??????
I have continued to refer to the Warriors as the Warriors. It’s likely I’m too old because I didn’t pick up on the Dub terminology. I decided to research the question, thanks to Word Counter.net November 27, 2015. “The nickname began in the 1990’s when younger fans decided to shorten the word Warriors when referring to the team. Instead of pronouncing the team’s full name, some fans began to refer to the team as the “W’s.” Soon “W” was changed from its proper pronunciation to “dub-a-u”, which was then shortened to just dub.” There you have it and thanks to Word Counter.net for clearing up my confusion and maybe yours too.
Scary…..real scary and unusual
Mizzou has the number three recruiting class in the nation according to 247 Sports. Other recruiting sights are yet to comment on Mizzou now that Jontay Porter committed for 2017. Mizzou’s Rock M Nation fan site compiled the list of its top five schools along with their records from last season. This is scary comparing Mizzou’s record to the other schools.
247 Sports Class of 2017 ratings
1. Kentucky (32-6)
2. Duke (28-9)
3. Mizzou (8-24)
4. Arizona (32-5)
5. UCLA (31-5)
The ranking provides proof of a belief I‘ve held for a number of years. I’ve always maintained it is far easier to turn around a poor basketball team than a poor football team. The “baby” Tigers are yet to set foot on the court so I offer no proof other than a belief. This Mizzou fan hopes to be pleasantly surprised next April.
They decided to leave too
Colorado, Nebraska and Mizzou had a variety of reasons for leaving the Big 12 Conference but Texas A&M. The Aggies have always been “connected” to the other Texas schools, they were members of the Old Southwest Conference. The SWC was founded in 1914 with A&M joining in 1915. SWC schools were Texas, Baylor, TCU, Texas Tech, SMU, Rice and later Houston became a conference member.
Arkansas joined the SWC in 1915 but left in 1991 the only non-Texas school. As the SWC dissolved A&M along with most of the schools joined the former Big 8 to become the Big 12 Conference. So in 2017 we have all the larger enrollment programs in the state represented by the Big 12 while Texas A&M proudly flies a Southeast Conference Flag above their sports programs.
“I’ll be back”……..maybe
Arnold Schwarzenegger made the statement “I’ll be back” a catch phrase. He used the phrase in his 1984 movie The Terminator. Jim Calhoun might be making the same statement, he retired in 2012 from his long-time job at UConn. Calhoun won three NCAA titles while coaching at UConn, reports are Calhoun is considering a return to coaching if his will give him the okay. As for the school it would be D-III University of St. Joseph’s in Connecticut.
