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Message: [QUOTE="The CDR-Ret, post: 4753885, member: 10751"] What makes the ND rivalry special for me is suffering through the three losses (out of 14) in 2013 (1 point in Gampel, 3OT in South Bend (by nine), and 2 pts in XL's BE final (before going to AAC)) but redeeming it all in the National Semi-final in New Orleans to end the Irish's season in New Orleans with an 18 point win. In Calculus-based Physics, the work of friction [ [B]Wf ][/B] is negative most of the time & always negative when motion (converts kinetic energy to heat) is involved. [B]Wf = -μNd of which [B]μniversity of Notre dame was (is) always grating on my nerves (frictional against our women's success) particularly in 2013 before the National Semi-finals.[/B][/B] I teach the "power of story-telling" to my sophomore college-level Physics students by telling them that I am a UCONN WBB fan to put it into context. Also, when on a flat surface [such as a basketball court] the Normal force {N = the perpendicular force supplied by the court to hold the players up from "falling through the court" is substituted by the weight of the object [mg = mass x gravity] which translates the eqn to: [B]Wf = -μmgd , and when you change the positions of the symbols becomes: [B]Wf = -m[B][B]μ[/B][/B]gd, so you can say "you get mugged in the friction zone" [/B][/B]just like what happens as the UCONN women drive the lane when playing in South Bend, they get mugged in the paint as the zone defense collapses on the Husky driving the lane. Some fouls get called, but many do not... Always helpful to have a story to "hold onto" technical details.... [/QUOTE]

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