(02-19-2012 10:58 AM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  I think Memphis fans run the spectrum of college sports fandom. There are some that are very knowledgable and real. And there are some that are utter jackwagons. Plain and simple.
I know I don't speak just for myself when I say that the IQ level of the banter on this board went down 10-15 points when Memphis was added.

I'll try to step up my game.

(02-19-2012 11:00 AM)brista21 Wrote:  I like it, feeling the love here.

Feeling the love... drinking the koolaid...



Who can ask for anything more

whats that bitter taste in my kool aid? #imfeelingqueesy

(02-19-2012 12:23 PM)GeminiShamrock Wrote:  Yes, we certainly do. We've got two threads dedicated to barbecue and Mexican food alone! I'm surprised nobody from New York or Chicago hasn't made a Big East Pizza Thread yet.

Those are pretty much the basketball schools at this point, but there are a couple DePaul and St. John's people here.

(02-19-2012 12:57 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  whats that bitter taste in my kool aid? #imfeelingqueesy

(02-19-2012 12:57 PM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  

(02-19-2012 12:23 PM)GeminiShamrock Wrote:  Yes, we certainly do. We've got two threads dedicated to barbecue and Mexican food alone! I'm surprised nobody from New York or Chicago hasn't made a Big East Pizza Thread yet.

Those are pretty much the basketball schools at this point, but there are a couple DePaul and St. John's people here.

Yeah, true. But hey, there's at least one or two great pizza joints in, say, Houston, Dallas, and Memphis as well so you can't count them out by any means.

(02-19-2012 12:23 PM)GeminiShamrock Wrote:  TripleA: What I've learned since I started posting on the Big East boards is they tend to circle the wagons around those that will be joining the league. They did that with me even before our move became official, and they seem to be doing the same with Memphis fans.

Yeah, I know. Just before you joined this board, apparently, I posted here quite a bit in 2010. That summer was another time the BE and Memphis were talking about possible admission. But back then, it was kept out of the media, mostly, and a lot of the BE posters here were skeptical about that, and somewhat hostile toward anyone who might refer to it (most of them have moved on now).

So I quit posting here, and just lurked and read, instead, until recently. That's what I was referring to in my post.

(02-19-2012 01:31 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-19-2012 12:23 PM)GeminiShamrock Wrote:  TripleA: What I've learned since I started posting on the Big East boards is they tend to circle the wagons around those that will be joining the league. They did that with me even before our move became official, and they seem to be doing the same with Memphis fans.

Yeah, I know. Just before you joined this board, apparently, I posted here quite a bit in 2010. That summer was another time the BE and Memphis were talking about possible admission. But back then, it was kept out of the media, mostly, and a lot of the BE posters here were skeptical about that, and somewhat hostile toward anyone who might refer to it (most of them have moved on now).

So I quit posting here, and just lurked and read, instead, until recently. That's what I was referring to in my post.

Ah, okay. I understand now.

UH is building a beautiful on-campus stadium! Go Tigers GO!

(02-19-2012 12:05 PM)GeminiShamrock Wrote:  

(02-19-2012 11:38 AM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(02-19-2012 11:20 AM)GeminiShamrock Wrote:  BigEastHomer: Of course, Memphis' fan base has some complete jackwagons, but so does every other fan base, including ours. A certain school in Austin, Texas, comes to mind. I'm sure you know which one I'm thinking of.

Lol! Too true!

That's why I prefer reading these boards to Coogfans, which is so painful to read at times! There are so many Coogwagons to be found there. But, as you said, it's all relative. I'll take our wagons, Memphis included, over living in the land o' Bevo anyday.

This is going to be a fun league.

Amen to that, brother. AMEN TO THAT! :rocker:

(02-19-2012 09:55 AM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  There is a Bosnian restaurant near the Galleria. It is awesome but I cant remember the name of it. Do you know?

A piece entitled Vowels for Bosnia, rom Car Talk, during the height of the Bosnian War:

The Onion staff Wrote:Ask and you shall receive...

Cities of Sjlbvdnzv, Grzny to Be First Recipients

Before an emergency joint session of Congress yesterday, President Clinton announced US plans to deploy over 75,000 vowels to the war-torn region of Bosnia. The deployment, the largest of its kind in American history, will provide the region with the critically needed letters A,E,I,O,U, and Y, and is hoped to render countless Bosnian words more pronounceable.

"For six years, we have stood by while names like Ygrjvslhv and Tzlynhrand Glrm have been horribly butchered by millions around the world,"Clinton said. "Today, the United States must finally stand up and say 'Enough.' It is time the people of Bosnia finally had some vowels in their incomprehensible words. The US is proud to lead the crusade in this noble endeavor."

The deployment, dubbed Operation Vowel Storm by the State Department, is set for early next week, with the Adriatic port cities of Sjlbvdnzv and Grzny slated to be the first recipients. Two C-130 transport planes, each carrying more than 500 24-count boxes of "E's," will fly from Andrews Air Force Base across the Atlantic and airdrop the letters over the cities.

Citizens of Grzny and Sjlbvdnzv eagerly await the arrival of the vowels. "My God, I do not think we can last another day," Trszg Grzdnjkln, 44, said. "I have six children and none of them has a name that is understandable to me or to anyone else. Mr. Clinton, please send my poor, wretched family just one 'E.'Please."

Said Sjlbvdnzv resident, Grg Hmphrs, 67: "With just a few key letters, I could be George Humphries. This is my dream."

If the initial airlift is successful, Clinton said the United States will go ahead with full-scale vowel deployment, with C-130's airdropping thousands more letters over every area of Bosnia. Other nations are expected to pitch in as well, including 10,000 British "A's" and 6,500 Canadian "U's." Japan, rich in A's and O's, was asked to participate, but declined.

"With these valuable letters, the people of war-ravaged Bosnia will be able to make some terrific new words," Clinton said. "It should be very exciting for them, and much easier for us to read their maps."

Linguists praise the US's decision to send the vowels. For decades they have struggled with the hard consonants and difficult pronunciation of most Slavic words. "Vowels are crucial to construction of all language," Baylor University linguist Noam Frankel said. "Without them, it would be difficult to utter a single word, much less organize a coherent sentence. Please, just don't get me started on the moon-man languages they use in those Eastern European countries."

According to Frankel, once the Bosnians have vowels, they will be able to construct such valuable sentences as: "The potatoes are ready"; "I believe it will rain"; and "All my children are dead from the war" [And "Oh my God, there's an axe in my head." ?]

The airdrop represents the largest deployment of any letter to a foreign country since 1984. During the summer of that year, the US shipped 92,000 consonants to Ethiopia, providing cities like Ouaouoaua, Eaoiiuae, and Aaowith vital, lifegiving supplies of L's, S's and T's. The consonant-relief effort failed, however, when vast quantities of the letters were intercepted and hoarded by violent, gun-toting warlords.

(02-20-2012 12:07 PM)SmallVoice Wrote:  

(02-19-2012 09:55 AM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  There is a Bosnian restaurant near the Galleria. It is awesome but I cant remember the name of it. Do you know?

A piece entitled Vowels for Bosnia, rom Car Talk, during the height of the Bosnian War:

The Onion staff Wrote:Ask and you shall receive...

Cities of Sjlbvdnzv, Grzny to Be First Recipients

Before an emergency joint session of Congress yesterday, President Clinton announced US plans to deploy over 75,000 vowels to the war-torn region of Bosnia. The deployment, the largest of its kind in American history, will provide the region with the critically needed letters A,E,I,O,U, and Y, and is hoped to render countless Bosnian words more pronounceable.

"For six years, we have stood by while names like Ygrjvslhv and Tzlynhrand Glrm have been horribly butchered by millions around the world,"Clinton said. "Today, the United States must finally stand up and say 'Enough.' It is time the people of Bosnia finally had some vowels in their incomprehensible words. The US is proud to lead the crusade in this noble endeavor."

The deployment, dubbed Operation Vowel Storm by the State Department, is set for early next week, with the Adriatic port cities of Sjlbvdnzv and Grzny slated to be the first recipients. Two C-130 transport planes, each carrying more than 500 24-count boxes of "E's," will fly from Andrews Air Force Base across the Atlantic and airdrop the letters over the cities.

Citizens of Grzny and Sjlbvdnzv eagerly await the arrival of the vowels. "My God, I do not think we can last another day," Trszg Grzdnjkln, 44, said. "I have six children and none of them has a name that is understandable to me or to anyone else. Mr. Clinton, please send my poor, wretched family just one 'E.'Please."

Said Sjlbvdnzv resident, Grg Hmphrs, 67: "With just a few key letters, I could be George Humphries. This is my dream."

If the initial airlift is successful, Clinton said the United States will go ahead with full-scale vowel deployment, with C-130's airdropping thousands more letters over every area of Bosnia. Other nations are expected to pitch in as well, including 10,000 British "A's" and 6,500 Canadian "U's." Japan, rich in A's and O's, was asked to participate, but declined.

"With these valuable letters, the people of war-ravaged Bosnia will be able to make some terrific new words," Clinton said. "It should be very exciting for them, and much easier for us to read their maps."

Linguists praise the US's decision to send the vowels. For decades they have struggled with the hard consonants and difficult pronunciation of most Slavic words. "Vowels are crucial to construction of all language," Baylor University linguist Noam Frankel said. "Without them, it would be difficult to utter a single word, much less organize a coherent sentence. Please, just don't get me started on the moon-man languages they use in those Eastern European countries."

According to Frankel, once the Bosnians have vowels, they will be able to construct such valuable sentences as: "The potatoes are ready"; "I believe it will rain"; and "All my children are dead from the war" [And "Oh my God, there's an axe in my head." ?]

The airdrop represents the largest deployment of any letter to a foreign country since 1984. During the summer of that year, the US shipped 92,000 consonants to Ethiopia, providing cities like Ouaouoaua, Eaoiiuae, and Aaowith vital, lifegiving supplies of L's, S's and T's. The consonant-relief effort failed, however, when vast quantities of the letters were intercepted and hoarded by violent, gun-toting warlords.

now that is funny.

(02-19-2012 10:58 AM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  I think Memphis fans run the spectrum of college sports fandom. There are some that are very knowledgable and real. And there are some that are utter jackwagons. Plain and simple.
I know I don't speak just for myself when I say that the IQ level of the banter on this board went down 10-15 points when Memphis was added.

And that's ok! I can appreciate noise - for the sake of noise - once in awhile. Many Memphis fans are passionate and I respect that.

I also respect, Boise, SDSU, UCF, Navy, SMU, UL, UC, UCONN, Rutgers, and USF, fans.

I am definitely nBe 4 Life and will support the Tigers on the field of play from now on. They are deserving and fit Syracuse's old spot (bad football - traditional Bball power program) just fine. I really hope to see their fans have a football program to be proud of.

There's a reason for this, our primary messageboard is on this site, so most of our idiot fans aren't locked away somewhere else, they are on full display for everyone here to see. I imagine the primary boards for the other schools have their fair share of bad apples too.

(02-20-2012 12:47 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  

(02-19-2012 10:58 AM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  I think Memphis fans run the spectrum of college sports fandom. There are some that are very knowledgable and real. And there are some that are utter jackwagons. Plain and simple.
I know I don't speak just for myself when I say that the IQ level of the banter on this board went down 10-15 points when Memphis was added.

And that's ok! I can appreciate noise - for the sake of noise - once in awhile. Many Memphis fans are passionate and I respect that.

I also respect, Boise, SDSU, UCF, Navy, SMU, UL, UC, UCONN, Rutgers, and USF, fans.

I am definitely nBe 4 Life and will support the Tigers on the field of play from now on. They are deserving and fit Syracuse's old spot (bad football - traditional Bball power program) just fine. I really hope to see their fans have a football program to be proud of.

There's a reason for this, our primary messageboard is on this site, so most of our idiot fans aren't locked away somewhere else, they are on full display for everyone here to see. I imagine the primary boards for the other schools have their fair share of bad apples too.

From what some of my fellow Coogs have told me (including BigEastHomer himself), Coogfans has its fair share of jackwagons. Same with our Scouts.com and Rivals.com boards. I've never been over to any of those though so I couldn't tell you how bad they really get.

This thread is gayer than Wales.

(02-21-2012 01:03 PM)fsquid Wrote:  This thread is gayer than Wales.

Well, at least you're feeling the love...

(02-21-2012 01:03 PM)fsquid Wrote:  This thread is gayer than Wales.

You haven't dragged that one out in a while. Must really be bugging you.

I know we are in a Northeastern conference now, but the queerness quotient is pushing South Beach levels

(02-21-2012 05:51 PM)fsquid Wrote:  I know we are in a Northeastern conference now, but the queerness quotient is pushing South Beach levels

I'm not ready to go back to "MEMPHIS SUCKS!" yet. Sue me. (Seriously, when we play each other again, you'll see me talkin' smack in my usual lighthearded way. Don't worry. And besides, our schools go way back so, you know, much respect and stuff.)

(02-21-2012 05:57 PM)GeminiShamrock Wrote:  And besides, our schools go way back so, you know, much respect and stuff.)

No kidding. I'm STILL not over this:

(02-21-2012 05:51 PM)fsquid Wrote:  I know we are in a Northeastern conference now, but the queerness quotient is pushing South Beach levels