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So the Rangers were down 3-1 in the series, and Ken Campbell writes the article in Hockey News calling it for the Penguins: "Season's Over for the Rangers, Now It's Time to Look Forward" http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/seasons-over-for-rangers-now-its-time-to-look-to-the-future/ We all know how that turned out. So he learns his lesson and apologizes profusely for shitting all over the Rangers before the games are played. Except, wait a minute, he doesn't do that at all. Instead he goes ahead and thrashes them again and calls for the winner of Boston/Montreal to pound them, while getting butthurt about the criticism he attracted in the process: "Rangers Deserve Credit But They'll Lose Eastern Conference Final" http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/rangers-deserve-credit-but-theyll-lose-eastern-conference-final/

Did you think today's 18 year olds were going to play like 24 year olds tomorrow?

Not surprising. Watkins is the highest-drafted WR since AJ Green and only a five have been higher since 2000: First-taken WRs and WRs taken at/above #4 since 2000: 2013 8 Tavon Austin 2012 5 Justin Blackmon 2011 4 AJ Green 2010 22 Demariyus Thomas 2009 10 Michael Crabtree 2008 33 Donnie Avery 2007 2 Calvin Johnson 2006 25 Santonio Holmes 2005 3 Braylon Edwards 2004 3 Larry Fitzgerald 2003 2 Charles Rogers & 3 Andre Johnson 2002 13 Donte Stallworth 2001 8 David Terrell 2000 4 Peter Warrick Career receiving yards years for players in bold: AJ Green, 2013, 98 Rec, 1426 Yds Calvin Johnson 2012: 122 Rec, 1964 Yds Braylon Edwards 2007: 80 Rec, 1289 Yds Larry Fitzgerald, 2008: 96 Rec, 1431 Yds Charles Rogers, Trainwreck of injuries and substance abuse issues Andre Johnson, 2012: 112 Rec, 1598 Yds Peter Warrick, 2003, 79 Rec, 819 Yds One things certain: we gotta get this kid the ball.

Was initially desiring to better understand certain posters' positions, since learned there is going to be a parade and curiosity of said parade has become overwhelming and now merely seeking the details of said parade: Taro T IKnowPhysics

I'm being facetiously francophobic.

Just the NHL on NBC theme march.

The pompousness?

I try, once in a while.

###### my bad. Fixo'd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TBam6gzgLM Thread Summary Angry about the price increase: LGR4M PASabreFan Sabres Fan in NS 716 Understanding of the price increase: Glass Case of Emotion IKnowPhysics Spndnchz d4rksabre PromoTheRobot X.Benedict Eleven Naulter8 schrader dudacek Darryl Shannon's +/- No statement on price increase, but arguing with Angry folks anyways: Claude Verret TrueBluePhD LTS Taro T qwksndmonster No statement on price increase, but supportive of Angry folks: Andrew Amerk Initially ok with price increase, but now arguing with Understanding folks: Ghost of Dwight Drane Fracking: SwampD I Do Cocaine: Yuri Olesha Is that everyone?

Jesus, he's infinitely more wise and more readable than Kerry Fraser.

I believe this to be true.

In some places, yes, that isn't considered normal. (And be cause I grew up in WNY, I consider them not normal, those teatotaling weirdos). But there are lots of places where it's completely normal. Example: Wisconsin. #1 in DUI (###### yeah!). Great Lakes cities are hard drinkin', hard livin' towns, but it extends beyond the lakes into the upper midwest. The Dakotas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, etc all lead in binge drinking studies.

Stephen Colbert, from "The Colbert Report," is leaving to take over for Letterman. Colbert will be replaced by Larry Wilmore, who will host "The Minority Report."

According to section 49.3(d) of the CBA, teams that have gate receipts less than 75% of the league average are eligible for revenue sharing, as subject by the Revenue Sharing Oversight Comittee. Clubs that are eligible must submit a business plan to the RSOC, and funds are subject to plan approval and successful execution of the plans. According to Forbes, Sabres are 20th in revenue. The total gate receipts for the NHL are $906M, averaging $30.2M. Sabres gate receipts are $22M, 72.8% of the league average. That makes us eligible for revenue sharing, but those funds are subject to providing RSOC with a plan ans successfully executing that plan. Hence the Sabres' ticket price increase. Note that gate receipt increases trail ticket price increases by about 1%, so the Sabres effectively have planned to increase ticket prices 4%, expecting a gate receipt increase of 3%. This plan, added to the 72.8%, safely meets the required 75%. Within 1%, they're executing the plan that RSOC required of them to be eligible for revenue sharing. I couldn't find the revenue sharing amounts, but it's definitely more than the planned ($22M x 3%) $0.66M increase of the gate receipts. And the season ticket holders, who pay for much of the increase in ticket prices, are getting rebates in SabreBucks to the tune of 6.5%, which by my math is probably between $1M and $1.5M, more than the actual increase in gate receipts. I think it's a good circumvention of the CBA: increase the gate receipts to appease the league and remain eligible for revenue sharing and give the money back in rebates to season ticket holders. The only downsides are that only STH's are benefitted and rebate are only in SabreBucks.

It was meant to sound like that. It was more so a play on words because he was suspended for a game for a groin kick.

Believeable. Glad he's getting his shot.

This is what I see. Seems like a good RB that just didn't get playing time. Should grow into a good role if/when FJ leaves/is carted off.

This pick kicks nuts.

Interesting angle. We take the money to keep it out of the mitts of other franchises.

Haha, the board's starting to crap out, presumably because the TBD tire fire just went critical with news of Johnson's trading.

As am I, because, like so-and-so's mother, we have holes to fill. I welcome this unfamiliar sense of urgency.

Ok. Good. There's so many of those toilet bowl collars pictured at the online retailers (especially NFL.com) that I don't know what to Billieve any more.

Are we going back to the stupid collars? What's the story?

Welcome BYU laureate! Just kidding. The only time I've ralphed on myself was when the only choice was either to do it on me or a random stranger, and I'm just not that kind of person.