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by USUMAE
February 23rd, 2024, 11:01 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: 2024 Track and Field
Replies: 0
Views: 206

2024 Track and Field

Track is back- or at least indoor track. Overall the team seems to be doing about the same as last year relative, I haven’t followed the results too closely to say. The conference championship meet is this weekend. Day one was yesterday and the men’s team is in second place and the women’s team is i...
by USUMAE
January 10th, 2024, 10:51 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: BPI, which the committee uses, penalizes schools at high altitude
Replies: 13
Views: 1213

Re: BPI, which the committee uses, penalizes schools at high altitude

Does being at elevation increase the home court advantage? Absolutely. Is it a big enough advantage that teams should be penalized for it? I don’t think so- especially since being physically fit is part of the deal. You have to have the depth and fitness to play 3 (or 4, if you don’t get a bye) game...
by USUMAE
November 10th, 2023, 11:50 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: 2023 Cross Country
Replies: 11
Views: 971

Re: 2023 Cross Country

The regionals race was today. Women finished 8th with Emma Thornley as our top runner. She placed 23rd. Men finished 10th with Max Wehri as our top runner. He placed 43rd. I think Emma is the only one with a remote chance at an individual qualifier for nationals. That would require that every team ...
by USUMAE
November 10th, 2023, 11:43 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: 2023 Cross Country
Replies: 11
Views: 971

Re: 2023 Cross Country

The regionals race was today. Women finished 8th with Emma Thornley as our top runner. She placed 23rd. Men finished 10th with Max Wehri as our top runner. He placed 43rd. I think Emma is the only one with a remote chance at an individual qualifier for nationals. That would require that every team ...
by USUMAE
November 10th, 2023, 10:49 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: 2023 Cross Country
Replies: 11
Views: 971

Re: 2023 Cross Country

The regionals race was today. Women finished 8th with Emma Thornley as our top runner. She placed 23rd. Men finished 10th with Max Wehri as our top runner. He placed 43rd. I think Emma is the only one with a remote chance at an individual qualifier for nationals. That would require that every team t...
by USUMAE
October 27th, 2023, 11:28 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: 2023 Cross Country
Replies: 11
Views: 971

Re: 2023 Cross Country

The women placed 4th were Emma Thornley as our top woman. She placed 4th.
by USUMAE
October 27th, 2023, 11:00 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: 2023 Cross Country
Replies: 11
Views: 971

2023 Cross Country

Today is the mountain west cross country championships. On the men’s side we seem to be a decent team- we’re ranked #8 in the Mountain region, which is always deep- but unless we pull up a major upset and get top 4 at regionals we’re not going to nationals. We just haven’t done enough this year. On ...
by USUMAE
September 16th, 2023, 10:49 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: CSU vs CU gettin chippy
Replies: 29
Views: 1289

Re: CSU vs CU gettin chippy

Pu$$y pukes can't stand the thought of the same happening to them Goooo Lammies! Speaking of the pukes, I saw on social media they now bought the U when they win. They gotta steal our traditions too?? I’m sorry . . . what do we buy when we win? A U? Why? He meant light Thank you. Yes I did.
by USUMAE
September 16th, 2023, 10:32 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: CSU vs CU gettin chippy
Replies: 29
Views: 1289

Re: CSU vs CU gettin chippy

USU78 wrote:
September 16th, 2023, 9:22 pm
Pu$$y pukes can't stand the thought of the same happening to them

Goooo Lammies!
Speaking of the pukes, I saw on social media they now bought light the U when they win. They gotta steal our traditions too??
by USUMAE
September 11th, 2023, 11:54 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Scoregami
Replies: 10
Views: 1089

Re: Scoregami

The biggest blow out ever is 222 - 0. Wow! Georgia Tech vs Cumberland Gap, in some sort of revenge game for an upset in another sport, IIRC. I know this because as a young child I had a book called something like "The Biggest Book of Sports Ever" and it had random stories from all kinds of sports i...
by USUMAE
August 23rd, 2023, 10:22 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: Chari Hawkins
Replies: 14
Views: 1665

Re: Chari Hawkins

Here’s an interview with her: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/948d21ea-1a11-4d50-a12a-8dfb4b10015b/episodes/9e8250e7-626f-4f08-8731-f99c1bf2ee2d/citius-mag-podcast-with-chris-chavez-a-running-track-and-field-show-chari-hawkins-after-finishing-8th-in-the-world-championships-heptathlon-under-gruelin...
by USUMAE
August 22nd, 2023, 1:26 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: Chari Hawkins
Replies: 14
Views: 1665

Re: Chari Hawkins

Chari has two steps to complete for team USA at the Olympics. Step one is to qualify for the Olympics. She has two paths here. The first is to get a qualifying mark, in her case 6480 points. She scored 6366, so she’s close. The second is to get in on placing. I’m unclear on the details of that, but ...
by USUMAE
July 19th, 2023, 3:40 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: MWC Media Bias Against USU?
Replies: 39
Views: 5647

Re: Proof of MWC Media Bias Against USU

I’m not really bothered by preseason rankings. If anything it’s locker room material. I am bothered by the recognition when we do succeed. In 2021 we had no player/coaches of the year, 1 first team player, two first team players. We were I think 4th in honorable mentions. You’d think we’d have finis...
by USUMAE
June 16th, 2023, 8:01 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: SDSU gives notice
Replies: 235
Views: 28725

Re: SDSU gives notice

If they end up independent as a conference we need to blackball them or make them pay a king’s ransom for the privilege of playing away games.
by USUMAE
May 13th, 2023, 8:34 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: USU Track and Field
Replies: 10
Views: 1774

Re: USU Track and Field

I stand corrected....Logan Hammer finished 1st in the Pole Vault before the 800m run.
by USUMAE
May 13th, 2023, 8:30 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: USU Track and Field
Replies: 10
Views: 1774

Re: USU Track and Field

We got our first win! Brennan Benson kicked hard in the last 150m to win it!
by USUMAE
May 13th, 2023, 10:38 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: USU Track and Field
Replies: 10
Views: 1774

Re: USU Track and Field

Day 2 summary: Men are in 5th with 30 points, the women are in 4th with 28.5 points. Kelton Chenworth placed 3rd in the the high jump. Emma Shippen tied for 8th in the pole vault (hence the 0.5 points) Gavin Beierle and Brandon Ovington placed 4th and 5th respectively in the shot put. Abby Jensen, B...
by USUMAE
May 12th, 2023, 8:45 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: USU Track and Field
Replies: 10
Views: 1774

Re: USU Track and Field

Day one summary: The Women’s team in in 5th place with 14 points. Valerie Clark and Djamilliah Paepke-chile scored those points in the javelin placing 2nd and 3rd respectively. The Men’s Team is in 6th place with 5 points. Caleb Garnica picked up our 5 points with his 4th place finish in the 10k. Ma...
by USUMAE
May 11th, 2023, 8:25 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: USU Track and Field
Replies: 10
Views: 1774

USU Track and Field

The Mountain West Track and Field Championships starts today and runs through Saturday. I haven’t followed the outdoor season as closely as I normally do, but it seems like the distance squad has had a good season with several school records this season. Skimming quickly through the start lists the ...
by USUMAE
March 24th, 2023, 12:31 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: World Athletics and transgender athletes
Replies: 4
Views: 500

World Athletics and transgender athletes

World athletics (the governing body for Track and Field) has announced a ban on transgender women in athletics. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/mar/23/world-athletics-council-excludes-transgender-women-from-female-events (Mods, if you feel this would be better suited for the sandbox please mo...
by USUMAE
March 16th, 2023, 1:57 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Groundhog day, deja vu
Replies: 31
Views: 1541

Re: Groundhog day, deja vu

Next time we make the big dance I’m not going to have us advance out of the first round. I should’ve known better.
by USUMAE
March 11th, 2023, 6:42 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Why not?
Replies: 16
Views: 1157

Re: Why not?

Don’t the conference tournaments need to be done today though?

I agree with the sentiment though.
by USUMAE
February 25th, 2023, 4:40 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: Indoor Track and Field
Replies: 7
Views: 671

Re: Indoor Track and Field

The men finished 5th and the women finished 10th. Our mid/distance squad seemed to pull in most of the points for both the men and the women.
by USUMAE
February 25th, 2023, 10:35 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: Indoor Track and Field
Replies: 7
Views: 671

Re: Indoor Track and Field

The men are currently in 6th and the women are currently in 7th.
by USUMAE
February 23rd, 2023, 9:54 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: Indoor Track and Field
Replies: 7
Views: 671

Re: Indoor Track and Field

At the end of day 1: The women's team is in third behind Colorado State and New Mexico. The men are in third behind AF and New Mexico. Micaela Rivera placed 4thand Emma Thornley placed 8th in the 5000m, Women's DMR placed third and Peyton Teevens placed 7th in the heptathlon. Max Wehri placed 4th in...
by USUMAE
February 23rd, 2023, 9:07 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: Indoor Track and Field
Replies: 7
Views: 671

Indoor Track and Field

The Mountain West Indoor track conference meet starts today. I haven’t followed indoor track this year as closely as I normally do, but it seems like as a team we are trending up and it should be a decent weekend for us. I’ll post updates periodically on this thread.
by USUMAE
December 30th, 2022, 4:01 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Level of joy
Replies: 4
Views: 884

Re: Level of joy

If I had my way with the NCAA I’d separate football from everything else. Football has about 260 fcs and fbs teams. We’ll divide it into 4 leagues and there will be relegation and promotion with relegation/promotion happening every 3 years. Each league will have 8 conferences of roughly 8 teams each...
by USUMAE
December 28th, 2022, 9:54 am
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: What Grade Do You Give the 2022 USU Football Aggies?
Replies: 24
Views: 1431

Re: What Grade Do You Give the 2022 USU Football Aggies?

D+ My grading scheme: A- Div champion B- Div Runner-up C- bowl game eligible D- 4-5 wins F- fewer than 4 wins. They should’ve earned a C, but I knocked half a letter grade for not showing up to games (Alabama and a BOWL game are exhibits A and B) and another half grade for getting blown out by Weber...
by USUMAE
November 20th, 2022, 8:33 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: USU XC TF
Replies: 21
Views: 2146

Re: USU XC TF

Camren Todd earned the Elite 90 award for having the top gpa in the field. 3.98 in civil engineering- that’s no small feat!
by USUMAE
November 19th, 2022, 11:32 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: USU XC TF
Replies: 21
Views: 2146

Re: USU XC TF

Men finished 26th and it seems like they ran a smart race. They were in 31st through 5k and moved up throughout the race. We beat Colorado State!

Analee placed 53rd and Micaela placed 201st.

Good showing for the Aggies!
by USUMAE
November 11th, 2022, 12:45 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: USU XC TF
Replies: 21
Views: 2146

Re: USU XC TF

Preliminary results are in for the men. USU placed 7th. Assuming #6 CSU gets an at large Yonas Mogos should go to nationals as an individual.
by USUMAE
November 11th, 2022, 11:24 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: USU XC TF
Replies: 21
Views: 2146

Re: USU XC TF

Preliminary women’s results are in. 8th place, 3 points behind UVU.

If #6 byu gets an at-large then I think USU’s Analee Weaver qualifies as an individual.
by USUMAE
November 11th, 2022, 9:34 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: USU XC TF
Replies: 21
Views: 2146

Re: USU XC TF

Regionals are tomorrow. Both teams have legit chances of making nationals, but will have to run well to do it. The men will probably have to beat Colorado State and Montana State to make it, beating one of them may do it. The mountain region will probably get 7 or 8 teams to nationals, but beating ...
by USUMAE
November 8th, 2022, 11:12 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: BYU bball
Replies: 15
Views: 1333

Re: BYU bball

Aggie19 wrote:
November 8th, 2022, 9:27 am
:puke: Maybe we should have a cougarboard section for the byu-p fans on the board. We don't play them, why do we care?
I propose we call such a section the litter box.
by USUMAE
October 14th, 2022, 2:33 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: USU XC TF
Replies: 21
Views: 2146

Re: USU XC TF

Nuttycombe results are in. The men placed 16th, fifth team from the mountain region, second team from the MWC. The women placed 28th, 8th team from the mountain region, 4th from the mountain west. On the men’s side: MWC Championship: I don’t think we take down AF and we weren’t that far ahead of CSU...