CWU Leading WR Tyson Rainwater Also to Transfer!

[Runnin' Cat]

In the beer garden on a nice hot day?

and beer

[Wildcat Khan]

Super Mother with both....yes sir.

In the beer garden on a nice hot day?

[Runnin' Cat]

Love those Tav Cheeseburgers ... yum!

Super Mother with both....yes sir.

[Wildcat Khan]

Love those Tav Cheeseburgers ... yum!

I don't know anyone that can argue with that!

[tsull]

It's annoying or disturbing. Maybe both. Having a guy in their mid 50"s or 60 who's one cheese burger away from a heart attack talking **** about 19 year old kids transferring to another school. Who cares it's their decision.

Love those Tav Cheeseburgers ... yum!

[the tav]

Same guy. Nothing happened except called you out on your misinformed disdain.

It's annoying or disturbing. Maybe both. Having a guy in their mid 50"s or 60 who's one cheese burger away from a heart attack talking **** about 19 year old kids transferring to another school. Who cares it's their decision.

[Runnin' Cat]

I remember when you were a pretty good guy, we private messaged a few times about track and field running. Seemed like you were really cool. Not sure what happened.

Same guy. Nothing happened except called you out on your misinformed disdain.

[tsull]

Are you suggesting that if you are consistently one way that eventually are correct?

No one has said that institutions are masquerading as Duke of NC. They have said that institutions are in the same DI level. Like any level, there are many levels of players.

tsull is consistent about his disdain.

I remember when you were a pretty good guy, we private messaged a few times about track and field running. Seemed like you were really cool. Not sure what happened.

[Runnin' Cat]

tsull has long been critical of institutions masquerading as equals of Duke or North Carolina. He has been consistent on this issue.

Are you suggesting that if you are consistently one way that eventually are correct?

No one has said that institutions are masquerading as Duke or NC. They have said that institutions are in the same DI level. Like any level, there are many levels of players.

tsull is consistent about his disdain.

[tsull]

You are right about the WCC about getting to 2nd, although in 2020 they would have likely had 3 teams in the tournament. With BYU leaving though I wonder if they are going to stay a multi-bid conference and they also lose 1-2 Quadrant games for all teams in the WCC. That move though is great for BYU as they even have a Football championship in the past.

I kind of never thought BYU fit the WCC. They have football and a huge basketball arena which WCC schools have neither of those. That said they are a fine basketball school and excellent football school and I thought the Big 12 should have taken them a decade ago. St Mary's is still good enough now and then to fight for a sweet 16 spot.

[Wildcat Khan]

Portland finally made a good hire. They've hired 3 former Trail Blazers and I think they're combined records were something like 100 and 350, they finally got off that track. The key in the WCC is to get 2nd and hope for an NCAA berth, though St. Mary's is quite good.

I'll always be of the theory that not everyone belongs in D1 and actually about 150 of the 355 don't belong, that D2 is not a bad place to be, and trying to get into the arm's race when you're Maryland Eastern Shore is a fool's errand.

The biggest poster child for going D2 is Chicago State, which plays in the wayward WAC, won 1 game in hoops last year and wins about 4 or 5 a year. The only publicity they're getting from being D1 is bad publicity ... and the school almost shut down and they STILL stayed D1. Insane.

You are right about the WCC about getting to 2nd, although in 2020 they would have likely had 3 teams in the tournament. With BYU leaving though I wonder if they are going to stay a multi-bid conference and they also lose 1-2 Quadrant games for all teams in the WCC. That move though is great for BYU as they even have a Football championship in the past.

[tsull]

Western Oregon may have the 3rd best basketball team in basketball with how bad Portland and Portland State are. Portland though hired the EWU coach after firing Terry Porter, but even if he gets them up to that EWU level I doubt they'll be competing for the WCC title with Gonzaga even with BYU moving to the Big 12.

Portland finally made a good hire. They've hired 3 former Trail Blazers and I think they're combined records were something like 100 and 350, they finally got off that track. The key in the WCC is to get 2nd and hope for an NCAA berth, though St. Mary's is quite good.

I'll always be of the theory that not everyone belongs in D1 and actually about 150 of the 355 don't belong, that D2 is not a bad place to be, and trying to get into the arm's race when you're Maryland Eastern Shore is a fool's errand.

The biggest poster child for going D2 is Chicago State, which plays in the wayward WAC, won 1 game in hoops last year and wins about 4 or 5 a year. The only publicity they're getting from being D1 is bad publicity ... and the school almost shut down and they STILL stayed D1. Insane.

[Wildcat Khan]

Thanks, Brandon. I find that people are often easily distracted. Somebody wrote a blog post about Eastern Washington beating Kansas in basketball last year so they should stay d1. They didn't beat Kansas in basketball, they played well for a half.

I find the arms race isn't for every school and certainly not for 355 of them, just the point I was making.

About a decade ago, Western Oregon made the 20-mile trip to Corvallis to play Oregon State in men's basketball. Western Oregon won the game and was in control most of the way.

After the game I had no thoughts that the university should go into massive debt to build a new 10,000-seat arena, crank up the coaches salary to $300,000, start cheating to get players, build massive weight rooms and get the D1 identity. I never thought that. A lot of fans take that one victory or even playing close like Eastern against Kansas to justify some crazy moves by the university.

I thought it was a great effort by Western Oregon to beat the Beavers, a team that made the elite eight last year. It jump started a very nice division 2 playoff run for a few years in Monmouth. That was good enough.

Western Oregon may have the 3rd best basketball team in basketball with how bad Portland and Portland State are. Portland though hired the EWU coach after firing Terry Porter, but even if he gets them up to that EWU level I doubt they'll be competing for the WCC title with Gonzaga even with BYU moving to the Big 12.

[tsull]

Why aren't they like that? Why isn't Chaminade a "D1" school when they beat Virginia? In my view, it's ridiculous to even include this as an argument. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen a football team think it was championship caliber because it played the eventual champion close. There is a lot more than goes into being a championship team that one close game against the eventual champion.

tsull has long been critical of institutions masquerading as equals of Duke or North Carolina. He has been consistent on this issue.

Thanks, Brandon. I find that people are often easily distracted. Somebody wrote a blog post about Eastern Washington beating Kansas in basketball last year so they should stay d1. They didn't beat Kansas in basketball, they played well for a half.

I find the arms race isn't for every school and certainly not for 355 of them, just the point I was making.

About a decade ago, Western Oregon made the 20-mile trip to Corvallis to play Oregon State in men's basketball. Western Oregon won the game and was in control most of the way.

After the game I had no thoughts that the university should go into massive debt to build a new 10,000-seat arena, crank up the coaches salary to $300,000, start cheating to get players, build massive weight rooms and get the D1 identity. I never thought that. A lot of fans take that one victory or even playing close like Eastern against Kansas to justify some crazy moves by the university.

I thought it was a great effort by Western Oregon to beat the Beavers, a team that made the elite eight last year. It jump started a very nice division 2 playoff run for a few years in Monmouth. That was good enough.

[CWU Wildcat Nation]

Rainwater no longer has the "WIU" on his Twitter bio. I cannot find anything on him. Looks like he hung up the cleats. I am also trying to find something on Mykel Campbell, wondering if he transferred somewhere.