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I don't define "success" as being the king of the dorks. SLU probably has a red hot debating team too. Most people don't care. Soccer blows. Bring on EA Sports!

Are we going to start a basketball vs soccer thread? Don't do it unless you want to get stomped like a nark at a biker rally. (any association to David Nark is purely coincidental)

Yes you did. You invested a bunch of time and emotion in a game like soccer.

The family member in question is in fact 5. While showing some barbarian tendencies, he is growing up to properly despise professional and college soccer.

to accept some abuse. It's kind of like the whole Christians vs the Romans thing. Are you prepared to die for your beliefs? Soccer is the barbarian at the gate of civilized society. Let him into your living room if you must but I must try to keep our web civilization clean through the occaisional snipe.

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Relax dude, It's only soccer. We won't be playing you for real for another few months. Keep Hoop Alive!

I didn't know "Fater" Biondi was from Chicago.

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I sit in my Schaise lounge.

Without wade he'll face a bit more pressure.

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I did notice a bit more than the usual tummy overlap on more than the usual number of our gloriously talented non-cheerleading dance team.

I agree. I do remember getting stoked about breaking 100 in that Cal allstars game though. Then I wanted to off myself after the LA Tech loss. In any case I was seriously asking a question which occured to me because of the vastly different results seen in their games. I was not intending to start any contests with my comments. Once invited though, I'll slug it out with anybody.

Ouside of Dayton and Xavier, I'd have been hard pressed to tell you the make up of the A10 before we were hoping to move there.

Relax dude! I was weighing Wake Forest vs the fighting Roos of UMKC. If you don't wonder about how good the exhibition competition is, beating NBC Thunder by 20 and breaking 100 against the Cal Allstars and then losing to LA Tech must've just blown your mind! Being happy that a team we beat went on to beat Wake or take Indy to the buzzer is fine. I'm happy with our performance as well! I'd like to think that a team the would knock off Wake could beat the hell out of UMKC. They did not and as such I'll reserve judgement on just how good we can be this year for a while. If that troubles you, tough.

I was being serious. He surprised my by being an athletic 220 pounder.

offers the ability to play 2 or 3 top ten teams once or twice a year. The watered down "Calipari Schedule" does make your argument more persuasive. I don't see the A10 as a bigstep down, just lacking the luster of Marquette(currently) Cincy, and Louisville. Given the current realities this is absolutely the best option for us. The lack of domination by football is worth the price of admission by itself.

There's a tiger fan making fun of me? I love it! Spumac can't get our sloppy seconds eligible, the grand theft-guard stolen from VMI will be grabbin' the pine, they have a forward who decided Saskatoon has more to offer than Columbia, and the richest guard in the country decides to redshirt. I guess you have to be a Billikan fan to see the humor. Good Karma?

But without the Big East traitors CUSA is a joke. Long term the A10 may be a better instutional fit (like schools not driven by football etc) but I couldn't care less about anything other than the BBall connection.

Not that I've seen that many

I was just wondering if there was some kind of player rotation or playing down to the level of the opponent. Ususally, teams that get punked by UMKC will not take Indiana to overtime or beat Wake Forest. I do give the Bills credit for the victory. I just wonder how much credit to give them. If you haven't seen the Bills destroy two exhibition teams and then have a losing season you haven't been watching very long. I'm sorry for offending your tender sensibilities by questioning just how good the AIA team is. I was not being negative. Keep your fangs in till Triangle and Too gets out of therapy.

Tell me another st. louis media person who was there and not bradcasting the game

"And you're momma too" sounds like a quaint little phrase that you might have heard on a show like Different Strokes circa 1981. It's almost as dated as the plaid pants on the grumpy 80 year old couple in front of me at the games. You need some new material.

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