MBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[CalvinChelseaMom]

Hmmm...Well, I'm looking forward to an exciting 4 years!   

[goodknight]

Enjoy the ride, bballmom!
We're delighted to have you on the board -- and your boy on board at Calvin -- for the next four years.   

[Gregory Sager]

Every time I hear someone say a kids too small to play D1........I think about  Jay Burson at Ohio State.

And every time I think of Burson I think of him with that monstrous halo brace screwed into his skull after he was knocked to the floor in a game against Iowa and broke his neck.

[sac]

You oughta think 5'5" (actually closer to 5'3" according to several of his instructors) Earl Boykins of EMU and now the NBA. 

With all due respect to your Hurons/Eagles/whatever they call themselves these days.........Boykins had muscle and athleticism.

Burson was the malnurished kid down the street with the bad haircut and a jumpshot that if he took from 6 inches behind the line he'd airball it.

[Mr. Ypsi]

You oughta think 5'5" (actually closer to 5'3" according to several of his instructors) Earl Boykins of EMU and now the NBA. 

With all due respect to your Hurons/Eagles/whatever they call themselves these days.........Boykins had muscle and athleticism.

Burson was the malnurished kid down the street with the bad haircut and a jumpshot that if he took from 6 inches behind the line he'd airball it.

OK, you win!

As to the Hurons/Eagles/ whatever..., I'm a Huron.  They have chosen to become one of the 12,673 teams named Eagles, rather than the only Hurons, despite the express wishes of the Hurons (AND Wyandottes, same tribe) - PC run amok.

IMO, PC accusations are USUALLY just excuses for bad manners, but in this case EMU showed the bad manners by refusing to even meet with the elected leaders of the Huron and Wyandotte nations.  They caved to descendents of tribes that showed great glee in the slaughter of Huron (Wyandotte) members.

Oh well, what else is new?!

[SKOT]

So, if Hope ever decided on a mascot and chose the squirrel, would they have to get permission from the gray squirrel community of Holland, MI before they could use their likeness?  I bet they would be pissed off because they are depicting a "brown" squirrel. 

[NW Hope Fan]

So, if Hope ever decided on a mascot and chose the squirrel, would they have to get permission from the gray squirrel community of Holland, MI before they could use their likeness?  I bet they would be pissed off because they are depicting a "brown" squirrel. 

And in reality the squirrels on campus are famously black... But are occasionally grey, brown, or combinations of colors. We'd like to think of our squirrels as black though.

So the grey squirrels could give a rip! But the squirrel costume in question was half a joke, and I suppose if was selected would have to be black, or it just doesn't make any sense...

[sac]

Well takeing my walk through the woods north of town tonight I'd say the squirells are FAT!


funny what comes up on Google when you google crazy things like Dutch squirrels.



Dutch Squirrel

3 parts vodka, apple flavored (absolut of course)
1 part almond liqueur
1 part lemon juice

Shake with ice and strain to a chilled cocktail glass

It only got 2 1/2 stars on the Absolut Vodka site, .........

another drink........

Dutch Courage

1 part Genever
2 dashes bitters

Shake with ice strain to a chilled shot glass.

and for our Kzoo friends......

Stinger

2 parts Cognac
1 part Creme de menthe

Shake with ice and strain to a rocks glass filled with crushed ice

and our Albion friends.......

British Squirrel

2 parts Plymouth gin
1 part almond liqueur
1 part lime juice

shake with ice and strain to a chilled cocktail glass.

our Adrian friends

Adriano

2 parts Aboslut Mandarin
1 part Tequila
1 part lemon juice
2 parts mango juice
Orange slice

Shake with ice and strain to a highball glass filled with crushed ice



Follow these siimple steps and it should be a GREAT season.

Learn more at absolutdrinks.com

[GoKnights68]

Koetsier got a lot bigger this year it looks like all-around.  I bet he plays a 4.

Bigger in a good way?

Yeah I think so.  He put on weight, but a lot of that is probaly more muscle.  Also got a little taller it looks like.

[Dark Knight]

And in reality the squirrels on campus are famously black...

You can read a bit of the history of these "dark-hearted tree terrors" on the scary squirrel world page.

In seeking the source of the "large, black-spiked squirrels...frequently mistaken for skunks" the site cites a 1999 study that concludes that the "tar-skwerls ... are from Michigan."

I wonder if this "sordid tale of treachery" of how these "bushytailed tarballs" came to infest [the east] really starts in our own Holland, MI?

"But whatever the source, the asphalt-furred demons have gained control of American towns and schools. And, wherever they are, so is there a clandestine cult of black skwerl bacchanals who writhe with pleasure everytime one of the chitterblacks gambols by."

[northb]

funny what comes up on Google when you google crazy things like Dutch squirrels.

Dutch Squirrel

3 parts vodka, apple flavored (absolut of course)
1 part almond liqueur
1 part lemon juice

Shake with ice and strain to a chilled cocktail glass

It only got 2 1/2 stars on the Absolut Vodka site, .........

another drink........

Dutch Courage

1 part Genever
2 dashes bitters

Shake with ice strain to a chilled shot glass.


Follow these siimple steps and it should be a GREAT season.

Learn more at absolutdrinks.com

Sounds like multiple suspensions just waiting to happen.  WWGVW do?

[bulldogalum]

Don't forget these drinks, courtesy of www.webtender.com

Flying Dutchman:

Ingredients:
2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Triple sec
Mixing instructions:
In an old-fashioned glass almost filled with ice cubes, combine the gin and triple sec. Stir well.

Dancing Dutchman:

Ingredients:
25 tsp Vodka
5 cups Ice cubes
5 cups Strawberry juice
1 cup White wine
1 cup Lime juice
3 cups Peach juice
15 tsp Scotch
Rum
Mixing instructions:
Mix fruit juices together in one bowl, place in blender with ice cubes. When slushy mixture is complete, stir in alcohol and shake until completly mixed. Place mixture in punchbowl, and float cherries in the bowl if desired.

Siberian Dutchman (for those cold winter nights):

Ingredients:
1 shot Chocolate mint liqueur (VanderMint)
1 shot Vodka
1 shot Kahlua
1 splash Cream
1 glass Coffee
Mixing instructions:
Mix ingredients, and pour over ice into highball glass

Bulldog Cocktail:

Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Cherry brandy
3/4 oz Gin
Juice of 1/2 Lime
Mixing instructions:
Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.

Bulldog Highball:

Ingredients:
2 oz Gin
Juice of 1/2 Orange
Ginger ale
Mixing instructions:
Pour gin and juice of orange into a highball glass over ice cubes. Fill with ginger ale, stir, and serve.

Hornet:

Ingredients:
1 oz Sloe gin
1/2 oz Peppermint schnapps
Cola
Mixing instructions:
Combine over ice and add cola soda, top with lime slice.

Stinger Shot:

Ingredients:
3 cl Vodka
2 cl White Creme de Menthe
1/2 cl Tabasco sauce
Mixing instructions:
Tabasco in the bottom of the shot. Pour Vodka and Crème de Mènthe gently on top. Shoot!

Thunder:

Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Brandy
1 tsp Powdered sugar
1 pinch Cayenne pepper
1 Egg yolk
Mixing instructions:
Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.

Thunder King:

Ingredients:
30 ml Whiskey
10 ml Coffee
5 ml Milk
2 ml Absolut Citron
4 parts Ice cubes
Mixing instructions:
Just mix it and shake it..

Sir Knight:

Ingredients:
2 oz Cognac
1/2 oz Cointreau
1/2 oz Yellow Chartreuse
1 dash Angostura bitters
Mixing instructions:
Shake with cracked ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a twist of lemon.

Bailey's Comet:

Ingredients:
1 1/4 oz Butterscotch schnapps
1 1/4 oz Irish cream (Bailey's)
1 1/4 oz Goldschlager
Float Sambuca
Mixing instructions:
Shake and Strain the Butterscotch, Bailey's, and Goldschlager into a cocktail glass. Float the Sambuca, then sprinkle Cinnamon or Nutmeg into drink (Before you flame the drink). Just before presentation, flame the drink. As the Sambuca burns, the cinnamon will sparkle. A dazzling effect if the bartender or server is walking with the drink while it's burning (give the comet a tail).

Looking forward to a great, if somewhat fuzzy, season!

[Civic Minded]

Don't forget these drinks, courtesy of www.webtender.com

Flying Dutchman:

Ingredients:
2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Triple sec
Mixing instructions:
In an old-fashioned glass almost filled with ice cubes, combine the gin and triple sec. Stir well.

<snip of some very interesting drink concoctions>

If this isn't an indication that we need basketball season to start, I don't know what is!

[goodknight]

Sounds like the recipe for a lively MIAA mixer.
I had to laugh at the Dancing Dutchman.  It takes a lot of vodka and scotch to get a Dutchman on the dance floor.

[hope1]

civic  we need basketball you are right the hope girls play home next week friday and saturday