CanadianChris

Whatever anyone may think, Canadian politics haven't been this interesting in years.

I don't think any first-timer besides RICKEY has a chance at the Hall. I do think Rice gets in this year as well.

General Interest Questions 1. Who are you and what's your business here? I've been here since the dying days of the EZBoard. 2. When did you discover an interest in wrestling? 1986, when I was 11 years old. First thing I remember watching was a recap of King Kong Bundy avalanching Hulk Hogan on a recent Saturday Night's Main Event. 3. The Company Line: A. Which companies have you actively followed in your tenure as a wrestling fan? Let's see...WWF/E (of course), Mid-South/WCW, AWA, Stampede, ECW, and TNA (a bit). I think that covers it. B. What have some of your favourite companies been? Your least favourite? (In theory, your answer can be the same - if you were growing up a fan of the technical wrestling WCW brought to the table but thought the end of the line for them was some of the worst television this side of My Mother The Car, that's cool). The WWF has always been my favourite company, particularly during 1989, 1992, 1997 and 2000. I've really liked WCW at specific times and for specific people (Sting, Flair, the nWo at the start). Stampede was cool to watch when I started watching it, even though most of their top guys were in the WWF, because they had Owen, Pillman, and a young Benoit. I never got into ECW until near the end, and I never really enjoyed it a lot. TNA was pretty bush when I was watching, and the AWA was pretty bad except for Hennig (until he left too). C. What is your favourite company right now? Any reason why? Don't really have one. I watch WWE on and off, but my interest in wrestling has really gone downhill, probably in part because I'm in my mid-30s now. 4. (Not So) Favourites: A. Who were your favourite wrestlers (or gimmicks) growing up / when you first started watching wrestling? Hogan, Savage, Flair, Sting, Jake Roberts, Hart Foundation B. Who were some guys you couldn't stand? Can't really remember. C. Who are your current favourites (if applicable / different from A.) Jericho, CM Punk, Orton, Kendrick, Miz and Morrison Specific Questions about your Interest 5. How would you gauge your current interest level in the product? See 3c. 6. At what point in wrestling history (if it's not now) would you consider your interest to have been at it's peak? When were you compelled to watch every second of televised wrestling AND shell out money on PPVs, get excited about the release of video games, have TV/PPV parties with friends, etc. Probably 2000, when I got digital cable and could or PPV on demand. I got every WWF PPV from WrestleMania 2000 to (I think) Summerslam 2001. 7. At what point could you tell your interest was dipping and why do you think this happened, or what specific event(s) triggered the decrease? Eddy's death, along with a general decline in the product (and getting married) made me watch a lot less. The Benoit tragedy put me on a hiatus of over a year. 8. Have you ALWAYS stuck with wrestling even during times of low interest, or are there any lengths of time you stopped watching for a period only to come back at a later date? See above. I said I'd stop watching after the Montreal Incident, too, but didn't (although I had a pass to the RAW here in Ottawa immediately afterward that I ripped up). Interesting Questions of a Somewhat Random Nature 10. What style of pro wrestling best resonates with your personal tastes? Never really had a style I liked best. I'm just as entertained by a great technical match as I am a good brawl. If you were a fan of Hogan, you had to accept bad wrestling as part of the deal. 11. Where do you "draw the line" with the whole "suspended disbelief" deal? If it sucks, I'll point it out, but I tend not to obsess over anything. 12. Do you attend live events? I've been to two in my life -- a live RAW during the Invasion, and a Smackdown taping right after WrestleMania X-8. 13. If applicable, what are the best and worst experiences you've had going to a show live? Noither show was particularly memorable, so I don't really have an answer here. Seeing Hogan live was pretty cool, though. 14. What are your favourite matches, moments, or events? If I had to narrow it down to 5, they'd be: Savage winning the title at WM4, Hart vs. Austin at WM13, the Haifax RAW in 1997 (really, the entire Hart Foundation angle), Savage/Steamboat at WM3, and Savage/Warrior at WM7. I've been watching so long, though, that there's tons more I could mention.

This. There's zero chance a bowl would take BSU over OSU, and neither of them will move out of the top 12.

From Associated Press: They can't even wait five goddamn minutes to get a $30 copy of Madden 09? Society's going to hell.

The SEC's three-way tiebreaker rule, courtesy of Ivan Maisel of ESPN.com: That seems a lot more sensible to me. Not to knock Oklahoma, because they've got a great team, and would give Alabama or Florida a terrific fight in the MNC game, but I just think Texas should be in the Big XII title game.

Still in a tie, but only a two-way tie now. Hopefully I can pull away next week, as I get KC head to head.

This. Although my dislike for Ken and Tina has abated somewhat. And Dallas losing the passports IS the mistake that keeps one of the teams from joining everyone else at the finish line. If you freeze frame the previews for next week, Toni and Dallas are absent from the group to greet the winners at the finishing mat.

Today was as good as it could possibly go for the Broncos. Pretty awesome that we're almost guaranteed a trip to the playoffs when I figured on a distant second-place finish this year.

No, because they beat the Broncos earlier this season, not the Raiders.

They want to overturn the government and take power themselves. Always a danger when there's a minority, since the party with the most seats still needs support from at least one other party to govern. Even if the coalition succeeds in taking power, it's tough to imagine them keeping it for more than a year and a half or so. Re the election payment: If you think of it as you paying whoever you vote for $1.95 out of your tax contribution, it's really not that bad. But that's just my opinion.

And instead we get Jay Cutler just having fun out there. Dammit.

This game needs some more of Favre just having fun out there.

For the polls, only point total matters. They changed that a few years ago. So OU being ahead by 1 point really doesn't matter too much in the grand scheme of things does it? It's basically a tie. If Texas comes out ahead by a few points in the Harris Poll then they could easily take this couldn't they? Highly unlikely, because OU will almost certainly be ahead by a decent margin in the computer polls. Texas would need to be ahead by a bunch in the Harris Poll, something on the order of UT #2 and OU #6.

For the polls, only point total matters. They changed that a few years ago.

Bullshit like the Tories using a legitimate economic crisis as an excuse to try and wipe their rivals off the face of the earth does piss me off to no end. The more I see of Harper, the more I believe he hates actually governing.

Ten barely-awake people walk by a bill lying on the ground in a pitch black parking lot at 5:30 in the morning. Get my broker on the phone!

Rae is apparently doing a lot of the behind the scenes wrangling on this, so I could see him as PM. Of course, that would make the leadership race a foregone conclusion, so maybe not. Tories are worried enough that they put the vote on the economic statement off for a week. Chretien put this in about four years ago, at the same time that he basically abolished huge donations from businesses and other large organizations. It's actually been hailed as a terrific idea abroad. It eliminates the perception that politicians are in the back pocket of industry and special interest groups, and gives fledgling parties like Green who collect a lot of votes but can't get anyone elected in this system a hand in moving forward. It amount to about $30 million, which really isn't that big a deal in the grand scheme of things.

I expect in that situation we would see a sort of "poll reorganization" by the voters that ends up with Texas Tech ahead of Texas. I don't see any way at all of that happening. Tech has just fallen too hard after the Texas win, getting squashed by the Sooners and barely getting by Baylor at home.

I was listening to Mike and Mike on Monday and Dick Vitale was saying the same thing. Then Golic disagreed and said they should accept it for all the extra practice time they'd get. I mean, WTF.

Denver - 23 Buffalo Baltimore Indianapolis Carolina Denver Miami Tampa Bay N.Y. Giants San Diego New England Oakland Chicago Houston

But if we were, I'd say the greatest team of any kind I've ever seen in my lifetime has to be the original Dream Team.

Doing one team per sport, I'd go with: - 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens. First team to win 60 games in a season, went 12-2 in the playoffs. Too many Hall of Famers to count. - 1985 Chicago Bears. 15-1 in the regular season, then swept through the playoffs by a combined score of 91-10. The most dominant team from start to finish. - 1927 New York Yankees. Still the gold standard for baseball. They won 110 games, you had Babe's 60 HR season, Gehrig hit 47 and set a major league record with 175 RBI (the AL mark, of course, still stands), and they swept the Pirates convincingly in the World Series. - 1995-96 Chicago Bulls. 72-10 says it all. Other teams I'd mention that I haven't seen yet: - 1985-86 Boston Celtics - 2000-01 Los Angeles Lakers - 1975 Cincinnati Reds - 2007 New England Patriots (yeah, I said it)

The list of bowls on wiki has the MAC tie-in being the champion. Plus this year the Motor City Bowl has first choice of all the MAC teams. There'd need to be some politicking done to get Ball State away from Detroit this year (and I hope there is).

The MAC champion is committed to the Motor City Bowl. I don't think that's necessarily true. If not, tell me how.