texas will beat them
texas will beat them
Spoken by a Duke grad here:
The whole "hate Duke" thing started because of TV... and the dorky behavior of the now-called Cameron Crazies. Yes, those kids playing up to the TV cameras are indeed dorks.
quantum wrote:
Bowdu - Thirty years ago, I was a 4:08 miler in high school - low 3:40's in 1500 in college. I went to undergrad and grad at schools the quality of Duke. I was from a poor single mother home and needed running to make my way in life. I accomplished more academically than I did in running (at least in terms of statistical rarity), and having waded through seas of rich and entitled people, I know elitists when I see them. By the way, even though I was poor, I never viewed them as elitist, even if they were. Many had tremendous private school educations, and I learned as much as I could competing with them. Made a lot of sense to me - then again, I never had the opportunity to grow up in a nice DC suburb with a secure home - so life is what you make it.
I am certain I have seen you run. Coach Ryan is a superb coach.
And your statements are laughable. Any of the top 10 schools, including the one you go to, have lots of money and elitists. Duke and your school too. At any of these places, take away the top athletes and under-represented minorities (although they tend to be well off too - the schools look for pigment rather economic diversity) - and being rich and elitist is often the norm. Neither your school nor any within any single standard deviation in scores or grades are havens for the lower to middle classes. They by and large are for the upper middle class and upper classes. The mantra indeed at competitive schools this year is that there never is a better time to be rich.
Your observations are based on anecdote and emotion, not hard evidence.
Note also my initial comments were in response to as assertion that Duke was full of rich losers. Whatever your non-empirical observations may be, they do not appear to reflect the notion that Duke students are rich losers. Duke puts out some bright people.
It is helpful in argument to rebut assertions my making direct rather then elliptical references to the issue, which frankly never was about your anecdotal observations about Duke students, but rather to risible and false notion that they are rich losers.
Even TJ'ers come across folks as smart as they are. And they certainly ought to be precise. You are young. Enjoy running, and certainly, run at least a bit faster than I did.
You are retarded.
looks like the final four is a lock since Pitt can hardly beat a 16 seed
go duke
Not Impressed wrote:
Uhhhhhhhhh, you're not exactly providing ammunition for your point. Not one engineer, science, or math major to be found on that roster either. Pretty much all SOFT liberal arts degrees.
Plumlee's an engineer....so that point goes out the window
Sweet 16 - Making it look EASY here we come NOVA, prepare to be rocked!
ONLY 4 WINS LEFT!
I guess you only have to worry about UNC getting in their way again. For the third time this season.
UNC or any team with a couple big guys > Duke.
Making it look easy? They almost blew it last night, Duke is going to have their hands full with Nova.
bump
Nova's wiping 'em out. Dukies are going home early.
Duke is softer than some #4 seeds, it's no wonder they got ass-slapped by Nova who will get anal raped by Pitt who will get f***ed sideways by UNC.
craaazy wrote:
Duke is softer than some #4 seeds, it's no wonder they got ass-slapped by Nova who will get anal raped by Pitt who will get f***ed sideways by UNC.
Nova really SUCKED against Pitt tonight! You were RIGHT
trailrunner66 wrote:
Spoken by a Duke grad here:
The whole "hate Duke" thing started because of TV....
No, the "hate Duke" thing started because the fans are often out of control and hateful. I remember rioting in College Park that was caused by some Duke fans throwing their water bottles at Terps fans at a home game. I also know of someone who had a UNC sticker on his car and when he had to go to Duke's library for some research he came out later to discover all 4 of his tires had been slashed. The Duke hate is steeped in years of Duke fans being jerks.
This is why you suck.
I highly doubt you went to the best school in the country if it was in D.C.....Andover/Exeter/Deerfield are well above any magnet school
Maryland Fans are much worse:
See: sending boozer's mom to the hospital by throwing a beer bottle at her head.