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Investment advice... bet on UConn to win the championship. They just might not lose another game all year.

Scott Jennings? Yeah, he's usually pretty good to watch.

Everyone in the news industry is.

Based off of the OP's list: 1.) Arch Manning, Texas, Top 5 pick, 93.5 score <--- Still a top 10 pick? Or staying another year? 2.) Cade Klubnik, Clemson, Top 10 pick, 89.6 <--- On a Bucs message board, I'm hearing people like this guy in the 4th. 3.) Drew Allar, Penn State, Top 10 pick, 89.0 <--- Got hurt in game 1 (2?), this year. Did he red-shirt? Is he entering the draft? 4.) Nico Iamaleava, UCLA, Mid 1st round, 88.0 <--- Never heard of him. 5.) Garrett Nussmeier, LSU, Mid 1st round, 87.7 <--- Hearing this guys a 3rd round pick. 6.) LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina, Mid 1st round, 86.5 <--- Never heard of him. 7.) Sam Leavitt, Arizona State, Late 1st round, 84.6 <--- Never heard of him. 8.) John Mateer, Oklahoma, Mid 2nd round, 83.6 <--- Never heard of him. 9.) Miller Moss, Louisville, Late 2nd round, 83.6 <--- Never heard of him. 10.) Carson Beck, Miami, Late 2nd, 83.3 <--- Hearing he's a Day 3 pick.

Last night I was at my brother's and he was watching that Miami game last night. After it was done, I looked at my brother and asked, "Is he really not a top prospect"? He said, "Nah, probably a late round flyer, career backup type". I don't get it. The kid seems to win and produce. He told me that Beck was like in his 6th year though, like he's 24 or something. I don't know.

In non-PPR leagues, there's that many WR's taken in the first round? On purpose?

From a top 26 perspective, right now, he's there. The issue is that the Pirates aren't going to want him to ride the pine, they're going to want him to get AB's. Hitting HR's with a .270 average in AAA is good, the problem is he strikes out too much and doesn't walk enough. He's not going hit HR's like that in the majors, plus he's going to strike out more and walk less. I won't have a handle on how they're going to handle Griffin until after the business season. If they sign Eugenio, they're likely to be content with Triolo at SS for a good while. Triolo is an elite defender and if he's a competent hitter like he was at the end of the season, then the offensive production of the team will dictate how long Griffin is in AAA. I think they're hope is that they can hold out for him to get Super 2 status. If they're smart (which we know they aren't), they offer Griffin a 10+ year / $150M+ contract now.

The league never recovered from the last one and it's in their best interest to not repeat that mistake. If they do that now, there's way too many other options for kids to go in than there was back in the 90's. Plus, people have less disposable income and pissing fans off will certainly lose fans. They need to not have a lockout. They definitely need a cap and floor with better revenue sharing. The small market teams generate about 20 to 30% of their operating costs from the local TV deals, and there's a real problem there. Now, FanDuel Sports is defaulting on their TV deals with teams. That's a problem the owners need to fix and that's where the revenue sharing needs to be addressed.

I'll be curious to see how he and the players, handle the CBA. I think the players are stupid and are going to force a lockout. Manfred is right about very few things... a cap system he's right about. I'll be interested to see if and how he pushes it and how the players respond. Salary cap systems are better for the players than no system, but I don't think the MLBPA are smart enough to know that.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Based on what's happened with the Pirates this offseason, I'm thinking Garcia starts the year in AAA and is there until at least June or July, unless one of two things happen... 1) A couple guys are hurt at the same time 2) He's killing it in Indianapolis. If I were a gambling man, I'd bet on under 150 PA's this season.

If they have Boras for an agent, they'll sign in February before Spring Training. Boras wants as many of his guys, as he can, on the market when almost no one is left so that the supply would be low and demand be high.

I wouldn't be surprised if he's guilty. Also wouldn't be surprised if she's just trying to get money.

Leftist policies. Unions are just one of them. Back to using this alias again, Rusty?

You really aren't a very intelligent person, are you? Let's back this up a bit. Why were slaves (sorry, illegal immigrants), hired by contractors? Let me guess, you're sub 80 IQ thinks it was because no one wanted those jobs, right? That would be incorrect. The reason they were attained, was because of the Left's obsession with Labor Unions. Because of that, construction workers were in unions and it drove up their wages past their value. What came next? People who weren't in unions fought back and states were forced to establish Right-to-Work laws. Because of that, contractors moved on from union workers and take advantage of that law, and hire immigrants. At the time, these people were mostly here on work visas. Over time, those people stopped going back to their countries of origin and stayed here beyond what they were allowed. Because governments looked the other way, they were allowed to stay. So, someone with an IQ over 80 could easily come to the conclusion that, this country has plenty of legal citizens who will happily take those jobs for fair (but not inflated due to unions), wages.

How come only one got prison?

Correct. I think its pretty telling how ignorant you are, that you don't think there's enough blue collar worker's out there to do these jobs.

I understand what you’re saying is utter nonsense.

So you're saying that now construction owners must pay American wages to American's? Imagine that, gutterboy against the American worker. Who's shocked? No me. He's pro-slavery.

If you say so.

Agreed.

I don't know if they will or not, but there should be a change in guards at the OC position. Honestly, GM and HC need to go to, but my guess is that they survive this disappointing season. OC, though, will probably be the patsy.

Big money league: Prior to Bowers being out, ESPN had me projected to win by like 7 points My opponent: Jared Goff Drake Maye Bijan Robinson Derrick Henry Ja'Marr Chase Jameson Williams Kyle Pitts Sr. Rico Dowdle Probably will replace DE (had KC) Eddy Pineiro Me: Joe Burrow Bryce Young Jonathan Taylor Tyrone Tracy Jr. Jaxon Smith-Njigba Puka Nacua Need TE (Bowers out) Tetairoa McMillan Need DE (had Buffalo) Cam Little Small office league (projected to win [Yahoo], 160.34 - 154.10): Opponent: Bo Nix Jacoby Brissett Ja'Marr Chase Tetairoa McMillan Jonathan Taylor Christian McCaffrey Harold Fannin Jr. Travis Etienne Jr. Broncos Me: Matthew Stafford Trevor Lawrence Puka Nacua Courtland Sutton Bijan Robinson Ashton Jeanty Trey McBride Omarion Hampton Saints

Todd Bowles isn't running the offense......