cgeldmacher
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17 hours ago, RiseAndGrind said:
I would be estatic with Yuri as a Billiken.
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20 hours ago, 615Billiken said:
Last I read on post dispatch live coverage was that protesters were turning back toward downtown.
I don't really care if they were on campus if they didn't damage anything. I also don't care if students chose to join the protest or not. I do think its bad optics that there was a protest going on while the private school students looked on from their balcony. Perfect opportunity for media to portray SLU as an oppressive elitist institution.
I don't know about "oppressive," but I'd be fine with being portrayed as an elitist institution. Mizzou got portrayed as an institution that tolerated protesting on campus at the expense of the safety of its students and at the expense of concentrating on being an institution of higher learning, and that university is paying the price. If Fox News showed some shots of kids looking down on the protesters from balconies and refusing to take the bait to come participate, that wouldn't be the worst thing for the image of the university.
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For those of us with season tickets, I bet that we get punished a bit by how nice and modern the facilities are at Chaifetz. I assume it's a hassle, and more expensive, to set up a broadcast at a lot of other A-10 gyms than it is at the modern Chaifetz Arena. Thus, networks like NBSSN prefer to do games there, and we end up not getting as many of our road games televised.
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After the past few seasons, the idea of regularly outrebounding teams gets me all tingly inside. Can't wait.
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3 hours ago, RiseAndGrind said:
Good move. Don't think SLU has much of a shot with McKinney (okay with me as I'm cool with Collins), but may have a shot with the 2020 kids.
I think whether or not we "have a shot" with guys like McKinney will depend a lot on this season. If we perform slightly better than expected (i.e. make the tournament) and appear to be a program on the rise, I think some recruits will reconsider SLU if they are not doing so now.
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I was reading an article about a study that was done that ranked the top 25 US cities for jobs. I usually don't expect St. Louis to be on these lists if they don't involve crime statistics. However, I was pleasantly surprised. The study measured the "top cities in the U.S. for finding a job, feeling good after you get it, and being able to enjoy an affordable quality of life."
5. St. Louis
- Glassdoor City Score: 4.4
- Job Openings: 104,725
- Median Base Salary: $45,600
- Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.4
- Median Home Value: $148,600
- Hot Jobs: Electrical Engineer, Communications Manager, Recruiter
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For anyone who is planning on going to the Butler game, get your hotel rooms booked now. That is the same day as the Big10 Championship game at Lucas Oil Field.
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The Mizzou trolls disappeared fast after Gordon's tweet was posted. It's like someone turned on the light in the kitchen and the cockroaches scattered for cover.
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15 minutes ago, WUH said:
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.
I hope they had a bunch of recruits at that game.
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Same here. I have a group that has been going to a road game for the past five years. The choices aren't the best this year.
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I saw the same tweet. Anyone have any idea when it comes out today?
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Mizzou's fan site seems to give the Billikens a shot, even though, as one would expect, it figures Missouri to be the front runner.
"So what are Mizzou’s chances? It would be tough to say they are far and away the leader, but it would appear they are in a position of strength. Martin’s staff worked hard to create a relationship with him and obviously qualifies as a nearby option, but do not discount Saint Louis University. Travis Ford is a tough recruiter and has been on Watson for a while as well."
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This was his Twitter post. Sadly, this sounds like family medical issue. If this is true, then for his sake, I hope he goes to SLU so that he's closer to his family. Obviously, I would also have selfish reasons for wanting him to go to SLU, but would never wish illness on someone's family. Regardless of where he goes, I wish the best for him and his family.
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On 8/25/2017 at 0:53 PM, bauman said:
I have never seen him play, but I intend to this year. A lot of you seem very impressed with him.
Most recruiting videos show the same things: some wide open dunks, some wide open threes, an assist or steal sprinkled in just because. His video is loaded with impressive precision passes to guys for open layups or threes. He looks to pass first and is very good at it. I don't put much stock in most recruiting videos, but his showed something unique.
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29 minutes ago, Box and Won said:
A few other stats not included in the Post-Dispatch article:
The class of 2021's average high school GPA is 3.9
28% of the class is the first member of a family to attend college
1,000+ members of the class received named scholarships.
The GPA number sounds great, but half the high school kids in the country have 4.0 GPAs due to grade inflation. Every college administrator is pointing at the average GPA of their incoming freshmen, because that number goes up every year. The ACT numbers are a better indicator.
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From what I've seen (only videos) and heard of Yuri, I think he is a player who will outperform his recruiting. By this I mean that I think that unless he gets picked up by a very good program, I think he will be a steal for some team. I hope it's SLU. His passing skills are very unique among today's high school kids. I hope Ford makes a serious push for him like he did with Goodwin, French, Gordon & Thatch. Make Yuri understand that his skills are appreciated and will be valued at SLU more than elsewhere.
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You can be a SLU fan and still believe that a national writer who makes a ranking list might slight us because he doesn't completely appreciate the changes on the team or doesn't completely know about them. Why would you question if someone is a SLU fan over an opinion of someone else's opinion?
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In the actual pictures, it says the Michigan State game is at 6:00 and that the Syracuse game is at 7:00. Maybe its a double-header.
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6 hours ago, Pistol said:
Holy smokes, I don't know how I didn't notice this. I was too worried about AD vs. AH. I give up.
How about JavB and JerB?
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2 hours ago, slufan13 said:
That was T Ford and T Ravs who said that
T Ford and T Ravs: Don't let Glory Days take credit for your inside information. You need to come out firing on this one. Put that guy in his place.
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On 8/12/2017 at 9:28 AM, majerus mojo said:
I ain't flyin to NY to visit the rose hill gymnasium
I did last year with seven other guys. Perfect excuse for a guy's trip to NYC.
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2 hours ago, billiken_roy said:
once we truly have thousands of students packing chaifetz, fine play the crap that the last few intro videos have featured, but honestly we have less than 100 students at the game. so why are we playing to them to "pump up the crowd"? there are plenty of music selections that the crowd would respond to that would more than do the job. find a good bruno mars song, or a beyonce or rihanna or carrie underwood, etc. heck i'd just as soon listen to the william tell overture than that nonsense that was with the intro video last year.
I think it's more for the players and for recruits. It may not be our cup of tea, but that's the kind of intro that kids want, because that's what they see in the NBA.
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13 minutes ago, HenryB said:
Lol...the difference between me and you is that you have zero impact in my world period. You condescendingly ran your mouth and lectured me that I was new on the board. I then embarrassed you by countering your idiotic post with the fact that I have been around longer than both you and Pistol. Fact...I have been around since 2005, Pistol 2006, and you 2013. You couldn't handle being exposed for the obnoxious fool you are and continue your ridiculous insults. Since you seem to lack basic comprehension skills let me repeat what was stated very clearly earlier. I don't give a rat's behind what you or anyone else thinks. I don't care who or who you don't ignore. My original intent for participation in this thread was to simply defend a poster who was accused of something that he didn't say. I was 100% correct in what I said...the posts prove it. Again for the dimwitted....if you don't like that.....tough. Again for the slow of learning....my happiness is totally unimpacted by you so please get over your alleged self importance.
I'm sure you don't care, but I've only known that you were a poster for a few minutes now, and I have zero respect for the fact that you don't seem to know how to have a conversation without obnoxious insults. This is in no way a comment about any argument you have attempted to make above. Simply a comment on the way you have conducted yourself while trying to make your points.
Please proceed now with hitting me with all sorts of childish insults. I'm ready.
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My point was that I prefer road games be on TV, because I go to the home games. Networks prefer the modern facilities at Chaifetz, so we get more home games broadcast. I could care less about home games being broadcast, because I'm there.