifteen holes in one. I can finally shitcan that bookmark.

Actually I was thinking TNT. Since they carry the WWF or whatever it's called now, they've got plenty of experience in broadcasting fixed events.

I like.

Don't forget the people who come into a sparsely populated theater and decide to sit DIRECTLY in front of or behind you, either distracting your view or kicking your seat all night. These people are the close cousins of the dudes who walk into a bathroom with a row of empty urinals and decide to take the one right next to yours. WTF is their problem?

John Jacob Heimerdinger Schmidt... his name is my name too...