FanNation - The Republic of Sport

15 blogs have more than 5,000 views.

However, since 7/16/08 the SIFS has failed to produce a 1,000+ blog. None have even broken 500 (closest being 483).

6 blogs have 10,000+ views.

I just counted all of the 1,000+ view blogs and discovered that the SIFS has 93. A Monday Morning Mac Attack (Christmas Eve) reached 149,770 views. Insane...

In lieu of the FanNation changes, I am out of SIFS.

Can someone give me the pass for this group? I'm already "in it", as Lifer, but I don't know the password to get back in.

Where is all of the blogs? Where is the message boards?

I was in a poll when I was gone and I'm predicted to be 2nd in medals? NICE!!!!!!!!!

What team won in the Manny Ramirez trade?

* Dodgers 40%
* Red Sox 0%
* Pirates 60%

I can't post my blog next week, vacation

What nation do you think will take the lead in medals in Beijing?

* China 0%
* United States 75%
* Soviet Union 0%
* Those manly men from East Germany 8%
* Cheezhead 16%

Sorry all. Like LoS, my computer has had some issues. Just got it restored so I'm good to go. The MMA will be up on Monday.

I love this poll. The Soviet Union no longer exists and neither does East Germany. WOW!

I guess cheezhead has a better chance than the Soviet Union since he actually exists...

I wonder who voted for Cheezhead???

It's all about the U.S. and Cheezhead. A rivalry for the ages.

Sorry about my absence. My computer broke and I havn't had much time to use my parents computer.

That poll is definately both of the above.......

In response to the cycling time poll i voted both. There obviously is better testing, and it is apparent that there is more cheating. The fact that these guys are riding about 100+ miles each day is extradinary, and it doesnt surprise me that many of the riders are using something to be able to complete this challenge.

I actually like the group picture.

I forgot my blog this weekend, sorry

No locker talk in a while...

about bigalkes blog, they actually do get some time on the mind of the public really. They arte on NBC from 8-9 and ESPN mentions them and talks about them for a little while each day when some swimming action happens.

Put Favre as the group pic!

Hey, a new picture!

Great!

Porkins joined?!?! Great.....

Greetings

But if we give them to him he'll most likely accidently OD, right?

I sure hope not. We expect greatness out of you. Ya hear me? GREATNESS!!!!

Thanks to everyopne for voting me in. You will not regret it.

Thanks Hiya. Yeah, I was talking about the old poll.

Of course Tiger is the man. That's why I blogged about him in the 40/40.

HOVA, maybe not yet, but if he isn't than who is?

Answer to the poll: HELL YES!

Answer to the poll: HELL NO!

Today has been a pretty good blogging day. We've had like four in the past three hours.

*smacks pimp*

calm down!

Someone forgot to pay the pimp...

I dont WANT to calm down

I want to rant and rave and jump and down

Get up
get up
and get down!

Fan-Nation is a joke in this town!

Grab your knives and pitchfork!

Calm down, David. We just did the championship, it wasn't done until today.

Are you ever going to post ANY details on the group matchups?

I mean REALLY

I'm BACK. The blog will be posted tonight.

He will hit more than Barry Bonds and he will probably retire at the end of that season . . . so I think that 780 is about my guess.

Somewhere between 700 and 800 is my guess.

So what's up with this tourney I keep hearing about?

He will hit at least 700!

Dyhard ya wanna TD on that? You say he will only hit 680?

Barring injuries, 700-800 is the most likely.

He just HAD to break the TD record at the Dome...didn't he....?

800? I say between 600 and 700...he will get in the 680 range.

Well if you are a division rival, I don't expect you to love Favre. He killed your teams when we faced you guys...haha

And possibly Detroit....

A-rod will hit 800 homers in his career. He currently has like 530 I think and that is through 10 years of playing. He will play for about another 8 years so if he hits about 30 homers a year for 8 years he will have... 770 homers then! And he will definetely hit more than that per year!

or chicago

How do you not like Favre?

Grow up in Minnesota....

You gotta love Favre...greatest QB ever! (In Packers history)

*wear

and whats not to love about that?

He taught grown men to where cheese on their heads!

How do you not like Favre?

Somebody doesn't like Favre, Dan.

Cheez. Shut up.

No! You can't do a simple math problem that a fifth-grader can do to duplicate a quarterback greater than the one in the pic, in a better uniform, who is the perfect American role model and one of the few positive role models we have left in sports in the U.S.A.!!!!! Are you out of your mind?

Why is there a quarterback without a green and yellow jersey and a number 4 on it here as our group pic?

Lakers in 6. I am so happy that it's Celtics-Lakers. 21 years is a long time. I was only 5 but I heard a lot about this series from my pops. I had no clue what the hell he was talking about though...it took a while longer for Ball to enter the life.

Welcome Ghost.

Estoy aqui

Hey Ghosty, gooley, fantasma.

Welcome, Ghost.

YAY GHOST ! ! ! ! ! !

Hello everyone, thanks for embracing me with love and acceptance.

Welcome back Da Masta.

Why thank you, Hater.

Note: Ignore the QOTD w/ 0 responses and go to the other one. I accidentally double posted, since I have some mouse problems I think.

The PTI blog must be really good or something. It got the entirely posted.

Da Masta is back!

Isn't there a none of the above option in the poll?

I thought we had more than 41 members.

Over/under-4

Number of years it takes for the Marlins to trade away most of the current team.

Definitely the Marlins...this year was supposed to be a rebuilding year w/ a $20 mil payroll.

Booo! Kobe, boo!!!!

Stupid 40/40 and it's stupid italics screwing up the stupid locker talk.

Celtics have kind of been exposed, or Ray Allen has at least.

We changed our pic!

I think.

No blogs for two days?!?! Is that a record?

35 wins? Wow, there is no way. I think he wins 22 maybe.

30 Wins will never happen again.

Celtics, I hope. ;-)

Yeah, I know. Baseball isn't my thing. The new poll on Thursday will be NBA-related. haha

Much closer to 1/4th of the season is gone.

I don't know; I suppose I was misinformed then. He's 8-0 right now, correct? And aren't we like a fifth of the way into the season?

"He's on pace for 40+"

He'll only get 34 or 35 starts max. How can that equate to a pace of 40 wins?

We will never again see a 30 game winner. 5 man rotations and relief specialists have removed that possibility. Just getting to 20 wins is a major accomplishment in todays baseball.

He's on pace for 40+ (which everyone knows he won't keep up), and I think he can push 30. He'll definitely be up over 25.

And Cheez, it has happened before....


....just not in the last 30 years.

30 wins? When was the last time that happened? Did it EVER happen? Webb's good, but sooner or later he'll have a bad start or no run support.

His offense isn't going to be able to give him 6-8 runs a start forever.

30 wins???

30 wins in 34 starts is basically impossible. Be it by his bullpen blowing leads or be it by bad luck, it's impossible.

The last time that a pitcher got 30 wins was 40 years ago, in a season that was an anomaly in that that particular year was dominated by pitchers much more than the average year.

Wow, Cheez, that's...completely wrong and illogical.
G.O.A.T. 05/08/08

I know. And not only that, SS, but the nation would go in turmoil. Wrong again, I know. But the funny thing is that I made you read all of that.

So basically Cheez, if we didn't have rivalries, all the drunks would be pissed?

Wow, Cheez, that's...completely wrong and illogical.

Rivalries put people in the bars. Without the people, bars would go out of business. Without bars in business, people would be out of jobs as bartenders and beer-delivery-guys. Which would make more guys pop up on sides a streets and put the nation into a depression. Then gas prices would go up even more because George W. would be like "This is the Iraqi's fault, and him going to soldificate the nation with these gas prices. It's like patriotism-fication for the USA. God Bless America". Then the car dealers would go out of business because nobody could pay for gas and more jobs would be lost. A whole domino effect would basically destroy our nation.

Rivalries have a very important effect on our life. Just read above.

Nothing is quite like a rivalry.

Rivalries are very important in sports. Without them, there aren't as many fans and as much interest towards the games. Rivalries make sports more fun in the long run.

Goodel. Do we even need an argument here?

In my opinion it's David Stern. I got no beef with him. He's a megalomaniac but still no beef.

Goodell has a ton of my respect for his hardened stance on the NFL. HE seems to really care about the state of the game.

Bettman is an idiot
Stern is turning into an idiot
Selig called an All-Star Game
I have no idea who the hell the MLS commish is...
Goodell is the winner by default...

Who the hell voted for Selig?

It has to be Goodell. He's done actual good.
Stern is allowing the Sonics to be stolen from Seattle, because he's friends with the owner.
Selig just sucks.
Bettman sucks.

Goodell has done the best in my opinion.

well, lost in the 2nd round.... again

I think sportsmanship is a key character to the success of a team.

Considering one of my favorite players is Cristiano Ronaldo who has no idea what sportsmanship is (see 2006 World Cup as example), I would say it's somewhat important.

Welcome on CCC.

Hello everyone. Thanks for the invite.

Hiya.. what happened to MY blog? where did it go?

I apoligize for not writing my blog yesterday. There was a sudden change in my schedule and I couldn't get on. Sorry

I am not going to post my blog this week. I will resume my spot next wednesday (April 30).

I might not be able to post the 40/40 tomorrow. Usually I'm at work when I am on this site, but tomorrow I have the day off and I will be very busy. I might be able to post it, but it will be up later than usual.

Welcome dudeman.

Getting ready to post new blog...

There are structural issues, I don't know how serious it is, but it was rated, like, one of the top 5 most structurally dangerous parks a few years ago.... i'll find the link

That poll really depends...

if it's a place like Fenway or Wrigley, RENEVATE. Keep the most prestigous stadiums intact.

It's stupid that Yankee Stadium is being demolished... unless there are serious structural issues I'm unaware of.

WELCOME DUDEMAN!!!

wooo hoooo!

Hey Gu3, welcome!

*voted for Guthrie*

For that poll, i said renovate the old stadium. But really, it depends on the stadium. For example, I would rather renovate Fenway then create a new park because of the history their, as well as The Green Monstah. However I would rather build a new stadium for a team like the Oakland A's

Gu3 made it in this group? Damn, we have really lowered the bar lately.




haha, jk. Welcome to the group.

Welcome to the group Gu3.

I tried, RH, I tried.

Thanks a lot, hemo...lol jk

Damn, doesn't work to turn it on.

There we go.

When in doubt, use HTML!

<h1>

I closed my damn tags...

</b>

J Hova - I saw your blog.. been out of town. I commented -)
sorry I didnt get there earlier ..
Debi

Umm. It's not underlined anymore, it's BOLD NOW!

Sorry, I don't know why.

I just wrote the 250th blog for SIFS!!!

Wait, it worked!

Until you post in here....
SS-SMILE DAMMIT! 04/10/08

It didn't work.

Still underlined.

UNDERLINE.

How do you get it underlined?

Until you post in here....

ya

Uhhhh does anyone else see everything underlined in this group?

I mean two within three minutes...

Don't we kinda want to spread the blogs out instead of having three within three hours?

hiya:

My blog will either be posted around 3:30pm or 8pm. Depends if I work or not after school today.

for the poll the Braves have a better chance I think. They play in an easy NL on a team with lots of talent. They could easily win the NL wildcard this year (my Mets will win the division though).

I have Kevin Love as the X-Factor. His size and skill is just too hard to match up with, even against Psycho-T. I see Hansbrough getting in some early foul trouble and the UNC defense being flustered by UCLA's versatility and depth.

I just think that the Bruins have the X-Factor in Mbah A Moute. If it's Carolina-UCLA in the title game I look for Mbah A Moute to use his athleticism inside and frustrate Hansborough and company.

Damn right, Hova.

Keep it up with the UCLA, you're making me confident with my pick.

UCLA!

That's right HOVA, cheer for the Bruins. I have them winning it all.

UCLA!

Got to show love for Sean Taylor. R.I.P.

I haven't changed my Sean Taylor picture since I put it up back during the summer.

Adam, I usually have ST in my username for that.

Props to giving love to Sean Taylor. Just because it isn't trendy anymore to talk about his death doesn't mean it should go unnoticed from now on.

F*cking A.

See, Mac's got the right idea!!!

Aka: Shut the f8ck up, boy! And marvel at Sean Taylor!

OHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

And as member of the month that is perfectly legal.

Because I wanted to.

Why did you change the picture Ben?

Hey, who deleted all the locker talk?

By the way, my new blog!

http://www.fannation.com/blogs/post/172096

hey Redskin!

I'm HERE!!!!!

Welcome to the SIFS RedskinHater.

Nah, I'm thinking the Heat.

For the poll, I think that the Lakers or the Celtics will win it.

I think the group is a little big.

whatever happened to the tourney?

ok.. I inflated the member count...whatever. You get my point.

And stop BICKERING !
A HUGE problem is that the 40+ members of the SIFS don't visit , read and comment on other members BLOGS !
I try but damn, Why is it that we have 50 members and only 10 who blog and only 3 that actually take the time to check other members blogs out?

And by the by, is it just me ? or has this group gotten WAY big ?

I also find that I don't check the group mail as much as I should because its not my default folder.

OK, I agree that blog views are down.. but this happened before the group mail thing, The bigger problem is the mailing itself. We need to get FN to automatically put people in the FanNation Community. No option to leave. A Mandatory group. EVERYONE is a member. The whole reason they did the FM Group thing was because people complained of "group spam".
I belong to 20 groups and I would get 15 FM's about ONE TD or ONE blog ! .. What we need is to lose the group mail and have everyone in ONE group like FN Community. One FM will do it all.
Personally, I don't need 10 FM's telling me about a blog or TD.

The problem doesn't seem too bad, Adam Lee got 280 and KPKahder got 144

Get rid of group mail.

I don't know...we should tackle this problem as a group.

I'm telling you guys...the views are too low in this group...

Do you always have to make an accomplishment seem fruitless or fake?

Do you always have to be a d*ck, Ben?

Looks like no one even cares enough to F5 your blog, Mac.

No...that's all natural.

And it's safe to say someone just clicked refresh on your blog a bunch of times...

Actually it has 822 views as of the posting of this message.

And my previous 68 Files of Secrecy had nearly 800 views....when posted outside of this group.

I know, I hate the group mail thing. I only go through th first two or three pages so I don't read all of them.

Who got kicked out?

I don't think the problem is the group mail. The low blog views thing has a been a problem for awhile in this group.

I'd play for fame. I don't think that playing a major league sport 24/7 would be much fun

I'd play it for fun. Who the hell said fame? haha

for the poll can I vote for all?

I'm in!

glad to be here! By the way, I think the problem with the views is partly from the group mail...

Oh yeah, welcome to the group Da Masta.

I agree Big Ben68. You only got 38 views. Mac gets very little views. BSchwartz gets little views. Bigalke gets little views. What is the deal?

I posted my first blog!

WE have GOT to get these pitiful blog views UP higher...

We need to figure out a way to get the blog views UP in this group....

YAY I'M IN SIFS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think the cap should be 50. Only cool people allowed.

We do need to keep people active here though.

We only accept new members if people drop out or are inactive so we kick them out...

For the cap...if it is decided that there is a cap...how do we go about keeping it at that number? just not letting new members in until an existing member drops out? or voting out current members?

There should be a cap at about 50. I voted for 45 but 50 makes sense. It's a nice round number.

Welcome to all of the recent additions.

Thanks for the invite fellow SIFS. I appreciate it.

Welcome to the SIFS Danbash.

Thanks for voting me in.

Wait...why did my new blog get moved to my personal blog?!?!?!

Never mind, I'm back.

hiya changed my mind.

Bye chrono8008.

http://www.fannation.com/blogs/post/162775

I'm resigning from the SIFS.

Good luck to you all.

I'm in!!!

damn...didn't work...

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/03/07/refs-made-right-call-in-ucla-stanford-game/

Anybody agree with this guy?

Hello everyone... glad to finally be a member of the SIFS... thanks to all who voted...

Is there really any doubt that real sports are better than video games?

Real sports > video games.

But Adam, dopamine? haha

Who would vote video games?
I do play video games a lot but I'd much rather play real sports.

Sports definitely. Video games are fun, but are a waste of time, and decrease levels of dopamine in your brain.

I'm good. Just busy.

I would rather play video games. I like sports but I'm a bit unathletic.

Hola, mis amigos. Come estas?

I'm really busy...

Sorry for not posting my blog on Saturday. I have no clue how much I'll be able to get online anymore.... (I'll try to log in as much as possible)

Jeez, now I have even more competition on Sunday...

1068 views in 7 hours!

Welcome to SIFS Erwin !

Regarding the poll, I voted for Jose Reyes.

Yeah Ben, you're lazy. Stop lying to yourself.

Oh, great, it's Erwin. Woo.

Hey erwin.

Sup, Erwin.

Hi everyone!!

I vote yes in the poll.

And it's not that I'm lazy...

I vote yes in the poll.

Close...

To hiya For TodayOnly:

In regards to my MMMA, I will either post it between 3:30pm-4:00pm today if I dont work, or between 8pm and 9pm if I do work.

I'm at school right now...

4-2

ok, I beat BigD 402 in the tourney, who's my next victim?

I didn't want to stick out. I meant in cycle.

Hemo, you already have priveleges.

What's a player gotta do to blog here?

*silently observes as group crumbles below feet*

I have defeated Ballplayer9

Haha. Welcome to the group, hemo.

WOO! I'm in!!

New York is my choice in the poll and it would be closer had the Patriots gone 19-0. But since they didn't New York is the easy choice.

Yankee fan, so guess who I despise the most and I'm from New England to boot.

For me, it's definitely Detroit.

I'm from New York so I obviously despise Boston.

I despise Chicago because of the Cubs and the Bears

March Madness!

That would be my answer too.

It's all about March Madness.

NBA Finals but why isn't March Madness listed. That would have really gotten my vote.

March Madness gets my vote in the poll.

Chill my basketball guru buddy. I've posted mine. You can go bask in its glory.

We haven't had a blog post in two days. What is up?

other: hockey.

soccer

Other: Soccer.

Shut up, DJ.

I said Other: NBA Basketball.

Vote for golf. I mean, at least there are crashes in NASCAR. But in all honesty, cup-stacking is more entertaining to watch than both of them. I'm serious.

Thanks for letting me join!

Well, my NSD predictions sucked. I got one right.

BOO!

YAY!

WTF?! ESPN SWITCHED! THEY SAID HE WAS GOING TO OLE MISS, NOW THEY'RE SAYING SOUTHERN MISS! DAMMIT!

Woo! DeAndre Brown committed to Ole Miss! I called that!

Sorry Josh, but you have to be 18 to enter and that counts out about 1/2 the group right there if not more.

I smell a little group competition coming on...

http://www.fannation.com/super_bowl_challenge