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Post by monty on Aug 24, 2012 19:53:34 GMT -8
Nicholas speaks. BTW, where's Rasputin? excellent work.
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Post by jdgaucho on Aug 24, 2012 19:57:46 GMT -8
Nicholas speaks. BTW, where's Rasputin? Found him! His known alias is John Marinatto
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Post by monty on Aug 24, 2012 20:00:21 GMT -8
Nicholas speaks. BTW, where's Rasputin? Found him! His known alias is John Marinatto Meatball ain't coming back to life
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Post by beefeater on Aug 25, 2012 4:07:14 GMT -8
Hey, when I first started posting here, I couldn't even get people to agree that the BWC wants to improve. That's how ignorant some of you were at the time. You actually think this proves the Big Lots wants to improve? It doesn't prove anything more than that BLC schools wanted to squeeze every possible dime out of the Bluefields so they can be guaranteed of balancing their athletics budget for the next decade. Gotta add this. Maybe because I attended CSUN for a couple years I feel a bit defensive of them. However, UCR deserves at least as much scorn. When the mofo hell has UCR ever beaten UCLA at Pauley or gotten to the NCAAs? Northridge has done both, plus getting to the Big Lots men's hoops final several times. So attention those who are bagging on the Matadors: If the only thing about BLC membership that matter is men's basketball, CSUN isn't close to the steaming turd that UCR is. Cherry picking one or two programs, again? (a) if you want to talk about the BWC you have to talk about about WHOLE conference. When I say the BWC wants to improve, I am talking about the aggregate. What one or two members does individually is only a fraction of the whole. You can't make a point about the WHOLE conference by cherry picking. (b) Yes, this actually does prove the BWC wants to improve. It's self evident. You want to argue that? OK, then, you have to agree that SDSU doesn't want to improve by joining the Big East. It's the exact same principle.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2012 14:38:15 GMT -8
I wasn't "cherry picking two programs," merely commenting that the anti-CSUN wrath here was unfair if we Aztecs are going to argue, as I believe we should, that the only BLC sport which really matters is men's hoops. Considering the tremendous constraints Bobby Braswell operates under, most years he manages to have a competitive team and every once in a while he actually wins the BLC tournament. UCR? When have they ever done anything in men's basketball?
Oops, I forgot. UCR is going to build a new arena. Obviously just like with a new football stadium for UNLV, that will turn their winning percentage around 180 degrees.
As to the BLC as a whole, you're correct that adding SDSU, Boise and Hawaii shows interest in improvement. But how much? The answer to THAT will lie in whether the current BLC members now just sit back and collect their dinero or whether they now look to bring in a 12th member like NMSU or Seattle to continue to try to grow.
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Post by monty on Aug 25, 2012 16:14:33 GMT -8
Northridge is the prime example of a program with no desire to improve itself - they drop football and they don't seem to have reinvested a single dime of that. That gym is an abortion, or at least was almost 20 years or so when I went there as a kid and they still play in that dump? CSUN is the epitome of the problem, that they can win a few games here and there shows there are others complicit in the problem.
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Post by beefeater on Aug 25, 2012 16:33:56 GMT -8
I wasn't "cherry picking two programs," merely commenting that the anti-CSUN wrath here was unfair if we Aztecs are going to argue, as I believe we should, that the only BLC sport which really matters is men's hoops. Considering the tremendous constraints Bobby Braswell operates under, most years he manages to have a competitive team and every once in a while he actually wins the BLC tournament. UCR? When have they ever done anything in men's basketball? Oops, I forgot. UCR is going to build a new arena. Obviously just like with a new football stadium for UNLV, that will turn their winning percentage around 180 degrees. As to the BLC as a whole, you're correct that adding SDSU, Boise and Hawaii shows interest in improvement. But how much? The answer to THAT will lie in whether the current BLC members now just sit back and collect their dinero or whether they now look to bring in a 12th member like NMSU or Seattle to continue to try to grow. A new facility doesn't guarantee anything for UCR, but it does raise the stakes for the AD and the HC to win. And Wooldridge's contract is up in two seasons, so there's going to be some weighty decisions to be made. Let's hope the building gets approved and funded. There is no guarantee it will happen.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2012 16:41:12 GMT -8
Northridge is the prime example of a program with no desire to improve itself - they drop football and they don't seem to have reinvested a single dime of that. That gym is an abortion, or at least was almost 20 years or so when I went there as a kid and they still play in that dump? CSUN is the epitome of the problem, that they can win a few games here and there shows there are others complicit in the problem. If Braswell ever left Northridge they could easily face a winless Big Lots season, that's how awful their athletics department is. As I said once before, if the BLC had been smart, when CSUN and UCR lobbied to join, the BLC would have given them a couple years to come up with a $10M down payment on a new arena with the understanding that even assuming they met that, if they didn't get the new arena built within five years, they were gone. And "abortion" IS an apt term for that place. It's a gym of equal quality to the average junior college.
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Post by jdgaucho on Aug 25, 2012 18:48:43 GMT -8
Commissioner Dennis Farrell had this to say about future additions:
“We’re not actively recruiting anyone. Eleven is an awkward number from a scheduling standpoint, but we can make it work, and we can make it work indefinitely. The Big Ten did for years. We’re not going to expand just for the sake of expansion.”
I won't have a hard time believing the conference is willing to stay put at 11 for now. See how the scheduling works out. In the meantime just keep the door open and let Seattle, Denver, Fresno, Bakersfield, and NMSU duke it out amongst themselves for the #12 spot if they so choose. UNLV ain't coming and neither is Nevada or San Jose.
I'd take either of the first two options, personally.
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Post by monty on Aug 25, 2012 19:23:07 GMT -8
Commissioner Dennis Farrell had this to say about future additions: “We’re not actively recruiting anyone. Eleven is an awkward number from a scheduling standpoint, but we can make it work, and we can make it work indefinitely. The Big Ten did for years. We’re not going to expand just for the sake of expansion.” I won't have a hard time believing the conference is willing to stay put at 11 for now. See how the scheduling works out. In the meantime just keep the door open and let Seattle, Denver, Fresno, Bakersfield, and NMSU duke it out amongst themselves for the #12 spot if they so choose. UNLV ain't coming and neither is Nevada or San Jose. I'd take either of the first two options, personally. Farrell obviously doesn't even have any of those teams on the radar - you don't add Hawaii (great big lots sports that don't mean anything to anyone but big lots), Arrogant Bastard (God's gift to the Big Lots) and Boise (hea, you guys can buy new racquetballs), and then think, man, we really need to add Bakersfield. Big Lots is going to wait to see what team is going to plop into their lap next.
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Post by jdgaucho on Aug 25, 2012 19:33:12 GMT -8
Big Lots is going to wait to see what team is going to plop into their lap next. Can't say it has not been effective
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Post by titanczar on Aug 25, 2012 19:37:04 GMT -8
I wasn't "cherry picking two programs," merely commenting that the anti-CSUN wrath here was unfair if we Aztecs are going to argue, as I believe we should, that the only BLC sport which really matters is men's hoops. Considering the tremendous constraints Bobby Braswell operates under, most years he manages to have a competitive team and every once in a while he actually wins the BLC tournament. UCR? When have they ever done anything in men's basketball? Oops, I forgot. UCR is going to build a new arena. Obviously just like with a new football stadium for UNLV, that will turn their winning percentage around 180 degrees. As to the BLC as a whole, you're correct that adding SDSU, Boise and Hawaii shows interest in improvement. But how much? The answer to THAT will lie in whether the current BLC members now just sit back and collect their dinero or whether they now look to bring in a 12th member like NMSU or Seattle to continue to try to grow. Just a brilliant reply. You want a BW school to show improvement. At least UCR is working on a way to fund and build an arena. NO other BW school is actively working on getting an arena built. Put it this way, UCR is working harder on building an on campus arena than SDSU is on building this wet dream on-campus football stadium.
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Post by monty on Aug 25, 2012 19:37:06 GMT -8
Big Lots is going to wait to see what team is going to plop into their lap next. Can't say it has not been effective A stone gathers all moss; a stone with an Aztec4Life standing next to it with a hoe, gathers effective moss. Aztecs are just better at everything.
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Post by beefeater on Aug 25, 2012 19:46:45 GMT -8
Northridge is the prime example of a program with no desire to improve itself - they drop football and they don't seem to have reinvested a single dime of that. That gym is an abortion, or at least was almost 20 years or so when I went there as a kid and they still play in that dump? CSUN is the epitome of the problem, that they can win a few games here and there shows there are others complicit in the problem. If Braswell ever left Northridge they could easily face a winless Big Lots season, that's how awful their athletics department is. As I said once before, if the BLC had been smart, when CSUN and UCR lobbied to join, the BLC would have given them a couple years to come up with a $10M down payment on a new arena with the understanding that even assuming they met that, if they didn't get the new arena built within five years, they were gone. And "abortion" IS an apt term for that place. It's a gym of equal quality to the average junior college. I don't care for the term "abortion" at all. It's nasty and depraved. "Natural Disaster" is FAR more appropriate!
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Post by monty on Aug 25, 2012 20:02:17 GMT -8
If Braswell ever left Northridge they could easily face a winless Big Lots season, that's how awful their athletics department is. As I said once before, if the BLC had been smart, when CSUN and UCR lobbied to join, the BLC would have given them a couple years to come up with a $10M down payment on a new arena with the understanding that even assuming they met that, if they didn't get the new arena built within five years, they were gone. And "abortion" IS an apt term for that place. It's a gym of equal quality to the average junior college. I don't care for the term "abortion" at all. It's nasty and depraved. "Natural Disaster" is FAR more appropriate! I don't care for some fuddy duddy stick in the mud like you interjecting your silly beliefs on abortion here.
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Post by beefeater on Aug 25, 2012 20:08:15 GMT -8
I don't care for the term "abortion" at all. It's nasty and depraved. "Natural Disaster" is FAR more appropriate! I don't care for some fuddy duddy stick in the mud like you interjecting your silly beliefs on abortion here. pffft. That stick is the one up your butt. My beliefs are none of your beeswax and you don't know anyway. But, abortion references are nasty and depraved, no doubt about it. FYI, butt-clencher, the Matadome was damaged in the Northridge earthquake and that's why the upper deck was closed down. Structural damage. Hence, "Natural Disaster" is more appropriate than "abortion."
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Post by titanczar on Aug 25, 2012 20:16:05 GMT -8
I don't care for some fuddy duddy stick in the mud like you interjecting your silly beliefs on abortion here. pffft. That stick is the one up your butt. My beliefs are none of your beeswax and you don't know anyway. But, abortion references are nasty and depraved, no doubt about it. FYI, butt-clencher, the Matadome was damaged in the Northridge earthquake and that's why the upper deck was closed down. Structural damage. Hence, "Natural Disaster" is more appropriate than "abortion." That's not entirely correct. The Matadump was damaged in the earthquake, but they fixed that upper deck but instead of seats, there is now classrooms/labs.
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Post by monty on Aug 25, 2012 20:16:47 GMT -8
I don't care for some fuddy duddy stick in the mud like you interjecting your silly beliefs on abortion here. pffft. That stick is the one up your butt. My beliefs are none of your beeswax and you don't know anyway. But, abortion references are nasty and depraved, no doubt about it. FYI, butt-clencher, the Matadome was damaged in the Northridge earthquake and that's why the upper deck was closed down. Structural damage. Hence, "Natural Disaster" is more appropriate than "abortion." your beliefs are none of my business - so don't ever bother to shout them again.
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Post by k5james on Aug 25, 2012 20:39:27 GMT -8
I know one abortion that would have been awesome for the rest of us...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2012 23:56:31 GMT -8
Advantages of Big Lots Conference membership in order of importance:
1. Having Czar Nicholas of Fullerton educate us about such essential topics as Santa Ana College's football stadium and the University of California, IE's inexorable march toward building a state of the art basketball arena. Damn, I can just picture it now. Going there to see the Aztecs and then maybe bunking it at the Mission Inn after the game, then getting up the next morning to see the sights. Like . . . uh . . . like what there is in Fullerton. OK, so I admit it. I don't have a clue what there is to see in Riverside or Fullerton. However, I'll be waiting eagerly for The Czar to educate me.
2. SDSU getting somewhere to place its Olympic sports. I always thought that would be numero uno but The Czar has shown me the error of my thinking. He's titanic, ya know.
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