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FIUFanatic said

"There only appears to be two main posters and they are the moderators so it's really not that much fun to screw with them. Like I said to them, they really need to lighten up, it's just a game"

LOL

Our board is really focused on the amazing performance our two guys had on the NFL Combine. Antwan Barnes tore it up over there, now some considering him perhaps even moving into a 1st Day draftee.

Of course we have a rivalry with you, and should keep nurturing it. However, it's no surprise our fans are not paying as much attention to this game as you are. Of course….you have so much traffic here…. :D

Man am I sick of this topic!

I've noticed you are good with the rhetoric. I would normaly have thought you were a woman with your eligant prose.

BTW, I have only been on this board a few months but I do believe this board is younger with about 7500 more posts than FIU's. So yes we do get more traffic. And that doesn't include the people that stop by as guests to read the posts. I would like to see the number of hits the boards get. I know the number of hits soared on the FIU board the week of the "Orange Brawl". You can't buy great publicity like that.

Good luck Wednesday.

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faualum said

FIUFanatic said

"There only appears to be two main posters and they are the moderators so it's really not that much fun to screw with them. Like I said to them, they really need to lighten up, it's just a game"

LOL

Our board is really focused on the amazing performance our two guys had on the NFL Combine. Antwan Barnes tore it up over there, now some considering him perhaps even moving into a 1st Day draftee.

Of course we have a rivalry with you, and should keep nurturing it. However, it's no surprise our fans are not paying as much attention to this game as you are. Of course….you have so much traffic here…. :D

Man am I sick of this topic!

I've noticed you are good with the rhetoric. I would normaly have thought you were a woman with your eligant prose.

BTW, I have only been on this board a few months but I do believe this board is younger with about 7500 more posts than FIU's. So yes we do get more traffic. And that doesn't include the people that stop by as guests to read the posts. I would like to see the number of hits the boards get. I know the number of hits soared on the FIU board the week of the "Orange Brawl". You can buy great publicity like that.

Good luck Wednesday.

Now this is getting fun! ;D :D

GO OWLS!
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I agree Barnes had a superb combine, but there must be a reason he went to FIU.

I would love to see his Wunderlich scores.
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To be fair, I did read this morning in one of the local papers that said that Barnes had an impressive combine and that he could go as high as the 3rd or 4th round….But still, FIU fans are more interested in the NFL Combine than the first round of the basketball conference tourney? That's a pretty weak excuse for lack of interest in the game.

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It's the only excuse they could come up with on such short notice.

GO OWLS!
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faualum. I guess thanks for your compliment in terms of you considering my writings as an elegant prose. Since you yourself explain your "newness" to this board, I would offer you the fact that the late creator of this board always treated me and each other with the utmost respect and class. However, it seems that since you don't agree or like my "rhetoric", as you call it, then you try to, somehow, discredit me or something, with the "woman" comment. Whatever. Some people might say you could be projecting yourself….

FYI, both boards are pretty much the same age..I believe FAU got this board running a week or two before FIU changed to proboards…

As per Antwan Barnes, fauowls09, how much are you willing to pay me?…Don't worry, I won't collect if it happens. But I am not the one saying that he could be drafted 3rd of 4th round:

This is what some are saying:

http://www.footballsfuture.com/news/2007/02/small-school-linebackers-shine-at.html

There are more quotes, I'm sure, of "experts" that say Barnes might be (as I posted) even moving into the first day….



Small school linebackers shine at combine
Relative unknown linebackers Antwan Barnes and Zak DeOssie had impressive workouts at the combine.

Barnes, an outside linebacker from Florida International, put on an impressive display of speed and strength. He led all linebackers with a 4.40 40-yard dash and finished second among his peers with 31 reps of the 225 bench. At 6'1" 240 pounds he has the size, speed, and strength scouts love.

Scout.com "analyst" Tom Marino called him the "biggest surprise" after running, according to scout timers, the best 40 time and second more lifts, and 4th best "broad jump" of the LB's in the combine. He said Barnes was the "most impressive LB out there"..and "we were all wrong about him..didn't even know him", but "everyone is thinking about him now".

Tony Pauline, from cnnsi.com"

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/02/26/combine/index.html


Antwan Barnes/OLB/Florida International: Running much faster than expected, Barnes clocked in the high 4.4-area on both running's of the 40. The former defensive end then showed a lot of skill when working through the linebacker drills. With limited depth at the outside linebacker position in April, Barnes may jump into the first day.

From today's Sun Sentinel, Jon Murphy from "Next Level Scouting", says Barnes could end up being drafted in 3rd or 4th round (I believe it is first day of draft):

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-227dolgreen,0,7920636.story


FIU's Barnes could go high in draft

Florida International University's Antwan Barnes was the second-fastest linebacker at the Combine in the 40-yard dash with a time of 4.45 seconds. John Murphy of Next Level Scouting projects Barnes, a converted defensive end, to get selected in the third or fourth round of April's draft. That would make Barnes the highest FIU pick in school history.

Other than that (and all this bantering and personal attacks aside), I fully expect FAU to beat FIU again tonight. I hope I am wrong, but your Rice-Monroe combo is too strong, our team is lacking in depth compared to your team, as we only have 7 scholarship players playing since December. Also, Galindo is still recovering from his ankle injury, so I don't expect much from our best player tonight… not that I think it would ultimately affect the outcome of the game.

Again, I hope I'm wrong. One thing I expect though. Our team will play hard, no matter what.
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fauowls44 said

To be fair, I did read this morning in one of the local papers that said that Barnes had an impressive combine and that he could go as high as the 3rd or 4th round….But still, FIU fans are more interested in the NFL Combine than the first round of the basketball conference tourney? That's a pretty weak excuse for lack of interest in the game.


Hey, I don't think it's an excuse. It's pretty evident it is a fact, at least among the posters. I wish it wasn't that way, and more people would attend and care about this game. it bothers me….but it just isn't…no excuse…it just is that way. just look at the posts, if not for dusky's foray, not many posts on that item, unfortunately.
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FIUFanatic said

fauowls44 said

To be fair, I did read this morning in one of the local papers that said that Barnes had an impressive combine and that he could go as high as the 3rd or 4th round….But still, FIU fans are more interested in the NFL Combine than the first round of the basketball conference tourney? That's a pretty weak excuse for lack of interest in the game.


Hey, I don't think it's an excuse. It's pretty evident it is a fact, at least among the posters. I wish it wasn't that way, and more people would attend and care about this game. it bothers me….but it just isn't…no excuse…it just is that way. just look at the posts, if not for dusky's foray, not many posts on that item, unfortunately.

Your Welcome! ;D

GO OWLS!
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Fanatic, congrats to Antwan and FIU and good luck in the draft. That has got to be a good feeling to see this recognition start happening. Both programs are so young and to see this for either school is absolutely fantastic. This is truly a rivalry that will grow and will some day be as big as Florida, FSU. I may never see it but it will happen ands besides we need something like this in the south end of the state.
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I'm confident we will see the day, Talon….Good luck in the SBC tourney…
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