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Mance and Beamer are originally from the same area, they do talk. With a record of 27-1 over the last 2 years, how could you not take notice?

I'm not trying to piss ANYONE off, I'm a Richlands fan! But I have heard from MANY people that Mance has been offered a assistant's job on Va Tech's staff. With Austin playing football at Tech next year, I think that would be a BIG influence of why Mance would take the job.

[ QUOTE ] didnt see a topic about this what does everyone think? win-win situation? lose-lose? i think TO will be a great fit in dallas. if Bill can handle Keyshawn, he has a good chance of handling TO. where does this put the cowboys? NFC EAST contender? Super Bowl Contender? their offense looks extremely good if the running game can get back on track. the defense might be scary if the young guys play to their potential. [/ QUOTE ] Parcells may have handled Keyshawn, but T.O. is a whole different story. Not only is Owens a bigger headache, T.O. is a big-play WR and very versitile. Keyshawn is more of a possesion-reciever, and although he has been known to run his mouth, I don't think anyone can compete with T.O. in that department, but overall I think T.O. will do just fine in Dallas, he is a superb-athelete that could fit into any offense.

[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] The Patriots are playing better, but it comes at the wrong time (IMO) [/ QUOTE ] When is the best time to be playing your best ball if it's not at the end of the season??? [/ QUOTE ] I guess you didn't see the (IMO) up there The best time to be playing your best ball is all season, get your first-round by's, rap up your division and maybe get homefield advantage. There is alot of teams that play damn good ball the final games of the season and end up missing the playoffs because the sence of urgency doesn't hit until the final games of the year. Especially in the Patriots case, (and yes I know they won their division) but they would rather play a team in Foxborough, freezing temps and a foot of snow, rather than to get in a turf shoot-out with the Colts.

Colts vs. Seahawks, clearly the #1 and #2 team in the league. This is the Colts year, if they don't win it this year, then they probably never will. The Patriots are playing better, but it comes at the wrong time (IMO) now the AFC Superbowl ticket runs through Indy. Seahawks have a quick striking offense, featurung the best back in the league in Shaun Alexander. I'm thinking the the NFC superbowl ticket also runs through Seattle. Go Colts!

62.....cents

[ QUOTE ] micheals personal record... 69... kobe a couple of years ago had 64 i think at the end of the 3rd and didnt play the 4th but Micheal had his 69 at end of the 3rd too like i said. [/ QUOTE ] The 62 points that Kobe scored is his career high. I think 59 was his previous high?? Don't quote me on that, but I do know the 62 is a career high.

NBC news said it was suicide.

[ QUOTE ] Well, there goes another one of our good players thats actually under30!!! Or is he 30? Well still, he had more years outta him, no we have to rely on Mark Loretta for leadoff?!?! [/ QUOTE ] Damon is 32.

Yankees prove to be Johnny on the spot By Buster Olney ESPN The Magazine Scott Boras, the player's agent, initially asked for seven years, and the Yankees said no way. Six years? Nope. Five years and a vesting option for a sixth year? No. As recently as Monday, some Yankees' officials were convinced that they really didn't have a shot at Damon, that eventually, the Boston Red Sox would take control of the bidding; Damon had become such an important player to the Red Sox, particularly in a winter in which slugger Manny Ramirez had indicated he wanted to be traded. But as Boston maintained its stance of a four-year offer, the contract term asked for by Boras gradually came within range of the Yankees. Boras indicated Damon would talk about four years. "It was like we were hunting duck," said a New York official Tuesday night. "We were not going to go to five years or beyond, but if he wanted to talk about four years, we were going to be aggressive and take our shot." On Tuesday, Yankees officials told Boras they needed an answer by midnight, because there was a possibility that another center fielder would become available -- maybe someone like Corey Patterson of the Cubs. If Damon wouldn't take their four-year, $52 million offer, they were going to go in another direction. For the Damon camp, this was crucial: If the Yankees had gone out and made a deal for Patterson or some other center fielder, Damon's leverage in dealing with Boston, and getting the Red Sox to move off of their four-year offer, would have been gone. Without any indication that Boston was going to budge to a fifth-year, Damon and Boras bit on the Yankees' offer, immediately shifting the balance of power in the American League East. Damon is, for now, exactly what the Yankees needed: A center fielder who could hit leadoff. Last year, Damon had 197 hits and 53 walks, including 51 extra-base hits, and now he will bat ahead of three players who might be Hall of Famers, eventually -- Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Gary Sheffield. He'll hit ahead of Jason Giambi and Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada and Robinson Cano, and give the Yankees improved athleticism at a time when the team is starved for speed. At the same time, the Damon deal is devastating for the Red Sox. They've seen other parts of their lineup undergo change, with the departure of Bill Mueller, the change at shortstop with the departure of Edgar Renteria. They had added proven veterans in Mike Lowell and Mark Loretta, but the lineup that had begun to take shape was filled with a lot of guys who can't run. As long as Damon was re-signed, to hit in front of David Ortiz and Ramirez, the key components of an offense that averaged six runs per game would remain in place. Now, however, the Red Sox are left to scramble, having seen one of their best players defect to their hated rival. Now it's Boston that will be left to sift through imperfect solutions -- perhaps a deal for Seattle center fielder Jeremy Reed, a talented but unproven player, or the acquisition of Patterson. Now it is the Red Sox who don't have a center fielder. The loss of Damon will be cast against the backdrop of Boston's front office alterations this offseason. Whoever was calling the shots in the last week -- John Henry, or Larry Lucchino, or co-general managers with an advisor whispering in their ears -- the failure to re-sign Damon can't be viewed, within the current market, as anything other than a colossal mistake. Boston had the power and the resources to control these negotiations, in the end, to take the Damon bidding out of range of the Yankees, and the Red Sox needed to keep Damon. In a winter in which Rafael Furcal got three years and $39 million, and in the first winter after J.D. Drew signed a five-year, $55 million deal with the Dodgers, a five-year contract for Damon would have been reasonable -- and that's about where the Yankees thought Boston would take the bidding, and win it. But one of the game's best leadoff hitters fell into their laps, and they are happy to take him.

[ QUOTE ] ok nobody get mad im not trying to trash the guy but I dont think he is D1 material (at least not on the high level) lets compare him to justin hamilton from clintwood great junior seasons where they played on great teams senior year JH had nothing arround him and he carried that team in college he has been a flop just not good enough to play at tech marcum was hurt this past season but did nothing I think he could play at a mid major college and be very productive but at a big school his competition is bigger stronger and faster not to mention more talented he could play special teams (like hamilton and by his senior season be average) I hope im wrong but thats ho I see it [/ QUOTE ] Justin Hamilton is a starter on defense. He has been one of the most versital players that Tech has, playing many different positions over the past 4 years. How do you get he has been a flop??

Anyone who would/did bid on that needs smacked!

Happy Thanksgiving!:)

GO BIG BLUE, BRING HOME STATE!!

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