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12 minutes ago, BLIKNS said:
That what is being reported...
Of course if this were to happen the Big 12 would try to raid the AAC. Cincinnati, Memphis, Houston and UCF would be possible targets
So would two original SWC schools (UH being the one you mentioned) SMU and Rice. I know this would NEVER happen, but for God’s sake, Arkansas should just go back to lesser conference. I could see Tulsa also coming aboard.
Rivalry games essentially are at the crux of this decision - one is Bedlam - what does Okie State do if the Sooners leave? There is the one-sided asswhooping Texas has handed A&M over the years. The move keeps the Red River game alive, but at what cost? Does the Third Saturday in October game between Bama and Tennessee go away? Does the Georgia-Auburn annual slip away?
Lots to think about…
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1 hour ago, 3star_recruit said:
Let's be honest. Three of those guys are Valley-level recruits. Hard workers and good teammates but their numbers speak for themselves.
To land Texas players a notch above that, we would have to beat out mid-level Big 12 programs.
Old enough to remember when Texas had a Valley team… you may know it as West Texas A&M… we remember it as West Texas State and Mo Cheeks…and Billiken connection Ron Ekker, who guided the basketball Buffs from 73-77 before arriving in Midtown.
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1 hour ago, billiken_roy said:
when torch said "second best pg" i assumed he meant oscar or magic would be #1. my question is how the other isnt #2? personally i am preferential to Oscar as #1. imo Oscar is #2 greatest player of all time deferring to jordan for #1. he was mr triple double before that was even a thing.
Not only that, the 3-point line wasn’t even a thing. Can you imagine the final tally with the 3-ball in play for Oscar?
You could arguably make him 1c to Kareem 1b and Jordan being 1a. Oscar won, scored and thrived at every level - from high school, college and pros. Got to the Final Four in 58 & 59. Won a gold medal for Christ sake at the 60 Rome games, 71 champs in Milwaukee.
The man did it all.
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1 hour ago, thetorch said:
A great end to a crappy season.
Giannis is the first player to score 50 to win the NBA championship since Bob Pettit had 58 for the St. Louis Hawks.
This is the start of Giannis' legacy now. I feel like he's been overlooked the past couple years, maybe outside of the discussion as a top 5 player. Now this cements his status as the top talent in the league.
While I like Chris Paul I feel he has been way overrated in his career, partially thanks to his outsized 07-08 season which is adored by advanced stats geeks. Great player, HOFer, but he's a loser and a choke artist. No way he deserves to be considered the 2nd best PG of all time. This keeps him firmly behind Thomas in my book and a dead heat or slightly behind Stockton.
And Dennis & Kevin Johnson, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Allen Iverson, Gary Payton.
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8 hours ago, RUBillsFan said:
As much as I like the NBA and would love a local team to root for, I kind of like the Billikens being the good doctor’s sole basketball interest. I also like SLU being the “biggest” basketball show in town. Therefore, I’m okay with the status quo.
I see two sides to the argument here - one being that we have our own thing on-campus. You are absolutely right - but the environment for Marquette and the Bucks in Milwaukee is second-to-none. Tailgating in the parking lot when it’s 10 below or bar hopping before games in their little “ballpark village” around the new arena is awesome. If it would help the city, as it has Milwaukee, the Bucks and Marquette, we could take a page out of their playbook. Maybe even host (like Villanova used to do) a few games with bigger name programs at the larger arena and have lesser games back at Chaifetz.
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2 hours ago, cheeseman said:
I also was in attendance for those games and agree that it could be a revenue boost for both teams. The problem is it takes two to tango and Missouri has no interest in playing us and honestly I long ago lost interest in the game. Both don't need each other to succeed so until both teams can be treated by each other as equal peers than it has no interest for me. By the way a game between the two in KC would be a mistake. Any games should be in both Columbia and StL. A game in KC has no special draw for TV than the other spots and it would be better for both fan bases.
I think this game would have to be in KC; it gives MU two distinct advantages - one, being that it makes SLU travel the width of the state and they would have the larger fan base. Second, it wouldn’t be locally exposing them to STL-based recruits to potentially two losses in the same city (one to Illinois, the other to us).
If I’m the warden, I’d schedule this game as the Norm Stewart Classic or something and rotate SLU, SEMO, SMS, UMKC, etc. -
3 hours ago, willie said:
Rose Kennedy reference. Billiken Board first.
I doff my virtual cap at you, sir.
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1 hour ago, almaman said:
Something about "German" feeling good about other people's misfortune seems off to me.
Little known fact: the German language existed before September 1939.
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8 hours ago, slufan13 said:
SLU and Mizzou fans are really obsessed with each other for 2 programs that never play and neither have made a sweet 16 in the last decade
MU people have an inferiority complex, but no one who graduates with a degree in psychology from Missouri could accurately and properly diagnose it. So it just lingers on like Rose Kennedy towards the end.
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2 hours ago, billikenbill said:
This appears to be excellent news. Welcome, Mr. Thames!!
Rename the Mississippi the day he shows up on campus.
#RiverThames
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1 hour ago, brianstl said:
I like it.
Fanily is super athletic. His brother has broke all the way power hitting records at Lafayette. A school that has produced Ryan Howard, David Freese and Luke Voit. He is headed to play ball at Ole Miss. His dad was the starting point guard on a NCAA tournament team at UAB.
Kramer vs Kramer II
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2 hours ago, HoosierPal said:
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11 hours ago, Aquinas said:
Reminds me of Proverbs 27:17:
"as iron sharpens iron"
Love it! Another one that sums up our allegiance to the Bills from Hebrews 11:1
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”
I believe that is in reference to a magical Final Four run… soon, my boys. Soon.
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On 6/18/2021 at 3:42 PM, Bay Area Billiken said:
Has would look much better wearing the vaunted Silver & Black, protected by the swords and shield, as opposed to running around with a flaming thumbtack on his helmet ...
Viva Las Raiders!
Just win, baby. Al Davis summed up what should be the competitive animal statement of the millennium in just three simple words.
Queue up “The Autumn Wind is a Raider…” -
On 6/14/2021 at 9:16 AM, wgstl said:
Just passing this along -
If true; would have to mean we play also play Bradley, since conf teams likely wont face each other, right?
Just an FYI, this should be our HQ for the event. That price per-night isn’t a typo…
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1 hour ago, Billiken Rich said:
Dallas would be dream. The heir to Novacek and Witten and (I still can't get over it Jackie Smith)
He must be the sickest man in America still! That’s one of the all-time super bowl calls. Staubach put it right in his bread basket. Verne Lundquist on the airwaves…
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1 hour ago, A10Ref said:
Antonio Gates who played basketball at Kent State? He's the poster child of this jump from college basketball to NFL stardom (Future Pro Football HOFer - 8x pro bowler 5x all pro). Alie-Cox just signed a 1 year $3.4m contract, which I would assume is more than most people would expect in a solid career overseas. Would love to see a Billiken playing in the NBA, but I'll take NFL as a nice consolation prize any day.
You’re missing the OG of this, former Indianapolis Colt stud Marcus Pollard.
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Of interest for our own bench:
https://pistolsfiringblog.com/thomas-dziagwa-joining-travis-fords-staff-as-graduate-assistant/
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6 minutes ago, almaman said:
disagree, I think it would of grown w/o that thief & murderer. Sport was big before tv era and that is what fueled popularity. even the best of times sport was rife with shady stuff, but almost every thing about him is crooked.
Good post - I see your side of the argument, for sure. But who would have carried the torch for boxing if it wasn’t Don King? In the advent of the TV era of sports, the personalities in the ring were the reason to watch. Ali, Frazier, Foreman. Once that Generation faded, it was almost more about the guys outside the ring - King, Cus d’Amato, etc. The press certainly loved it.
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1 hour ago, almaman said:
Don king permanently screwed up boxing imo.
Devils advocate here, but Don King also led boxing into a post-Ali/Foreman/Frazier boxing Renaissance. However, as his empire grew vis-a-vis HBO, Showtime, etc - attendance dwindled. I get where people want to crucify King for the boxing malaise of the post-Tyson/Holyfield/Sugar Ray era, but there wouldn’t have been that era without a promoter like Don King. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
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12 hours ago, billiken_roy said:
what particularly irks me about K is the fact back in the 80's he was perceived to be such a coach of high integrity. wouldnt hang banners till every player had a degree, always recruiting with integrity, etc. now you read stories about cars, houses, crazy jobs for parents, etc. he is no better than any of the scums that have been blackballed by the ncaa but somehow the likes of him, roy williams, bill self always seem to escape everything.
That was a different Elton Brand of basketball, Roy.
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16 hours ago, 3star_recruit said:
This is the NCAA we're talking about here. Selective enforcement has long been the order of the day.
Before attending Duke, Zion and his family lived in a rental property in South Carolina, valued at roughly $153,000, renting for about $895 per month. While attending Duke, Zion and his family lived in a property valued at roughly $950,000 and rent was $4,995.00 per month.
Ford also points to three luxury vehicles owned by Zion’s step-father and mother as means to justify discovery to “determine if these vehicles would have impacted his eligibility to be/remain a student-athlete.”
I almost came out of my shoes reading this. Almost.
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1 hour ago, 3star_recruit said:
The guys who replaced first ballot Hall of Famers have had missed results. It could be a bumpy transition period at UNC and Duke. And the Kentucky faithful are starting to turn on Cal. This level of uncertainty at the blue bloods has not existed in our lifetimes.
Completely agree - remember how Ray Perkins and Bill Curry were run out on a rail in Tuscaloosa because they weren’t Bear?
Bill Gutherie probably the one exception (but he had Dean’s recruits).
Even having great W-L Records in Westwood post-Wooden for Bartow and Cunningham wasn’t enough to keep a seat on the bench.
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8 hours ago, TheA_Bomb said:
Roy we're discussing driving through OK as fast as we can and Stu's songs don't bring us down. Did the drive on Saturday stopped at Choctaw Casino won $190 in about an hour.
But I gotta keep going south past DFW southbound 35.
Oh man. This one takes me back, but not as much as Robert Earl Keen’s “Front Porch Song” from when he played at the Sons of Hermann Hall does. That’s music. He wrote that song with Lyle Lovett.
O.T. Conference Shuffle ( OU and Texas inquire about joining SEC)
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LSU will also be a no, as they’ve settled in nicely as A&M’s thanksgiving weekend rivalry game. If Texas comes to the SEC, it will more than likely slot that Longhorn/Aggie Game back to its traditional Friday-after-Thanksgiving date. It’s been 10 years since the two teams have played. I was at the last game in College Station and it was bitter.