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Any word on if Lawler or Larson are working out and if they will be able to play this year? edit: I just saw an article by Stu in the P-D where Katie said Larson is likely out for the year, but Anna Lawler is back.

The SLU-UD game I referred to had nothing to do with the level of D-1 basketball. He blew the game no matter who was playing , high school. college or pro. You can't be asleep at the wheel.

Taj, I have to agree with you about Grant's coaching ability. A few years back in a game at the Fetz, Dayton was suffering at some point in the game and Grant let it continue even though he had timeouts available. It was so bad that I remember it to this day With regard to the Top 144 listing, the next two teams ranked higher than UD are TX-San Antonio and then Stony Brook. I would take UD, minus 10 against either of those teams and I am not a UD fan... This calls into question the expertise of the owners of this site, but as I've said in the past, the site at least give us some real CBB to discuss

With all the unknowns about us. losing our top two players, and their replacements (Okoro and Jordan N. , my guess) somewhat unknown at the national level, I don't see us as #3. Most likely #4 but possibly #5 in the Top 144 listing. I think we will surprise fans and end up the season as a top 2 as long as we stay healthy.

Draft over-No JG

Really Steve? Giving family priority over the Board?

While all of this discussion has been about football having bigger stronger super conferences, they would also have stronger basketball conferences. This could help the Bills by forcing the Big East to grow its numbers and strength. Clearly that league could be better with the addition of SLU and UD, which would also add some better geographic balance which could help reduce travel expense for the non-revenue sports.

First, thanks to Steve for updating the front page with the 21-22 schedule with as much info as we now have. It seems to me that we will still need 4 home games (one could be an exhibition). Does that seem correct to you guys (and gals)?

How do you build a program with 13 incoming players?

Congrats RUBills, on the first use of cromulent on Billikens.com. Using it in a sentence, "Jimmerson is not a cromulent spelling of GJ's last name."

The settlement you are all discussing is , almost by definition, a compromise. I have been involved in quite a few "settlements" and in all of them, we gave (or accepted) something short of what we thought was possible in a trial. So if we can get a settlement with the NFL/Kroenke and the amount is reasonable-TAKE IT AND RUN! First going to trial does NOT guarantee a win and even if we prevail we don't know what amount we would be awarded. Even more reason to settle is the time factor. A win would clearly be appealed and tied up in that process for many, many years. Deep pockets can tie this case up for a long time. In the meantime we would see nothing, and even if the "W" is upheld in a final decision,, the amount is, more than often, reduced.

MY question is what is the plan and who is the planner? When the location was sold a few years back it was bought by a guy who owned a medical limo service and a used car lot on S Kingshighway with no previous interest in anything like Humphrey's. Since that time, he has done nothing with the property. He had no connection to Jan Mangelsdorf, who was a great supporter of Billiken sports!

Not only to the SLU Ath Dept. The Bidwells, without any fanfare or publicity made contributions to the STL Chapter of the National Football Foundation, a charity group providing scholarship to local high school athletes at colleges. When the Rams said AMF (see above) the AZ Cardinals, who had been gone from STL for many years provided $$$ to help make up the loss from the Kroenke criminals!

Old guy, you just have a very difficult time with sarcasm don't you?

That horse is dead. Stop beating it.

However, our local rag, which is filled with SPUMAC grads, continues, two or three days later, highlighting an "electric" recruit from ESTL, while making no (zero) comment on the SLU verbal from K Thames.. I also looked for quite a while for where Katz had SPUMAC listed and I'll be darned. Even tho he listed about 70 schools, the boys from Columbia didn't even get a mention. Only SLU and MO State are mentioned. I think we won't have long to be concerned with CM's local recruiting challenge. This could be his one and out year!

Skip, don't be so humble. We all know you have loads of NIL $$$ in your pocket waiting for the next J Tatum to consider (sell out to) the Bills.

Pistol, closing the loop on one other player in the 21 offers section, Nesbitt needs to be updated.

Good post, except it should have been in blue. Hey, I can see the female (ya, right) MLS ownership group using our Women's soccer players for NIL purposes and I think that would be great. Some of the current Senior and rising Senior class of stars going to Wis, Clemson etc. might want to reconsider since they will be getting zero NIL $$$ at their intended choice of schools. I'm sure that Mrs, Kindle would be willing to divert a few sponsorship $$$ to well-known local female soccer recruits, especially given the increasing high level of interest in STL female youth soccer.

Courtside, again thanks for all the info and logic you bring to this Board. I find your insight into the who's, why's and wherefore's of local and national recruiting to be truly outstanding---you gotta be Chris Allen or Mr. Soccer (Bill McDermott) to have the knowledge contained in your posts and if you aren't, then they could both learn from you!

I am really kind of amazed that so few posters seem to acknowledge the pandora's box this is opening with regard to recruiting. I'm an alum who owns a business. I make it clear to local player "X's" agent that an endorsement deal for print, radio, and TV is likely if "X" signs with a local area team (wink, wink) that a Google search will show I have a degree from. The agent returns to me with a counter offer since State U. has a higher offer. You don't think top players like T Reed is aware of all the above and looking to cash in as soon as possible. Actually, large metro areas schools appear to me to have a tremendous advantage when going after local stars. Just as an example, Reed would be able to cash in on his NIL more so in St. Louis than if he decided to go to e.g. Iowa or Okl. St. Actually, it's too bad that J. Good is not returning to SLU since I think he could possibly make more if he was leading the Bills to a top 25 season. Too bad this change didn't happen a year or two ago for him. With all the car dealers in the metro area and Belleville eateries, he could have been driving some great dealer cars and eating great food with the NIL rules in place. If you don't think the Dukes, Michigans, Kentuckys, LSU and so on are going to abuse this, then I have some oceanfront property in Lesterville, MO I would be willing to sell you. Lots of jobs are going to open up in Indy in the NCAA Enforcement Division.

Courtside, your answer about recruiting GK's makes sense. I am certainly not the expert on soccer and soccer recruiting that you are, but I've seen Paloucek, Howard (? from Lafayette) and the St Dom twin forwards numerous times, and I think the four of them are in the same grouping, skillwise. While I wish we had gotten 2-3 of the 4, I am happy with Paloucek. She is really fast and has a powerful shot. I look for her to contribute immediately once she gets here. BTW, Duff from Nerinx is in the same skill grouping, but plays more of a defensive role and, of course, is one year ahead of the other 4. I understand that Katie worked really hard to get Duff, who I see as the best '21 recruit coming out of St Louis this year, but she wanted to go away and getting the offer from Clemson in the ACC shows just how good she can be.

What happened to Bry McCarthy. Where did she go? Adding OS, as an asst coach for goalies seems like a win, except she was already there as a Volunteer Asst Coach. I was surprised to read Courtside's comment that we are recruiting a 2023 recruiiting-class goalie since we will have 3 on the roster already, next year, with one of them likely redshirting.

I hope you are right, but first we need to win at least one game in the tournament.

But clearly Forte has the more current connections based on the flurry of recent offers, all of whom Forte was already recruiting. Off the top of my head, I am not coming up with any TF, SLU signings from TX.