MBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

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Civic Minded--by suggested, I mean on here last spring sometime.  I didn't shoulder up to President Bultman or anything.  Guess I should suggest they name the next new building Bultman Hall...........mum on the golf.


Stinger--I never could spell his name right, still can't, I guess.


Happy Holidays everyone.

[hope1]

happy holidays everyone   


all i want for christmas is a hope final 4 

[MIdoubleA]

We need a game to talk about... our posts have been wandering.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

I wander as I wander all over the night...

Sorry, just got back from practice for Christmas morning

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night

[bulldogalum]

Hope everyone has a great Christmas.  Here's hoping for a good '06 for the Bulldogs and an exciting MIAA season!

[goodknight]

FDF:
Merry Christmas to you and yours, but you should be aware that you misspelled "good night" in your post.

[Dark Knight]

It's worse than I thought! 

Here's a comparison of last year's end-of-season Massey rankings for MIAA teams, vs. this year's current rankings.

	Last	This
Hope	29	5
Albion	10	42
Calvin	2	57
Alma	116	156
Olivet	128	206
Tri-State	185	238
Adrian	61	253
Kalamazoo	157	278

Apart from Hope (that's enough gloating, you all  ), everyone else ranges from worse to much much almost North-Park-like worse...

[Flying Dutch Fan]

GK - sorry - how about this

I HOPE you have a happy new year 

[old_wise_one]

Can we get an honest opinion what are the likes of my bulldogs to turn this shakey start into a successful season? They have now lost one of their better scorers to a knee injury. It looks like they are going to rely on their bench a lot more now than they ever had in the past.

[NW Hope Fan]

As it is slow... Something that may make our reputation bad. 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051223/wl_nm/warcrimes_iraq_anraat_dc

[bluejaybacker1]

Hey guys I figured I would get some real good info on the Albion team over in this forum. Elmhurst should be playing them next week. I was wondering what to expect from them. I see Mr. Crawford seems like quite a force inside. Is there a weakness to his game. I was also wondering how big he is and to see if we could match up in any way. Our center is not our best defender, usually our four guy Mohney takes on their best big guy. Just wondered their style of play and who to watch out for. Thanks in advance guys.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

backer - Brandon Crawford is a tough guy to defend.  Quick feet, good hands, and shooting 69% from the floor.  He's 6-6, 235 and plays a little bigger.  If I remember correctly, you can have some success against him by making him put the ball on the floor, or fouling him, since he's only shooting 59.5% from the line.

[Dark Knight]

As you probably know, the NCAA is pressuring schools to change racist mascots. There's a discussion of this matter over in the General Issues forum under "Indian nicknames." Racist mascotts apparently include not only Indian tribe names but any ethnic or national stereotypes. The Fighting Irish were specifically mentioned. Here's a part of a post by David Collinge from that other discussion:

Chuck, your story illustrates why using human beings as mascots is a generally bad idea.  Whether "dignified" or "cartoonish," whether done out of respect or ignorance, what it amounts to is ethnic stereotyping, and IMHO that's almost never a good idea no matter who is doing it or why.  I am unable to express my thoughts as eloquently as OxyBob; all I can find to say is that I know in my soul that it is wrong to reduce a tribe, a nation, or an entire race to a single stereotype, regardless of how many individuals in that group profess their acceptance of it.

Now, I feel the unfortunate necessity of pointing out that "Dutchmen" is ethnic stereotyping, especially with some of the proposed mascots that have appeared in this list.

Being of Dutch heritage myself, I'm offended! 

I think that before the NCAA comes after the Dutchm... er... Hope players, we should help them find alternative mascots that can withstand NCAA scrutiny.

Hmmm. Let's see. The obvious: the Wooden Shoes? The Tulips? The Anchorites?  (Hey, that last one might go well with the Flying Nun mascott. Though I suppose that might offend nuns.)

Can anyone get more creative? How about the Donder? (Then you could share more than colors with Wheaton!)

How about the Ollieballen? The mascott would have to be a great big fat-ball with eyes, I suppose.

(And don't think you'll get off the hook lightly, Britons or Scots! Hey, wait a minute, Knights are human beings too...uh oh...)

[Flying Dutch Fan]

DK - thanks for the comic relief, although I'm not sure about your last statement 

[David Collinge]

Sheesh, DK, all you Calvin fans are alike. 

No, wait a minute....

Well, anyway, I'm glad I was able to provide a source of entertainment.  However, I am opposed to stereotypes in all forms.  For example,



Some might call these "condiments," but to me that robs them of their individuality.