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Can someone explain Old Dominion to me, because I'm lost on what/who they are. Not familiar at all with them - from Virginia I guess? Don't much like spooks. Guess I could Google ODU but it would be better for ODU fans to explain it to me.

(10-24-2021 12:00 AM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  Can someone explain Old Dominion to me, because I'm lost on what/who they are. Not familiar at all with them - from Virginia I guess? Don't much like spooks. Guess I could Google ODU but it would be better for ODU fans to explain it to me.

It’s the state nickname, like how North Carolina is the Tar Heel State and Maryland is the **** YOU PEDESTRIANS State. Virginia has different naming conventions from most places; among our bigger public schools are us, Virginia Commonwealth (since we’re a commonwealth and not a state technically), two named after Founding Fathers (JMU and George Mason), one named after a British couple (William and Mary) and one named Longwood.

(10-24-2021 12:00 AM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  Can someone explain Old Dominion to me, because I'm lost on what/who they are. Not familiar at all with them - from Virginia I guess? Don't much like spooks. Guess I could Google ODU but it would be better for ODU fans to explain it to me.

Old Dominion University is a Carnegie R2 National doctoral public research university in Norfolk, Virginia. Enrollment is 24k+

It was established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary. In 1962 it became Old Dominion University.

The name "Old Dominion" is the State of Virginia's nickname, given to the state by King Charles II of England for remaining loyal to the crown during the English Civil War.

Interesting. Louisiana has parishes and French law and VA is a Commonwealth, not a state. Norfolk is a Navy town, no?

ODU sucks a great sucking and you will come to hate them in time much like we do at James Madison. You'll see...

(10-24-2021 12:17 AM)JMaddy Wrote:  ODU sucks a great sucking and you will come to hate them in time much like we do at James Madison. You'll see...

The only reason I know about James Madison is because they were a candidate to join the Sun Belt last go round - seems that the are purple and have a nice stadium frequently filled with football fans.

(10-24-2021 12:17 AM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  Interesting. Louisiana has parishes and French law and VA is a Commonwealth, not a state. Norfolk is a Navy town, no?

Yep. Norfolk is a Navy town
Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania are the other commonwealth states.

(10-24-2021 12:19 AM)ODUalum78 Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:17 AM)JMaddy Wrote:  ODU sucks a great sucking and you will come to hate them in time much like we do at James Madison. You'll see...

You got mod powers yet? That’s at least a warning.

(10-24-2021 12:21 AM)ODUalum78 Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:17 AM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  Interesting. Louisiana has parishes and French law and VA is a Commonwealth, not a state. Norfolk is a Navy town, no?

Yep. Norfolk is a Navy town
Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania are the other commonwealth states.

Thanks - I'm getting there - NCAA BB Tourney history of ODU is I suspect much better than A-State's?

(10-24-2021 12:27 AM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:21 AM)ODUalum78 Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:17 AM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  Interesting. Louisiana has parishes and French law and VA is a Commonwealth, not a state. Norfolk is a Navy town, no?

Yep. Norfolk is a Navy town
Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania are the other commonwealth states.

Thanks - I'm getting there - NCAA BB Tourney history of ODU is I suspect much better than A-State's?

ODU was in the Sun Belt a long time ago. They were really good at basketball. The Sun Belt use to be a basketball league.

(10-24-2021 12:27 AM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:21 AM)ODUalum78 Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:17 AM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  Interesting. Louisiana has parishes and French law and VA is a Commonwealth, not a state. Norfolk is a Navy town, no?

Yep. Norfolk is a Navy town
Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania are the other commonwealth states.

Thanks - I'm getting there - NCAA BB Tourney history of ODU is I suspect much better than A-State's?

I don't know your history, but ODU has appeared in 12 Division I NCAA Tournaments since 1980. Our record is 3–12.

(10-24-2021 12:21 AM)ODUalum78 Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:17 AM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  Interesting. Louisiana has parishes and French law and VA is a Commonwealth, not a state. Norfolk is a Navy town, no?

Yep. Norfolk is a Navy town
Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania are the other commonwealth states.

Ours is mainly in name only as I understand it legally. Runs as a state.

And yes Norfolk is home to the largest naval base in the world. “The Old Dominion” is a nickname for VA so that’s where the name comes from. We were originally a division of William & Mary before breaking off into a separate University. William & Mary being named from English Monarchs is how Old Dominion got its nickname of Monarchs. The lion being “King of the Jungle” is how we got our mascot.

(10-24-2021 12:30 AM)ODUalum78 Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:27 AM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:21 AM)ODUalum78 Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:17 AM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  Interesting. Louisiana has parishes and French law and VA is a Commonwealth, not a state. Norfolk is a Navy town, no?

Yep. Norfolk is a Navy town
Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania are the other commonwealth states.

Thanks - I'm getting there - NCAA BB Tourney history of ODU is I suspect much better than A-State's?

I don't know your history, but ODU has appeared in 12 Division I NCAA Tournaments since 1980. Our record is 3–12.

That's both good and bad. A-State is 0-1. We had a good NIT stretch in the late 80s/Early 90s with NIT runs but we're really not good a BB historically. Beat Memphis and Stanford on the road early but never won the NIT.

(10-24-2021 12:29 AM)statefanatic Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:27 AM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:21 AM)ODUalum78 Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:17 AM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  Interesting. Louisiana has parishes and French law and VA is a Commonwealth, not a state. Norfolk is a Navy town, no?

Yep. Norfolk is a Navy town
Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania are the other commonwealth states.

Thanks - I'm getting there - NCAA BB Tourney history of ODU is I suspect much better than A-State's?

ODU was in the Sun Belt a long time ago. They were really good at basketball. The Sun Belt use to be a basketball league.

Did ODU leave the Sun Belt at the same time the American South merged with the Sun Belt?

(10-24-2021 12:33 AM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:30 AM)ODUalum78 Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:27 AM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:21 AM)ODUalum78 Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:17 AM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  Interesting. Louisiana has parishes and French law and VA is a Commonwealth, not a state. Norfolk is a Navy town, no?

Yep. Norfolk is a Navy town
Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania are the other commonwealth states.

Thanks - I'm getting there - NCAA BB Tourney history of ODU is I suspect much better than A-State's?

I don't know your history, but ODU has appeared in 12 Division I NCAA Tournaments since 1980. Our record is 3–12.

That's both good and bad. A-State is 0-1. We had a good NIT stretch in the late 80s/Early 90s with NIT runs but we're really not good a BB historically. Beat Memphis and Stanford on the road early but never won the NIT.

We are 11-11 in 11 NIT Tournements since 1977.
In 1975 we DID win the Div II National Championship.

EDIT: we were in the SB from 1982 - 1991

(10-24-2021 12:10 AM)ODUalum78 Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:00 AM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  Can someone explain Old Dominion to me, because I'm lost on what/who they are. Not familiar at all with them - from Virginia I guess? Don't much like spooks. Guess I could Google ODU but it would be better for ODU fans to explain it to me.

Old Dominion University is a Carnegie R2 National doctoral public research university in Norfolk, Virginia. Enrollment is 24k+

It was established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary. In 1962 it became Old Dominion University.

The name "Old Dominion" is the State of Virginia's nickname, given to the state by King Charles II of England for remaining loyal to the crown during the English Civil War.

Minor correction -

The Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary became Old Dominion College on August 2nd, 1962.

Old Dominion College became Old Dominion University on September 1st, 1969.

(10-24-2021 12:07 AM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 12:00 AM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  Can someone explain Old Dominion to me, because I'm lost on what/who they are. Not familiar at all with them - from Virginia I guess? Don't much like spooks. Guess I could Google ODU but it would be better for ODU fans to explain it to me.

It’s the state nickname, like how North Carolina is the Tar Heel State and Maryland is the **** YOU PEDESTRIANS State. Virginia has different naming conventions from most places; among our bigger public schools are us, Virginia Commonwealth (since we’re a commonwealth and not a state technically), two named after Founding Fathers (JMU and George Mason), one named after a British couple (William and Mary) and one named Longwood.

Maryland is the bicyclist state?