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Faulk was pretty much a no-brainer for me, and thanks for bringing up the bye week issue. I didn't realize Minnesota and Dallas were both out in Week 4. So I guess it's a toss-up between the two QBs. I'm leaning more toward cutting Garcia only because I have a feeling Manning might get the start by Week 5, which is KC's bye week. Plus I don't want to lose him if he breaks loose this season. But then again, if he doesn't start, I gave up a starting QB for nothing, and then I'll be hard--pressed to scramble for another one, even if it's only for a week. Is Manning's upside a juicy enough risk, or should I stick with the Garcia?

I have to cut two guys from my roster before tomorrow. Below is a list of candidates. Whom should I cut and why? Kevin Faulk Jeff Garcia Drew Bennett Eli Manning Just for a point of reference, here are the guys I'm keeping at the same positions: QB: Trent Green RB: Edge James, Lee Suggs, Tyrone Wheatley WR: Randy Moss, Hines Ward, Keyshawn Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald Also, we start 1 QB, 2 RBs, and 3 WRs each week. Any help would be appreciated.

Looks like SD! is preempted in the NYC area for the Ravens/Giants preseason game. Guess I'll have to catch the show on Saturday. Anybody have a confirmed time that they'll be showing it? My guess is at 8pm right after Velocity, which is kinda silly, since they'll probably recap SD! before they even air it. Shades of the wCw Disney tapings, no?

12-team private money league Bad Mother Canuckers - Number 5 in the draft (Ordinal number denotes round player was selected) Franchise: Edgerrin James 1. Randy Moss 2. Lee Suggs/Hines Ward 3. Trent Green 5. Tyrone Wheatley/Ravens DST 6. Keyshawn Johnson 7. Marcus Pollard 8. Larry Fitzgerald 9. Adam Vinatieri 10. Jeff Garcia 11. Drew Bennett 12. Kevin Faulk 13. Eli Manning

The first time I heard "She's My Ex" by All, I knew they were a band I could get into. Learning about the mythology of the band, including their past (and incidentally, present) incarnation as the Descendents, I totally immersed myself in them. But it was when I read the lyrics to "Clean Sheets" that I realized they would ultimately be a band I'd cherish forever. As for Juliana Hatfield, she just wowed me with songs like "Nirvana" and "Ugly" from her first solo album. Seeing her live (in all her coy aloofness) sealed the deal for me.

Expect his finisher to be called "Carlito's Way". All other expectations for this guy should be kept pretty low, if he's as bad as everyone says. Of course, Suzuki sucks ben-wa balls, but he still has a job, so go figure.

The only good thing that ever came out of I Love the 90s was when Anthrax's Scott Ian defended Hanson when everyone else took the easy way out. To paraphrase, he said, "They write their own songs, and play their own instruments. Good for them." I'll take that over overproduced untalented cookie-cutter teen "icons" any fuckin' day of the week. The rest of the network eats a bag of soggy dicks. Damn, I wish I could get Fuse.

Yeah, I remember seeing it when I was a teenager, probably when it first came out on VHS. Very odd movie. The scene that always lived with me is the two big burly biker guys kissing each other in the bar. Brrrrr...

Wasn't Booker's Spinebuster actually called the Sidewalk Slam? I noticed that but I seem to remember Schiavone calling it that all the time, so figured it was given a seperate name because it was different to the Anderson Spinebuster. Actually, Ron Simmons's spinebuster was the first sidewalk slam, in that it was like a spinebuster but instead of spinning around, Simmons just picked up his opponent and drove the guy straight into the mat, kinda like Batista's. Somewhere along the line, somebody started calling Dino Bravo's side slam a sidewalk slam, and it stuck. Of course, that never stopped Schiavone from calling a ham sandwich a sidewalk slam.

The more I look at that poster, the more HHH starts to look like Vince McMahon. [cue Twilight Zone music...]

Orton saves Benoit from an Evolution beatdown. One reluctant handshake later, and a face is born. Too bad all of this is being rushed so much... could've made for a lot more interesting storytelling.

No. Two thirteen-year-olds making out with a 20-year-old makes me sad to be a father, but glad that I'm not the father of a teenage girl. Statutory rape =/= hot

And once again, HHH is the focus of the show, while former champ Benoit slinks silently into the background and Orton is made to look like a placeholder champ. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

My pity is reserved for people who don't make tons of money every year and travel all over the world doing what they love. If the Toronto fans decided to shit on the PPV, that's their prerogative. It's not like they pelted the wrestlers with rotten tomatoes or threatened to blow up their cars. They were bored with the performances, and reacted accordingly. And as it's been mentioned before, the PPV wasn't just one big boo-fest. The fans cheered when something entertained them. If the entertaining bits were overshadowed by the boring bits, so be it.

Don't know if anyone mentioned this, but I'm sure the rest of Evolution not showing up at ringside after Orton won the belt is very telling. It should make things interesting tonight on RAW.

Like every month, my buddy orders it for our circle of wrestling fans, so I pay my fiver and watch the fit hit the shan, for better or worse. SS should be no different, unless his flight from Chicago is cancelled and he doesn't make it home on time.

So you think she knew about all this, Spiff? Being gay, I mean, not necessarily the affair. Personally, I hadn't heard any rumours about his orientation, but then again, I haven't really been following his administration.

Just to clarify, my league counts both yardage and TDs (1 pt. for every 10 yds, 6 pts. for every TD), but not return yardage (that falls under team defense/special teams). RBs also get pts. for receiving yardage and TDs, but not receptions. So far, you guys have been most helpful. Thanks a bunch!

1. Would you pick Corey Dillon over Rudi Johnson? 2. How would you rate Quentin Griffin? How about Lee Suggs 3. Would you pick Trent Green over Matt Hasslebeck? What about Brett Favre 4. Would you pick Michael Vick over Donovan McNabb? And do you consider them #1 or #2 QBs? 5. Do you consider Brian Westbrook a true starter or a RBBC? Thanks in advance for your responses.

I heard they were gonna bring in William Perry and put him at center. That way they'd have a Fridge next to their Coke machine.

Yeah... 20 feet straight down into an announcer's table.

Bleh. And now he's being used as a job boy at SS to give JBL's laughable title run "credibility". Double bleh.

I say Haas, with EDDY~! interfering to cost Angle the match. Put me down for 500 imaginary non-PayPal Internet dollars.

Huzzah! Hopefully Orlando and his crazy monkey culture will be in the flick as well.

[old-timer mode] The first Warped Tour I went to in '96 was so awesome, because hardly anybody had heard of it at that point, so there weren't so many kids there. Mind you, there were plenty of fans, but you can tell they were real fans who dug the music and the bands and the feeling of community about it. And above all else, no ubiquitous corporate sponsorship. Anyway, there were two main outdoor stages which alternated sets, so you could check out one band while another was setting up on the other stage. Then, when the first band was done, the next band went on right after, so no useless waiting. Lots of great bands, like Fishbone, Rocket from the Crypt, Sense Field, Guttermouth, and others I can't remember. Pennywise was supposed to play, but their former bass player had died around the same time, so they cut out of the tour. There was also a third stage indoors for more local acts and street skate park set-up. The headliner for that stage was Shelter, which blew me away with their energy. Unfortunately, the next year was so crowded and overbearing with the corporate presence and psycho circus atmosphere that I swore off the Warped Tour forever. The lineup was great though, with Less Than Jake, the Descendents (my faves), the Bosstones, NOFX, Pennywise, Snapcase, etc. And I concur with all the Bad Religion love. I haven't seen them in a long time, but they always put on great shows. And instead of doing encores (which does nothing but feed the egos of the bands), they just play a longer non-stop set at the end. Very cool. [old-timer mode off]