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...I can't get "Star Wars" out of my head?

I still crack a grin when I see Hogboy

This is essentially what I implied by "the rest follows."

Just like they keys to any game we play. Drew. He need to play it close to the vest, make the throws when he needs to, avoid patting the ball, and avoid the interceptions. Turnovers. We need to force a few and avoid giving them away. That's really it for me. The rest follows.

True, although I wouldn't be too confident. Fontenot may be 38 and not in his physical prime but he still weighs 300 and knows the center position well. Phat Pat may be licking his chops, but personally I expect to see more from Sam Adams. That guy has been playing out of his mind lately and I think it will get better the closer we get to the playoffs. Methinks Jerry Gray responded to Sam's temper tantrum by allowing him to use his skills more to attack than to tie up blockers.

Now there is someone a little too jacked up for this weekend.

mmmmmm.....pasty white girls

And I, for one, am incredibly elated by that.

That just tells me that the guy knows a tasty piece of meat when he sees one.

I still can't figure out what's so bad about this story.

Colin brings up some decent points once in a while, but they're few and far between. The thing I really can't stand about him is that, when he wants to make a point, he just basically repeats the same phrase over and over again. Once he gets to the third iteration, I'm basically forced to switch to NPR.

'the quarterback'....yeah, what was his name again?

Who's ODB?

I was the singles state champ in Utah for racquetball two years ago. B division, but what the hell. Now that I have a juicy bulging disc in my lumbar spine, racquetball is quickly turning into a fading memory...

I'm not really interesting in recording "in" HD, but I can imagine wanting to record a show that is being broadcast in HD. I guess the question is, if a regular VCR can be hooked up to the system, would the recording be ugly? Or would it look the same as if the show was broadcast in SD?

Hey, what about regular old VCRs? Can they fit into the system? (To record things for other people.) What happens if you try to tape a program displayed in HD?

Interesting. If that's the case, and he still doesn't make the playoffs this year, how.....ironic.

What does it use the phone line for, aside from PPV? It makes daily calls, but as I understand it you can't program the exact time it makes those calls.

Salisbury. Logic. That's a joke, right?

Thanks again. I think I'm starting to get the hang of this. One thing I hadn't thought of is, with TiVo, I would need a phone line running near the TV, right? Right now I have no phone jack in the TV room.

Three weeks from now, we may be playing the biggest game in many years against the Steelers, with a playoff spot on the line. Even if the playoffs are out of reach by then, it will still be a big game for a lot of folks, perhaps the game to secure our first winning season in a long time. How ironic that, in order to reach our goal, we would have to beat Pittsburgh. By doing so, we may end up handing home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, and very likely another trip to the Super Bowl, right over to the frigging New England Patriots. Irony's a B word.

After five losing seasons in Cincinnati, Takeo Spikes moves over to Buffalo...and now, finally, he has a chance at making the playoffs. How ironic that the team he suffered so many years with may be the one to knock him out of the playoff race. Irony sucks. Ironing sucks, too. Wait, maybe I have them confused...

This is great stuff, thanks. I actually think that I would consider cable, were it not for two things: 1. Like Fez said, I can't stand the cable companies. I had high-speed internet via cable for a month before I got rid of it and went back to DSL. I had some technical issues and the cable company had me fuming. I swore I would do my best to avoid them whenever possible. 2. Comcast doesn't offer HD programming in my area yet. Don't know how long until they do. So for now I'll just look into DirecTV.

Only because I might get hooked on it and end up paying more every month! Actually, it looks like most places are offering the service free for 6 months when you sign up for a year. I'm not sure if that means I'll end up paying for 6 months, or if I'll have to pay for a full year after the 6 months, but it probably doesn't matter. Those look like good deals for the basic systems. One thing I noted that was different between the two deals is one had a basic dish, the other a Tri-LNB dish. Zoinks. Looks like something else I'll have to learn about.

Dump-offs. Willis in the passing game, except for a screen or two. What happened to using the running back or tight end as a safety valve? What happened to short, over-the-middle or outside dumps to Willis? Man, I'd really like to see the ball thrown to Willis some more. I think it helps Drew. Not only that, but I'd like to see some more no-huddle.