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my younger brother was in the 24th Infantry for awhile during 83 to 84. He was in the 1/75th army ranger battalion in 81. Then he went to the 24th, and then he was in the 509th airborne unit in Vincenzo, Italy, which eventually became 4/325 of the 82nd airborne.

Once again you are getting off on a tangent that has nothing to do with what I stated or even the topic. I am not even disagreeing that the CFA playoffs is a joke. What I said was that 8 is a good number. There is never anyone past that who has a legitimate chance to win. When you choose four...

In men’s college basketball the record is 135-1 in the 16 verses one matchup. With the 2 seeds it is 132-8. (Not sure why the difference in total number of games.) You could argue that football has even less parity because it’s tougher to field a 125 person team than a 11 person team. I cannot...

I disagree. If the goal is to crown a true champion, then only teams that have a legitimate chance of winning the title should play in the college football tournament. In that case eight teams would be the perfect number. On any given year there are eight teams that can legitimately consider...

I had taught school in Granite Falls, NC for 12 years prior to moving across the county line. https://jukeboxgraduates.weebly.com/jukebox-graduates.html While not from my hometown (Waterbury/Naugatuck) the country singer Eric Church came from Granite. His mom was a teacher at our feeder...

I never prescribed to the, "Won Championships" determines if someone is great or not. If so, Frankie Crosetti would be one of sports greatest athletes. Hint: he isn't. However, he won 17 championships, 9 as a player and 8 as a coach. Other multiple championship winners that I can think of off...

I thought that the Harlem legend who took a quarter off the top of the backboard was Earl “the goat” Manigault? He told the story himself, that it was him that did it after witnessing A player named Jackson do it. For those that don’t know the goat, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said he was the greatest...

My first instinct was to say the 99 championship game. This is mostly because I loved to remind people how Jim out coached Coach K. However, as that entire season I told anyone who would listen that UCONN was better than Duke, I have never considered it the upset that some people do. He...

I may be completely wrong in this as I have very little information on Texas Tech and their basketball program. However, I am going to hold judgment until a lot more information comes out. Obviously there are limits on how much coaches should push their players, and physical issues are...

I want to start off by apologizing if this has been covered. Lets just say that there is no season this year. Would players retain their eligibility? In other words, would Paige still have 4 more years? If that happened and her friend happened to join her, would they get to play together for 4...

My son, who played high school football, took a trip to Alaska and said "curling" was now his all time favorite sport. Also, where I live, App State (famous for beating Michigan at the Big House) said they were cutting 3 sports including men's soccer.

"Madman Drummers Bummers and Indians in the Summer with a Teenage Diplomat. In the Dumps with the Mumps as the Adolescent Pumps His Way Into His Hat." It was bye bye Connecticut, we were airborne. The start of a 45 year near obsession. https://jukeboxgraduates.weebly.com/jukebox-graduates.html

Only two players have averaged a triple double for a season, never mind a career. I thought maybe Oscar Robinson would be close, but he wasn't.

I doubt closet UCONN fans. I just think that in anything when you hear rhetoric that you know cannot be true over and over and over, you just get worn out and find yourself defending people that you didn't think you would. You just want to show facts and say, "Stop! Be realistic." I follow the...

I am really questioning my memory. I did not look up any statistics and just went from what I remember. I loved loved loved Bazz, but a #1 seed over Emeka? I remember Okafer being totally dominant at both ends of the floor. He was the rightful national player of the year. I also would have put...

Someone said, "Ok, no fouling, switch on all picks, and everyone guard against the 31 point shot!" (No, not really!)

There are very few Uconn players that I would say that I dislike, they are after all college kids. However, I remember disliking Toraino Walker. He left the team very shortly into the season which forced Calhoun to use Travis Knight who otherwise could have red-shirted (if my memory serves me)...

Due to the parody across most sports today there are many that should stand for awhile, UCLA's national championships, of course Geno's, the Celtics 8 consecutive, etc. Records are made to be broken, yet these might not. Stephen Gostkowski's consecutive extra point record will not be broken...

I think that it is bad grammar not bad information. The national championship was in his second season as coach, not his second national championship. It was also Uconn's first season in the AAC. We all obviously know this, but I believe it was just bad sentence structure by the writer.

I always loved that movie. I watched it recently. There was basically a remake of that called Rat Race. Without a doubt, in my mind, the funniest movie ever. My favorite scene: I remember being in the army watching Porky's with a bunch of paratroopers. Not sure if we were delirious but I...

I remember this game well. I had a class that night, and was recording the game to watch later. I went into a store on the way home and heard the score part way through the first half. It was a thrashing. I was devastated as I hoped UCONN would play well, at Virginia, against the nationally...

I don't follow the NFL draft like some people do. However, I will say this. I like the New England pick. Not because he is a great player (I have no idea, I did read someone rated him an "A"), it is because I run through the Lenoir Rhyne campus everyday. They used to allow me to use the radio...

I remember reading a quote from BJ Armstrong when he played for the Charlotte Hornets about MJ's work ethic. He said something along the lines of, "If practice was over but MJ wasn't happy, then nobody dared to leave. How could you leave when the best bb player in the world was still...

They are now my second favorite team. Still a Patriots fan, but will be hoping that Brady and Gronk have a steller year. If they meet in the Superbowl, I probably wouldn't watch - it would be too confusing, I would have a difficult time rooting for an interception or a hard sack against Tampa...

Once again, not just my favorite sports movie, but one of my all time favorite movies period: Remember the Titans. Other great choices: Fear Strikes Out (Just because of WTBY connection) Slapshot (The Hanson Brothers near the top of favorite movie characters) The Longest Yard (the original)...

(thought I had quoted woof101's post) I remember Jimmy Ellis. I also remember another Connecticut guy named Mike Guerra who was really fast. Doug is a unique story of course because of all the hardship, and the positive attitude. If you want to see another great clip watch him attempting a...

As a kid I was a big Marty Barrett fan (second baseman of the Red Sox). Tom Brady of the Pats, would be a great choice. I still think Wayne Gretzky, while not my favorite was the greatest of all time within his sport. I root for any former UCONN player in the pros. But, how about Connecticut's...

Not just one of my favorite basketball movies, but one of my favorite movies period. I was a middle school basketball coach and this situation was actually happened to me, where the principal said that I couldn't enforce academics on ...... middle school students!!! I was given a choice of not...

Whoever is playing Tennessee.

I live in North Carolina. In 1998/99 spent a year explaining to anyone who would listen that UCONN would beat Duke if they met in the finals. I explained very analytically why they would, and yet my argument was not taken seriously. Nobody believed my analysis as Dickie Vitale and many others...

I would put put some consideration on Kelly Schumaker's 9 block shot game against Tennessee in 2000. Her inside presence basically dictated that game I believe. (Zanzan - I was going to say it should have been ten but gave up arguing that point at lest 2 or 3 years ago!!!!!) I felt (along...

Meg is great. However, it seems to me that this team has a totally different feel when Anna is on the court.

I have said that since I was a student in the early 80's. Uconn loses its home court advantage by playing away from Gampel. I understand that the HCC (XL) is a lot larger, but it loses the college atmosphere that should be at the game. I remember going to both Uconn vs the orange team, and...

You wonder how many would have went down on their home court at Gampel. Still my big complaint!!!!