Chilly

CBS: Rutgers 33rd SOS, ND 22nd Sagarin: Rutgers 66th, ND 22nd Greenfield: Rutgers 81, ND 66th Massey: Rutgers 45th, ND 13th

That kingpin quote still makes me cringe, yet laugh.

lol he's so awesome

If USC wins out, they should get the chance to play for the National Champ imo.

What does that make Huey Long?

Hahaha.

Cats suck! The "true value" of any one cow is .5 since only half of them make milk.

I wish I would have some way to be outed, then I wouldn't have to go to class from 4-5:30 today. Since when has FileMaker been part of the bright side?

Actually, Tom, this would be you (outside of this forum): Has two cows. Realizing that everyone else also has two cows, he sells his cows in order to invent a better way to collect and distribute milk. This he sells to the other people for a cow, and there by has more cows and better production then anyone else while getting to satisfy his natural craving for problems to solve.

I wish I got paid for it damnit!

Correct you are, Bungee Jumper.

Just wanted to throw that out there as a lesson learned from '00 and as something to look for.

I'm going to leave the parallel you are making about athletes out of this as its a different part of society altogether, and one that I'm admittedly probably less familiar with as far as racial overtones go. To your point about rarely hearing a white politician being "well spoken": thats not really true. The President before Mr. Bush, Clinton, was considered well spoken. Reagan was another President considered well spoken. Kennedy was also considered well spoken. Nixon had a charm and was considered by some to be well spoken as well. There are plenty of counter-examples to your assertion that you rarely hear a white politician being "well spoken." And there are plenty of times where you hear of white people being well dressed. One example sticks out in my mind from the '06 elections - Nancy Pelosi's attire was getting all kinds of undeserved attention from the network "news" channels. The same presidents above (who had supreme image skills) such as Kennedy and Reagan were considered well dressed also. While I'm not trying to discount your idea that race plays a very big part in society - it does, I am going to object to your assertion that it plays a huge part in the descriptions of candidate traits that you bring up. I think that the racial cues are implied in a larger image of the candidate then what you provide, and not in specific references of his personality. (Hey, he has a shot at being our first African American President! He's succeeding despite the big odds!) It is not quite as implicit of a cue as you describe (though it could be made into that, at this point it hasn't been).

1. Ohio State 2. Michigan 3. USC 4. Florida 5. Notre Dame 6. Arkansas 7. Rutgers 8. Wisconsin 9. West Virginia 10. LSU

Ed - There's a reason why everyone on this board sees stuff differently from you, and its not because everyone else is a "blind homer". Its because you are. Just because you're honest in your assessments doesn't mean you are seeing them correctly. Before Ohio State, perhaps I talked a bit like that, when I thought that my #2 Longhorns were the best team in the country and thus talked that way, but I found out after the Ohio State game that they needed to mature. What happened to Texas on Saturday sucked and was a combination of injuries and our secondary not showing up to play. Nothing I can defend against there, they just weren't ready and should pay the price for it in a game that they should've won easily. I still think they're better then how they played, and could beat any team in the top 10 on any given Saturday. I've always this season pointed out my issues with this Texas team and my feelings on them aren't much different then the entire national media/college football fan base. Faustus has said that Florida doesn't deserve to be in the National Championship game based upon how they've played, but no other team really does either at this point besides Ohio State and Michigan. Bart has consistently ranked Notre Dame in the bottom half of the top 10 all year long after their loss. Yeah, he talks so much crap about a team who is very talented yet for some reason can't put it all together. You, however, think that you are not being a homer and that everyone else is wrong because you are so much of a freaking homer that you can't accept that Rutgers, a team which is having an outstanding season, just might be taken a bit skeptically because they are: A.) Having their first meaningful season in a while, B.) Playing a weak schedule, and C.) In the weakest BCS conference around. On top of this, you make outlandish statements that Rutgers would only lose to Ohio State and Michigan, and then completely change your point of view when it actually comes down to game time. And yeah, everyone else on this board is the problem except you. Thats it Ed, keep telling yourself that.

Oh my Gawd, its not where the players are drafted, but who the individual players are and how well they both work by themselves and together? What a concept!

Yeah thats what I'm at too. *grin* I'm on a dual-monitor setup with filemaker open all the time on one monitor. Have another monitor next to me but thats for machines I'm working on, and 2 monitors on the other side of my desk facing the other way for when they're needed. The problem with me though is I only work part time, and the rest of the time I'm in class, so I'm not surfing TBD.

So do I damnit, well over 100 words a minute. I think you just have more free time on your hands at work.

Why do you post my exact responses a lot of times before I have the chance to up my post count?

Hrm, I dunno who I want to see win this game now. Before Texas was out of it this was an easy choice: Ohio State. I'd like to see whoever loses wreak havoc on the BCS.

Yeah thats the answer, live in the past.

Seeing as how I apparently differ a lot on this game from a decent amount of posters on this board, I decided to make my own grades for today to be criticized. ====== Offense ====== QB - I thought Losman played a pretty poor game today. It seems to me that he lacks both quick decision making skills and accuracy in throwing the football. The decision making baffles me as well. I thought he did excellent on the first drive - he was making quick reads to open receivers. After that, he seemed very indecisive with the football. He also seems to be very inaccurate ever since he started playing with the Bills. His accuracy hasn't improved much. I'm very concerned that he's not our guy, and I don't think that our guy is on our roster. The coaching staff seems to not have faith in him, and I don't either. Grade - First Series: A- (minus), Game: D. RB - Anthony Thomas hit the holes very hard and seemingly dragged defenders on several plays. This is some power running that I haven't seen Willis give us all year. Its as though Willis is having a hard time seeing the holes on the field, or if he does, he's still a step slow and hasn't recovered from his injury in college. Grade - B as he didn't make anyone miss, but he ran in a way that we haven't seen for a while from the Bills. Best unit on offense today. WRs - They just can't make anyone miss after they catch the football. When Peerless was with the Bills the first time, he used to do that a bunch. Now? He's lucky if he gets one YAC. Evans is a good WR, and then we have a bunch of #3 guys. There is also no "go-to" receiver in this squad, and it showed today. Grade: D+ TEs - Awful performance today. I can't remember one play that they did right, but I remember several that they screwed up. Royal vs Freeney, Everett's penalties, Royal's missed catch in the red zone where he didn't run past the first down marker. The TEs were the worst unit on the field today. Grade: F OL - I thought the OL was much better then what some people on this board were saying. They had a pretty average day overall. They opened up some running holes on the ground, and they had numerous plays where JP had plenty of time to throw. I put two big sacks on them this game (combined with Royal - why was Royal picking that up?) and two sacks on JP holding onto the ball two long. The guard play is really where this unit lacks in my opinion. I thought Pennington, Peters, and Fowler all did a decent job. If we can get a couple of guards this off-season I think they would be a much better unit. Grade: C- ====== Defense ====== DL - I think the defensive line played as well as could be expected against the Colts up front, given the talent on the D-line. I think Kelsay is a huge liability and needs to be replaced at DE. Given the fact that they didn't have much help from the LBs, I liked what they did. The DL was called upon to basically stop the run by themselves, and won the battle sometimes while lost it some other times. There was some pressure on Manning, albeit not a lot. Who is this Jefferson fellow? I thought he played decently while he was in there. Grade: C+ as they still let up a decent amount of yards today. LB - All day in the running game this crew was 5 yards beyond the line of scrimmage. However, I think that was more the choice of the Bills then it was on the LBs. The Bills decided to make the Colts beat them by running the football, and dropped the LBs back into coverage. There were a few key plays where Fletcher and Crowell broke up passes. Crowell had a better game then he did for much of the season today. Spikes was the biggest disappointment - I just don't think he fit the scheme very well today. He didn't make any plays breaking up passes, and he didn't do a good job in run support either. Grade: C - Spikes brings this unit down today DB - I thought the Cornerbacks did a very good job today. They were seemingly all over the field. The safeties never really got beat deep, which is what they were asked to do today. Not much help in the running game, but that was by design. Grade: A- (minus), this unit did everything that the coaching staff wanted from them today, points off for getting beat a few times but other then that good job. ======== Special Teams ======== Kicking - Lindell did miss that one field goal. I think he got excited that he had a chance to get the Bills in a ball game for once. All kidding aside, while he did have that one miss, he also made 3 other field goals and looked good doing it. He's been a bright spot this year. I'm still not completely happy with his kickoffs. Grade: B- (minus) (A- if he makes that field goal). Punting - Moorman was absolutely brilliant today when called upon. He converted a 4th and one and consistently pinned Indy back in their own territory. Great game by him today, possibly the best player on the field. Grade: A+ Kick Returning - Wow, the kick return game really gave us the chance to win. Its just too bad that it was squandered by our offense. Both McGee and Parrish looked very good running kicks back. If there's one thing Tom Donahoe did know how to do, its select Kick Returners. Grade: A+ Kick Coverage - They covered punts/kicks most of the day pretty well, although Indy did get a few decent sized returns that you don't like to see. They also received what was a very bad penalty (although it should have been 5 yards instead of 15) on a punt. Grade: B- (minus) ====== Coaching ====== Dick Jauron - Overall, I thought he managed the game well. He called for a couple of trick plays at the right moments, and didn't make any huge mistakes. The gameplan that he put together today attacked Indy's weaknesses and defended against Indy's strengths. For that, he gets a pretty decent grade. Grade: B Steve Fairchild - I thought he did a decent job managing the game as well. I have to question a couple of his calls, including a pass on 3rd and 1. He doesn't seem to have much confidence in JP, but in this game it wasn't that much of an issue, as we attacked Indy's run D. I thought he did a good job of attempting to compensate for the offensive line issues. However, his playcalling in the red zone is extremely questionable, and probably cost us the game. This is my biggest issue with his offense right now. Grade: D+ Perry Fewell - The defensive scheme did a good job of keeping the Colts quiet and forcing turnovers. The Indy offense is going to get their yards, so a bend but not break defense is a good one to run against them, with an emphasis on the passing game. I thought he called a pretty decent game, but he failed to make adjustments toward the end of the game on defense. This led to the Colts being able to just run the clock out rather then the Bills getting another shot on offense. Grade: C Bobby April - He always has his special teams units ready to go, and today it showed. He does a great job with this special team's units and is the most valuable coach right now on the staff. Grade: A+

Because one draft sets the tone for his entire freaking career. Bill, I understand that you wanted him to take more offensive lineman in lats year's draft, but dude, you're getting extremely overzealous on the draft and are saying stupid crap.

My team played well this week... I'm going up against Chad F'in Johnson.

Like I said, an argument. I could make an argument that Louisville and West Virginia were both overrated, and USC's schedule is better, as well as that I think USC would beat Rutgers on a neutral field. Therefore, I'd put USC ahead of Rutgers. Deserves = way too strong of a word right now for Rutgers imo.