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Live spread is still SLU -9.5, Vegas knows we're fine

We are far more talented, just need to calm down and we'll be fine.

We'd be up 10+ if it weren't for a handful of Illinois St 3s

And just like that, nice find to Thatch down low

I think not having Perkins for Yuri to kick it to has him making some uncharacteristic errors...

If I had a dollar for every time I heard about the irony of how good T Ford was at free throw shooting...

Don't understand the logic on these foul calls. That should have been a block on the floor with no foul on the shot IMO.

That was dumb luck 3, announcers acting like guy had a 10 ft radius to shoot.

Jimmer's shot well, just need to get some space for him.

There it is. now make these

Letting them play... not sure it matters much for us since we don't exactly punish teams at the free throw line anyway

Anyone know anyway to watch this without ESPN+?

See I think SLU may have ended up with the worst of both sides of this story. Given we don't really know who did what that night, they deemed 3 of 4 students' actions worthy of effective expulsion, yet somehow let them roam about the campus and go about their business while twiddling their thumbs and missing every deadline outlined in their own policies. Then you have Goodwin's apparent drastic reduction in punishment which conveniently salvages the program. Lots of people think the players were punished too harshly and treated unfairly to make a point, then SLU goes and negates that point by reducing Goodwin's punishment significantly. They drag 3 guys through the mud, then end up looking like they're defending their superstar in the end anyway. I really hope the right thing was done and I'm somehow missing details, but man that math is hard to fathom.

Thanks, I was inadvertently trying to pull up the mobile-friendly version which requires a login. I also could not pull it up on iPad.

Is there a free stream from the A10 website? the SLU website makes it seem like there is but when I click the link I get asked for login info.

I used to see him shoot around in the rec after he transferred to SLU decked out in UCF gear. I wouldn't read into his wardrobe too much.

The method of entry for students (flashing student ID) makes this nearly impossible to enforce if it is true. I am a current med student who attended numerous games for "free" ($50K) last year. I would imagine it wouldn't be an issue until they are as popular as they were a few years ago when you needed to pick up a printed ticket in addition to flashing your ID. For now, I think they are happy to have students of any sort fill that section.

B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

You're totally right, and I hope they do get enough to cover some of the debt. I think even $60M is wishful thinking though. I'm also in the camp that totally understands resistance to the new soccer stadium, although I did personally support it. My comment was due in large part to the frustration that without Kroenke and Rams shafting the city of St. Louis, the soccer deal likely would have went through. My reasoning (admittedly problematic logistically) was that if part of Kroenke's sins were atoned for, it would be cool to see the MLS project he indirectly killed get a second chance. With regards to the MLS statement and for that matter the statements of the ownership group about "having no plan B", these are things they have to say to maintain the system of public funding for these kind of projects. Both groups have a vested interest in the public thinking that the only way to get a franchise is to involve (their) government money. The MLS2STL group would have to be fools (I do not think they are fools) to have not considered the likelihood of a no vote. Any hint of a backup plan would have completely sunk Prop 2 from the start though. If that group really thinks an MLS franchise in St. Louis is a fantastic now or never investment, they will find a way to build a stadium, and if a fully funded stadium plan appears St. Louis will immediately be back near the top of the list for an MLS expansion team.

This may be expanding this discussion too far, but do our lackluster facilities hurt us when it comes to AAC or other conference invitations? Chaifetz can compete with anything as far as I'm concerned, but conferences have to be somewhat interested in the holistic athletic environment.

Very true, I was referring to the idea and the feel more so than seat numbers or dollars and cents. Those are games that people go to because there is an element of a fan experience outside of what the players are literally doing. Watching SLU baseball on a field such as ours is more like high school where it's fun as long as your kid is on the team.

Settle out of court for 60 million and build the soccer stadium. (half-sarcastic)

Kind of a chicken or the egg question. (If you build it they will come?) The baseball team has actually been pretty good, as billikenfan05 said there just isn't anything at all going on for fans. On the field product doesn't make up for the fact that it might as well be SLUH to the untrained eye. As much as the "St. Louis is a soccer city" tagline is thrown around, I think its hard to argue against St. Louis being first and foremost a baseball town. If SLU baseball felt/looked a little more like the Frontier league (Rascals/Grizzlies) and the team was halfway decent I think more people would attend.

That was a kind elaboration, thanks. Googling microbrewery chocolatier collaborations in St. Louis returns more results than one would think...

Six Mile Bridge is a good call. Perennial would be awesome, but they seem a little artsy for this location.