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by papaj
March 29th, 2024, 10:51 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Two candidates
Replies: 62
Views: 3835

Re: Two candidates

According to Trilly, there are two candidates left. One of the Tod(d)s and Jerrod Calhoun. I am guessing that the Tod is Tod and not Todd. With the help of AGGIEinIOWA, I can confirm that one of those three was in Logan last night. Mind to elaborate on which one it was? I picked out the last headsh...
by papaj
March 29th, 2024, 10:16 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Two candidates
Replies: 62
Views: 3835

Re: Two candidates

bpd wrote:
March 29th, 2024, 9:00 am
According to Trilly, there are two candidates left. One of the Tod(d)s and Jerrod Calhoun. I am guessing that the Tod is Tod and not Todd.
With the help of AGGIEinIOWA, I can confirm that one of those three was in Logan last night.
by papaj
March 29th, 2024, 9:00 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: No Slam Dunk Hire
Replies: 53
Views: 4257

Re: No Slam Dunk Hire

Some “coach” checked into the now “old” Logan Marriott last night before I checked in. Was with a USU official and got a very nice gift bag. I don’t follow this sort of thing so have no idea who he is.
by papaj
March 19th, 2024, 11:39 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Sprinkle's (possible) replacements
Replies: 574
Views: 38501

Re: Sprinkle's (possible) replacements

aggies22 wrote:
March 19th, 2024, 9:10 am
No replacement for Sprinkle. Mark Pope to Washington.
Like the first part, but as (at this point in my life) a casual Husky fan, I wouldn’t be thrilled with that hire.
by papaj
March 17th, 2024, 4:49 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: We got screwed!!!!
Replies: 83
Views: 5422

Re: We got screwed!!!!

I understand the tourney is all about matchups, but wherever we ended up (say between 6 and 10), we were going to play a very good team.
by papaj
March 16th, 2024, 7:12 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: MW in the NCAA
Replies: 13
Views: 669

Re: MW in the NCAA

sam tingey wrote:
March 16th, 2024, 3:05 pm
Utah State, Nevada and CSU all go out in first round
I hope not. For USU’s sake first and foremost, of course, but I also love the fact Boise has never won an NCAA tourney game.
by papaj
March 16th, 2024, 12:27 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: March 15, 2001
Replies: 37
Views: 982

Re: March 15, 2001

Grad student in Seattle. A day or two before the game, told a classmate (physiology or biostats) to mark it down - USU was definitely beating OSU.
by papaj
March 16th, 2024, 9:11 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Why?
Replies: 25
Views: 1162

Re: Why?

Not just 1970, but also part of the first ever elite eight of 1939. That’s big time.

Seriously though, we may win some tournament games this year or in the future, and we may not. I’d rather have a season like this and lose in the tourney than have a losing season and not get in.
by papaj
March 9th, 2024, 10:00 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Wind is out of the sails
Replies: 41
Views: 2599

Re: Wind is out of the sails

The older I get (and I’m a lot younger than some of you) the easier it is for me to roll with it. USU sports, all in all, has been a source of enjoyment for me and my family throughout the highs and lows. I haven’t lived within 600 miles of Logan in over 25 years, but recently decided to buy season ...
by papaj
March 6th, 2024, 8:55 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Sam
Replies: 248
Views: 28693

Re: Sam

Hopefully bickerstaff doesn't use tonight as an excuse not to play Merrill. Outside of Grayson allen, there isn't a guy in the league I'd rather be taking 3s than merrill Ouch! Sam had been in the top ten in 3 point shooting percentage for a while now, but that one game dropped him from 9 to 16. He...
by papaj
January 27th, 2024, 8:25 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: The view from the perception of the winning team
Replies: 5
Views: 585

Re: The view from the perception of the winning team

You have to put yourself in their shoes as the once and future pride of the Big East conference, then you’ll realize the sting it is to lose to a team from…uh…the…west?
by papaj
December 20th, 2023, 7:31 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Sam is
Replies: 108
Views: 12884

Re: Sam is

Listened to the Cavs radio broadcast. They love Sam. After his second or third three: “I could watch this kid shoot all day” and “ball barely touches his hand”
by papaj
November 24th, 2023, 9:29 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: Bobby Wagner
Replies: 7
Views: 1077

Re: Bobby Wagner

I know it's been discussed on here before but my old brain can't remember the reason. Why does Bobby Wagner not say Utah State University in the player introductions anymore? Instead he gives the name of his hometown. He used to say The Utah State University. Did the athletic department crap the be...
by papaj
October 9th, 2023, 10:55 am
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: J Love Question for GameFAQS
Replies: 4
Views: 412

J Love Question for GameFAQS

Legas’ first pass in the LA Bowl was awesome and helped the Aggies finish a remarkable season. With Love playing tonight on MNF, I was thinking back to the first time I saw him play in person at WFU in 2017. It was a miserable performance by the Aggies, and J Love came in for K Meyers in the second ...
by papaj
September 15th, 2023, 8:09 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Legas
Replies: 21
Views: 2614

Re: Legas

ineptimusprime wrote:
September 15th, 2023, 7:34 pm
https://x.com/scottygzone/status/170285 ... 90247?s=46

Scotty seems to think so. I think so too.

God, I hope so. He is the least dynamic QB we’ve had in forever.
He’ll always have the 2021 LA Bowl.
by papaj
August 30th, 2023, 12:47 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: Baltimore Orioles
Replies: 41
Views: 2223

Re: Baltimore Orioles

I went to the Orioles/Sox game last night sporting my Sox jersey. My sox hung with them until our relievers came in and then it turned into a blowout. Orioles have some real firepower on offense, and lately the trend is that they come on late in the game scoring in droves. I did like watching games...
by papaj
August 16th, 2023, 6:48 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Seeing lots of smoke about Pacific American Conference
Replies: 84
Views: 8840

Re: Seeing lots of smoke about Pacific American Conference

TrueAG wrote:
August 16th, 2023, 12:35 pm
Most of the projections I've seen are for a less stable conference with about the same level of football and worse basketball. Why anyone would be in a hurry to leave for that is a mystery.
I’m not sure what a stable conference looks like anymore, but this ain’t it.
by papaj
August 13th, 2023, 10:13 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: Baltimore Orioles
Replies: 41
Views: 2223

Re: Baltimore Orioles

Yossarian wrote:
August 13th, 2023, 8:47 pm
How'bout them birds?!

That is all.
Consecutive great games with unfortunate endings. Go M’s.
by papaj
August 4th, 2023, 12:36 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: B10 holding preliminary expansion talks
Replies: 32
Views: 2483

Re: B10 holding preliminary expansion talks

RIP P12. Even if this ends up being a win for the Aggies, it's crazy to see a 100 year old major regional conference blow up: https://twitter.com/DanWetzel/status/1687503794383331334 It is sad actually. To think of all the traditions and rivalries of that conference and the other ones that have bee...
by papaj
April 20th, 2023, 1:47 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: What was this board like in the 00's?
Replies: 55
Views: 3134

Re: What was this board like in the 00's?

I’d like to see a “then and now” of names of posters in the late 1990’s and a crosswalk with their names on the current board. I would hope we haven’t lost all those folks (though I know we’ve lost some)… This is all I know to reference name changes from the last board: https://www.usufans.com/Foru...
by papaj
April 18th, 2023, 10:34 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: What was this board like in the 00's?
Replies: 55
Views: 3134

Re: What was this board like in the 00's?

I’d like to see a “then and now” of names of posters in the late 1990’s and a crosswalk with their names on the current board. I would hope we haven’t lost all those folks (though I know we’ve lost some)…
by papaj
March 27th, 2023, 9:29 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Wow
Replies: 35
Views: 3710

Re: Wow

What would life be without counterfactuals?
by papaj
March 16th, 2023, 7:41 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Another Year, Another One and Done
Replies: 12
Views: 669

Re: Another Year, Another One and Done

It’s been a while, but we have a handful of wins since 1939. Boise still winless in the NCAAs.

#Schadenfreude
by papaj
March 12th, 2023, 5:45 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Aggies open as a 1.5 point favorite according to BetMGM
Replies: 11
Views: 922

Re: Aggies open as a 1.5 point favorite according to BetMGM

SpectrumMagic wrote:
March 12th, 2023, 5:28 pm
We were also favored vs Washington and we know how that went.
Queta just looked so lost against UW’s bigs. He’s come a long way…
by papaj
March 6th, 2023, 11:37 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: 28 in the AP Poll
Replies: 18
Views: 1517

Re: 28 in the AP Poll

Aggies still one of two or three ranked teams not to make the tourney (back in the Big West days)?

Granted, we choked in the first game of the tourney, but still…
by papaj
January 3rd, 2023, 2:10 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: need help finding 2 things
Replies: 33
Views: 2575

Re: need help finding 2 things

Have they ever played the shot video at the Spectrum before a game? They really should.
by papaj
December 19th, 2022, 9:13 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: We suuuuuuuuuck
Replies: 52
Views: 3708

Re: We suuuuuuuuuck

Bummer. Yet, I had zero expectation we’d be 9-1 at this point in the season.
by papaj
December 2nd, 2022, 7:47 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: GO UTES (Not)
Replies: 20
Views: 1486

Re: GO UTES (Not)

I’d like to see UW back in the Rose Bowl…
by papaj
September 25th, 2022, 1:40 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Bonner injured
Replies: 18
Views: 2763

Re: Bonner injured

The dude is a fearless stud. Also seems to be a really good person. He took so many wicked hits last year, but almost always bounced back up. It hurt to watch. Several months ago, someone posted a question about the best play from last year, and other than Legas’ first career throw, what came to my ...
by papaj
September 12th, 2022, 2:25 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Wyoming Game Last Year
Replies: 3
Views: 333

Wyoming Game Last Year

We got killed at home against Wyoming last year, and from my vantage point, it wasn’t as close as the score made it look. If that had been the first game of the year, we’d have a lot of folks wanting to bail on the season. I get it, Weber isn’t Wyoming, and contrasting the start of this season with ...
by papaj
September 9th, 2022, 5:13 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: Wayne Estes Pilgrimage
Replies: 7
Views: 818

Re: Wayne Estes Pilgrimage

I made the trip 25 years ago, and there was a very impressive Wayne Estes display/tribute/memorial in his high school gym. I would assume it’s still there.
by papaj
March 17th, 2022, 2:47 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Mountain West
Replies: 29
Views: 2149

Re: Mountain West

It's going to be a very long time before the MW gets 4 teams in the tourney again...like never. On the bright side, USU was not one and done...again. Well we were in the nit. In the last 20 years we are 0-13 in the NCAA/nit. Not great, but it is better to be there than not. We have won exactly one ...
by papaj
February 23rd, 2022, 8:52 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Epic Shot video
Replies: 20
Views: 2012

Re: Epic Shot video

hipsterdoofus21 wrote:
February 22nd, 2022, 11:14 pm
Thanks fellas!
They should seriously play this before big games on the Jumbotron right before players are introduced.
by papaj
February 16th, 2022, 9:48 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: Shirtless Wonder of Arkansas
Replies: 14
Views: 1158

Re: Shirtless Wonder of Arkansas

First time I’ve felt sorry for the guy. That is truly pathetic. He appears to be sporting a satchel/man purse? You feel sorry for a guy who was having a blast partying with his fanbase after beating the #1 ranked team in front of a wild sold out crowd? Musselman made the Elite 8 last year, has a go...
by papaj
February 14th, 2022, 3:24 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: The difference between this year and other down years
Replies: 11
Views: 969

Re: The difference between this year and other down years

Our Kenpom.com (the best computer system ranking) ranking is #43. If the season ended today, that would be the 6th best ranking for USU in the past 25 years (how long the system has been in place). It's hardly a "down" year. We've just unfortunately been very unlucky and lost a lot of close games d...