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Subject: Re: Gtown is only Pl football school close to Ivy in rep/size... Author: cigars [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 13:36:09 10/28/02 Mon In reply to: thebin 's message, "Gtown is only Pl football school close to Ivy in rep/size..." on 13:35:07 10/27/02 Sun You are the one who cannot see the pink elephant in your room!!! GU recruits prop 48,full scholarship basketball players who don't graduate and go early to the NBA. This is unacceptable to the Ivies. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Gtown is only Pl football school close to Ivy in rep/size... Author: thebin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:13:21 10/28/02 Mon Nobody is joining the Ivy. But if an invitation were to be made- it would be more likely to be made to GU- contingent upon modifications in the hoops program- than to Colgate- a small school with a good but not excellant academic reputation and no graduate schools. GU is far more selective than any other PL school, has higher academic averages, has a national reputation, and is the only one that looks at all like an Ivy in terms of graduate/research capabilities. Probably why it is ranked with the Ivies on the USNWR top 25 national universities list while almost all PL schools are on the liberal arts list. GU's hoop program could have its wings clipped pretty quickly- what Colgate needs to do to be Ivy ready would take 50 years and hundreds of millions of dollars. By the way, Iverson was the first Hoya ever to leave early for NBA- and the last that I can think of. Throughout the 1980s- when GU was the dominant national powerhouse- not one player ever left early- and Thompson was famous for making his players graduate.

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Gtown is only Pl football school close to Ivy in rep/size... Author: cigars [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 21:17:28 10/28/02 Mon Will Iverson serve prison time? Is that Ivy, big boy???

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Gtown is only Pl football school close to Ivy in rep/size... Author: thebin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 23:10:31 10/28/02 Mon Oh. I see, did not realize I was talking to a child. Nevermind. You are pure class and intelligence. I am speechless at your intellect.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: The Ivy League isn't taking new members Author: Where did Georgetown find you, genius? [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 00:48:10 11/02/02 Sat

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Actually, the Ivy League charter prohibits Catholic schools Author: Ivy Watcher [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 22:47:05 04/05/04 Mon

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Is the Ivy League charter anywhere on-line? Author: Go...'gate [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:13:06 04/13/04 Tue

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: No Author: it isn't [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:16:56 06/28/04 Mon

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Colgate Good but not Excellent? Author: Go...'gate [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:06:46 11/10/02 Sun I'll respectfully and strongly, disagree with you on this one, thebin.

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Colgate Good but not Excellent (follow-up) Author: Go...'gate [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:37:15 11/10/02 Sun That US News stuff is Johnny-Come-Lately. Take a look at Petersen's, Barron's and the Princeton Review. Seems like this argument with GU vs. the rest of the PL will go on forever.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Colgate Good but not Excellent (follow-up) Author: Ram-Ray [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:41:51 11/12/02 Tue I agree with you here 'gate, as I said in an earlier posting, the college guides of the best schools are a much better indicator of a school's qualifications than just SATs. I am guiding my son to look at PL schools over Ivy when he is ready. I would not want him to read this posting. Who will be more successful in life? the student who gets a 4.0 from a PL school, or the sdudent who gets a 1.9 from an Ivy school, but got in because his/her rich parents are alums? FYI, I spent my freshman year at Columbia, hated it, and transfered to Fordham where I received a great education and got personal attention. Law school and a master's followed. Many would argue that I stepped down, but you get out of life what you put into it. This whole "my school is better than your school" line is a discredit to the very schools we attended. Keep the rivalry friendly and on the field and give the school-yard bravado to our age-appropriate kids.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Agree with you 100% Author: Go...'gate [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 21:13:16 11/13/02 Wed Let's face it, it's what one DOES with a fine education which is the ultimate determinant. Once you ean the right to get the education, you have to make the most of the opportunity. Good luck against Towson.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Agree with you 100% Author: Ram-Ray [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:19:05 11/14/02 Thu You are a class act "go....'gate. I wished the others on this posting who argue over which school is better, smarter, more Ivy league etc. would have your balanced view of reality. I look forward to showing my son Colgate's beautiful campus in a couple of years, knowing what a fine education he would receive there over any Ivy school. It would be great to see at least two PL schools make the playoffs! Fordham, Colgate or Lehigh would all be good! Go 'gate!

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Agree with you 100% Author: FU97 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:41:17 11/22/02 Fri Everybody should leave their USN & other stat books at home. They are not completely objective, and nobody in the real world memorizes the specifics anyway. I live in the Midwest (far away from the location of the PL schools). I can say that on a day to day basis, when the subject comes up in conversation out here, people have equal and tremendous respect for Fordham, HC, as well as the other Patriot League schools. I think that is what matters most, not what some league table says. I've never heard anybody question the association of one school with the rest. (except for Towson!!)

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: 7 months, 40 responses--I am Troll of the Year! Author: Elihu Smails [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:25:22 11/25/02 Mon

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: 7 months, 40 responses--I am Troll of the Year! Author: FU97 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:07:14 10/18/03 Sat Stars nackt Armut Stars nackt Bilder

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: 7 months, 40 responses--I am Troll of the Year! Author: Elihu Smails [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:27:26 11/25/02 Mon

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: 7 months, 40 responses--I am Troll of the Year! Author: Ram-Ray [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:26:02 12/04/02 Wed Yup...you are a troll....plus a lot of other names I prefer not to use on this board as I like most Bucknellians.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: 7 months, 40 responses--I am Troll of the Year! Author: Ram-Ray [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:52:25 12/04/02 Wed Elihu, I owe you a big apology!!!! I misread the stream and thought you were M, who is the person I have an issue with: he said Fordham should be removed from the PL along with Towson as per your suggestion. Again, sorry.