2021-2022 Games of Interest

[wichshock65]

Liberty 66-45. Wow

[WuDrWu]

Perhaps I'm late to the table, but did anyone know Valpo changed their mascot?

I hadn't heard. I tuned in for their game against the Geese tonight and the PBP guy called them the Beacons. I didn't quite understand at first, but my mind said "Yeah, that's not it, what the eff is going on here".

So I looked it up and apparently last year students, faculty and alumni said Crusaders isn't inclusive enough.

You literally have to be ****ing me.

[WuDrWu]

Good to see that so far in the Which Shocker NonCon Opponent Will **** the Bed Worst This Season Award, we have a new leader in the Clubhouse in Mizzou. UNLV tried taking the lead but stumbled and lost to a tiny bit more important team in SMU. Reeeeeebbbbbbeeeeelllllsssssss.

Maybe we can get the Antlers back in time for conference play.

[Wuzee]

Good to see that so far in the Which Shocker NonCon Opponent Will **** the Bed Worst This Season Award, we have a new leader in the Clubhouse in Mizzou. UNLV tried taking the lead but stumbled and lost to a tiny bit more important team in SMU. Reeeeeebbbbbbeeeeelllllsssssss.

Maybe we can get the Antlers back in time for conference play.

I know it was Thanksgiving and all -- but it was absolutely shocking to sit in that nice arena and see only three ... THREE! ... Antlers in the student section. Meanwhile there were plenty of students hanging in downtown Columbia on a Friday night. Pretty pathetic showing.

[shoxlax]

Perhaps I'm late to the table, but did anyone know Valpo changed their mascot?

I hadn't heard. I tuned in for their game against the Geese tonight and the PBP guy called them the Beacons. I didn't quite understand at first, but my mind said "Yeah, that's not it, what the eff is going on here".

So I looked it up and apparently last year students, faculty and alumni said Crusaders isn't inclusive enough.

You literally have to be ****ing me.

So when does Kapaun change their name?

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

Perhaps I'm late to the table, but did anyone know Valpo changed their mascot?

I hadn't heard. I tuned in for their game against the Geese tonight and the PBP guy called them the Beacons. I didn't quite understand at first, but my mind said "Yeah, that's not it, what the eff is going on here".

So I looked it up and apparently last year students, faculty and alumni said Crusaders isn't inclusive enough.

You literally have to be ****ing me.

That's some woke stupidity right there. Not surprising though.

[Shockm]

That's some woke stupidity right there. Not surprising though.

Let's try it on for effect.

The "Fighting Beacons"

The "Fighting Lights"

Yes, It definitely works.

[wheathead]

Let's try it on for effect.

The "Fighting Beacons"

The "Fighting Lights"

Yes, It definitely works.

Suggesting that they are "fighting" does not FEEL inclusive to me, so I suggest instead, The "Emphatically Struggling Beacons" or possibly The "Determinedly Pursuing Beacons"

ahhh........I FEEL so much better now.

[molly jabali]

Wasn't Friends once the Fighting Quakers?:)

[Kel Varnsen]

Wasn't Friends once the Fighting Quakers?:)

Had to change it because they were culturally appropriating a food that had been developed in the Middle East.

[Wuzee]

Perhaps I'm late to the table, but did anyone know Valpo changed their mascot?

I hadn't heard. I tuned in for their game against the Geese tonight and the PBP guy called them the Beacons. I didn't quite understand at first, but my mind said "Yeah, that's not it, what the eff is going on here".

So I looked it up and apparently last year students, faculty and alumni said Crusaders isn't inclusive enough.

You literally have to be ****ing me.

It really wasn't that it "wasn't inclusive enough." It was that white nationalist hate groups including the Klu Klux Klan overtly use crusader-related symbology and language and are, thanks to Trump, much more in the public consciousness than they were 10-15 years ago. Plus, for any university with an international student base, harkening back to The Crusades is not the best look.

“Valpo is and always has been a faith-based institution, and we want to make sure our symbolism is in alignment with our beliefs and speaks to the core values of the Lutheran ethos,” said Interim President Colette Irwin-Knott. “At Valpo, we strive to seek truth, serve generously and cultivate hope. We do not believe having the Crusader as our mascot portrays these values.”

That said, Beacons is a pretty blah name. The only upside is that it makes me think of Castle Anthrax.

[Kel Varnsen]

It really wasn't that it "wasn't inclusive enough." It was that white nationalist hate groups including the Klu Klux Klan overtly use crusader-related symbology and language and are, thanks to Trump, much more in the public consciousness than they were 10-15 years ago. Plus, for any university with an international student base, harkening back to The Crusades is not the best look.

The mental gymnastics required to put any amount of fault or blame on Trump for this is actually impressive.

[Wuzee]

The mental gymnastics required to put any amount of fault or blame on Trump for this is actually impressive.

LOL!

[WuTheOne]

Please take this crap to the political forums.

[SHOXAAC]

Had to change it because they were culturally appropriating a food that had been developed in the Middle East.

Ahh, yes...the ole:

Friends
University of
Central
Kansas

You can't make it up...but I am proud to be an alumni.