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    Earthquake Rocks East Coast

    I've been in Richmond, VA since 2010 and remember the 2011 earthquake well. At the time, I was an officer recruiter for the Navy, covering all of the colleges in Virginia. I was on the phone with my main contact at VMI, about 2 hours west of Richmond. He was a fellow submariner and ROTC...
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    *** Official Selection Sunday Thread ***

    Anybody watch the women's bracket reveal? They interviewed the chairwoman of that committee and the first question was why Texas over Stanford for the last #1 seed. Her answer was basically that Texas faced 3 straight tournament teams in their conference tournament and won impressively, so it...
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    Cam Lard

    Living in Virginia, I'm not able to attend many games, but I took the opportunity to go to the Myrtle Beach preseason tournament with my then-4-year-old daughter. At the end of one of the games (all wins in case you don't remember), we made our way to where the team was coming off the court and...
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    All-Time Fave One-Hit-Wonder

    I just went to an outdoor concert in September with the following lineup: Fastball, Tonic, Sugar Ray, and Gin Blossoms. It was an awesome throwback to my high school/college years. The first 3 were previously mentioned in this thread, but I don't think any of them qualify as one-hit wonders...
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    Temporary panic - ISU AD resigns (Illinois State)

    I had the same headline pop up and the same temporary panic. Not cool.
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    Greensboro Travel Planning and Sessions

    I also live in Richmond and went to Greensboro last year. As soon as we saw Greensboro pop up, I started looking at tickets. I didn't see the all-session option, but I went ahead and bought 4 tickets to each session. I'm bringing my 3 kids and leaving my wife at home to have a kid-free...
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    I had no idea…

    If any conference's regular-season champion doesn't win the tournament, they are at least guaranteed a spot in the NIT, so it's still worth something. I just looked it up to confirm my memory. When they reduced the NIT field for 2021, that didn't apply, but they restored that rule last year.
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    Idaho killings

    Even that's not enough - it wasn't even his trash. It was his parents' trash in PA, and it was his dad's DNA they recovered from it.
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    Idaho killings

    According to the affidavit, he was pulled over in August and it was noted that the PA registration was set to expire on November 30. Registering it in Washington when he did might just be a coincidence.
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    Pecan Pie

    As a native midwesterner, I had also never had sweet potato pie until a year ago. I now live in Virginia, where it's pretty popular. If you like pumpkin, you'd probably also like sweet potato. I'd say they're quite similar, but sweet potato is less firm and a bit sweeter. For the record, my...
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    Ineligible Receiver Downfield Overturned

    I'm still trying to understand the overturned penalty during the KU game, and I didn't see it discussed anywhere else. I'm not a huge "blame the refs" guy, and I don't think this one call decided the game, but the general incompetence we've seen over the last few weeks is pretty incredible, and...
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    Newton Cop going Viral

    While at ISU in the early 2000's, I had the opportunity to go with a group of about 30-40 students to the state police academy in Des Moines as volunteers. The trainees were practicing the field sobriety tests on us, and we were given various controlled amounts of alcohol so that we were all at...
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    Lost MLB ballparks

    7 Old Yankee Stadium Shea Stadium Veterans Stadium Old Busch Stadium Turner Field Pro Player Stadium (old Marlins) Ballpark in Arlington I've been to most of the current ones too, but missing a handful.
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    On That Note: The Sound of Silence

    I missed this thread the first time around, but I now that I see it I want to share a funny story. This is the first song that came to my mind for a very specific reason. When I was younger, sometime in the 90s, I detassled in the summer (like I'm sure many others did). That meant waking up...
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    Anyone going to Greensboro?

    I would be interested in suggestions for what to do with an 8-year-old girl and 6-year-old boy on Saturday and Sunday (pre-game). I haven't done any research on activities yet, but I did just book a hotel near the Four Seasons Town Centre. If you have any "must-try" restaurant suggestions, I'm...
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