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Does anyone know if SLU's athletic department benefits financially off of game being broadcast on ESPN+? I would assume they were paid something if a game was broadcast on Bally's.
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On 9/27/2024 at 4:29 PM, kcbill said:
At one time SLU had one of the, if not the most prominent name, in the aerospace industry in Parks College. Then the academics dropped the name for no apparent reason hamstringing any new grad looking for work in the industry. A self-inflicted wound with no upside.
The Oliver Parks Department of Aviation Science is still a part of the School of Science and Engineering. However, Park College was always, and the current department still is, an aviation school. It would not make sense to name our entire engineering school after an aviation college we absorbed. If anything, they should name our engineering school after McDonnell Douglas which is truly still a "prominent name" in the aerospace industry. Right now, the Oliver Parks Department of Aviation is located in McDonnell Douglas Hall on campus.
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Great news. A 6'8" kid that can shoot the three. Welcome to SLU Luke.
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I actually think it does deserve its own thread. I could not be happier for Dre. We're going to miss him, if it truly means he isn't doing Billiken games anymore, but what an opportunity for him.
Zac and Pete, if you haven't interviewed him for the podcast already, or even if you have, this might be a great time to have him on.
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On 9/21/2024 at 9:04 PM, 3star_recruit said:
Another 2025 player who can light it up from 3.
https://underarmournext.com/basketball/players/?spid=664666fb7bd85d6a9a83087f&c=2024boys
I love that we have a coach that knows exactly what he wants and who fits his system rather than just aimlessly recruiting guys purely on athleticism or ranking services. This allows him to get guys who may be great in his program even if they may be overlooked by others.
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I have actually had to research this condition once as part of my job. When you work out, your muscle tissue breaks down and has to be absorbed into your blood stream and then disposed of by your body. Then you take in nutrients which heal that muscle tissue and the result is that the muscles become stronger. However, you can work out to such and extreme that the materials that break down from your muscles that go into your blood stream cannot be disposed of fast enough and essentially overload your organs.
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The surest sign of someone who is posting because they are a troll or they have a hidden agenda is when the person starting a topic is the first person to reply to their own long, ranting post.
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14 hours ago, Old guy said:
Welcome to the Bills Cameron Houston, hope you enjoy it.
Seriously? This has to be trolling. This kid's name is spelled correctly in the rest of the thread on on the title of the thread.
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22 hours ago, gobillsgo said:
Sorry if this was already posted, and not exactly sure how reputable “Blue Ribbon” is, but pretty cool recognition for Robbie to be recognized as a preseason third team all American.
Lot of St. Louis on that list. Of the twenty kids mentioned we have one Billiken and two kids from St. Louis.
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16 hours ago, TheChosenOne said:
Dang! I feel like we need to get you all Billiken blue blazers to honor your support as fans! Some OGs no doubt, impressive!
I actually really like this idea. If you have had season tickets for more than 30 years, not counting student ticket years, then you should get a Billiken Blue jacket. If you wear that jacket to the game, you should get access to Lorenzini's regardless of your season ticket level. Also, once a year at half time, they bring out all of the Blue Jacket alumni at half time to honor them. This should replace the autographed basketballs they give out at seemingly random times.
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I'm not saying that this kid is going to be the next Avila, but I'm sure that Schertz is telling bigs that can shoot that he can turn them into the next Avila. Sounds like the sales pitch worked well on this guy. Now he needs to put on muscle, work on his passing, and maybe we got a gem here.
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At least its another chance. Better than no news.
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Getting someone who had a Tennessee offer and who visited Illinois and Iowa is fantastic. I don't even care if she didn't have offers from Illinois and Iowa and the Tennessee offer was stale, this is a great get by Tillett.
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They kicked the field goal to satisfy the boosters who had bet on the game, not players or staff. This is something that has been done long before the prevalence of online sports betting.
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On 8/31/2024 at 8:06 PM, SLURadioBoy said:
I don't know much about this kid, but I love that he thanked our program for its "hospitality this weekend" and that his parents are in one of his posted pictures.
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3 hours ago, Crewsorlose said:
The fatal flaw in The Torch's argument is "keep the freshman that you like." Would that it were so simple. The freshman SLU likes are the same freshman, generally, that the rest of the country likes, and is offering bags of cash to.
In this landscape, you essentially re-recruit all 13 scholarship players every spring.
Sorry, just saw your reply after I made mine and realized I made the same point you did.
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12 hours ago, thetorch said:
Recruit freshman, keep the ones we like, fill in a gap with a transfer or two, and repeat. Develop players, put them in a system where they will succeed and they will stay, then we pay them. If they leave, we bring in more guys.
The bolded section is the problem with your take. There is no guarantee that we keep a freshman that has a breakout freshman season. We can, and probably will be, outbid by big schools on any freshman we have that looks like a star. The transfers we bring in are coming here because they know where they are in the big picture of the basketball world and they chose SLU and the compensation package we offered.
I don't think we should be all transfers either. I think that there is a proper balance that the staff should develop.
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23 hours ago, OkieBilliken said:
For conference affiliation, basketball is the only thing that matters. Des Moines, Carbondale, Terre Haute, Cedar Falls, Normal......trash, trash & more trash.
I'll take Philly, Dayton, DC, Richmond, Chicago everyday.
But that's the point. We are talking about putting basketball in its own much better basketball only conference. It sounds like it might be about a wash for the other sports.
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23 hours ago, OkieBilliken said:
The Valley is trash.
Is it better or worse than the A-10 when you don't include basketball?
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1 minute ago, billiken_roy said:
MVC has a lot of public schools. public schools have kind of an unlimited checking account. the non revenue sports are more at a disadvantage vs public schools than the revenue sports and the private schools tend to open up the safe for those revenue sports more.
I feel confident that teams like soccer, baseball/softball, volleyball would compete just fine in the Missouri Valley.
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2 hours ago, gobillsgo said:
would a move to the Big East affect our ability to play in Maui in a few years? Not sure if there have been any leaks on other participants, but they usually don’t let two teams from the same conference play. I think obviously you trade Maui for admission to the Big East, but hopefully we’d get another crack at Maui down the road
Playing in Maui once compared it playing a Big East schedule every year is not even close. I would take terrible non-conference schedules and no non-conference tournaments every year if it meant being in the Big East.
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22 hours ago, billikenfan05 said:
These are schools in different conferences because their primary doesn't sponsor soccer. Not exactly a 1:1 comparison for our scenario.
MAC discontinued soccer in 2022.
I agree that it is not a 1:1 comparison, but if we had the opportunity to get into a basketball only conference with Gonzaga, St. Mary's, VCU, Dayton, Wichita State, Memphis, Loyola, etc. I would take my chances with the A-10's rules. If they want to kick us out for putting our basketball teams in that basketball only conference, so be it. We'll find somewhere else for out other teams to play, maybe the Missouri Valley. In fact, if our basketball programs are in this new conference, the Missouri Valley might be a better landing spot for our other sports anyway under those circumstances.
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4 hours ago, brianstl said:
SLU debuts at 9th in this week's Top Drawer Soccer Ranking.
https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men
This is off topic for this thread, but in another thread there was a discussion about SLU getting into a basketball only conference. Some posters had concern about being in a different conference than our other sports. To illustrate that this is not an issue, check out this list. West Virginia is ranked #2 in the soccer poll and their soccer team is listed in the Sun Belt Conference. Their other teams play in the Big 12. Also, #7 Western Michigan's soccer team plays in the the Missouri Valley Conference, even though their other sports teams play in the MAC. #19 Kentucky's soccer team also plays in the Sun Belt Conference.
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On 8/21/2024 at 4:59 PM, Adman said:
I'll be there... after a quick trip to Sonoma.
Sonoma or Sedona?
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So, you are saying that we have to pay for games to be on Bally's but get paid for games on ESPN+?