Tyler Rose

25yds=1pt all TDs=6pts.....INT/FUMLST=-2 I have Favre in my line up right now but wonder what the weather in Chicago may be like Sunday and should I just play it safe and go with Ben indoors against the Rams? Any opinions would be appreciated and I'll gladly respond to any posts. Thanks in advance folks.

standard scoring-10pts per 10yds rush/rec....1pts per 25yds passing...allTDs 6pts...-2 for INTs and FLs QB-Favre or Roethlisberger(need one) RB-LT(given),F Taylor, K Smith, L Moroney, A Stecker(need two) WR-R White, A Boldin, L Evans, D Mason, A Gonzalez(need two) Looking for other peoples ideas on this line up as I have my own opinions but curious to hear others thoughts. I'll gladly answer any other posts.

In a pinch with the weather and overall bad options. Appreciate any ideas form the masses. I had originally planned to go with Evans and Gonzalez but the weather forecast for Cleveland has me reconsidering Evans. I'll answer any posts that reply.....Thanks in advance

He was listed as active but I don't know if he even took any snaps...any Titan fans out there who saw the game?

The last report I read on McMichaels court case was that it would be postponed until a later date possibly until after the season. I'd go with him as Kleinsasser is back in the mix in Minnesota and Miami has so few weapons after Chambers and Brown.

Thomas Hearns(in an interview during the Jerry Lewis telethon back in the 80s)-"I'd like to help Jerry Lewis with his fight against kids..." Randall "Tex" Cobb- "In tennis you make a mistake it's 15-love...in boxing you make a mistake and it's your a**!"

I agree. Jones Jr has shown a major glass jaw as of late and couldn't hurt Tarver or Johnson in his previous 2 fights so there is no reason that Tarver won't walk right through him this time as well.

In my opinion alot of the 'good old fashioned knockouts' are not happening late in fights now is because of the reduction from 15 round "Championship" fights to the watered down 12 rounders we have been stuck with all these years. To me a 12 round fight will always be equated with the NABF or USBA championship and the real Championships were 15 rounders. Rounds 11-15 were known as 'Alis Alley' back in the day because he'd get a guy in those last few rounds, abuse him and put him away.Real Champs were ready to go 15 and that seperated them from the contenders and pretenders. If Leonard/Hearns 1 was a 12 rounder then Hearns wins a decision and there is no classic Dundee line"You're blowin' it kid..you're blowin it!!" Because of all the publicity surrounding Doo Koo Kims tragic death after the war with Mancini they pushed for these cheap 12 round fights. Despite no proof that more fighters had been injured in rounds 12,13,14 and 15 boxing cowtoed to the AMA and too much negative publicity and lowered the limits. If anything it's the drastic weight loss methods that fighters use to get down to the limit in a ridiculous amount of time that leaves some fighters weak and not properly hydrated(moving the weigh ins to 24 to 48 hours before a fight has helped curb this). Fighters are unfortunately still being gravely injured in fights of this 12 round distance(Gerald MacClellan...etc)so I'm all for reinstateing the 15 round limits and proving who the real Champs are!!

The big question is whether in the rematch Hopkins can actually start sooner in the bout. He has become quite the slow starter over the past few years and due to the lack of quality competition it had never really hurt him. Trinidad and DelaHoya were blown up welters and junior middles and the middleweight division was definately depleted of any good challenges for Bernard. He was able to take his time......rough up the guys at his discretion and then turn it on late. Taylor was too young and too talented to use that strategy on. So Hopkins is going to have to get it going on sooner in the rematch or it's the same result. Is he just finally to old to do it?

Taylor has to stay focused for 3 minutes every round for all 12 rounds as Hopkins will use every trick in the book(dirty and clean)to make him frustrated. Taylor has all the tools but it still may be a bit early in his career to be able to put it all together for a complete fight. It boils down to whether or not Taylor can handle anything unexpected in the fight....a cut.....blatant fouls not being penalized....subtle elbows and headbutts on the inside. Bernard has seen it all in his long career and it'll be up to Taylor to adjust. It should be a good one and I see Hopkins winning a clear cut decision but Taylor will have his day a bit later on.

The original Rocky is also an all time classic......Rocky 2 I also enjoyed but refuse to recognize any Rocky film made after those two.

Hoosiers is the #1 and a personal favorite of mine is All the Right Moves. A much skinnier Chris Penn is a heck of a team captain!! The scene where Ampipe is riding on the bus to play the 'rich kids' and Penn is doing the Rosary and is all choked up....great drama(of course he'd just found out his girlfriend is pregnant and he won't be going to USC)but a great flic all in all.

J Lewis C Dillon To me Portis is still a question mark in Gibbs system and Brooks is just as likely to run it in or to toss an INT from the 3 as he is to hand it to Duece.

A quick note here to say that former light heavy contender Julian Letterlough was shot and killed recently........if you ever saw this guy hit he was awesome!! Huge power and fun to watch go at it. I believe he lost his only title fight at 'Cruiserweight' to Jirov but he was a true warrior and will be missed not only in the boxing world but life in general.

Along those same lines one could say Micky Ward has a ton of heart but didn't have the natural abilities or hand speed of say a.......Hector Camacho who had the heart for the sport knocked out of him by one left hook from Edwin Rosario back in the Garden... It's alway fun to put together the 'perfect' fighter'.........Shavers one punch power....Benitez defensive abilities......Roy Jones Jr hand speed......Gatti or Wards heart etc......