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OhioCatFan
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Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/20/2010 11:50:52 PM

Just in time for Wednesday's game, I have a new story about the cluelessness of Temple basketball players (Cosby excepted). My wife and I were on a cruise from San Diego to Hawaii and back the last two weeks. Below is an event that occurred on the next to the last day full day of the cruise (Friday, cruise ended on Sunday):

To make a long story short, my wife and I participated in the 5K deck Walk for the Cure. We dedicated it to my sister -- a survivor. Most of you may not know it but I'm a very fast walker. My wife and I lapped everyone ahead of us about three times at least. We kept careful track of our laps (12 = 5k). While we passed up numerous folks no one ever passed us. By the time we finished the guy keeping track of the laps had left his post, so no official "first place" was actually awarded. But, we knew we were first. The next day my wife ran into this other woman who said her husband had finished first. My wife was taken aback and asked how could this be since he never passed us. This dude's wife just said he was a real stud former basketball player from Temple and that he'd won. It's what's in your mind rather than facts that matters to Temple guys, I guess

Let me point out that the competition on this walk probably had an average age of 75, and some were walking with canes. But there were a number of walkers who were younger than either my wife or I and were walking briskly, but we passed every last one of them at least two times. This is of those who finished, many dropped out after a few laps. The aforementioned Temple basketball player's wife was judged by my wife to be about our age (mid 60s).

Edit: MH55, were you on this cruise?

Last Edited: 12/21/2010 3:01:45 PM by OhioCatFan

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/21/2010 7:48:16 AM

think about it. if they lied about winning the race, isn't it possible they lied about attending temple?

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/21/2010 1:17:25 PM

I have told people that I work in the Ice Capades to receive priority parking

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/21/2010 2:06:20 PM

I was beginning to wonder when you were going to show up in the basketball forums, MH55

The opposing team sucks!

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/21/2010 2:19:35 PM

brucecuth wrote:

think about it. if they lied about winning the race, isn't it possible they lied about attending temple?

Why would they lie about that? It's not like they were saying they had degrees from Yale or something else worthwhile.

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/21/2010 3:03:59 PM

So, MH55, were you on the cruise or not? Did you play basketball at Temple? My guess is that you were the waterboy but tell people you earned a letter and were a big star.

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/21/2010 3:45:58 PM

Never cruised or played bb at Temple. Would have been tough, the year I graduated we were #1 in the country for 2.5 months, 1988. We lost in the regional final to Duke when our all time leading scorer Mark Macon was shut down.

I havent visited this board because playing and beating the MAC in BB doesnt do much for me. Before everyone goes bananas again, I stopped trying to explain what Temple brings to the MAC 3 years ago. MAC people just dont want to hear it but we are bringing a Top 25 team into your arena. Temple is #19 RPI and should beTop 25.
The deal was give us the opportunity to improve our FB Program in exchange for our prominent BB teams agreeing to a series with the MAC and everytime a MAC team plays us, their RPI goes up and ours drops....regardless of outcome. Our women's team has never lost to a MAC opponent since the series began. Beat Ohio two weeks ago there by 25.

When we play teams with RPI's in the mid 200's ie Toledo, NIU, etc or beat Akron by 35 on our own floor, it does nothing for us. These games are complete trap games for us. I have no doubt that Ohio will come out with their hair on fire. They have nothing to lose. When Temple comes into your arenas, its probably the best team your players will host at home in their MAC careers..I suppose we should be grateful your RPI is 127, our last road game was against CMU coming in at 279. We won by 10 and saw our RPI slip

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/21/2010 3:50:20 PM

MH55 wrote:

Before everyone goes bananas again, I stopped trying to explain what Temple brings to the MAC 3 years ago.

Feel free to apply that to everything.

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/21/2010 3:53:59 PM

Bobcat Dragon wrote:

Feel free to apply that to everything.

Well, that didnt take very long. If MAC Basketball could produce an at large worthy bid (which they havent been able to do in 10 years) maybe playing/beating Temple might help make their case.

I rest my case.

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/21/2010 4:07:37 PM

Except that's not true and the MAC produces an at-large worthy team often. Go out and learn something.

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/21/2010 4:10:23 PM

Bobcat Dragon wrote:

Except that's not true and the MAC produces an at-large worthy team often. Go out and learn something.

Keyword = Bid

I'm finished here. Good luck.

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/21/2010 4:52:23 PM

MH55 is so horraweful at talking smack about OHIO that he even fails on Temple's board. WEAK.

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/21/2010 10:04:05 PM

That 55 guy is not only a putz....but he enjoys proving it every time he touches the keyboard.

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/22/2010 4:57:38 PM

No offense but I don't get the point of the story.. Two people were arguing over who won in a cruise ship walk populated by older people with canes?
Seriously?

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/22/2010 5:22:55 PM

I agree, this is stupid. Delete this thread.

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/22/2010 9:43:13 PM

OhioCatFan wrote:

. . . But there were a number of walkers who were younger than either my wife or I and were walking briskly, but we passed every last one of them at least two times. , , ,

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/22/2010 9:52:30 PM

Doesn't really matter, you were arguing about a race in which the only thing the first person gets to say was that he finished first, no prize or trophy and it was a charity thing.

The opposing team sucks!

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/22/2010 9:56:08 PM

Ringo wrote:

Doesn't really matter, you were arguing about a race in which the only thing the first person gets to say was that he finished first, no prize or trophy and it was a charity thing.

Any smack talk against Temple is almost as good as smack talk against Oxford Tech. Temple = the new Miami wannabe.

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/22/2010 10:42:07 PM

This story could be set in Del Boca Vista and the argument would be between Morty Seinfeld and Frank Costanza. Happy Festivus to all that participated in the 5K walk!

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RE: Clueless Temple Basketball Player

Posted: 12/23/2010 9:00:35 AM

OhioCatFan wrote:

My wife and I lapped everyone ahead of us about three times at least.

But there were a number of walkers who were younger than either my wife or I and were walking briskly, but we passed every last one of them at least two times.

The inconsistencies in your story are making me take this topic even less serious than I would have originally!

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