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Post by nashvillehoyas on Dec 21, 2010 21:35:17 GMT -5
UConn women: 89-0. Maya Moore one of the most outstanding student/athlete in the history of college basketball (men or women).....The Huskies are definitely the Beast of college basketball.
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Post by LizziebethHoya on Dec 21, 2010 23:00:26 GMT -5
Agreed. It will be really sweet when we beat them in February. (Gotta aim high)
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Post by nodak89 on Dec 21, 2010 23:06:46 GMT -5
For a second, I thought 89-0 was the score.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 22, 2010 6:41:32 GMT -5
In a related story, there was an awesome test pattern on my TV last night.
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Post by theexorcist on Dec 22, 2010 9:00:32 GMT -5
I'll pee in the Cheerios.
The 88 wins are a record for men's basketball. Men's basketball is not the same as women's basketball. Men's basketball is a different sport, with different rules and different strategies. It's like UConn being excited if they get to 109 games (Penn State women's volleyball) or 137 games (Miami men's tennis) (actually, this is the college winning streak record, so I'd be cool if UConn celebrated with this one). The excitement should have come for game #71, when UConn beat its own record from 2001-03.
I enjoy watching women's college basketball. What I don't enjoy are the consistent efforts to sell it and the WNBA as the men's game. It's not the same game and selling it as such reeks of desperation and annoys me as well as fans of men's basketball who don't like the women's version. The triumphalism of a fake "record" being established on a network who thought so much of the accomplishment that it relegated it to ESPN2 while showing the "Beef O'Brady's Bowl" on ESPN puts down women's basketball even more.
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Post by Boz on Dec 22, 2010 9:15:12 GMT -5
I do not celebrate or recognize any UConn-related accomplishments.
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Post by TBird41 on Dec 22, 2010 11:02:59 GMT -5
I do not celebrate or recognize any UConn-related accomplishments. Agreed. Not to mention that its hard to believe no rules were broken to create a team that dominate at a school that harbors and enables Jim Calhoun
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Post by kchoya on Dec 22, 2010 11:10:10 GMT -5
In a related story, there was an awesome test pattern on my TV last night. You're a miserable bastard. ;D
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Post by kchoya on Dec 22, 2010 11:14:55 GMT -5
This accomplishment also allowed me to learn there is an EspnW website. Don't know how that one didn't land on my bookmark list. Alas, no articles on the site about slicing meat at a deli.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 22, 2010 11:21:58 GMT -5
In a related story, there was an awesome test pattern on my TV last night. You're a miserable bastard. ;D And here I thought I was misunderstood on this board....
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Post by hoyarooter on Dec 22, 2010 11:25:54 GMT -5
I'll pee in the Cheerios. The 88 wins are a record for men's basketball. Men's basketball is not the same as women's basketball. Men's basketball is a different sport, with different rules and different strategies. It's like UConn being excited if they get to 109 games (Penn State women's volleyball) or 137 games (Miami men's tennis) (actually, this is the college winning streak record, so I'd be cool if UConn celebrated with this one). The excitement should have come for game #71, when UConn beat its own record from 2001-03. I enjoy watching women's college basketball. What I don't enjoy are the consistent efforts to sell it and the WNBA as the men's game. It's not the same game and selling it as such reeks of desperation and annoys me as well as fans of men's basketball who don't like the women's version. The triumphalism of a fake "record" being established on a network who thought so much of the accomplishment that it relegated it to ESPN2 while showing the "Beef O'Brady's Bowl" on ESPN puts down women's basketball even more. +1, start to finish.
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Post by hifigator on Dec 22, 2010 12:39:13 GMT -5
I, for one, am sick and tired of hearing/reading/seeing things about the UConn women.
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Post by kchoya on Dec 22, 2010 13:09:02 GMT -5
I, for one, am sick and tired of hearing/reading/seeing things about the UConn women. by hifi too easy?
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Post by Boz on Dec 22, 2010 13:23:23 GMT -5
I, for one, am sick and tired of hearing/reading/seeing things about the UConn women. by hifi too easy? A little bit, maybe. ;D You get a pass, however, for so thoroughly ripping BUM a new one on his own blog. After that, it's OK to tag a couple of fish in the barrel.
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Post by RDF on Dec 22, 2010 14:34:51 GMT -5
This accomplishment ranks BENEATH:
1. Wall Paint Drying Contest 2. Joey Chestnut's toilet paper shopping 3. The Larry "Grandpa Clappy" Coker Show (5 minutes of actual show--all more riveting to follow then anything WBB) 4. Celebrity Bowling with Jed Allan 5. Burt Reynolds slapping the Edited out of the late Dom DeLuise 6. ESPN Poker
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Post by Boz on Dec 22, 2010 14:38:11 GMT -5
This accomplishment ranks BENEATH: 6. ESPN Poker Now that's just low.
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Post by kchoya on Dec 22, 2010 18:28:14 GMT -5
This accomplishment ranks BENEATH: 6. ESPN Poker Now that's just low. Seriously, does anyone watch poker on ESPN?
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Post by EasyEd on Dec 22, 2010 19:52:28 GMT -5
Winning 89 straight games of basketball at any level, male or female, is a fantastic accomplishment and I salute the UCONN women's team.
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Post by nashvillehoyas on Dec 23, 2010 11:04:16 GMT -5
Poor Lady Hoyas! I feel so sorry for Sugar Rodgers due to all the chauvinistic and women basketball haters......Go Lady Hoyas!!!
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Post by kchoya on Dec 23, 2010 11:08:48 GMT -5
Poor Lady Hoyas! I feel so sorry for Sugar Rodgers due to all the chauvinistic and women basketball haters......Go Lady Hoyas!!! Yes, poor Sugar. Sorry to break it to you, no hates womens basketball, simply couldn't care less. Same with womens soccer, womens softball (save for Jennie Finch), and on and on. It's not a gender thing.
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