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Postby CalallenStang » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:16 am

Webmaster wrote:Pure gold.

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Postby MrMustang1965 » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:31 am

S.M.U. just got mentioned during Liukin's gold medal awards ceremony!!!!

She joins the following Mustangs as Olympic gold medalists:

Jerry Heidenreich - 2 gold medals (swimming)
Jon Koncak - gold medal (basketball)
Steve Lundquist - 2 gold medals (swimming)
Kevin Robinzine - gold medal (track & field)
Ryan Berube - gold medal (swimming)
Lars Frolander - gold medal (swimming)
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Postby kent dorfman » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:36 am

CalallenStang wrote:
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It absolutely should be in my book. Best athlete we got going right now.
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Postby HB Pony Dad » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:21 am

Webmaster wrote:Pure gold.

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That truly put a smile on my face. :D

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Postby George S. Patton » Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:56 am

I'm just upset I missed all four rotations. I saw her vault -- mysterious scoring there -- and her uneven bars. I missed floor and beam. I fell asleep. But I woke up just in time when she saw the score that gave her the gold.

A tremendous feat in a sport that demands so much. Proud to have her part of the SMU family. Proud that she represents the United States.
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Postby RednBlue11 » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:29 am

J.T.supporta wrote:Well she can add "Olympic Champion" to her name as well.


i have a feeling it will be hard to miss her
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Postby Vitale » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:32 am

George S. Patton wrote:I'm just upset I missed ...
Really? Now you're a gymnastics fan/expert? You're UPSET that you missed a gymnastics competition? She's a great athlete. Glad she's going to SMU. But there's not one of us on here who can decipher a "curious score" when none of us watches this stuff more than once every four years, and many of us don't watch it then.

Personally, I can't bring myself to watch any of that stuff - gymnastics, figure skating, even diving (which I actually like) - because it's subjective. I'm sure the judges don't try to be biased, but it's human nature to do so, at least a little.

Maybe this kid deserved the gold, maybe she didn't. I didn't watch, and like the rest of us on here, I wouldn't know if she deserved it or not unless she messed up so badly by falling that even a layman could tell she didn't deserve it. Good job. Glad she won. Glad she's one of ours, both as a school and a country. But if she competed in a sport some of us know about or care about, it would be a lot more exciting.
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Postby mrydel » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:36 am

Vitale:

Please be kind enough to list which sports In which I am interested and not interested so I will know better than to watch the ones I do not like anymore.
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Postby RednBlue11 » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:37 am

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Postby Mexmustang » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:33 am

She has been attending SMU during the last school year. I don't know if part-time or full-time, but my boys have seen her on campus several times.
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Postby George S. Patton » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:56 am

Vitale wrote:
George S. Patton wrote:I'm just upset I missed ...
Really? Now you're a gymnastics fan/expert? You're UPSET that you missed a gymnastics competition? She's a great athlete. Glad she's going to SMU. But there's not one of us on here who can decipher a "curious score" when none of us watches this stuff more than once every four years, and many of us don't watch it then.

Personally, I can't bring myself to watch any of that stuff - gymnastics, figure skating, even diving (which I actually like) - because it's subjective. I'm sure the judges don't try to be biased, but it's human nature to do so, at least a little.

Maybe this kid deserved the gold, maybe she didn't. I didn't watch, and like the rest of us on here, I wouldn't know if she deserved it or not unless she messed up so badly by falling that even a layman could tell she didn't deserve it. Good job. Glad she won. Glad she's one of ours, both as a school and a country. But if she competed in a sport some of us know about or care about, it would be a lot more exciting.


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Postby PonyPride » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:55 am

mrydel wrote:Vitale:

Please be kind enough to list which sports In which I am interested and not interested so I will know better than to watch the ones I do not like anymore.
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Postby Longtime » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:09 pm

Time to start a women's gymnastics program, Steve-O?
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Postby J.T.supporta » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:37 pm

Longtime wrote:Time to start a women's gymnastics program, Steve-O?
then bring back track
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Postby SmooBoy » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:30 pm

And baseball


And kayaking
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