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Pataskala
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Boise weather

Posted: 12/26/2019 9:40:05 AM

FWIW, Weather Channel is calling for snow showers in Boise Tuesday and Wednesday next week, then highs in the 40s with a 20% chance of precip Thursday and Friday.

We will get by.
We will get by.
We will get by.
We will survive.

rpbobcat
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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/26/2019 9:48:55 AM

Pataskala wrote:

FWIW, Weather Channel is calling for snow showers in Boise Tuesday and Wednesday next week, then highs in the 40s with a 20% chance of precip Thursday and Friday.

As I've posted,I have a friend who is a Meteorologist for Honeywell Systems.

He says that,even with all of today's sophisticated forecasting "gadgets",

anything after about 18 hours is an "educated guess".

We flew out to Athens in November.

When we left the forecast for our return flight,2 1/2 days later, was for heavy rain,and flight delays at Newark.

The heavy rain never happened.

We were delayed.

But only because,due to decent weather,planes were waiting for gates.

Last Edited: 12/26/2019 9:52:57 AM by rpbobcat

Alan Swank
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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/26/2019 10:17:17 AM

This Athens resident's "forecast" is rather gloomy.

https://www.athensnews.com/opinion/letters/some-reservati...

mf279801
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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/26/2019 11:14:40 PM

Alan Swank wrote:

This Athens resident's "forecast" is rather gloomy.

https://www.athensnews.com/opinion/letters/some-reservati...

An ANews letter to the editor and $1.99 will get you a bucket of coffee from Speedway.

shabamon
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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/27/2019 8:06:35 AM

mf279801 wrote:

Alan Swank wrote:

This Athens resident's "forecast" is rather gloomy.

https://www.athensnews.com/opinion/letters/some-reservati...

An ANews letter to the editor and $1.99 will get you a bucket of coffee from Speedway.

I made a comment about the Athens News crowd in a topic maybe a month ago. This is what I was referencing.

Alan Swank
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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/27/2019 8:22:53 AM

shabamon wrote:

mf279801 wrote:

Alan Swank wrote:

This Athens resident's "forecast" is rather gloomy.

https://www.athensnews.com/opinion/letters/some-reservati...

An ANews letter to the editor and $1.99 will get you a bucket of coffee from Speedway.

I made a comment about the Athens News crowd in a topic maybe a month ago. This is what I was referencing.

And what exactly is the "ANews crowd?"

shabamon
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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/27/2019 8:46:12 AM

It's part misguided pissing and moaning about D1 athletics, part editorial writing in the same style as Andy Rooney at the end of 60 minutes, part combination of the two.

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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/27/2019 8:52:10 AM

Alan Swank wrote:

shabamon wrote:

mf279801 wrote:

Alan Swank wrote:

This Athens resident's "forecast" is rather gloomy.

https://www.athensnews.com/opinion/letters/some-reservati...

An ANews letter to the editor and $1.99 will get you a bucket of coffee from Speedway.

I made a comment about the Athens News crowd in a topic maybe a month ago. This is what I was referencing.

And what exactly is the "ANews crowd?"

The guy isn't wrong. My wife works for the university. We've had to live with $20,000 in pay cuts over the last two years but the football team is going to waste several hundred thousand to go to Boise. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against it and we love the football program and we both really like Frank but the university is certainly sending a mixed message here.

rpbobcat
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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/27/2019 10:14:04 AM

Tymaster wrote:

Alan Swank wrote:

shabamon wrote:

mf279801 wrote:

Alan Swank wrote:

This Athens resident's "forecast" is rather gloomy.

https://www.athensnews.com/opinion/letters/some-reservati...

An ANews letter to the editor and $1.99 will get you a bucket of coffee from Speedway.

I made a comment about the Athens News crowd in a topic maybe a month ago. This is what I was referencing.

And what exactly is the "ANews crowd?"

If its not too personal,it would help knowing what your wife does at O.U.,and what her pay cut was based on.
That would help to put that significant of a pay cut in perspective.

Last Edited: 12/27/2019 10:19:57 AM by rpbobcat

Tymaster
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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/27/2019 11:07:43 AM

She�s a PhD, not adjunct so she has office hours and classes. keep slashing her teaching hours. If you are not tenured you are paid per class. Ergo, they keep her in her office working on �retention� (students that are at risk) about 32 hours per week. Just a couple of years ago they had no problem having her in office 40 hours per week and teaching 3-4 classes per year. The numbers are just down, all over the place.

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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/27/2019 11:15:38 AM

shabamon wrote:

It's part misguided pissing and moaning about D1 athletics, part editorial writing in the same style as Andy Rooney at the end of 60 minutes, part combination of the two.

I actually felt sorry for this guy's poor persuasion skills. I assume he has a Ph.D. and can't communicate well enough to come across as any other than a whiner.

He actually has a very valid point. Administrative costs are a huge problem in higher education. He can't throw in any numbers as it relates to trade-offs? Does he make any comparison of sports with any other administrative costs? Nope.

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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/27/2019 11:55:33 AM

I feel for faculty whose pay/roles are reduced. I feel for the students whose academic experience suffers. I am not convinced that athletics is a root cause more than it is a convenient scapegoat.

Alan Swank
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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/27/2019 1:52:52 PM

shabamon wrote:

It's part misguided pissing and moaning about D1 athletics, part editorial writing in the same style as Andy Rooney at the end of 60 minutes, part combination of the two.

Are you talking about the emeitus professor who wrote the letter to the editor or the editor of the paper?

Tymaster
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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/27/2019 2:28:20 PM

shabamon wrote:

I feel for faculty whose pay/roles are reduced. I feel for the students whose academic experience suffers. I am not convinced that athletics is a root cause more than it is a convenient scapegoat.

Football and basketball are always going to be easy targets at MAC level schools because the salary to revenue ratio is out of this world. I mean, just the two head coaching salaries put the programs in the red. But, they�re necessary evils.

BuddyLee
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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/27/2019 11:08:33 PM

The bowl revenue system seems like a losing proposition for most of the MAC just based on the travel alone, but is a cost of doing business at this point in college football world. At least being the only football game on national tv that day still gives some hope of trickle down benefits with the extra eyes and advertising for the university.

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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/27/2019 11:54:07 PM

BuddyLee wrote:

From a recruiting stand point alone you can�t not take the bowl. Whatever the bowl. But the payout never covers expenses for these banana bowls.

OhioCatFan
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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/29/2019 12:55:03 AM

Tymaster wrote:

From a recruiting stand point alone you can�t not take the bowl. Whatever the bowl. But the payout never covers expenses for these banana bowls.

Weren't we in one bowl relatively recently where the payoff was at least equal to expenses? I'm fuzzy on this, but I thought that did happen once. Was it the Independence Bowl? Or, am I mistaken?

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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/30/2019 9:36:42 AM

OhioCatFan wrote:

Tymaster wrote:

From a recruiting stand point alone you can�t not take the bowl. Whatever the bowl. But the payout never covers expenses for these banana bowls.

Weren't we in one bowl relatively recently where the payoff was at least equal to expenses? I'm fuzzy on this, but I thought that did happen once. Was it the Independence Bowl? Or, am I mistaken?

After Frank�s first couple of bowls the �novelty� sort of wore off and the AD starting reigning things in.

Alan Swank
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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/30/2019 10:38:32 AM

One thing that will help with this bowl is that the entire band is not going hence a lower cost to attend.

rpbobcat
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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/30/2019 11:08:44 AM

Alan Swank wrote:

One thing that will help with this bowl is that the entire band is not going hence a lower cost to attend.

True,there is a lower cost by only sending 70 or so members of the 110.

But still disappointing to the members of the 110,especially the seniors, who
won't get to go.

Robert Fox
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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/30/2019 11:12:07 AM

Is the 110 no longer suspended?

Alan Swank
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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/30/2019 11:14:27 AM

rpbobcat wrote:

Alan Swank wrote:

One thing that will help with this bowl is that the entire band is not going hence a lower cost to attend.

True,there is a lower cost by only sending 70 or so members of the 110.

But still disappointing to the members of the 110,especially the seniors, who
won't get to go.

Quite honestly, with all of the shenanigans this year and the fact that they'll be spending New Years in Boise as opposed to with family and friends, I'm not sure too many people would actually be upset not having to go. As it is, any upperclassman who wanted to go was able to go.

rpbobcat
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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/30/2019 12:21:18 PM

Robert Fox wrote:

Is the 110 no longer suspended?

As far as I know,they are still suspended.

But,just like during the season,they can participate in events like games.

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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/30/2019 12:24:37 PM

Alan Swank wrote:

You may want to ask bobcat110 about 110 members not being upset about not being able to go to Boise.

Alan Swank
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RE: Boise weather

Posted: 12/30/2019 2:28:04 PM

rpbobcat wrote:

Alan Swank wrote:

You may want to ask bobcat110 about 110 members not being upset about not being able to go to Boise.

If they're upset about not being able to go it's probably becuase they're not getting the chance to hang out with their friends which they still can't do in Athens.

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