CBS message boards used to be great  cuz you could track stories you commented on via your profile. You suffered the usual trolls, but you also could find interesting discussion that were more than 2- second twitter ejaculations.

CBS Fantasy Sports have been weak except for college football where they 're  the best  due to poor competition.

What they did with fantasy baseball is dizzying. They went from too little info to TMI.

CBS made no formal announcement and I had to find this via a non CBS outlet.

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....and the Oscar goes to Dwight Howard for sometimes posing as someone who cares about playing basketball.

My Nuggets w/o Gallo cruised by the Lakers last night and still the chat rooms are filled with Kobe Amnesty talk and Pau injury reports.

Lakers are 3GB of the final playoff spot, yet their trivial expectorations steal  headlines from the Thunder, dull Spurs' news, & even toss ice on Heat explosions.

Hey ESPN get off the Lakers c^^k

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No one knows if and when MD pays the 50 mil or less for early exiting the ACC. Sports change is difficult for me, and I won't rehash the opinions I've typed ad nauseum about missing Wacky Tobacky road.

As the disco dj's used to say 'the record keeps spinning...round and round".

So while I've noticed that Miami Fla , who joined the ACC less than a decade ago, is running up the men's hoop charts, I've focused more  attention than usual to the Big10, and I've been impressed with the excitement of the Mich/Ohio St and Indiana /Illinois games  and , of course, one can not ignore the Wisky bottles until katy bars the door.

Who doesn't know the Big10 football lore of the Bo & Big House, Woody Hayes, Bubba Smith, Leroy Keyes (Purdue), etc. More recently : Charles Woodson (Mich), one of a few defensive players to win the Heisman, Urban's growing legend in Columbus, Madison, WI maniacs.

in the past few seasons the Big 10 has improved it's lacrosse status and they'll need to get prepared for the Terps, one of the best LAX programs in the nation. During the year I spent at College Park, MD (1977-78) , I heard more "bad boy" bar stories about the lacrosse players than football players.

I'll leave you with one of my favorite childhood 45's. CCR's Fortunate Son  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbNnvPBokNs

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Elmore expressed concern that the decision was driven exclusively by Athletic Director Kevin Anderson and university President Wallace Loh, neither of whom have “had any real affinity with Maryland pride.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/terrapins-insider/wp/2012/11/17/maryland-legend-len-elmore-speaks-out-against-potential-big-ten-move/

Thx Len: I'm still spitting nails and you nailed the sentiments of most Terps fans.

There is so much rich history, particularly in hoops, that it asinine to let the man who's ruined our football program move us. There's a 50 mil ACC buyout unless they found some way to avoid that.

BTW, Elmore was on some great Terps basketball team with Tom McMillen and others. back in the day when a conference got one ticket to the Dance

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Less than two weeks til the NBA tips off a full season. I'm one of the few fans that were not overly excited about Denver acquiring Igoudala  while losing Afflalo & Harrington in the four team DHow deal. Afflalo was Ok on offense, but he was stellar on D, and  the Nugs are going miss his D.

I think Coach Karl has done a great job with Javal McGee, a center acquired from the Wizards for the 2012 playoff run.

Nugs finish sixth in the West

Three division winners: LAL, OKC, Spurs

remaining five: Memphis, LAC, Nuggets, Utah, Memphis.

I'm keeping my eyes on the Suns, although that's dangerous.

I like Scola & Gortat around the basket.

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Clemson 40 Virginia Tech 30: Clemson defense hasn't improved as much as they hoped, but VT's D ain't much either

Virginia 19 Wake Forest 18: Both teams need a W badly and I guess one will .

I posted this at mac app, too. Home teams in Bold

Georgia Tech 44 Boston College 20 GT  will blow off steam

Maryland 24  NC State 22 Hollis has been suitable at QB and Diggs (WR) has fulfilled the expectations of a major recruit. I may have to cut Edsall some slack if they beat NC St, a tough team to gauge.. Are they team that the Canes blew out or the team that edged the Noles?

North Carolina 29  Duke 20 - These schools are  nearly backyard Tobaccco Road neighbors. The battle of the blue shaded jersey will be  smoky for awhile. Head coaches Fedora & Cutliffe are solid offensive strategists.

Florida State 36 Miami 22 - This ain't the late 1980's are early 90's big time gangsta rumble. Neon Deion now blind us with ugly suits rather than flashy play.. Canes are mess  and the Noles are continuing their recovery from the NC St loss

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Billy  Gillispie resigned for health reason as the hoops coach @ Texas Tech but will be paid for the rest of his contract, which expires on April 30, 2013.  He's claiming a heart problem and some folks claim he belongs in the loony bin. Billy G had good years at UTEP and Texas A&M before stumbling the blue grass of Kentucky.. Bobby Knight's son did n't pass off a talented squad to Billy G .  This article from the http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2012-09-20/texas-tech-officials-failed-billy-gillispie-just-as-he-failed-them does a better job of detailing the key points than I can.

My  question is after  TT fired Mike Leach as the head football coach for allegedly locking Craig James kid in a shed during practice, why would you hire Billy G, who  to put it mildly, was/is highly volatile.

Sometimes we're quick to judge kids  for failing a class, falling down drunk, or not giving it  there all, but when will the well compensated university administrators start providing a more stable  enviroment.

Oh yeah and I'm not advocating a nanny state just that those in charge do their F'n job.

Morning rant over!

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Week 13 ACC prognostications

Home team in ALL CAPS

MIAMI (FLA) 10 Boston College 9- No Flutie Hail Marys in this one .

NC ST 24 Maryland 13- Wacky Wolfpack will beat the terrible Terps.  Ugly unis are more important than a good team @ College park, MD.

Georgia 30  GEORGIA TECH 20- GT couldn't slow down Duke's O so they won't have any luck with the DAWGS.

UNC 21 Duke 20- Nailbiter between  I85 neighbors.

Vandy 24 WAKE FOREST 21 : Another game near I85. Vandy's Coach Franklin (should be the Terps coach) has done a nice job in his first season.

Florida St 35 FLORIDA 24- Another one time classic who's luster has faded. Gators struggled for 3 quarters against Furman --enuough said.

SOUTH CAROLINA 26 Clemson 22- Gamecocks complete a 3-0 SEC sweep of the ACC this weekend.

Virginia Tech 21 VIRGINIA 20- The  Hokies have just enough to squeeze by the Cavs.

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I'm not up to speed on hoops, yet, but I'll hazard some guesses on the ACC season.

My Terps hired  Mark Turgeon, a Midwest dude  and a decent coach @ Wichita St & Texas A&M, but the jury is out on how well he'll recruit  on Tobacco Road. Did Turgeon foresee TAMU going to the SEC, a so-so hoops conference? Terps will be missing  injured PG Pe'shon Howard and 7'1  & Russky Lan during their.pre- ACC schedule which features three solid  opponents: Bama, Illinois, & Notre Dame, and visit from Isiah Thomas FIU squad.

1 North Carolina- is a deep squad with Barnes, etc, but I wonder about their depth @ PG     

2-Duke has the Plums returning and a  Rivers running.        

3 Clemson        

4 Florida State lost their two top scorers so but should be Ok        

5 Virginia - Bennet is running out of time     

6 Virginia Tech  

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7 Maryland           

8 NC St           

9 Georgia Tech

10 Boston Colleg

11 Miami (Fla) - will miss Coach Haith now @ Mizzou and Larranga (GW) will need a season

12 Wake Forest - Deacons needs to keep praying

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Week 11 ACC Prognostications

Home team in ALL CAPS

GEORGIA TECH 28 Virginia Tech 26  GT's O is still in high gear and their porous D  will do just enough against VT's  sputtering offense .

Notre Dame 28 Maryland 19- This is listed as an ND home game but their playing @ Fed Ex field , a few miles from the Terps campus. Kelly is getting just enough from his guys while Edsall isn't getting through.  Notre Dame's only previous meeting with Maryland came in a 22-0 Irish victory over the 21st-rated Terps on Aug. 31, 2002, at Giants Stadium in the Kickoff Classic. That game marked the first of the Tyrone Willingham era at Notre Dame.

CLEMSON 34  Wake Forest 20- Clemson got their loss out of the way., and their QB Boyd is a stud.

North Carolina St 20 BC 13- I wouldn't bet $$$ on either of these erratic teams

VA 26 Duke 14- Cavs are going bowling and the Blue boyz have  a weak D.

FLORIDA ST 31 Miami (Fla) 23-  Maybe this game is getting back some of it's luster, but the Noles D  will slow down Harris to Streeter and the Canes running game. Emanuel is decent not great @QB and will spread the ball around enough for the W.

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