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If he used it to gain a competitve advantage, yes.

I think McGwyer is a Hall of Famer, just not a first ballott guy.

God damn you BCS! How many questions would it answer if OSU vs Florida Michigan vs USC Winner vs Winner There would be no debate and the world would be beautiful. You're putting the cart before the horse, Florida still has to beat a very good Arkansas team Saturday. Anyone who says Michigan deserve...

Comparing him with Rose is way out of line. Rose is banned from baseball. Mac hasnt even been charged with anything. Its wrong to take steroids but it was not illegal at the time. He did not violate any rules that I am aware of. Pete Rose was banned from baseball on heresay evidence from a less tha...

He did get caught with Andro, which was "legal"in baseball but was not prescribed to him. Jose Canseco has said he did steroids with McGwire, but I in general I don't put a lot of stock in anything Canseco says. Then you have his testimony to Congress and his complete disappearance from ba...

Personally I'd rather see Florida against Ohio St. A game where the over under will be in the 70's doesn't really perk my interest. Florida at least has a defence capable of stopping , or at least slowing down an offense. USC hasn't stopped anyone in their last two National title games, and this isn...

The NCAA ranks strength of schedule purely by opponents wining %, of the 119 D1A football teams. The lowest Big Ten team, Wisconsin, came in at #85, the lowest Pac 10 team is Arizona St. at #52. Between Arizona St. and Wisconsin are 3 other Big Ten teams; Purdue, Michigan St., and Northwestern. Many...

Why is OSU #1? They started #2 and beat #1 Texas, they then went on to beat #2 Michigan. The problem may be that there are pre season rankings, but OSU started at #2, beat #1, and hasn't lost since. That's why they're #1. OSU did play a tougher schedule, though marginally. Notre Dame is nothing more...

Michigan may be the second best team in the country but that's only speculation now, we know for sure that they are not the best. Michigan has only to look at itself as to why they are not going to be in the Fiesta Bowl; they had a chance to win their way in and they lost, the Big Ten isn't as good ...

If there was a playoff last weeks OSU/Michigan game would mean nothing, so would countless other games; Notre Dame/USC, Arkansas/Florida, etc. that are still to be played would be meaningless. This season is working out perfectly and there is a "playoff" atmosphere. Last weeks OSU/Michigan...

Since Michigan and Ohip St. each only have 1 game left and it is against each other it is now guarentted that one will end up in the Fiesta Bowl. USC and Notre Dame play each other and the loser will be eliminated, Arkansas, if they beat LSU, will play Florida and the loser of that will also be elim...

Longterm I think the kids will adapt, just like they adapted to play with all the hacking and holding that has occured in recent years. Years ago you never swung your stick or checked with your hands because it was called, that didn't take away from good hockey though because you just learned to be ...

Tommy John surgery, otherwise known as ulnar colateral ligament reconstruction, replaces a ligament with a tendon harvested from the forearm, foot, or leg. Chances of a complete recovery are estimated at 85%-90%, rehab takes about a year to year and a half. Tommy John had the surgery in 1974, didn't...

Because the end result was 1 team with 22 skaters on it I would have found a home for 4-5 of the cut kids on an upper level team somewhere. Since there is a place for the kids who get cut to go and play I have no issue with cutting kids, but to make that team have 22 players seems harsh, especially ...

For some kids hockey can and should be hard work, there has to be a place for them. We can't treat everybody the same however, hockey has a built in class system that allows for different levels of players to still play the game. Just because you're a C kid doesn't mean you want to be a A kid, many ...

I also think Silva would have been let go if not for Liriano's elbow and it's starting to sound an awful lot like Liriano is done for next year though I'm not so sure how ethical it is to go in and get Tommy John surgery done when they can't actually find a problem. As much as it pains me I'm starti...

Here's an idea for you Elliott; try and do an exit survey or something along those lines. Since every kid is resitered you guys at Mn Hockey should have names, addresses, and phone numbers for most of the players in the state. Find the ones that don't sign up the next year and try and find out why. ...

Most of the major "myths" as to why the U continually sucks in football have been debunked. 1) The high acedemic standards make it hard for the U to compete. In reality the U has one of the easiest admissions policies, 10th out of 11 I believe. Besides these same admissions standards also ...

Jackstraw, you're right and that's my whole point. In Rochester there is no reason to not play Austin, Albert Lea, Owatonna, Kasson, etc. All are less than an hour away and all give good games. The competitive aspect referred to all of district 4, specifically the years when everyone fielded an A te...

RL Stars: Taking kids below A level out of USA Hockey/MN Hockey can save much more than $40; for a number of reasons: Eliminate districts, the fact you're forced to play someone far away kills programs. People can't all afford to drive 200+ miles round trip to play 1 game, for example Austin plays R...

Do nothing and hockey will become a fringe sport, that's the problem. If kids quit in the numbers that they are there is something wrong. Rochester has nearly 100,000 people and is growing yet the numbers of kids playing hockey continues to fall, not just as a % of kids but in total numbers. 200 les...

1) Take more control of the A level and also allow AAA hockey in some form. In all A and AAA levels move the birthdate to reflect the one used by USA Hockey. Let each association determine how many A teams they want to have, 0 through what ever; if Winona doesn't feel like they have an A team they d...

Nearly all of the public school kids that have gone D1 out of Rochester were multi-sport athletes, some maybe skated once a week during the off season. Kevin Colgan- Colorado College, an excellent Tennis player Matt Leimbeck- Minnesota, great baseball player Doug Zmolek- Minnesota, a better QB than ...

For the first time ever the number of kids playing youth football (grades 4-8 not counting Lourdes kids) has surpassed the number of kids playing hockey (ages 4-15 all schools) in Rochester. The number of kids playing football has grown but slowly, the numbers of kids playing hockey is dropping.

Hot Stove League talk is great, that's why baseball is such a great game. The Twins need to figure out what to do with their current players before going on the open market, that will determine where they need to go. I'd sign Mauer to a long term deal, he's worth it and he's the face of the francise...

Friday afternoon I was riding in a van for a couple of hours with 4 other guys on our way to ref a football game and we spent all that time listening to the Twins game in almost silence, it brought me back to before games were on TV and we sat around the porch listening to games while in the distanc...