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Re: We're in the mix for Semi Ojeleye

Postby Topper » Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:32 pm

Duke > SMU in just about every single way possible, including athletics and academics.[/quote]

Except that it's Duke. In Durham. I've been there. And every person I've ever met who went there was a [deleted]. They are better in bball. Oh and our girls are hotter.[/quote]


I know probably 8 or 9 people who went to Duke and not a bad egg among them. I've also been to Durham and wouldn't mind living there myself. Lately they have been better than us in football too. SMU girls are hotter though.
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Re: We're in the mix for Semi Ojeleye

Postby DiamondM » Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:33 pm

ender3 wrote:Our two best players are transfers. And from schools that traditionally have much less talent than Duke.

More than "I'd take him", I'd be THRILLED to have him.


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Re: We're in the mix for Semi Ojeleye

Postby Treadway21 » Mon Dec 22, 2014 8:48 pm

Everybody hates Duke - as they should. Submitted respectfully.
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Re: We're in the mix for Semi Ojeleye

Postby CalallenStang » Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:36 pm

Topper wrote:
I've also been to Durham and wouldn't mind living there myself


Really? You are the first person I have ever seen who has been there who wouldn't mind living there.

I've been to Durham several times. There are actually a few parts that aren't bad...but they are few and far between. Give me pretty much any of the surrounding cities in the Triangle over Durham.
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Re: We're in the mix for Semi Ojeleye

Postby Terry Webster » Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:29 pm

Been there many times with church stuff. Not a bad place to me. I could live happily there.
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Re: We're in the mix for Semi Ojeleye

Postby well travelled pony » Tue Dec 23, 2014 2:52 am

Ah yes, duke. Aka the university of new jersey, durham campus. A good school, but its real merits are truly due to grad schools. Oh, and if you think they have genius student /athletes, I met a former administrative specialist from duke. They protect their bball players as much as unc has.

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Re: We're in the mix for Semi Ojeleye

Postby Hideki Matt Suhey » Tue Dec 23, 2014 4:10 am

To answer the query above about the Cosby reference, it appears to be a shot at the Duke lacrosse scandal. Which of course proved to be based on a bunch of lies, and resulted in the disbarment and jailing (1 day) of the prosecutor.
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Re: We're in the mix for Semi Ojeleye

Postby Grant Carter » Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:18 am

Hideki Matt Suhey wrote:To answer the query above about the Cosby reference, it appears to be a shot at the Duke lacrosse scandal. Which of course proved to be based on a bunch of lies, and resulted in the disbarment and jailing (1 day) of the prosecutor.

I was wondering if that is what that post meant. Ridiculous comparison.


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Re: We're in the mix for Semi Ojeleye

Postby EconPony'10 » Tue Dec 23, 2014 9:31 am

Grant Carter wrote:
Hideki Matt Suhey wrote:To answer the query above about the Cosby reference, it appears to be a shot at the Duke lacrosse scandal. Which of course proved to be based on a bunch of lies, and resulted in the disbarment and jailing (1 day) of the prosecutor.

I was wondering if that is what that post meant. Ridiculous comparison.


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Thanks to the fantastic reporting of the great american media, the general public doesn't remember they were falsely accused (Just a view from the outside looking in). Just as I am sure everyone still thinks we pay players and are cheaters.
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Re: We're in the mix for Semi Ojeleye

Postby Grant Carter » Tue Dec 23, 2014 9:48 am

EconPony'10 wrote:
Grant Carter wrote:
Hideki Matt Suhey wrote:To answer the query above about the Cosby reference, it appears to be a shot at the Duke lacrosse scandal. Which of course proved to be based on a bunch of lies, and resulted in the disbarment and jailing (1 day) of the prosecutor.

I was wondering if that is what that post meant. Ridiculous comparison.


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Thanks to the fantastic reporting of the great american media, the general public doesn't remember they were falsely accused (Just a view from the outside looking in). Just as I am sure everyone still thinks we pay players and are cheaters.

Wait, it was your post that referenced Cosby. Are you blaming the media for the ridiculous comparison in your post?


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Re: We're in the mix for Semi Ojeleye

Postby Terry Webster » Tue Dec 23, 2014 10:05 am

To get us back on topic a bit...how does SMU (or any other school) 'recruit' someone who has declared that they are transferring? Obviously it is different from a high school kid. Just wondering. Can we bring a kid to the school on an official visit? Is everything up to the transferee? How much contact can come from the coaches?
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Re: We're in the mix for Semi Ojeleye

Postby ericdickerson4life » Tue Dec 23, 2014 10:58 am

Is he still at Duke? I'm guessing since the semester is over he's no longer registered there. I would assume (most likely wrong I'm sure) that anyone can contact him as long as he is not on the restricted transfer list (ACC schools, in state schools, etc.).
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Re: We're in the mix for Semi Ojeleye

Postby Pony Fan » Tue Dec 23, 2014 11:13 am

Terry Webster wrote:To get us back on topic a bit...how does SMU (or any other school) 'recruit' someone who has declared that they are transferring? Obviously it is different from a high school kid. Just wondering. Can we bring a kid to the school on an official visit? Is everything up to the transferee? How much contact can come from the coaches?


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Re: We're in the mix for Semi Ojeleye

Postby friarwolf » Tue Dec 23, 2014 2:37 pm

Duke = Nerdy student body (cameron crazies) with a run down basketball gym in the middle of nowhere coached by a world class coach. Oh and apparently a bunch of very desperate guys that are avid fans of Bill Cosby.[/quote]

Cameron is not run-down, Durham isn't the middle of nowhere, and accusations of nerdiness are a bit silly when SMU's academic prowess vs traditional rivals is a regular talking point around here (and should be).

WTH about Cosby now? His only tie to Duke was betting his top-seeded Temple Owls would beat Duke in the 1988 East Region finals, and then having to wear a Duke shirt on his show when they lost.[/quote]

Ummh, Cameron is kinda run down and Durham is kinda out in the middle of nowhere. Having said that, it is a great university in a nice area of the country. Could live there very easily amongst the foothills and the pines............
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Re: We're in the mix for Semi Ojeleye

Postby Dukie » Tue Dec 23, 2014 2:58 pm

friarwolf wrote:Ummh, Cameron is kinda run down and Durham is kinda out in the middle of nowhere. Having said that, it is a great university in a nice area of the country. Could live there very easily amongst the foothills and the pines............


Look, if anyone wants to argue that Duke's football stadium is run-down, none of us on here with Duke ties will argue with you. (At least until its renovation is finished next year.) But you cannot plausibly say that Cameron is run-down. It's been through millions of renovations and the addition of an adjacent Duke Basketball museum, just in the last decade:

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=218099

Anyway, I mainly posted because of the Cosby reference. Ridiculous to see that here, especially given that a recent Duke lacrosse player suited up for SMU football this past season.
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