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04-04-2007, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by bassbuckeye07
I wonder at what point the talking heads on TV and the true fan bases of both schools will understand the magnitude of both schools playing in NC games in the same academic year in both sports. I think its understated. Granted it sucks to be on the wrong end of those games but holy [censored]. No UK, no Syracuse, no Duke and no UNC... Florida and Ohio State. tOSU's basketball program is on the up swing while Florida's (all props to them) has just peaked. I believe tOSU is building toward similar dominance in both sports......
WTF though, SEC fans bring a f'd up vibe to college athletics.
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Believe it or not I had a discussion with my boys about what an accomplishment it was for both teams to be playing for the NC in the NCAA's two biggest sports. A year that fans from both schools will never forget.!
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04-04-2007, 06:30 PM
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Why so serious?
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Originally Posted by zincfinger
Dr. M: It's ridiculous...
Just look at Greg Oden's class schedule this semester.
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At least Greg Oden can complete a sentence. I wonder if Dr. Machen could say the same for Joakim Noah? Cause I've heard her in a few interviews, and I couldn't understand a single word of it. |
04-04-2007, 06:30 PM
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the President of UF, Bernie Machen, in a recent interview with Dennis Dodd.
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SPLN: That raises another question. What did you think of Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany's open letter comparing the Big Ten to the SEC?
Dr. M: It's ridiculous. What a homer. I was at Michigan (as provost and dean of the school of dentistry). I know how they get in at Michigan. Don't talk to me about the Nobel laureates at Michigan.
Just look at Greg Oden's class schedule this semester.
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It would be poor form for an athletic director to be talking about the courses someone is taking at another college, but this is the University President.
I find it highly inappropriate for a president of a university to be commenting on the class schedule of a student-athlete at another college. And it's very galling since tOSU is on the quarter system (not semesters), and that Oden's current schedule consists of a history class, a biology class, and a math (pre-calculus) class.
But it shows the dangers of an athlete discussing his courses with media members. Many of them wrote about the history of rock-n-roll course from the winter quarter, and the majority weren't trying to do tOSU or Oden any favors while doing so.
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04-04-2007, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by BB73
It would be poor form for an athletic director to be talking about the courses someone is taking at another college, but this is the University President.
I find it highly inappropriate for a president of a university to be commenting on the class schedule of a student-athlete at another college.
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Totally agree. I had a hard time believing the interview was real, but every indication is that Dr. Machen really behaves that way. |
04-04-2007, 08:00 PM
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Is there a link to this interview
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There was a link in the original post.
http://www.sportsline.com/collegefoo...ory/10105947/4 |
04-04-2007, 08:33 PM
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Thanks...looked right past it...explains why some UF fans are the way they are "the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree"...surprised Myles Brand hasn't passed down sanctions/reprimands...
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04-04-2007, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by smith403
explains why some UF fans are the way they are "the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree"...surprised Myles Brand hasn't passed down sanctions/reprimands...
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Eh, I don't think you can fairly tar UF sports fans with the crass remarks made by the UF president. They're not really the fruit to his tree (perverts). Giving a shabby interview is obviously not grounds for sanctions, and if the NCAA got in the business of giving reprimands for that sort of thing, they would rightly be ridiculed (although it wouldn't be any worse than the mascot purification business, so who knows?). The only appropriate response would be for Karen Holbrook to fly down to Gainesville and kick Machen in the nuts. Too bad E. Gordon Gee's not around any longer; he'd bring down the hammer.
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04-04-2007, 10:53 PM
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Dr. M: My fans here are telling me that the Ohio State thing has gotten ugly. They have us on their radar screen. They dislike us as much as they dislike Michigan.
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Illusions of grandeur?
I don't really like Florida, but [censored] Michigan.
I find it very disturbing that a university president would call out an 18 year old college freshman on his classes in a national publication. What a super-douchelozzle.
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