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If any of the SLU undergrad or grad students on this board are psych or org-theory majors, there's a fabulous thesis project here on Meyers-Briggs analysis just waiting for a researcher.

They only have had questionable academic sleight-of-hand with players named "Ricky." Otherwise they're clear. Taj may or may not remember if this is true, but it seems to me that when Frazier transferred, we were able to determine that he had the same grade point average as Bluto, leading us to a metaphysical discussion of whether or not that was really a transfer.

Hey, it wasn't their fault who coached them. And at least they get to have Coach Ford standing with them at the very end of their academic careers. (Plus the women deserve a ton of appreciation!)

They've seen a lot of us play. We're probably better in the dark.

I just shot an elephant in my pajamas.

S/he wouldn't be sitting in the student section. And in our section, we tend to stand up more than the students do, anyway.

What do you expect from a bunch of MBMs?

Welcome! If you don't get freebies you can come sit with us -- we almost always have a +1. (And our seats have backs on them. ) Do we deduce from your screen name that you're from Nashville?

Just so we can perhaps nip this in the bud, we have no one on our team named Rasheed.

Ahh, well done! I raise a glass of Dom Perignon in your honor.

You also missed the elephant in the room under these criteria. Hint: Jesuit, Final Four.

You incredibly clever bastards. So we're going to get Torrence Watson, huh?

Bunch of idiots on this board. Obviously the Great Lakes Valley Conference already contains our main rival, and every team in the league has the potential to become a fierce geographic rivalry. Plus with all the budget cuts at SLU, the athletics department could do its part and cut the travel budget for all sports by about 90 percent.

It is even better to have a daughter who lives in Bloomington.

Welcome back Rockhurst!

Hey, it's the off-season, and it's not Friday yet. And for some reason I thought this was pretty cool.

And all that 75+% will remember about this is that "shots were fired" on the SLU campus.

So this might be an interesting off-season diversion: Watch what jobs are being filled in the athletics department, what the position does, and how much they're paying. (That last one is only posted rarely; almost all are "commensurate with experience.") Today's entry is "Associate Director - Business." https://jobs.slu.edu/postings/12174 The summary: Among other things, this person "supports all facility management issues" and "manages game contracts and vendor relationships." So is this the liaison to the "Official Online Store," who might actually expect it to follow the standards for the University and team identities? Or who ensures that there are enough ushers and ticket-distribution points for high-attendance games? Requirements include master's-preferred and 5-8 years of experience, which would indicate to me the need for a decent salary to attract good candidates. Discuss or ignore at your pleasure.

Great head fake. I thought you'd pulled out a tape of Onion Horton.

Nah. Just an ordinary member of the Old Barnacle's Club. (Although now that we've gone in this direction, just think what we could do with "A Clockwork Orange." )

I always thought there was a reasonable limit to thread topic titles. Then I saw Zink's go all the way to a second line. And it being the off-season, I decided to test the limits, because this is much more fun than the time-honored traditions of Mizzou v. SLU alumni counts, Big East (or Valley) fantasies and beating a dead crewsplatt. (But not Matt Dickey. There is no ceiling on Matt Dickey references.)

I believe the MAC's tennis facilities, or at least shared tennis facilities, are next to Assumption Greek Orthodox off 270 north of Manchester.

Ya think? Then run a freakin' once and for all clearance. This ain't brain surgery. Not to mention: It's not marked as obsolete. I could easily see some grandmother going out there to buy a cool sweatshirt as a present and not know that she's buying outdated merchandise. But that's just me. I can get worked up over gross incompetence that continues to make our athletic department look two-bit.

Got another Official Online Store email today. Four of the nine featured items have the old logo. Does no one in the athletic department have even the slightest sense of shame?

"Someone" was Joe Scott, one of the richest people in St. Louis that no one had ever heard of. He owns, among other things, Crown Valley Winery down by Ste. Genevieve, as well as about 10% of Florida. (You think I'm exaggerating? Well, yeah, a little -- but you wouldn't believe how much land he owns.) That whole thing could have been a win-win, but the all-knowing St. Larry did things so well by doing them his way or the highway, which ironically is where he ended up. And all kinds of multimillion-dollar donors got their noses out of joint, and the law school went through all kinds of bedlam. But hey, Biondi made such tremendous improvements, so he for quite a while (and still, from some) he got a pass for being a first-class jerk to the little people (and a bunch of big people as well). Luckily, Father Macchiavelli ain't in charge any more if the athletic department would like to try a strategic, well-planned approach like showing a vision, setting goals and raising money.