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If there was a shot clock, we would still use a lot of clock by working the entire shot clock down and then shooting at the end. If the TSSAA instituted a shot clock, it would be pretty long- so I dont think it would speed us up much. I realize thats refs are bad both ways, but because CPA was good at leaning into shots and drawing contact, they got more shooting fouls called for them.

My highschool bowling career has officially ended. I think I may have to cry...... darn you DCA

i saw kingpin. whos the girl in it, cause she is fine. This is about sports not movies.......read the credits if you want to know who the hot girl is. Exactly....if you aren't talking about sports get off. Kingpin's the coolest. Actually, I just wanted to continue that cool multi-window quote thing...

And on a lighter note.... this is my 100th post, yay, woohoo. I think I now move up into a new category of poster- no longer will I be manage, Ill be bench warmer or whatever comes next. I know all you were waiting for this moment and are happy to see me waste space with this post........

Ron Slay went to Pearl Cohn

wow, all that happened while I was posting, thats weird- great minds think alike

sounds like someone else trying to defend the "shady rumors" of the past involving BA. Im sure you probably think Brandon Wright came to BA because its a fine academic institution, right? Im not trying to pick a fight- even though I know Ill get one from this- I just find it funny how many people I know from BA who try to convince people that they dont, never have, and never will recruit in an illegal manner... Maybe you shouldve answered his question instead of chastising him for being curious. I think he was merely wondering where Wright was zoned for, not accusing you of recruiting like you seemed to think from your answer.

Were you at the CPA FRA game? Because, being there, I could tell you that CPA may not have played well as a team, but Andrew House hit just about every shot he took and they had some other great performances as well. It seems youre trying to make CPA seem even better than they are as if FRA isnt a worthy opponent. This comment is going to seem biased because Im an FRA fan, but the refs were calling terrible fouls both ways. They didnt let either team play. The difference was that nearly every foul called on CPA was a nonshooting foul, while CPA got a million calls in the paint. Just be warned if your team plays CPA, they lean in and jump into defenders every time they go inside. Our big men were just standing straight up by the end- not even trying to defend the shot, just having their hands up, and the refs were still calling fouls every time CPA shot just because they purposely jumped into FRAs bodies. Obviously, it worked for them, and they won, but I couldnt believe the refs called over 25 fouls total in the second half. That game was also a good argument for a shot clock- if a team down by one has to start fouling with over a minute left, somethings wrong....hope the TSSAA fixes that.

Well, I would say that Puckett is the one who "did a pretty good job." Think about it, you just said that a player on the winning team who scored a third of his team's total points was contained well. Regardless of how many points he normally scores, in a low scoring game, 17 is a lot. heck, Id be happy with 17 anytime.

Wow, Ive missed out on a great thread. While I have no strong personal opinion on the subject, I find it very impressive that even when several different people from schools all across the midstate post about how "dirty" a player Anderson is, you dismiss them as retards or morons. It would seem that if an opinion is held so widely, and that the majority of the people who disagree are extremely biased on the subject (alumni, NCS players, etc.) that its probably correct, and you would do yourself and your school a favor by letting the subject die instead of making it glaringly obvious that you are biased and refuse to concede when someones right. I do however have an opinion on the other main topic of this thread- as soon as teams learn to keep NCS from shooting threes (even if they have good inside shooting as well), 70% of their offense is gone and they will lose most of the time. And trust me, in the state and region tournaments, you dont have to go very far to find a team who knows how to stop a 3 point shooter. Just something to think about...

I garauntee that any sub 4:30 miler or sub 9:40 2miler in the nation could run a 53. Dont be so proud of how hard your event is. I run everything from 400 to 3200 and the 3200 is the hardest because the pace is not much slower than the 1600, but its 2times as long. Also, who are you trying to impress by being able to jog 5 miles anyway? we have throwers who can do that and theyre lazier than sprinters.

Hey, actually, Ive been out of town for a few days- I didnt even know we lost until just now. Hopefully we can prove that we're better than we played last night with a good game against forrest today...

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Icant tell if this is sarcastic, but Im pretty sure you dont care anything about FRA cross country. You know I run because the fridge told you, but Im pretty sure you dont know who I am. So, if by the off-chance Im wrong, and you really are a closet-supporter, disregard this post, but when was the last time NCS won state in anything? (and your projected basketball championship this season doesnt count)

Amen, if bad officiating happens in a game, its unfortunate, but its also going to go both ways. in high school, bad calls are made by bad refs- not good refs with grudges against your school. Ive seen you post about poor officiating in games several times, and trust me, everyone would like to blame the refs for the loss, but its never the refs fault. Its hard sometimes, but if you just chill out and realize that its just high school basketball, youll realize how little it matters. Besides, you cant do anything about it anyway, so why whine about it?

Alright, your logic makes some sense (although acheiving a 53 is pretty solid), but I still don't see how this makes bowling any less of a sport? If you have to be naturally skilled to be great for something to be a sport, then that sort of takes the fun out of training- there would be no point in practicing.

Nice try, Big48. I know Ive tried that many times in the cross country boards. If you find a way to ask that works, let me know....

so... being slow isnt your fault? Lets look at it this way: In Track, if you get killed in a race, the explanation should be that you didnt train as much or as well as the person who beat you. How is that any different than someone bowling 6 games of practice a day over the summer and coming in and putting up an average that is untouchable. No one is perfect, so if you get down a lot to your opponent by the 5th frame, its very unlikely that you will all of a sudden become better and knock more pins down. The same is true in track, if at the 300 meter mark of a 400 meter race, you are losing bad, its unlikely that you will catch up. Both are direct results of training and ability, neither is a self-determined level of competence. Sure, in bowling, you can get all strikes and no one could beat you, but thats the equivilant of someone running a 43 second 400 every time- its unrealistic. While track is much more physically demanding than bowling, saying that bowlers can determine their own destiny in a match more than a sprinter can is a hard point to sustain. And yes, I mean during the race, Bergil

Youre half right, bowling is mental, as is every sport (including fuseball). But running is definately mental, so I dont agree with what you said there. Long distance races are the most intense physical and mental events in sport. Not only do you have to be in ridiculously good shape to win, but for good runners, every move, every surge, every positioning yourself strategically is part of a mental chess match which can ultimately cause an opponent to lose focus, hope, and speed. Running is not about going out and running as fast as possible- if it was, then the best atheletes would always win. As it is, long distance running especially is often won by the one who can run a strategic race which takes advantage of his strong points while mentally draining his opponent.

You bring up three main interesting points, and I will address each individually: 1. If competing against yourself without your opponents having any direct effect on the outcome determines sport, youre going to have a lot of angry golfers willing to argue with you also. 2. As far as team and personal battles go, bowling definately pits one team against another, so I dont know how you can say theres no team competition, and Ive bowled the highest game on my team, but still lost my head to head match, so head to head matchups definately exist. 3. And once again, If competing against yourself without your opponents having any direct effect on the outcome determines sport, then my point continues, FUSEBALL is a sport. Finally, there is no specific definition to give to "sport" because if there was, there would be enough exceptions and loopholes to call tiddlywinks a sport. So, eventually, it just comes down to personal opinion, and while youre entitled to your own opinion, I think bowling in a team setting is a sport.

Think about it this way, if I go out and jog a lap around the track by myself, runnings not a sport, but if I spike up and compete in a track meet, its a sport. Same with bowling- if I go out with some friends and we rent some shoes and down a couple pitchers (soda of course) and have ourselves a jolly-good time, bowlings not a sport, but if were all with our team competing in a match or practice, its a sport. There isnt too much more to debate, call it a sport if you want, dont call it one if you dont want. There are still people who would tell me that cross country isnt a sport because theres no ball, so obviously, people are going to debate whether or not bowlings a sport...

and not with little holes, and not an arcade game, and with 10 pins not 10 balls, and not a coin-op system, and points aren't lit up in neon and flashing lights, and the names different, ........etc........ but besides that, theyre identical- skeeball should definately be a sport. Actually now that I think about it, soccer and fuseball are a lot alike, they go back and forth and you try score in a goal, and there are 11 little men in shorts, and theres a goalie,...............so why isnt fuseball a sport?

If I could answer that, I probably wouldnt be a 170 average bowler.

FRAs got you all beat. John Pierce- the all-time leading scorer in college basketball history

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