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Ties into our recruiting thread discussion but that is a name where you're forever allowed to wear seersucker.
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Sash! posted:I bet you could literally kill an academic from the middle of the 19th century if you described a college to them from now They'd probably die from shock at all the dirty poors that were allowed to attend anyway.
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Feb 6, 2015 19:09
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Sash! posted:I bet you could literally kill an academic from the middle of the 19th century if you described a college to them from now Most large universities have become upper-middle-class status symbols rather than institutions of higher learning. "Yeah, well, Middleton's dorm has a swimming pool and a racketball court." 
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Feb 6, 2015 19:17
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Sash! posted:I bet you could literally kill an academic from the middle of the 19th century if you described a college to them from now The whole system of electives and student selection of courses was pioneered by Charles Eliot at Harvard starting in 1870 or so and was rapidly adopted everywhere in the next 20 years. He basically invented the modern university. So someone from the mid-19th century would find it edgy but not especially revolutionary. It would largely recognizable as what was being discussed in academic circles at that time. Student behavior wouldn't surprise them in the least. College presidents at the time spent a lot of time smoothing over relations with the local towns and bailing their students out of jail for drunk and disorderly conduct.
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Feb 6, 2015 19:21
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LeeMajors posted:Most large universities have become upper-middle-class status symbols rather than institutions of higher learning. Wisconsin in particular is going hard against the higher learning bit.
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Feb 6, 2015 19:22
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My question is why Thad Turnipseed doesn't go by Thaddeus Turnipseed All-in bro
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I feel like this class of entering freshmen isn't quite bringing the names the way last year's did. Or maybe it's just that a bunch of good ones went to major schools so they've been floating long enough to lose their impact. Some of my faves: Bry'Kiethon Mouton (LSU) Stone Wolfley (WVU) Ray-Ray McCloud III (Clemson) Devonaire Clarington (Texas) Bill Murray (William & Mary) Michael Tarbutt (UConn) D'Anfernee McGriff (Florida) Equanimeous St. Brown (Notre Dame) SoSo Jamabo (UCLA) Quarvez Boulware (Maryland) Lyrics Klugh (Towson) and the winner: Q'Drennan (New Mexico). That is the whole name. Q'Drennan.
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Declan MacManus posted:My question is why Thad Turnipseed doesn't go by Thaddeus Turnipseed Blue Mountain State has established Thad as a quintessentially college football name and I expect anyone connected with the field who can go by that name to do so.
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Feb 6, 2015 19:38
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The Notorious ZSB posted:Campus shootings are the worst. The surreal nature of seeing a place you love made into the site of some awful poo poo is deeply unsettling for anyone that can associate with that place. On the other hand campus katana attacks are just kinda funny.
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Thermos H Christ posted:I feel like this class of entering freshmen isn't quite bringing the names the way last year's did. Or maybe it's just that a bunch of good ones went to major schools so they've been floating long enough to lose their impact. Some of my faves: It was the year of the repeating first name: SoSo Jamabo KeKe Coutee JoJo Wicker CeeCee Jefferson and so on.
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I had to look up a spectacular name like Equanimeous and the full name is even betterquote:St. Brown is a near lock given his unique first name alone, but his full name is even more distinct: Equanimeous Tristan Imhotep J. St. Brown. He has two brothers -- one a prospect in the class of 2017 who already has two Division I scholarship offers -- who are equals on the nomenclature hierarchy. There is Osiris Adrian Amen-Ra J. St. Brown, 16, and Amon-Ra Julian Heru J. St. Brown, 14.
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nachos posted:I had to look up a spectacular name like Equanimeous and the full name is even better holy poo poo that rules I hope ND's PA guy uses that full name.
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Thermos H Christ posted:I feel like this class of entering freshmen isn't quite bringing the names the way last year's did. Or maybe it's just that a bunch of good ones went to major schools so they've been floating long enough to lose their impact. Some of my faves: Simba Short to Northwestern is one of my favorites in a while. Now if only we could play against eastern Michigan so it could be Simba and Lion King in the same game.
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Charlz Guybon posted:This name can't be real It is most definitely a real last name. I have a relation that we call Mama Turnipseed (Mama pronounced like ma'am not mom).
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Feb 6, 2015 20:08
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Bill Murray is generating the most chuckle for me.
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pugnax posted:Bill Murray is generating the most chuckle for me. 
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Deteriorata posted:Student behavior wouldn't surprise them in the least. College presidents at the time spent a lot of time smoothing over relations with the local towns and bailing their students out of jail for drunk and disorderly conduct. They wouldn't have been surprised by student behavior in the middle ages.
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Feb 6, 2015 20:27
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VT signed not one but two kids named Adonis and a kid named Mook Reynolds. Mook will probably play this year and is likely the next big thing at CB for VT which should end up making him a household name. Plus it's a lot of fun to say.
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Feb 6, 2015 20:32
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Combine invitations out http://proplayerinsiders.com/nfl-player-team-news-features/2015-nfl-scouting-combine-invite-list/ ESPN wasn't kidding about fsu Louisville having the most prospects on the field. drat. Miami and Florida have a good showing
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pillsburysoldier posted:Combine invitations out Oklahoma State and Texas Tech are the only 2 Big XII schools without a player receiving an invite.
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nachos posted:I had to look up a spectacular name like Equanimeous and the full name is even better What the hell? Is one of his parents an Egyptologist or Pharonic priest?
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pillsburysoldier posted:Combine invitations out Looking at the UGA prospects, I think all of those guys could play Sundays. No real surprises from other schools
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Charlz Guybon posted:What the hell? Is one of his parents an Egyptologist or Pharonic priest? His father was a world-class body builder. His mother is German. All 3 kids are fluent in French and German as well.
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Feb 6, 2015 21:41
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Thermos H Christ posted:Q'Drennan (New Mexico). That is the whole name. Q'Drennan. Do you know any other guys called Q'Drennan? No need for a last name. Sounds like a World of Warcraft mini-boss.
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Feb 6, 2015 21:42
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pillsburysoldier posted:Combine invitations out Weird position naming thing going on there, is that the way the NFL does things at the combine and I've never noticed? OH and OB threw me off until I found some guys that I knew off the top of my head what they played.
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Feb 6, 2015 21:45
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I'm surprised Gardner didn't make it in as a WR to see what he could do.
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Glad Trinca-Pasat got an invite. He got overshadowed by Davis, but he had a really good year and has some upside as a 3-4 DE
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kayakyakr posted:Oklahoma State and Texas Tech are the only 2 Big XII schools without a player receiving an invite. Does either team even have that many people leaving?
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lamentable dustman posted:
The hated cousin of Johnny Appleseed
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Auburn is spending $14m to build the biggest video board.
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Auburn is spending $14m to build the biggest video board.
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Questioned whether this was some lame dick measuring thing(well, yea, it is) or whether they actually needed it and they're about middle of the country for those things so it's probably a long overdue upgrade. Also how do programs like Clemson and Bama have these teeny-tiny boards that are only a few years old? UNC hasn't updated theirs in over a decade 
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Bama opted for more seats instead of a giant rear end video board.
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Crotch Bat posted:Also how do programs like Clemson and Bama have these teeny-tiny boards that are only a few years old? UNC hasn't updated theirs in over a decade Bryant-Denny Stadium has so many seats I have to question where they could put larger video screens. Surely if you put a supermassive board at the top of the nosebleed seats sections then you'd run into wind issues. Take a look at these two images I pulled from Google image search and you'll see what I mean. I do love the in-state rivalry and the spending that goes on down there. tldr; Auburn has the room left to opt for a huge video screen over seating, but Alabama doesn't.  
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Well this break has been kind of nice but I'm about ready for football to start again. Surely it can't be long now.
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LLCoolJD posted:Bryant-Denny Stadium Cutest little stadium in the whole conference
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JesustheDarkLord posted:Cutest little stadium in the whole conference Least we got a field instead of the airlifted remains of a WW2 minefield suspended over a patch of sinkholes.
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The NCAA just lost its appeal to keep its emails and documents sealed in the McNair case. This is the USC lawsuit, where the judge, who originally blocked the sealing, said that they “tend to show ill will or hatred." So should be fun, though I'm sure the NCAA will keep appealing this til the end of time. EDIT: Now with the actual decision: http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/B245475.PDF The Glumslinger fucked around with this message at 01:26 on Feb 7, 2015 |
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Deteriorata posted:The whole system of electives and student selection of courses was pioneered by Charles Eliot at Harvard starting in 1870 or so and was rapidly adopted everywhere in the next 20 years. He basically invented the modern university. More like ...when Penn State was built, it was put as far from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia as possible, in a place with no town, so there was nothing to distract you from your book learning and military drilling. Now they're all like we need a putt-putt course and a chocolate waterfall and maybe a go-kart track
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The Glumslinger posted:The NCAA just lost its appeal to keep its emails and documents sealed in the McNair case. This is the USC lawsuit, where the judge, who originally blocked the sealing, said that they “tend to show ill will or hatred." So should be fun, though I'm sure the NCAA will keep appealing this til the end of time. I feel like this is one of those "get your popcorn ready" moments once the emails actually see the light of day
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