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Post by td128 on Feb 6, 2024 11:24:51 GMT -5
Anybody care to venture a guess as to when and where the phrase 'political correctness' was supposedly originated?
PVR displaying leadership with today's obituary.
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Post by td128 on Feb 6, 2024 10:57:56 GMT -5
In re this specific sentence: "Discussing events and politics in Holy Cross classrooms and fostering open dialogue for students."
Over the last ten years, countless Crusaders have told me that they very much feel inhibited as to openly sharing varying thoughts and views primarily in class but also on campus. This sense of feeling inhibited is often backed up by professors singling out students who have shared views deemed counter to 'the narrative' and then subsequently negatively impacting their grade.
It's WRONG but it is very REAL.
VR's Statement on Statements opens the door to broaching this topic with him and the Academic Dean.
Hopefully we can get back to freely and openly sharing ideas across the entire spectrum of thoughts and opinions in pursuit of TRUTH and fully consistent with the Mission of the college.
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Post by td128 on Feb 3, 2024 13:08:39 GMT -5
GREAT DAY to be a CRUSADER !!
Let's Win !!
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Hafley
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Post by td128 on Feb 1, 2024 6:25:26 GMT -5
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Post by td128 on Jan 30, 2024 12:54:32 GMT -5
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Kalif 2023
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Post by td128 on Jan 28, 2024 19:51:53 GMT -5
America’s Team !!
#MCDC 🦁🇺🇸🦁
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Post by td128 on Jan 28, 2024 11:03:32 GMT -5
Great to read this coverage and color re CJ as well. Thank you MWS '05 for sharing . . .
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Post by td128 on Jan 28, 2024 9:27:46 GMT -5
Jalen opening a lot of eyes and receiving meaningful positive commentary in the process. Here are a few examples:
Bringing glory and honor to Alma Mater in the process.
LET'S WIN!!
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Post by td128 on Jan 26, 2024 11:27:19 GMT -5
Thanks, TD Are Jalen and CJ the first Crusaders to be invited to the NFL Combine Hoops, I am not totally sure if CJ and Jalen are the first Crusaders ever invited to the NFL Combine. I do not want to make a categorical statement without actual knowledge.
Here is a little background info on the NFL Combine:
When was the NFL Scouting Combine founded? National Football Scouting Inc. (NFS) held the first National Invitational Camp in Tampa, Fla., in 1982. The camp welcomed 163 players as 16 member clubs acquired medical information on prospects.
What did the NFL do before the Combine? Prior to 1982, teams had to schedule individual visits with players to run them through drills and tests. The national invitational camp (NIC) was first held in Tampa, Florida, in 1982. It was originated by National Football Scouting, Inc. as a means for member organizations to look at NFL draft prospects. Who invented the NFL Combine? The history of the NFL Combine officially traces back to 1982 when National Football Scouting Inc. held the first National Invitational Camp (NIC). This was in response to a proposal from Dallas Cowboys President and General Manager Tex Schramm.
How do players get invited to the NFL Combine? Participants for the NFL Combine are selected by the Player Selection Committee. The committee is made up of individuals from several NFL player personnel departments, and the directors of the National and BLESTO (Bears-Lions-Eagles-Steelers Talent Organization).
How fast was Bo Jackson's 40 time? 4.13 seconds
Bo Jackson: LEGEND:
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Post by td128 on Jan 26, 2024 10:11:12 GMT -5
Holy Cross Football Honors and Awards: goholycross.com/documents/2023/9/6/HC_Football_Honors___Awards.pdfPage 4/12 as of August 2023
EAST-WEST SHRINE GAME (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1939 Joseph Delaney, T William Osmanski, FB 1940 Ronnie Cahill, HB James Turner, G 1943 Tom Alberghini, G Edward Murphy, RB 1947 Walter Roberts, E 1948 Ray Ball, RB Bob Sullivan, RB 1953 Charles Maloy, QB Chester Millett, OG Victor Rimkus, T 1954 Henry Lemire, E 1955 James Buonopane, G Robert Dee, E 1974 John Provost, DB 1988 Gordie Lockbaum, DB
COLLEGE ALL-STAR GAME (Chicago, Ill.) 1936 Philip Flanagan, G 1939 Bill Osmanski, FB 1940 Dr. Edward Anderson, Coach 1944 Francis Gaziano, G 1946 Stan Kozlowski, HB 1950 Dr. Edward Anderson, Coach 1953 Vic Rimkus, T 1964 Jon Morris, C
BLUE-GRAY CLASSIC (Montgomery, Ala.) 1942 John Bezemes, RB John Grigas, RB 1945 Bill Swiacki, E 1948 Vito Kissell, B 1951 John Cullity, DB Dick Murphy, C 1983 Robbie Porter, DB 1987 Gordie Lockbaum, RB/DB
SENIOR BOWL (Mobile, Ala.) 1953 Charles Maloy, QB Chester Millett, OG 1959 James Healy, OG 1962 Ken Desmarais, C 1963 Pat McCarthy, QB Albert Snyder, RB 1964 Jon Morris, C 1986 Gill Fenerty, TB * 1987 Jerry McCabe, LB 1988 Gordie Lockbaum, DB Andy Martin, DT
NFLPA COLLEGIATE BOWL (Pasadena, Calif.) 2018 Peter Pujals, QB
HULA BOWL (Orlando, Fla.) 2023 Liam Anderson, LB * Did not play due to injury
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Post by td128 on Jan 26, 2024 8:21:18 GMT -5
I welcome meeting, greeting and speaking to the Class of 2024 prospects and their parents tomorrow morning. In the process, I will make sure each family receives a copy of our 90-Wide Impact Report that provides testimonials from many Crusaders who have benefited from the 90-Wide since its launch back in 2009. If anybody cares to receive a copy of the Impact Report send me a DM with your email. Here is a statement from within Gary Acquah's testimonial that still resonates now nearly ten years after his days on the hill.
"The 90-Wide Mentoring Program has helped me start a story I could have never written on my own, thanks to the energy, passion, and commitment I have received from my mentors. I believe the best is yet to come, and thank my mentors for putting me in a position to be successful through hard work. I believe so much in the program that I am paying it forward now as a mentor myself."
90-Wide Mentoring Mission: A Commitment to Excellence in Helping Our Crusaders Win On and Off the Field
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Post by td128 on Jan 26, 2024 6:26:11 GMT -5
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Post by td128 on Jan 26, 2024 6:25:48 GMT -5
Nice to wake up to the news shared and celebrated above. Props to Midwestsader05 for never missing a beat when it comes to sharing good news about our Crusaders.
Developments of this sort are not random or coincidental. Think back to each and every Crusader both on and off campus who played a role in bringing CJ and Jalen to Holy Cross and then helped in their development.
Truly a Great Day to be a Crusader.
I welcome sharing this to add a little more splash:
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Post by td128 on Jan 13, 2024 11:41:21 GMT -5
Bump ✝️👊🏻🏈👊🏾✝️
2 Crusaders in this elite All Star game.
Only two other Crusaders in the last 50 years received this honor.
Gordie Lockbaum 1988 John Provost 1974
Huge props to our Crusaders for bringing real glory and honor to Alma Mater.
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Post by td128 on Jan 9, 2024 5:37:54 GMT -5
Back to the matter at hand in regard conflicts and other serious issues presented within the funding and donations provided by large donors (corporations, organizations, governmental agencies, NGOs, public and private foundations).
Who is minding the store at Harvard in this regard? When might the Members of the Harvard Corporation including our own fellow Crusader alum Mr. Wells be seriously challenged on this topic?
How might we ever know if Holy Cross has accepted funds that present serious conflicts as well? Are we simply supposed to put blind trust and faith in the BOT when there is NO transparency on this front? Really?
In regard to Harvard, this passage seems particularly applicable in light of past longstanding relationships and both prior and present developments:
“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea." Matthew 18:6
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Post by td128 on Jan 4, 2024 9:14:41 GMT -5
Although many do disclose so it is interesting that Holy Cross would not. I would think many would appreciate knowing which companies, organizations, foundations et al contribute to Alma Mater. Simply so as to know that there are no conflicts of interest or otherwise questionable situations. Again, all simply for the purpose of protecting our greatest asset, that is, our GOOD name. I would imagine/hope that most -- and hopefully all -- of the college's largest donors would welcome having their name made public as a sign of their support and belief in the college and its Mission.
Wouldn't you think?
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Post by td128 on Jan 4, 2024 7:33:10 GMT -5
I appreciate and respect all the thoughtful points made here at what has to be the single best board of this sort in the country.
I revert back, though, to my original premise and would state that just as our good name is our greatest asset the same holds true for the crowd in Cambridge. That name, "HARVARD" is worth a lot for a number of reasons.
Think what some might pay to have a Harvard 'stamp of approval' so to speak or an alliance with this institution. All of which begs the question, have those overseeing this institution sold that name, compromised both the institution and perhaps far more than that up to and including our national security?
How to address and ascertain some insights and perspectives on those questions? Follow the money.
I view this as studying the forest while the other topics bandied about relative to Ms. Gay et al are akin to the trees. To be perfectly frank, I view Ms. Gay as little more than a pawn or puppet while the Members of the Harvard Corporation are the puppeteers. Who are the puppeteers playing for and what are they looking to achieve? Are the activities involved consistent with an institution that has the benefit of being tax-exempt?
Let's reflect again on what I believe is the most damning statement re Harvard within the WB Submission: "behaves more like a cartel with a hedge fund attached than a university . . . "
Does anybody know why Holy Cross does not include a Schedule B when filing its annual 990 Tax Form so as to highlight the largest donors and contributions? www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f990ezb.pdf
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Post by td128 on Jan 3, 2024 6:18:13 GMT -5
I welcome bringing this thread back to my original premise and repeating:
My question: what is Holy Cross' greatest asset? IMO, our great name, College of the Holy Cross.
Can we trust our BOT and rely on those individuals to make sure that our good name is and NEVER will be for sale in the fashion that selected colleges and universities have clearly sold out to individuals, organizations, industries, and foreign governments?
Has our good name ever been sold?
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Post by td128 on Jan 3, 2024 6:10:51 GMT -5
For those not able to access the entirety of the above Statements by Mr. Ackman, I welcome sharing: We now know that the @harvard Corporation Board sought to quash a legitimate whistleblower inquiry into President Gay’s work by threatening the media with litigation if they published the whistleblower’s allegations, which the Board said were demonstrably false, but in fact were entirely true.
It also appears that the Board’s ‘investigation’ of Gay’s plagiarism was pretextual, and Harvard’s mandated procedures were not followed in conducting the investigation.
Further, the Board allegedly sought to out the whistleblower and pursue damages against him or her in direct violation of Harvard’s own policies against retribution.
I am sorry to say this, but in the event that any of the above is true, which looks increasingly likely, this is a scandal and a stain on the reputation of Harvard that goes far beyond President Gay.
An immediate investigation must be launched of the Corporation Board by unimpeachable members of the Harvard Board of Overseers, with the assistance of independent counsel who are unaffiliated with the University and the Corporation Board members to determine if, in fact, Harvard’s own whistleblower protection policies have been violated, and the other alleged governance and investigative failures are true.
This is conduct unbecoming any board of directors, let alone Harvard’s.
Only sunlight will remove the stain on the University’s reputation.
It is time for the sun to shine.
*** New whistleblower complaint alleging 50 instances of plagiarism by @harvard President Gay.
The whistleblower raises serious issues about how the initial investigation into Gay’s work was conducted.
The whistleblower levels credible accusations against the @harvard governing board in its apparent attempt to quash the initial inquiry into her work and its summarial dismissal of the allegations, relying on a still undisclosed three-person panel of ‘experts’ who assessed Gay’s work outside of the normal process for such investigations.
The coverup is often worse than the crime.
The media must dig deeper here. Gay-gate is in need of greater sunlight.
A must read (the Whistleblower Submission): freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Complaint2.pdf
I welcome highlighting this specific portion of the WB Submission:
So we now know for certain that the board’s investigation was a sham. Gay and Harvard, who conveniently omitted to mention any of this in their timeline of events to the Chronicle of Higher Education, had already made up their minds before launching their investigation. That’s why they let their lawyer tell the Post that the allegations were “demonstrably false” days before an investigation even began. The investigation was just for show.
Determined to quickly absolve Gay and prevent the allegations from becoming public, Gay and Harvard tried to silence the Post and by extension me by threatening to sue for “immense” damages if the proposed article was published.
See here: nypost.com/2023/12/22/news/plagiarism-harvard-cleared-claudine-gay-then-investigated/.
Even worse, the New York Post reports that Gay and Harvard “threatened to use legal means to out who had supplied the comparisons,” a shocking admission that Gay and Harvard sought to retaliate against me personally. At one point Gay and Harvard asked the Post, “Why would someone making such a complaint be unwilling to attach their name to it?” I was unwilling because I feared that Gay and Harvard would violate their policies, behave more like a cartel with a hedge fund attached than a university, and try to seek “immense” damages from me and who knows what else.
Since I’ve answered their lawyer’s stupid question, allow me to ask a reasonable question of my own. Why would an institution assessing allegations made in good faith, and ultimately substantiated, threaten to use its enormous resources to expose the identity of a whistleblower?
Did Gay wish to personally thank me for helping her to improve her work even if I drove her harder than she wanted to be driven? Gay and Harvard sought to silence and retaliate against a journalist and a whistleblower. Retaliation against complainants is a clear violation of FAS Policy: “Harvard community members may not retaliate in any way against complainants, witnesses, the RIO, or committee members.” It is also potentially a violation of university HR policies.
The members of the board are Claudine Gay, Timothy Barakett, Kenneth Chenault, Mariano Florentino Cuéllar, Paul Finnegan, Biddy Martin, Karen Gordon Mills, Diana Nelson, Penny Pritzker, Tracy Pun Palandjian, Shirley Tilghman, and Theodore Wells, Jr.
They should all be investigated for retaliation against a misconduct complainant (Inquiry 3). As should any other Harvard personnel who were privy to this extraordinary abuse of Harvard’s power and institutional resources to pursue a personal vendetta and to cover up a decades-long pattern of research misconduct. If Gay authorized these threats without consulting with the board, the board should tell us.
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Post by td128 on Jan 3, 2024 6:09:29 GMT -5
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Post by td128 on Jan 1, 2024 10:43:27 GMT -5
I just stoked the fire again. So go 'warm' your drinks up as we take a walk down memory lane.
Here is a fascinating article on the world of college football in the 1940s with much that appears very similar to current developments regarding NIL and the transfer portal. Here are a few passages that provide specific color pertinent to our current 'hot stove' discussion.
The writer addresses below the manner in which a number of football factories including ND under legendary coach Frank Leahy built their teams post World War II and brought our Crusader George Connor from Worcester to South Bend in the process.
Let's Talk About Frank Leahy Navigating WWII & Building a College Football Dynasty: www.onefootdown.com/2015/4/22/8374451/lets-talk-about-frank-leahy-navigating-wwii-building-a-college
The time period immediately after WWII has been described as a Wild West era of college football. The GI Bill made it easier than ever for people to attend college, transfer rules were virtually unrestricted, and of course the country had all these grizzled war veterans coming back from war and looking to play football. Even better, schools began to aggressively recruit like never before.
The most infamous of such incidents was of Shorty McWilliams, a running back who finished 10th in the Heisman voting of 1944 at Miss State before moving to West Point and finishing 8th in the Heisman voting for 1945. After the war McWilliams wanted to transfer back to Starkville but the Army leaders were like...
The Army got wind of their star player being coaxed financially and tried to play hard ball and block the transfer.
So what did McWilliams do? His former Mississippi State coaches protested loudly in the media before the Army finally relented to his release. McWilliams was *rumored* to have received $15,000 in cash, a new car, a job paying $300 per month, plus an additional $300 per month just for good measure.
It was like Cam Newton before Cam Newton. Except it paid off (hey-o!) for Mississippi State back then.
The actions and whining of the Big Ten during this era--actions not entirely unfamiliar to modern ears--was to protest the recruiting, scholarships, and rise of television broadcasts in the name of saving amateur athletics and ethics. They even stomped their feet and threatened to break away from the NCAA. This led, a few years down the road, to the formation of the "Sanity Code" whose principles...
...concerned adherence to the definition of amateurism, holding student-athletes to the same sound academic standards as the student body, awarding financial aid without consideration for athletics ability and a policy of recruiting that basically prohibited a coach or anyone representing a member school from recruiting any prospective student-athlete with the offer of financial aid or equivalent inducement.
Immediately, the SEC and Notre Dame--citing the Big Ten's hypocrisy--knew this was a load of crap. Still, the NCAA formed a compliance committee to review cases and move forward with punishments. This effort would eventually fall apart as the committee's only form of punishment was termination from the NCAA and after a while it became clear that they'd never get the two-thirds vote required to do so on any cases. This led to the official sanctioning of full athletic scholarships by the NCAA in the 50's which also included the re-formation of the infractions committee into the form we still see (barely) breathing today.
I made fun of Leahy recruiting while away during the war effort but there is some hyperbole involved on that front as he basically limited himself to acquiring two key players for 1946. There isn't much hyperbole involved when people discuss the 1946 Irish recruiting class as one of the best in college football history.
When Notre Dame prepared for the season over 150 players took the field for tryouts. That number wasn't abnormal for the era but the amount of talent certainly was, even for Irish standards. History has passed down to us that Leahy suggested at least one player (if not a few more) head to the NFL where the odds were better to play in the era of one-platoon football.
9 players came back from the 1942 team, 10 were back from the 1943 team, and a combined 22 players were back from the two non-Leahy coached war teams. Added to this were 20 new recruits. The cream of the crop from those new recruits were: George Strohmyer, Emil Sitko, Jim Martin, Leon Hart . . .
And Our Crusader:
George Connor- His priest uncle was the president of the alumni association at Holy Cross and pulled at Connor to attend the college in Worcester, Massachusetts. He did in 1942 and made the all-Eastern team and was a part of the upset of No. 1 Boston College--one of the most shocking wins in football history. Mysteriously ordered to transfer to Notre Dame by his senior commander of the Holy Cross V-12 program, but Connor refused and stayed in Worcester, making All-American in 1943. When he was called up to fight Connor met Frank Leahy at Pearl Harbor and agreed to transfer to Notre Dame after the war.
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Post by td128 on Jan 1, 2024 5:33:11 GMT -5
In regard the legends from earlier eras, the Holy Cross Ring of Honor Committee at inception did in fact engage then living alumni who were in attendance and had eye witness recollections of Crusaders who graced the gridiron in the 1930s, '40s and forward. The color provided was fabulous. Additionally, these individuals were aware of and provided additional insights of the greatness of Crusaders from prior eras.
In point of fact, George Connor was inducted into the Holy Cross Ring of Honor in 2011: goholycross.com/honors/hall-of-fame/george-l-connor/48
CLASS 1946 INDUCTION 1974 SPORT(S) Football, Men's Basketball George Connor played just two years for the Crusaders, but made a major impact as one of the program's best linemen ever.
He earned All-East honors as a freshman in 1942, when he helped lead Holy Cross to a 55-12 upset victory over previously-unbeaten and top-ranked Boston College in the season finale. As a sophomore in 1943, Connor then received first team All-America honors and won the Bulger Lowe Trophy, given to the most outstanding football player in New England.
He joined the United States Navy following his sophomore year, and would go on to conclude his collegiate career at the University of Notre Dame after the end of World War II. Connor was a two-time All-American for the Irish, while leading the team to an overall record of 17-0-1 and a pair of national championships. He also won the 1946 Outland Trophy as the top interior lineman in college football.
Connor then played eight seasons for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League from 1948-1955, and was named to the All-NFL team at three different positions ' offensive tackle, defensive tackle and linebacker. In 1952 and 1953, he was named all-league on both the offensive and defensive teams by different wire services.
Connor was inducted into the Holy Cross Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 1974, the College Foot-ball Hall of Fame in 1963, the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1975 and the Crusader Football Legends Ring of Honor in 2011.
Happy New Year gentlemen. Let's make 2024 "another Great Year to be a Crusader"
LET'S WIN!!
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Post by td128 on Dec 31, 2023 16:11:55 GMT -5
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Post by td128 on Dec 31, 2023 16:02:40 GMT -5
I’ll stoke the stove as you gentlemen “warm” your drinks and continue the interesting exchange.
HCFB has been playing for 125 years give or take. I think it is safe to make a conservative assumption of 15 graduating FB Crusaders per year. Over the last 50 years that number is probably 20 but just to be conservative I suggest we use 15 and 100 years. Point being HCFB has an overall pool of HoF eligible Crusaders of ~1500 with ~1000 living HCFB alumni. With that benchmark, the top 10% of our eligible Crusaders are in the HC HoF and the top 2% are in the Ring of Honor.
Those figures strike me as representing a very healthy and robust football history and tradition. We have certainly had some fabulous ups and some real downs but overall great FB at a great college.
I think our Ring of Honor brings real glory and pride to the program and Alma Mater.
I’ll be back shortly but need to throw some kindling into the stove. 😁
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Post by td128 on Dec 31, 2023 13:11:24 GMT -5
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