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I'm at 4 now...Inter came through late to rescue me. I have LA at a draw or win. Looking good so far.

Last two against GW by 9 points combined. I refuse to give FC more credit than is due.

Yep became Pulaski County Cougars. Pulaski is the Orioles (black and orange), or at least their middle school is and I believe Dublin are the Dukes. I know they are light blue and white.

I've heard about this but haven't done. I guess I'll start it. I'm taking Orlando over Golden State tonight.

And no one wants that long plane ride out to Ukraine. I've been a Barca fan since about '04 I guess. That's when I really started to follow European football. Now, I hardly miss a Barca match. To defend our defense, we didn't have Pique and Puyol last night, arguably the best center half duo in the entire world. Who doesn't enjoy the way Barca play though? So many touches on the ball, and I think Guardiola summed it up best when he said the reason they won is not because of the referee, but because Arsenal couldn't connect 3 passes in a row and didn't have a single shot all night. I'd love to see Copenhagen demolish Chelsea tomorrow, but I don't think it will happen. I personally hope the draw looks a little something like this: Barcelona vs Schalke 04 Tottenham vs Manchester United Chelsea vs Shakhtar Inter vs Lyon I hope and pray Madrid go crashing out with a bang. I think Inter will overcome Bayern and I think Chelsea and Manchester United have easy wins.

Brad Greenburg gets a 4 game suspension for taking a suspended redshirted player on an away trip over break, yet Tressel gets only two for a much bigger violation.

I know. I look at the results every night to see if they win, but I just can't watch baseball. I just can't do it anymore. Anyone else remember when Erin Andrews was on TBS? Then she blossomed into the ESPN reporter that she is today.

I'm in on Spring Break and I drove by Sheetz today and wondered what in the world that was. I was tempted to fill up with it being so "cheep."

I used to be the biggest Braves fan in the entire world. I knew everything about them. My room was even painted red and blue. It ruined my day when the Braves weren't on TV because they were playing on Turner South and not TBS. I stayed up until 1 AM on school nights just to watch them lose to the Diamondbacks (or other west coast teams) even when the game was decided in the 3rd inning. I played MVP Baseball on my computer all summer long. I played it so much, I even got bored of playing in Turner Field and always wanted to change my home stadium to experience some the AL ballparks for a change. I sure do miss those days. But now, as I've grown up (well 18 really isn't grown up I guess), I rarely watch them anymore. I'm disappointed in myself really. Baseball just doesn't do much for me anymore. I credit this to when I gave up the game of baseball in the 7th grade. I had a few reason to give it up. 1) I got hit in the head the year before, thus becoming scared once I stepped in the batters box; 2) I gave it up to play soccer and now my passion for it and watching the leagues overseas and the World Cup is amazing (but still not touching the love I had for the Braves years ago) The last game I can remember fully watching was Opening Day last year when Hayward knocked his first at bat over the fence. When the playoffs rolled around, I really didn't get upset when Atlanta lost to the Giants. I was sad for Bobby Cox to not manage again because that #6 was special to the Atlanta organization. I remember I actually cried one year that Braves got knocked out. I guess I still keep up with them a bit. I heard about the Uggla signing and got excited for a few moments. I used to be able to tell you all about upcoming prospects, but I had never heard of Hayward until I opened my SI and read the baseball preview. Furcal was always my favorite Brave. I guess it because he was so exciting to watch. An amazing shortstop and an amazing lead off guy. Sadly his career declined once he left Atlanta. So yeah, that's my story on the history of the Braves in my life.

...anyone following the Champions League? I know there aren't that many soccer followers on here. The footballing gods were looking over the Camp Nou today as Barca ousted Arsenal 3-1 (4-3 on aggregate). Harsh sending off for Van Persie, but Barca were easily the better side over the two legs. Shakhtar gave Roma the business over two legs 6-2 on aggregate and advance. Interesting games tomorrow with Milan heading to White Hart Lane against Tottenham and Valencia going to Germany to face Schalke 04. Gotta think Spurs and 04 advance there.

And apparently those Hurley fans that are taking the flags have never been to Broad St. in Richmond next to the Siegel Center.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who read it like that. When I hear a player talk about a coach that has "taken" them somewhere, I assume it meant his leadership as a coach. Honest mistake dude.

Touché

But they aren't blue and red with a rebel flag as their logo.

Ditto that my brother. My main reason for not liking it.

I was under the impression that "taken" meant guided them as a coach. Alright...thanks guys!

Ah.....

Obviously it was a Civil War icon and I respect that. So I respect the heritage aspect of it.

...so I was reading the article from TriCities on the win over EM (congrats BTW). I just have a quick question. One of the boys said after something along the lines of, "Dad's led us to state in Kentucky, West Virginia and now Virginia." Which confused me...have they been at 3 schools the past three years? I guess the coach and apparently his two sons?

I personally don't like seeing the flag. I just don't want to see it. Don't get me wrong, I love living in the South, but the negative connotations that the flag carries make me cringe when I see it. If you say it is heritage (which I agree it is), would you take offense to someone flying the Nazi flag because of their heritage?

I'm split on this issue. Of course, it is their logo or mascot or whatever, but at the same time, the connotations to the Rebel flag are offensive to some. I don't see a big problem with it on school associated apparel, but if there are just random flags waving around, I would have a problem with that.

Gold Cup anyone?

East Mont and Galax can play. Parry McCluer might even be the best in D1.

Bad time to pick up GW as they have to be one of the favorites for the region (or side of the state or whatever) next season.