The Sicatoka

It's been done: Yeshiva University (in NY) calls itself the Maccabees.

Clearly "programs or actions designed to help those who are less fortunate" are based in good intentions. Our intentions were good when we put American Indians on reservations and gave them sovereign nation status. How has that worked out? What is it about about high crime rates, massive unemployment, rampant poverty and widespread mental and physical health problems that make some folks defend this system and keep it in place? Our intentions were good when we attempted to assimilate American Indians into our culture by outlawing their religion, banning their languages and forcing their children to attend schools that taught them the "white" way. We now know that was too extreme and probably a mistake. Our intentions were good when we created the Indian Health Service to provide the reservations with government health care. Can anyone claim with a straight face that this has been good for Native Americans? By any objective standard, health care on the reservations is a disaster. We've gone from one extreme to the other, all with the best of intentions. Rather than forcing American Indians to assimilate into our society and contribute to it (while retaining their unique cultural values), we've decided that it's best to pretend that they can live in the past and retain their old ways. By pretending that they are independent entities when they are not, we've created a group of perpetual victims. But, hey, our intentions were good when we did it. You'll probably disregard this because of where it comes from, but, Sean Hannity's former call screener who was a huge animal rights activist. He once made her tell the story of how she bought a live lobster to save it from a restaurant's boiling pot. She didn't know it was a sea creature when she released it in a freshwater lake. Plus, she was so afraid of it biting her that she left the rubber bands on its claws when she let it go. When Hannity told her that she's condemned the lobster to a long, slow death because it couldn't survive in freshwater and couldn't feed itself without its claws, she gave the classic reply: "But my intentions were good!" The rubber of good intentions tends to skid into the ditch when faced with the asphalt of the real world.

You have to wonder if more people listened to Ed when he was on KFGO than now when he's on MSNBC.

Thank you for the textbook definition of "ad hominem". But do you have anything to say about the point raised?

http://article.nationalreview.com/436333/w...s-prager?page=1

"It's not a haircut, it's a lifestyle." -- Paul Allen, voice of the Vikings, speaking about Jared Allen's mullet

Thinking about it is a game. Skating towards the stands would be a full weekend. And then the "Tuesday night" elevations would be tagged on.

Indubitably.

Either way, Texas got exactly what it wanted: all the power over the outcome.

Why does "Dynamo Riga" come to mind? Oh, this is why ... http://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/11/sports/n...n-colleges.html

Keep reading. The rep from Brown is from the Ivy League, not the ECAC; Niagara is from the MAAC, not Atlantic Hockey; UAF is from the Great Northwest, not the CCHA. The schools are noted by their primary NCAA conference affiliation, not their hockey conference.

I'm thinking the last thing those fellahs need is another beer.

That all came about because Missouri was actively courting (dare I say whoring itself out flagrantly to) the Big Ten. The media and message boards were merely abuzz with good ol' Mizzou's flirting. Now contrast that with where the Montana president says he has no interest and egriz folks are saying that FBS shouldn't be considered. I'd say those two situations are markedly different.

Let's get wild with speculation ... Scenario 1: Texas A&M and Baylor go to the SEC. Texa$, OU, OSU, and TTU go to the Pac-10 with Colorado. That only makes 15, so ... Utah to Pac-10. Boise to MWC to replace Utah. Scenario 2: Kansas, KSU, ISU, Missouri, Baylor scoop up the FB playing part of the Big East. That leaves nothing for MWC to pick up.

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100611/SPORTS/306119924/-1

If the Big Ten gets Notre Dame and Rutgers I'm not sure they'd go any more. There's not enough fiscal return (unless it's Texas).

Yeah, but the spouse (Big XII) caught them cheating and they've already started the divorce.

Saw the Buffs headin' for the west coast; See Nebraska headin' east, And now some people think 'Twelve South is just Pac-10 EAST! When the Twelve come tumbling down When the Twelve come crumblin' tumblin' When the Twelve come crumblin', tumblin' do-o-o-wn ...

Wayne Nelson looks at the situation. http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/arti...1/group/Sports/

A major college FB playoff has been estimated to be worth between $600 and 800 million annually. Imagine having to only split that 64 ways. That makes the MBB tournament seem pretty pale in comparison. This is not about BB. This is about football and money. Proof? Kansas is being left in the cold.

Uh, I had the transcript first. :glare:

No, I'm pretty sure he, Tom, is a Dick.

Great. But depending on who the Big Sky potentially loses, will it be a decent conference that UND would want to be associated with?

TMZ.com (yes, the folks that first reported the death of Michael Jackson) is reporting further evidence of the death of the Big XII. Oklahoma State to Pac-10: http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/10/oklahoma-sta...ootball-big-12/

Colorado has bolted for the Pac-10. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5271438 There's no reason at all for Nebraska to hang around the Big XII now. Watch the dominos fall.