[Hangartner fight with Maybin]

training camp fights mean *&%@#$

 

I fought my one of my best friends and roommates in camp. Its football people fight sometimes. Camp is a competition between positions and also between O and D.

 

You are making a mountain out of a mole hill.

 

That's exactly what I'm thinking. These dudes are all hyper-competitive, monster-sized pro athletes. Hangartner throwing Maybin to the ground is probably equivalent to a regular dude like me putting a buddy in a headlock and giving him a noogie.

 

Also, I bet the O vs. D thing is part of it as well.

[Nfl sunday ticket; Who's signing up?]

Add me to the re-up Sunday Ticket crowd. It sounds like everyone calling to negotiate/complain is getting roughly the same deal, $120 off, split a number of ways: $20/6 months, $10/12 months, etc. That makes me think DTV is ready for it, has crafted the call center scripts, and given customer service reps the freedom to make the deal.

 

Not that I'm complaining. $120 is $120. It helped me justify getting Sunday Ticket again to my wife even though we have a newborn baby at home and are scaling back on luxuries BIG time.

[Kelsay exits early]

THAT'S IT, I'm sick of the Gailey regime and this "pads at practice" philosophy! Clearly it's leading to serious injuries and destroying this team! We need a Player's Coach like Dick Jauron in here PRONTO.

 

/sarcasm

[Better, worse, or the same?]

QB is definitely the same but the OL has to improve some just by going through OTAs and camp as a single unit. I mean really, can you be any worse at OL than last year, picking up anyone you can find and starting them the following week?

 

I would argue that any improvement in the OL would automatically mean improvement at QB. I'm no Trent fanboy, but I'd like to see what he could do with a few extra seconds to remain upright.

["I know what they can do in shorts...']

You are very easy to please

 

Yeah, I am. This is a positive step. Whether it pays dividends this year, next, or the year after, at least it's a step in what most would agree is the right direction.

[How to turn $45 into $200,000,000]

Cool find, but I'd like to know how the appraiser arrived at a high-end number of $200 million. Not a single person in Jim's thread said anything about investing in Adams' negatives.

 

It sounds like the guy, as owner of the negatives, will profit from any sale of prints of those negatives. You see people with high quality Ansel Adams posters in their offices/homes all the time, the kind you buy from museum gift shops. So I think that's where the money will come from.

 

A pretty nice return on his investment... I like the guy's quote at the end about not having talked to the guy who sold him the prints, because he may come looking for him.

[CBS Sports: CJ to Score 10 offensive touchdowns]

I think it's nice to see the press say we might actually score this season.

 

I agree 100%. I would rather he sign on the dotted line first before I get my hopes up.

[CBS Sports: CJ to Score 10 offensive touchdowns]

Maybe let's get him signed first, before anyone anoints him the next Eric Dickerson.

[ESPN is a complete joke]

I can't stand the way ESPN does their business, either, but I've stopped worrying about the constant ball-washing of the big markets, the personalities that make the most money, and those who generally get national attention. I'll watch for highlights, analysis, & an occasional baseball game, but that's pretty much it. I'll still watch them, but the TMZ-style coverage of the Brett Favre saga two years ago pretty much took all the feeling I have for them.

 

Right, they're good for the occasional broadcast and highlight. But anyone going to them for anything more hard-hitting than "So, LeBron, do you still bite your nails?" is going to be sorely disappointed.

 

Like someone mentioned above, the dichotomy at ESPN's production offices are between the Sports people and the Entertainment/Ratings people. And it's the same thing at news networks, other sports networks, whatever. And the Entertainment/Ratings people always win. They're concerned with selling a product, not honestly covering anything. Sports, news, soap operas, sitcoms, it doesn't matter: It's just viewed as a way to sell cars, beer, tires, diapers and ED pills.

[ESPN is a complete joke]

Long-time lurker, first time poster, just had to chime in on ESPN.

 

ESPN has become nothing but a cross-promotional ABC/Disney marketing behemoth. Sports are merely the vehicle, but it's no different than NBC's The Today Show (featuring guests from NBC shows and NBC/Universal movies!) or any other such garbage on TV. It's sad, but true. You can't go to ESPN for real sports reporting anymore.