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Post by FloridaPerson on Sept 29, 2004 10:39:31 GMT -5
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Post by Dante on Sept 29, 2004 10:41:50 GMT -5
Wait, what movie?
I thought this was referring to LBSU which of course I know would be a typo, since LBSU is fantastic! Back me up on this west coasters and people who have actually been there! Actually the pyramid looks really cool but people tell me the surrounding area is ghetto, like USC.
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Post by TheSantaBarbarian on Sept 29, 2004 11:09:52 GMT -5
Wait, what movie? I thought this was referring to LBSU which of course I know would be a typo, since LBSU is fantastic! Back me up on this west coasters and people who have actually been there! Actually the pyramid looks really cool but people tell me the surrounding area is ghetto, like USC. Ah jeeze, duck and cover. Here comes sdb with his 5,762 valedictorians.
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Post by Sweatbox on Sept 29, 2004 11:29:54 GMT -5
Wait, what movie? I thought this was referring to LBSU which of course I know would be a typo, since LBSU is fantastic! Back me up on this west coasters and people who have actually been there! Actually the pyramid looks really cool but people tell me the surrounding area is ghetto, like USC. Not true. The surrounding area is a very nice and quiet residential area. Middle class neighborhood across from the Pyramid to the north (Misty May lives there), upper middle class to very expensive homes across the streets bordering the east and west of campus. Expensive condos to the south. There are bad areas in Long Beach, but they are north of downtown, several miles west of campus. Best of all, SantaBarbarian DOESN'T live there. (For that matter, niether does Beachman) I think the area around USC gets a bad rap as well. It still may not be great, but it's improved a lot over the last decade.
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Post by BonJoeV on Sept 29, 2004 11:40:52 GMT -5
Call me a Poo Poo Head... But beach volleyball stinks compared to indoor. Now it's somebody's great idea to market the sport by doing a reality show? Oh pleease, spare me the details.
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Post by TheSantaBarbarian on Sept 29, 2004 11:42:59 GMT -5
Call me a Poo Poo Head... Okay, you're a poo poo head. ;D
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Post by TheSantaBarbarian on Sept 29, 2004 11:51:13 GMT -5
"Best of all, SantaBarbarian DOESN'T live there. "
Well, there is something we can agree on. ;D
BTW: CSULB now has something in common with south-central Florida. Since Frances and Jeanne, you are both beachless. ;D
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Post by sonofbarcelonabob on Sept 29, 2004 13:05:38 GMT -5
I don't know why they picked Dane Selznick (who is a guy, despite the fact that the article refereed to Dane as a "she") to do the reality gig, his dad Gene is a much more interesting person, with a much more interesting background.
Before the Karch era, Gene Selznick was considered the greatest volleyball player of all time, until a falling out with USVBA erased him from the map. He still coaches club in SoCal, and his teams are usually pretty damn good.
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Post by beachman on Sept 29, 2004 13:20:23 GMT -5
Not true. The surrounding area is a very nice and quiet residential area. Middle class neighborhood across from the Pyramid to the north (Misty May lives there), upper middle class to very expensive homes across the streets bordering the east and west of campus. Expensive condos to the south. There are bad areas in Long Beach, but they are north of downtown, several miles west of campus. Best of all, SantaBarbarian DOESN'T live there. (For that matter, niether does Beachman) I think the area around USC gets a bad rap as well. It still may not be great, but it's improved a lot over the last decade. Actually I do live within about 4 minutes from the Mid, in a very nice upper-middle class neighborhood near El Dorado Park.....somehow this thread grew horns as it was initially intended to be a discussion on Beach VOLLEYBALL, not LBS. Oh well.....IDIOTS! ;D
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Post by ESTRELLA on Sept 29, 2004 15:25:20 GMT -5
Wait, what movie? I thought this was referring to LBSU which of course I know would be a typo, since LBSU is fantastic! Back me up on this west coasters and people who have actually been there! Actually the pyramid looks really cool but people tell me the surrounding area is ghetto, like USC. Dante, I know this is not the subject of this thread, but I was informed by some reliable sources that the Dukes are playing great ball. Only hicup in the season was the barnburner tournament win at home the Dukes had against Buffalo. A kill that was called by the ref as a lift and taking away the Buffs win (got to love the home court advantage). Were you there??? Estrella
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Post by Dante on Sept 29, 2004 23:01:55 GMT -5
Dante, I know this is not the subject of this thread, but I was informed by some reliable sources that the Dukes are playing great ball. Only hicup in the season was the barnburner tournament win at home the Dukes had against Buffalo. A kill that was called by the ref as a lift and taking away the Buffs win (got to love the home court advantage). Were you there??? Estrella Yeah I was there. I sunk my head when I saw the ball fall on our side, then I picked myself up and our side was cheering??? It was after we won that I got to ask "what was that point called on?" But after going to two other tournaments where the home team went perfect, we expected the same. I didn't expect us being 11-2 and first in the CAA right now, but also I didn't see Delware being 11-3 and right on our heels! A couple things will be sorted out this weekend when we go up to play Towson and George Mason, the other two teams in the running for the CAA title. Thanks for asking!
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Post by kolohekeiki on Sept 29, 2004 23:25:57 GMT -5
How do you know that these television shows will be bad? You never know it might help the sport. Everyone just automatically draws conclusions already when these kind of things come out. No one ever gives them chances. I agree that the reality shows nowadays are getting way out of hand, but you never know it might be good.
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Post by UCSBVball on Sept 29, 2004 23:53:49 GMT -5
TSB you get the award for smile of the day for: "BTW: CSULB now has something in common with south-central Florida. Since Frances and Jeanne, you are both beachless." ;D ;D ;D
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Post by ESTRELLA on Sept 30, 2004 10:10:35 GMT -5
Yeah I was there. I sunk my head when I saw the ball fall on our side, then I picked myself up and our side was cheering??? It was after we won that I got to ask "what was that point called on?" But after going to two other tournaments where the home team went perfect, we expected the same. I didn't expect us being 11-2 and first in the CAA right now, but also I didn't see Delware being 11-3 and right on our heels! A couple things will be sorted out this weekend when we go up to play Towson and George Mason, the other two teams in the running for the CAA title. Thanks for asking! Dante, went again to the JMU website last night. Great to hear that the team is doing well. Reading the article about the tournament I saw that the Libero from Buffalo got All- Tournament. Some folks have told me that she can take over a match on her own. I did see play in club. I also read that the JMU Libero Pearson is doing well. Hope all continues in favor of the Dukes. Nice to see that Libero's are getting recognition! Estrella
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Post by beachman on Sept 30, 2004 16:22:19 GMT -5
TSB you get the award for smile of the day for: "BTW: CSULB now has something in common with south-central Florida. Since Frances and Jeanne, you are both beachless." ;D ;D ;D Before you go and make such an ignorant comment about beaches, you should look in the dictionary and read the definition of a beach moron.. I don't know how many miles of beach Santa Barbara has but Long Beach has about 4 miles of beachfront, you know with sand.......not rocks! You are an idiot! ;D
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