Former Billikens Updates

[RUBillsFan]

On 5/11/2024 at 4:08 PM, Slufan10 said:

 

does Javon Pickett just buy and resell tickets?

I was wondering if Javon's account got hacked or something.

[Slufan10]

On 5/13/2024 at 1:10 PM, RUBillsFan said:

I was wondering if Javon's account got hacked or something.

Safe to say Javon got hacked.

[Coach314]

Congratulations!!

[thetorch]

21 hours ago, Coach314 said:

Congratulations!!

How this guy can work in a school is beyond me.  Lutheran North Co-eds run for cover.  Coach Polk will soon be in your DMs.

[wgstl]

Jesus. I knew nothing of this but I guess now I do 

[billikenfan05]

 

[OkieBilliken]

New card alert, Simon plays for FC Horsens of Denmark. He had 3 goals in 14 appearances for his Danish club.

[cgeldmacher]

On 6/30/2024 at 9:29 AM, OkieBilliken said:

New card alert, Simon plays for FC Horsens of Denmark. He had 3 goals in 14 appearances for his Danish club.

Good info, but I think you have his team confused.  I had to look it up.  He plays for AC Horsens, not FC Horsens.  AC Horsens plays in the 2nd tier Danish league (it's called Division 1, but it is below their Superligaen which is the top league).  FC Horsens plays in the 7th tier Danish league.

He was transferred from the Vancouver Whitecaps to the AC Horsens in January.

[OkieBilliken]

2 hours ago, cgeldmacher said:

Good info, but I think you have his team confused.  I had to look it up.  He plays for AC Horsens, not FC Horsens.  AC Horsens plays in the 2nd tier Danish league (it's called Division 1, but it is below their Superligaen which is the top league).  FC Horsens plays in the 7th tier Danish league.

He was transferred from the Vancouver Whitecaps to the AC Horsens in January.

Wow, that was a huge mistake .  The fact that there are (at least) 7 tiers of a Danish football is startling.  I think they have less population than the state of Missouri.  

[billikenfan05]

29 minutes ago, OkieBilliken said:

Wow, that was a huge mistake .  The fact that there are (at least) 7 tiers of a Danish football is startling.  I think they have less population than the state of Missouri.  

I think you're overestimating the quality of leagues 3-7 HA

[cgeldmacher]

2 hours ago, OkieBilliken said:

Wow, that was a huge mistake .  The fact that there are (at least) 7 tiers of a Danish football is startling.  I think they have less population than the state of Missouri.  

I think many of their leagues are similar to local amateur leagues that used to exist in St. Louis decades ago.  I wish those sorts of leagues were still active.  I guess that's more of a societal change in how things operate in the US presently.

[Lord Elrond]

7 minutes ago, cgeldmacher said:

I think many of their leagues are similar to local amateur leagues that used to exist in St. Louis decades ago.  I wish those sorts of leagues were still active.  I guess that's more of a societal change in how things operate in the US presently.

In Denmark, soccer is probably the only sport they really care about.  The money and fan attention we throw at the NFL, College football, MLB, NBA, College Basketball, NHL, and MLS combined is what they put in soccer.

[almaman]

4 hours ago, OkieBilliken said:

Wow, that was a huge mistake .  The fact that there are (at least) 7 tiers of a Danish football is startling.  I think they have less population than the state of Missouri.  

typical non american football. what sport or anything for that matter have Division 1 attached to the second best entry in said endeavor?

[Lord Elrond]

11 hours ago, almaman said:

typical non american football. what sport or anything for that matter have Division 1 attached to the second best entry in said endeavor?

The English have the name Championship tied to their 2nd Division…

[cgeldmacher]

Not sure why I looked this up, but I did.  Kwamain just wrapped up his 11th year of professional basketball in May.  He played 2023-24 for CSO Voluntari in the Romanian league.  He averaged 8.0 ppg and 4.2 apg.

In his career, he has played in the Czech Republic, Poland, Latvia, France, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland, and Romania.  What a way to spend your 20s and 30s.

EDIT:

Wanted to add a current picture.  Like his age 30 something look...

 

[cgeldmacher]

 

[cgeldmacher]

Dwayne Evans just finished a season with Hiroshima D in Japan.  He averaged 15.2 ppg and 7.2 rebound per game.

Edit: adding picture

[cgeldmacher]

Cody Ellis is playing for Warwick in Australia.  He's averaging 13 ppg.

[cgeldmacher]

Rob Loe is playing for Tuatara in New Zealand.  He's averaging 20.2 ppg.  Looks like it is his first season in Tuatara.  He had previously been with Melbourne in the Australian League where he was averaging 5.5 ppg.  Looks like he's winding things down against easier competition in his home country.

[TheChosenOne]

Thanks for the info, @cgeldmacher. Any chance you want to do this every quarter or so?!?! @billikenfan05 can update us on the guys who have gone the social media influencer route.

[billikenfan05]

48 minutes ago, TheChosenOne said:

Thanks for the info, @cgeldmacher. Any chance you want to do this every quarter or so?!?! @billikenfan05 can update us on the guys who have gone the social media influencer route.

Fred Thatch and his fiancé have gone into the social influencer game. 

[Slufan10]

I wonder what Austin Gillmann is up to

[billikenfan05]

39 minutes ago, Slufan10 said:

I wonder what Austin Gillmann is up to

Married to Mike Crawford's sister. Probably settled into a career in business. 

[TheChosenOne]

I’m liking this TMZ esque info! I’m no longer on social media (for some reason the algorithms thought I only wanted to see well endowed young women hit golf balls), so I didn’t know that about Thatch, disappointing. Nor did I know that about Gillmann and Crawford. And Crawford is married to a former women’s hooper, right?

[Old guy]

4 hours ago, TheChosenOne said:

I’m liking this TMZ esque info! I’m no longer on social media (for some reason the algorithms thought I only wanted to see well endowed young women hit golf balls), so I didn’t know that about Thatch, disappointing. Nor did I know that about Gillmann and Crawford. And Crawford is married to a former women’s hooper, right?

One of the things you can do to get the algorithms to feed you other topics, is to search for them. For example you can look for things like car repair, or SpaceX, or Alaska, or whatever you might find interesting. The algos will start feeding you a broader menu of topics after you do that.