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Post by valpotx on Sept 1, 2006 0:42:59 GMT -5
FargoBison,
We are pretty happy that we will no longer have to deal with Eaglebackr after this school year, it is just too bad that we are passing him off onto you guys!
Fargo would be a great city to host. I am sure he is more concerned that their bought conference tournament championships will no longer happen in basketball. You should visit their campus sometime, it truly is a sight to behold their decorations throughout the campus.
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Post by fwalum on Sept 1, 2006 9:02:58 GMT -5
...we've seen it before - it was full of empty seats, with a couple hundred Valpo fans sprinkled in... But, I'm sure the Mid-Con in its infinite wisdom will probably eventually put the tournament in Fort Wayne, or Fargo, or some other God-forsaken place, just to give the other teams in the league some presumption of competitive balance. Whatever. I guess continuing to make a profit by holding it one of the largest cities in the league, with an airport, and plenty of hotels and restaurants and things to do, is just ridiculous... With over 300 churches Fort Wayne is listed by Ask, Answers, Wikipedia and other online sources as "City of Churches". You can hardly call Fort Wayne a God forsaken place. We also have a very nice airport and way too many resturants and hotels thank you very much.
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Post by eaglebackr on Sept 1, 2006 10:15:50 GMT -5
So many lame responses; so little time to respond to them all. But, here goes:
"Home court advantage for ORU in Tulsa?" Whatever. Greg Kampe and Oakland proved it could be done the very first year - if you play well. Please explain to me how playing in Tulsa had any bearing on you guys losing to Chicago State in the first round that year? A word of advice to the new conference members: Don't let Valpo's "0-for-life" Tulsa experience skew your perception of getting a fair shake at the conference tournament at the UMAC. They just don't want to admit they've sucked the past two years when they played here.
"Fort Wayne - City of Churches"? Please. I was in Fort Wayne for the last Mid-Con tourney. More like "City of Tittie Bars". The strip club next to our hotel had "Welcome ORU" on the marquee. I've never seen so many businesses geared toward truck drivers. It seemed like even the grocery stores had $50 specials for washing your 18-wheeler while you shopped.
"Mid-Con tourney in Fargo?". Right. That's just what we need - a blizzard to hit the Dakotas the first week of March while ESPN and other national media are giving us our one shot at recognition. I don't need to see Fran Fraschella with a 3-day-growth of beard, reporting live from a snowbank outside the arena about National Guard efforts to evacuate the broadcast team in snowcats.
"Me leaving Valpo alone after it bolts the Mid-Con?" You wish. I'll be back here on a regular basis, while you guys flounder in mediocrity, reminding you of what a brilliant move it was to enter the Horizon League. QUIT WHINING AND START WINNING - THEN MAYBE I'LL GO AWAY!!
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Post by valpotx on Sept 1, 2006 11:14:44 GMT -5
So many lame responses; so little time to respond to them all. But, here goes: "Home court advantage for ORU in Tulsa?" Whatever. Greg Kampe and Oakland proved it could be done the very first year - if you play well. Please explain to me how playing in Tulsa had any bearing on you guys losing to Chicago State in the first round that year? A word of advice to the new conference members: Don't let Valpo's "0-for-life" Tulsa experience skew your perception of getting a fair shake at the conference tournament at the UMAC. They just don't want to admit they've sucked the past two years when they played here. "Fort Wayne - City of Churches"? Please. I was in Fort Wayne for the last Mid-Con tourney. More like "City of Tittie Bars". The strip club next to our hotel had "Welcome ORU" on the marquee. I've never seen so many businesses geared toward truck drivers. It seemed like even the grocery stores had $50 specials for washing your 18-wheeler while you shopped. "Mid-Con tourney in Fargo?". Right. That's just what we need - a blizzard to hit the Dakotas the first week of March while ESPN and other national media are giving us our one shot at recognition. I don't need to see Fran Fraschella with a 3-day-growth of beard, reporting live from a snowbank outside the arena about National Guard efforts to evacuate the broadcast team in snowcats. "Me leaving Valpo alone after it bolts the Mid-Con?" You wish. I'll be back here on a regular basis, while you guys flounder in mediocrity, reminding you of what a brilliant move it was to enter the Horizon League. QUIT WHINING AND START WINNING - THEN MAYBE I'LL GO AWAY!! I think it is funny that you tell us to start winning, it is what we are accustomed to. The fact that we have won so many tournaments shows that, unless you forget our decade of dominance, your decade of defeats???
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Post by fwalum on Sept 1, 2006 13:36:49 GMT -5
"Fort Wayne - City of Churches"? Please. I was in Fort Wayne for the last Mid-Con tourney. More like "City of Tittie Bars". The strip club next to our hotel had "Welcome ORU" on the marquee. I've never seen so many businesses geared toward truck drivers. It seemed like even the grocery stores had $50 specials for washing your 18-wheeler while you shopped. Don't blame Fort Wayne because you only had $25 to spend on a seedy hotel in the wrong part of town after you drove your truck up here and ended up getting waxed on the court. By the way, what is up with Tulsa putting links to their adult entertainment establishments on the "Best of Tulsa.com" website???
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