MBB: Landmark Conference

[NEPAFAN]

Horrible bus accident in Atlanta, Ga this morning. Thoughts and prayers to the families of the Bluffton University baseball team.

[Matt Letourneau]

Ok, I'm ready--bring on the LANDMARK.  (Yeah, yeah, Catholic's run in the tournament is done.  But they had a very good season).

I think Catholic had already taken the CAC logos out of the gym...

I know things will probably be pretty quiet until next fall, but I hope we can get to know a little bit about the schools of the Landmark and what we can expect this year. 

[ColonelJohn4Life]

Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.

Colonel, Are you not a big fan of Latin?

K-Rat, I love defunct languages.  I just use that as my profile quote because some people *cough* Scranton fans *cough* believe they're smarter than Wilkes fans.  If any of them got the joke, I figure they would have posted a response similar to yours by now.  Their silence is deafening.

That said, I can not, in good conscience, refer to this league as the "Landmark" until we establish what landmark (or landmarks) warranted the name.  Catholic, I get.  They're close to lots of landmarks.  Other schools, not so much:
Susquehanna - River
Juniata - River, maybe some farms
Drew - Madison Corners
Goucher - Camden Yards
Moravian - Dorney Park
King's Point - Long Island
Scranton - The Hills Section?  Farley's?

My mistake.  Maybe Scranton is counting the monuments of Samuel Gompers and Thaddeus Kosciuszko on Courthouse Square.

[Matt Letourneau]

Well, maybe you can include the Landmarks in BETWEEN the institutions...you know, things that you would see if you were traveling...

[Pat Coleman]

I think seeing the skyscrapers of NYC from Kings Point's campus sounds for something.

Perhaps it was simply a landmark decision to leave their current leagues and strike out on something new.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Goucher - Camden Yards

Does anyone not know their history... or Baltimore? There is more landmarks than just Camden Yards!

- Ft. McHenry (fort attacked by the British, witnessed by Francis Scott Key who then penned what would eventually become the National Anthem)
- Basillica of the Assumption (first Basillica ever built by the Catholic Church in the U.S.)
- Edgar Allan Poe's home and gravesite (fear the Raven)
- Babe Roth Museum

And that isn't talking about Annapolis!

[Pat Coleman]

I don't know if ColonelJohn knows his history or not, but it's clear he has some issues with Scranton leaving the MAC. Didn't seem to care when it was just other teams in the league.

[Warren Thompson]

I don't know if ColonelJohn knows his history or not, but it's clear he has some issues with Scranton leaving the MAC. Didn't seem to care when it was just other teams in the league.

I don't know if the Colonel has issues with Scranton entering the Landmark, but E-town just might .... 

[cold_case]

Warren "Zevon" Thompson,
Not that it matters, but does E-town have issues with anyone else in the Landmark other than Scranton?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Just curious - why would E-town have any issues with those in the Landmark... except for the fact that has hard as they tried... E-Town was left out on multiple occasions.

[Warren Thompson]

Just curious - why would E-town have any issues with those in the Landmark... except for the fact that has hard as they tried... E-Town was left out on multiple occasions.

You've essentially answered your own question.

[cold_case]

I'll retro this by about 20 minutes.

Warren "Moon" Thompson,
Not that it matters, but does E-town have issues with anyone else in the Landmark other than Scranton?

[ronk]

    Talked with both ADs(E-town and Scranton) yesterday separately and neither knew how the individual voting came out or what criteria was weighted the highest; Toby said material was presented to the committee and they came and inspected the facilities. E-town probably has better outside facilities at the present time, but Scranton was probably a better travel partner geographically with Moravian.

[kitchenrat]

Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.

Colonel, Are you not a big fan of Latin?

K-Rat, I love defunct languages.  I just use that as my profile quote because some people *cough* Scranton fans *cough* believe they're smarter than Wilkes fans.  If any of them got the joke, I figure they would have posted a response similar to yours by now.  Their silence is deafening.

That said, I can not, in good conscience, refer to this league as the "Landmark" until we establish what landmark (or landmarks) warranted the name.  Catholic, I get.  They're close to lots of landmarks.  Other schools, not so much:
Susquehanna - River
Juniata - River, maybe some farms
Drew - Madison Corners
Goucher - Camden Yards
Moravian - Dorney Park
King's Point - Long Island
Scranton - The Hills Section?  Farley's?

My mistake.  Maybe Scranton is counting the monuments of Samuel Gompers and Thaddeus Kosciuszko on Courthouse Square.

A friend of mine and I speak Latin to one another when we don't want people to know what we're talking about. It works well unless there is an exceptionally educated person around... or a Catholic Priest.

And if you try hard enough you can find a landmark any where. There are like 500 "George Washington Slept here" houses from DC to Long Island, so that could be where they got the name. Hell, even York has the distinction of being the first Capitol of the US since the Articles of Confederation were signed here.

Plus Scranton is home to Michael Scott and "The Office" that's gotta be worth something. -Best show on TV, Hands down-

[Pat Coleman]

Hell, even York has the distinction of being the first Capitol of the US since the Articles of Confederation were signed here.

I wouldn't be crowing about the Articles of Confederation.