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southbendcane said:
They played a great game and beat a good team. The Irish struggled against a unranked team.I think U Conn should be #1 .Congrats to Husky Nation.
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Thanks but far too early. I do think Baylor is a final 4 team along with PROBABLY UCONN, ND, and SC or Maryland. But it's way early and so much can happen between now and March.
 
ballhawk said:
Classy post by southbendcane. I didn't think UConn could match up with Baylor. Did Nina Davis even score? What a performance by the Huskies.
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southbendcane said:
Man Davis has a funky shot. Hard to believe someone hasn't helped her work on her mechanics.
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You don't fix what isn't broken.
Do you want Uconn to be number one to take the pressure off the ND team/???
Uconn isn't rated number one--nor do I believe with the close wins should that be.
However, beating Bu by 11 should allow consideration for the number 2 spot
Until after the December games --I'm happy to be rated 2 or 3 or even 4. No one gives you free ice cream cones if you are number one--so why bother??
 
ericsandiego said:
Thanks but far too early. I do think Baylor is a final 4 team along with PROBABLY UCONN, ND, and SC or Maryland. But it's way early and so much can happen between now and March.
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Baylor will be hugely improved by March. They didn't play anywhere near their potential against us. But they have a powder puff schedule the rest of the year. No SC, no Louisville, no ND, no Maryland. The only top 10 team remaining on their schedule are two tiffs w. Texas.
They will have an impressive win loss record come tourney time but they won't be battle-tested. We will be!
 
Baroloboy said:
Baylor will be hugely improved by March. They didn't play anywhere near their potential against us. But they have a powder puff schedule the rest of the year. No SC, no Louisville, no ND, no Maryland. The only top 10 team remaining on their schedule are two tiffs w. Texas.
They will have an impressive win loss record come tourney time but they won't be battle-tested. We will be!
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They were battle tested last season but it did not help them get to the FF.
 
BroadwayVa said:
You don't fix what isn't broken.
Do you want Uconn to be number one to take the pressure off the ND team/???
Uconn isn't rated number one--nor do I believe with the close wins should that be.
However, beating Bu by 11 should allow consideration for the number 2 spot
Until after the December games --I'm happy to be rated 2 or 3 or even 4. No one gives you free ice cream cones if you are number one--so why bother??
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Baylor reminds me of South Carolina last year. Big but not a very good shooting team. But at least S.C. had a true point guard. I just feel U Conn deserves to be #1. N.D. has some things to work on. Will see how good Greenbay is as the season goes on. But the Irish gave up way to many open threes. It reminded me of the Stanford game only they escaped this time. They seem to have trouble rotating with the ball on defense. U Conn passes the ball well to find the open shooter and Geno will expose that weakness. It is still very hard to beat the Irish at home. Im hoping Muffet tweaks a few things and we get it rolling by the time the Huskies come to town.
 
DaddyChoc said:
softening the blow... unless they win like ETT thought!
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If your referring to me. Not even close. I still think N.D. will beat U Conn. I believe we have only lost twice at home in the last 5 years. Once to Baylor with Griner and Sims and U Conn. I don't duck and run. And should U Conn win i will be right here giving them their props. I hope people on here will do the same.
 
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southbendcane said:
Baylor reminds me of South Carolina last year. Big but not a very good shooting team. But at least S.C. had a true point guard. I just feel U Conn deserves to be #1. N.D. has some things to work on. Will see how good Greenbay is as the season goes on. But the Irish gave up way to many open threes. It reminded me of the Stanford game only they escaped this time. They seem to have trouble rotating with the ball on defense. U Conn passes the ball well to find the open shooter and Geno will expose that weakness. It is still very hard to beat the Irish at home. Im hoping Muffet tweaks a few things and we get it rolling by the time the Huskies come to town.
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Don't sell Green Bay short. They are tough like their coach--they don't have an inch of give to give. Also, don't sell Muffy short--ok she is short--she is one of the top two or three in the country coaches. And you know country coaches are good.
However--if you want nice things said about ND or Muffy--this is the way to do it.
My Himmy cats--one is muffet Mcgraw the other CD (unfortunately CD had medical issues) FYI--Sister mary joseph told us if we didn't follow ND we'd go to Haiti's --I liked traveling so I stopped following ND.
 
BroadwayVa said:
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Don't sell Green Bay short. They are tough like their coach--they don't have an inch of give to give. Also, don't sell Muffy short--ok she is short--she is one of the top two or three in the country coaches. And you know country coaches are good.
However--if you want nice things said about ND or Muffy--this is the way to do it.
My Himmy cats--one is muffet Mcgraw the other CD (unfortunately CD had medical issues) FYI--Sister mary joseph told us if we didn't follow ND we'd go to Haiti's --I liked traveling so I stopped following ND.
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Green Bay along with South Dakota State have been pretty tough mid majors for a few years now. I wanted to say that Green Bay pulls in a lot of under the radar Canadian players .....

but every player on their roster is from Wisconsin
 
CajunHusky said:
Green Bay along with South Dakota State have been pretty tough mid majors for a few years now. I wanted to say that Green Bay pulls in a lot of under the radar Canadian players .....

but every player on their roster is from Wisconsin
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Cajun---many of the original Cajuns were French Canadians--I could tell you how they got there but not in an open forum. It all started with Commodore Winslow.
Thanks . Both GB and SD have risen in the last few years. GB gave uconn a run for their money in the GulF Classic.
 
BroadwayVa said:
Cajun---many of the original Cajuns were French Canadians--I could tell you how they got there but not in an open forum. It all started with Commodore Winslow.
Thanks . Both GB and SD have risen in the last few years. GB gave uconn a run for their money in the GulF Classic.
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History of the Acadians:
The British from NE invaded Nova Scotia in 1755 or so and drove out the French. "The first wave of Acadians was rounded up in 1755 and loaded onto English ships for transport. The colonial governments responded to the arrival of the exiles with varying dismay, since the Acadians were totally destitute and initially had to depend on the state for support. In Connecticut, 400 Acadians were divided and sent to 50 different towns. The families and friends that had managed to remain together through the chaotic deportation were often split apart in the haphazard allotment to various towns.

"By November of 1755, nearly one-third of the deported Acadians [exiles forced by the British in NE to leave Nova Scotia] were landed in South Carolina, although this was not the original intention of the English officials. The government and people were alarmed by the arrival of the Acadians, and the legislature dispersed four-fifths of the exiles throughout the South Carolina parishes. The other 130 Acadians were sent to Virginia, where they obtained permission from the Governor to return to their homeland and reached the St. John River in April of 1756. Within a few years,the Governor of South Carolina also granted permission for the exiles to travel freely, and soon thereafter more than 900 Acadians reached the St. John. By 1763, only 283 Acadians were left in South Carolina.

In October of 1755, 450 Acadians were shipped from Acadia to Delaware, but were forced to move on due to a smallpox outbreak on the ships. They reached Philadelphia in December, weak with disease, hunger and cold. The people and government of Philadelphia were very nervous about dealing with the exiles after having heard a scathing report of them from the English official in charge of their deportation. The exiles lived in deplorable conditions,but were helped extensively by the Quaker population.

In New York, Acadians were received with distrust. More than 100 boys and girls travelled to New York in search of their parents, but the government indentured many of them because of the high cost of providing for them. Adults who straggled into New York were seized and the men were detained in gaols to keep them from escaping.

In other places, such as Maryland and Louisiana (at that time a French colony), the exiles were well received. Although the Acadians were not actually landed in Louisiana by the British, they were attracted to the area by the familiarity of the language and the opportunity to establish a new community. [The story I heard is the Louisiana Acadians, were those who managed to make their way to France and then immigrated to Louisiana from France] The Acadians thrived in Louisiana and their culture evolved through the centuries to become know as "Cajun". The roots of the music, customs and culture of the modern Cajuns can be easily traced to their Acadian ancestors.

The Acadian exiles arrived penniless and homeless in the colonies and experienced a wide range of success and failure in their search for families, economic security and a home. Many exiles journeyed back to Acadia, settling in what are now known as the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The exiles who remained in the colonies either blended into the "melting pot" population or gravitated toward the small pockets of Acadian communities. Others, like Evangeline, wandered endlessly from place to place in search of the love, peace, prosperity and people that they had known and loved in their homeland of Acadia."

On my trip through Nova Scotia many years ago I found the history of the french celebrated in many ways. I highly recommend the Fort Louisbourg park; and there is a park near Wolfville dedicated to Acadians and Longfellow's Evangeline
 
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CajunHusky said:
History of the Acadians:
The British from NE invaded Nova Scotia in 1755 or so and drove out the French. "The first wave of Acadians was rounded up in 1755 and loaded onto English ships for transport. The colonial governments responded to the arrival of the exiles with varying dismay, since the Acadians were totally destitute and initially had to depend on the state for support. In Connecticut, 400 Acadians were divided and sent to 50 different towns. The families and friends that had managed to remain together through the chaotic deportation were often split apart in the haphazard allotment to various towns.

"By November of 1755, nearly one-third of the deported Acadians [exiles forced by the British in NE to leave Nova Scotia] were landed in South Carolina, although this was not the original intention of the English officials. The government and people were alarmed by the arrival of the Acadians, and the legislature dispersed four-fifths of the exiles throughout the South Carolina parishes. The other 130 Acadians were sent to Virginia, where they obtained permission from the Governor to return to their homeland and reached the St. John River in April of 1756. Within a few years,the Governor of South Carolina also granted permission for the exiles to travel freely, and soon thereafter more than 900 Acadians reached the St. John. By 1763, only 283 Acadians were left in South Carolina.

In October of 1755, 450 Acadians were shipped from Acadia to Delaware, but were forced to move on due to a smallpox outbreak on the ships. They reached Philadelphia in December, weak with disease, hunger and cold. The people and government of Philadelphia were very nervous about dealing with the exiles after having heard a scathing report of them from the English official in charge of their deportation. The exiles lived in deplorable conditions,but were helped extensively by the Quaker population.

In New York, Acadians were received with distrust. More than 100 boys and girls travelled to New York in search of their parents, but the government indentured many of them because of the high cost of providing for them. Adults who straggled into New York were seized and the men were detained in gaols to keep them from escaping.

In other places, such as Maryland and Louisiana, the exiles were well received. Although the Acadians were not actually landed in Louisiana by the British, they were attracted to the area by the familiarity of the language and the opportunity to establish a new community. [The story I heard is the Louisiana, originally left Nova Scotia for France and resettled in Louisiana] The Acadians thrived in Louisiana and their culture evolved through the centuries to become know as "Cajun". The roots of the music, customs and culture of the modern Cajuns can be easily traced to their Acadian ancestors.

The Acadian exiles arrived penniless and homeless in the colonies and experienced a wide range of success and failure in their search for families, economic security and a home. Many exiles journeyed back to Acadia, settling in what are now known as the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The exiles who remained in the colonies either blended into the "melting pot" population or gravitated toward the small pockets of Acadian communities. Others, like Evangeline, wandered endlessly from place to place in search of the love, peace, prosperity and people that they had known and loved in their homeland of Acadia."

On my trip through Nova Scotia many years ago I found the history of the french celebrated in many ways. I highly recommend the Fort Louisbourg park; and there is a park near Wolfville dedicated to Acadians and Longfellow's Evangeline
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Thanks --we read the same things--it looks like.

ARcadians ---were exiled by Commodore Winslow --and rounded up French Canadian and dispersed them south ward and to the Caribbean(?) France and England- hundreds died in sunk boats and starvation--some ended up in Georgia --where they were enslaved and some made their way to New Orleans and some back to Port Royal (nova scotia)and became insurgents (minor).
Everything else is accurate. Thanks---Why were they dispossessed??
Acadia original form was A R cadia. Upper Maine , East Quebec Prov
 
BroadwayVa said:
Thanks --we read the same things--it looks like.

ARcadians ---were exiled by Commodore Winslow --and rounded up French Canadian and dispersed them south ward and to the Caribbean(?) France and England- hundreds died in sunk boats and starvation--some ended up in Georgia --where they were enslaved and some made their way to New Orleans and some back to Port Royal (nova scotia)and became insurgents (minor).
Everything else is accurate. Thanks---Why were they dispossessed??
Acadia original form was A R cadia. Upper Maine , East Quebec Prov
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I grew in New Orleans. My own heritage is French, English, Spanish and Norwegian. I just did a google search for Evangeline's story and cut and paste what I found there. You have to be very careful about your "history" because they were two very distinct interpretations on the treatment of the Acadians by the British. It is still a subject of some controversy among historians all these many years later. Your history sounds like the British version that attempted to justify enslaving the Acadians to build their fortifications in Halifax.

Acadia (French: Acadie) was a colony of New France in northeastern North America

Wikipedia: The 16th-century Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano applied the name "Arcadia" to the entire North American Atlantic coast north of Virginia. In time, this mutated to Acadia. The Dictionary of Canadian Biography says: "Arcadia, the name Verrazzano gave to Maryland or Virginia 'on account of the beauty of the trees', made its first cartographical appearance in the 1548 Gastaldo map and is the only name on that map to survive in Canadian usage. . . . In the 17th century Champlain fixed its present orthography, with the 'r' omitted, and Ganong has shown its gradual progress northwards, in a succession of maps, to its resting place in the Atlantic Provinces".

Why were they dispossessed? the simple answer is while they swore an oath of neutrality, when tensions rose between the British and the French in Cape Breton they would not swear an oath of loyalty. The British would not let them go to Cape Breton because it would strenthen the forces there so they decided to spread them throughout the colonies
 
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CajunHusky said:
I grew in New Orleans. My own heritage is French, English, Spanish and Norwegian. I just did a google search for Evangeline's story and cut and paste what I found there. You have to be very careful about your "history" because they were two very distinct interpretations on the treatment of the Acadians by the British. It is still a subject of some controversy among historians all these many years later. Your history sounds like the British version that attempted to justify enslaving the Acadians to build their fortifications in Halifax.

Acadia (French: Acadie) was a colony of New France in northeastern North America

Wikipedia: The 16th-century Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano applied the name "Arcadia" to the entire North American Atlantic coast north of Virginia. In time, this mutated to Acadia. The Dictionary of Canadian Biography says: "Arcadia, the name Verrazzano gave to Maryland or Virginia 'on account of the beauty of the trees', made its first cartographical appearance in the 1548 Gastaldo map and is the only name on that map to survive in Canadian usage. . . . In the 17th century Champlain fixed its present orthography, with the 'r' omitted, and Ganong has shown its gradual progress northwards, in a succession of maps, to its resting place in the Atlantic Provinces".

Why were they dispossessed? the simple answer is while they swore an oath of neutrality, when tensions rose between the British and the French in Cape Breton they would not swear an oath of loyalty. The British would not let them go to Cape Breton because it would strenthen the forces there so they decided to spread them throughout the colonies
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I feel like i should have my kids read this to give them a history lesson.I wonder if their World History teacher has taught them this yet?
 
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