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Post by Wolfgang on May 20, 2019 20:45:28 GMT -5
Is Madison really a college town? It’s the state capital of Wisconsin and is the second largest city at 255k (per Wikipedia). That’s a big city. Towns much smaller than Madison (in population) aren’t really considered college towns, see, e.g., Pasadena (CA), Norfolk (VA), Reno (NV).
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Post by Hawk Attack on May 20, 2019 20:52:45 GMT -5
Is Madison really a college town? It’s the state capital of Wisconsin and is the second largest city at 255k (per Wikipedia). That’s a big city. Towns much smaller than Madison (in population) aren’t really considered college towns, see, e.g., Pasadena (CA), Norfolk (VA), Reno (NV). It’s definitely more of a college town than Minneapolis or Columbus. Those are legit big cities that happen to have colleges in them. Evanston is also not a college town and Northwestern can’t claim Chicago as theirs.
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Post by volleyguy on May 20, 2019 20:54:41 GMT -5
Is Madison really a college town? It’s the state capital of Wisconsin and is the second largest city at 255k (per Wikipedia). That’s a big city. Towns much smaller than Madison (in population) aren’t really considered college towns, see, e.g., Pasadena (CA), Norfolk (VA), Reno (NV). Madison may not be a college town per se, but it is a party town.
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Post by vbprisoner on May 20, 2019 21:00:37 GMT -5
Is Madison really a college town? It’s the state capital of Wisconsin and is the second largest city at 255k (per Wikipedia). That’s a big city. Towns much smaller than Madison (in population) aren’t really considered college towns, see, e.g., Pasadena (CA), Norfolk (VA), Reno (NV). It’s definitely more of a college town than Minneapolis or Columbus. Those are legit big cities that happen to have colleges in them. Evanston is also not a college town and Northwestern can’t claim Chicago as theirs. If the city in question is the capital of a state and has a University in that city... it doesn't matter, it is not a college town it is the State Capital first. Austin, Madison, Providence, Richmond, Columbia (SC), etc., might have 1 or more colleges / universities but they are State Capitals first.... and may have a section of the city that is the college area.
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Post by Wolfgang on May 20, 2019 21:19:51 GMT -5
There are also big towns that aren't state capitals and that happen to have at least one big college in it but they're not considered college towns, see, e.g., Durham, NC (Duke), Santa Clara , CA (Santa Clara U).
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 21:35:08 GMT -5
Both Madison and Minneapolis/St. Paul exist around the universities. They, the universities, are college towns in and of themselves. I know it's not the same as places where the college or university dwarfs the town they are in, but they are still separate places.
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Post by badgerbreath on May 20, 2019 21:41:05 GMT -5
I really really like Vicki Brown. Do you think she could be head coach? Would be nice to get another woman in a head coaching job, but I don't know what experience she has as a coach. Sounds like she been running recruiting.
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Post by Hawk Attack on May 20, 2019 21:45:56 GMT -5
I really really like Vicki Brown. Do you think she could be head coach? Would be nice to get another woman in a head coaching job, but I don't know what experience she has as a coach. Sounds like she been running recruiting. She was the head coach at San Francisco one of the years they went winless in conference... which was honestly just a continuation of a tailspin they still haven’t been able to pull themselves out of.
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Post by pepperbrooks on May 20, 2019 21:45:56 GMT -5
Madison is a great college town.
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Post by badgerbreath on May 20, 2019 21:46:47 GMT -5
It’s definitely more of a college town than Minneapolis or Columbus. Those are legit big cities that happen to have colleges in them. Evanston is also not a college town and Northwestern can’t claim Chicago as theirs. If the city in question is the capital of a state and has a University in that city... it doesn't matter, it is not a college town it is the State Capital first. Austin, Madison, Providence, Richmond, Columbia (SC), etc., might have 1 or more colleges / universities but they are State Capitals first.... and may have a section of the city that is the college area. The university plays a big role in Madison though. It's really critical to its identity in a way that UT is not for Austin. I always thought of it as a college town when I was there, although maybe that's changed.
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Post by badgerbreath on May 20, 2019 21:49:40 GMT -5
Anyway, this Shymansky thing sounds serious. Administrators do not talk like that often. Trying to figure out what rules violations would have been raised by an ex athlete that would raise such Cain.
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Post by Hawk Attack on May 20, 2019 21:53:04 GMT -5
I would say regardless of whether it’s a state capital or a populous city, Madison is a college town. Similar to how Montpelier is a capital city and also a suburb. Madison proves being a state capital and college town can be synonymous.
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Post by pepperbrooks on May 20, 2019 21:58:51 GMT -5
Anyway, this Shymansky thing sounds serious. Administrators do not talk like that often. Trying to figure out what rules violations would have been raised by an ex athlete that would raise such Cain. Might not be what kind as much as the case against him might be just that strong.
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Post by Wolfgang on May 20, 2019 22:00:11 GMT -5
I'm lobbying for Nancy Meendering Metcalf for the head job even if she's doing something else with her time, which can't possibly be more important.
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Post by moody on May 20, 2019 22:00:26 GMT -5
and, just like that this thread turns from a serious story regarding a head coach being accused of major NCAA violations to one of, "hey, what's your favorite college town." VT ADD at its finest.
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