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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 21, 2024 16:31:30 GMT -5
I participated in this campaign, but I never saw where I could select how to direct my gift.
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 21, 2024 16:20:50 GMT -5
I have a good friend who is a St Johns grad, and a basketball fan. He was so hopeful this year, and he is crushed about Pitino's comments. He also disparaged the schools facilities as one of his problems. I am frankly a bit surprised. It certainly won't be good for team chemistry or morale. I do not remember him doing anything similar while at Iona.
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 10, 2024 13:10:55 GMT -5
Mo money, mo money, mo money. IMO, this is all by design and thought out well in advance by the Power 4 conferences. The 12-team playoffs beginning next year are the college equivalent of the NFL playoffs. The NCAA wants to continue to be in a position to feed at this trough so it plays a role as a sycophantic yet ineffectual self regulatory organization. Under this construct both on the FB and BB front, you’re right this is worse than pro sports. I foresee future major issues primarily related to gambling on games. All the elements are in place. I think the likelihood of scandals relating to gambling is like night following day. I personally think Holy Cross and like minded schools and FCS schools overall are in a great position. The schools that are boxed are the mid to lower tier FBS programs that are not going to be able to keep up and don’t have the $$ to compete. BC, Syracuse, Temple, UConn, UMass, and a host of others in the MAC and Sun Belt are going to get squeezed. They either won’t be able to land the requisite number of talented recruits to compete and/or will lose their better players. I foresee many kids and families choosing to come to places like Holy Cross instead. Just my two cents. Let’s Win. Although, Syracuse is having their best recruiting year in decades.
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 7, 2024 17:27:45 GMT -5
I have a feeling of subdued optimism about this game. Fingers crossed!
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 5, 2024 14:20:24 GMT -5
The article in the Smithsonian Magazine is amazing. I think that every HC alum should read it.
I thought I knew a lot about the Healy family, but I had no idea about how Patrick and James felt about their mixed race, and how they navigated the world around them. I also do not remember learning that it was the fortune amassed from selling the family slaves that rebuilt Fenwick Hall after the fire.
Although the author talked about several of the Healy siblings, something not mentioned in the article (that is well-known here on the West Coast), is the history behind the United States Coast Guard Cutter Healy. USCGC Healy is the United States' largest and most technologically advanced icebreaker, as well as the US Coast Guard's largest vessel. It is named in honor of Captain Michael A. Healy, who is yet another famous Healy brother. She is home ported in Seattle, and was commissioned in 1999.
The achievements of this family of children, born into slavery, are truly astounding.
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 2, 2024 19:15:08 GMT -5
While watching a multitude of games this season, several schools have now used a campus building motif for their basketball courts. Santa Clara University changed their floor in 2016 to show the mission chapel and palm trees on the floor. From my perspective this design for the Leavey Center floor, does not translate well to viewers of a telecast who are unfamiliar with the campus. santaclara.prestosports.com/general/2015-16/releases/20160311spyfb6Click on the image to see the full detai of the floor…. santaclara.prestosports.com/general/2015-16/photos/0001/index#&gid=1&pid=43santaclara.prestosports.com/general/2015-16/photos/0001/indexKeep the Massachusetts map on the Hart Center floor. ….I get a chuckle when on a telecast the announcer says that three point shot was from Nantucket, or Martha’s Vineyard, on the other side they may say from Great Barrington. As iconic as Fenwick is to all HC alums, very few people on the telecast will make a connection to the image on the floor in the Hart Center to the location of The College of the Holy Cross, if it was Fenwick or O’Kane or Dinand Library. Showing the map of the Commonwealth is part of the critical branding process in the recognition of the college location. I like the court the way it is, and I agree with your points above. The college is trying hard to reach out to central Massachusetts folks in order to form the kind of bond with our teams and the local population that used to exist generation ago. I think this design on the court is part of that. It is about the local community.
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 1, 2024 13:17:28 GMT -5
"On February 7, 2024 Churchill Bulldog OL Jackson Roon 6 ‘3” 275 will sign his National Letter of Intent and accept a football scholarship to Holy Cross.
College of The Holy Cross is in the prestigious Patriot League and is a mainstay in the D1-FCS top 25."
This jumped out at me. I have been used to seeing all kinds of permutations, including "university" and misspelling of Worcester, but these guys got our messaging exactly right!
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 1, 2024 13:11:01 GMT -5
Bill Belichick?
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 30, 2024 14:30:47 GMT -5
When I read this yesterday I figured that someone might post it here. I had no idea about her. She sounds great, and it is interesting to me that both she and President Vince Rougeau both have New Orleans roots, and both seem to be uniquely prepared to be trailblazers in Jesuit higher ed!
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 30, 2024 14:27:51 GMT -5
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 30, 2024 14:26:31 GMT -5
Speculative Fantasy: I have always thought the Regis Tuition Free model is an ideal which HC should pursue. No tuition fess for any student. Supplemental aid would be available for student housing & expenses depending on the family financials. An HC education would be available to a wider, more diverse variety of students. This would redound to the benefit educationally of all. Maybe, applications would increase and the quality of the student body might improve. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion based on merit & done the right way. I would reduce the overall enrollment accompanied by a reduction in the athletic profile of the school to reduce expenses. Athletics are a loss leader to attract attention and promote alumni giving. Of course a huge increase in the endowment & other funds would be required to successfully pull this off. Alums would need to be as dedicated & proud of a tuition free HC as they are about the school's success in sports. Obviously ain't ever gonna' happen. And, the great Regis High School endures. Time to pony up!
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 27, 2024 20:30:44 GMT -5
It's going to be tough on the gals to have this long bus ride and then regroup for BU on TV this Monday.
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 27, 2024 20:25:37 GMT -5
Don't get discouraged We will get much better in the next year or two...Keep the faith I agree and I think that there was a lot to like in the game today. I only got to see the second half, but what I saw was a great college basketball game, that was competitive until the end. Our guys played in a relaxed fashion, they talked to each other, they were patient, they worked for open shots, and they defended hard. We are going to win a few of these games, and the experience for our young players will pay dividends down the line as they mature.
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 27, 2024 16:34:27 GMT -5
Fascinating article! I was unaware of the history behind the school.
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 24, 2024 15:08:34 GMT -5
Outstanding! This marks the first time since 1991 that Holy Cross has had two Academic All-America honorees in the same season. The Crusaders have now also had Academic All-America selections in back-to-back seasons, as Peter Oliver was honored in 2022. Stuff like this should send a powerful message to recruits!
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 22, 2024 13:28:44 GMT -5
Hard to imagine somebody in the league had a better week - 16ppg, 6.5rpg, 65% FG, 86% FT, 6 blocks.
We'll see.
YES!
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 21, 2024 18:25:02 GMT -5
Lions win to play another day. That was a dandy of game! The Lions are the real deal (even though they lost to the Seahawks!)
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 20, 2024 16:37:39 GMT -5
The women are looking powerful today!
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 20, 2024 16:36:19 GMT -5
Well, that was a fun game! This amateur observer sees a lot to like in how the Crusaders handled themselves today. We are getting better!
It was also fun to be able to catch part of the women's hockey game and the women's hoops.
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 19, 2024 14:55:49 GMT -5
James Madison Head Coach Bob Chesney announced his 2024 football coaching staff, which includes seven members of his Holy Cross staff from last season, as well as the retention of two coaches from JMU's previous leadership. Seven coaches make the move to JMU with Chesney from Holy Cross in Kennedy, Canan, DiMichele, Zarkoskie, Barnes, Sproles and Cordova. Chu Chu Dan Curran is the HC football coach now. Not interested in JMU and who's on their coaching staff. Time to move on. football44, I take your point, and agree that it is time to move on. I copied the line from the article because I was personally surprised at the shear number of guys he brought with him. I had never added them up. Our program has lost a lot of institutional memory. Just an observation, as we move forward.
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 18, 2024 13:57:35 GMT -5
James Madison Head Coach Bob Chesney announced his 2024 football coaching staff, which includes seven members of his Holy Cross staff from last season, as well as the retention of two coaches from JMU's previous leadership. Seven coaches make the move to JMU with Chesney from Holy Cross in Kennedy, Canan, DiMichele, Zarkoskie, Barnes, Sproles and Cordova.
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 17, 2024 15:39:42 GMT -5
Confusing Is this from a Lafayette high school ? If from Lafayette College, what is its purpose ! And who is Andrew Lynn ? You have channeled my questions, as well!
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 14, 2024 13:14:39 GMT -5
Which elite all-star game? Which two Crusaders? 2024 Shrine Hula Bowl Only two other Crusaders in the last 50 years received this honor. Gordie Lockbaum 1988 John Provost 1974
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 13, 2024 14:42:32 GMT -5
WOW
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 10, 2024 18:28:42 GMT -5
I saw that the women's lacrosse schedule was announced so I looked at it. To my surprise they have a home game against Stanford on 2/19/24. And then I thought: why would Stanford want to play a game in Worcester on 2/19? Where will they play? Can the indoor field at the Luth be used?
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