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I guess they won't be able to trade him for awhile.

Rick was asked the direct question as to would anybody redshirt. He immediately brought up Willie's name as to someone who might benefit by a redshirt year. Rick then rambled on for 5 min., but I got the impression that if Willie would agree it was a real possibility.

Cheese how do you know May doesn't look good in a short skirt and heels? Have you seen him in one?

One other piece of info: Next year we are playing in a tournament in Chicago with Notre Dame and I think he said Iowa State.

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101 has the signal. 1380 has the talent. You might not like Slaten but his advertisers must. I don't think it is an accident that Frank is the only one on 590 that has a contract past the first of the year. As Frank would say I would be willing to bet you a milkshake as to which one goes.

Most people believe this market can't support 3 all-sport stations. The betting would be that 590 is the loser. Just let Frank and Ramsey go to 101 and we'll all be happy.

There really is not any difference. I think they keep the Tip-Off name in deference to it's history. For 40 years or more the Tip-Off Club was the only support group for the basketball program. It was run independent of the university,ran it's own membership,raised it's own money,had it's own checkbook. Sometime in the late 1980's the university thought this was a bad idea. The university and the NCAA wanted institutional controle. In a hostile takeover the Billiken Club was formed and the Tip-Off Club was folded in. I think they keep the name out of respect for some of the former members. It also provides some difference between basketball supporters and the rest of the athletic dept.

You can get info off of slubillikens,com.

I'm not trying to be a smart ass but it is the one single thing we can all do to support the program. I'm not sure if the minimum membership is $100 or what, but it's not that high. Booster Clubs have become very important in the support of college programs.

I think Steve should make it mandatory that anyone allowed to participate on Billikens.com should be required to join the Billiken Club. Seriously you should join.

Strickland also said that ticket sales were up 20%. Their marketing plans seem to be paying off. I give them an A for effort.

Roy, that is actually funny. Maybe they think Dec. 13 is a prime Christmas party night and they are trying to avoid evening conflicts. I kind of like the time. Go to the game then go out and do something.

Jimbo you have one weird sense of humor.

I think there may be some times when we will play a 4 guard offense, with Tommie playing the 4.

I believe it's the 21st.

They did announce that RM is suppose to be at this months Billiken Club meeting. It's also being held at Lorenzos[sp] in the Chaif.

Just heard an add on 1380 offering 2 Billiken season tickets for $790. I'm sure that will piss some people off. I'm glad they are trying to fill the building.

We can debate this point but I thought Majerus gave Tommie and Kevin more free lance opportunities late last year. There is a fine line between running an offense and being allowed to create on your own. I expect Tommie and Kevin to create their own under Majerus's structure.

You would assume they would pay some kind of dividend. Unless there is some kind of formalized profit sharing, profit might just flow back into the company.

They could do that. A big picture of you pointing to a purple dodge neon.

I noticed in the front section of the Post that we had an add for half season tickets. $245 got you a nine game package. It seems to me that our athletic department has been doing a pretty good job of trying to sell tickets. Free hot dogs,half tickets,billboards around town and I'm sure smaller packages yet to come are signs of better marketing effort. I'm also hopefull that they will spend some effort to upgrade their in game promotion. Some of their employees like Koshe and Declan have been around for awhile and may be growing into their jobs. In any event I think they are trying.

I would hope that they would go after Ramsey especially if they would get the Billikens. The program Ramsey is on now is god-awful. Fescoe might be St. Louis's all time worst talk show guy,yes even worse then Monty. I think this is what May has been waiting for. I'm not sure how you would handle the first half of the year but I know the money from KFNS was not good.

Taj. What do you do for a living? Do you get paid for every word written?

Several people in this thread talk about how valuable and what a good job Thorpe did.{thats also my opinion} It begs the question why did RM let him go? Did they have personalitity problems,or was it just he's not my guy? Anybody got any real knowledge?