Kevbeau

Over the past three years Gandy started 30 games for the Bears at three different positions. A third-round pick out of Notre Dame in 2001, Gandy wasn’t a Jerry Angelo selection and when it came down to making room for Colombo he was the odd man out. “Mike of course meant an awful lot, has meant an awful lot to us. But, right now our guards are Ruben Brown and Rex Tucker, (they) have really stepped up and played well,” Smith said. “There's nothing he did wrong, anything like that.” It came down to choosing between Picked this up from BearReport.com. Looks like he was cut to make room for Marco Colombo. Good news was that many Bear's observers were suprised at him being cut. Says that he is very versitile and played LT for a good part of his first two years...stuggled, but can fill in if the team need be. Despite the above blurb, it seems that he beat out Ruben for the starting position in training camp, but sat out two games with a hammy injury prior to being cut. My guess is that he failed the Panther physical because the hammy probably had a grade two tear. (I believe grade three requires surgery). He should compete for a starting guard spot in camp

From the nflplayers.com website 2003: Started career-high 14 games at LT, including the first 13 of the season, while missing 2 games to injury ... Made first career opening-day start at SF (9/7) ... Made 24th consecutive start at GB (12/7), but left game in 4th qtr. due to shoulder injury ... Inactive Games 14-15 due to shoulder injury, but returned to start season finale at KC (12/28). 2002: Made his NFL debut for the Bears 4 weeks into the season and went on to establish himself as a starter at 2 different positions over the final 11 games of the campaign ... Started at LG Games 6-10 before moving to LT for Games 11-16 ... Inactive for the first 2 games before being active for the first time in his career vs. NO (9/22); active but DNP ... Made NFL debut at BUF (9/29) on special teams ... Subbed for injured LG Rex Tucker vs. GB (10/7) ... Took over starting LG position with first NFL start at DET (10/20) ... Moved to LT when Marc Colombo was lost for the year to injury and made first career start at the position vs. DET (11/24) after never having played the position before at any level during his career. 2001: Inactive for all of Chicago's 16 regular season games and the playoff contest.

All I know is that he had hamstring problems last year. The Bears cut him late in the season and he was immediatly picke dup by the Panthers, but failed his physical.

Thing is Minny has Smith, Williams and Moore in addition to Bennett. They don't need another back.

I've seen it before, but I still bust a nut, "Burger King...where all Dragon Masters go to eat." "You are a super-nerd assembled from lesser nerds."

So who's having the T-shirts made up? I'm in for a few.

A little while back I was talking to a friend who works for the CDC. He mentioned that AIDS hadn't really escaped the homosexual and drug abusing communites like the original infection models predicted (here in the USA). I though that was interesting...not saying heterosexuals can't get it. I think we all realize that. Unfortunately, I havn't any real facts to back it up. Just info taken from a conversation.

Actually the Cards O-Line is considered to be pretty solid by most experts. Heck, Emmitt is 90 years old and he almost ran for 1000 yards behind them.

Jump a little farther next time Timmy and make sure your shoes are tied. And remember...get your whole head in front of the shotgun and thanks for playing. The whole thrill seeking aspect doesn't really bother me. Humans have always engaged in such activities going all the way back to "poke the tiger with the stick." However, I believe the father bringing up the lawsuit and the attorney who agreed to take it should turn in their planet Earth membership cards. Too bad Moses broke the first set of Commandments, because I'm sure this one was on there: Thou shall not blame others for thy own mental shortcomings.

Axing the Weasel??? or BM?

BMI and other gov't weight standards completely disregard any sort of athletic competency. I'm 6', 230lbs with 12% bodyfat*, giving me a BMI of over 31, so I'm considered obese. I'll second jzmack's stance. I weightlift 4-5 times a week, play hockey three times and throw in a couple cardio days. BMI was created so someone could push their agenda. *Checked 2 mos ago right before Turkey Day so I'm not responsible for accuracy

My favorite used to be to just stand there and take it with a glazed look in my eyes. Once they finished yelling, snap out of your "trance" and say "Sorry, did you say something?" Good times, but now that I'm edumacated and work for the man, that probably won't fly.

Dirty Dee, you're a baddy daddy lamatai tebby chai!

Kevbeau...take one annoying girlfriend who calls all the time...add sarcastic roomates, as in "Oh Kevbo...Jenny's on the phone again." and there you go. The name actually stuck and most of my college buddy's still call me Kevbo. The beau came in when I found out that Kevbo is often already registered as a user name. Some of my favorites from friends and acquaintances through the years: Goph (short for gopher)...my brother's. He's almost 30 and everyone but his wife and my mother still calls him that. Catastrophe Dan Nutter Potash Reno (dude looked like a cross between a blown up Lorenzo Lamas and Jesus Christ) Starch Pole Steinfeld Speck Mango Hymen

I like it. My favorites are the ones that you know are personalized but have no f'n clue what they're supposed to mean.

Is that sarcasm I hear? "But a U.S. appeals court based in Atlanta upheld the law by a 2-1 vote. " - Yeah, these judges probably can be found hanging out on Cheshire Bridge Road come nightfall. Atlanta is loaded with sex stores.

Everyone in the DC area has a personalized plate. I think they come with Happy Meals.

"Ugly little spud, isn't he?" "I think he can hear you Ray."

Samoans...although they went PC and they're not called Samoans anymore. I guess they found it potentially insulting to allude that Samoans live off coconuts.

Depending on their adjusted gross income there are a number of avenues to pursue. Deduction for loan interest. Hope credit Lifetime learning credit Deduction of tuition In certain situations you can also deduct books, mileage to & from school, etc...depending on whether the schooling is required to keep your job, qualifies you for another job...(there's a whole myriad of siuations, very grey area). You can find this info pretty easily online and most online filing software will do it automatically for you. I'd post more in depth, but had a some dinner with my wine tonight

Big name players will still earn high contracts. It's the mid-range guys making inflated salaries that will be affected the most and rightfully so. (See Martin LaPointe)

OK, it was Arthur Levitt, Chairman of the SEC from 1993 to 2001 who did the audit. Here's a little blurb on it: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writ...ckout.glossary/ Audit: Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL owners spent $1 million for an "audit" of league finances by Wall Street icon Arthur Levitt. Relying on Levitt's "audit," owners claimed losses of $273 million in the 2002-03 season and another $223 million last season. The Levitt "audit" actually is a review of league finances. It lacks the certifications of a typical corporate audit, and it fails to document income from luxury boxes, club seats, arena advertising and naming rights. Instead of resolving financial issues, it has added new issues and added to player suspicion. (See also entry for "Trust.")

I thought they did this??? I think they got Clinton's Sec. of Treasury to audit the books and report his findings. The NHLPA's response was that he was lying because the owners paid him.

I can think of a few WNY politicians that need to be euthanized.

Don't forget maze of alcohol laws.