Liukin will attend Southern Methodist University in the Fall

CalallenStang · Post by **CalallenStang** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:16 am

Webmaster wrote:Pure gold.

Ponyfans.com POTD tomorrow?

MrMustang1965 · Post by **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)

kent dorfman · Post by **kent dorfman** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:36 am

CalallenStang wrote:
Webmaster wrote:Pure gold.

Ponyfans.com POTD tomorrow?

It absolutely should be in my book. Best athlete we got going right now.

HB Pony Dad · Post by **HB Pony Dad** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:21 am

Webmaster wrote:Pure gold.

That truly put a smile on my face.

Congratulations Nastia, way to go Ponygirl!

I'm driving to Dallas tomorrow and proudly wearing my SMU gear!

George S. Patton · Post by **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.

RednBlue11 · Post by **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

Vitale · Post by **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.

mrydel · Post by **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.

RednBlue11 · Post by **RednBlue11** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:37 am

Mexmustang · Post by **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.

George S. Patton · Post by **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.

WEMLx10=U

Post by **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.

Longtime · Post by **Longtime** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:09 pm

Time to start a women's gymnastics program, Steve-O?

J.T.supporta · Post by **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

SmooBoy · Post by **SmooBoy** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:30 pm

And baseball

And kayaking