Gee, real hardcore fans, I see.

Am listening to it here in England via Notre Dame's on-line audio stream.

Baylor too strong...until Cox goy hurt. See what the 4th quarter holds.

N.D. and Baylor tied at 74, with 5 minutes to go.

On the eve of battle Napoleon Bonaparte was once asked if God was on his side. Napoleon responded, "God is on the side with the best artillery!"

.....and if God did intervene in such matters, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be a Notre Dame fan.

Definitely an exciting game that probably ended as it should have as Baylor looked poised to pull away comfortably until Cox went down.

With Cox likely missing next season now, I think that really solidifies Oregon as a the favorite to win it all next year.

Good game. Lot of talent out on the court for both teams. Some of the best guard play I have seen this year in a women't game.

with cox out, brown hobbled, and baylor's freshmen big fouled out, they actually said "baylor is really playing small now"

imagine that

"I really wish athletes would end this stupidity. Worship your God, but no "he" is not willing every moment of your sporting event and picking winners."

Yet another reason, along with the school's official homophobia, that I never root for Baylor.

Oregon & Stanford should be the best teams in the Pac 12 next season. I picked 'em to play for the national championship in my bracket this year but it's a better chance to happen in 2019-2020. Arizona won the WNIT w/ a young squad and should be tough along with Oregon State.

The other eight teams all lose major players so will have to regroup and/or rebuild. I would guess the middle four would be UCLA, Utah, USC & ASU. The bottom group should be Washington State, Washington, Colorado & Cal.

BearBint said:

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"I really wish athletes would end this stupidity. Worship your God, but no "he" is not willing every moment of your sporting event and picking winners."

Yet another reason, along with the school's official homophobia, that I never root for Baylor.

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That being the case, you must not root for ND either.

"That being the case, you must not root for ND either."

Not much, although I liked McGraw's recent remarks about women in sports.

bearister said:

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On the eve of battle Napoleon Bonaparte was once asked if God was on his side. Napoleon responded, "God is on the side with the best artillery!"

.....and if God did intervene in such matters, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be a Notre Dame fan.

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How many times have I posted this song on BI?
But gotta do it again after your call for it.

wbbilluminati said:

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Definitely an exciting game that probably ended as it should have as Baylor looked poised to pull away comfortably until Cox went down.

With Cox likely missing next season now, I think that really solidifies Oregon as a the favorite to win it all next year.

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I saw a scroll last night saying she did not require surgery.
So, I imagine she'll be back full strength Game 1 in Nov., if not far sooner.

BearBint said:

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"I really wish athletes would end this stupidity. Worship your God, but no "he" is not willing every moment of your sporting event and picking winners."

Yet another reason, along with the school's official homophobia, that I never root for Baylor.

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It's a southern thang.
Mostly.

Wow, are these maps current?

blungld said:

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Worship your God, but no "he" is not willing every moment of your sporting event and picking winners. It just makes their faith seem so simplistic and low brow.

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If you don't like "simplistic and low brow" positions, then STOP:
(1) Fabricating as simplistic and low brow positions as you can imagine, then
(2) Assigning those fabrications to those with whom you disagree, and finally
(3) Pretentiously ridiculing them for supposedly holding your fabricated positions.

Strawman would mean i invented a false position. You know, like how you just invented that athletres/fans don't credit or believe God is picking winners and invested in the outcome of sporting events.

Rather than "said no one," I think the phrase you are looking for is "says an athlete after almost every sporting event including the NCAA Championship game in question."

Sort of like this quote (which would be someone) by Russell Wilson: "That's God setting it up, to make it so dramatic, so rewarding, so special."

And this is just in sports. I hear "god's will" used commonly to describe outcomes dramatic and banal every day. Somehow its always God's will or plan when something good happens or when there is an imagined inperceptible good outcome to a bad event, but never agency assigned to bad events. So, praise God the baby survived the fire, but never damn god for burning down the house and killing the rest of the family.

Maybe YOU don't believe God decides sporting events, that doesn't make it a strawman for me to observe it repeatedly and comment on it. The strawman is all yours.

This article states 25% believe God is PRE-determining the outcome of the Super Bowl. Again, that constitutes many many more than "said no one,"

https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2017/feb/03/god-super-bowl-51-patriots-falcons

bearchamp said:

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Wow, are these maps current?

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Don't really know. But I have done road trips in the South and based on these experiences, I believe that these maps reflect today's situation.

Baylor had Catholics on their team too so, it was even

Nasal Mucus Goldenbear said:

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blungld said:

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Worship your God, but no "he" is not willing every moment of your sporting event and picking winners. It just makes their faith seem so simplistic and low brow

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If you don't like "simplistic and low brow" positions, then STOP:
(1) Fabricating as simplistic and low brow positions as you can imagine, then
(2) Assigning those fabrications to those with whom you disagree, and finally
(3) Pretentiously ridiculing them for supposedly holding your fabricated positions.

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No response? Did I misunderstand you or do you stand corrected?