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Post by Boz on Mar 16, 2010 12:32:50 GMT -5
I'm pro-bigamy, but with these rules: Romney 2012 campaign slogan! ;D No Georgetown fan can be a fan of Maryland anything. Pitt football? More of a gray area. Certainly you'd want them to beat Syracuse, UConn and any ACC team, I would think. |
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Post by lurkerhoya on Mar 16, 2010 12:35:54 GMT -5
The second sentence of Part 2 is where it gets a little tricky. It would exclude Syracuse's football team. But would it exclude Pitt's football team? Maryland's? Whenever there is doubt, there is no doubt.... |
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Post by BubbleVisionBiff on Mar 16, 2010 12:38:57 GMT -5
I'm pro-bigamy, but with these rules: Romney 2012 campaign slogan! ;D No Georgetown fan can be a fan of Maryland anything. Pitt football? More of a gray area. Certainly you'd want them to beat Syracuse, UConn and any ACC team, I would think. That's my rationale. GU undergrad, Pitt grad school. Wannstedt and his porn 'stache beat Cuse (and Greg Paulus!), YouCon, and then UNC in a bowl this year. |
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Post by Big Dog on Mar 16, 2010 12:55:48 GMT -5
The "team you grew up with/ college team" exception has to be present. I spent my entire life in Arkansas prior to Gtown, where there are a) no pro sports teams of any sort and b) no college teams besides the University of Arkansas. Needless to say I became a huge fan and still am. That said, I am an equally huge Gtown fan, but them playing each other, a la 2001, would suck. I would root for Gtown, but would feel for the Hogs and it would be tough to see them lose. In my opinion, people who grew up with a multitude of sporting options to root for should not be given a pass on this topic. Only if you grew up in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Montana or somewhere else remote with no real sports teams and limited college options should the exception apply. This is fair, but you also have to require that if the team you grew up with is in the same conference as the alma mater, bigamy is totally unacceptable. No one who is capable of actively cheering for two teams in the same conference (or the same league, or the same division, etc. in other sports) is a legitimate sports die hard. These folks have outed themselves as the most casual of fans--never to be taken seriously. Oh, and anyone who cheers for the local school they did not attend (let's say, hmmm, Marquette) over their undergraduate alum (say, Georgetown), should have their degree revoked. |
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Post by DanMcQ on Mar 16, 2010 12:58:49 GMT -5
We have seriously run out of things to talk about, haven't we?
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Post by Big Dog on Mar 16, 2010 13:00:36 GMT -5
Let me also add that if, say, you're a student at GULC, and, say, Marquette is your favorite team even though you never attended school there and probably couldn't find the campus on a map, and, say, you attempt to use your Gtown student status to get your hands on Big East tournament tickets so that you can sit in the Gtown student section wearing gold and cheering for Marquette, you should be expelled.
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Post by Big Dog on Mar 16, 2010 13:01:17 GMT -5
We have seriously run out of things to talk about, haven't we? This is actually a very good intellectual discussion. Perhaps a misplaced one in this thread, but a good one. |
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Post by kchoya on Mar 16, 2010 13:18:30 GMT -5
I'm pro-bigamy, but with these rules: Romney 2012 campaign slogan! ;D No Georgetown fan can be a fan of Maryland anything. Pitt football? More of a gray area. Certainly you'd want them to beat Syracuse, UConn and any ACC team, I would think. Polygamy, Boz, not bigamy. Don't you watch "Big Love"? Best t-shirt I've seen here in Utah: www.bustedtees.com/iheartheartheartpolygamy |
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Post by Boz on Mar 16, 2010 13:32:19 GMT -5
My bad. Bigamy is, of course, the John Edwards campaign theme.
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I have never seen Big Love. I've heard it was good, but I have a really hard time taking Bill Paxton seriously in anything. Yeah, he makes a good a-hole older brother, and a pretty cool space marine (heck, I'll even give him an OK axe murderer), but that's about it for me.
And my apologies to Dan. I can't think of anything to talk about re: the Ohio Bobcats. I should probably go watch them play on ESPN 360, but I just can't muster up the energy.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 16, 2010 13:47:18 GMT -5
We have seriously run out of things to talk about, haven't we? It's been a log season, Dan, we are all a little fatigued and the Board does not have enough bench strength to give some of us the rest we need to stay sharp. If we can somehow get through this weekend I believe we will get back on top of our game. |
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Post by DanMcQ on Mar 16, 2010 14:20:02 GMT -5
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Post by Hoya50 on Mar 16, 2010 14:32:32 GMT -5
We have seriously run out of things to talk about, haven't we? how about that health care bill boy? what fun! |
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Post by TC on Mar 16, 2010 16:31:59 GMT -5
how about that health care bill boy? what fun! More meaningless deadlines : HCR or Moses Abraham commitment announcements? |
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Post by professorhoya on Mar 16, 2010 16:32:22 GMT -5
If we beat Ohio, I would much rather have SDSU than Tenn. Tenn has a very big line up like WVA which means they can crash the boards with 4 starters 6-7 and above. Physically I think SDSU is a much better matchup. Tenessee: Starters: G Scotty Hopson, 6-7, So. (13.1 ppg, 1.2 apg, 1.0 spg); F-C Wayne Chism, 6-9, Sr. (12.4 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 1.5 bpg, 1.2 spg); G Bobby Maze, 6-3, Sr. (9.5 ppg, 3.2 apg, 82.4 FT%); G J.P. Prince, 6-7, Sr. (9.1 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.0 apg, 50.3 FG%); C Brian Williams, 6-10, Jr. (5.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 49.4 FG%) Reserves: G Melvin Goins, 5-11, Jr. (5.6 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 1.6 apg) G Cameron Tatum, 6-6, So. (7.5 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 50.0 FG%) SDSU: Starters: F Kawhi Leonard, 6-7, Fr. (12.6 ppg, 9.6 rpg); F Malcolm Thomas, 6-9, Jr. (11.1 ppg, 7.9 rpg); F Billy White, 6-8, Jr. (10.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 57.6 FG%); G D.J. Gay, 6-0, Jr. (10.6 ppg, 3.2 apg); G Kelvin Davis, 6-3, Sr. (6.7 ppg). Reserves: G Chase Tapley, 6-2, Fr. (7.8 ppg); F Tyrone Shelley, 6-9, So. (6.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg); C Brian Carlwell, 6-11, Jr. (5.0 ppg, 62.2 FG%). According to Kenpom, they are both, based on Effective hieght, about the same (1.7 v 1.6 inches above average). But SD St is the 9th best offensive rebounding team in the country, while Tenn is 195. And team decent at rebounding is going to kill gtown. Just the way it is. the best way to combat it is to shoot well on the offensive end and hold the other team to low quality shots. It is easier to beat a team at your own game than at their game I think the Kenpom is deceptive though. I'm not exactly sure how they arrive at the numbers but the MAC that SDSU plays in seems alot weaker than the SEC. I think it's alot harder to rebound against Kentuky, Kansas, Memphis, Vanderbilt, Florida then the teams SDSU played. Unless Kenpom calibrates the rebounding for the differences in opponents I don't think it's an accurate statistic. I suppose we'll find out on Thursday. |
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Post by rosslynhoya on Mar 16, 2010 16:38:48 GMT -5
how about that health care bill boy? what fun! More meaningless deadlines : HCR or Moses Abraham commitment announcements? Likelihood of being read in its entirety by any human being: HR 3590 or the NCAA Division I Bylaws? |
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Post by lurkerhoya on Mar 16, 2010 16:50:28 GMT -5
Okay Dan, relevant but meaningless.... espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/2010/bracketcasterAccuscore Projections! (Since they're right about 60% of the time, all the time!) Tenn (51%) v. SDSU (49%) Gtown (84 %) v. Ohio (15%)
2nd Round
Gtown (51%) v. Tenn (48%)
Gtown (62%) v. SDSU (37%)
In other news, some of the highlights I found while playing with this:
Both UTEP and Murray St. are favored by Accuscore
Utah St. is favored by Accuscore
Temple is favored by Cornell by only 52-47 |
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Post by professorhoya on Mar 16, 2010 17:41:29 GMT -5
Temple is favored by Cornell by only 52-47 Everyone is saying Cornell is a sleeper. They shoot the most 3s of any team in the nation but in addition they have a 7 footer as an inside presence. That makes them rather attractive on paper. |
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Post by Boz on Mar 16, 2010 17:47:05 GMT -5
how about that health care bill boy? what fun! More meaningless deadlines : HCR or Moses Abraham commitment announcements? Nice one. ;D Back to some relevance -- though not necessarily thread title relevance (sorry again, Dan) -- I think a lot of people are enamored with Cornell because of how well they played Kansas and, to a lesser extent, Syracuse (though I'm not sure how many people actually saw that earlier game). And they deserve a lot of credit for playing two #1 seeds to close. They are good. Still, I expect Temple to handle them with little to no problem. It won't be a blowout, because Temple isn't really a high scoring team, but they'll stifle Cornell pretty well is my guess. |
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 16, 2010 18:08:03 GMT -5
FWIW, on Sportscenter, Bilas and Vitale both picked Hoyas to make regional finals against Kansas, with Kansas winning to go to Final Four and win the championship.
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Post by Hoya50 on Mar 16, 2010 18:44:13 GMT -5
More meaningless deadlines : HCR or Moses Abraham commitment announcements? Likelihood of being read in its entirety by any human being: HR 3590 or the NCAA Division I Bylaws? both awesome. |
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