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I have been reading the posts and the question about what does it mean to be a fan got into my mind and made me think. I look at being a fan as something like being in love. You like and support somebody or some team, you really want the best for this person or team, and you are happy with the person and the teams' successes, their achievements, and their progress, and sad when things do not go well or when they have a major failure. The interesting thing in my mind about fans, which is also applies to loving someone, is that every single person is a bit different from every other person in the way they feel love or are fans. There is a lot of leeway in these kinds of attachments. So as long as you are a fan of the Bills you love the team in some way that is unique to yourself, other people also fans may have a different way of being fans or loving the team. Think of it.

I just checked the SLU MBB schedule. Principia is listed in the game schedule. Only the OOC is listed so far. The one thing I find peculiar about this schedule is that most games are listed for Chaifetz Arena. Very few games appear to be away games. Is this something that is set or can we expect changes and more away games? Anyone knows?

I hope this is sarcasm. It is not only the length of the commute, it is the large number of trucks in I 70 plus the sun in your face in the morning going East, and in the afternoon heading West that makes that commute really miserable.

That was a gracious exit message, not burning bridges is always a good thing to do. The question remains, why did he leave?

I agree that being charged with rape is not the same as being convicted of rape. However, I think a team should not keep a player charged with this crime and wait for the results of the trial. The potential liability for the school would be a real problem if he was to be charged again for rape involving a different woman.

I think rape should be sufficient to get a player dismissed from a team.

I have never claimed I see visions of the future. I have no idea how these seers that predict the future operate, but I am certain that predicting the future is something I cannot do. From a medical point of view I do feel qualified to offer my thinking about injuries and recovery, and will contribute my medical opinion when it is appropriate after the season starts.

@VeniceMenace The Saturn was eliminated as soon as my kids graduated from college. Like the bumper sticker said my daughter and my money went to Carnegie Mellon. @HoosierPal Thank you for posting this two videos of Kellen Thames and his father. Really liked them. Some of the things I found interesting were the close father / son relationship which is also a coach /player relationship between the two. Kellen Thames has two coaches Schertz and his life long coach, his father. Very touching very nice to hear what they had to say. To be noted is the confirmation that Kellen has always sweated a lot. They both father and son are confident that the treatment with hydration and electrolytes works for him. This is similar to that article from a sports medicine journal that I posted in this board. In the article the player was a football player and the condition appeared identical to what Kellen was manifesting. I really hope and pray that he will be able to play a significant amount of time this coming season. All the best to Kellen.

Welcome to the Bills Jermel Thomas

One of my daughters went to college at Carnegie Mellon, I have been there many times and I like this city very much. I have a funny story about my daughter's graduation. The place was packed, no parking in the parking lots so I parked my old Saturn in the street. My Saturn had a bumper sticker saying "My daughter and my money go to Carnegie Mellon." So, I left my beaten up car parked in the street in the middle of lots of Mercedes, BMWs, and Porsches. After the graduation, walking back to the car I noticed that all the cars had tickets. My car did not have a ticket, and I could not help but sending a silent blessing to the ticket lady.

@cheeseman you are hinting at the eternal corporate play between wimps and weasels, a never ending corporate management style which is widespread.

Which is exactly what we should do with this schedule.

I fully agree that school will have to have sources of bottomless financial resources to stay playing D1 sports. Do you have any idea how difficult it is or will be to develop bottomless financial resources, particularly at this point in time? Do you think that the news report the truth? They cannot be reporting the truth since the news coming from the right are very different than the news coming from the left. I do not think all the truth is owned by either side. How do you choose who is right? Do you have any idea how difficult it is becoming to make money by trading the market? I think that at some point in time even the wealthiest donors we have may begin to feel financial strain or may develop interest in other activities that they sponsor. SLU is not in bad financial shape, but I do not think they have now or will have in the foreseeable future a source of bottomless financial resources.

Welcome to the Billikens Jermel Thomas.

I was at the practice. Went specifically to see how Thames was doing and he did not play in this practice, neither did Anya. We will see what happens with these two when the season starts. Avila seems to have lost weight and is doing better than he was doing the first practice. Both Jones and Green are good with the ball and can score. Green is smaller that the other players but is very fast and appears to bee able to penetrate the defense consistently. Jones appears to be a better scorer than Green, he had a couple of impacts during practice that brought him down, nothing very serious it seems. Otieno is a very strong player, hard to stop, scores well. He is 6-9 and apparently can block as well as penetrate. He can shoot 3 pointers regularly. Another big is Diakite, also 6-9, skinnier and less flashy during play than Otieno, does what he is expected to do, can score and I think can block. McCotry is good, able to penetrate and score, moves well. Sharma is not a flashy player but he can score when he gets the ball. This may be good because the opponents are likely to pay less attention to him than to other players like Otieno, leaving him free to do his thing and score. Who knows? Warlick, Dunlap and Kerr appear to play well and can have good moments during play. There was a guy in there with a L mid thigh to ankle cast and crutches, he said his name but I do not remember who he was. Anyone knows? Hargrove was there and supposedly so was Yuri but I did not see him. Overall, my wife and I enjoyed ourselves during the practice. I think we may have a decent year, or maybe better than our normal deceent year. I do not think we are ready to play and beat NC or U Conn, but I believe we may have a chance to win the A10 tournament this year.