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Posted Wednesday June 18, 2008, About: Celtics blow out Lakers to win title
Anyone else find it odd that there was essentially a 50 point swing between sites of the games? The Lakers were up +20 or so during all their home games, and the Celtics were up +20 or so during all their home games. I know the NBA loves their "home team" advantage..but come on...50 points of difference between sites for the supposed "best" teams in the NBA? I'm not buying it. Tim Donaghy is more credible than any of the spew that David Stern has come out of his mouth.

The fix is in!
Posted Monday March 17, 2008, About: Pryor down to two schools
INSOC...

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the information you're relying on DOES NOT include the Jim Tressel clasees - as he joined the university in 2000. The information you keep citing is for incoming classes from the John Cooper era.

And, based on the fact that JoCo had about a 20% graduation rate, laugh if you will, but a 48% graduation rate (as cited in your study) is a substantial improvement. Let's see what the numbers are when the information relies only on Tressel recruited classes, and then make our judgments.

In the meantime, keep deluding yourself that PSU does things the "right" way...aside from Clarett, OSU has handled itself as a top tier should should, while your PSU Lions keep racking up felonies and such at quite an alarming rate.
Posted Monday March 17, 2008, About: Pryor down to two schools
Oh, and one more thing. For the other PSU fan who decided to quote a 49% federal graduation rate for OSU...it's for incoming classes from 1996-2000. So again, unfortunately for all the PSU fans out there...it has nothing to do witht he current regime there.

All OSU fans will admit that John Cooper was an idiot..remember AIDS awareness for Andy Katzenmoyer?

Anyway...graduation rates don't matter to NFL type prospects. Playing for cash on Sunday matters, and whether you love or hate the Buckeyes...they put people in the NFL on a much more regular basis than PSU does.
Posted Monday March 17, 2008, About: Pryor down to two schools
For those of you hating on OSU's graduation rates...blame Jim O'Brien and John Cooper. From the same article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer that the PSU fans conveniently left out. "The numbers included the freshmen classes from 1997 to 2000, so none of these players were brought to Ohio State by Jim Tressel or Thad Matta."

Although - your weak arguments concerning graduation rates were certainly comical to me as you left out pertinent information to support your claims.

At the end of the day, do you really think TP cares if he graduates? No way. He cares that OSU has a more recent national championship (under Tressel), has a more recent Heisman Trophy winner (under Tressel), has appeared in a national championship game more recently, and has the higer rated recruiting classes (and more talent = better chance to win for those of you not keeping up with me).

The rest of the irrelevant spoosh being spewed here is jealous fans who are crying that he isn't considering their school anymore.
Posted Tuesday October 30, 2007, About: A-Rod's Top Suitors
As much as I'd like to see A-Rod not signed anywhere as a message to the baseball agents and owners who use Monopoly money when drafting these contracts...the fact remains that baseball has recovered from the steroid scandal and is now the most profitable it's ever been. And, with no salary cap to worry about...if you spend $30 million per year on A-Rod, but your team makes $45-50 million because of him, isn't that a smart signing?

Let's face it - professional sports are a business first, a passion for the owner second, and about winning last. As long as the product is popular with the fans, and as long as the team makes money for the owner, I don't think many care about winning championships (especially when you consider how few teams have won Championships the last twenty years in the "Super Free Agency" market).

So, I guess my point is that A-Rod will get his millions, and the owner that signs him will probably make more money with him than without him.

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