D3 Championship Belt

[ILive4This]

If Wash U wins on friday, are we going to argue how to pronounce their name too? Wash You or Wash YOOOOOOOOO

[Gregory Sager]

Actually, in some parts of the country the word wash is pronounced "warsh".

I kid you not.

[John Gleich]

Actually, in some parts of the country the word wash is pronounced "warsh".

I kid you not.

Yep.  My grandpa (in central IL) has never washed his hands, or his car, or his clothes... but they've been warshed quite often!

[Knightstalker]

Actually, in some parts of the country the word wash is pronounced "warsh".

I kid you not.

Actually most of the locals in Washington, NJ in Warren County in Northwest Jersey pronounce it Warshinton, and Port Murray is pronounced Port Mary.  I catch myself saying Warshington quite often, probably because the grammer gestapo, AKA grandma is no longer around to constantly correct everyones grammer.

[ILive4This]

I really wish there was a d3 team in Newark, DE and Newark, NJ as the two names are pronounced very differently. If the Belt went back and forth between these two hypothetical schools people would have nightmares...or at least headaches

[Gregory Sager]

Actually, in some parts of the country the word wash is pronounced "warsh".

I kid you not.

Actually most of the locals in Washington, NJ in Warren County in Northwest Jersey pronounce it Warshinton, and Port Murray is pronounced Port Mary.  I catch myself saying Warshington quite often, probably because the grammer gestapo, AKA grandma is no longer around to constantly correct everyones grammer.

My old man pronounces it "warsh", and I've never figured that out. He's a born-and-bred Buffalonian, and I've never heard anyone else from Buffalo (including his father) pronounce wash as "warsh".

I really wish there was a d3 team in Newark, DE and Newark, NJ as the two names are pronounced very differently. If the Belt went back and forth between these two hypothetical schools people would have nightmares...or at least headaches

I don't know how they pronounce it in Joisey or the Diamond State, but the original Newark in Nottinghamshire, England is pronounced "Nurk".

[Just Bill]

Well pronounce it however you like, but I pronounce them Knocked Out!  Washington University takes the D-III Championship Belt^TM in an overtime split decision. (I heard one judge had it a draw on his card.)

Warsh U. becomes the seventh (out of 8 ) UAA team to hold the leather and baubles this season.  (Wow, Case Western must feel REALLY left out).

Start of season to 12/8/07 - Amherst
12/8/07 to 1/20/08 - Brandeis
1/20/08 to 1/25/08 - Rochester
1/25/08 to 2/1/08 - Emory
2/1/08 to 2/15/08 - NYU
2/15/08 to 2/17/08 - Carnegie Mellon
2/17/08 to 2/24/08 - Brandeis
2/24/08 to 3/7/08 - Chicago
3/7/08 to 3/8/08 - UW-Stevens Point
3/8/08 to 3/14/08 - Buena Vista
3/14/08 to present - Washington U.

[Just Bill]

It's almost THAT time.  RING THE BELL!

In the Blue Corner from the Windy City, the mighty Norse of Northern Illinois....North Park University!

And in the Red Corner, hailing from the Gateway City in the Show Me State, defending the D-III Championship Belt^TM the Big Bad Bears of....Washington University!

Let's get it on!

[Gregory Sager]

It's almost THAT time.  RING THE BELL!

In the Blue Corner from the Windy City, the mighty Norse of Northern Illinois....North Park University!

And in the Red Corner, hailing from the Gateway City in the Show Me State, defending the D-III Championship Belt^TM the Big Bad Bears of....Washington University!

Let's get it on!

Bill, you ought to fly out to Colorado Springs and have the honor of throwing out the first metal folding chair.

[Just Bill]

I'm worried that if North Park takes the Belt^TM we'll never get it back from you, Greg.  We'll have a Charlton Heston "out of my cold, dead hands" situation.

[Gregory Sager]

I'm worried that if North Park takes the Belt^TM we'll never get it back from you, Greg.  We'll have a Charlton Heston "out of my cold, dead hands" situation.

Take your stinking paws off of my Belt^TM, you damned, dirty ape!

[Just Bill]

Silly Sager.  The Belt^TM goes around your waist, not your neck!

[John Gleich]

Silly Sager.  The Belt^TM goes around your waist, not your neck!

Well, maybe that's how YOU wear it...

[Ralph Turner]

Silly Sager.  The Belt^TM goes around your waist, not your neck!

Silly Sager.  The Belt^TM goes around your waist, not your neck!

Well, maybe that's how YOU wear it...

Ah, the visual imagery is hilarious... 

[Gregory Sager]

I looked for a pic of Chuck Heston dangling in the net when he said those pivotal "damned, dirty ape" words, but there wasn't one anywhere online. Which surprises me, what with it being such a seminal scene in the history of American cinema and all.