Cheech Tremendous

It always struck me as a marketing thing. Like adding a 'Z' to Taz or whatever, Sycho Sid was probably just a little more cutting edge than Psycho. Personally I think they should have just kept the Vicious name.

I don't care for the new redesign of espn.com at all. Supposedly this took many years and lots of money to come up with. All I see is a clunkier, less navigable version of their old site. I've already cut down my number of visits considerably in the past year due to lack of content; this may put an end to my use of the site all together.

I must be crazy. I think McNabb is the third best quarterback this decade (behind Peyton and Brady). He's been up and down over his career, but has consistently been one of the best. He always puts up good, but not great numbers and has led some really average teams deep into the playoffs. In any given year, he might not strike you as the third best in the league, but over a sustained period his numbers hold up really well.

So Donovan McNabb is playing in his fifth conference championship game in the last eight years? That's astounding. What do you think that says about him as a quarterback? Has he been sufficiently rated relative to his peers? Is his success more of a reflection of the down state of the conference for most of the decade? He's down an awful lot with a fairly weak cast around him. It just seems like McNabb gets talked about a lot, but not as one of the best of his generation. Hell, a few weeks ago Philly was ready to run him out of town.

I think Agent's trying to swing some votes his way with the massive Food Folder overhaul. I'm glad that I voted for him. Mods being all moddy makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

I don't think it's homerism at all. McGriff is borderline, but I could see him in the Hall. That magical 500 HR is just out of reach, but otherwise the numbers are strong. He's not a lock, but if you squint hard enough you could probably put him in. What will hurt him is playing in the PED era, where the power numbers don't look as good and the contemporaries were so over-the-top that he doesn't seem that special.

It's useless to try and explain, jimmy. There really is no discernible argument for Rice to be in the Hall, at least compared to both his peers and the others that are already enshrined. He was barely a blip on the radar five years after he retired, but for some unexplainable reason, his myth has grown in the past fifteen years. He was a popular player on a good team for one of baseball's most identifiable franchises. That's why there has been a push to get him in. That's why Tim Raines will eventually be lost to history and Rice gets in. Sad but true. The argument, as it goes, is that Rice was the most feared hitter in his era, with a peak that is hall-worthy. Fact is, the the numbers just don't support that. He racked up good counting stats for a few years in a hitter's park. He didn't run or field all that well and he dropped off a cliff late in his career. He had a massive three year run in the '70s, but it wasn't all that special, at least in terms of the Hall of Fame. Check this: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=1150 - Sheehan does a better job than I could summing it up

Rickey Henderson is the greatest leadoff hitter to ever play the game and probably one of the 25 best overall. There is no reason to leave him off the ballot. This retarded holier-than-thou sportswriter complex about unanimous selections is one of the most embarrassing things in sports. As I stated in the other thread, Blyleven and Raines should be no-brainers. I still support McGwire and would probably be in favor of Dawson and Trammell as well. Jim Rice is not a HOF guy. The fact that he's in and Mo Vaughn gets 1.1% is shocking. Look at their numbers sometime... there's not much difference. But somehow because Rice was "feared" for three years, he's in.

The Sox fan in me should be happy that Rice made it, but I don't think he's a HOF-caliber player. Blyleven and Raines deserve it a hell of a lot more. Henderson's speech will be amazing.

I have no idea. It was somebody here.

When the Cardinals announced in the offseason that they were going with Warner at QB someone on this forum argued that it was ridiculous to not give Leinart a shot because this team had no hope of actually making the playoffs. This was a fairly common theme in the media as well. A few months later and they are four quarters from being in the Super Bowl. The NFL... yeah.

It deserves the slurping. Best show on television, hands down.

Venkman - Holy shit, I just perused the board and realized we actually had a WWE folder again. I'm not sure when or how it happened, but it's obviously Venkman's hard work that is behind it. Yes, Slayer is a funny guy and a TSM legend, but if we are having this tourney to reward some sort of boarding excellence (whatever the fuck that means), then I don't know how you can go against the good doctor. Kinetic - It seems like some people are starting to vote against Kinetic because he has so much momentum and that Milky '08 "no one's beating him" vibe, but I'm not. Kinetic, in this boarder's opinion, was the best thing we had last year and I'm not going to change that opinion just because everyone else is sucking his dick, too. Agent of Oblivion - Last round I gave KOAB his due and recognized that he has grown on me as a poster. I should mention that Agent has as well. He was one of those established guys that existed off the radar for me, but the way he made EHME squeal like a pig was a thing of beauty. The man also puts a ton of effort into the NFL threads each week. I'm not sure I'd be having a beer with the guy at TSM Tavern, but that's not what we are voting on here. VX - At some point in the next year I am going to break my policy of not revealing anything overly personal to TSM and will go have a beer with VX. The guy is just a phenomenal poster and his interests seem to dovetail with mine on a shockingly high number of issues. He's been carrying the food folder on his back for a while now and it's time to recognize that feat.

So, I've just returned from a week long hiatus south of the border. It was really sad for me to miss the majority of this tourney (my favorite part of the year), but that's the reality of adulthood sometimes. You should have seen the look of contempt on Mrs. Tremendous' face as I attempted to log on to TSM from my Blackberry in rural fucking Mexico. Boarding hard, right? I appreciate those who have pushed me through this far. Brooklyn Zoo and Byron are both tremendous posters (pun intended?) and I would have felt fine losing to either. But now I get Slayer... shit. Fun while it lasted, I guess. Anyways, enough blabbering. On with my votes. Venkman - At this point, we are left with good posters, but this was an easy call for me. No slight to Inc, but Venk and I have been tight for a long time now. I love what he's done with the upper half of the board, picking up the shattered pieces Dandy and I left behind. He even made me stay away from the "WWE Folder Sucks Dick" thread. Cheech - Honestly, Slayer's better than me. I can admit that. But hey, I do have a policy of shying away from those who have won before and I shouldn't stray from that policy just because I'm involved. I also haven't gotten to enjoy the novelty of making it this far. Kinetic - CC is solid all around the board and I especially love his stuff in Sports. But this is Kinetic's year and we are all just witnesses. I can barely make it though a Kinetic post without laughing or smirking and there are few posters who I can say that about. Mellow - I just loved what Mellows did this year. Go back 12 months and I might not have had a single opinion about him, but he was just everywhere this year. The turtle kid avatar was great. KOAB- Tough call, but I KOAB has sort of won my heart the last few months. I'll admit that at one time I found his schtick a little tiring, but now I find it endearing. Kamala - Not a slight to Agent here, but Kamala's my boy. He makes the General Wrestling folder worth reading and that's saying a fucking lot given my feelings about wrestling these days. Treble- Another one where I could have gone either way depending on how I felt at the time. I gave Treble the tiebreaker because of the tie comment, which is now a part of board lore. VX- Wow, these are like two of my top five right here. Both great guys, but VX is just a wonderful poster and I have so much in common with him. Plus, we have that whole P-town connection. I'd love to see him win the damn thing.

So I've been in Mexico for the past 7 days with no internet access. Is this round still going? I need like a few hours to read up on where we are. If not, I'll just catch up in the round of 16. EDIT: Got it now.

Say it ain't so

27,000 Marvin posts and we're still waiting for a good one.

Dude, I think you met Dandy.

The JewZA. Method Mench? Raekwon the Kosher Chef?

That OSU-Pitt game was an abomination. I want those three hours back.

I'd wish for Bob's death, but then who would take the ring to Mordor?

This brought me more enjoyment than all of Marney's posts combined. Yep. I wish that I didn't like CBright or else I'd make fun of him every chance I got for posting that picture in the Heath Ledger thread. That was one of the all-time "man am I embarrassed that I post at TSM" moments.

Has anyone ever explained why the '88-'98 WWF title is called the Winged Eagle title? Do we need to distinguish it from the eagle title without wings? Not to mention that every single WWF belt from the '80s and '90s had an eagle with its wings spread. The nickname makes no sense.

The Cubs signed Aaron Miles today. From what I can gather, they are now going to trade DeRosa to the Indians for a couple of pitching prospects. Those prospects would then be used to get them back in on a possible Jake Peavy trade. I've also heard that Milton Bradley is signed. Can't find a credible source to corroborate that though.