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Probably JMU - did they have someone? If you put 3 of the 5 finalist on BC they are not finalist in my opinion. Maybe 4 of the 5? They team you play for, the coach the coach you play for, the conference you play within and the talent pool you are surrounded by dictate your role, your stats and your...

Can't it be both...skill and luck? She made the smart move, went in the right direction, and by virtue of both skill and luck, her shin/foot was in the right spot to make the save. A lot of things in sports (and life) are combinations of skill and luck. Nope--if she moved her leg, she gets full cre...

Someone posed a great question:

Which was the last D1 women's team to win a national championship with no one representing their team among the five finalists for the Tewaaraton? (If there even was one...)

It's SO OBVIOUS Dolce MOVED HER LEG to make the save. Ridiculous--utterly ridiculous to allege she was lucky. Just Asinine. (And probably jealous, too.)

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Big Dog wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 3:48 pm This game took nearly 3 hours.

2:36. Not bad for a championship game. How many other sports can broadcast their final title game in under 3 hours?

wlaxphan20 wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 4:00 pm I have never perceived Cuse as scary. IMO, sloppy & lazy fundamentals have been their downfall for years. To me it seems like they’re their own worst enemy.

Agreed. And I'll add--the bigger the game, the worse they perform.

ONW WHAT HAPPENED??? Boston College played an overall better game. Much better game in crunch time. They kept focus. Whereas I felt Northwestern changed how they were going about their business and started to try to get cute after running up the 6-0 lead. Either NU eased off the gas a little or BC ...

Boston College. Two national championships in four years; back to back ACC championships; three Tewaaraton awards; seven straight trips to the national championship game. Clearly now a dynasty.

Madlax59 wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 10:12 am To me its always sad to see players you’ve watched for years and is their last game because you know teams will be changing next year and those players you’ll never see them play again.

Ditto

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"Don’t get me started on the chaos engulfing big-time college football and basketball. As I’ve long pointed out, we are the only country in which institutions of higher learning provide significant entertainment for the masses (Canada? Very low-key compared with us). But we always pretended the...

I'll never understand the mindset that wants to speed up a game that is already typically over in 2 to 2-1/2 hours. What's the hurry? TV scheduling is the reason, if we are going to say they need to do a better job spacing out the prime games for maxing out viewers- there needs to be consistency in...

I'll never understand the mindset that wants to speed up a game that is already typically over in 2 to 2-1/2 hours. What's the hurry?

Not if WLax leadership doesn't create more fan interest. Other sports are way less of a drain than WLax (Women's BB actually makes money at a ton of schools). Things that are ruining WLax fan interest: -The draw -- I took someone who was a huge sports person to his first ever WLax game between two ...

Some sun in the morning with increasing clouds during the afternoon. A stray afternoon thunderstorm is possible. High 87F. Winds light and variable. and from another weather site Warm and humid with clouds and sun; a couple of heavy afternoon thunderstorms; thunderstorms can bring flooding downpours...

Harvard’s governing board overrules faculty, bars 13 students who participated in pro-Palestinian encampment from receiving degrees By Hilary Burns Globe Staff May 22, 2024 CAMBRIDGE — Harvard University’s top governing board on Wednesday rejected the recommendation of faculty to allow 13 pro-Palest...

The Meg Show raves about Erin Coykendall and Northwestern. Meg Carney has a great dry sense of humor:

(Advice to Florida regarding Coykendall) “You should guard her. Make sure they mark up on her.”



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I think the whole long ride is coming to an end anyway. I don't feel the same inspiration for writing about the sport as I once did. My muse is withdrawing little by little. It's not the first time it's happened with me. I used to be a huge fan of the WTA. Little by little the inspiration to write ...