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  • Causeway Cup
    Won it January 29 with a win in gymnastics. It's all sweet icing on the cake from here on out.

    Next up, return games/meets in softball on Wednesday and gymnastics on Friday.
  • Causeway Cup
    Men's tennis picks up five more points with a 5-2 win today. Running score is now 50-5.
  • Causeway Cup
    Aggie women beat Slack this afternoon, 4-3, in the first of two softball games. Running score is now 45-5 with 30 points still out there. Men's tennis this Saturday and the return softball game next Wednesday.
  • MBB: Aggies (16-10 & 8-3) @ CSU Fullerton (12-12 & 6-5)
    ESPN website's most recent "Bracketology" has UCI in for the BIg West.
  • Causeway Cup
    Yeah, and you got the nod for posting the score on the day it happened.

    Weird that I tried to edit the message as it was posted yesterday, just to save myself from looking any dumber than my kids already think I am, and my attempted edit was blocked as spam. To be honest, most of what I add to this website is probably spam.

    Do as you wish, I am not bothered by it being there, and it has started a life of its own.
  • Causeway Cup
    I have no idea where the above message has been lingering in the cyber-void. I hit "send" on the day of the match, 1-28-17. Maybe I should take my Commodore 64 into the shop for some repair work.
  • Causeway Cup
    Aggie women defeated Slack in tennis today, 4-3, to bring the cumulative points to 40-5 and guarantees at least a tie in this season's competition. A win or a tie in any of the 10 remaining events gives the cup to the Ags.
  • North Dakota set to leave Big Sky
    My googling led to the same conclusion. All in the wishlist stage for Triton fans.

    Now if the Big West accepted Slack and UCSD, but kept Hawai'i maybe we could have UCSD and Hawai'i as travel partners. A weekend in San Diego and Honolulu. Sounds great, but there wouldn't be anytime to enjoy either place.

    And what's with the WAC? They have become the foster home of athletic conferences. Home to anyone in need of a league.
  • North Dakota set to leave Big Sky
    Another poster on that same the Slack site thread claims that "the BWC is set to add UCSD this spring and the WAC just added Cal Baptist (CBU) who will start their D1 transition with the WAC in 18-19..."
  • North Dakota set to leave Big Sky
    As the article suggests, some of UND's moves have been influenced by a tiff between UND and NDSU. As I recall, UND was not happy when NDSU moved to D-1....seems a little silly because UND has been a D-1 hockey power for years.

    So with the two North Dakota schools resuming regular play in football, will they re-tool the rivalry trophy? It has been some variation on the nickel, which made sense when the teams were the Bison and the Fighting Indigenous Americans...but in these enlightened times, not so much.

    On a similar subject, there is chatter on the relatively quiet Slack State boards wondering why they aren't trying to move to the Big West, like UCD and CP-SLO. http://www.bigskyfans.com/hornets/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2613
  • Causeway Cup
    Slack often does better in winter and spring sports....tennis, gymnastics, baseball and softball, track & field.

    To take both women's tennis and gymnastics on back to back days is icing on the cake.
  • Causeway Cup
    Under the old system, where football, volleyball and basketball were worth 10 points rather than 5, the score would be 62.5-5.

    I think this has something to do with the Electoral College.

    (I originally had this as 65-5, but the gymnastics points are split. There is a second gymnastics meet on March 3.)
  • Causeway Cup
    Davis wins the Causeway Cup and it isn't even February yet. Current score is 42.5-5 with 32.5 points still out there.

    (I originally had this as 45-5, but the gymnastics points are split. There is a second gymnastics meet on March 3.)
  • Sacramento Campus
    Check out the discussion, "UC Davis in Sacramento" in this same category.
  • MBB: UCSB (2-10) @ the Aggies (8-7)
    What happened to the troll from UCSB? I think he called himself.

    [Edit: My bad, I forgot to add his name....It may be the name, I cannot imagine why anyone would knowingly hang that on himself. Thanks for the save, Zythe.]
  • Two Font Logo
    I wish this was a joke. After I posted the bit on the Trump Tenaya I googled Delaware North and found the following about a Trump victory lap fundraiser in Buffalo, where Delaware North is headquartered:
    "Jeremy M. Jacobs, chairman of Delaware North...is also listed as a sponsor. Delaware North owns the new Westin Hotel where the fund raiser will be held."
    http://buffalonews.com/2017/01/04/trump-fund-raiser-attracts-old-new-supporters/

    You can't make this stuff up.
  • Two Font Logo
    Then again, come January 21st it may be renamed the Trump Tenaya.
  • Two Font Logo
    At some point the thing will settle. What is the prior concessionaire going to do with the names? Open up an Ahwahnee Hotel in Manteca? They are still bidding for concessions on other national park properties, so common sense (Har!) would suggest they need to stay on the good side of the NPS. Why would the NPS ever grant them a concession in the future if they hold out for a gazillion dollars here? While I am rooting for the NPS on this, they aren't without blame in the whole thing, either. Why didn't they put something in past concession contracts about naming rights, copyrights, trademarks, etc.. And to be fair to Delaware North, as much as it hurts me to do so, when they acquired the first concession I believe they paid for a certain amount of this intellectual property and "good will" to the prior concessionaire, (Yosemite Park & Curry Co. ???).

    My wife and I are heading up there later this winter. Looking forward to a night and dinner in the Grand Majestic Marigold Budapest Yosemite Hotel." In our hearts it will be The Ahwahnee.

    God bless the law. “One attorney in town will starve to death but two of them in the same town can make a pretty good living.”
  • Troy Taylor leaving EWU
    Just noticed this was also mentioned yesterday on Assistant Coaches topic. Sorry.

    Good luck to Troy. Would have been excited about Taylor or Hawkins at UCD. Glad we got one. Glad the other is out of the Big Sky for awhile.