billiken_roy Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 for those of you still a little skeptical about the real skills of kevin lisch and tommie liddell and how they will measure up to college ball, i noticed that in purdue's first game, xaiver price started, played 31 minutes and by the box score looked like he was at least the 3rd best player on the team. anyone that has seen the matchups in high school, knows that both lisch and liddell always outplayed xaiver price when they would go head-to-head. also, i went over to naticat's house friday nite to watch the opener of cincy vs valpo on the internet. (nice that cincy fans have the opportunity to view any game not on nbc, cbs, abc, espn or fox by clicking on the appropriate internet links and paying the one time annual $100 fee. while this is more than the billikens fee to hear the billikens on the internet, the feed was fantastic and it was broadcast and color commented by the regular cincy broadcasters.) i particularly wanted to watch dan oppland, who was an area player that went to valpo to play. oppland appears to be one of their go-to guys and was very good inside. if my memory serves me correctly, romar recruited him hard, but he wanted a package deal with his twin brother. valpo gave it to him. romar wouldnt. his brother mike is now playing at truman state. oppland would have looked nice in billiken blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 and still keep the good one happy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVanillaGorilla Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 The wait till next year banter has already started. Maybe it is the coaching. Maybe Soderberger can't effetively coach and adjust to marginally talented players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 Mike was part of the package deal and transferred last year to Truman State due to lack of playing time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 Roy is always talking about Lisch -- this isn't wait until next year banter. You've got a point with your Soderberg/Pinkel comparisons but you're way off base here. Roy is Lisch's biggest fan -- been following him since way before he became a Billiken recruit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 Vanilla ... there you go again ... that wit of yours is incredible. Please count me as a fan. There are not many people with the insight and inclination to go to a teams fan board and talk smack just to stir up trouble and all annonymously. Wow ... I really am impressed you should be proud. I'm sure your mommy should get credit also ... she raised you and lets you use the computer to share your wonderful opinions with the rest of the world. Thank you and thank you Mrs. Ape Official Billikens.com sponsor of H. Waldman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted November 23, 2004 Author Share Posted November 23, 2004 the story i got third hand at our truman state game was that mike realized he was not going to play at valpo and left on his own to head to truman. to his credit, i thought in the truman game he did a good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naticat Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 Tell the Billiken faithful about Jihad! In Jihad I trust! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted November 23, 2004 Author Share Posted November 23, 2004 you have balls of brass to have the gall to visit here and talk smack when it appears the mi$$ouri program is still a mess. yeah we lost our first two games that we believe we should have won. whatever. you would prefer we continue to dwell on the past weekend and talk negatively? sorry, i am doing what i can to try to change the tone, especially my own, which triangle made me realize over the weekend has become to far the other way. as to my notes, what is wrong with bringing up some different discussion topics? i far one was anxious to see how price did at a big ten program and how he would work into the lineup. to be honest, i am a little surprised he has been thrust into such an important role so soon. thus my post. i was also meaning to post the oppland information since friday and always got sidetracked. romar wanted oppland badly and had he known that mike just wanted a chance to prove himself and then would move along without his brother, my bets are that we would have taken that package deal as well. instead we got ryan hollins, who never showed because coach romar left for washington, and the kid from vashon that ended up not even playing college basketball. if you cant see the discussion merit of both items, you are a sad individual. but we already knew that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted November 23, 2004 Author Share Posted November 23, 2004 hehehe naticat loves the new bearcat point guard, jihad muhammed. while he admittedly had some fine moments, imo he is a slightly better shooting "chia pet" stokes imo. wait until you see his hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 ... he's a brave and loyal sport. A risk taker. Just the other day, I saw him at the Palace in Auburn Hills with his white ball cap and blue "Wallace" jersey on. I thought he was well-behaved. Then I changed the channel ... heck the game was over ... the Pacers were up by 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 ... the 'Cat likes Jihad because of similar hair-styles? I can't believe the'Cat is that shallow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 Good lord I hope they can profile him at an airport. I can see it now. Jihad you go on through we need to take down this 70 grandma and fondle herbreasts looking for a knitting needle. WHAT THE HELL WAS HIS MOTHER THINKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 >for those of you still a little skeptical about the real >skills of kevin lisch and tommie liddell and how they will >measure up to college ball, i noticed that in purdue's first >game, xaiver price started, played 31 minutes and by the box >score looked like he was at least the 3rd best player on the >team. Of course taking another view, you have Grant Agbo who consistently beat up on Kalen Grimes playing off the bench for truman St. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUWX Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 ohh, wow.. this is good stuff. I am going to have to come to town for the Cincy game. How much fun can we have with a Muslim named Jihad?! Just wait to find out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted November 23, 2004 Author Share Posted November 23, 2004 no the hairstyle had nothing to do with his like of jihad. remember the cincy point guard position has been a problem since logan retired from professional sports (graduation, same thing). jihad is admittedly better than the pg's the bearcats have trotted out since logan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 I'm still stunned by the name. I know the kid was born pre 9/11 but good greif. I'd like you to meet my son Adolph Hitler Bertacchi. No that's just wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 .. Jihad Mohammed ..... I think he was rated the #2 JUCO college player in the land last year behind Taj Gray (maybe). My wife had two kids in grade school ... Obinan Okinan and Odiman Okinan. Of course, at last night's soccer awards for our girl's team we had Jess, followed by Jen, followed by Jan, followed by another Jess, followed by a Jan and then a Janelle. Not to be outdone, the field hockey team then recognized Kaitlyn, Kate, Katie, Kathleen, Kristen, Kourtney and so on. Seems to run in cycles. But this Jihad one is a classic, that I'll agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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