"Attempt" is the operative word there.
For Your Morning Enjoyment: Vandy Board Game Thread
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Here's my advice to Vandy. If you are going to try to convince us of how smart you are, do not throw 10 consecutive fastballs to Grahovic, , and then throw another one to LaViolette. .
Also, with all their money and brain cells… the only thing they can be remotely good at is baseball?
No kidding. I'm pretty sure it took until Burton for them to figure out grooving fastballs down the middle of the plate isn't an optimal strategy.
McInnis said:DripDeW23 said:
You're right, much closer to MIT than Yale
Seriously, no. In my 40+ year career as a chemical engineer, the single most stupid engineering graduate I ever worked with was from MIT. I still remember the time when she asked me what the difference in a pump and a compressor was. She explained that MIT had a concept known as the "gentleman's B". If you were smart enough to get into MIT, you deserve to pass all your courses with at least a B.
I had a receptionist with an MIT engineering degree. She was quite book smart, but zero common sense or life skills. Plus, It's a lot easier to start a business when you have minimal student loan debt with a stem degree that you actually use. I think I won that choice.
Of course, I think her parents paid for her to go there, so she didn't really lose much I suppose…
themissinglink said:Gotta love how a private school tries to call us elitist. Other than the whistler, I've never had anything against Vandy (though the whistler is a pretty big negative). After reading that write-up, bring the hate.McInnis said:
From that preview article, in case anyone needs help getting up some Vandy hate.Pretty sure there's not one Aggie who thinks we're Yale, or wants to be.Quote:
Beyond that, another reason they suck is their unearned elitism. As an elitist, nothing rankles me more than people who have the mien of elitism without the credentials. The alumni and students of aTm literally think their school is Yale, when it is basically Arky, sans flagship status. They will talk your damned ear off about how academically great the school is, because you have to be in the top 10% in your Texas public school to get in. That would be like LSU students bragging about their brainpower because they got the 3.0 and 21 ACT score required to get a TOPS Scholarship, or Ugga students doing the same. Actually, Ugga students kind of do do this, but not to us, because they recognize they are, at best, in triple A. aTm thinks they're Yale. Seriously. Yale.
My take as someone who teaches at Vanderbilt- there are a lot of students from Texas at Vandy. Many, many of them walk around in longhorn gear.
This one single take by a person is not the representative sample of most Vanderbilt students or alumni.
What I will say is that most of the younger alumni remind me of Rice students in the 90s (I have no frame of reference on them now). They don't know how to handle success or failure in sports. They are not sports savvy; it's not socially awkward but it is sporting awkward.
Far easier to roll your eyes and ignore them. That actually makes them more mad than engaging. As they want to be important and noticed for being something other than the one awkward member of the SEC.
McInnis said:DripDeW23 said:
You're right, much closer to MIT than Yale
Seriously, no. In my 40+ year career as a chemical engineer, the single most stupid engineering graduate I ever worked with was from MIT. I still remember the time when she asked me what the difference in a pump and a compressor was. She explained that MIT had a concept known as the "gentleman's B". If you were smart enough to get into MIT, you deserve to pass all your courses with at least a B.
Sometimes I'll ask questions like that so y'all will stop inviting me to your meetings.
94chem,
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
missinAggieland said:themissinglink said:Gotta love how a private school tries to call us elitist. Other than the whistler, I've never had anything against Vandy (though the whistler is a pretty big negative). After reading that write-up, bring the hate.McInnis said:
From that preview article, in case anyone needs help getting up some Vandy hate.Pretty sure there's not one Aggie who thinks we're Yale, or wants to be.Quote:
Beyond that, another reason they suck is their unearned elitism. As an elitist, nothing rankles me more than people who have the mien of elitism without the credentials. The alumni and students of aTm literally think their school is Yale, when it is basically Arky, sans flagship status. They will talk your damned ear off about how academically great the school is, because you have to be in the top 10% in your Texas public school to get in. That would be like LSU students bragging about their brainpower because they got the 3.0 and 21 ACT score required to get a TOPS Scholarship, or Ugga students doing the same. Actually, Ugga students kind of do do this, but not to us, because they recognize they are, at best, in triple A. aTm thinks they're Yale. Seriously. Yale.
My take as someone who teaches at Vanderbilt- there are a lot of students from Texas at Vandy. Many, many of them walk around in longhorn gear.
This one single take by a person is not the representative sample of most Vanderbilt students or alumni.
What I will say is that most of the younger alumni remind me of Rice students in the 90s (I have no frame of reference on them now). They don't know how to handle success or failure in sports. They are not sports savvy; it's not socially awkward but it is sporting awkward.
Far easier to roll your eyes and ignore them. That actually makes them more mad than engaging. As they want to be important and noticed for being something other than the one awkward member of the SEC.
So this is all YOUR fault!!
Don't protect him.
It was muy.
It was muy.
I wouldn't read too much into the opinions of one mediocre writer. I've occasionally seen stupid crap like this from people calling themselves Aggies.
Exactly. People trying to get attention have to have outlandish takes to draw eyeballs. This is the basis of every terrible TV/Radio sports show host.SchizoAg said:
I wouldn't read too much into the opinions of one mediocre writer. I've occasionally seen stupid crap like this from people calling themselves Aggies.
I have 3 sons. My middle son is one of the smartest people I've ever known. 4.0 at Round Rock in all the smart AP classes. He was not accepted at Vandy or Stanford or Harvard or any other "top tier" school.
So he got a full scholarship and a stipend of like 10k a year to go to Tech. He graduates in May with a computer science degree, a job paying him 100k minimum and a lot of money in the bank.
He wanted to go to Stanford, which would have cost 60k a year. So glad he wasn't accepted at a "prestigious" school where they just take your money and teach wokeness.
So he got a full scholarship and a stipend of like 10k a year to go to Tech. He graduates in May with a computer science degree, a job paying him 100k minimum and a lot of money in the bank.
He wanted to go to Stanford, which would have cost 60k a year. So glad he wasn't accepted at a "prestigious" school where they just take your money and teach wokeness.
In what way? I don't discuss academic superiority with students. I simply observe.
The students do know I went to and support A&M.
This is what one of my students texted me last night:
The students do know I went to and support A&M.
This is what one of my students texted me last night:
What's funny is that I worked with an engineer who played football at MIT (fun fact - they have a football team) and our joke about him was that even MIT has to have C students in order for the law of averages to hold true. I don't know what his actual GPA was but he also asked a ton of really basic, almost surreal questions. It makes me want to go ask his hiring manager if he had an inflated GPA that led to his hire.
StinkyPinky said:Right. This surprised me. We've literally have had zero history with Vandy to warrant such disgust and hate. Have had zero reason to dislike their fan base. But they apparently have all lived or have relatives in Austin. I guess now I got to hate them too.themissinglink said:Gotta love how a private school tries to call us elitist. Other than the whistler, I've never had anything against Vandy (though the whistler is a pretty big negative). After reading that write-up, bring the hate.McInnis said:
From that preview article, in case anyone needs help getting up some Vandy hate.Pretty sure there's not one Aggie who thinks we're Yale, or wants to be.Quote:
Beyond that, another reason they suck is their unearned elitism. As an elitist, nothing rankles me more than people who have the mien of elitism without the credentials. The alumni and students of aTm literally think their school is Yale, when it is basically Arky, sans flagship status. They will talk your damned ear off about how academically great the school is, because you have to be in the top 10% in your Texas public school to get in. That would be like LSU students bragging about their brainpower because they got the 3.0 and 21 ACT score required to get a TOPS Scholarship, or Ugga students doing the same. Actually, Ugga students kind of do do this, but not to us, because they recognize they are, at best, in triple A. aTm thinks they're Yale. Seriously. Yale.
Since 90% of his "hate" involves the word milkman, I'd bet my whole paycheck that his opinion has been completely formed from his time spent on the internet. I'd be shocked if he's ever cast a shadow in College Station, or even Central Texas.
Just a joke. That angry face was just for comedic intensity.
That joke is that the "author" is a product of that school and you teach at that school. ... therefore his inability to create and relay even a cromulent thought is therefore your fault.
That joke is that the "author" is a product of that school and you teach at that school. ... therefore his inability to create and relay even a cromulent thought is therefore your fault.
Every time I hear Vanderbilt, I still think of sh*tty, fat azz mom jeans.
missinAggieland said:themissinglink said:Gotta love how a private school tries to call us elitist. Other than the whistler, I've never had anything against Vandy (though the whistler is a pretty big negative). After reading that write-up, bring the hate.McInnis said:
From that preview article, in case anyone needs help getting up some Vandy hate.Pretty sure there's not one Aggie who thinks we're Yale, or wants to be.Quote:
Beyond that, another reason they suck is their unearned elitism. As an elitist, nothing rankles me more than people who have the mien of elitism without the credentials. The alumni and students of aTm literally think their school is Yale, when it is basically Arky, sans flagship status. They will talk your damned ear off about how academically great the school is, because you have to be in the top 10% in your Texas public school to get in. That would be like LSU students bragging about their brainpower because they got the 3.0 and 21 ACT score required to get a TOPS Scholarship, or Ugga students doing the same. Actually, Ugga students kind of do do this, but not to us, because they recognize they are, at best, in triple A. aTm thinks they're Yale. Seriously. Yale.
My take as someone who teaches at Vanderbilt- there are a lot of students from Texas at Vandy. Many, many of them walk around in longhorn gear.
This one single take by a person is not the representative sample of most Vanderbilt students or alumni.
What I will say is that most of the younger alumni remind me of Rice students in the 90s (I have no frame of reference on them now). They don't know how to handle success or failure in sports. They are not sports savvy; it's not socially awkward but it is sporting awkward.
Far easier to roll your eyes and ignore them. That actually makes them more mad than engaging. As they want to be important and noticed for being something other than the one awkward member of the SEC.
Needs Nerds Nerds!
MF'er has miles to go to even approach the right field foul line of my hate for the teasips or the coonasses. He needs to go home and try to elevate his level of hate for Tennessee before anyone would thing he has excess hate for usAggieBand2004 said:StinkyPinky said:Right. This surprised me. We've literally have had zero history with Vandy to warrant such disgust and hate. Have had zero reason to dislike their fan base. But they apparently have all lived or have relatives in Austin. I guess now I got to hate them too.themissinglink said:Gotta love how a private school tries to call us elitist. Other than the whistler, I've never had anything against Vandy (though the whistler is a pretty big negative). After reading that write-up, bring the hate.McInnis said:
From that preview article, in case anyone needs help getting up some Vandy hate.Pretty sure there's not one Aggie who thinks we're Yale, or wants to be.Quote:
Beyond that, another reason they suck is their unearned elitism. As an elitist, nothing rankles me more than people who have the mien of elitism without the credentials. The alumni and students of aTm literally think their school is Yale, when it is basically Arky, sans flagship status. They will talk your damned ear off about how academically great the school is, because you have to be in the top 10% in your Texas public school to get in. That would be like LSU students bragging about their brainpower because they got the 3.0 and 21 ACT score required to get a TOPS Scholarship, or Ugga students doing the same. Actually, Ugga students kind of do do this, but not to us, because they recognize they are, at best, in triple A. aTm thinks they're Yale. Seriously. Yale.
Since 90% of his "hate" involves the word milkman, I'd bet my whole paycheck that his opinion has been completely formed from his time spent on the internet. I'd be shocked if he's ever cast a shadow in College Station, or even Central Texas.
I'm not gonna give him a "good game pat on the butt" for this BS
I had to google the word "cromulent" Blue star for you sir.Sean98 said:
Just a joke. That angry face was just for comedic intensity.
That joke is that the "author" is a product of that school and you teach at that school. ... therefore his inability to create and relay even a cromulent thought is therefore your fault.
Vandy by all accounts is a great University.
I'm going to be repetitive here , don't you mean score a single run ?
"I didn't come here to lose!" Charley Moran
its high time they are removed from the SEC. not even a cultural fit anymore
Did he just show up at Tceh and enroll in Lubbock? Because nobody applies to those other schools and then tceh. Unless Georgia Tech? Confusedsnowdog90 said:
I have 3 sons. My middle son is one of the smartest people I've ever known. 4.0 at Round Rock in all the smart AP classes. He was not accepted at Vandy or Stanford or Harvard or any other "top tier" school.
So he got a full scholarship and a stipend of like 10k a year to go to Tech. He graduates in May with a computer science degree, a job paying him 100k minimum and a lot of money in the bank.
He wanted to go to Stanford, which would have cost 60k a year. So glad he wasn't accepted at a "prestigious" school where they just take your money and teach wokeness.
Thinking they may be a little uptight about the thought of being "relegated" a la the Euro soccer leagues in the new superconference model many are projecting. They've been coasting along for way too long with their protected SEC status, sucking up the revenue dollars while contributing nothing but baseball. If the superconference model comes to fruition and there really is a relegation component, they're right on the cut line on day one
I believe there's a benefit to having one private school in your conference.
Let's check in on our Vandy friends again this morning…
Message board poster wants to fire a legendary coachQuote:That would be the best case scenario.Quote:
Let's salvage a win tomorrow.
Next up would be to score one or more run(s).
Third choice would be to get shut out again but by not close to mercy rule territory.
If get to choice #4, the phrase "how much is the buyout" can be invoked.
Finding the bright side of itQuote:
Vandy leads the nation in strikeouts on players hit by pitches. So it aint all bad.
Nm, missing link best me to it.
Someone check on Andrew VU 04'
A couple of my favorites from todays Vandy thread (on Vandymania)
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This is the first time I've A&M this year, and if this is weekend is their normal level of play, then that's the best college baseball team I've seen since 2019 Vanderbilt. Vandy got SMOKED!
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I have a theory that they have figured out how to juice the bats with them still able to pass inspection. I watch a ton of baseball, and exit velos for the teams that are mashing are higher than the major league average while the teams that are not putting up insane numbers are generating more normal exit velos. I would say 75% or more of the Power 5 teams are using said bats.
Holcomb, who has hit 2 of the longest balls I have ever seen went 107 and 108. Just this weekend, A&M has hit 15 plus balls over 110. If the announcers are not fudging the numbers. UT, Georgia and Florida hit 110 plus regularly
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There goes the season. We suck. That HR doesn't matter. Aggies demolished us this weekend.
See. Other schools have cliff jumpers too.
Bless their hearts
From AoG, Sat game thread.
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Well ***** Grahovac with another monster dong. 1-0 aTm.
AoG, Sunday thread
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Li'l Travis Chestnut gets on with a HPB. He will later be singing open mic at a local College Station country bar
Came here for board games. Was disappointed. Instructions unclear.
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