Bmwolf21

The "it's only $15 total" mentality was the only thing that kept me sane during the process of getting it. When I shop online I'm accustomed to your order shipping within a day or two, and you have it within a week. But with how long it took - well once they screwed up which Fathead I wanted it was all over. Funny thing was I threw a note up on my Facebook page offering it for $20 + shipping because I know I have Red Sox fans, but the place had already refunded my money before I got a single reply. They sure are fast at getting the money back to customers - must be experienced at that.

You guys have much more patience than I. After nearly three weeks of waiting, crappy attempts at customer service in response to my inquiries...well, I had had enough. As soon as my wife told me it was Ortiz and not Bruce I damn near lost my mind and fired off a polite but somewhat angry email. The gist of it was "I wanted Bruce but you took three weeks to screw it up and I don't trust you guys to get it right on the exchange, so I want my money back but I don't want to wait nearly another month like it took to get the damn thing in the first place." The only thing they did right was they refunded my money before they even replied to my email. ajzepp - can you send me the link to their feedback? I'd like to add something to it.

Got mine today. Another Ortiz. I was LIVID. I contacted customer service immediately and they refunded my money within about 20 minutes of getting my email. They are sending me a prepaid shipping label to return it.

Nope. Been over two weeks now. Supposedly shipped on Halloween via OSM (never heard of them) and their online tracking is a joke. If the tracking is to be believed, mine has been sitting at the OSM facility for 3-4 days. If, after all this BS, I get a David Ortiz and not Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuce I am gonna kill someone.

I'm definitely a playoff guy for college football. I would even settle for a +1 format if necessary but I am tired of the debate over who got screwed out of the BCS championship game each year. I think there's got to be a way they can integrate the current bowl format with a brief playoff bracket of 4-8 teams max.

Yeah, like you said - a lot of good talent throughout the South. If teams can recruit their backyard they will usually do OK. The SEC is definitely the 800-lb gorilla in college football, so it makes me feel good to see that a lot of the guys we signed and recruited were also heavily chased by SEC teams. If the NFL locks the players out or there is some work stoppage I won't miss it. I'll spend half as much to order the ESPN Gameplan and get my football fix that way.

This was a real exciting recruiting class for FSU fans. For a long time we recruited real well, and then over the last decade it started to slip. Word was that the staff got complacent and lazy and started relying more on the rankings and stars for who to target rather than doing their own recruiting and scouting to find stud players at positions of need. Chasing the stars led to recruiting a lot of talented players with disciplinary and character issues, and a lot of guys never made it on the field for FSU, flamed out, were kicked out or never made the grade to get in. This year it showed how the new coaching staff busted their asses getting out and about and recruiting the guys they wanted and needed. Obviously you can't assess a class until a couple years down the road (at least) but on paper it looks and feels like a much different class and attitude from this group (both coaching staff and players).

It was a great signing day for the Seminoles. It was a jubilant scene on a jubilant day for Florida State, which finished with one of the top recruiting classes in the nation. Near the end of National Signing Day, ESPN.com ranked the Seminoles' 29-man class No. 1 nationally. So, too, did Scout.com. Rivals.com ranked Florida State No. 4. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/seminoles/os-florida-state-signing-day-roundup-20110202,0,5294354.story

I'm late to the party but I still think this is the best advice in the thread.

This. Not the poor excuse for salt & vinegar that Lays and other companies put out. Also a big fan of the Blazing Buffalo Ranch Doritos, but they are getting harder to find.

Pizza and wings.

RIP, Major Winters - you've earned it. You truly were a hero and earned the nickname "The Biggest Brother." "And When He Gets To Heaven To Saint Peter He Will Tell 'One More Soldier Reporting, Sir I've Served My Time In Hell'"

Check out TG's column on that story, via Paul Maguire. http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/24656/cookie-gilchrist-rumbled-right-until-the-end

This is not just some money-making scheme! Alright! I have a strong psychic belief that the world will end on New Year's Eve.

If it's the play I am thinking of then I have no problem with the hit on Vick. It certainly looked like he was running out of bounds, but the contact was made while he was still technically in bounds, or right on the line at worst. It didn't look egregiously late to me. Maybe the shove was harder than it needed to be but given Vick's running ability one could make the argument that he wanted to make sure he really went out of bounds and didn't cut back upfield. Just my two cents.

There's a real easy fix for this.

I don't know about the "mama bear" instinct, but Chuck E Cheese seems to attract a high level of !@#$s who probably shouldn't be parents and are teaching their kids to act in the same self-centered, aggressive manner. I know my brother and his wife almost got into a fight at my son's first birthday (at a CEC) a couple years ago, because some older kids were pushing younger ones around and forcing their way onto games and the parents saw nothing wrong with it. Now when we take him to CEC we pick a time when the place is quiet and he and his friends pretty much have the run of the place.

He was on the cover of Madden! He was DOMINATE [sic] in my Madden franchise! I've heard of him!

According to the Orlando Sentinel, Tebow was sick all week: In Saturday's Senior Bowl, try playing without 10 pounds and a healthy esophagus. There was the quarterback of the night, fresh off a respectable yet unspectacular performance in blustery weather, taxed from a viral esophagus infection yet still being mobbed by overzealous fans banging on his shoulders before he crossed the 50-yard line. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/coll...0,6536196.story http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_co...Swamp+Things%29

Can't believe I didn't see this thread until just now. Beerball, I'm glad to hear the news is encouraging, and you and your family have our thoughts and prayers. Get better soon and get back here ASAP.

Yes, never was, and oh hell yes to the last two - but more at TD.

Thanks. I have to admit that the idea of Tebow in a Bills uni makes this Nole fan queasy, but I think he would be a great wildcat/slash weapon to have. I don't see him as a franchise QB, but if some other team is stacked enough that they can afford to take him earlier and spend a few years revamping his mechanics, teaching him how to read defenses, and develop him into a starting QB, more power to them. I just don't think we can afford that kind of long-term project in the first few rounds.

Actually there are questions about his ability to read defenses, so I don't know that he has the mental part down, which makes the physical side more daunting. Look, even as a Nole, I can somewhat stomach the idea of him on the Bills - if he is a late-round pick. We just have too many other holes and need too many key positions filled to take a chance on a long-term project early on. Finding starters and game-changers at LT, DT, LB all are much more important than taking a flier on a guy who is going to need a long time to learn how to play QB, and then develop into a NFL-ready QB.

If the Jags want Tebow, I'd gladly take Garrard in Buffalo.