Naaahh, the Badgers don't care about Marquette

[Skitch]

There were a number of coaches not thrilled with MU on the Brandon Dawson recruitment.  Plenty of rumors flying around, but the one that was posted over there I had never heard and give 0% credence to.  That's beyond silly and no truth to it.

What were the issues coaches had with Buzz?

[Aughnanure]

So what?  They hate us and we hate them, that's just how it goes.  Who cares if they have threads bashing Buzz and MU?  We do the same to them.  Here's to hoping we get another shot at them in the tourney....

Relax, my point was that I just love how so many of them profess to not care about MU or dont consider us as rivals. Thats all.

[rocky_warrior]

So what are you upset about, MU Ave? The Becky-bashing or the incorrect grammar. Because if you're going to go grammar police on the Internet, you have a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooog and arduous road ahead of you.

I went through all the o's as they would be spoken in real life, and I still don't know what a "log and arduous road ahead" is    That's a tough road preceded by a simple log? 

[brewcity77]

I went through all the o's as they would be spoken in real life, and I still don't know what a "log and arduous road ahead" is    That's a tough road preceded by a simple log? 

I took so much time lining those up right, I ended up deleting the "n". Nice catch, Rock 

[GGGG]

When the original term "public Ivy" came out, they named eight schools that they felt fit this description.  (Since there are eight Ivy League Schools)

College of William & Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia)
Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
University of California at Berkley
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Texas at Austin
University of Vermont (Burlington)
University of Virginia (Charlottesville)

Since then, "Greene's Guide" came out with a new list of "public ivies" that includes UW-Madison...but along with 29 other schools.  Honestly, using that broad a definition, MU should start calling itself a "Catholic Ivy."

[NersEllenson]

What were the issues coaches had with Buzz?

Don't expect to get any type of specific information from Chicos - he has a long history of vague, accusatory posts pertaining to the "squirmish" type of recruiting tactics Buzz Williams employs.  He relies on "inside sources," who are never revealed, etc.

The issues that most had, if any, were that for awhile it appeared Dawson might be headed to Marquette - and Izzo and others don't like losing out on a recruit.  And, for MU to land a 5-star like Dawson (MU MUST be doing something shady) - was the inference.

[Skatastrophy]

Skatastrophy and DiaperDandy, I have read dim comments here, especially about the University of Wisconsin at Madison, but yours could be the dimmest and the dumbest.

"dimmest and dumbest" is repetitive and repetitious?

Skatastrophy writes, "Bo Ryan will die soon. ..."

If you are claiming that I am wrong because Bo Ryan is among the ranks of the unliving because he's a vampire, then I concede that point.

Well played.

Skatastrophy also dismisses all University of Wisconsin at Madison students as "silly farm-boys," complete with a silly hyphen.

Yeah, I looked this one up.  The book Green Fancy by a guy named George with a long Irish last name has a chapter titled, "The Farm-Boy Tells a Ghastly Story and an Irishman Enters."

If you're calling *my* hypen silly then you're also insulting George Irishman!  You need to apologize for this one.  Don't worry, I'll wait.

Huh and huh?

[mileskishnish72]

I'm hoping Buzz is smarter than laying out 30 grand to get boned.

[Dawson Rental]

So what are you upset about, MU Ave? The Becky-bashing or the incorrect grammar. Because if you're going to go grammar police on the Internet, you have a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong and arduous road ahead of you.

Don't you mean police grammar?

And so a long day begins.

[brewcity77]

Don't you mean police grammar?

And so a long day begins.

No, I don't. I mean grammar police as though he is a member of an organization called the "Grammar Police" patrolling the Internet to sort out all the people who dare to use "lol" or "teh" in their conversation. Sorry I didn't capitalize but I thought it was a common enough Internet term to be understood

[ChicosBailBonds]

Don't expect to get any type of specific information from Chicos - he has a long history of vague, accusatory posts pertaining to the "squirmish" type of recruiting tactics Buzz Williams employs.  He relies on "inside sources," who are never revealed, etc.

The issues that most had, if any, were that for awhile it appeared Dawson might be headed to Marquette - and Izzo and others don't like losing out on a recruit.  And, for MU to land a 5-star like Dawson (MU MUST be doing something shady) - was the inference.

Sigh.  No, I have the specifics.  Skitch, I'll send you a PM.

[Jam Chowder]

Sigh.  No, I have the specifics.  Skitch, I'll send you a PM.

I woud appreciate a copy on that pm

[🏀]

I woud appreciate a copy on that pm

Me too, Chics.

[DiaperDandy]

As far as Dandy...well, in terms of the East Coast, no, I don't think anyone out there will start a conversation with Harvard and Yale, move on to Columbia and Cornell, and stop to discuss UW in the middle. They will never enter the conversation. Never. Never ever. Will not happen. Unless they stop to talk about college football. And even then, the people having this discussion would probably be more interested in the Harvard/Yale game than UW breaking through to the BCS. The reason people talk about an East Coast bias is because the vast majority of the East Coast focuses on...wait for it...the East Coast! UW is not on the East Coast, is not an Ivy League school (no matter how they delude themselves, and again, the delusional ones are NOT the ones benefiting from the places where UW actually can compare academically with the Ivy League), and simply doesn't have the history or pop culture presence to be regarded on the same level as a Harvard or Yale. Pop culture dictates that very few other schools can be mentioned in that breath. Duke. Notre Dame. Stanford. Maybe Chicago and Northwestern. Maybe. But just because there are (and I acknowledge that they exist) other schools that have certain programs that are on par with Ivies, that doesn't mean that anyone on the East Coast even knows or cares that they exist.

My guess is from an academic standpoint, most average East Coasters would expect Marquette to have better academics than Wisconsin because we are private and don't have a state name attached. In some programs, they'd be right. In general ed, they'd be wrong, we're pretty much even par. In research programs, they'd be wrong. But that doesn't change the perception that East Coast schools rule all, then non-EC privates, than dirty state schools. Again, perception doesn't make it so, but that doesn't mean that isn't the thought process.

Thanks Brew city for making my point more clear.  You are correct about the perception out east of MU having better academics due to its status of being a private school.  State schools get a bad rap out here because they are public.  That's just the way it is.  I have nothing against state schools as they provide quality education for less than half the price of private universities, yet in terms of prestige, they just do not rank up there with the private schools.

[NersEllenson]

Sigh.  No, I have the specifics.  Skitch, I'll send you a PM.

Chicos - Could I get the specifics as well?  Please PM to me.  Thanks.

[BrewCity83]

Sigh.  No, I have the specifics.  Skitch, I'll send you a PM.

I would like a PM on that too, if you could.  Thanks.

[jesmu84]

Sigh.  No, I have the specifics.  Skitch, I'll send you a PM.

Myself as well. I would appreciate knowing what our coach is doing. He should be representing Marquette ina positive way, and, if not, it's something I want to know.

[Aughnanure]

Sigh.  No, I have the specifics.  Skitch, I'll send you a PM.

Ughh, I'd like a PM as well if you don't mind.

[Warrior Farls]

I'd like one too, Chicos, if you don't mind.

[leever]

Chico's is a very busy man (I think) and he does not have time for all these PMs!

Why don't you just post the details once on this board for all of us CHico's?

I don't want everyone to get all squirmy, but if Buzz is out there doing things that would violate the BYU honor code, we need to know.

[BM1090]

I would like a pm if possible. Of course, posting it on the board could eliminate all these pm's 

[NickelDimer]

Chicos, count me in as one who'd appreciate a pm as well.

[brewcity77]

Well, if we're all lining up...I still say post it here. Saves time.

But I'd take a PM if that's impossible.

[NersEllenson]

Has anyone received the PM from Chico's yet, with the specifics as to Buzz's shady recruitment of Brandon Dawson?

If so, please forward to me via PM.  Shockingly, I've not received anything.

[ChicosBailBonds]

I did send several PM's out...sorry Ners, you weren't included.  Too bad.  I responded to those that sent me a PM, not to those that responded in this thread.

I put the stipulation in my PM response about what I would share. Pretty simple.  Ners, you don't qualify.