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Are ghosts responsible for Vin Scully's Hollywood Star being covered?
So Los Angeles Dodgers announcer, and baseball legend, Vin Scully has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He got the star in 1982 when he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
It is all deserved — Scully has called the Dodgers in Los Angeles for as long as there has been a Dodgers franchise in Los Angeles. He is just about universally considered the best baseball announcer ever.
It's not a stretch to say that Scully is the most iconic Dodger in a franchise filled with iconic players.
So when Roberto Baly, who writes the blog Vin Scully is my Homeboy, found that Scully's star was covered by an ugly, ratty red carpet he was pissed.
At first they were giving a weak excuse saying there is construction being done. Which is funny because there isn't any construction being done. And I wasn't complaining that there was construction. If there was, I wouldn't be complaining. I would understand. The problem is the red carpet and you can tell it's been there for a while.
This is where it gets weird. Tom Hoffarth at his farther of the wall blog notes that Scully's star is in front of the Vogue Theater — which is purportedly haunted.
Chandler's investigative work led him to the society's website (linked here). There, it says that the Vogue Theatre, built in the 1930s next to the famed Musso & Frank restaurant, was once the site of an elementary school and textile factory - both of which burned down.
Ghostly activity ensued.
The spirit of someone named "Fritz," who died in the projection room in the 1980s, still rattles around, as does "Danny," a maintenance engineer who died of a drug overdose around the same time.
Six of the children from the Prospect Elementary School that burned down, along with their teacher, Miss Elizabeth, are still seen there.
Seats in the theatre go up and down for no apparent reason. Men have claimed to be pushed out of the way when going up the stairs.
So in other words, Scully's star is covered because of ghosts. Or something.
Scully doesn't care, though.
"I have no idea what's going on there; I haven't been down there since the star was put in," said Scully, who received the star in 1982, the same year he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
If there is something there burying his fame, he said, "I just wish it were a blue carpet."
No, the Dodgers aren't moving back to Brooklyn
The news came down earlier this week that Major League Baseball was taking over day to day control of the Los Angeles Dodgers. It is the logical start of the end of the bizarre and horrible tenure of ownership of Frank and Jamie McCourt.
Of course, there will be some people who don't realize that the Dodgers are one of the premiere franchises in all of baseball and, well, will never leave Los Angeles. When Los Angeles is split from the rest of the country by a massive earthquake like in Escape from L.A., the Dodgers will still be playing there.
A Forbes writer, Tom Van Riper, catering to the small audience of people who want the Dodgers to go back to Brooklyn after more than 50 years on the west coast, broached the subject of moving the Dodgers back to the east coast.
Hopefully Bud Selig was watching, because the obvious solution to his Dodgers-Mets problem was right there on his television screen. Really, it's so obvious that it's easy to overlook: move the Dodgers back to Brooklyn, and dissolve the Mets. Yeah, we know, as much as Angels owner Arte Moreno has been trying to make Los Angeles his solo baseball empire, leaving that big T.V. market with just one team won't do. No problem – the virtually homeless Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays can fight each other tooth and nail to see who gets to move in. That would leave a net contraction of one team, a result that Selig has bandied about before for his over-expanded league.
Mets owner Fred Wilpon, Selig's pal and a former Brooklyn Dodger fanatic, won't even mind. His new pad, Citi Field, already pays more homage to the Dodgers than to the Mets. Maybe he can even become a part owner, which he's shortly to become with the Mets anyway. It's the move New Yorkers have been waiting and praying for since Walter O'Malley abandoned them for the west coast a couple of generations ago.
This makes virtually no sense at all and could only come from someone who assumes the entire world revolves solely around New York.
Getting rid of one established New York team (the Mets have been around since 1962) and tearing Los Angeles' longest-established sports franchise out of the city and sending another team over is an overly-complicated plan that makes it seem like only New York fans should get what they want. That is, unless they're Mets fans.
Because they don't count according to the sportswriters.
The Dodgers are a team that, with proper ownership, could make a large amount of money. They are in the nation's second-largest media market. They consistently are at or near the top of attendance. They have an established west coast rivalry with the San Francisco Giants.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have had Koufax, the Kirk Gibson home run, Fernando Valenzuela, Tommy Lasorda and dozens of other legendary figures.
They are baseball in Los Angeles, a city so desired that the Angels, who play in Anaheim, renamed themselves the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to try to get a piece of the market.
Van Riper's article is so dumb to be beyond words. It is so myopic, based out of reality and New York-centered that I wonder where he came up with it.
In other words, it ain't happening.
Dodgers on the brink: Owner has to borrow money to pay employees
Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is apparently in a world of financial hurt, as he had to borrow $30 million from Fox to pay his employees according to the Los Angeles Times.
Wait, let me rephrase that.
The owner of one of the marquee North American sports franchises had to borrow money from Fox to pay his employees this month, reports the Los Angeles Times.
The arrangement is expected to cover the Dodgers' expenses into next month. Commissioner Bud Selig has yet to say whether he will approve a proposed television contract between Fox and the Dodgers, which McCourt has presented as a long-term solution to the team's financial troubles.
The loan marks the second time since the end of last season that Fox has provided money to the Dodgers' owner so he could cover expenses. The loan was furnished to McCourt personally rather than to the Dodgers, according to the people briefed on the deal.
There aren't many Dodgers fans who want Selig to approve the television contract. In fact, there shouldn't be any. The Dodgers, in that media market, could get a huge TV contract that would let them compete with the teams in the AL and NL East when it comes to payroll (well payroll while making money at least).
McCourt has been a disaster for the Dodgers as an owner — and hopefully this is one of the last acts that we see from him as owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Columnist blames the victim for getting beat into a coma
I'm a Los Angeles Dodgers fan. I cheered for Manny Ramirez when he played here. I think Clayton Kershaw has a chance to be one of the best pitchers in baseball this year. I would give ten years of my own life to hear Vin Scully call another three years of Dodgers baseball.
I've lived through NewsCorp owning my team. I'm coping with the divorce of the current owners and watching it affect the Dodgers' decision-making. And, two words, Andruw Jones.
But what happened to Bryan Stow was a low point. Stow is a Giants fan and wore his Giants jersey to Dodgers Stadium. For this offense, he was beaten by two Dodgers fans. He's currently suffering from brain damage and is, last I saw, in a medically-induced coma.
It is an embarrassment to all Dodgers fans (and, as Dodgers FYI said in an expletive-laden blog post, to owner Frank McCourt). But John Steigerwald decided that Stow was at fault for getting beaten to within an inch of his life.
Oh, and he can't even get Stow's name right.
Maybe someone can ask Snow, if he ever comes out of his coma, why he thought it was a good idea to wear Giants' gear to a Dodgers' home opener when there was a history of out-of-control drunkenness and arrests at that event going back several years.
Remember when it was the kids who were wearing the team jerseys to games? It was a common sight to see an adult male coming through the turnstile dressed as a regular human being with a kid dressed in a "real" jersey holding his hand.
Are the 42-year-olds who find it necessary to wear their replica jerseys to a road game, those kids who are now fathers who haven't grown up?
This comes on the heals of the Dodgers raising $61,000 for Stow's medical bills and the Dodgers and Giants coming together for a pre-game message before the two teams resumed their rivalry in San Francisco on Monday.
It is amazing that Steigerwald could write such a horrible piece and even more horrible that he couldn't be bothered enough to get the victim's name right.


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This is the first of 4 shows giving a high level overview of how to communicate with different behavioral styles at work. We recently used the DiSC ® profile system to supplement the way we give feedback. This is a broader application of the four major styles of behavior in the workplace, and how to modify OUR behavior to be more effective with them. After listening to the show, print and use the information below to serve as a quick reminder of some of the key characteristics of the high "D".
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The real value in understanding the various DiSC personality profiles (i.e., Creative, Practitioner) would be found in understanding how best to relate to them (things such as how to garner their buy-in or what will annoy them). Are there any such formulas?
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Brett- Yes, there are some helpful
Yes, there are some helpful insights, though I wouldn't go so far as to call them formulas. People of all stripes tend to get touchy when you relate to them formulaically.
If you'll go to the link below, you'll find our document on USING the DiSC, and I think that will help you.
Good luck, and let us know how it works. Start with how much buy in or annoyance your post might cause, say, a High D... ;-)
Tell me about it... I'm a High D and I.
Tell me about it... I'm a High D and I. ;-)
My challenge has been now that my management team have all recieved their DiSC profiles (which they all more or less agree with), how do I teach them how to use that information to relate to each other better so we can be a tight, highly effective unit.
Brett- I don't think I was as clear
I don't think I was as clear as I could have been in my first post. What I meant by my suggestion was that your post, while asking for help, could easily cause annoyance in a High D or I. And, when asking for help, "annoyance" is probably not a "helper emotion." ;-)
You wrote, "the real value... would be found..." I think that a reasonable inference could be drawn that *you* know what the "real" (read: best) value is, and we didn't give it to you ("would be"). I won't argue that might be true from your perspective... but that doesn't mean that will help you get what you want. I normally don't point this kind of stuff out, but the clash of content and delivery seemed to dovetail nicely with the point you were making about styles of communication.
I think that the document I recommended does something like what you need. Do I take from your last post that the areas "You Should Try To," "What They Want," "Be Ready For," and "You Can Help Them Learn," didn't address your question directly/effectively? If so, help me understand better.
Is it possible, that assuming people
Is it possible, that assuming people are very complex and different, that to catalogue people, will probably narrow your view of the person in question.
Nuno- Yes, it is not only possible
Yes, it is not only possible it is certain. Of course, we all already do that, we're just less efficient at it. And, this model does not preclude us paying attention fully to ALL that a person is... in fact, it encourages it.
I think Nuno has a point. Most human
I think Nuno has a point. Most human beings are complex and behave differently in different circumstances.
D = Arrogant bastard with no friends.
i = Spongebob Squarepants
S = Complete door mat.
C = Autistic
Yes there are people that fit these profiles but you would not have them as your friends and you would not hire them.
We have had DiSC training at work but for reason or another. I missed three training sessions over several years. Now in hindsight I understand what has been going on. Two things that I have noticed in people that believe this stuff.
1 Once people that find out their own DiSC they treat it as an affirmation of what they are like and become more like what they THINK their profile is.
2 They try pigeon hole me as a particular profile and behave in ways I found positively weird.
I get in into fierce confrontations with people that are rude to my friends or myself so I must be a "Dâ€. I am a sales person and enjoy people a drink and a joke so I must be an "iâ€. I know peoples names and the names of their kids and their pets so I must be an "Sâ€. I have expertise on analysis, computers and technical information about our products so I must be a "Câ€
Nonsense!! "Specialisation is for Insects†Robert Hienlein
Robster- I disagree strongly enough
I disagree strongly enough with your judgmental characterizations of the various profiles I just stopped reading your post.
as a non mgr
As a non-manager, who has had little dreams of being a manager I am liking these podcasts a lot. I wish my mgmt would learn from these, and I have actually sent them to your site.
I can see various people in my group falling in to the categories, and may try to use this knowledge to better interact, and be effective myself.
Thanks for making all these podcast available online. I found you via this page linked off digg: http://www.businesspundit.com/15-podcasts-that-will-make-you-richer/


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The U.S. Senate will be in recess next week in recognition of Memorial Day. In the first or second week of June, the Senate will likely debate and vote on the hate crimes bill (the Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act). Also, the House passed a welfare reform bill that now awaits consideration in the Senate. The recess is an excellent time to arrange a visit with your elected officials while they are home and speak out against the welfare reform bill and in favor of the hate crimes bill. In addition, many Senators hold events in their states at which you can share your opinions.
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You can also call your officials' home offices during the recess to register your opinion. However, an in-person visit by a constituent is always the most effective lobbying technique.
Information about the pending hate crimes measure (Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act) and the welfare reform debate are below.
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The Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act (LLEEA) (S. 625/H.R. 1343) is an important step toward combating violence against the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community. If passed, the LLEEA would grant the federal government additional authority to respond to hate crimes based on actual or perceived race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender and disability.
The Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act improves existing law by adding gender, sexual orientation and disability. It provides essential assistance to local law enforcement agencies that do not have the resources to investigate and prosecute hate crimes. The LLEEA allows the Department of Justice to commit its resources, including those of the FBI, to solving hate crimes when local law enforcement is unable or unwilling to do so. It also broadens the ability of the Department of Justice to respond to crimes based on race, religion and national origin.
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The Bush/Republican vision is not the one that will best help gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender welfare recipients or ANY other recipients. The Republican bill provides funds for "healthy marriage promotion activities" and "fatherhood programs." Furthermore, it would continue to provide funds for abstinence-only education. We need a bill that is sensitive to the needs of GLBT people. The current proposals also disproportionately impact women, people of color, and others who rely on welfare for basic support.
On Thursday, May 16, 2002, the House passed the Republican Welfare Reauthorization bill, H.R. 4737, by a party line vote of 229-197. The debate now moves to the Senate. The Senate Finance Committee is hammering out their welfare reauthorization bill. Changes will be made during the week of June 10th and a vote is expected before July 4th. This past week, Democratic Senators on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee drafted a letter of principles for TANF Reauthorization to send to Chairman Baucus and Ranking Member Grassley of the Finance Committee. This letter is designed to move the discussion left and influence the bill that will come out of the Finance committee. This is especially crucial in light of the Bayh-Carper bill introduced this week (S. 2524) which could have the opposite effect, and push the discussion to the right.
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For more information on the impact of welfare reform, read the NGLTF publication "Leaving Our Children Behind: Welfare Reform and the GLBT Community" at http://www.ngltf.org/library. Also, the NGLTF welfare fact sheet at http://www.ngltf.org/downloads/welfarefactsheet.pdf.
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If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve.
Don't pray in my school and I won't think in your church.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
See what you find waiting for you.
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You were never alone. The violation was dabilitating, the trespass complete.
This was evil manifest. She could feel it with visceral certitude. This was something as obscene as death's own grin.
[She] has skirmished much of her adult life among the cut-and0thrust front lines of female social structure, where words were weilded as weapons meant to draw blood. The higher the level of engagement, the more refined the edge. There, you had to be adept to know you had been cut and were bleeding, or the wound was all that much greater for others seeing it and you missing it.
Few people understood, as did [he], the importance of a precisely tailored, cogent-sounding, uniform message reaching every ear. Few people understood the power wielded by the one controlling the words people heard; what people heard, if put to them properly, they believed, regardless of what were those words. Few people understood the weapon that was a properly fashioned twist of information.
It seemed to be a quirk of the female mind that some women were irresistably drawn to tangible evidence of sexual virility, regardless of its impropriety. It was a visceral whiff of danger, something tantalizing but forbidden. The more some men behaved the rogue, the heavier the women panted.
It's hard to admit we have been wrong. No one wants to admit they have been tricked, or made to look the fool. That view of ourselves hurts. But part of growing, learning, is being able to hold the truth above all else, even when it means we must admit to having held foolish ideas.
You can't expect to walk through life without stepping in the muck now and again. The important thing is to maintain your footing when you do, and not fall on your face and make it worse.
Their walls could make the stars cry.
The strength and beauty of the Midlands was in its diversity, even if some of that diversity was ugly. What was ugly to one was beautiful to another, and so it was that each land was to be left to rule itself, as long as it brought no force of arms to another. It was tolerant suffering of things repugnant to allow things beautiful to blossom.
Yes, you will, even if I have to command it, you will. I want you to feel the wonder of a new life, a new spirit, in your arms, so that you can feel magic other than that Agiel at your wrist. You will bathe him, and swaddle him, and burp him, so that you will know your tender care is needed in this world, and that I would trust my own child in that care. You will make foolish sounds to him, so that you can laugh with joy at the hope for the future, and perhaps forget that you have killed people in the past.
Morality comes from the top down, such as parent to child. The first step, then, is to set down just laws and show that all of us must live by their maxims. You can never stop all wrongdoing, but if you don't punish it, then it proliferates until anarchy wears the robes of tolerance and understanding.
We are not our bodies, we are our thoughts. As they form they define who we are, and create the reality of our existence. Between those thoughts, there is nothing, simply th ebody, waiting for our thoughts to make us who we are. Between your thoughts, I come. In that space between your thoughts, time has no meaning to you, but it has meaning to me. I am a shadow, slipping between the cracks of your existence.
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Download the Master Registrar Application form (20k PDF) and fax it to the Vital Statistics Unit, attention Soo Teal, at 512-776-7538. The deadline for receiving applications will be listed on the form. The registration forms will be reviewed and 15 applicants will be selected to attend the course.
Complete training in local, birth, death, and fetal death registration will include:
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Enrollment is limited and competitive. Current AOP certification, attendance at a Vital Statistics conference, and a minimum of two years working in a vital registration office are pre-requisites for admission.
The training course will occur at a training space at the Department of State Health Services in Austin. There will be homework assignments as well as site visits to area local registration offices. There is no charge for the training. Participants or their employers are responsible for all travel expenses.
Dates for the next MRC course are March 24–28, 2014.
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WWDC attendees look at the new MacBook Pro that is displayed following the keynote address at the Apple 2012 World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) at Moscone West on June 11.
Mark Gurman, a writer for 9to5Mac, had the biggest scoops on Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference --- and he was only in high school. So how did he get them? Apparently by being an old-school reporter.
Forbes gushed about Gurman:
He clammed up when I asked him where he gets his stories. But [editor Seth] Weintraub -- who hired Gurman two years ago when he realized the teenager had his finger on Apple's pulse -- was more forthcoming. Some of his stories come from sources inside Apple, but most are based on what used to be called old-fashioned shoe-leather reporting -- poring over Apple's published documents and building a network of Apple developers and parts suppliers that he hammers relentlessly.


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Let's head into the Memorial Day holiday weekend with some quick hits that you might want to discuss …
One more reason for Dogs fans to get stoked about Matthews, N.C., quarterback Christian LeMay saying he intends to enroll at UGA: In the first installment of the Sporting News Top 100 ranking for the football class of 2011, Lemay ranks a lofty No. 3. The other Georgia commitment making the list: defensive end Sterling Bailey of Gainesville at No. 95. …
When our Tim Tucker revealed that in the forthcoming new deal for the Georgia-Florida game in Jacksonville the two schools will have the right to sell the name of the game, a coworker wondered aloud what they'd do if a beverage company like Seagram's or Budweiser offered a bundle — especially since the UGA and UF presidents have discouraged the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party nickname.
While it's amusing to consider, chances are they'd say no. You don't see any alcohol product names on college football bowl games, and I don't think Georgia and Florida would go down that road. …
Bulldogs Blog's David Hale reports that according to Georgia Tech's Paul Hewitt, UGA's Mark Fox is going to get his wish to have the two schools' annual basketball game moved earlier in the season while students are still on campus. Likely date this year: Dec. 7.
Hale notes that some fans have raised the notion of playing the basketball game the Friday night before the Dogs and Jackets meet in football, but that weekend generally conflicts with tournament play and students would be on Thanksgiving break.
Some friends and I debated this idea back when Fox first announced he wanted an earlier date, and we liked the prospect of making the annual in-state grude match a two-sport affair in the same city so fans easily could attend both. I don't think Thanksgiving break would be much of a problem, since the students manage to turn up en masse for the football game the next day.
The main problem would be that the football and basketball series currently rotate between Athens and Atlanta in opposing years. Last season, for example, the football game was at Tech and the basketball game was in Athens. In order to pair the two sports, that rotation would have to be disrupted, which would require someone play on the road two years in a row — not a likely prospect.
One possible solution: Let the school losing the home game be the "home" team (with more tickets) at a neutral site for a transitional year. UGA didn't consider the Omni to be a neutral site and likely wouldn't go for Philips Arena. But what about Gwinnett Arena? Then the next year the home-and-home could resume in lockstep with the football game.
Sounds like fun to me. What do you think about pairing up those games?
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May 29th, 2010
12:01 pm
May 29th, 2010
12:03 pm
Please forgive me for what I just did……I absolutely hate when people do that and I just did it…….DAWG NATION please forgive me. That was so stupid. Johnny and DAWGPOUND are the same people. What in the world does first prove anyway?
May 29th, 2010
12:12 pm
Just watched ala. spring game. Who in the hell is evaluating offensive line talent at UGA?! James Carpenter and Chance warmack are two Geargia road graders playing for the crimson tide! uga goes into ala. and gets ben jones and jonathan owens and Ala. comes into gorgia and gets two all-sec calibre offensive lineman. Combine that with the loss of Jujuan James to UT, and Ed Christian to AU and no wonder Richt is on the hot seat. He should be!
May 29th, 2010
12:41 pm
Dawgpound, apology accepted. Following the crowd is the easy thing to do. Be your own man or Dawg as the case maybe.
May 29th, 2010
12:42 pm
Sorry, but you can say you did not consider the OMNI a neutral site but it was. You usually had as many or more fans at the game and it's not like Tech played other games there (they didn't) Ya'll are great at excuses.
As far as an alcohol sponsor for the UGA/UF football game I would love to see that just to see the wonderful press you would receive and the negative image you would get. Ya'll will do anything for $$$ including selling your soul. I highly doubt though that the NCAA would allow such a thing.
May 29th, 2010
12:43 pm
Roll Tide: if you don't care anything about UGA why do you feel the need to spend your time on our blog? Go to a Bama blog. And for the record, Ben Jones is all SECOND caliber. Can't sign all the players in georgia
May 29th, 2010
12:46 pm
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May 29th, 2010
12:46 pm
Meant to say all s.e.c. Player but my phone does spell check
May 29th, 2010
12:48 pm
Let's dissect Roll Tide's comment for a second. First Richt is not on the hot seat. That garbage is so dumb and played out. If he had kept Willie, yeah that would be accurate. Alabama has two All-sec quality lineman, shocker, so does GA. Ben Jones, a name you bring up is one of them. Clint Boling is another one and is being considered as a top OT by some for the NFL Draft coming next year. Next part, Ed Christian…not sure we even recruited. We have someone rated high higher coming in named Brent Benedict that we don't even need to play because of the depth we have. Jujuan James, you know, the Tide decommit that is now at Tennessee, we did try to get twice but that is fine. Our OL recruiting has been fine and if you follow UGA recruiting you would know that it is going great for this year. So please, don't worry about a strength of our team going into next year, we will be fine.
May 29th, 2010
12:52 pm
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May 29th, 2010
12:58 pm
*Roll Tide* – please give it a rest… Besides Ben Jones and Clint Boling (whom James points out above), I'll take Cordy Glenn over anyone in the conference at guard. Just please stop with the idiocy. Good for Bama coming into Georgia and picking off a couple nice OL prospects. We're doing just fine without them – OL is far from our biggest issue. If Sturdivant comes back healthy, we're going to be very good up front.
May 29th, 2010
1:01 pm
First of all, roll tard fans are, for the most part, very envious people. They come from the state of alabamer, and that in itself, is a reason to hate life. They are not as athletic as Georgians or Floridians, thus have to beg and pay for recruits to go there. Must I have to go on?
May 29th, 2010
1:07 pm
I think our # 4 RB, D. Jackson is capable of running behind our OL for 100 yds. against any team we play. What does that say about our top 3 RBs? The OL has depth & is solid for at least the next 3 years.
May 29th, 2010
1:11 pm
There is no possible way Mark Richt cannot be in the hotseat. He has great recruiting classes every year and still is average in a league where averaqe is just not good enough. Mark Richt is probably one of the great coaches in college football but needs better supporting cast. If UGA does not win atleast the east within the next two years he leaves UGA. As far as the name of the game who really cares?
May 29th, 2010
1:21 pm
GA-FLA Department of Corrections Bowl
May 29th, 2010
1:21 pm
Yeah, sure, have it in the Omni …. lol
May 29th, 2010
1:23 pm
Mook – You can call alot of programs that!
May 29th, 2010
1:24 pm
First Combined Team SAT Score to 1000 Wins Bowl
May 29th, 2010
1:26 pm
Truly spoken
Love College Athletics
Hate College Athletes
May 29th, 2010
1:27 pm
SAT Bowl
Goes into Quintuple Overtime!!
May 29th, 2010
1:39 pm
I've said this before but Roll Tide has confirmed this..Alabama fans are by far the most obnoxious, rude and just plain irritating fans ever. They are 10 times worse than the worst Florida fans. Hopefully, they will have a bad year so we won't have to be annoyed with them any longer.
May 29th, 2010
1:43 pm
Tech is a neutral site
May 29th, 2010
1:45 pm
Amen canton dawg. Bama has more "sidewalk fans" than any other team in the country. Meaning that these people are Bama fans but have never had any affiliation with the school
May 29th, 2010
2:01 pm
Four tickets, four hot dogs, four cokes
May 29th, 2010
2:22 pm
May 29th, 2010
2:32 pm
Verne Lundquist "Tebow Tebow Tebow Tebow Tebow" Brand Vomit Cleaner Bowl
May 29th, 2010
2:51 pm
I would like to see UGA and tech play basketball twice a year – rotating one of the games on the school's home court and playing the other game annually on a neutral site.
Besides playing our rival twice a season, this one also provide another nonconference game against a major college opponent without having to play a return game at the opponent's ballyard. It would also be more cost effective than playing a home and home with another major opponent.
I am old enough to remember when UGA and tech played three times a year.
I have seen UGA play tech in basketball 54 times and the triple overtime game in the Omni (can't remember the year)the most exciting game ever between the two.
May 29th, 2010
2:59 pm
CMR's seat is hot. The powers that be in Athens have lost confidence in him.
May 29th, 2010
3:03 pm
Cantondawg Florida fans are yankees foreighners and half breeds. No other Southern state can hold a light to them. Auburn fans are worse than
May 29th, 2010
3:06 pm
Don't know if it is possible to be 10 times more obnoxious than GAYtor fans but Bammers are in the same pathetic category. They know a lot about putting coaches on the hotseat. They change coaches almost as frequently as they are sanctioned by the NCAA. BTW what is their record for the last 10 years?
May 29th, 2010
3:09 pm
CMR will be at UGA as long as he chooses. Those so-called "powers that be" are ill-informed.
May 29th, 2010
3:37 pm
Roll Tide…guess you haven't been reading the national reviews of Georgias offensive line this coming season. They are far and away the best offensive line in the SEC this year…and they'll prove why everyone is so high on them once the season kicks off.Chance and Warmack weren't recruited hard by Georgia because their grades coming out of high school were terrible….you see Georgia has standards when it comes to admitting student athletes….Bama doesn't …its pretty easy to get into Alabama. Thats why there are so many Georgia students going to school there….they couldn't get in Georgia.When you consistantly put football before education you get people like you who couldn't spell cat if we spotted you the C & T. ….Alabama never has been ranked very high as far as education is concerned and never will…..Can You Dig It!
May 29th, 2010
3:49 pm
Even on one of our worst years, Tech still can't beat us.
May 29th, 2010
3:51 pm
Is everybody in Alabama and Florida stupid or just the ones that post on Bulldawg Blogs. Average is not 10 wins a year and 7-2 bowl record and winning record against every team in SEC but one. It is also not winning the East 4 out of 9 times and winning SEC twice unless you are an idiot.
May 29th, 2010
4:30 pm
May 29th, 2010
4:39 pm
UGA and FL's prez and admins all shudder if anyone calls it the Cocktail Party, so no way would alcohol be a sponsor.
CMR is NOT on the hot seat. Anyone who thinks so is a dummy.
May 29th, 2010
5:00 pm
The problem with making the game on Thanksgiving break is that the dorms are still closed. The dorms open the night of the Tech game at UGA so the students have a place to stay, but if they made the game that Friday, all the Freshmen and others who live in dorms at UGA would be forced to find a place to stay with a friend off campus. Its a terrible idea.
May 29th, 2010
5:04 pm
So, the UGA and UF Game is for sale.
Mark my words, before the NCAA is finished, the uniforms worn by college football players will look like NASCAR outfits. Think not? Then explain way the Nike swipe – it's already started.
Logos painted on the field.
1st Down brought to you by Midas Mufflers
2nd Down brought to you by Nationwide – on your side.
Etc. Etc.
The Almighty Dollar rules all souls.
May 29th, 2010
5:04 pm
Can you dig it?
"If a Head Coach has confidence in his offensive line, he will act like it!"
Mark Right comments are tempered with caution and reservations.
Please ! No more about Trinton Sturdivant. Coach Richt has been using him as a "crying towel" for two years. The Dawg Nation wants Trinton Sturdivant to step up and perform and earn recognition. This O-line has had the same players for two years, they are experienced, yet have underperformed with mediocre running stats and results for two years. The Dawg Nation wants "Championships Plural" like Alabama, LSU and Florida. This requires an offensive line and running backs that are posting rushing stats at the top of the SEC. This Offensive line has rushed poorly against SEC opponents
I say buy out the contract. He apparently has been "Emeritus", retired but on staff for four years. Hire Muschamp or Smart. Bring someone new in that is not looking to retire and soaking up $2.8 million per year plus endorsements and bonuses while he waits!
May 29th, 2010
5:10 pm
Hell, since y'all are selling the naming rights…may as well have some fun while you are making money.
Have the announcers of the game in JAX place CMR on the "Rolaids" Hot Seat.
Have them honor Urbane Crier's "I quit, no wait, I need a break" attitude with the "you deserve a break today" McDonalds logo.
Name the actual game after Hooters, or some strong liquor or beer.
Halftime entertainment: Instead of giving a fan a million bucks for throwing a football through a hole, place Michael Adams in a dunking booth give some lucky fan 3 balls.
May 29th, 2010
5:14 pm
Why does the main page link for this site reference a UF/UGA sponsor when the page does not back up the headline?
May 29th, 2010
5:40 pm
I might not watch college football , but when I do it's Georgia Bulldogs. Stay thirsty my friends
May 29th, 2010
5:49 pm
I will be stoked if we can find some players and coaches who want to beat FL for a change!
May 29th, 2010
6:12 pm
PCSJax1- where the hell did you learn to write? You are the kind of idiot that writes in sign language.
As for the other posters, namely Bama and FL and a few nerds, grow up. Bama fans are in for a surprise this year. Not another NC anywhere in sight. Same with you Gators.
The one big advantage the DAWGS have is that we can only go up. We will.
May 29th, 2010
6:23 pm
Dawgpound…..reminds me of my 2 dogs (not to be confused with Dawgs). When let out in the backyard 2 do their thing, one goes and the other waits to go over the top of the other. When it comes to being a Dawg, it just comes natural, no such thing as being your own man (I mean Dawg).
May 29th, 2010
6:24 pm
To the powers to be: CMR is not going anywhere until he chooses to do so.
May 29th, 2010
6:28 pm
The contents of CMR's tacos refuse to fall off…Stay thirsty my friends. Go Dawgs.
May 29th, 2010
6:59 pm
So is Urbune Crier's new nickname going to be Mickey C?
May 29th, 2010
7:12 pm
pretty nice article on the front of SCOUT.COM about Rennie.
May 29th, 2010
7:28 pm
For those of you who think Mark Richt should be fired because, despite one of the top won-loss records in college football, he hasn't won a National Championship, I submit the following:
Teams in NCAA (div 1)– 241 teams
Teams since the year 2000 that have won the National Championship– 8
That leaves 233 teams that have not won a National Championship during the Richt era. Should all 233 of those coaches be fired?


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February 26: An officer responded to a report of shoplifting in the 1700 block of H Street. A 13- year-old girl was contacted and admitted stealing one item valued at approximately $5. The case was referred to the Juvenile Prosecutor for review of charges. The subject was issued a "No Trespass" order by a manager at the business.
February 26: A resident complained about a loud outdoor music at a residence in the 500 block of D Street. This was not the first complaint officers had received regarding this particular resident's loud music. The man was contacted and issued a written warning notice for disturbing the peace.
February 26: An officer responded to a report of a highly intoxicated driver who was observed at a gas station in the 700 block of Peace Portal Drive. The officer located the vehicle and stopped the driver after he failed to stop for a stop sign. An investigation confirmed the man was impaired. The 22-year-old Tacoma man was arrested for DUI, cited to Blaine Municipal Court and released.
February 24: A suspended driver of an unlicensed moped was driving along a city street and veered off the road, resulting in injuries to his person. Officers arrived at the scene of the collision and were told by a witness that the driver had run from the scene and was hiding in the bushes. The driver was located by officers and was found to be under the influence of alcohol. The driver was transported by North Whatcom Fire & Rescue to St. Joseph Hospital for treatment of his injuries. An officer also responded to the hospital where the man was processed and cited for DUI.
February 24: Officers responded to a report of a non-custodial parent who was attempting to take a child. Officers investigated and found the parent in question had no court order allowing such action. The person refused to leave after being asked several times to do so by officers and was placed under arrest for trespassing. During a search incident to arrest the officers located several illegal drugs in the man's possession, and he was booked into Whatcom County Jail.
February 23: An officer investigated a simple assault that occurred at a local school. Neither the victim nor his parents wished to pursue the matter criminally. One student was expelled by school authorities.
February 23: While on patrol an officer noticed a vehicle parked in the middle of the 600 block of Boblett Street next to a semi truck. There were two passengers in the vehicle that appeared to be looking into the truck. After contact, it was determined the passenger was a truck driver who was being dropped off and the two were having a conversation. The driver was asked to move safely to the shoulder of the street, and the officer cleared without any further incident.
February 22: Blaine officers received information about three teenagers who may have been in possession of alcohol. The three students, aged 17 and 18, had possibly consumed alcohol off-campus during lunch hour on a school day. The teens were contacted and interviewed. The matter was ultimately referred to school officials, as police officers had not witnessed the students in possession of the alcohol.
February 22: An officer contacted a motorist who was speeding through a parking lot in rainy weather. Upon contact the officer discovered the driver had a suspended license and no proof of insurance. The 21-year-old Bellingham man was arrested and cited to Blaine Municipal Court, and his vehicle was impounded.
February 20: Officers responded to a 911 hang-up at a residence in the 1200 Harrison Avenue. Officers learned that a daughter had angrily called 911 because her mother would not allow her to go to the skate park (The daughter was already grounded). The daughter was warned by the officers about appropriate use of 911.
February 20: A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer contacted a driver returning from Canada and found he was in possession of a 38 Special revolver. The man presented the customs officer with a pawnshop receipt for the weapon and a concealed weapon permit. The serial number of the weapon was checked, and it was found to have been reported stolen in King County prior to the date of the sales receipt. The weapon was seized, and the case was referred to King County for follow-up.
February 19: Officer was advised of possible drug activity in the Boundary Court area. Officer responded and an investigation revealed that no drugs were in use at that location. The persons in question were found to be in possession of tobacco and were warned about their behavior.
February 19: Officer received a call at the office from a woman who reported a family member who may have overdosed on prescription medications. The officer responded to the scene and while en route requested medics be dispatched. The man was ultimately transported to the hospital for treatment.
February 19: Officers responded to a report of a head on collision and found a two car accident in the 300 block of D Street. Officer determined that there were no injuries and only moderate damage to one of the two vehicles. An accident report was taken. One driver was given an infraction for failure to keep to the right of the center line.
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UPDATE: Q&A WITH STEPHEN NICHOLAS (below story):
FLOWERY BRANCH — Linebacker Stephen Nicholas has agreed to a five-year contract to stay with the Falcons on Wednesday, according to Nicholas and his agent C.J. Laboy.
"He's staying in ATL," Laboy wrote in an email to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
We asked Nicholas in a text if the deal was done, he replied, "Yes."
WSB Channel 2's Zach Klein is reporting that the deal is worth $17.5 million, according to an NFL Source.
Nicholas elected not to sign a tender offer before the lockout started because he wanted a long-term deal.
Nicholas, who was a fourth round pick in 2007 out of South Florida, has been a valuable member of the defense. He has started 25 games over the past two seasons and has played in 65 games over his career.
Here's an interview Nicholas did during the lockout with the AJC.
Last season, Nicholas finished with 87 tackles, including a season-high and career-high 13 tackles against San Francisco on Oct. 3. He also had an interception against Cleveland on Oct. 10.
In 2009, he started 14 games and had 82 tackles, three sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and two passes defensed.
In 2008, he played in all 16 games and was a standout on special teams.
As a rookie, Nicholas finished with 37 tackles, one sack and one fumble recovery in 13 games.
Q: How does it feel to get your deal done?
A: I'm just excited and ready to play football, that's the main thing.
Q: Are you happy with your decision not to sign your tender before the lockout?
A: There was only so much that could be done during the lockout anyway. I was going to test free agency anyway. I had a feeling we were going to get locked out and I wanted to go from there. It worked out for the good.
Q: What other teams contacted you?
A: You have to call my agent for that. But it came down to Tampa Bay. The linebacker coach called me and a few other people. Tampa was trying to get me that way. I played ball there (in college at South Florida.) I just didn't want to wait too long. Atlanta stepped up to the plate and we got things done.
Q: What did they tell you about your role. They had you and Spoon (Sean Weatherspoon) stacked on the strongside last year. Is he moving over to weakside?
A: Probably so, I'm pretty sure he'll end up moving that way. We'll see when we get in camp. I know I'm going to be on the field. That was pretty clear that they wanted me on the field. I'm just excited and ready to get back to football.
Q: How tough was it during the lockout considering that you might have to leave?
A: Just not knowing where I was going to be was driving me crazy. It would have been different going to a different environment.
After the interview Nicholas thanked the Falcons and general manager Thomas Dimitroff for his new deal.
–D. Orlando Ledbetter, The Atlanta Falcons beat blog
July 27th, 2011
10:15 am
Good, glad he is staying. While he is not outstanding, I didn't want to lose him. The LB group is set for at least the next 3 or 4 seasons.
July 27th, 2011
10:17 am
July 27th, 2011
10:21 am
Good move by the Falcons.
July 27th, 2011
10:22 am
Is that Keith Brooking in that picture?
July 27th, 2011
10:29 am
Excellent. Depth is the key while we bring along our younger players. Nicholas will only continue to improve and is clearly a valuable part of our defense.
July 27th, 2011
10:35 am
PMC. That is funny, only a true falcon fan will get that. Nicholas is a nice player. Nice contract. Well done TD
July 27th, 2011
10:39 am
Yeah, I guess this ends the debate on what to do with the LB position. We'll probably give Mike Peterson a 1-year deal, but either way we are set for the present. Now we need to sign Grimes to an extension and bring in some fresh blood at DE. Rise up!
July 27th, 2011
10:39 am
Good move.
July 27th, 2011
10:47 am
PMC, Kudos!!!!
July 27th, 2011
10:47 am
D-Led, any word on Snelling?
July 27th, 2011
10:49 am
Dimitroff needs to crank it up a few notches!!!!
July 27th, 2011
10:50 am
Looks like we are set at LB. All we need to do is re-up Grimes and sign a DE.
July 27th, 2011
10:51 am
PMC…HA someone needs to do some photoshop work. That was funny.
July 27th, 2011
10:57 am
I'd say that's a bargain.
July 27th, 2011
10:57 am
Now we need Snelling and Grimes deals done. And then a DE.
I'm glad DLed is in preseason form because I was worried he might be right. Let's just hope he's wrong about not getting a DE.
July 27th, 2011
10:57 am
Hahaha, PMC! I thought the same thing.
July 27th, 2011
11:03 am
Agree on Snelling and Grimes but what I really want to hear is that we are retaining the OL. Let's get those guys signed.
July 27th, 2011
11:07 am
So we have $14.5M left under the cap and we haven't even signed Grimes, Julio, or any of our OL's, much less the 5 other rookies and 5 other FA's. We can free up another $8M by releasing JA98, Jenkins, and Davis, but that's the only alternative and it's still not enough to get us anyone extra in FA, like a DE or NB.
Grimes is going to cost us $9M (as much as Dunta), Julio going to be at least $4-5M, and Clabo at least $4-5M as well. Weems is tendered, so he's a definite $1M, Bryant is a must which is another $1.5M, then the other 5 rookies combined will take another $2M. Norwood and Keonen we know are gone, but that leaves Peterson, Snelling, Blalock, and Dahl out and nothing left for anything else.
We're going to be losing some key spots and unable to add a FA DE.
July 27th, 2011
11:07 am
grime,0line, and then de ! cant we get hand on usi since hes not happy with giants
July 27th, 2011
11:14 am
That's right kids. Get 5 career sacks and one career interception and you will get $17.5 million!
It's as easy as that.
July 27th, 2011
11:41 am
With the abbreviated off season, it would seem more important than ever to re-sign your own FAs. You won't have to introduce them to a new system and new teammates.
Get Grimes and Clabo done so they can strap the pads off.
Also, wasn't Nicholas headed to the Giants according to the AJC? Nice job.
July 27th, 2011
11:50 am
Anyone who thinks NOT signing Nicholas was a good move knows nothing about football.
July 27th, 2011
12:00 pm
Glad to see Nicholas back. That takes some heat off of Akeem Dent.
July 27th, 2011
12:02 pm
Then why did we draft Dent?
July 27th, 2011
12:04 pm
Grimes is not going to cost us $9M. You said the other day he was going to cost us $10M. He will be $6-$7M at the most.
Really? A linebacker is more than just sacks. If this were a 3-4 defense and he was an OLB I could understand you point, but he's not always rushing the passer and in this defense he was not always called to that.He's getting paid on average $3.5M a year. That is not a lot compared to some of the other LBs in this league.
July 27th, 2011
12:05 pm
We drafted Dent for depth and to play special teams.
July 27th, 2011
12:30 pm
Has anyone heard anything about where we are on siging the draft picks?
July 27th, 2011
12:38 pm
Why are we overpaying for this guy when we need to spend money on an impact player……this is a crap decision.
July 27th, 2011
12:38 pm
boy I tell you our front office is totally out of it when evaluating our defense..Nicholas is not a playmaker..Outside of Abraham(aging) we really dont have any body on defense that scares the other team or that they have ot game plan for..
July 27th, 2011
12:44 pm
great picture of him late to the play PMC enjoyed the Brooking comment heh
July 27th, 2011
12:45 pm
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July 27th, 2011
1:00 pm
Everyone bitching about over paying for players, ALL OF YOU should be paying me money to read these stupid remarks. Really is a 6th grade education what TRUE FANS really want to read?? The O line is the need NO ONE ELSE>
July 27th, 2011
1:03 pm
DOL: Read that Sanchez had volunteered to restructure his contract so that the Jets could have more cap room. Is there any chance MR does the same?
July 27th, 2011
1:04 pm
Hey KB haters…..he led our team in tackles for 7 years. Shut it. I just hope one of our current clay Mathews wannabe's can play that good.
July 27th, 2011
1:10 pm
Nicholas evidently likes what he has here. He could have gotten more money elsewhere but when you have top quality talent in the front office, it's a hell of a lot easier to keep the talent on the field. Now let's just hope his good faith is rewarded with a Super Bowl Ring! GO BIRDS!!
July 27th, 2011
1:23 pm
Stephen, glad to have you and your family stay in Atlanta. Hope to see you out there competing for the starting SLB job soon!
July 27th, 2011
2:47 pm
TD got good value for a very versatile player! Kick some butt Dirty Birds.
July 27th, 2011
3:08 pm
@TLaw – Nicholas is a play maker – probably more so than any of our other LBs (as of now) – he was the only defender to make a play in the Packer playoff game (stripped the ball from behind after chasing down WR)….the guy actually makes a lot of plays in space and has shown steady improvement each year – its a good contract for a good nose-for-the-ball, hard-nosed player.
July 27th, 2011
3:20 pm
Hmmmm…never was really impressed with Nicholas. We'll see. Good luck, Stephen. Go Falcons!
July 27th, 2011
3:52 pm
Hey Y'all:
Oh, I can smell the grass of a messy, sweaty football field at Flowery Branch. I can hear the coaches screaming, hollering, teaching and encouraging the players to get off the ball, to grab, to run, to hit, and to tackle. I see the players hussling, sweating and learning the plays and beating the stuffing out of each other in preparing for this new football seasons. I see the media types running around Flowery Branch taking notes, filming, and stuffing mikes in the owners, managers, coaches, and players faces wanting insight as to how training is going. I see the FANS at Flowery Branch siting on the hill with their friends and family trying to get a glimpse of their favorite player and the football operations being conducted on he field. I see the heat and the sweat exerting off the palyers and the fans. I hear the crashing sounds of the football helmets and shoulder pads of the players. I see the speed of the runners, the acrobatic catches of the receivers, the accurate throws of the quarterbacks, the tenacious blocks of the offensive linemen and fullbacks, and the accutrate kicks of the kickers. THIS IS FOOTBALL AT FLOWERY BRANCH. OUR TEAM IS BACK HOME AND IS READY TO " CONTINUE THE PROCESS" OF WINNING THE DIVISION, MAKING THE PLAYOFF, AND WINNING THE SUPERBOWL. This is going to be one of the most exciting season yet for the Dimitroff and Smith regime. I am sure Blank and Mc Kay are chopping at the bits to get this season started. I KNOW, WE, THE FANS, ARE MORE THE READY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO LET's GET IN "ONE HEARTBEAT!!" MODE. OWNERS, MANAGERS, COACHES, PLAYERS, MEDIA, FANS, ATLANTA, STATE OF GEORGIA.: WE ARE " ONE HEARTBEAT!!!" CAN YOU HEAR IT??!! THUMP!!!! IT'S GETTING LOUDER!!!! THUMP! THUMP!!………………THUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS OUR TEAM , OUR CITY, AND OUR STATE.
This is a SECRET from a FALCON FAN. TELL EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!
July 27th, 2011
4:12 pm
I what a DE but I'm sure the coaches know more than we do.
July 27th, 2011
5:37 pm
DE is not an issue for the Falcons. Dent will back up Lofton and we have too good linebackers outside. The falcons had a fairly new defensive coaching staff & with 1 more year experience the defense will be improved. . Just think they were 25th in defense the previous year & now they are around 11 or 12th. I see that as beinga sign for things to come & with a few cuts we can sure up the OL and make a run for the playoffs. Go Falcons!!!!!!!!!! I know the haters think our secondary is weak. The Patriots do not have an elite secondary either, but they out score most teams. Who ever said defense win games, died the past decade. LOL
July 27th, 2011
5:39 pm
Great job getting the Nicholas deal done.This young man has improved every year. Keep's getting better. He will be around to finish the job that this team has started. GO FALCON SUPER BOWL BOUND!!!!
July 27th, 2011
5:40 pm
Nicholas ain't bad, but he's no superstar. But we didn't overpay either. Between 3/4 mil over 5 yrs? Not bad really.
And, to echo Loafer, none of our LBs will have the career Keith Brooking had. He'll be in the Falcons hall, and deservedly so. I'd much rather have Keith than Peterson, that's for sure.
If we're moving onto the OL next, DUMP Blaylock and keep Clabo/Dahl.
July 27th, 2011
5:42 pm
Falcons sign Sylvester, rb, from FAMU. A non-drafted free agent. 5′09″ 200lbs. Had 3000 yrs rushing for his career. Could have been more but had many injuries. Ran a 4.42 at his pro day workout.
July 27th, 2011
6:33 pm
what about Osi from the midgets sorry I mean the giants
July 27th, 2011
6:35 pm
sorry I meant Usi
July 27th, 2011
7:41 pm
The OL has to stay intact.
Not sure about Grimes. Might be alone on that though.
July 27th, 2011
8:09 pm
To all who think brooking was more than product of getting credit for other peoples tackles. STOP IT. He was alright but nothing more than a homeboy(ga) built up by the media


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