M-Borg vs. THE Flavortown U Thread, Orig. by Buckeye Paul, absconded w/by talent.

[iam416]

All those folks who wanted in will be on e-mail this week for start of pool. Thanks all.

[iam416]

FYI, from Dana White (UFC President):

"ESPN always hated us and now they hate us more now that we are on FOX. They canceled my (interview) next week for UFC Rio. F*ck ESPN. ... Jim Rome is the only good thing about ESPN."

I'm no fan of UFC or Rome, but otherwise, spot on!

[entropy]

Entropy, too appropriate, where can U buy them?

Yeah Packy, I think i was 300 points off the lead that meant I'd need near perfect selections over the last 4 weeks and the leader board had to go average, over the balance of the season, couldn't bridge the gap...should have run with the Bowl segment but then the Holidays hit.

So Far it looks like from the Michigan Forum:

Liney
WingsFan
SeanB
WhoDean
Talent
OP

http://sportscrack.com/

[lineygoblue]

Hey Talent: Send me the email too

lineygoblue@gmail.com

[WingsFan]

Yeah Packy, I think i was 300 points off the lead that meant I'd need near perfect selections over the last 4 weeks and the leader board had to go average, over the balance of the season, couldn't bridge the gap...should have run with the Bowl segment but then the Holidays hit.

There was that one guy who started the month on an unbelievable pace, I think he was winning 80 to 90 % of his picks. Then had a late season meltdown and I think he lost first place in the last week.

[whodean]

Note to ESPN: You have a show called "Blueprint for Change" which fetures Nick Saban. If you want to change college sports, get rid of people like Nick Saban!!!

Has there been a whiff of impropriety by Saban?

[lineygoblue]

About the same as there was with Tressel.

[*JD*]

Some of those saps are still buying what he's selling. That was a reply to OP's post, which now follows this one after his edit.

[Optimus Prime]

Tressel was worst IMO than Saban. With Slick Nick you knew what you were getting, Tressel held himself out as man of integrity, beyond reproach...truth is he ran one dirty program and finally got busted. Boy did he have the Buckeye Nation fooled, fondly referring to him as the "Senator" as if he were an elderly Statesman earning a title of respect...truth is he was nothing more than a two-bit pimp. Sadly it seems that with the cash they are paying college coaches it's only going to get worse.

[Jamie H]

That is true. I don't recall Saban writing any books espousing his amazing "character".

[Optimus Prime]

Sorry JD, thought I'd add a little "extra" today.

[Optimus Prime]

It's all warm and fuzzy now, Tressel had the audacity to make an appearance....

Last Updated: August 20. 2011 11:17PM
Saturday's NFL roundup
Terrelle Pryor works out for NFL teams, says he won't appeal suspension
Associated Press

Greensburg, Pa.— Terrelle Pryor worked out for 17 NFL teams Saturday and said afterward he wouldn't appeal his five-week suspension at the start of the NFL season.
With the former Ohio State quarterback trying to prove he should be taken in Monday's supplemental draft, spectators included Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin and director of football operations Kevin Colbert and Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay.
"Whatever team I have an opportunity to play for, I will sign a contract," Pryor said following a hastily arranged pro day at a high school stadium near his hometown of Jeannette, Pa. "I will not forgo it and enter into next year's draft."
Pryor, appearing in top shape, ran the 40-yard dash in 4.36 seconds and threw an array of passes, completing all but a handful.
"I would like the opportunity to play quarterback," he said, "but I'll do anything that a team needs me to do to win."
Former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel also made an appearance, supporting his former star player after resigning under pressure amid an NCAA investigation that Pryor and others improperly sold memorabilia.
Pryor left school for the NFL after Tressel's departure.
"Did great," Tressel said of the 6-foot-5, 232-pound Pryor. "He would help lots of teams."
The NFL allowed Pryor into the draft Thursday with the caveat that he wouldn't be allowed to practice for the team that selected him until Week 6. The quarterback would have faced a five-game suspension had he stayed at Ohio State.
Pryor's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, told the Associated Press on Thursday that "we accept that voluntarily." But the player's attorney, David Cornwell, told ESPN Radio on Friday that it was "likely" the five-game punishment would be appealed once Pryor signed an NFL contract.
Pryor said Saturday there would be no appeal.
"I'd like to thank the commissioner, Mr. (Roger) Goodell, for giving me the opportunity to play in the NFL," he said. "It's a dream of mine to play quarterback here. We will not appeal. I'll serve (the suspension), along with my senior Buckeye buddies, because I did a wrong thing when I was young and I must serve it.
"I missed three targets. I don't know if guys were dropping ball, or whatever. These guys I've never worked with before, but I've still got to hit it. It felt good."
Other NFL teams represented were Buffalo, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Kansas City, Miami, New England, New Orleans, Oakland, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa Bay and Washington.
At least one team came away not impressed enough to take Pryor.
Irsay posted on his Twitter account: "Not taking Pryor . . .what VET QB would u vote 4 to sign that's out there? If sum1 has 2 hold the fort early season, who u going with?"
Former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson, who has been tutoring Pryor in recent months, was impressed with Pryor's performance, which lasted roughly two hours.
"He showed good feet and good arm strength," Anderson said. "Like all young quarterbacks, he has to go out and play football. But he showed what his potential could be."
Pryor's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, has called Pryor a "first-round talent" as a quarterback, but most observers have him going in the middle rounds and perhaps at another position, such as tight end.

[lineygoblue]

Pryor owns Tressel.

[Optimus Prime]

Well it makes sense that they gave him whatever he wanted in order to move him from the OSU payroll to league-minimum salary in the NFL, imagine the "dirty details" he was about to release, already brought their football program to its knees, death penalty likely would have ensued.

The "Miami Story" could not have broken at a worst time for OSU. The NCAA is going to hit Ohio & Miami, hard as a result. Let's hope the infractions committee has tons of discretionary latitude in determining appropriate punishment.....it's gonna hurt DSL.

Feel like Tom Jones..."think I'd better dance now!"

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[Rocky Bleier]

Forgot that Urban Meyer was on the panel, too. If he goes to tosu, their arrest rate will probably increase threefold. Love how he's using ESPN to clean up his image.