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Pat Dye Field => Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum => Topic started by: Snaggletiger on March 14, 2011, 11:03:42 AM
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Every year there are teams that get in and those that don't....that make you :facepalm:
This year was no different. Some observations. UGA over Bammer. UGA may have played a tougher OOC schedule but they only beat one NCAA bound OOC team..UAB...by 2 points. Lost to Notre Dumb, Temple and Xavier...and lost to the Tahd twice in the last 8 days. I would have preferred both be traveling for an NIT first round game.
Two teams that probably played as tough a schedule as anyone, Meat Chicken State and Tennessee. Kudos for scheduling tough but you were both 19-14. University of Meat Chicken goes 20-13. Nope, shouldn't be in it IMO.
And could any league in history get more undeserved love than the Big Least? 11 engraved invitations to the Dance? ELEVEN? Every year, this league is pimped like they're a collection of the NBA elite. They haven't won the big prize in 7 years. ESPN shows a Big East game every night of the season. Very athletic conference but so what? Eleven teams?
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Its seems one of the sexy picks to go far is San Diego St and Belmont. I can't help but think BYU will make some noise too even though their sexually active Center is off the team. He is busy pounding something else right now. I think there will be several surprises early on but it will be mostly the usual suspects as it gets weeded out. I also think Ohio St is overrated. Don't get me wrong, they look good, but I think they will choke.
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After their last performance, that team from North Carolina that wears powder blue uniforms should've been left out. :poke:
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Its seems one of the sexy picks to go far is San Diego St and Belmont. I can't help but think BYU will make some noise too even though their sexually active Center is off the team. He is busy pounding something else right now. I think there will be several surprises early on but it will be mostly the usual suspects as it gets weeded it. I also think Ohio St is overrated. Don't get me wrong, they look good, but I think they will choke.
I was paying attention to Belmont's draw because for some strange reason, I've sort of, kind of, semi-followed them this year. They don't really have any notable wins but they've got a solid club. Very big inside and can shoot the lights out. I was looking at them as a team to make a little noise early but I don't like the Wisconsin match up. Now, you have to understand...the fact that I hate that match up menas that Belmont will blow their doors off. In about 25 years of getting in March Madness pools, I've won ONCE. I'm usually out of it by 2:30 in the afternoon on opening day.
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I am still not sure why you have UAB and Clemson playing for a #12 spot. This new math frightens me.
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After their last performance, that team from North Carolina that wears powder blue uniforms should've been left out. :poke:
Werd to your mother. How they got in is beyond me. Must have been on name recognition, like Michigan State.
Seriously though, I like their chances of making it to the Sweet 16. Kind os surprised at how they struggled in the ACC tourney after how they closed out the season.
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I am still not sure why you have UAB and Clemson playing for a #12 spot. This new math frightens me.
I don't understand the ways of your world and your new math frightens me. I'm just a caveman, who was frozen...
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I am still not sure why you have UAB and Clemson playing for a #12 spot. This new math frightens me.
For real. I didn't realize there were to be so many play in games this year.
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I don't understand the ways of your world and your new math frightens me. I'm just a caveman, who was frozen...
He a partner in your firm or something? Because that trumps the St Louis Pirate Lawyer any day.
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Uga over Bama was a joke. Screw an rpi. Same record and one beat the other twice.
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Its seems one of the sexy picks to go far is San Diego St and Belmont. I can't help but think BYU will make some noise too even though their sexually active Center is off the team. He is busy pounding something else right now. I think there will be several surprises early on but it will be mostly the usual suspects as it gets weeded out. I also think Ohio St is overrated. Don't get me wrong, they look good, but I think they will choke.
San Diego St has a hell of a team and a good coach.
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San Diego St has a hell of a team and a good coach.
The only team they played that was worth a shit, BYU, beat them twice.
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The only team they played that was worth a shit, BYU, beat them twice.
#Winning.
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#Winning.
I pick the mormons to go all the way.
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I pick the mormons to go all the way.
Isn't that what got Brandon Davies in trouble in the first place?
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Isn't that what got Brandon Davies in trouble in the first place?
Your post count may not be all that impressive, but when you do post.....
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Your post count may not be all that impressive, but when you do post.....
I'm just surprised he hasn't started back over at 1 post again.
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After their last performance, that team from North Carolina that wears powder blue uniforms should've been left out. :poke:
Werd to your mother. How they got in is beyond me. Must have been on name recognition, like Michigan State.
Seriously though, I like their chances of making it to the Sweet 16. Kind os surprised at how they struggled in the ACC tourney after how they closed out the season.
Yeah, I was very disappointed in that last performance. Pretty awful really but that always happens when they try to play a Dook-style outside game...especially against Dook. I don't know what on earth Roy Williams was thinking. But, I got to hand it to Dook they have a very strong team this year especially. We'll see how well they do against some other strong teams outside of the ACC.
As to the Tarheels I expect them to go back to the usual inside game which ought to get them well-advanced. They are a very young team after all and still working on tactics and game rhythm. (I'm not ready to get my pitch-fork out yet!)
And they did win the ACC Regular Season outright against a much much more experienced team.
And Roy Williams did win Coach of the Year.
So I'm ok with that; no matter how far they advance it's been a good year (not a great one).
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I was listening to Sporting News Radio this morning and the host was playing the CBS March Madness theme song you hear at every commercial break during the tournament. He was making up words to it and I was lol'ing my briefs in the car. Even the last part where he sang, Coach K is gay and Duke really sucks. Funny stuff.
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I'm just surprised he hasn't started back over at 1 post again.
Do you realize the effort it takes to keep my post count so low?
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I was listening to Sporting News Radio this morning and the host was playing the CBS March Madness theme song you hear at every commercial break during the tournament. He was making up words to it and I was lol'ing my briefs in the car. Even the last part where he sang, Coach K is gay and Duke really sucks. Funny stuff.
Now that is pretty funny.
Speaking of CBS sports nothing irritates me more when they have Mike Gminski on as the color commentator for any Duke/ Carolina match-up; he's about as unbiased as the shiny-suited, slicked-back-hair Syracuse grads on ESPN.
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Do you realize the effort it takes to keep my post count so low?
Do you get paid for overtime?
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Now that is pretty funny.
Speaking of CBS sports nothing irritates me more when they have Mike Gminski on as the color commentator for any Duke/ Carolina match-up; he's about as unbiased as the shiny-suited, slicked-back-hair Syracuse grads on ESPN.
I have personally emailed CBS and asked them to replace the G-man. I suggested Jay Bilas instead.
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I suggested Jay Bilas instead.
Of course you would.
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I have personally emailed CBS and asked them to replace the G-man. I suggested Jay Bilas instead.
Ummm...thanks...
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Ummm...thanks...
Hey, Brad Doherty was busy doing Nascar.
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Hey, Brad Doherty was busy doing Nascar.
Indeed, that is kind-of a big deal in my native state. Right up there with Tobacco Road College Basketball and vinegar-based BBQ sauces in personal priorities...and rivalries amongst North Carolinians.
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Indeed, that is kind-of a big deal in my native state. Right up there with Tobacco Road College Basketball and vinegar-based BBQ sauces in personal priorities...and rivalries amongst North Carolinians.
I understand the North Carolina/Nascar connection. Never understood the Brad Doherty hook up. Hey, let's get a black, 6'9" former basketball player to do color commentating for our Nascar productions.
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Indeed, that is kind-of a big deal in my native state. Right up there with Tobacco Road College Basketball and vinegar-based BBQ sauces in personal priorities...and rivalries amongst North Carolinians.
Don't you have some slaw you need to be making to put on your BBQ sandwich?
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I understand the North Carolina/Nascar connection. Never understood the Brad Doherty hook up. Hey, let's get a black, 6'9" former basketball player to do color commentating for our Nascar productions.
Nascar is trying to appeal to a more diverse crowd.
Yes, I said it.
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Don't you have some slaw you need to be making to put on your BBQ sandwich?
It's what I do. Don't hate.
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I understand the North Carolina/Nascar connection. Never understood the Brad Doherty hook up. Hey, let's get a black, 6'9" former basketball player to do color commentating for our Nascar productions.
Racism is an ugly thing. Shameful even.
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It's what I do. Don't hate.
What kind of slaw, red, mustard, mayo, vinegar based? These are important details before I start to hate on someone putting slaw on a BBQ sammy. Have you ever been to "The Pit" in Raleigh. Ed Mitchells place, he is a legend.
EDIT: I posted a slaw recipe for you and snaggie.
http://www.tigersx.com/forum/auburn_culinary_center/slaw_tarheel_and_snaggie_13028.0.html (http://www.tigersx.com/forum/auburn_culinary_center/slaw_tarheel_and_snaggie_13028.0.html)
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Racism is an ugly thing. Shameful even.
Boy, I ain't said nuthin' bout no colored commentator. Don't be puttin' words in ma' mouf.
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What kind of slaw, red, mustard, mayo, vinegar based? These are important details before I start to hate on someone putting slaw on a BBQ sammy. Have you ever been to "The Pit" in Raleigh. Ed Mitchells place, he is a legend.
EDIT: I posted a slaw recipe for you and snaggie.
http://www.tigersx.com/forum/auburn_culinary_center/slaw_tarheel_and_snaggie_13028.0.html (http://www.tigersx.com/forum/auburn_culinary_center/slaw_tarheel_and_snaggie_13028.0.html)
Vinegar-based, of course. But some places I like use a Mustard-vinegar base. I prefer a slaw that is not sweet.
I hate to say it but I can't recall visiting The Pit before unfortunately.
That slaw recipe sounds great! Appreciate the recommendation.
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Vinegar-based, of course. But some places I like use a Mustard-vinegar base. I prefer a slaw that is not sweet.
I hate to say it but I can't recall visiting The Pit before unfortunately.
That slaw recipe sounds great! Appreciate the recommendation.
Yeah, sweet slaw is an abomination, as is sugar in cornbread. I like most other slaws though, I just can't put vinegar slaw on a bbq sammy. I have actually tired a tomoato slaw that was really good. I just don't have the recipe and the guy that made it serves it at his restaurant and will not give it up.
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AAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDD the t-sips snatch defeat from the jaws of vic-try. The come back failed. Controversial no-call in the last hundredths of a second... Zona wins!!
Sweet.
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Hey Jimmy Boeheim...fuck you in da mouf with Thayer Evans' goat aids ridden 2" cock!
Fucked up my bracket for good!
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Don't know how I'd compare IF....I had the intraweb skillz to properly submit a bracket, but I'm still doing pretty good. Better than most years for me. This is a great tourney, by the way. Tons of down to the wire games. Meat Chicken came back and had my Dukies on the ropes. They threw a 1-3-1 at Duke and rattled the hell out of them. Several crappy possessions down the stretch and they lucked out on not going to overtime.
VCU is coming out of nowhere. They freakin' crushed Purrdew. And did anyone see the back and forth between Pitino and Sir Charles? Barkely has been saying the Big East is overrated..clap, clap, clap ,clap, clap....overrated...and Pitino's feathers got ruffled
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Was wondering if tarheel was as nervous as I the last 5 mins of the unc/wash game? Many chances to put it away. Sloppy rebounding. Unc went to the outside too much. Thankfully it was Washington not Duke or Kansas or it woulda been bad trouble. We'll have to play better outside d to advance past 16.
And on Texas losing.....bwahahahaha....... :haha:
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Don't know how I'd compare IF....I had the intraweb skillz to properly submit a bracket, but I'm still doing pretty good. Better than most years for me. This is a great tourney, by the way. Tons of down to the wire games. Meat Chicken came back and had my Dukies on the ropes. They threw a 1-3-1 at Duke and rattled the hell out of them. Several crappy possessions down the stretch and they lucked out on not going to overtime.
VCU is coming out of nowhere. They freakin' crushed Purrdew. And did anyone see the back and forth between Pitino and Sir Charles? Barkely has been saying the Big East is overrated..clap, clap, clap ,clap, clap....overrated...and Pitino's feathers got ruffled
11 Big East teams invited, 2 remain standing. Geez, the Big East sucks at teh roundball too. :facepalm:
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11 Big East teams invited, 2 remain standing. Geez, the Big East sucks at teh roundball too. :facepalm:
Not to worry. TCU is coming in football. They will quickly become the nations power hou....wait...what?
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Was wondering if tarheel was as nervous as I the last 5 mins of the unc/wash game? Many chances to put it away. Sloppy rebounding. Unc went to the outside too much. Thankfully it was Washington not Duke or Kansas or it woulda been bad trouble. We'll have to play better outside d to advance past 16.
And on Texas losing.....bwahahahaha....... :haha:
Regretfully, I'd missed it (shocker I know) but I had another, more important commitment. I don't know why in the heck they are playing the outside game! It throws-off the entire tempo. That NBA-style strategy with Carolina frustrates the heck out of me. I just want to yell out stop trying to play to the cameras and do what you do best in the inside! Getting my blood-pressure up this afternoon!
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"Any Tourney Surprises?"
At this point...VCU, Butler, and Kentucky.
My brackets are in ruins.
At least the Tarheels advanced farther than Duke.
Which was another surprise.
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At this point...VCU, Butler, and Kentucky.
My brackets are in ruins.
At least the Tarheels advanced farther than Duke.
Which was another surprise.
Cling to your moral victories
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At least the Tarheels advanced farther than Duke.
Which was another surprise.
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Cling to your moral victories
Well, if it's any consequence I think that Duke could have beaten UConn (had they made it that far).
Go VCU Rams!
(Even though their mascot is not Rameses.)
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Well, if it's any consequence I think that Duke could have beaten UConn (had they made it that far).
Go VCU Rams!
(Even though their mascot is not Rameses.)
Hmmm. Do they have a goat as well?
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I actually work with a VCU grad. With the Final Four being here in town, he got tickets for the first game, and is positively giddy with excitement. Serious "Whooda Thunkit"...
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Hmmm. Do they have a goat as well?
We've been over this Sani.
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Well, if it's any consequence I think that Duke could have beaten UConn (had they made it that far).
Go VCU Rams!
(Even though their mascot is not Rameses.)
The Tarheels should be preseason 1 or 2 if everyone comes back. 80% of the starting lineup are underclassmen. Zeller is a junior. Things look good for unc.
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The Tarheels should be preseason 1 or 2 if everyone comes back. 80% of the starting lineup are underclassmen. Zeller is a junior. Things look good for unc.
They all just announced they're leaving early. All of them. And Roy Williams took the NC State job. Yow has $$$
Trust me
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Hmmm. Do they have a goat as well?
Why does UNC have a goat as a mascot?
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Why does UNC have a goat as a mascot?
Would you like my input on that issue?
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Why does UNC have a goat as a mascot?
It's a Ram.
The story goes back to 1922 or so; one of the football players back then was nicknamed "The Battering Ram". The school did not have a mascot so someone suggested a ram and the rest is history.
Would you like my input on that issue?
No.
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It's a Ram.
The story goes back to 1922 or so; one of the football players back then was nicknamed "The Battering Ram". The school did not have a mascot so someone suggested a ram and the rest is history.
No.
You wound me, sir.
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You wound me, sir.
'Brevity is the soul of wit and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes'.
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Would you like my input on that issue?
Of course I do, I have a sneaky feeling that your input would be meaningful only b/c you care.
Really a ram/goat is there really a difference?
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Of course I do, I have a sneaky feeling that your input would be meaningful only b/c you care.
Really a ram/goat is there really a difference?
Only if it concerns your school mascot.
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Them thar soldiers from North Karryliney was dug in like they had tar on their heels.
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Them thar soldiers from North Karryliney was dug in like they had tar on their heels.
Well no wonder Pickett's Charge failed. They were dug in when they should have been advancing........or in other words they are the reason the Confederacy lost at Gettysburg. I think that is what you are saying.
now I'm just being an ass.
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Them thar soldiers from North Karryliney was dug in like they had tar on their heels.
Ask him why North Carolinian's felt the need to shoot one of our greatest generals?
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Ask him why North Carolinian's felt the need to shoot one of our greatest generals?
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And there was this.....
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Ask him why North Carolinian's felt the need to shoot one of our greatest generals?
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Ooooohhh even better question!
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Only if it concerns your school mascot.
:thumsup:
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Them thar soldiers from North Karryliney was dug in like they had tar on their heels.
Now that is always a better story than the less-than-exciting reason for having a Ram as a mascot.
The 'Tarheel' is most well-known as an attribution made about North Carolinian's by General Robert E. Lee himself saying that North Carolinian's stick to the bloodiest of work as if they have tar on their heels.
There is an even older use of the name dating back to the American Revolutionary Battle of Stony Point where North Carolinian Continental Line troops were used by Gen. Anthony Wayne to lay down a fiery and withering assault against the British at the battle to divert their attention from a surprise flanking maneuver. The battle was a complete success for the Americans and General George Washington himself congratulated the troops and Gen. Wayne saying the success was due to the North Carolinian's holding the line against the British as if they had tar on their heels.
There are other stories about the etymology of the name 'Tarheel' but these two are favored.
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Well no wonder Pickett's Charge failed. They were dug in when they should have been advancing........or in other words they are the reason the Confederacy lost at Gettysburg. I think that is what you are saying.
now I'm just being an ass.
I know you're being facetious but for the benefit of others not in the know on this issue the 26th North Carolina Regiment advanced farther at Pickett's Charge than any other Confederate unit and paid a terrible price for doing so; by then end of the third day of fighting the 26th had 90% casualties in dead and wounded, the highest of any unit North or South in the entire War.
North Carolina offered up for sacrifice more of her sons than any other state of the old Confederacy; the first soldier killed in the war was a North Carolinian. North Carolina regiments made it farther into Union lines at Gettysburg AND Chickamauga; North Carolinians captured the last Union battery, made the last charge, fired the last volley, and surrendered the last man at Appomattox Court House!
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I should also make a point to mention that the University of North Carolina is the oldest State University in the United States.
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I know you're being facetious but for the benefit of others not in the know on this issue the 26th North Carolina Regiment advanced farther at Pickett's Charge than any other Confederate unit and paid a terrible price for doing so; by then end of the third day of fighting the 26th had 90% casualties in dead and wounded, the highest of any unit North or South in the entire War.
North Carolina offered up for sacrifice more of her sons than any other state of the old Confederacy; the first soldier killed in the war was a North Carolinian. North Carolina regiments made it farther into Union lines at Gettysburg AND Chickamauga; North Carolinians captured the last Union battery, made the last charge, fired the last volley, and surrendered the last man at Appomattox Court House!
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I should also make a point to mention that the University of North Carolina is the oldest State University in the United States.
I notice you left out that part about Stonewall.
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Ask him why North Carolinian's felt the need to shoot one of our greatest generals?
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Sir, I have paid my respects to Gen. Jackson (and Gen. Lee by the way) in Lexington, Virginia.
I have said my Peace on this matter.
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I notice you left out that part about Stonewall.
I had noticed that too! :)
I knew between that and mentioning Pickett's Charge we could give him some grief.
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I had noticed that too! :)
I knew between that and mentioning Pickett's Charge we could give him some grief.
and the goat. Don't forget the goat.
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and the goat. Don't forget the goat.
Well I was trying to save the man some embarrassment, but since you mentioned it..........that damn goat too!
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I had noticed that too! :)
I knew between that and mentioning Pickett's Charge we could give him some grief.
and the goat. Don't forget the goat.
Well I was trying to save the man some embarrassment, but since you mentioned it..........that damn goat too!
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Screw you guys! I'm going home!
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Well, as a post-script to this year's NC2A Tournament I was not entirely surprised at the UCONN win; however I was surprised at how amateurish Butler looked against them in the final game after having fought to get that far in the tournament. Maybe I'm being too critical but that is how it looked to me.
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Well, as a post-script to this year's NC2A Tournament I was not entirely surprised at the UCONN win; however I was surprised at how amateurish Butler looked against them in the final game after having fought to get that far in the tournament. Maybe I'm being too critical but that is how it looked to me.
Two things that I noticed and I can't remember which talking head it was, UConn picked the zone apart once Butler went to it and the other, how in the fuck to do only shoot 18% or whatever it was? I know some was good D on UConn's part, but jesus. Had they shot 25% they would have won.
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Two things that I noticed and I can't remember which talking head it was, UConn picked the zone apart once Butler went to it and the other, how in the fuck to do only shoot 18% or whatever it was? I know some was good D on UConn's part, but jesus. Had they shot 25% they would have won.
Worst final in foevah. The 25% take might be right on. Didn't watch the first half because I was on the road. The second half looked like Butler was getting their shots but couldn't hit squat. As many talking heads have said, they need to get this thing back to some more reasonable sized venues, as opposed to shooting against a back drop of 70,000 people. Not saying that was the whole reason for poor shooting but it had to contribute to it.
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Worst final in foevah. The 25% take might be right on. Didn't watch the first half because I was on the road. The second half looked like Butler was getting their shots but couldn't hit squat. As many talking heads have said, they need to get this thing back to some more reasonable sized venues, as opposed to shooting against a back drop of 70,000 people. Not saying that was the whole reason for poor shooting but it had to contribute to it.
What the fuck are you talking about? You think they change the size of the court for larger venues? Maybe the rim is smaller. Do they use a larger diameter ball?
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What the fuck are you talking about? You think they change the size of the court for larger venues? Maybe the rim is smaller. Do they use a larger diameter ball?
Oh man, you don't know nuthin' bout no basketballz.
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As bad as this game was it was not as bad as the insufferable analogies used by cBS's Jim Nantz at the end; "Uconn is top dog..." and "Uconn is Best in Show".
:facepalm:
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Two things that I noticed and I can't remember which talking head it was, UConn picked the zone apart once Butler went to it and the other, how in the eff to do only shoot 18% or whatever it was? I know some was good D on UConn's part, but jesus. Had they shot 25% they would have won.
You are correct; it was 18% and 3 in 31, 2 pt shots.
To add my own analogy, I liked the "David and Goliath" build-up to the denouement but the outcome was anything but Biblical.
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As bad as this game was it was not as bad as the insufferable analogies used by cBS's Jim Nantz at the end; "Uconn is top dog..." and "Uconn is Best in Show".
:facepalm:
Well, it was the Huskies and Bulldogs. Lame.
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You are correct; it was 18% and 3 in 31, 2 pt shots.
To add my own analogy, I liked the "David and Goliath" build-up to the denouement but the outcome was anything but Biblical.
It was biblical. The game fucked us all.
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Well, it was the Huskies and Bulldogs. Lame.
I'm sure David Frei and Rachel Maddow are feverishly working on their basketball analogies to use during at the next Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
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I'm sure David Frei and Rachel Maddow are feverishly working on their basketball analogies to use during at the next Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
That Alaskan Husky should be named Kemba, because she's a real walker.
You're so right, Rachel. The Terrier group is up next and I'm sure we'll see one from this group in the Final Four.
Ha Ha Ha David, you're really in the zone.
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It was biblical. The game fucked us all.
I ALMOST put 200.00 on Butler straight up and another 100.00 on the O/U (over 130) Monday afternoon in Vegas. Way glad I didn't.