Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:59 pm
Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:04 pm
section202jay wrote:I want to see us schedule a close, respectable opponent for a home-home series. A game where we could actually travel to. A series with say Missouri, Wyoming, Colorado State, K-State or something.
Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:05 pm
vivid_dude wrote:AttyAlum wrote:vivid_dude wrote:It's hilarious to me how so many are becoming that which we once despised (*ahem* Atty Alum *cough cough*).
I assume you're all willing to take back every insulting comment you made to the big conference teams when we were in the MVC and couldn't get any prominent games scheduled?
Lol. Fans. All the same.
If you are going to accuse me of something, provide a prior post as an example. Otherwise, STFU and stop making things up.
(You won't find any such quote, of course, because I never said what you are accusing me of...you obviously have me confused with someone else. Acknowledge it and move on.)
I'd be happy to provide an explanation. And keep in mind, this goes back several years. Even to the old message board.
Back when we were in the MVC, there was not a more reasoned, thoughtful, dare-I-say awesome defender of the Bluejays and our conference than you. That's no joke and is absolutely a compliment. When Husker fans or other "big conference fans" came and bashed our little school or little conference, there was no one better at putting them in their place. Whenever a Jay Bilas or other national pundit shortchanged the Jays because of our SOS or conference, you (along with RealHoops) were the best at setting forth how and why they were misguided. For what it's worth, I envied how much better you could articulate it than I could.
It was the #1 thing I associated with you, as random message board poster guy. Monica Lewinsky had the blue dress. Flavor Flav had the over-sized clock. AttyAlum could defend the hell out of CU against the big conference bias.
Now that we are in one of those bigger conferences - the ones that you were so good at shredding - you've done a complete 180. You are what you used to be critical of. Your reasoned, thoughtful, dare-I-say awesome defending of CU two years ago has been seemingly abandoned for the exact opposite position on the debate. Your bashing of Wichita last year, when they were undefeated, would have never happened if we were in the same conference as them. The argument shouldn't change, even if the circumstances have. I find that disingenuous, but not the end of the world. You're not alone.
So, I guess that's why I take the shots. It's nothing personal. It's just kinda amazing to me how everyone has forgotten so quickly, led by the guy who was the Atticus Finch of the debate so recently. Now, it's more like My Cousin Vinny. Don't take it personally. Just something I noticed. Now that it's been explained, I'll let it go (if I'm capable...so probably not).
I think the off-season is here.
Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:29 pm
Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:34 pm
Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:38 pm
Old MVC Days wrote:Wouldn't mind us scheduling Drake for the sake of Jethro's.
Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:42 pm
Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:45 pm
vivid_dude wrote:No, no, no. Now you’re talking about something different. I don’t care about scheduling WSU this year. I care about the near-consensus change of heart about how majors should schedule mid-majors. This isn’t the first time I’ve brought it up. If I could go back, I wouldn't have singled you out for it. So, sorry for that. But it is an observation that I thought was worth commenting on.
But out of curiosity, what is the strawman I made up? I thought I set forth my criticism pretty succinctly. And I paid you a ton of compliments in the process.
As for character flaws, I probably do like to argue too much. I consider it debate and bringing different perspectives to the table, as opposed to some linear line of thinking. Message boards wouldn't be very interesting if it was everybody saying the same damn thing.
Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:48 pm
Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:16 pm