BillikenFriar

The Big East Presidents don't want to add a public school. Full stop. SLU is still in decent position because of market size, location and institutional fit. Obviously the past two years has taken a bit of shine off of the prospect though. Part of all of this is the "Press Conference Win". Announcing Gonzaga does that for sure. SLU, not at the moment certainly. This coaching hire is so enormous that it really can't be exaggerated.

Love it. Happy to see ultimate frisbee make a cameo.

Super kind of you sir. Thank you very much.

College sports are broken. I am a lifelong college basketball fan but I am Slowly coming to think that we should get our colleges out of the sports business. Providence cut academic budgets 3% the same week they announced a 30 million dollar basketball practice gym and a 20 million dollar lacrosse complex. BTW, the "old" practice gym was renovated exactly 24 months ago. What business are we supposed to be in again?

Providence Villanova Xavier Creighton Someone check my math. Isn't that 4?

There was ZERO talk of unequal shares or buy ins when the new big east amongst the schools. That was rumor repeated as truth. 5 million dollars from Fox plus equal share of NCAA credits makes joining the big east a financial slam dunk. It isn't even close.

Hopefully VCU eventually wins another game so that their posters can go home. A losing streak must be a real bummer.

Yep, I got it.

Scoreboard?

My favorite billiken ever.

Your kids drink? Schlafly Tap Room if they are precocious.

URI and UMass for me.

I was there too. Anthony Bonner was there and it was televised on ESPN I think.

Me too. I am not exactly returned to the flock but Pope Francis is definitely has a fan in me.

Also, the metric system is for *******.

How about golf carts?

You seem to have the professor gig all figured out. All that adjunct teaching you bring up all the time has served you well. I have been teaching college classes for 18 years. I am of the opinion that there a lot of ways to be an effective teacher and I haven't even for a moment considered sartorial decisions amongst them. I certainly wouldn't be quick to assume anything about a professor's effectiveness based on his or her choice of underpants. I better get to the mall. U

I can only assume this is sarcasm. The hand wringing over Drew is out of control. If SLU wants tobe big time, this is how yhe game is played. Is it gross? Sure is. In fact, bigtime college sports is gross from top to bottom. No recruit is avoiding slu over Drew because they, unlike some posters here, understand that this is par for the course.

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Exactly! There are many who abuse tenure but the purpose it exists is for EXACTLY this reason. Also, is my memory wrong on this point? Wasn't there an earlier vote of no confidence taken against Biondi at sometime in the late 90's or early 2000's? I seem to think it was involving the sale of the hospital primarily.

Chances of a lay president? I know gtown and canisius have laity in charge. Any other jesuit schools?

Fr. garanzini woukd be a great choice.

Alright then. Read that report. Maybe you hate the faculty. Maybe you love Biondi. No matter. There is no way to come to any conclusion other than SLU is an abiect mess. The University, the students and the alumni deserve a new President. You two continue your pissing match if ya like. Meanwhile your alma mater is a flupping disaster.

Maybe it is SELU (south east louisiana u) They call them SLU down there in Hammond, LA.

Spot on, well said.