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Ha, I forgot they umlauted the O. I stand corrected.

I had to look up what you were talking about: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/co...BF?OpenDocument And I might not be as upset as you, but that was a completely unnecessary jab at Majerus and SLU and shows how short the memories of even sportswriters can be. If he had any backbone, he would have kept the article just about Mizzou. If he had any brains, he'd realize that it takes time to build a program, especially at a smaller school in a non-BCS conference. I would think building an $81 million arena and hiring Majerus in the first place would be a sign that we're finally serious about it. But maybe that argument is too simple. Gordon is a dumb hillbilly, anyway. Do people still read him? I can't even think of the last time I've clicked on one of his articles, chats, or whatever other inane garbage he passes of as journalism.

I certainly don't intend to do provoke that. I was just hoping some of those Columbia-style scandals crept their way up to Lincoln at some point, but those might be reserved for the football team. I'll ask a co-worker in Chicago who went to Nebraska; maybe he's heard something that we can use to taunt the umlaut-free Huskers.

I read it the exact same way at first, and thought maybe an "OT" was missing. That actually would have been a chance for a pot shot at Mizzou, since the band broke up after a gig in Columbia. I give them credit for being one of the only, if not the only, American band to feature two umlauts in their name.

Steve Harley graduated last year, or at least ran out his eligibility, and got slapped with a DUI a few months ago. He was the d-bag we played against last year who had the mohawk: http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/65517/st...leyfauxhawk.jpg Which may or may not be worse than this: http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB...;ATCLID=1280928 And it's too bad no wrestlers will be around to taunt: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3532146 But for the current roster, most of these guys are new or young, so unless they did something in JUCO or high school, it would be hard to find.

Since we have the 5:00 game vs. Iowa State on Friday, my guess is that we'll lose and play the 4:30 game on Saturday against Northwestern, who is solid this year but doesn't have an answer for Harangody. Do I have those times right?

Yeah, that was ugly and distracting on TV as well. Almost as bad as the old St. Louis Swarm court out at Family Arena.

Just got back from the Xavier-Bowling Green game, and got to scout two SLU opponents. Xavier won 101-57; the game was 29-25 at one point in the first half. I thought coming into this season that Xavier was still the team to beat in the A10, and this game didn't do much to change my mind. They're deep and talented in the 1 and 2 spots. They aren't quite as deep overall, going with an 8-man rotation instead of the 9 or 10-man rotations Miller used last year. They were looking to run a lot and ran a relatively simple motion offense in the half court, shooting early most of the time. Frease looked about the same as last year, showing flashes of a big man that will be hard to handle and a player who makes some dumb decisions. Love looks leaner and more assertive around the basketball. The lone freshman, Robinson, is a beanpole who would have redshirted if the roster was longer- 3 dunks but 2 weak turnovers. The roster is odd in that McLean is the only true forward. But they can rotate the guards and not lose a step- Holloway looks more confident than last season, Lyons is lightning quick and really gets to the dish for a smaller player, Jackson is solid but won't score as much, Redford can stroke the long ball as well as anyone in the country and Mack seems to know how to get him isolated more often than Miller did, but the real threat on this roster is Crawford. He put on a show to the tune of 24-7-5, including some deep threes, nice rebounds and dishes, and a highlight put-back dunk. Sometimes he looks like he wants to be the only guy on the floor but if he plays smart and unselfish, they'll score a ton. BGSU isn't a team I would worry about any other year but we can't overlook anyone this season. Otis Polk is a big, long, skilled center and I wouldn't be surprised to see him as a first team all-MAC player this season. The stat sheet doesn't show it, but getting the ball in to him is what their offense revolves around; they did that well early and stuck with Xavier for the first 10 minutes. Then Love and Frease did a better job of shutting him out and the margin grew fast. Other than that, BGSU wasn't particularly talented or big. They'll be taller than SLU for sure, but I was struck by how skinny their roster is overall. They have a player named Dee Brown who can knock down threes, but no one else seemed to be much of a shooting threat. SLU will be physically overmatched a lot this year, and I think BGSU should be an interesting game because we won't be outmanned in that regard. The question will be how well Willie can defend Polk, and how many minutes he'll be able to stay in there.

You can either buy a one-day or two-day pass; no individual games. I've had my two-day pass for over a month now. Section 210, Row A- where else is everyone?

My pick for National Player of the Year.

I think there are definitely elements of truth in your argument, but I also don't think we've won a ton of head-to-head recruiting battles with Mizzou over the years. I think they would have loved to have landed Liddell and Lisch, but did they go after them that hard? What about Sloan? I don't think they really went after Polk, Meyer, John, or Eckerle. I'm not sure about Baniak, Tatum, or Robertson, but I would have to think those were guys we beat them for. I'm honestly only bringing these up because I don't remember how strongly Mizzou recruited any of them. So when I read your argument, I think of how SIU and Missouri State have been to us. We play both of them pretty much every year, and SIU especially has had a lot of STL-area kids that Mizzou and SLU passed on. Then they play us with a chip on the shoulder. I just don't think there's that same dynamic with SLU and Mizzou. We've both had high-level recruits from the STL area pass our programs up, true. And Mizzou should have landed more of these guys than they did, and so should SLU. But aside from the Hughes-Tatum-Baniak class, I can't really think of a time where we've been major head-to-head winners for recruits against Mizzou. They've lost more big recruits to UNC, Minnesota, Florida, Washington, and so on than they have to us. Plus, the last couple years have not been fruitful for high-major recruits from St. Louis, and with both Mizzou and SLU having a lot of open roster spots to fill, it's only natural that they're more national in scope. More recently, they had Matt Lawrence and Kalen Grimes from the area. Lawrence would have been a nice get for us and wound up having a really nice career there.

Not to mention, just having another body on the roster is huge for us right now. We're depleted, pending the outcomes for Reid and Conklin.

Yeah, really well said. Beat us every year and poke fun all you want. But stop being cowards about it, sign a long-term home and home (and home and home...) contract, and get this series going. Not living in St. Louis, I don't have daily exposure to sports talk there, but I just can't understand what it is that would make a Mizzou fan call in and bash SLU basketball. We're rebuilding. We run a clean program. We just committed tons of money to build an arena and get a big-name coach. Building a program takes time; Anderson didn't get to the Elite 8 the year after Quin left. All we do is call them every year and try to get them on the schedule. I don't see what could provoke them into hating SLU so much. Is it just a KU inferiority complex that causes them to bully the next program down the chain?

Some additional details: http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/free-kick...ro-soccer-team/

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2009...831669877_x.htm Sorry if this was in another soccer thread already but those were too long and detailed for me to get into. To the soccer guys out there- is the new league basically forming to see if these cities can successfully field pro soccer teams with the hopes that the MLS will absorb them? Or is this an acknowledgment that the MLS isn't ever going to expand enough to include these cities? Is it even possible this league could be competitive with the MLS?

I'm glad to see TheChosenOne get in on this thread, as he is something of an expert when it comes to eating meat and swallowing pudding. With the young roster, short bench, and now even shorter bench pending the outcome of these injuries and NCAA Clearinghouse jagoffs, we can't afford to lay an egg even against the worst teams on our schedule. Bad stretches in any game will probably be enough to seal our fate, let alone entire bad games. I can't imagine Rick's never-had-a-losing-season stat is going to last to the end of this season. Does anyone know much about SEMO? If we play like we did against St. Ambrose, will they have enough to beat us?

Yeah, that's the one. They did a beautiful job with that renovation.

Thanks for the reminder. I've been over there a few times, I believe because of a former mention of it by you on this board, but haven't been back in a while. That should be a good resource as I start planning my living situation for next August.

Are there any good loft complexes around there that aren't geared toward students? I'm not looking for anything super-expensive, just don't want to be the sorry post-grad trying to relive the glory days. But I do love the area, as long as I'm at a respectful arm's distance from the undergrad world.

Ah yes, I know the building. I peed on it once on the way from a party in Reinert heading back to Humphrey's. The reason I know this is because a friend took a picture and put it on Facebook. So much for any future political aspirations. (And I'm assuming the only reason I didn't actually wait to go in Humphrey's was because of a line, since it's about 100 feet away.) But I digress. The areas on both sides of campus are exploding right now. I'm moving back to St. Louis in August 2010 and starting to think about what neighborhoods to rent in, and Midtown is definitely on my list of possibilities. Between the places along Lindell/Olive and now Spring/Forest Park/Laclede, there's a lot to do within walking distance no matter where around campus you are. It makes me wish I was my youngest sister's age and could go to SLU in 2 years rather than several years ago. And as far as competition to Humphrey's, I can't imagine Jan is too worried. She's an institution there, was able to strike a deal with the Jesuits when they moved in behind her, and now finally has people living on all sides of her building. A couple more bars only makes the area as a whole a destination, and should only help business in the long run.

http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/building-...on-to-slu-area/ Anyone familiar with this space? Sounds like a cool concept for a bar, plus a good size. I'm just hoping they have a good tap and bottle menu.

Is the Cancun tournament going to be next season? If so, I doubt they'd have a field published this early; probably mid-late next summer sometime. Thanks for the rundown, milwaukeebill- that's about what I expected the event to be like.

A lot of guys seem to be getting cleared lately. Stephenson got cleared about 3 hours before tipoff of the exhibition game today. John Wall got cleared. It should be any day now for Renardo Sidney. I know all situations are a little different, but each of those guys seem to have way bigger issues than our Aussie.

International students are not required to take the ACT or SAT for entrance to most American universities. It might be a good idea to help build a more attractive overall application, and in this case might be the only way to get him cleared for the idiots in the NCAA Clearinghouse.

Which is so, so disappointing. It's sad to see such a fun dorm for all the freaks and clowns on campus turn into a haven for holy rollers. They'll never have the stories I have about that place.