UCONN out of 2013 BE tourny?

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 http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/18163309/big-east-agrees-to-policy-that-would-keep-uconn-out-of-13-tourney

They did this to us a few years ago (Norm's first year, if I am right). How great would it be if it happened to UCONN? Unfortunatly, I have a gut feeling that they are going to win this appeal.
 
I told a friend recently that during these troubling times for the Big East, with Syracuse leaving for the ACC, etc., conference loyalty should override individual team loyalty. For example, I'm pulling for Nerlens Noel to land at Georgetown. However, I have to admit that I exulted with arms thrust upward over my head when I heard this news. YEAH!!!

Can't help myself. 
 
I know everyone on this site hates Uconn and hates Jim Calhoun, but I know some really nice Uconn fans, who are friends of mine and root for the Johnnies when they play anyone else!!! and I feel for them and this is a hit against the Conference which doesn't really need any more hits right now.

Honestly, I don't even know if I will attend the BET once we add Boise, SDSU, Houston, et al. and I have been going since it moved to the Garden, we can all root like hell against Uconn and G-Town when we are playing them, but to wish them ill will, for the sake of it, only diminishes the Conference we're tied to, for good or bad!

I don't like this move and I hope Uconn wins their appeal, I hear they have a good shot.

 
 
I know everyone on this site hates Uconn and hates Jim Calhoun, but I know some really nice Uconn fans, who are friends of mine and root for the Johnnies when they play anyone else!!! and I feel for them and this is a hit against the Conference which doesn't really need any more hits right now.

Honestly, I don't even know if I will attend the BET once we add Boise, SDSU, Houston, et al. and I have been going since it moved to the Garden, we can all root like hell against Uconn and G-Town when we are playing them, but to wish them ill will, for the sake of it, only diminishes the Conference we're tied to, for good or bad!

I don't like this move and I hope Uconn wins their appeal, I hear they have a good shot.

 
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Boise and SDSU are not hoop members.
 
I know everyone on this site hates Uconn and hates Jim Calhoun, but I know some really nice Uconn fans, who are friends of mine and root for the Johnnies when they play anyone else!!! and I feel for them and this is a hit against the Conference which doesn't really need any more hits right now.

Honestly, I don't even know if I will attend the BET once we add Boise, SDSU, Houston, et al. and I have been going since it moved to the Garden, we can all root like hell against Uconn and G-Town when we are playing them, but to wish them ill will, for the sake of it, only diminishes the Conference we're tied to, for good or bad!

I don't like this move and I hope Uconn wins their appeal, I hear they have a good shot.

 
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If they have a good shot the entire NCAA organization is chalk full of ahole hypocrites. They kick and scream STUDENT athletes and their APR which is based on how well athletes perform in the classroom and they are gonna bend the rules for a prick like Calhoun? Give me a break.

I wish nothing good at all for that program.
 
Nothing personal Moose. Just a little pet peeve. From the web:

Originally a person or thing stuffed to the point of choking was “choke-full.” In modern speech this expression has become “chock-full,” or in less formal American English, “chuck-full.” Chalk has nothing to do with it.
 
Nothing personal Moose. Just a little pet peeve. From the web:

Originally a person or thing stuffed to the point of choking was “choke-full.” In modern speech this expression has become “chock-full,” or in less formal American English, “chuck-full.” Chalk has nothing to do with it.
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Really?
 
Nothing personal Moose. Just a little pet peeve. From the web:

Originally a person or thing stuffed to the point of choking was “choke-full.” In modern speech this expression has become “chock-full,” or in less formal American English, “chuck-full.” Chalk has nothing to do with it.
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Maybe the person in question has chalk allergies and when it gets too dusty his sinuses get so (chalk) full they start draining, causing the person to also feel like they are choking on their own snot...this is why my classroms use dry erase markers and smartboards ( well and because we just remodeled and got the groovy new technology).

TO Hell with Webster's - chalkfull works for me  
 
 on a side note i usually like to see calhoun with a grimace on his face but i also think the BE doesn't need any more negative publicity. Hoping Louisville pulls off the upsets and adds another NCAA trophy to the BE collection to detract from the negativity created with all the traitors departing for the acc
 
Nothing personal Moose. Just a little pet peeve. From the web:

Originally a person or thing stuffed to the point of choking was “choke-full.” In modern speech this expression has become “chock-full,” or in less formal American English, “chuck-full.” Chalk has nothing to do with it.
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Really?
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Really. But if its good enough for buckethead, who apparently is a teacher to boot, then let's consider the point mute (another one of my pet peeves).
 
 PS, just think of the coffee, Chock Ful' o Nuts. It'll help you remember. And it's a heavenly coffee, or so they say.
 
Nothing personal Moose. Just a little pet peeve. From the web:

Originally a person or thing stuffed to the point of choking was “choke-full.” In modern speech this expression has become “chock-full,” or in less formal American English, “chuck-full.” Chalk has nothing to do with it.
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Really?
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Really. But if its good enough for buckethead, who apparently is a teacher to boot, then let's consider the point mute (another one of my pet peeves).
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Yup...and i teach english for part of the day to boot but after ten years having taught in juvi, inner city and farm country i have learned to pick and choose my battles and when it comes to idioms and other descriptive language i don't get all wound up anymore. Only language pet peeves left are the Dayton City librarian who can't get it in her head that she works in a library not a libary and people who make fun of my slightly NY accent that comes out when beer and bad officiating mix.
 
Nothing personal Moose. Just a little pet peeve. From the web:

Originally a person or thing stuffed to the point of choking was “choke-full.” In modern speech this expression has become “chock-full,” or in less formal American English, “chuck-full.” Chalk has nothing to do with it.
Click to expand...
 

Really?
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Really. But if its good enough for buckethead, who apparently is a teacher to boot, then let's consider the point mute (another one of my pet peeves).
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No offense, but I think the point is "moot" ( a legal term)
 
Nothing personal Moose. Just a little pet peeve. From the web:

Originally a person or thing stuffed to the point of choking was “choke-full.” In modern speech this expression has become “chock-full,” or in less formal American English, “chuck-full.” Chalk has nothing to do with it.
Click to expand...
 

Really?
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Really. But if its good enough for buckethead, who apparently is a teacher to boot, then let's consider the point mute (another one of my pet peeves).
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No offense, but I think the point is "moot" ( a legal term)
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Thus why it is another pet peeve of his when people say mute...bet Austour really wishes they were really mute at that point though :lol:
 
Nothing personal Moose. Just a little pet peeve. From the web:

Originally a person or thing stuffed to the point of choking was “choke-full.” In modern speech this expression has become “chock-full,” or in less formal American English, “chuck-full.” Chalk has nothing to do with it.
Click to expand...
 

Really?
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Really. But if its good enough for buckethead, who apparently is a teacher to boot, then let's consider the point mute (another one of my pet peeves).
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No offense, but I think the point is "moot" ( a legal term)
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That was his joke. A bit too subtle I guess.
 
Uconn is claimed to be out next year because they have had too few graduates and/or student athletes who progressed at the university. There was a good article confirming this inTime Mag last month. The rules ( you had to meet a minimum target 3 based on a complicated formula of student /athlete progress) are well known having been published 6 or more years ago. Everyone signed on and it has now become ante up time. I understand that Syracuse has not qualified as well but their administration and the infraction committee will fix that before it has to happen. StJ was barred from the tourney 7 years ago but it had nothing to do with academics; in fact, last year, 10 of 10 students in the Redstorm basketball program graduated with a degree. 
I agree that we should be alert to enthusiastically support all members of the conference, as long as our own ox is not being gored, but I also think that the turncoats should not enjoy that enthusiasm. I don't think the Uconn situation can be reversed. They will get through it.
 
My English language pet peeves are those who use the incorrect term "could care less" which infers that they actually do care. My other one is the nonentity "irregardless". David Schwimmer actually used this word in his performance in "Band Of Brothers" but we all know that Hollywood is full of entertainers and not Mensa honorees!

On a much lighter note, everyone knows how I feel about UCONN. It couldn't have happened to a more deserving team. 
 
My English language pet peeves are those who use the incorrect term "could care less" which infers that they actually do care. My other one is the nonentity "irregardless". David Schwimmer actually used this word in his performance in "Band Of Brothers" but we all know that Hollywood is full of entertainers and not Mensa honorees!

On a much lighter note, everyone knows how I feel about UCONN. It couldn't have happened to a more deserving team. 
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From Webster:
Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that “there is no such word.” There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.
 
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