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Swoll Cracker

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  1. I think Acker’s name will come up for some open HC jobs. He was close to getting the Loyola Marymount job when they hired Stan Johnson.
  2. If Indiana State doesnt get in, it will be because of their SOS and having only 1 Quad 1 win.
  3. I did my podcast with my picks and I went Blackshear first team and Lucas second team. Also Davidson 3rd team.
  4. https://x.com/swollcracker/status/1767178123676647506?s=61
  5. It’s going to take more than a new coach to bring Fresno State to be a consistent top 75 team. They’ve certainly demonstrated they can get there every few seasons but they’ll need to increase their investment to the levels of the better programs in the MWC.
  6. Word is that they tried to foul but the player who was supposed to foul was picked.
  7. No Vegas for me. Saving my time and energy for the following week. Also, I’m one of those people that cant handle Vegas for more than 48 hours. Hope you have fun.
  8. Just got back from Colorado Springs. Trips between FoCo and Air Force used to be pretty simple. Not anymore. I ran into three separate stop and go situations on the interstate both going and coming. Air Force played a great first half 6-8 from beyond the arc. Rams hung in because of Isaiah Stevens who took matters into his own hands when the rest of the team looked a bit out of sorts. CSU tightened the D enough in the second half, AFA started to miss, and the Rams attacked the rim. Joel Scott was a beast. Petraitis had a great game for the Falcons; Rams always struggle defending him. The officiating was as bad as it gets. Three schlubs. No consistency. So many touch fouls that made it difficult on the players to understand what was or wasn't a foul. Players can adjust if there’s consistency. I yelled at one point to lead ref Shawn Lehigh, “Hey Lehigh, you really stink.” He looked up into the crowd. When he did that of course I followed with a “Yes you. You really stink.”
  9. Ive only been back twice since my school days. Both times for CSU games. One in 2011 and the other in 2019.
  10. Just got back home from COlorado Springs. Congrats Aggies on earning some regular season hardware. Looks like it was a great game.
  11. Older than your sister. Class of 1974. The dark basketball years at Duke between Bubas and Foster. Perennial bottom dwellers then. NC State (David Thompson), Maryland, and Carolina were the top teams.
  12. A simple story about the Duke-Carolina rivalry. Years ago, Boise State with Coby Karl visited Fort Collins. His dad George was there to see him play. I went over to introduce myself to George. I told him I went to Duke and his first words were “I’m sorry”. We chatted a bunch and I told him I saw his first game in Cameron when I was a freshman and he was a sophomore. He looked at me and said, “We won that one, didnt we”? And i responded, “Nope, you got killed”.
  13. Niko was rumored to be headed to West Virginia a few weeks ago. Its a distinct possibility because his wife grew up in Morgantown and her family still lives there.
  14. I cant believe Eustachy actually lived in Logan. Pretty sure he was drinking heavily in those days. By the time he got to FoCO he wasnt drinking but he was a very heavy duty vaper.
  15. So whom had the better three ball in the past few games - Lucas from beyond halfcourt against CSU or Rice at the end of the clock tonight? I lean toward Rice. Lucas was at least facing the basket. I think Rice’s torso was facing Tijuana. I love shots like that that go in.
  16. I think you have to give credit to Boise for being a team that knows how to clutter the paint and grab rebounds. They gave up the three but the Aztecs shot 6-25.
  17. That would be absolutely crazy. The two teams that achieved the highest rankings would both be Wednesday participants.
  18. If my wife was at Viejas tonight rooting for the Aztecs, she would’ve have been constantly poking me and saying “They cant effin shoot”.
  19. Fantastic game. Boise 1-3-1 completely turned the game on its ear and the Broncos made big shots.
  20. I predict a second half whistlefest
  21. Broncos usually play the Aztecs really good so I dont expect a double digit loss like they had in FoCo and Logan. I lean toward San Diego State because its really difficult to win on Senior Nights.
  22. CSU typically does a White Out during the season, but on Senior Night they always go with a Green theme which is the base color. The team also wears their green away uniforms. Rather than white, I think red would be a better choice for SDSU on Senior Night.
  23. Possible battle for an MWC regular season championship if Utah State falters against New Mexico. Combine that with the fact that these are the two hottest teams in the MWC and they are rivals, this has a chance to be the best game yet of an incredible slate of MWC games.
  24. Eustachy can slide into Duryea’s vacated chair.
  25. CSU picked up a Q1 win, a Q1 loss, and a Q2 win with the UNLV move and Colorado moving back into the Top 30. Rams are now 9-8 in Quad 1/2 games. Crazy that the only real blemishes on both Nevada and CSU resumes were the blips in Laramie. I think Nevada is solidly in the field and CSU will be as long as they take care of Air Force on Saturday and their first round MWC game vs either San Jose State or Air Force. Whats really amazing is that if everything goes like expected in the MWC Tourney on Wednesday, the only non Q1 game from the quarterfinals on will be whoever plays Wyoming or Fresno in the 1 vs 8/9 game. That makes for not just locking up bids but potential seed improvements.
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