(03-05-2013 08:20 PM)HuskieTap22 Wrote: Nader is out, we should winning right? I thought many on this board felt he was killing our team. I hate to say it but he is the only guy on our roster with any talent. Everyone else should be coming off the bench if that as they are role players. How about that wide open three Cravatta just aired out? Awful.
Yeah, I was on the fence about the argument, especially at the end of the WMU game where NIU grew the lead when he was out, then blew it awfully when he returned, but it's never on one guy alone.
(03-05-2013 12:48 PM)HappyHuskie Wrote: Take Nader on the bus trip to Toledo and leave him there. He'll see how much nicer it is in DeKalb.
He will also see a much nicer campus and lots of fans in attendance.
NIU fans....should really...really...save the smack talk for football season.
Why? Toledo sucks and is a miserable place now, as it will be during football season.
Illinois is an amazing place to live. High taxes and tons of crime. Chicago is going down the toilet.
I live in Chicagoland and have for 7 years. Spent 26 years in either greater Toledo or greater Cincinnati areas and I like all 3. Each has something different to offer but none are "armpits" or wastelands like some NIU fans on here always seem to mention. My family in Ohio think that Chicago is dangerous and littered with crime and "would never live there." People on this board talk about the ?smell? of Toledo and have even compared it to Gary or Detroit. Both are major misconceptions. I love most of what Toledo has to offer and love most of what Chicagoland has to offer. Generally speaking of the true character of people as human beings, Toledoans or more accurately, Ohioans are much better people. There is a much lower level of trust among people around here...people always seem to be waiting for the letdown and it probably comes from history. As far as the "smell" of Toledo, I'll say this...I spent my first week here with a nasty sinus infection and have always attributed it to the adjustment to the air quality.
Anyway, we have a lot of murders here (around 500 last year) but those are generally isolated to the south and west sides and this is a huge city of like 8 million ppl in the Chicagoland area. In terms of population, that would equate to about 47 murders in the greater Toledo area in a year which I would guess would be in the ballpark and I would guess that most of those would occur in either the neighborhoods that end in "wood," the east side, or the far northeast part of the city (I'm thinking the area near Detroit avenue on the northend. Worst part of Chicagoland in my opinion is the taxes as mentioned and corrupt politicians and police. Also, it's a very clean city for being such a large city so that's how I've always rationalized the taxes.
(03-05-2013 08:09 PM)prairiedawg Wrote: Toledo's attendance looks familiar to the Convo in Dekalb except a much grubbier looking Rocket crowd.
NIU may be absolutely awful on the court but Toledo got banned from the MAC tourney..how bad is that?
This is what our attendance looks like when the team has something more than pride to play for. This is our women's game tonight...they average more in attendance than all of the MAC Men's teams except Toledo men and Ohio men.
Next year, the place will be packed for men's games.
(03-05-2013 07:56 PM)Stpetebeachrocketfan Wrote: I have more bad news. NIU winter sports are all pretty bad. Wrestling and women's basketball team are also very bad.
I wonder, is it worse to be bad or Undefined. Nothing Toledo does on the court even really counts this year. That must suck. Toledo is one of the most inept and corrupt institutions out there.
Another hillarious post!!!!!!! I highly suggest perusing some other topics on the NIU board such as "What the hell is going on" or another one I really like, "FBI & IL State police executing search warrant" Cheers!
(03-05-2013 07:56 PM)Stpetebeachrocketfan Wrote: I have more bad news. NIU winter sports are all pretty bad. Wrestling and women's basketball team are also very bad.
I wonder, is it worse to be bad or Undefined. Nothing Toledo does on the court even really counts this year. That must suck. Toledo is one of the most inept and corrupt institutions out there.
Another hillarious post!!!!!!! I highly suggest perusing some other topics on the NIU board such as "What the hell is going on" or another one I really like, "FBI & IL State police executing search warrant" Cheers!
Personally I like fixing games such as what recently occurred at UT..Something about people in glass houses throwing stones..we'll stick to our own issues and you fix your own problems
(03-05-2013 07:56 PM)Stpetebeachrocketfan Wrote: I have more bad news. NIU winter sports are all pretty bad. Wrestling and women's basketball team are also very bad.
I wonder, is it worse to be bad or Undefined. Nothing Toledo does on the court even really counts this year. That must suck. Toledo is one of the most inept and corrupt institutions out there.
Another hillarious post!!!!!!! I highly suggest perusing some other topics on the NIU board such as "What the hell is going on" or another one I really like, "FBI & IL State police executing search warrant" Cheers!
Personally I like fixing games such as what recently occurred at UT..Something about people in glass houses throwing stones..we'll stick to our own issues and you fix your own problems
Oh, I just love that idea. It sounds so nice and proper. The only problem is, which you probably dont remember, were all the NIU folks concentrating on our "problem" with that isssue that occured almost five years ago. You guys are now having problem "s" and we would now like to concentrate on your "problems" (PLURAL)
(03-05-2013 01:39 PM)Stpetebeachrocketfan Wrote: He will also see a much nicer campus and lots of fans in attendance.
NIU fans....should really...really...save the smack talk for football season.
Why? Toledo sucks and is a miserable place now, as it will be during football season.
Illinois is an amazing place to live. High taxes and tons of crime. Chicago is going down the toilet.
I live in Chicagoland and have for 7 years. Spent 26 years in either greater Toledo or greater Cincinnati areas and I like all 3. Each has something different to offer but none are "armpits" or wastelands like some NIU fans on here always seem to mention. My family in Ohio think that Chicago is dangerous and littered with crime and "would never live there." People on this board talk about the ?smell? of Toledo and have even compared it to Gary or Detroit. Both are major misconceptions. I love most of what Toledo has to offer and love most of what Chicagoland has to offer. Generally speaking of the true character of people as human beings, Toledoans or more accurately, Ohioans are much better people. There is a much lower level of trust among people around here...people always seem to be waiting for the letdown and it probably comes from history. As far as the "smell" of Toledo, I'll say this...I spent my first week here with a nasty sinus infection and have always attributed it to the adjustment to the air quality.
Anyway, we have a lot of murders here (around 500 last year) but those are generally isolated to the south and west sides and this is a huge city of like 8 million ppl in the Chicagoland area. In terms of population, that would equate to about 47 murders in the greater Toledo area in a year which I would guess would be in the ballpark and I would guess that most of those would occur in either the neighborhoods that end in "wood," the east side, or the far northeast part of the city (I'm thinking the area near Detroit avenue on the northend. Worst part of Chicagoland in my opinion is the taxes as mentioned and corrupt politicians and police. Also, it's a very clean city for being such a large city so that's how I've always rationalized the taxes.
To sum it up: I wish I could live in both places.
You are correct. I wouldn't call Toledo an armpit. It's more like a crotch. It's a good place to stop and use the bathroom when driving to the East Coast. Though it is a problem trying to find clean facilities.
If Nader is still in Toledo, send him home. Sure, the kid can't play basketball, but that's not a good enough reason to be condemned to Toledo.
(03-05-2013 07:56 PM)Stpetebeachrocketfan Wrote: I have more bad news. NIU winter sports are all pretty bad. Wrestling and women's basketball team are also very bad.
I wonder, is it worse to be bad or Undefined. Nothing Toledo does on the court even really counts this year. That must suck. Toledo is one of the most inept and corrupt institutions out there.
Another hillarious post!!!!!!! I highly suggest perusing some other topics on the NIU board such as "What the hell is going on" or another one I really like, "FBI & IL State police executing search warrant" Cheers!
Personally I like fixing games such as what recently occurred at UT..Something about people in glass houses throwing stones..we'll stick to our own issues and you fix your own problems
You mean like the FB games where UT beat the spreads. The couple of FB players involved didn't point shave but conspired to. It was not an institutional issue. BB, a different story with missed freethrows and fieldgoals. Again, a few players involved not the institution. NIU and the rest of the MAC benefitted from this turmoil by virtue of a weakened UT. It's taken the programs this long to recover from the treachery of those individuals. UT FB and BB have become stronger, having taken this
proverbial kick in the butt.
(03-05-2013 07:56 PM)Stpetebeachrocketfan Wrote: I have more bad news. NIU winter sports are all pretty bad. Wrestling and women's basketball team are also very bad.
I wonder, is it worse to be bad or Undefined. Nothing Toledo does on the court even really counts this year. That must suck. Toledo is one of the most inept and corrupt institutions out there.
Another hillarious post!!!!!!! I highly suggest perusing some other topics on the NIU board such as "What the hell is going on" or another one I really like, "FBI & IL State police executing search warrant" Cheers!
Personally I like fixing games such as what recently occurred at UT..Something about people in glass houses throwing stones..we'll stick to our own issues and you fix your own problems
Oh, I just love that idea. It sounds so nice and proper. The only problem is, which you probably dont remember, were all the NIU folks concentrating on our "problem" with that isssue that occured almost five years ago. You guys are now having problem "s" and we would now like to concentrate on your "problems" (PLURAL)
It's funny, they like to make fun of us for a gambling issue, but their issue involves their police chief - you know, the guy who is in charge of protecting everyone on campus. NIU's issue is wayyy worse than a gambling one. And our issue was, what, 5+ years ago? Everyone - all coaches and athletes - are all gone now.
(03-05-2013 07:58 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote: I wonder, is it worse to be bad or Undefined. Nothing Toledo does on the court even really counts this year. That must suck. Toledo is one of the most inept and corrupt institutions out there.
Another hillarious post!!!!!!! I highly suggest perusing some other topics on the NIU board such as "What the hell is going on" or another one I really like, "FBI & IL State police executing search warrant" Cheers!
Personally I like fixing games such as what recently occurred at UT..Something about people in glass houses throwing stones..we'll stick to our own issues and you fix your own problems
Oh, I just love that idea. It sounds so nice and proper. The only problem is, which you probably dont remember, were all the NIU folks concentrating on our "problem" with that isssue that occured almost five years ago. You guys are now having problem "s" and we would now like to concentrate on your "problems" (PLURAL)
It's funny, they like to make fun of us for a gambling issue, but their issue involves their police chief - you know, the guy who is in charge of protecting everyone on campus. NIU's issue is wayyy worse than a gambling one. And our issue was, what, 5+ years ago? Everyone - all coaches and athletes - are all gone now.
Hmm, ours might be gone pretty soon too....we can hope.
