The Anything Thread

[JBHuskers]

Miller Lite's "Light Beer" commercials are pretty good...just saw the "Ladie's Tee" one HAHAHA best one yet.

[NatureBoy]

Best Buy is selling both the cd and vinyl of Chinese Democracy for $1.99.

[SmoothPancakes]

University of Nebraka-Omaha lost ... bummer. Still shocks me that they cut football and wrestling (two of their bigger programs) to go to D-I and join the Summit League.

I saw that story this morning. That's a shame for those poor kids that are being affected, especially the wrestling team that has been winning so many championships. Are they going to add any new men's sports with those two cuts? With those cuts, they'd drop down to only 3 men's teams and 9 women's teams sponsored, which is seriously disproportional.

[JBHuskers]

I saw that story this morning. That's a shame for those poor kids that are being affected, especially the wrestling team that has been winning so many championships. Are they going to add any new men's sports with those two cuts? With those cuts, they'd drop down to only 3 men's teams and 9 women's teams sponsored, which is seriously disproportional.

Not entirely sure....I think the Summit doesn't have FB and wrestling? I may be wrong on that....

[SmoothPancakes]

Not entirely sure....I think the Summit doesn't have FB and wrestling? I may be wrong on that....

Yeah, that's correct, based on the story that I read. Summit doesn't have those two sports, so they're cutting them. Football is losing them millions every year and wrestling they said they wouldn't be able to fund the wrestling team at the level needed for it to be able to compete with the level of competition in Division I.

Here's some excerpts from the story on ESPN:

Chancellor John Christensen said the athletic department's financial trend lines were heading for a "train wreck" if it remained in Division II. Expenses were $10.3 million in 2009-10, with $4.5 million in revenue. The estimated $5.9 million in institutional support required in 2009-10 was projected to increase to $7.9 million by 2015-16.

Christensen and Alberts told regents that the greater revenue potential associated with going to Division I, plus the elimination of the two sports, gives UNO a better chance to have a sustainable business model.

"If we didn't achieve financial stability, we weren't going to have an athletic department at all," Alberts said.

Alberts said the move also would give UNO greater visibility and prestige and would better align it with peer universities.

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According to a feasibility report by Massachusetts-based college athletics consultant Alden & Associates, the elimination of football and wrestling are necessary to keep athletics afloat.

UNO loses about $1.2 million a year on football alone. The report said that figure would increase significantly in Division I because the program would require 27 additional scholarships, additional coaches and more funds for recruiting and travel. Football coach Pat Behrns did not attend the meeting.

The report also said wrestling couldn't sustain its success given that it would be impossible for UNO to fund the program at the level it would require to be competitive in Division I.

UNO's wrestling team won its third straight national championship on March 12. Hours later, Alberts told Denney by phone that the program was targeted for elimination.

- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=6257968

[JeffHCross]

UNO's wrestling team won its third straight national championship on March 12. Hours later, Alberts told Denney by phone that the program was targeted for elimination.

Wow, very douchey move.

[JeffHCross]

Is it wrong that I get a level of pride from being Re-Tweeted by Michael Smith?

[JeffHCross]

Wow.

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[SmoothPancakes]

Wow, very douchey move.

My thoughts exactly. Way to say congratulations to your wrestling team's third straight national championship, by telling the coach that his program might not even exist anymore in a couple weeks.

[steelerfan]

Is it wrong that I get a level of pride from being Re-Tweeted by Michael Smith?

I think you can guess my answer.

[JeffHCross]

I think you can guess my answer.

You don't count.

[steelerfan]

you don't count.

lololol!

[steelerfan]

I wasted my 1000th post in the Mom of the Year thread. This is post 1001.

I want to thank all the people (including YOU) who made this possible. You know who you are, and without you, I may have only achieved 8 or 900 posts at this young age.

I want to thank my fellow TGT members for all of the banter we have shared. When the day comes that I no longer feel that I can post at the level I demand from myself and make that inevitable decision to call it quits, it is the comraderie of you all that I will miss most.

A special thanks goes out to the EA Sports NCAA staff for giving me something to occupy an otherwise monotonous existence and for accepting my ideas for what they are. I look forward to expressing my thoughts to you for NCAA 12 and beyond.

And not to be forgotten are the lurkers of TGT. You log on, but never sign in. However, I can feel your support and I know you go to war with me. You are the reason I get up every day and post small nuggets of wisdom to be ingested, digested and excreted by the NCAA community. Thank you for being the greatest lurkers on the 'net. Without you, I'm nothing. What is the point of posting if no one will read it?

Lastly, I want to thank the ownership of TGT. You gentlemen have made me feel welcome from day 1. You spotted potential the in me when I was posting on the minor league NCAA community circuit and made sure that I knew that you would give me a chance to flourish in your system. I am truly blessed to have the support of the greatest ownership group of all the NCAA Football Community Forums. Mr. cdj, Mr. JBHuskers, Mr. gschwendt...you 3 took me from toiling in the minors to enjoying the type of success that a young man from Parma, Ohio, who grew up in the suburbs of Houston playing 2 player games of Intellivision Baseball by himself, could only dream of. You are the catalyst of who I am today, and I am forever grateful.

Here's to many, many more poignant, thoughtful, literate posts and to a few mindless rants that the future holds for us all!

Thank you.

And now...my 2000th post.

[JeffHCross]

And now...my 2000th post.

:: glances left ::

You're behind.

[steelerfan]

:: glances left ::

You're behind.

I'm selective, not slutty.

[JeffHCross]

I'm selective, not slutty.

That's what she said.

And she was wrong.

[steelerfan]

That's what she said.

And she was wrong.

[JBHuskers]

:: glances left ::

You're behind.

Way behind.

[JeffHCross]

Okay, Google's just creeped me out.

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[JBHuskers]

Okay, Google's just creeped me out.

You use Gmail? Same account for your Twitter sign-up e-mail? There you go.