BillikenRich wrote:CaseyGarrisonforPrez wrote:I have made this point about SLUH elsewhere but Missouri State which is 200 miles from St. Louis has a larger presence in the city than SLUH does. When we last played them in STL in 2010-2011 we had more fans in their student section than they did. And by a wide margin.
Within the last year or so they lost their softball coach to a D2 school in Georgia. That is not big time. If you want a school that has a lot of dusty men's soccer trophies from 1960, then SLUH is for you. Otherwise pick any other reasonable option.
Wow, touchy in Springfield aren't we? Southwest Missouri State didn't play at SLU last year. Do you recall why that was? Your coach reneged on a home and home and your program will never be invited back. You may have a great softball program. I've no idea. Other than the ladies actually playing the games not too many people care. Mo state fans were mistakenly given general admission seating once, a few years back. I think that about as relevant here as your basketball program is.........
We don't play anymore because we straight up owned you all. We had to rearrange our schedule for a singular season and asked for SLU to give us a one year continuance. This is when this absurd notion of us backing out came up. I don't know if it was made up by Biondi, Majerus, or the AD. Or perhaps all of them. But you know that isn't the truth. We'd gladly play anyday of the week as we have in the past. And we have won.
SLU's relevence in basketball post- Charlie Spoonhour reads like this: last season and one year when you had Larry Hughes and Kenyon Martin had the misfortune of getting hurt which gave you a CUSA tournament title. That's it. Otherwise you have been a leech doing nothing but taking from whatever conference you have been in, Great Midwest, Conference USA, Atlantic 10. I can't even remember them all because they have changed so much. Meanwhile we have been achievers in our conference. Going to Final Fours, going to the College World Series, and getting a Sweet 16 in basketball.
Yes I straight up do not like SLU. I despise them with the power of perhaps 1,000 suns. But I let logic dictate my argument for your schools merits in a supposed new Catholic conference. I do not let emotion cloud my argument. I have facts.