Douglas

[06panther10]

Re: Douglas

What? We "insisted" on throwing to Whitney Lewis? I thought the kid was a heady receiver and made some good catches this season. I think Eric Sanders throws to whoever he thinks is open. I don't think he ever 'insisted' on throwing to one guy more than another.

I hope your kidding. He was out of shape all year, killed many drives with his penalties, and could do nothing with the ball.

[Marc Wigim]

Re: Douglas

are you kidding me?

uh, no, I'm not. If I got a 10% on a test, I'd have a hard time convincing my parents that I got a significant portion right. If I were president and got a 10% approval rating, it would be difficult to tell the American people that a signficant portion of people approve of me.

I guess you'll have to riddle me this, then: what ISN'T significant?

Sincerely,
Still Confused In Cedar Falls

[buckswope]

Re: Douglas

Aaron Tecklenburg= Iowa Hawkeye

[DancerHall Cat]

Re: Douglas

uh, no, I'm not. If I got a 10% on a test, I'd have a hard time convincing my parents that I got a significant portion right. If I were president and got a 10% approval rating, it would be difficult to tell the American people that a signficant portion of people approve of me.

I guess you'll have to riddle me this, then: what ISN'T significant?

Sincerely,
Still Confused In Cedar Falls

Great point Marc. By your logic, if 10% of the men's basketball team had been convicted of murder, that would not be significant either. If 10% of the people in America died tomorrow, that wouldnt qualify under your definition.

[Panther Cat]

Re: Douglas

First of all I doubt he'll end up here, but not because we wouldn't accept him. I'm all for giving guys second chances (depening on how severe the infraction was). Don't get me wrong, stealing and credit card fraud are very serious, but it's worth giving someone a second chance.

Benny Sapp worked out great for us, unfortunately Hakim Hill didn't. It's a case by case, person by person situation. I say if Douglas wants to come to UNI we take a look and see if he's matured. Give him some of the same guidlines as others (one screw up and you're gone). I think it's that simple. I've seen Douglas play on several occasions (at Iowa and in HS). He's definitly a great player and would be a great asset for our team (as long as he has learned from his mistakes).

Douglas made a few mistakes obviously, but we can't really crucify him if we don't know him, or how he's changed.

[dasJamin]

Re: Douglas

you guys can play the percentage game all day. It wont get you anywhere.

[9YRPLAN]

Re: Douglas

so you are saying that players from oelwein or florida are REALLY not significant?

seriously people, this is ridiculous. its not like I said the "majority of players are former FBS players" or "we cant win without FBS transfers".

[9YRPLAN]

Re: Douglas

i've forgotten more about football than you know and have been a UNI fan longer than I imagine you've been around total. I'll just write this off to your age.

im 31, and ill write your response off to you realizing that you are at best close-minded and at worst completely clueless.

[GatewayFB]

Re: Douglas

im 31, and ill write your response off to you realizing that you are at best close-minded and at worst completely clueless.

Hey, that sounds like MY profile!

[Panther Cat]

Re: Douglas

im 31, and ill write your response off to you realizing that you are at best close-minded and at worst completely clueless.

But with 9 years of college you should be an expert, haha. I agree with you 100%. If you look at most FCS teams they have a lot of FBS players on their roster, some turn out to be very good and others don't, but they are still there.

[9YRPLAN]

Re: Douglas

im actually considering three more...

[Marc Wigim]

Re: Douglas

Great point Marc. By your logic, if 10% of the men's basketball team had been convicted of murder, that would not be significant either. If 10% of the people in America died tomorrow, that wouldnt qualify under your definition.

se·man·tics –noun (used with a singular verb) 1. Linguistics. a. the study of meaning.
b. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
2. Also called significs. the branch of semiotics dealing with the relations between signs and what they denote.
3. the meaning, or an interpretation of the meaning, of a word, sign, sentence, etc.: Let's not argue about semantics.

Randy Ball's teams were signficantly influenced by FBS transfers... whatever that percentage is will be the percentage that I concede.

My definition of "signifcant" varies. If I am friendly to 10% of the people I meet, I'm being a jerk. If I'm making out with 10% of UNI female coeds, now THAT my friends is significant.

[Newsbreaker]

Re: Douglas

i've forgotten more about football than you know and have been a UNI fan longer than I imagine you've been around total. I'll just write this off to your age.

Gold Star to Mudra for achieving the turd triple play.

1)I know more than you
2)You're obviously not what I think you should be so get out
3)I'm a bigger fan than you

In one day no less. A tremendous feat. Congrats and take a bow.

By the way, these threads should be non-existent and entirely rare by now.

[DancerHall Cat]

Re: Douglas

Exactly Marc,

That's the point I was trying to make. Obviously 10% is significant in some instances and not others. I quoted your post above because it ignored that fact.

In any event, good luck with the coeds. Fortunately, they should be in good spirits with Christmas approaching and finals a distant memory.

[Mudrafan]

Re: Douglas

newsfreak...have you even bothered to read the thread or are you just jumping into the personalities here...