Top 25 talk

[Mr. Ypsi]

Oh, that wacky WIAC. Put on a blindfold and throw darts at a dartboard to pick your winners if you're in the WIAC pick'em game, folks.

Mostly true, but make sure you have a really tiny area labelled 'Superior'.

[David Collinge]

For all you east-coast night owls who have nothing better to do on a Saturday night...

...there's a good 'un going on out at Eagle Rock.  #16 Occidental is leading Pomona-Pitzer 40-38 with about 10:00 left.  To listen in, follow the link from the front page of this site.

[sac]

Ok.  I am not sure why these charts are valuable.  Any insights for me?

I just wanted to see if anyone would really do it  .

Weighted averages will give you an idea of the current opinions of teams .......and.....uh such.......really I don't know I just thought it might be interesting

[John Gleich]

Oh, that wacky WIAC. Put on a blindfold and throw darts at a dartboard to pick your winners if you're in the WIAC pick'em game, folks.

Mostly true, but make sure you have a really tiny area labelled 'Superior'.

Eh, it doesn't have to be that small... just stick it up in the extreme upper-lefthand corner!

[Ralph Turner]

Oh, that wacky WIAC. Put on a blindfold and throw darts at a dartboard to pick your winners if you're in the WIAC pick'em game, folks.

Mostly true, but make sure you have a really tiny area labelled 'Superior'.

Eh, it doesn't have to be that small... just stick it up in the extreme upper-lefthand corner!

[Mr. Ypsi]

Oh, that wacky WIAC. Put on a blindfold and throw darts at a dartboard to pick your winners if you're in the WIAC pick'em game, folks.

Mostly true, but make sure you have a really tiny area labelled 'Superior'.

Eh, it doesn't have to be that small... just stick it up in the extreme upper-lefthand corner!

Won't cut it.  In blind-fold darts I release late (I'm right-handed) and throw high - you got me pickin' Superior just about every game! 

(Oh right, you're TRYING to sabotage me! )

May have to give up blind-fold darts anyway.  It has so far led to the deaths of 4 bar-maids, 6 spectators, and 3 competitors - I'm afraid the cops are starting to get suspicious.

[David Collinge]

#16 Occidental pulls it out, downing the Sagehens 53-52.

If anyone was listening, rest assured that the losing squad was in fact Pomona-Pitzer, and not Claremont(-Mudd-Scripps) as the Oxy announcer kept saying.  He can be forgiven, as all five of these schools are collectively known as "the Claremont Colleges."

At one point, the Pomona fans were heard to cheer "Safe-ty-Scho-ol." to the Oxy fans.   

BTW, it has been suggested that the Pomona-Pitzer mascot (Sagehens) is the only necessarily female mascot in D3, but I don't know if this was every proved.  Can anyone affirm or deny?

[smedindy]

You aren't counting womens' teams, right, such as the Kenyon Ladies, or the Oberlin Yeowomen, or the CMS Athenas.

[David Collinge]

You aren't counting womens' teams, right, such as the Kenyon Ladies, or the Oberlin Yeowomen, or the CMS Athenas.

Um, right.  I suppose I could have phrased that better, but I had several distractions at the time.    (That also accounts for my asking if it was "every" proved.) 

What I'm wondering is if there are any other MEN's teams playing under a nickname that is necessarily female.

[John Gleich]

Won't cut it.  In blind-fold darts I release late (I'm right-handed) and throw high - you got me pickin' Superior just about every game! 

I may have found your problem... a righty releasing late (depending on their follow-through) would hit low, not high.  Think of it like throwing a ball... if you release it too late (REALLY too late, but it proves my point) then you throw the ball at your shoes.

[smedindy]

I checked, not in D-3, though Delaware are the Fighting Blue Hens.

What I find funny is that Muhlenberg are the Mules for both men's and women's (and the D-2 school that is the Mules use Jennies for the women's teams).

Also, Fairfield are the Stags for men's and women's (think about it). It was funny, I saw a Fairfield / St. Peter's womens hoop writeups and it was the Peahens against the Stags. Hmmmm....

[Mr. Ypsi]

PS,

I'm pretty much a side-arm guy with darts.  Hence, late = left.

But could you testify at my up-coming trial?  The prosecutor decided to follow through with all those 'near-dart-board' deaths - perhaps you could convince the court that MY throws would have only punctured their feet!

[Gregory Sager]

What I'm wondering is if there are any other MEN's teams playing under a nickname that is necessarily female.

The Fighting Violets of New York University come pretty darn close. 

[smedindy]

Violets? Since I do like purple as a color, I don't mind it that much.

It could be worse, they could be named the "Raw Umber" or "Thistle" (The Box of 64 - knows all!)

Nothing tops the Vincennes Lincoln High School Alices here in Indiana...

[Mr. Ypsi]

Ah, dueling 'comedy' riffs on a Saturday night - a clear sign that the top 25 held mostly to form!  Just two upsets (at 18 and 21), a couple of close games, and a whole bunch of predictable blow-outs.

With nothing REAL to discuss, we return you now to stags and violets vs. the legal risks of blind-fold darts.