If you haven't joined the college football pick'em, time is running out. The first group of games is out and the smell tailgating is in the air. Are you ready for some football??

Its interesting, there's lots of consternation on the Husker board because no one knows what rule(s) he broke, and some are saying "the rules must be crap" or its "unfair" that he was dismissed because others have been suspended and allowed to return.

Here's about the best post in response, and I agree completely:

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Letmethinkaboutthatforjustasecond YES!!!

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Bad thing is I am leaving for South Dakota on the 5th and I wont get to see SEC football till my brother send me the tapes.

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Guns don't kill people, Gaping holes in vital organs do.

Are you moving up there Dawg?

Yep, lots of work up there. I have three interviews two days after I arrive.

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Guns don't kill people, Gaping holes in vital organs do.

Good luck Dawg with the move and the interviews.

In other news: Thunder Collins Sentenced For Life For The Murder Of Timothy Thomas

Another Husker RB convicted, this time for first-degree murder. yikes.

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Thanks looking forward to this CHANGE lol sorry couldn't resist

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Guns don't kill people, Gaping holes in vital organs do.

Yep, already saw that - but the crime(s), fueled by drug addiction, were after he was long gone from the Huskers - and he was never a star there either, not even a starter. No controversy on this one, just sad that another young guy screwed up his life and others due to drugs.

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Good luck with the move and interviews Dawg. It'll be tough to keep up with the SEC up there. And it'll be damn cold too!

No problem there, change can be a very good thing

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Guns don't kill people, Gaping holes in vital organs do.

Day-um Dawg. I think you topped me.

How about this guys?

Tim Tebow poised to pass Vince Young as all-time greatest player - Stewart Mandel - SI.com

I hate these kinda of stories, not just because its about a lizard. He could be hit by a truck next week or break his neck during the year. He hasn't even finished school how can they even say what he will do after college. A lot of athletes never make it in the pros.

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Guns don't kill people, Gaping holes in vital organs do.

I don't like them either. It's like saying my 401(k) going way up next year (I hope it does). Give the guy a chance to play out his final year. Then talk about it. On the other hand, it's about what he's done in college. It's based solely on his college career and not what he will eventually do, or not do, in the pros. You have to admit, he's done pretty well so far. Even for a lizard.

I didn't read the article I was basing my opinion on the title and it said nothing of college lol... I was wondering how they got Vince Young as the greatest player ever.

I agree he is a class act for the most part. I just get sick of hearing about him to be honest. I have friends that would swear he is the next coming of Christ. My best friend just had a Son and named him John Tebow. That's taking it to far to me lol

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Guns don't kill people, Gaping holes in vital organs do.

Ya know, I like Tebow. He's obviously a great athlete, and by all appearances even a better person. But after the press essentially deified him last year, I kinda hate to see it all starting again this early. All time best? Silly comparison - different eras, different systems, there can never be concensus on "the greatest player of all time."

As I saw posted elsewhere in response to one of these fawning articles, "I am more impressed that Tebow recently ended all Terrorism. Shortly before walking across water to save a burning orphanage from being destroyed by a tornado, he killed Osama Bin Ladin with a play action fake QB draw pass right to the gut.

Then of course he ended world hunger."

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LOL

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Guns don't kill people, Gaping holes in vital organs do.

You said it best. The press deified him. It's not the kids fault. He simply enjoys playing them game and is very passionate about it. Too bad he has to get trashed like this for loving the game.

Aww c'mon mriff. No one here is trashing him, and I really haven't seen anyone else trashing him either. See my first two sentences above. I think he's pretty universally respected as both a player and as a person - the parodies like the one I posted really are trashing the media, not Tebow.

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Sorry. I didn't mean you were trashing him. But he does get jumped on by some in the media for who he is. I think there's a certain segment out there who would love to see him fail. And they constantly write this kind of stuff about him. It's only natural. On the other hand, the fawning gets tiresome as well. He's not the second coming, he's just a very talented kid who loves to play.

I have to say, with very rare exception, I haven't seen that. That's kinda the whole point, that the huge majority of the media fawns.

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I agree, for the most part the media loves the kid.

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Guns don't kill people, Gaping holes in vital organs do.

Yeah, I think you guys are right. I guess I'm sensitive to a little of the knocking he does get. The same thing happened to Wuerffel back in the day.

Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled programming.

I need to get in to the Yahoo site and make my picks. I'm guessing there are some Thursday games on the list?

If Florida wins the national championship again this year, as expected. And if Tebow wins the Heisman again this year, as expected. Then I think he definitely has made a claim to being one of the most dynamic and accomplishe college football players of all time. Vince Young had one great season and won the national championship in the last few seconds/minutes in the BCS title game, although he never won the Heisman (and yes, Reggie Bush truly deserved it that year, although I do believe it should be taken away from him now). Young's bggest accomplishment, in my opinion, were the improvements made in the passing game, in which he went from a Top 50 QB to a Top 10 QB in one season (with a passer rating only half a point less than the previous Heisman winner and a near 2x increasing in yardage output).

...but I do not personally believe that Young was the best college football player of all time. I don't mind the comparisons of Tebow in this category, although I'm really not sure why one season has seemingly given Young this title (even when he wasn't voted the best college football player that season).

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Oh hey, while I have you guys here, any of you use a DTV dish while tailgating? I have two different kinds of dishes (dual-LNB and triple-LNB (or it may be 5-LNB)), as well as an HR-21 receiver, and a tripod. Any ideas which dish I should take with me and any hints on setup?

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The main knocking of Wuerffel I remember was when the Huskers knocked him real bad and sacked him for a safety in the Fiesta Bowl.

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I have no problem whatsoever agreeing with that statement, since you included the words I bolded. What I think is silly is trying to crown him (or anyone else) THE best ever, comparing to other standouts from completely different eras.

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My wife wants to know if we'll let "girls" join the pick 'em? (Girl Ohio State fans, to boot!)

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Hey Jibi, et al... LTNS....

If you want HD, you will need the 5 LNB dish, or the 3 LNB dish (assuming it is a Slimline type dish). As far as the setup it is real easy. Set it up on the tripod at your house. You can actually plug the receiver in, punch in your zip code and it will tell you how to set the dish. Just adjust all of the settings on the dish to match what the receiver tells you...

I have a small single LNB dish, and receiver that I use for tailgating. Works real well. Since I only use the dish for this purpose, I just adjusted all of the settings one time, now the only thing I have to do is point it in the correct direction of the SE sky when tailgating.

P.S. - Once you get the hang of it, and you can get it to work at your house, you will want to set the receiver zip code to that of the stadium. Since you are so far away, you will want the settings to work over there, and they will be a bit different compared to your house (assuming you still live in ATL).

Oh man, bad karma. Like having a woman in a fishing boat. Just kidding. No problems here.

I like to forget about that year and remember the next.

Doing this doesn't mean that I won't be able to get the same programming that I get here, right? The only reason I say this is because Auburn is one of the only places left that doesn't have DTV Local Programming, so watching college football is not an option except on ESPN (and no offense to the Big Ten, but I don't care about watching anything but LFS/CBS in the mornings after College Gameday). I'm wanting to make sure that I keep my local programming while in Auburn in order to pull the Atlanta-area local channels.

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Yazoo High athlete a hero, sheriff says | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger

Great story (even if none of us are MSU fans)!

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Where is the pickem site? How do I access?

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The Florida Gators
- Two national titles in the last 3 years.
- Ranked in 67 consecutive polls, including 48 weeks in the top 10
- More wins in the last 3 years than any other team in the nation.
- Urban Meyer holds a 7-1 record at UF against top-five teams, a 11-2 mark against top-10 opponents and
is 18-5 against the top 25.

Yes, even if you go to Auburn you will still get Atlanta locals. Nothing you can change in the receiver (including your actual physical location) will get you any other locals (the information is in the access card based on your billing address, and is sent to it by DirecTV over satellite).

In short, you are good to go!

Careful, that's not entirely true. Depends on WHICH locals you're signed up to get. Locals for the largest metro areas are sent on normal satellite channels, but some of the smaller metros get their satellite locals via 'narrow beam" satellite channels, which won't get reception if you're very far removed from that area. I'd guess what you say is likely correct for the ATL locals though.

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