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Have you checked the lights on your modem to see if you lost sync?

SEATTLE -- Rick Neuheisel contends he was wrongly fired as Washington's football coach, and his lawsuit blames the NCAA for igniting the whole process. The former coach sued the university and the NCAA on Thursday, saying the school fired him in an effort to avoid an NCAA investigation. The lawsuit, filed in King County Superior Court, alleges breach of contract by the university. Four other causes of action in the 12-page document are aimed at the NCAA -- including claims of defamation and conspiracy. "There are certain high-ranking members of the NCAA who were seeking to harm Mr. Neuheisel despite the fact that he was never involved in a major violation and had among the highest graduation rates," the lawsuit said. An NCAA spokesman didn't return messages seeking comment. The university issued a news release, saying school officials are confident Neuheisel's firing "was consistent with the terms of his contract, and that this lawsuit against the university has no merit." "You can't run away from something that's just wrong, in your own mind," Neuheisel told KING-TV in an interview aired Thursday night. "So I chose to take 'em on. It would have been easier to run and look for something new." The coach, who started work this week as a volunteer assistant at Rainier Beach High School in Seattle, is seeking unspecified monetary damages. The lawsuit was filed on the same day the university released audio tapes of a June 4 meeting between Neuheisel and NCAA investigators, who questioned him about his involvement in NCAA basketball tournament pools in 2002 and 2003. Athletic director Barbara Hedges has said Neuheisel was fired for gambling on the tournaments in violation of NCAA rules and then lying to NCAA investigators when initially questioned. Neuheisel maintains a Washington athletic department memo gave him permission to participate in neighborhood pools with friends. The lawsuit accuses NCAA president Myles Brand and NCAA gambling director Bill Saum of making improper public comments about the coach through the media, leading to an atmosphere where the school feared it would be punished. "Such statements were made recklessly and with an incomplete and inaccurate knowledge of the facts," the lawsuit said. It also claims NCAA officials asked an unidentified Seattle newspaper to delay a story about Neuheisel's involvement in the pool "so that the NCAA could catch Mr. Neuheisel unaware at the June 4, 2003, interview." In a report Friday, The Seattle Times identified itself as that paper. Neuheisel has claimed he was blindsided by investigators, and the tapes back up that contention. However, the tapes also support the university's position that Neuheisel initially lied about his involvement. "I never placed a bet on anything," Neuheisel said early in the tapes. Later that day, after Neuheisel was given time to speak to an attorney, he acknowledged his involvement in what he considered a friendly neighborhood pool. He said it didn't involve organized, illegal gambling. "I never bet anything, just participated in an auction," Neuheisel said on the tapes. "I don't know much money was involved because, frankly, I was just enjoying the evening." Bob Sulkin, Neuheisel's lawyer, said the NCAA targeted his client in "an unfair and flawed investigation." "What is clear is that Mr. Neuheisel fully disclosed his involvement in the March Madness pools on the first day of the investigation," Sulkin said in a statement accompanying the lawsuit. The lawsuit also claims the NCAA was publishing an outdated version of gambling rules on its Web site as late as June 7. It says the NCAA failed to use the terms "pool" or "auction" in defining what constitutes gambling.

If you have a friend with Win98 make a boot floppy and boot to a command prompt and try formatting from there. At the command prompt fdisk c: should do it.

Just another example of a million people being ok with it and 5 having a problem with it. It all started when Christmas Plays in school turned to "Winter Plays".

AOL sucks is probably the correct answer.

Quick Top 5 Spartacus Blazing Saddles Hunt For Red October Wizard of Oz Unforgiven

People stopped coming.......... But the return of SmarkTalk could draw near.

When I watch ESPN Classic I try and watch the games that they air that I don't know the winner and I find that enjoyable. Sometimes I will Tivo classic NBA Playoffs, USFL, NFL games and the odd baseball game etc.

No shit Sherlock! Who said it was real? I'm asking you to try bitch. At least make the attempt.

That sig of yours Johnson is SO Photoshopped it isn't even good.

I thought it was Cherry this month. GOD DAMN am I behind.

You know... for a Straight Edge guy... Sandman is one mean motherfucker.

No problem.

Well... yeah that would be a good idea. I assumed you already downloaded them after I posted the link.

Clean uninstall and reinstall. Windows should detect the video card after you reboot. Then you install the drivers. There are instructions on the website I believe.

You can go to www.ati.com and download drivers for it.

Uninstall the video card drivers and reinstall.

Also just remember that if you do cause a lot of traffic... prepare to have your account suspended due to TOS.

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See Hogan Hulk up and Booker T back off like a bitch? Hilarious. Looks like they have cut down on a lot of the plastic look to the wrestlers as well. Hogan...moves like Hogan while RVD, Mysterio etc seem to move at their speed.

Cheap whore is always in style.

I think he is talking about a web server. Not like a file server for his house.

You mean using your computer as a server? Most ISPs block Port 80 which is the default HTTP port. Please be more specific on what you are trying to do.

PITTSBURGH -- Jerome Bettis, the 10th leading rusher in NFL history, will start the season on the Pittsburgh Steelers' bench following his surprise demotion Wednesday by coach Bill Cowher. Cowher, unhappy not only with his team's play in the preseason but also with how it is practicing, also benched tight end Mark Bruener and said cornerback Deshea Townsend will play more with the starting defense. Amos Zereoue, who replaced an injured Bettis at the end of each of the last two seasons, will start the Sept. 7 opener against Baltimore. Jay Riemersma, signed away from the Bills during the offseason, replaces Bruener and either Chad Scott or Dewayne Washington will take off some series to accommodate Townsend's increased playing time. Cowher announced the moves now because he doesn't want any distractions the week of the opener. "We want the focus to be on Baltimore and not on who's playing for us," Cowher said. "That's the reason why I made the decision, so there's no more speculation." Bettis, the second-leading rusher in Steelers' history to Franco Harris, did not accept the news well. "He's disappointed but he accepted it," said Cowher, who called the move a gut decision by him. "I don't think one player has outperformed the other player." The moves came as the Steelers wind up perhaps the worst of their 12 training camps under Cowher. Not only are they 0-2 going into Thursday night's preseason game against the Cowboys, but camp was constantly disrupted by injuries, rain, lightning and field problems. Cowher was so unhappy with the final full-scale practice of camp Tuesday night that he called off the show rookies traditionally perform for veterans at the end of camp. "I didn't feel like we're focused on this game," Cowher said. Cowher cautioned that just because Bettis won't start doesn't mean he won't play. "This is not like a quarterback situation where you can't keep going back and forth," Cowher said. "That creates disruption in your offense. You can very easily change running backs." Bettis missed much of the second half of the last two seasons with injuries and, Cowher said, "hopefully, we'll have a good November, December and January with Jerome that we haven't had that the last couple of years." Bettis has rushed for 11,542 yards in 10 seasons, easily the most ever by a running back of his size. He is listed at 255 pounds. However, his string of six consecutive 1,000 yard seasons in Pittsburgh ended last season when he was limited to 666 yards in 12 games. Zereoue led the team with a career-high 762 yards in his fourth NFL season. Despite going through the most extensive offseason workout regimen of his career, the 31-year-old Bettis has looked slow and out of rhythm in the first two preseason games. It probably didn't help that, because of injuries, he was running behind a makeshift offensive line. The Steelers' starting line began practicing together only this week. By starting the faster, quicker Zereoue ahead of Bettis and Riemersma ahead of Bruener, who is an excellent blocker but rarely catches the ball, the Steelers appear to be further de-emphasizing their longstanding commitment to the run. Their transition from a running team to a passing team began last season after Tommy Maddox replaced Kordell Stewart at quarterback. -------------------------------------------- Interesting decision but looks like a correct one. Thoughts?

YES~! I got the e-mail today about this. It will be mine if I have to kill each and every motherfucker on this board.