Top 25 talk

[David Collinge]

Common law murder, as everyone knows (everyone I talk to, anyway  ), is a malice crime, and statutory murder is a specific intent crime.  Unless there's something you're not telling us, I doubt that the prosecutor will be able to prove the necessary mens rea from the fact that you throw darts like a girl.  Therefore you wouldn't need to run through the Daubert factors to qualify Point Special as an expert witness so he can testify on your behalf. 

Of course, if your dart game is so awful as to amount to criminal negligence, you might be looking at a stretch for manslaughter...

[John Gleich]

Of course, if your dart game is so awful as to amount to criminal negligence, you might be looking at a stretch for manslaughter...

See, I really don't think you'd have to worry about manslaughter...  If they're anywhere near a dartboard, then they're knowingly putting themselves at risk, blindfolded or otherwise... and you're not being particularly reckless in your actions (you're just following the "rules" of the game!)

[Mr. Ypsi]

Now David,

You managed to combine sexist and inaccurate in a single post!  (Admittedly, sexist and inaccurate USUALLY go together.)

I've yet to see a female whole copied my side-arm motion - they have always done the same old, boring vertical throw.  I used to do that too, but found a throw with the elbow at only about a 30 degree angle (but my shoulder dropped about 30 degrees, so it really is side-arm) worked better for me.

BTW, absent a blind-fold my dart game is actually pretty good - I've won a couple of tourneys and lots of bar bets.

Oh, s*** - I'm blowing the comedy routine now!

[Gregory Sager]

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

How do we know that they're named after the color? They could be named after the flower ... or after the little girl in Peanuts. It's an absurd reach for any of the three possibilities to be described as "fighting".

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

Raw Umber rocks as a nickname. I can hear the P.A. announcer now during the player introductions: "Let's get ready to ... raaaaw umberrrr!"

I may even see if I can talk my beach volleyball team into calling itself Raw Umber next summer.

Crayolawise, however, I was always a burnt sienna fan.

[David Collinge]

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!

...but then...

BTW, absent a blind-fold my dart game is actually pretty good - I've won a couple of tourneys and lots of bar bets.

I'm pretty sure I can get the former statement admitted, at least as a prior inconsisitent statement, and perhaps as a party admission or a statement against interest.  You haven't got a dart-punctured leg to stand on, my friend. 

[smedindy]

Violet was actually kind of a bad-ass in the early Peanuts. No, she wasn't Lucy - but she had a sharp tone and put Charlie Brown in his place a few times. And she was the mud-pie queen.

The NYU media guide says the nickname originated from the 1880's when it was customary to plant Violets around the old NYU buildings. However, no one knows if the school adopted the color first, or adopted the nickname first.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Now David, we all know that d3hoops.com postings are inadmissible in court by ruling of, um, help me out here, guys; who was it that ruled that these posts were not admissible?  I've got it - Alito!  Yes, Judge Alito ruled that postings on d3hoops.com cannot be admitted as evidence since anyone posting on said site is obviously an idiot, and we cannot allow evidence from known idiots.

You MAY not want to include the preceding citation on your California Bar Exam.

[Ralph Turner]

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

or the Hardin-Simmons Cowgirls.

[dansand]

Crayolawise, however, I was always a burnt sienna fan.

Friday night in D-I, Marist "burnt Siena."

[sac]

Oh dan, ..........dan dan dan. 

[Greek Tragedy]

They aren't ranked, but Stevens Point lost to Edgewood by 1.

I thought that the LMC never ever beat the WIAC! 

Yeah, I witnessed both losses to Lakeland and Edgewood.  I have no problem with the Lakeland loss.  If you want to read my rant on the Edgewood game, feel free to check the WIAC or LMC page.  Please keep children under 13 from viewing though! j/k. 

With Whitewater and Oshkosh losing, you can forget about a Pool C bid...though La Crosse and Stout are both still in the running.

Point's inexperience this year will only help them next year...at least that's what I keep repeating to myself to keep me from finding a sharp object and doing harm to my cats or myself! lol. 

[sac]

Lakeland took Hope to the wire and could have won in Holland.  It took a 10-0 run very late in the game for Hope to survive.

Lakeland hasn't lost since and is 17-4, they play good defense as all Wisc. schools seem too.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Final from Elhurst: Augustana 63, Elmhurst 60.

Since the last poll, Augie has won @IWU and @Elmhurst!  While I don't expect them to jump the queue and reach #1, I'd be disappointed if they didn't get any #1 votes.

[Titan Q]

With road wins over Illinois Wesleyan and Elmhurst and a home win vs North Central, I think Augustana now has more quality wins than the teams receiving 1st place votes in the current poll.  I am also interested to see if the Vikings get 1st place votes.

As I posted on CCIW Chat, I think Elmhurst should make the new poll.  If you're voting for Augustana, IWU, and North Central, I don't know how you could leave Elmhurst off your ballot -- they've lost by 4 and 3 to Augie, defeated IWU, and won at North Central.  I've seen Elmhurst 3 times and I'm positive they're a Top 25 team...interested to see what the voters see on paper.

[smedindy]

The middle to end of the top 25 is close enough - it is likely that Elmhurst could be 26-30 in many people's minds, so I can see leaving them off.