Milca: ‘Mahalo and aloha’

On this day:
– Miami Dolphins Jake Long turns 24
– Future MLB Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn turns 49
– Billy Joel turns 60
– Henry J Kaiser builder of the Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam, and founder of Henry J. Kaiser High School was born in 1882
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– 15 years ago Nelson Mandela was named President of South Africa
With that I’ll leave you with a tune from Aswad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCLRK884LKA

Wow. Top 5!

Pisa handled his release with class.

Linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa bid a gracious adieu to the Rams after being released Friday.

“I really like the direction they’re going,” he said. “Because the team wasn’t winning, you knew this year was going to be different, and a lot of faces would be different. I didn’t really honestly think it would involve me. But the change is here, it’s come, and I think it’s a good change. If something isn’t working, you’ve got to figure things out.”

“They thought I was too good to be a backup,” Tinoisamoa said. “I’m getting paid too much to be a backup. They had brought that up earlier in the week, so (being released) wasn’t a total surprise.”

The NY Times rates Utah State #115, which means that 3 of the 6 lowest rated teams are in the WAC…the bottom 3 of the WAC is lower rated than the bottom of *any* other conference. I hope that all 3 improve quickly, which would earn the WAC some needed respect.

High point: Utah State’s 30-14 win over Hawaii was their first over an F.B.S team with a non-losing record since a 32-30 win over New Mexico State (then 6-3) in 2002.

Players to watch: The most pleasant surprise on last year’s team – outside of the three WAC wins – was the play of the junior quarterback Diondre Borel, who led the team in both passing (1,705 yards and 11 touchdowns) and rushing (632 yards). Borel played very sparingly as a freshman, not attempting a pass and rushing for 10 yards on five carries. Borel, whose best game came in Utah State’s win over Hawaii (223 yards passing, 87 yards rushing), was one of only seven quarterbacks in the country to lead his team in both passing and rushing yards.

Position battle to watch: With the majority of their starters and contributors returning from last year’s team, there are not many positions open to competition.

Hi Garret and dj!

How is the weather for you guys? Cool morning here but it is going to warm up nicely through the day. Yeah!

wafan,
yes, its a brisk morning, but looking for sun and a nice afternoon. It’s supposed be even nicer tomorrow

❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ G 😀 😀 D..Morning..Tsaikos..and..Warrior..Nation!!! ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀

ST – Thank you for posting Tanisha Milca‘s journal entry. I didn’t see it in the on-line HA this morning. I guess they ran out of space? I think we’re all going to miss this class of senior players… 🙁 😀 🙄

Re: Pisa – Wow… 220# is awfully light and may explain some of the miss tackles I’ve seen, and his being somewhat injury prone. The NFL is a high impact game. Momentum is key. Momentum = velocity (speed) X Mass!!! 😯 🙄 😯

C-Ya! Mr. C – 😳 I guess I won’t but have a terrific day and lots of fun at tonight’s KK! 😀 😯 😆

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Good to see Frank n Rob25 last nite.

Can’t wait to see our Ohana tonite!

Morning/afternoon, Tsaiko-Nation and Tsai-Meister.

Well, Summer has arrived in Florida. Already 92F by 11 am. At least the daily afternoon thunderstorms are not here yet.

I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for football. Everthing else seems just like passing time.

michelle wie is 1 over thru 10 holes and t25 currently at 4 under total
lorena ochoa leads by 1 at 14 under total.

30?

Howzit Florida Ted!!!!

cohana 😀

Good Morning Tsaikos!!

Looking forward to Karaoke tonight but first need to hack it up on the golf course. See you guys later.

brew808………

Just awesome!!! Makes me smile everytime!

Stretch…..das fine, just no come saying you drank too much already!!!

Heard that one already……

Close enuf…. Everyone have a most excellent day and party hardy (and safely) at tonight’s KK!!! 😆 😯 😆

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~~•~~~~•~~~~•~ ★ ★ ★ Go WARRIORS!!! ★ ★ ★ ~•~~~~•~~~~•~~

Hey- HI TED!!!

Mahalo to ST or whomever adjusted the blog numbers last night.

It REALLY feels like Warrior season now!!! 500+ entries!

A-Joe… we have out Tsai-ko priorities, eh?

kope for real now…

Thanks ST for posting Milca’s entry.

It’s hard to go out on a note like that for the senior members of any team, but nothing can compare to the entire “body of work” over their careers.

They’ll get over it and the senior members of the team will now move forward and UP-ward with their lives and the returning Rainbow Wahine will only be hungrier for another shot again in 2010!!!

GO WAHINE!!!

lizk just had my first kope made with fresh grains from KAUAI so ono

50 babe

Great Morning All!

Nice entry by Tanisha Milca. Very good to read her attitude of gratitude; obviously she’s a winner no matter the result of this season. Although I don’t include myself as one of the Wahine Softball faithful, I want to extend a Mahalo to Tanisha and all her Senior sisters for their contributions to the UHAD and hope they will move forward and use the education they received to its best use.

….obviously, I’ve already had lots of kope! 😆

RIP Chuck Daly.

Kazz: Braddah…you working today again?? Sheesh! Tell your division VP Colomaohana said, “Take it easy….”

Big C,

I “go” erryday…usually in the morning… 🙄

Colomaohana,

(sighs…) Unfortunately it’s not even his call! 😆

Koakane
Yes. Wessai is peaceful today. Hope it stays that way. No can work late so got to regulate.

d1: I guess appreciating simple things like that comes with age, huh??????!!! hehe…

mistah C no porget to mark down the check points and make copies so we can arrive bwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

d1島: Big C, I “go” erryday…usually in the morning

kden wiping off kope from da computa after roflmfao

Big C,

When it becomes the highlight of the day, then you’ve got a problem!

kk: I KNOW THE CHECKPOINTS!!

$50/per copy….

Eh..we gotta pay tuition SOMEHOW, right???

I guess can charge. But if koakane can get us DE to maoanalua, he is free.

Good morning to all Tsaikos near and far!

Looking for Torrance Dude to contact us at ahousefamilyatyahoodotcom. We are still holding your prize from 2008 football season. If no hear from you by 5/16/09, we will give it back to ST for a future contest.

eh mr. C how come you like tour keed go to the moanalua garden bwhaaaaa

opps tour=your

congrats to wahine softballers Julie Franklin and Clare Warrick for making all- american academic team also to water polo and tennis warrior/wahines for their triumphs in their tourny’s…………..go get’um gangie’s

Koakane
Because statistics show that great people come from that area.
ha ha ha ha ha.
Nah fo real.

Increase da peace gang.
Peace i’m out.

Always wondered amount of $$$ received by school from a bowl game.

Paper says Sugar Bowl payout is $14,000,000. How much does each school receive?

Schools that grumble about “losing” money on a Bowl game – it is totally under their control on who goes and $$$ spent – have absolutely NO sympathy for schools who bring the “world” and grumble on losing $$$.

michelle wie shot 2 over 73 is t28 after round 3 at 3 under total.
co leaders lindsey wright and cristie kerr are at 15 under total
wie did not hit her irons close to the hole and could not make any 20-35 foot putts like she did yesterday.

koakane™:

May 9th, 2009 at 9:38 am
congrats to wahine softballers Julie Franklin and Clare Warrick for making all- american academic team also to water polo and tennis warrior/wahines for their triumphs in their tourny’s…………..go get’um gangie’s

NA WAHINE REPRESENT AGAIN!!!

On da field and off da field, they continue to make UH and the fans proud!

from hawaiiathletics.com:

5/9/2009 8:50:27 AM

HONOLULU – Two University of Hawai`i softball players were named to the CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 8 team announced by CoSIDA. Seniors Julie Franklin and Clare Warwick were both selected to the district’s second-team.

Franklin, a shortstop from Temple City, Calif., carries a 3.96 grade point average and will be graduating next week with a degree in psychology. She the only player in UH history, other Warwick, to earn the award twice. Franklin is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa and has been an National Fastpitch Coaches Association, WAC, and UH Scholar-Athlete every season of her career. She has been the top student-athlete for the softball team the past three years. This season, Franklin appeared in 36 games and hit .235 overall with three doubles and three home runs.

Warwick, a third baseman from Canberra, Australia, carries a 3.89 grade point average and will graduate in December 2009 with a degree in Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science. She is the only Rainbow Wahine to ever be selected to the CoSIDA District 8 team three times (2007, ’08, ’09). Warwick has started 220 consecutive games for Rainbow Wahine and earned All-WAC honors for the third straight year earlier this week. In her career, Warwick is second all-time in UH histoyr with 159 runs scored and third in hits with 138.

Only six other Rainbow Wahine have ever earned the prestigious honor: Tracy Loo (1992), Joyce Lum (1998), Stacie Hirano (2002), Kate Judd (2002), Tracie Uchima (2004), and Brandi Peiler (2008). Last year was the first time in program history that three players were selected in one season (Franklin, Peiler, and Warwick).

In order to be nominated for Academic All-District and All-America honors, a player must be a starter or significant reserve, must have a 3.30 cumulative grade-point average and must have completed at least one full academic year at her institution. Voting is done by member of CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America).

Is football the only sport in which staying at a hotel the night before a home game is traditional? What other sports do this?

Here is a slightly old article about bowl payouts.

the Texas Bowl is paying Kansas State $750,000, according to Bob Burda of the Big 12. Its opponent, Rutgers, is getting $500,000, according to Nick Carparelli of the Big East. In the past, bowls had to guarantee at least $750,000. Now they negotiate with conferences.

The Hawaii Bowl, for example, is paying $398,000 to the Pacific-10 for Arizona State’s appearance. But the bowl is requiring teams to guarantee only 1,200 tickets, according to Pac-10 spokesman Jim Muldoon, instead of thousands more as in the past.

How is the weather for you guys?

wafan,

Sorry I didn’t answer your question this morning, but I took my kids to their sports class this morning. My girls had their first football class this morning and it was really cute to watch them learn some skills and run around for an hour!

Our weather report is pretty consistent right now: the next 7 days are supposed to have a high of 72, low around 60, with morning clouds because we are near the ocean. Inland gets up to the high 70s or low 80s.

I’m sad to report that my girls said they like soccer more than football. Faith had soccer (AYSO) last year so she is much more comfortable with it than football, which I’m sure is a factor. At least my kids are learning the rules (from me) and getting some experience with football skills, so hopefully they will attend Warrior games with me in the future!

(Sorry, LizK) GO MARYKNOLL!!! Wish I could go to the game to see them play Kaua’i today, but gotta get ready for the KK for Frank.

Congratulations to the graduating seniors of the Wahine SB team! Good luck in your next endeavors. Hope to make more SB games next season.

Thanks ST and Garret for your responses to my bowl payout ?

Let me rephase my question. If bowl payout is $14,000,000 – does each school receive $14,000,000 or do they split the $14,000,000?

addaknowjoe,

just wanted to acknowledge ur goodmorning….sorry bro, just checked backin for a few moments…have a wonderful evening everybody…going to have my dinner, laters.

addaknowjoe,

just wanted to acknowledge ur goodmorning….sorry bro, just checked backin for a few moments…have a wonderful evening everybody…going to have my dinner, laters.
somethin gone wacky with this site..says I already said what I’m trying to post?????

A-House,

For the Big East, it looks like making a BCS bowl is worth about a million more than making another big bowl game.

The Big East pays schools that make a bowl game on a tiered basis, with a BCS game worth $2.4 million, the second bowl $1.6 million, the third $1.3 million and the fourth and fifth $1.1 million. “We just take all our bowl money, put it together, and we distribute it fairly,” said associate commissioner Nick Carparelli, adding that the league wants to make sure schools can cover their expenses.

Franklin earns a 3.96 gpa and UH honors her with Phi Beta Kapppa and she’s only second team!..she must have had one B+ and the rest A’s. but she’s giving up psychology to enter Culinary School, someday we’ll she her in the company of Emeril, the iron chef, etc…good luck Julie.

rainbows 10-6 bottom 6…whew.

Will the lead hold?

13-6 ‘Bows, Top 7

Ralph:

May 9th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Franklin earns a 3.96 gpa and UH honors her with Phi Beta Kapppa and she’s only second team!..she must have had one B+ and the rest A’s. but she’s giving up psychology to enter Culinary School, someday we’ll she her in the company of Emeril, the iron chef, etc…good luck Julie.

One of my last semesters at Manoa, I had something along those lines.

But it was more like one “B” and the rest “A…..Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! WHAT THE HELL???!!!!????” 😆

is the game in suspension? what’s the score?

Ralph,

Got ray-jyo?

thanks, 8 run lead should hold..got to take two games.

1 sec to go, carter and nuggets up by 1 with mavs possession.

Walk.

Next batter dbls.

on at 2nd and 3rd

Go A.C.!

2 run dinger

from Twitter

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made Mothers—Jewish Proverb

K!

😀

Tanisha Milca is a great role model for girls of all ages. She’s a hard worker on and off the field and she is a woman of great character. I wish her the best as continues on to the next phase in her life. Thank you and good luck, Tanisha!

10-4, wafan!

but the tall guys must have game, got to dig and pass from the back line like Irvine and USC. USC hitting .386 while Irvine is at .321…excellent play.

Irvine rolling in game 4, 21-11

Mark Presho is an assistant coach at UC Irvine

A-House,

The exact payout that UH got from the Sugar Bowl was: $4,385,555. Looking up stuff like that easily is one of the benefits of my blog. Like CRW says, the difference between the Sugar Bowl payout and the money the WAC got was the money that went to the other non-BCS conferences. CRW is also correct when he said that San Diego State got about $150k from that Sugar Bowl money (I remember posting that article). Each WAC team got a similar amount of money from Utah’s trips to BCS bowls.

From everything I’ve read, each team *does* pay an equal share for their WAC dues. However, each team gets the same amount of money from the NCAA basketball money and the ESPN TV money–no matter what school actually earned the money for the conference, it is split evenly among all conference schools. The financial incentives you are hoping for are sadly not there…UH even *loses* money when it goes to the Hawaii Bowl! When BSU chose to play in the Poinsettia Bowl and the Hawaii Bowl instead of their home bowl, it lost a lot of money for the conference (lower Humanitarian Bowl attendance revenue)…and UH shared equally in those losses with the rest of the WAC schools.

I like the way the Big 12 splits up their TV money–TV appearances give a big bonus to the schools, so there is a big financial incentive for teams to do well enough for TV to want to show them. ESPN loves UH and BSU, but UH and BSU get the same amount of money from TV that Utah State and Idaho get! Old contracts did have some financial incentive for schools that moved home games away from Saturday (kind of like an “inconvenience fee”), but I’m not sure that the current deal has that. I’m hoping that there isn’t the same deal now because UH is playing off-Saturday road games and BSU vetoed a Friday game at Aloha Stadium.

second title in 3 years, Irvine in on a roll in vb and baseball with sperew and Gilliespie…good coach can make the difference…they go out a get good players and make them better.

congrats to UC Irvine,

great match 🙂

Satele is not playing tonight. That sucks

Dang, Alexander is going to throw the game…literally and figuratively! 👿

5-4 Hawaii

Ryan Morford broke the homerun record with a two run HR in the 2nd! He’s tricky!

Sac State beat Nevada twice in doubleheader so now statistically ahead of Hawaii and they will be tied if Hawaii wins.

Top of the fifth, Ralph.

Vinnie has another RBI double off the wall centerfield.

Bows have 5 doubles and HR in this game.

I know…mih. So at least I am able to listen on my digital cable…channel 884.

Hawaii is ahead 9-4 bottom of the fifth…but not a safe lead by any means!!

GO BOWS!! BEAT TE BULLDOGS!!

Thanks Brew, but for the first three to four innings it was stuck on the first game stats.

You sure you aren’t coming to the KK?? 😉

**I doubt that I could beat Liz’s record for consecutive unbroken posts!!**

Will be interesting to see the updated WAC standings after the conclusion of this game.

CRW – Yes it will, but we will still have to wait until next weekend is through to see how it all shakes out.

Good thing that I have my WAC tourney tickets already!

I’m ready for Blake and Devon…or at least listening to Stretch have “conversations” with them! 😯 🙄 😯

11-5 ‘Bows, Top 7.

Keep in mind the second game is a 7-inning match.

Garret & CRW:

Mahalos for your very insightful explanations into how the “bowl” $$$ are divided amongst all the football teams across the country.

I’m sure it does help the smaller schools that have NO chance in going to a bowl game.

Perhaps the day will come when the WAC can send 5-7 schools every year to a bowl game increasing the “coffers” for each school in the conference.

Aiyah, I forgot to update the percentages. Let me try again:

Team………………………..Record……Pct…..Home…..Away…..Streak
San Jose State………….11-6……….647……6-2 …….5-4……..W4
Louisiana Tech………….11-9………550……5-3……..6-6……..W6
Nevada………………………9-9……….500……4-6……..5-3………L5
Hawai‘i……………………..11-12…….478……6-6……..4-6……..W2
New Mexico State………9-10………474……5-6……..4-4………L3
Sacramento State………8-9……….471……3-3……..5-6……..W3
Fresno State………………8-12……..400…….6-5……..2-6……..L2

whoa… 15 – 5 Bows still top of the 7th.

Bows gotta close it out now… three outs away from another road win and two in a row towards a come back.

Winnah winnah chicken dinnah.

15-6 Bows.

If I did the number crunching correctly with the WAC Baseball situation, I think the doubleheader sweep by the ‘Bows have secured them a berth in the WAC Tournament.

Yea Bows!

Thanks for the VB update.

Yay, BaseBows!

Keep it up!!!

Funny about the poi. Were they afraid it was going to pop and make the inside of the plane sticky?

The WAC’d tournament should be a good one if the BaseBows are peaking.

But 200!

Dinner was at the Chinese Super Buffet. Yum.

wafan,

I suspect everyone’s at Frank25’s R&R Party.

CRW . . .

Thank goodness you are here. The echoing and the voices . . .

Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

The Paralysis is setting in. Maybe I will be back later tonight. If not, see you all tomorrow!

Looking forward to photos from Frank’s KK!!!

I’m outta here for a little bit.

Whoooooosh!!!!!!

Wafan. Loaded up and ready fly!

Free play link time. Please ignore my next 5 posts if you do not want to read the off-topic stuff.

The Four Corners is a famous and popular tourist spot because it is supposed to be where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona meet (the only place in the US where 4 state boundaries come together)…unfortunately, the current monument is actually 2.5 miles west of where it should be and all of those tens of thousands of tourists and millions spent on the monument were at the wrong spot.

Bank robber stuffed the money he got into his pants…when the exploding dye hidden with the money went off, the robber had to be sent to the hospital for burns to his private area.

I think that it is really cool that astronomers are now able to find smaller planets, and that they have discovered a new class of planets called ocean planets that could be hospitable for life.

Quick congrats to the Baseball Bows- whew! See you in the WAC Tourney baby!
Aloha

garret,
dangit, so you’re telling me my butt wasn’t on the real 4 corners?!?!?
too bad, i’m going to tell everyone it was!
heh.

Krazy Karaoke is ROCKIN!
Congrats to Stephen who was voted #2 BEST of the BEST journalist!

Tiger is Houdini.
Just when you think you have seen it all from the world’s best golfer….Tiger Woods continues to amaze.
Today was not his best day dispite stiching together 5 birdies, Woods added 3 bogeys.

His birdie on the Par 4, 6th, ran 47’10” from one end of the green to another and took several routes to get there.
Just a regular spectacular shot.

His most incredible feat, however, was a bogey on the 11th.
Even then, it was simply incredible because it invloved a series of 4 consecutive shots with a mirror.

Tiger teed-off the 558 yard, Par-5,11th, hooking his ball 283 yards wide-left over the rough and into the native trees.
His ball came to rest against a tree and tightly nudged-up against the right-side of its trunk.
Woods calmly, took out an iron, spun it around, and hit as a lefty, driving it 112 y to the right intermediate rough where a big oak tree blocked any straight approach to the green.
So, he hit it trying a cut-shot around the tree over the water hazards and fell short just left.
His ball traveled 173 y to the left rough 37 yards from the hole.
His lye was horrible and the ball couldnt be seen in the thick grass.
He miraculousily powered the ball 42 yards to the green but the sun had tried its surface and the ball raced by the flag to the edge of the green and trickled down a slope and into a drain, below the green and 18′ from the hole.
So, with wedge, he pitches to within 8″ and taps in for a most remarkable bogey.
In all, Tiger made 4 incredible shots involving improvisation with his club, switched to lefty, made a cut-shot around a tree, powered out of thick-grass on a slope where his ball was not visible and pitched a shot from a drain below the green to within 8″ of the hole….yikes!!

ST!…I can’t laugh anymore or any harder! The room is rockin’ and there’s no way out!

Good Evening Tsaikos still awake –

Mrs. A-House reporting in…just left a still-rockin’ KK for Frank 25…and what a rip-roaring good time is going on until they close down the place.

– First, we bid a fond farewell to Ku’uleialoha Patton. Attended a beautiful memorial Celebration of Life at Palama Settlement hall. Pomai sends his love to all Tsaikos for their loving thoughts and prayers.

– SJMacro – You are one of our precious Tsaiko jewels. Photodocumenting Ku’uleialoha’s service for Pomai is a beautiful gift of love.

– Now for some funny observations…

– Frank25 – It was a pleasure to finally meet you, hug you, give you a lil’ kiss, too. Please excuse me if I seemed to hover around you more than I should have, and also find excuses to hug you more times than I should have. Perhaps it was that oh-so good smelling cologne your wife bought you. You’re good looking, but when you smell good too…that takes you over the top! Welcome home!…and enjoy your brief respite with family and friends.

– Rob25 – You’re “one in a million” indeed. Thanks for coordinating a really fun evening.

– Stretch – What is it about you that brings Tsaikos to their feet, cheering you on like some kind of celebrity every time you enter the room…not only the first time, but the second and third. Rumor is he wants to run for public office.

– Mr. C – Thanks for watching the “mens” restroom door as I did my business in a mad rush in the “mens” restroom. Hey…only get one toilet and every wahine knows takes three times as long for a kane to go then one wahine. Just don’t flash your badge at me again. I promise to keep these “incidents” to a minimum. No forget now…secret phrase…”meet at Ritchie’s”…LOL

– Hawaiian Bod – So happy to finally meet you…and equally happy that you finally got your prize from last football season. Mahalo for signing my book.

– J – Hope you got some nice pics of ST with his cake. Your camera equipment looks so “professional”, I thought you were one of the HA’s photographs paid to cover ST’s big celebration…

– Mrs. Kekoa – You looked stunning this evening. I could feel your power and well-being returning to normal, and that made me very, very happy. Continue to take good care until all is well again.

– A-House – I tried to dance with you as Pride sang “One in a Million” for Frank 25 and Rob25, but you didn’t hug me back, so that’s why I went up to “group hug” dance with the star couple. It’s fun to stuff $$ down the front of a lovely wahine…even though I’m also a wahine.

– Koa Mahu – I felt your presence at the KK tonight. I know you are about ready to “come out of the closet” very, very soon. Girl/guy/it…just do it!

– ST – And finally, a genuine heart-felt congratulatory hug (( )) to you, ST. You are the one and only #1 journalist in A-House ohana’s opinion. It is not right to lump columnists and sports writers/editors in one category of “journalist”. Congratulations to Lee Cataluna for winning first place this year, but next year, let’s not mix apples and oranges.

Good Night Everybody…A-House, Midori7 and I had a fun evening with special friends…

BowsForever:
I don’t think the ‘Bows have been knocked out of an at-large berth……….yet. I do think they’re still on the fringe, though, and will be more closely scrutinized by the selection committee once the automatic berths have been filled.

With the Fresno series accounted for, Warren Nolan has the ‘Bows RPI at 33. Not bad, but I think we’ll be competing with Texas State and College of Charleston for one of the last at-large bids. I think the ‘Bows will have to go deep into the WAC Tournament to make their resume more appealing for an at-large.

Of course, all this assumes we take care of business against a bad Utah Valley team. Split/lose that series and I think our chances for an at-large will definitely be gone by then, regardless of how far they get in the WAC Tournament.

Win the WAC Tournament and this at-large talk is all for not.

Mrs. A-House — Thanks for the report from the KK!

Going to sleep for good. Whooooooosh!!!!!!!!