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03-26-2006, 04:14 PM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Wisconsin
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Outside of any GMU fans? Probably no...
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03-26-2006, 04:15 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2005
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An upcoming Gonzaga of the East, or an one-year wonder?
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03-26-2006, 04:15 PM
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Pro Rookie
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Chicago, Ill
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I wonder if there is even a single bracket out there who had GMU in the Final Four. What a run!
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03-26-2006, 04:17 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Is #11 seed the lowest to make the final 4?
what was the previous lowest seed to make the final 4? |
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03-26-2006, 04:18 PM
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Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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03-26-2006, 04:19 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2005
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03-26-2006, 04:20 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
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They're a surprisingly huge school (about 30,000 students - bigger than UConn), and this'll certainly help recruiting. I could see them becoming more "relevant" in college basketball. |
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03-26-2006, 04:20 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Green Bay, WI
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Apparently an 11 made it in 1986. Don't know who.
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03-26-2006, 04:21 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Dec 2002
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Here's a link to a list of the final four teams and their seeds.
http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebas...finalfourseeds |
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03-26-2006, 04:21 PM
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Dark Cloud
Join Date: Apr 2001
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GMU is a big commuter school, so...I dunno, it'll be tough. But maybe this will help them with some institutional focus or maybe with the state giving them more money to do some other stuff.
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03-26-2006, 04:22 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Should be interesting. Just hope they aren't like UNLV, here then gone. |
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03-26-2006, 04:22 PM
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Dark Cloud
Join Date: Apr 2001
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GMU is notably the first mid-major to make the final four since it expanded to 64 teams (according to CBS). Naturally you can debate on whether UMass is a mid-major because they don't play football and play in the A-10, but I don't believe them to be one..at that time, they were a fairly major program and UMass isn't some commuter school using basketball as a way up.
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03-26-2006, 04:23 PM
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Pro Rookie
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Berkley, MI: The Hotbed of FOFC!
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Wow, I don't think I've ever been as sick about a game between two teams I really don't have a rooting interest for as I was for GMU at the end of regulation. Incredible game, and incredible play in OT!
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03-26-2006, 04:29 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Apr 2004
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LSU in 1986 was a #11 seed.
Looks like #11 seed is the lowest to make the final 4. |
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03-26-2006, 04:31 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Apr 2004
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If Florida wins today, it will be the first time since 1979 that at least one #1 seed not making the final 4
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03-26-2006, 04:33 PM
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Pro Rookie
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Berkley, MI: The Hotbed of FOFC!
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For some reason, after that last game, I have next to zero interest in the Florida/Villanova game.
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03-26-2006, 04:36 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Ponchatoula, LA
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I said earlier in this thread that this George Mason team reminded me more of '99 Gonzaga than any team since then. I don't know if they can extend this run over a long period of time (or if Larranaga will make the same mistake Dan Monson did), but this particular team is totally legitimate. Like the '99 Zags, they have the ability to win the title if everything breaks right. |
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03-26-2006, 04:37 PM
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Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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03-26-2006, 04:38 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Incredible incredible game... I just shot way up in the pool as I have a UCLA-Villanova championship with UCLA winning it all (Kentucky was my Final Four pick for this region) and everyone else had UConn picked just about.
Plus, I love upsets like this. Awesomeness. 
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03-26-2006, 04:38 PM
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Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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03-26-2006, 04:43 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Immensely, thanks. I've come so close so many years to being in the money or winning outright in the pool I get in on every year.... this might fnally be my season.
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03-26-2006, 04:46 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: New Jersey
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I watched it on TIVO and just caught up (and had been avoiding this thread.) What an amazing game and an unbelievable run by GMU!
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03-26-2006, 04:46 PM
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Amarillo, TX
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If 'Nova wins today, then the potential storyline exists where Mason could play the biggest Cinderella champion in the semis and then play the previous #11 seed to make it in in LSU. |
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03-26-2006, 04:50 PM
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Dark Cloud
Join Date: Apr 2001
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That'd be pretty funny.
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03-26-2006, 04:51 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: The State of Insanity
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20 years after the last 11 seed (the only one up to now) to make the Final Four.. another one does it.
Who was more unlikely? 11 seed LSU? (They beat 6 seed Michigan St, 3 seed Memphis St., 2 Seed Georgia Tech, and 1 seed Purdue to get there.. the total combined seed fof 12 is the lowest possible # you can get making your way through the playoffs?) or 11 seed George Mason? (6 Seed Michigan St (woah, creepy), 3 Seed NC, 7 Seed Wichita St and 1 seed Uconn.. I think while LSU was more unlikely from a numbers perspective.. LSU played in the SEC. GMU.. doesn't. George Mason, the most unlikely F4 team ever.
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03-26-2006, 04:56 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Hog Country
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Florida looking good so far.
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03-26-2006, 04:58 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Ponchatoula, LA
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Actually, the LSU run was #6 seed Purdue, #3 Memphis State, #2 Ga Tech and #1 Kentucky. It is also noteworthy that LSU won the first two rounds on their own homecourt in Baton Rouge. From that perspective, George Mason had a tougher road to the F4 (though playing the regionals in DC certainly didn't hurt). LSU also had two future NBAers in their starting lineup in 1986. |
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03-26-2006, 05:52 PM
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Dark Cloud
Join Date: Apr 2001
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Two home games as an #11 seed. Wow. I'm sure it was like GMU having what amounted to having a home game in the Elite 8. But still. There is no contest here. George Mason was among the biggest underdogs ever to make it this far. Do you realize that a few weeks ago, we were discussing the merit of whether this team should even BE in the tournament? No contest and no way if they were in the Big East or C-USA that we'd think as little as them as we did because they're from the CAA and well, given how they'd played up to this point, who can blame anyone for thinking that. But still...
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03-26-2006, 05:56 PM
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Dark Cloud
Join Date: Apr 2001
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03-26-2006, 05:57 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Ponchatoula, LA
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Yeah, I believe LSU getting those home games actually led to the rule change disallowing teams from playing on their home court in the tournament. I think the rule was changed starting the next season. I remember Gene Keady being really pissed about that, rightfully so. Purdue lost that first round game to LSU in overtime. |
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03-26-2006, 06:07 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Exton, PA
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Fustrating game to watch from a Villanova perspective. They look so sluggish and slow. For how quick these guards are supposted to be, they sure can't break anyone down off the dribble.
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03-26-2006, 06:09 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Exton, PA
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Oh yeah, if I see that puffie haired freak Noah pound his chest after doing something rather ordinary again, I'm going to freak out. Get some class.
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03-26-2006, 06:13 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: New Mexico
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I think Noah has a bright future in the WNBA.
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03-26-2006, 06:13 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Exton, PA
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He looks like some dude who dresses as drag on the weekends. I know, I'm hating, but the guy is really pissing me off. |
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03-26-2006, 06:15 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Ponchatoula, LA
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It's hard to understand why anyone who already has female facial features would wear their hair like that. He would totally dominate the WNBA, though. |
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03-26-2006, 06:16 PM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Fresno, CA
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He could make my all effeminate team |
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03-26-2006, 06:16 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Here
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If Nova continues to suck, the top 3 conferences in the RPI will have no teams in the final 4. The teams are coming from the 4, 7, and 10th ranked conferences.
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03-26-2006, 06:17 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Here
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not with candace parker dunking all over the place. |
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03-26-2006, 06:18 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Exton, PA
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Mike Nardi win's the "I'm too scared to play" award over the past few weeks. Talk about a guy just shying away from playing. Ever since he blew that layup in the UConn win at the wachovia center. He just hasn't been the same.
Ok, the game is going off now. |
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03-26-2006, 06:18 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Little Rock, AR
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Agreed. Noah is the one player I really dislike. After he got his third or fourth foul last game he went to the bench and he mouthed G--Damn Refs. Fuck them. He just seems to have a constant attitude about everything. |
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03-26-2006, 06:19 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Exton, PA
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Dola
20 years and counting for a Philadelphia champion of any kind!! We suck! |
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03-26-2006, 06:22 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: New Mexico
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I don't think it's difficult to understand - you just have to, um, think outside the box. |
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03-26-2006, 06:25 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Ponchatoula, LA
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By the way, for the record, I love George Mason but I tend to think Florida will finish them next week. Yeah, Noah's a dick but the Gators' defense has been extremely impressive. They're peaking at the right time and have been snuffing out very potent offenses the entire tournament.
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03-26-2006, 06:26 PM
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Dark Cloud
Join Date: Apr 2001
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Just getting to the Final Four is great for them. I think their run has to end sooner than later. But at the same time, it would be really cool to see them run the table on this thing.
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03-26-2006, 06:28 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Exton, PA
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I don't see why George Mason is being written off. They beat some solid teams in the past two weeks. Even though I'm hating on Florida, Nova's had this loss coming for awhile. They haven't shot the ball well in about a month.
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03-26-2006, 06:28 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Ponchatoula, LA
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Again, I think GMU is totally legitimate. This is not flukey, they're damn good, and I think they would have matched up pretty well with Villanova. It's just that Florida has been devastating this entire tournament. I think they will win it all. |
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03-26-2006, 06:29 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Here
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To quote myself, that is easily the worst conference RPI's dating back to 1999 (the earliest I could find the RPI). Also, this will be the 8th consecutive season where a conference has at least two teams in the final 4. This is the first time an SEC team has been in the final 4 since 2000, and the first time its had 2 teams in the final 4 since 1996. UCLA is the first PAC 10 team in the final four since 2001. i don't feel like researching the CAA. |
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03-26-2006, 06:29 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Hog Country
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03-26-2006, 06:31 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Here
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Once a decade, we're on top! |
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03-26-2006, 06:31 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Hog Country
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