(OT) Nickerson starting out right w/CU wrestling

[ithacat]

[Q]peterg Wrote:

Locally, in Ithaca, a number of 8th graders have played HS hockey, including, the LA Kings' Dustin Brown who played two years with the HS before heading off to the OHL.  It's happening in HS hockey more frequently with the growth of junior programs that take away a lot of the older HS players.[/q]

This year's Little Red also has a couple of 8th graders on the team, including Andy Iles who looks like he's going to be a nice little goalie.

Talk about thread drift...

[Rich S]

Quotes from Fox's article appear in the first post of this thread. His paper, the Binghamton Press, is the kid's hometown paper.

[Al DeFlorio]

Looks like both will be shown tape-delayed

http://wrestlingreport.net/news/viewtopic.php?t=2217

[Rich S]

There's nothing to "figure out" in "humor" as classless as that.

[KeithK]

I don't think there's anything classless in making hyperbolic statements to demonstrate dislike for an opponent.  It definitely appeals to my sense of humor.  Saying "he eats babies" clearly represents hyperbole.  Saying that he has syphillis is a lot closer to the line,  but considering the context in which it is said (and no one having any reason to think that he does have any particular STD) I think it's not inappropriate.  But YMMV.

Now whether the line is still funny after endless repetition is a different story.  But sometimes a not so funny joke becomes funnier exactly when it's repeated continuously.

[ugarte]

[Q]KeithK Wrote:
Now whether the line is still funny after endless repetition is a different story.  But sometimes a not so funny joke becomes funnier exactly when it's repeated continuously.[/q] Yep. My favorite recent example.

[ugarte]

[Q]Rich S Wrote:

 There's nothing to "figure out" in "humor" as classless as that.[/q]You are so totally making my point.

[ugarte]

[Q]Al DeFlorio Wrote:

 Looks like both will be shown tape-delayed[/q]I clicked on the link and saw a bunch of Cornell tournaments that will be aired (and thank you very much for the heads-up), but I'm not sure what you mean by "both."

I really want to see this kid wrestle.

To wrestle this thread back on topic,* Nickerson's next tournament (and the team's, natch) is the Southern Scuffle at UNC-Greensboro. Wrestling at heavyweight for UNCG is former Cornellian Tyler Shovlin, who is now in graduate school.


*Did you see that? It was a bit of wordplay! Though not actually funny.

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]ugarte Wrote:

 [Q2]Al DeFlorio Wrote:

Looks like both will be shown tape-delayed[/Q]
I clicked on the link and saw a bunch of Cornell tournaments that will be aired (and thank you very much for the heads-up), but I'm not sure what you mean by "both."
[/q]
Hmmm.  The topic is "two Cornell dual meets [Michigan and Columbia] on CSTV" and "both" are to be shown days after they actually take place.  

Yes, Cornell will participate in the National Duals, but it's likely CSTV will show the championship dual meet and it's unlikely that Cornell will be in it.  But perhaps they'll show highlights of other matches as well.

[ugarte]

[Q]Al DeFlorio Wrote:

Hmmm.  The topic is "two Cornell dual meets  on CSTV" and "both" are to be shown days after they actually take place.  [/q]Gotcha. I didn't see that you changed the topic. And, as you guessed, the Cliff Keen thing threw me also.

[Liz '05]

[Q]ugarte Wrote:

Wrestling at heavyweight for UNCG is former Cornellian Tyler Shovlin, who is now in graduate school.
[/q]

Question:  How can Tyler wrestle for UNCG?  Hasn't he used up his eligibility?

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]Liz '05 Wrote:

 [Q2]ugarte Wrote:

Wrestling at heavyweight for UNCG is former Cornellian Tyler Shovlin, who is now in graduate school.
[/Q]
Question:  How can Tyler wrestle for UNCG?  Hasn't he used up his eligibility?
[/q]
Apparently not.  And I think I read somewhere that once you graduate you don't have to sit out a year as you would after transferring as an undergrad.

[ben03]

a few years back when i was playing lacrosse, the rules used to read something to the tune of ... "students athletes are eligible for a total of 10 semesters, 8 of which they may compete. if all 8 semesters are not used as an undergrad, at most 2 semester may be used in graduate school directly following graduation as an undergraduate. i haven't heard anything to think this policy has changed drastically. i could be wrong  :-)

[KeithK]

[q]Apparently not. And I think I read somewhere that once you graduate you don't have to sit out a year as you would after transferring as an undergrad. [/q]Which makes sense.  The reason that there is a requirement that transfers sit out a year is to prevent a played from transferring on a whim simply to increase playing time.  If there were no cost to transferring some players might resemble free agents, bouncing between schools every year.  (I'm exaggerating a little.)  OTOH, it seems pretty ridiculous for the NCAA, which is ostensibly about student[\\b]-athletics (stop your snickering), to put limitations on players who graduate and proceed to graduate school.

[RichS]

[Q]KeithK Wrote:

 
Now whether the line is still funny after endless repetition is a different story.  But sometimes a not so funny joke becomes funnier exactly when it's repeated continuously.[/q]

No, if it's not  so funny, or is tasteless to begin with, it's repeating merely makes it moronic and boring.

But if that's funny to you, then carry on.  Enjoy the majority of today's so-called "comics".