This gets a "wow!"
 

From D3hoops.com:

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That doesn't happen very often...we have D-1 teams out here who schedule D-3 and even NAIA teams early on, but I can't remember any of the D-1 teams losing to the lower level teams. We had a perennial powerhouse D-2 Women's team beat a West Coast Conference team a few years back...does that count?

GVSU Beats MSU

DII Grand Valley beats MSU Spartans in 2 OT exhibition game.
MSU was preseason ranked #8 and ended up in the sweet 16.

Kind of reminds me of Chaminade a few years ago. :)

Dang, just how old are you? :D

well, when he signed on, he was going to use "Jurassic Referee" instead of "Back in the Saddle," but it was taken.

I hear that it's available now. ;)

Probably for a price.

I'll show you my birth certificate if you like. It's in old English. Which wasn't old when it was written. ;)

Wouldn't that be Olde English?:p

Funny How It Only Seems Like A Few Years Ago To Me Too ...
 

The Chaminade upset of Ralph Sampson's Virginia team occurred in 1982. That was 26 years ago. That only seem like a few years ago to Back In The Saddle because for twenty, of those twenty-six years, he was in a coma, caused by a too many adult beverages, after too many games, with too many coaches, yelling too many unsporting comments to him.

Seems like a game management problem to me. Maybe he was suffering from Gamus Interruptus.

Now THAT'S funny!!! :D

I remember when South Boston YMCA upset Springfield YMCA 4-2 in a real high scoring game. In fact, there were so many points, Dr. Naismith had to replace the peach baskets because they took such a beating that night. I told him he might consider switching to something else, like nets, but he said that the peach baskets were usually just fine for up to one or two shots per team per game and he didn't anticipate teams ever shooting more than that.

I think he had stock in the peach basket company. He was such a young whippersnapper in those days. :)

I Would Have Whacked Him For The Reprobate Insult ...
 

Was Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. your partner in that game? I heard that Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. was the first official to eject Dr. Naismith from a game. From what I hear, Dr. Naismith disagreed with a shouldering foul call, and called Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. a, "Mountebank, scallywag, reprobate, charlatan, hooligan, and a miscreant". Back then, "Mountebank", earned the coach an automatic technical foul, and ejection.

In those days (I have it on reliable authority), the more common word was 'scalawag'. Nowadays, he'd just be a 'scally'. :D

WTF is going on here?!?! I start a completely basketball-related thread about a great story -- D3 beating D1 -- and you guys take it off-topic with references to JurassicReferee, Old English (the language, not the furniture polish, I'm guessing), Naismith and peach baskets, and etymology?!?!

Keep up the good work!! :D

You Hurt My Feelings ...
 

Hey. How come you didn't quote me? Am I not doing good work also? I thought my references to a "shouldering call" and whacking the good doctor for the "Reprobate" insult made my post a classic. One for the Forum, off topic, humor archives, maybe good enough for the Forum Off Topic Humor Hall Of Fame. I did an internet search for 19th century insults, and went through Dr. Naismith's original thirteen rules, to make my post authentic. A lot of hard work went into my post. And any reference to Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.'s age automatically makes it funny.

Two words: no picture.

It Was Easier Giving Up Phone Sex ...
 

Now that's just mean, poor spirited, and uncalled for. Six weeks. Not a single image.

Do you have a picture-patch in your body? :D

Cold Turkey Is The Only Tried And True Method ...
 

Tried it. Didn't work. Just like the Viagra.

I knew you'd appreciate the efforts.

Wait a second! You can change the topic of a thread now? Now that's cool!

I'm :eek: that it didn't work.

News at 11
 

Now if we can just get you to stop putting titles on every single message you submit. :)

"Fair and Balanced"
 

Hey. I work hard on those titles. I'm not a very creative person, like Mark Padgett, so it's hard work for me. Nice "News at 11" title. I wish I had thought of that one.

I didn't do it. Is it possible that the thread title was moderated? If it was, then I have to say PLEASE STOP!! PLEASE!!

I'm going to withhold further ranting, in case there's another explanation. But if it was moderated, I think that's completely inappropriate.

I don't think it's too bad if all that was done was a change to the title.

I confess that I did it. For some reason though (probably user error), I didn't see the change I made this moring, so I thought it didn't work. Now I see that it has.

Had I seen the change this morning, I would have changed it bak, then suggested it as a way to deal with two "competing" concerns -- (a) "let us have some fun" and (b) "OT threads are okay; but OT posts within threads aren't". I was goign to try to add the "OT" phrase to threads that were no longer germane to the topic being discussed.

So, I'll attempt to remove my topic edit, but then still make the above suggestion.

I like it.

First things first. Thank you for removing the change. I truly appreciate it.

This is obviously a difference in philosophy between us. WHY are OT posts within threads not okay? Was that in the "Terms of Usage" when I opened my account on the forum? Has Brad issued a mid-season directive and I didn't get the bulletin? Just because one esteemed member got steamed and a few people agreed doesn't make a mandate for sweeping change in moderating guidelines.

Look, OT comments are part of many conversations (although clearly not all). When a topic has been covered, the discussion moves along. Same thing is true on the forum. Sometimes (although clearly not always) a topic is covered quickly and the discussion moves along. There's nothing wrong with that. If you click on it and don't like where it's headed, you just don't click on it again, or quickly click next thread.

Once again, I have to say that IMHO, this is OOO. Just leave it alone. It's going to be fine for the rest of the season, and then it will be a problem again in the summer. Make sure people aren't abusive to each other, but there's no need for an "on-topic police".

An R-M update
 

On Saturday the 15th, Randolph Macon plays a second exhibition game against another D1 team - the Spiders of the University of Richmond.