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Billikens score. If both Saint Louis and St. Bona win, I believe they go to a tiebreaker scenario to determine who plays in A10. Correct me if I am wrong...

St. Bona is leading VCU 2-1 while the Billikens are tied with SJU. Not looking good...

The basketball world long ago settled on a lexicon that allows everyone to discuss the game without confusion. It would not make sense to anyone to describe that game as anything other than at three possession game.

A three possession loss is never a route.

8 point win in a meaningless scrimmage = route. Weird.

The team probably deserved a new thread. I was following along on the live stats so I am not sure what happened, but GK Ben Yeager subbed in midway through the game. McGinty went deep in to the roster again, so that may be the reason. Hopefully not an injury. Tulsa (4-8-1) and SLU are both way down this season, but they have something else in common: both are the only teams to beat No. 6 Stanford. Both won 2-0 actually.

SLU is 4-8-1 after the OT loss last night to Davidson. SLU is in a three way tie for 8th in the league standings with the Top 8 going on the A-10 tourney and league leading Fordham on the schedule. The Billikens end the season with a 3-8-4 St. Joseph's. How did we get here (rhetorical question)?

I was just relaying a cool story in a season in which the cool stories may begin and end with Stanford. This was not directly related to you or your posts.

Last week, an individual took the time to go to the SLU Men's Soccer Facebook page to thank the team for spontaneously joining in on the applause for a flight of veterans while waiting at the airport. This while traveling to play George Washington. I thought that was cool.

It will remain a story, though it will only become a big story if it goes to court.

The federal regulations that govern student privacy are so restrictive that they have likely released everything they are allowed to release.

Billikens lose 4-0 to VCU. The season may as well be over.

An interesting point about the players of yore and one that I would have to think about. My point was not about the number of US players in organized leagues, but the frequency in which players are exposed to the game throughout their formative years. I would say especially the informal game as played on the streets of Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Brasilia and so on.

The problem is not that our prospective players are quitting too soon. The problem is that not enough of our prospective elite players are not starting early enough. Messi would probably not be a world class player if he was born and raised in suburban St. Louis.

Furious indeed! How many other Men's Soccer programs could build a non-conference schedule as SLU does season after season? 25-50? The program absolutely could be great again with the right coach and the right stadium. I do not expect every elite player in the St. Louis area to seriously consider playing for SLU, but there was a time in which the stadium may have been a key consideration. I doubt that is the case anymore.

I like this way of thinking. Coach Mims did start with a regional university that just moved to Division II and had (almost) no soccer tradition whatsoever, but Omaha is a nice soccer city and the university decided to invest heavily in the program to take advantage of that. Key to the effort was the renovation of Caniglia Field: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_F._Caniglia_Field Hermann could look like that...

You open up the job and hire the best person who will take it. Don't limit yourself to proven head coaches. Don't worry about where they are from. Don't hire Mike Sorber unless you want to hire him in advancement to fund raise for a new stadium.

One great thing about Salt and Smoke: they use the No Wait app. I love the brisket, but not the pulled chicken. My favorite way to go though is the bbq salad at Sugarfire. A nice but simple salad with brisket and Turkey on top.

I am sure someone else will offer further comment, but until someone does... The youth movement continues as a redshirt freshman (Jones) and a sophomore (Novaes) scored. Stanford recorded more shots (16-9), but SLU had a 6-1 advantage on shots on goal. SLU recorded just one save in the shutout. I did follow along with the Stanford Twitter feed and they had a way of making it sound like the Cardinal had dangerous shot after dangerous shot. None of that matters. Attendance was a mere 3,326 on homecoming, though it was hot and not the usual evening game with fireworks.

Let's not worry about anyone who does not honestly care about the program. This was a huge f%=@ing win! I so wish I would been there.

Unfortunately, I did not make it out for Akron and I am not sure if I'll make it on Saturday, but I have to think that SLU has improved since the first two games of the regular season given the inexperience. I was looking at Massey and he has Akron at No. 32 and Denver at No. 105, Tulsa at No. 90 and Fordham at No. 59 along with UMass at No. 161 and Davidson at No. 114. Dayton will host the tourney, but they are way down... Who knows?

Thanks for this update. Stanford has dropped to No. 5 in one poll. I believe they got shutout by Tulsa who incidentally is down this season and even lost to a Division II school in exhibition play.

The Implicit Association Test and the notion of implicit bias that Malcolm Gladwell discusses may not be as it seems. http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/01/psychologys-racism-measuring-tool-isnt-up-to-the-job.html In this case, the officers would have know the race of the victim for nearly three minutes before the officer pulled the trigger. Racism is still obviously a big problem.

The box score says 5,205 Even with free admission and food, 5,XXX is incredible. Especially when you consider how often college students get free food these days. Way more often than it used to be. Looks like the had just over 300 for the last home game. I am not sure if the men could draw much more than 5,205 this season with the same promotions (homecoming excluded). It looks like 929 were in attendance for Wake Forest and 1,261 for Michigan State.