Coming down the strech

by **TheLoo** on Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:27 am

Who will represent the GRLC at Nationals?

**Sponsor**

by **pstirling** on Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:00 am

Illinois is starting to look pretty good with a 5-goal win over Mizzou, and a 12-goal win over Wash U. Lindenwood has played tight games with all three of those teams, but have won them all. I'm intrigued to see what happens in the Mizzou-Wash U game on Saturday. I think there could be at least 4 great, close games in the playoffs, and ISU could do some serious damage as well. Should be fun to watch.

by **Sprout** on Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:43 am

I agree. I think the playoffs are going to be very interesting. Lindenwood, even with all they've done this season, only have one-goal victories over Mizzou and Illinois, and a two-goal victory over WashU. All three games could have gone either way.

I don't know how the break down of the tournament looks yet, but I am assuming that LU (or anyone for that matter) is going to have to go through two of those teams to win out, which could be an exhausting endeavor. Sets a great stage for an upset.

by **DavidDouglas** on Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:22 pm

Parody in the GRLC seems back to the way it was in 2003. Looks like it will be an exciting finish.

by **onpoint** on Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:21 pm

Another pet peeve of mine. PARITY is the word we are looking for here.

by **DavidDouglas** on Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:34 pm

Sorry Alex:

Parody is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it.

I have made that mistake for years.

by **onpoint** on Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:34 pm

by **CATLAX MAN** on Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:34 pm

Kind of like a playoff berth not birth. . . . :wink:

by **Sprout** on Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:50 pm

You can tell David went to WashU on one of our lacrosse scholarships, and not on one of our educational ones.

by **onpoint** on Thu Apr 21, 2005 3:28 pm

CATLAX MAN wrote:Kind of like a playoff berth not birth. . . .

I'm not so sure on this one. Check out the dictionary.com definitions of berth and birth.

I'm sticking with "birth" on this one. Sorry moderators . . .

by **CATLAX MAN** on Thu Apr 21, 2005 4:25 pm

Sorry, Alex, but a birth is the result of something being born. A berth is a location. A team can't be born to the playoffs, but they certainly can be located there. :wink:

by **onpoint** on Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:27 pm

Is not your playoff life being "born?"

I will succumb to age on this one and give you the benefit of the doubt. But the second I see something on ESPN or Sports Illustrated to the contrary, you can bet this argument will rear (as in a child, or as in bringing up the?) its head again!

by **CATLAX MAN** on Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:48 pm

I do have the advantage of being an English major on this. Finally, this has paid off!!! :lol:

by **mizzou dad** on Fri Apr 22, 2005 8:32 am

I thought a spell check would be enough for my posts, but a thesarus too !!

Oh man

by **pstirling** on Fri Apr 22, 2005 8:58 am

Now that's how you hijack a thread. I was glad to see that I got parity correct in another thread, but that's only because Sprout had already used it.

Back to the topic, I'm not sure what to make of the Illinois - Indiana score, because I don't know anything at all about Indiana, but I would have picked Illinois to win it in a close game before the game. I'll just say that I'm glad I don't try to predict the scores or outcomes of games, because I would have been way off on just about every game played in the past 3 weeks. So, I have no idea what's going to happen in playoffs, but it should be fun to watch.