UConn James

Playing a team that was 9-2 and loaded at almost every position, I didn't think it would be as close as it was. We still need to be more consistent and put up good drives throughout the game rather than nailbiters. Our tickers could do w/o the Cardiac Kids bit. I can see the light for next season, which at week 8 was all but extinguished.

Same thing as the video of Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam back in the 80s. He who is your friend today can easily be your enemy tomorrow. Reading Ben Franklin's autobiography right now, and he makes the point that it was in no small part the French & Indian War's (what that statue is in recognition of, tho Washington wasn't as distinguished in it as the avg. American is led to believe but it did gain him valuable experience) cost and ineffectiveness that lead to the Revolution when the king tried to get the money he spent here back through taxes. I suppose this is a theme repeated since the dawn of man; wage war now, and push the nasty-ass part of actually paying for it down the line.

Let me guess the Republican response... "Well, this is different." Actually it's not pork. Most, if not all, of the money for the presidential libraries is raised by private donations. The reason for the above stink about the Clinton library was that, being private, the donor list did not need to be disclosed. The concern being that favors are gotten in return for a promised gift to the pres. library.

Oh, come on! Can't I just be allowed to be a Connecticut homer?! Just this once? (BTW --- I was aware of the distinction; just being a smartass.) George Washington actually did spend 3 days in my town. According to the written accounts, he hated it.

Ahhh.... but do they know that George Washington was not really the first POTUS? A history lesson for y'all.

I think this is one of those cases where this site's First Amendment right ends where the rights of the informants and undercover cops begin. That is a veritable "Here they are --- go kill them." There was a thing in the Providence/SE Mass area about people wearing "NO SNITCHING!" T-shirts, worn by drug dealers and gang members involved in a number of murders. They were declared illegal. I would concur; it's an imminent threat. But the damage is done for the people already named. It's online forever now.

Funny, I thought they sent a pretty big message....

You don't know how right you are.

Something I read the other day.... You can't be prosecuted for anything you do on the Senate floor?

The only things left are a sex tax and an air consumption tax. And that's only b/c they haven't figured out how. Doesn't really matter who's in power. It may be the oldest axiom in American politics that Dems may pass these things in the first place, but Repubs are just as quick to spend it when they get their grubby hands on it. I would hope that the new round of fiscal conservative Dems will be enough to quash this or convince the leadership that this would be bad for America. This is one of the better incentives for using the Internet, which is convenient for shoppers, the stores, less crowding in stores, fewer people on the roads in bad weather near the holidays, and about 6,942 other reasons I don't have time to list or the willpower to think of right now.

I was going to suggest something and then read that. He's one of those coaches. IME, saying something usually ends badly. Is this sponsored by a rec commission, school,...? Is there an AD that he answers to? Talk to that person about your concerns (and yes, someone who dismisses the need for 5-y.o's to hydrate frequently.... that's actually a physical concern, in addition to the age-appropriateness of the program) and ask them to attend a session. If he runs the whole show, I'd pull him out and shop around for a better coach.

And ironically, it's one of the causes of so many guys having limp noodles. Link Thingy.

Remember that game against My-yami when Ricky 'Puff Daddy' Williams pwned us on the ground.... and the Mammals Without External Genetalia still lost?

Pay money to watch other people have sex? Yeah, this is going to be the extent of our GDP in about 5 years.

Corrected. Good-to-Great DEs make plays, not get matadored out of them and occasionally clean up when the DBs have played shutdown. AS is adequate and is good at what his game is; and that's what he's there for. But stats showing the depth of non-support in rush defense don't lie. He is nowhere near a Total-Package DE.

"...prided herself on high morals and principles"? You mean such high principles as "I'll cup my naked breasts in a photo shoot while having my bikini strings as if they're about to let go any second.... but I won't drink Aquafina!" Let's be sure about something here. What she does for a living is just slightly short of prostitution. This Neo-Morality cultured by magazines and movies is what makes the younger generations dress suggestively and act recklessly to the point this society is devolved to today. Everyone else does it, so...

The Reagan quote kind of became obsolete by 1992. Is there some other wall that needs tearing down? Sure, it's historical, but that's the thing. "Ask not...." is something that stands the test of time and is a central tenet of what made/makes this country great --- to wit, that America was founded on sacrifice for the benefit of the whole rather than the 'where's mine?' mentality (which, sadly, has taken a choke hold in the last 15 years). The JFK era is on the cusp of not really mattering who was in what party b/c it's so far removed from today's context. If someone put a gun to my head and asked which party Truman, Eisenhower, etc. belonged to, I'd have a 50% chance of living.... party doesn't matter. What they did mattered, what they said mattered. Some presidents' most famous quotes stuck to the there and then, some aimed higher. Without a doubt 'Ask not...' is remembered more, and deserves to be remembered more than the other piddler quotes proposed. "I did not have sex..." will not be remembered 100 years from now; it won't matter 100 years from now. But JFK's line will still be a truth; he had a great speechwriter.

All of the above. RG, T depth. Draft. DE & DT. Draft, possibly FA. CB. If we can re-sign Nate for a realistic contract, great. If not, should be addressed by 1 or 2 FA signings and existing depth. A young true FB. Michael Cox from Georgia Tech is a player; will likely be a late-rounder or UDFA b/c teams just haven't been taking FBs in the draft. Also, now is the time to start picking up some LBs to groom.

Quite the air-cast as he was walking to the tunnel/stairs thing. I'll take the Focker's word for it. Seau's forearm got caught right in the middle of Benson's feet. Now that's what you call a 'Break But Don't Bend' defense

Was that a serious bend in the middle of his forearm or did the camera angle make it look worse than it is?

Yup. Switched to LG. Peters has upgraded the LT spot, and has really shored up the left side, more than an "experienced" OL in Gandy.

I'd say that JP has officially earned the right to strut on Monday and Tuesday morning.

Well, you could argue that. I see a league that has tilted things in favor of offenses and fast scoring... such that it requires scoring in response or a running game that eats up the clock. Simply getting the lead with 4 minutes left often isn't enough in the modern game. Kudos to the OL, and those who had the gumption to make the switch; they've played much better and will get better as Pennington develops. Mike Gandy at LT... you are the weakest link!

Dr. Spock would say that JP had a self-esteem problem for ~8 weeks. Fairchild must have stopped using a red pen to make corrections. Either that, or he figured out how to use his OC's radio after pulling his head out of his butt.

How about a little love for Rian Lindell? Figgie in the clutch! Suck it, haters!