OT: Five Schools You Love To Hate

[FWMustangGirl]

1. TCU
2. A&M
3. Notre Dame
4. OU
5. UCLA

But how do I stop at just 5? Seriously, the number 5 slot could be shared by about a dozen schools.

[MustangLaxer]

1. TCU -- wannabe mustangs in a less fun city
2. Texas Tech -- rtards
3. Duke Basketball -- dicky v & espn caused this by constantly beating me down with it
4. Ohio State -- cause of 'the ohio state university' bull [deleted]
5. Texas A&M -- because its so easy

[LakeHighlandsPony]

Another reason to question the toads.

TCU's Brite Divinity School still plans to honor Obama's fiery pastor, Jeremiah Wright

07:14 AM CDT on Tuesday, March 18, 2008
By SAM HODGES / The Dallas Morning News
[email protected]

Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth is sticking by a decision to honor Chicago pastor Jeremiah Wright despite controversy over his pulpit rhetoric and relationship to presidential candidate Barack Obama.

The school, at Texas Christian University, decided months ago to salute Dr. Wright at an event later this month for his long career in ministry.

According to a statement posted Monday on its Web site, Brite affirmed its decision "after careful review" and "understanding the sincere concerns many have voiced in response to recent media reports."

The statement continues:

"Contrary to media claims that Wright preaches racial hatred, church leaders who have observed his ministry describe him as a faithful preacher of the gospel who has ministered in a context radically different from that of many middle class Americans."

Dr. Wright recently retired after more than three decades as pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, whose members include Mr. Obama.

Mr. Obama has long cited Dr. Wright as an important influence, but controversy about their relationship has simmered for months and finally boiled over last week when television stations began airing video of the pastor's condemnation of American racism and U.S. foreign policy.

In the video clips, Dr. Wright insisted that the United States brought the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorism attacks upon itself because of a corrupt foreign policy.

In a 2006 speech he said, "Racism is how this country was founded and how this country was run. ... We believe in white supremacy and black inferiority and believe it more than we believe in God."

Dr. Wright has called America the "No. 1 killer in the world" and in a 2003 sermon said, "The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America.' "

Mr. Obama issued a statement Friday repudiating as "inflammatory and appalling" remarks by the pastor that had escalated the controversy.

He repeated Monday that he thinks Dr. Wright's statements are "wrong, and I strongly condemn them." He added, though, "The caricature that has been painted of him is not accurate."

Newell Williams, president of Brite, said the controversy prompted him to spend part of the weekend reviewing texts and audio of Dr. Wright's remarks.

After that review, he and other administrators decided to go forward with honoring the pastor.

"As a historian, I think that the particular setting and moment and audience and issues to which a speech is directed ... are critical for understanding any particular text," Dr. Williams said by phone.

The Web site statement emphasizes Dr. Wright's role in building Trinity from a tiny church to one of several thousand members, with numerous community service programs, as well as missions in Africa. The statement also noted that Brite sponsors Ministers Week at TCU.

Dr. Wright was the Wells Preacher for the 2001 Ministers Week, meaning he held an endowed speakership named for L.N.D. Wells, who was a pastor at East Dallas Christian Church.

"No Wells Preacher in recent years has been better received than Dr. Wright," according to the statement.

Frederick Haynes III, pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, is among the black pastors who revere Dr. Wright.

He said recent coverage of Dr. Wright amounts to a "media lynching" in which sound bites have substituted for serious analysis of preaching that speaks to and from the black experience in America.

"The experience is rooted in what has taken place in ... [America] for 400 years," he said. "Before you judge the expression, you really need to be aware of the experience."

Dr. Haynes praised Brite for holding to its decision to salute Dr. Wright.

"They see him in context, and the context is 36 phenomenal years of growing a ministry that has had worldwide impact," Dr. Haynes said. "I believe if Martin Luther King Jr. were alive and pastoring, his ministry would look like Jeremiah Wright's."

Brite will host the fourth annual State of the Black Church Summit and Awards Banquet on March 29.

Dr. Wright is to participate in a luncheon panel discussion. He is to be honored that night at a $125-per-person banquet. Previous honorees include longtime Dallas pastor Zan Holmes.

Dr. Williams acknowledged that he's already hearing about the decision to honor Dr. Wright.

"Of course there are people who have expressed in e-mail messages their displeasure," he said. "There also have been people who have written to say we're so pleased with the decision you've made."

Although Brite is on the TCU campus, it's a separate school with its own officers and board. Dr. Williams emphasized that the decision to honor Dr. Wright was Brite's alone.

TCU Chancellor Victor J. Boschini Jr. said Monday that "TCU supports the right of free speech even when the opinions expressed are controversial. That is what a university is about. But giving an award is another matter, and in this specific case in light of Reverend Wright's recently discovered remarks, TCU would not give such an award."

The Philadelphia Inquirer contributed to this report.

[StallionsModelT]

But I thought Obama was the candidate of change?! With his former boss up for corruption charges, all the earmarks for hospitals for his wife in Chicago, and now this. Sounds like more of the same from the Dems.

[Texasscout96]

I HATE A&M.
I HATE A&M

Oh did I mention that A&M sucks?

[LakeHighlandsPony]

I am sorry if I am going to get thread deleted but I had to post it.

[EastStang]

UT
TCU
UH
Ark.
5a UNC
5b MD

I live in ACC, BE country and really have grown to completely dislike those two ACC schools. What's interesting is that no one hate Rice.

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Texas A&M (annoying inferiority complex)
Texas Tech (rude/obnoxious/intoxicated fans)
Baylor (I'm still recovering from a Baptist upbringing)
Ohio State (pompous, Aggie-like cult)
Miami (FL) (pretentious athletes)

[PonyKai]

UT
TCU
UH
Ark.
5a UNC
5b MD

I live in ACC, BE country and really have grown to completely dislike those two ACC schools. What's interesting is that no one hate Rice.

Fear the Classroom. Hating Rice is like hating the kid with obsessive parents that never let them grow up or do anything fun or exciting at all. You feel kind of sorry for them knowing how it is on the other side of the fence. I hate Rice...it's like really? Rice?

[Caballo]

UT
TCU
UH
Ark.
5a UNC
5b MD

I live in ACC, BE country and really have grown to completely dislike those two ACC schools. What's interesting is that no one hate Rice.

This poll shows the generation gap between SMU fans. Those from the SWC era and those from the WAC/CUSA era.

Most of the people that grew up in the old SWC hate Texas, Baylor, A&M and Tech. Not for them bolting the conference, but just because they were our rivals, and complete A-holes when playing them. Tech actually did not bring as much hate on themselves as they were kind of out there in West Texas, and didn't bother anyone. Their fans' inferiority complex began to emerge toward the end of the SWC and definitely at the beginning of their new conference affiliation. The older fans do not hate TCU like the younger fans because they were basically a minor threat. Yes, when you beat a team for 35 straight years there really is no rivalry.

The youngsters hate TCU, Houston, and maybe UTEP. The Tech hatred comes from playing them recently. And as stated before, no one can hate on Rice. That is the way TCU used to be.

Just my observations.

Oh yeah, I hate in order:
Texas
Neutered Dame
Baylor
Ohio State
BYU
When the teams at the bottom of the order play those in front of them, that is who I pull for. Or as one of my good friends always said, "If UT was playing Communist China, I would wear red to the game."

[smupony94]

Singapore Management University for using our initials

[jtstang]

Singapore Management University for using our initials

Maybe they deserve it more than we do. How many winning football seasons have they had over the last twenty years?

[No Quarter]

Notre Dame, Texas, Houston, Alabama, Nebraska

[smupony94]

Singapore Management University for using our initials

Maybe they deserve it more than we do. How many winning football seasons have they had over the last twenty years?

Their cricket team is amazing. They really know how to use the sticky wicket.

[PonyPride]

1. Notre Dame
2. Baylor
3. Penn State
4. Houston
5. Texas