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- Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2012 ACF Fall: Carnegie Mellon Univ Mirror, 11/3
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8422
Re: 2012 ACF Fall: Carnegie Mellon Univ Mirror, 11/3
Are high school teams welcome? If so, Olmsted Falls is interested in sending a team.
- Sun Oct 21, 2012 4:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NIU HS Mirror of ACF Fall: November 3, 2012 in DeKalb, IL
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10467
Re: NIU HS Mirror of ACF Fall: November 3, 2012 in DeKalb, IL
Olmsted Falls, OH may be interested in bringing a team. Are there any further field updates?
- Sun Oct 21, 2012 4:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: C.W. Thornthwaite Tournament at Central Michigan (11/10/12)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1667
Re: C.W. Thornthwaite Tournament at Central Michigan (11/10/12)
Nicholas, do you have any idea as to schools currently in the field? We're considering making the trip up with a team from the Cleveland area. Thanks!
- Fri Jun 29, 2012 11:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Michigan 2012-2013
- Replies: 46
- Views: 13394
Re: Michigan 2012-2013
Olmsted Falls, Ohio will be hosting our annual NAQT tournament the first weekend of February, 2013—Olmsted Falls is near Cleveland Hopkins Int'l Airport and is 2.5-3 hours from metro Detroit. Solon, Ohio will likely host a two-day tournament also in February or March—Solon is just to the southeast o...
- Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:53 am
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Quiz Bowl's Systemic Failure At Expansion and Recruitment
- Replies: 75
- Views: 46395
Re: Quiz Bowl's Systemic Failure At Expansion and Recruitment
In theory, using pyramidal sets for OAC should make the recruitment much easier. In practice, it hasn't translated that way--teams would rather play bad OAC throughout the season and guarantee themselves some points in the category and alphabet rounds than subject themselves to goose eggs at the han...
- Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:38 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Quiz Bowl's Systemic Failure At Expansion and Recruitment
- Replies: 75
- Views: 46395
Re: Quiz Bowl's Systemic Failure At Expansion and Recruitment
In my opinion (admittedly as a non-Missourian) it seems that the most important thing to remember about MOQBA is that they run a lot of great tournaments each year. You know that if you go to a MOQBA event you're going to get an efficiently run event on appropriate questions. Forming groups just to...
- Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:06 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Quiz Bowl's Systemic Failure At Expansion and Recruitment
- Replies: 75
- Views: 46395
Re: Quiz Bowl's Systemic Failure At Expansion and Recruitment
To circle back a bit to the expansion and recruitment subject, I will say that I think Ohio as a circuit is notably bad at this, and I've been thinking of ways to remedy the situation to no avail. I'm thinking an organization like the MQBA would be a big help and now that I am done with school, I'd ...
- Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:43 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 NAC
- Replies: 189
- Views: 71497
Re: 2012 NAC
This is kind of funny to me because basically CC was one of the first to leave NAC for HSNCT and NSC.something ambiguous wrote:Out of sheer curiosity, when/why did people start leaving the NAC? Did questions start getting bad? I guess what I'm trying to ask is why did people go to pyramidal and leave the NAC?
- Wed May 09, 2012 11:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fixing NHBB Nationals
- Replies: 40
- Views: 8489
Re: Fixing NHBB Nationals
We haven't participated in NHBB nationals, but have participated in some of the local events, so take the following with whatever amount of salt you require. Is there really a need for a third 20/20 national tournament? To me, the unique format is one of the selling points of the NHBB. If NHBB natio...
- Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BHSAT XXI at Yale University (March 24, 2012)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 21399
Re: BHSAT XXI at Yale University (March 24, 2012)
Did we ever establish if Central Catholic is the team also known as Detroit Catholic Central?
BTW Olmsted Falls, Ohio has preliminary interest in bringing one team.
BTW Olmsted Falls, Ohio has preliminary interest in bringing one team.
- Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:34 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Michigan 2011-12
- Replies: 76
- Views: 30814
Re: Michigan 2011-12
Attitude is everything. At both DCC and Olmsted Falls, we've treated quiz bowl as seriously as a sport or the band--you have to show up, you have to do work, or you won't succeed. Ideally, the players challenge one another and the coaches just guide the internal competitiveness and desire to succeed...
- Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:14 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: On-going Season Rankings V2.0 - Herp Derp
- Replies: 255
- Views: 105919
Re: On-going Season Rankings V2.0 - so is this where i complain?
Olmsted Falls was down an assistant coach at Rowdy Raider, FYI.
- Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:11 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: On-going Season Rankings V2.0 - Herp Derp
- Replies: 255
- Views: 105919
Re: On-going Season Rankings V2.0 - where is rhode island
Okay, I've updated the spreadsheet with all the info I could find. We're up to 1076 stat lines from 60 tournaments on 13 question sets. Best power rates to date, regardless of sets: Dorman A: 10.89 powers per game (BDAT) IMSA A: 10.27 15pg (HT22) IMSA: 10.18 15pg (OLEFIN) Auburn: 9.91 15pg (HT22) &...
- Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Desperately Seeking a Tournament in Michigan
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1310
Re: Desperately Seeking a Tournament in Michigan
Carolyn, The fine folks at Detroit Catholic Central usually host a tournament in Novi at least once a year. Additionally, if your school can make the short trip down I-75, Bowling Green State University is good for at least one tournament a year (they've already had one this fall, but they might in ...
- Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:48 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: League Database - Please add to this thread!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12147
Re: League Database - Please add to this thread!
-Name of League: Southwestern Conference (SWC) -State(s) Served: Ohio -Area or School the league is based in: western Cuyahoga, Lorain Counties -Geographic Restrictions? (i.e. is the league limited to teams from a certain state, county, etc.?): unknown -Question Provider: some sort of OAC question p...
- Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: On-going season rankings
- Replies: 391
- Views: 127452
Re: On-going season rankings
Really good explanation Fred, and I appreciate it. I might not agree with your results, but I can certainly salute your reasoning and motives. I hope you'll continue to do these rankings in the future.
- Tue Jun 28, 2011 6:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: On-going season rankings
- Replies: 391
- Views: 127452
Re: On-going season rankings
On the flip side, is it really such an affront if someone doing rankings largely for fun flip-flops a few teams or comes up with a result you don't like? I don't particularly care for where my team got ranked, but, it means nothing. I guess I don't understand how a thread about this becomes so shril...
- Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: On-going season rankings
- Replies: 391
- Views: 127452
Re: On-going season rankings
Is it really that bad if people vociferously argue about rankings? I thought these were largely for fun. I would assume that it's expected that subjective rankings of players and teams will invite spirited debate, as it always does in the sports world. Why do people take great offense to things said...
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ohio 2011-2012
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7390
Re: Ohio 2011-2012
I believe Beachwood returns most of the scoring from their #2 small school in the nation team, and they should be very, very good as well. Definitely capable of advancing out of the OAC NE regional.
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:34 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Most Surprising Teams?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12789
Re: Most Surprising Teams?
Since no one else has mentioned the 2002 RM team that took the train to GW on a lark for NSC and promptly charged right through the tournament after playing nothing but It's Academic stuff the whole year, I will put them forward as a contender for this list. That was a good team. The fact that I wa...
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open and Trash 2011 @ DCC (Aug 6-7)
- Replies: 77
- Views: 19482
Re: VCU Open and Trash 2011 @ DCC (Aug 6-7)
Olmsted Falls HS is considering playing the academic portion of this, and I and some old teammates may enter as well.
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ohio 2011-2012
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7390
Ohio 2011-2012
Never too early to get the discussion started!
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 HSNCT conversion stats discussion
- Replies: 59
- Views: 13137
Re: 2011 HSNCT conversion stats discussion
Very surprised at the low conversion numbers for the Peter Minuit tossup. Why? It may be a weirdly iconic American story, but it's not really an important name to remember in the annals of American History. It is of no use to mention his name, for example, in an AP U.S. History class, as i did not ...
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 HSNCT conversion stats discussion
- Replies: 59
- Views: 13137
Re: 2011 HSNCT conversion stats discussion
Very surprised at the low conversion numbers for the Peter Minuit tossup.
- Thu Jun 09, 2011 1:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 NSC Question Set Discussion
- Replies: 82
- Views: 18839
Re: 2011 NSC Question Set Discussion
As an overall observation, I do think the questions could stand to be slightly shorter, maybe a line or so on average. I think all of the core goals of PACE could be achieved if question length were 6 to 7 lines on average as opposed to 7 or 8, and it would streamline things a bit. I actually do ag...
- Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:54 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 NSC Question Set Discussion
- Replies: 82
- Views: 18839
Re: 2011 NSC Question Set Discussion
I don't think it's logisitically feasible, nor is it particularly advisable, to change the packets to suit lower-ranked teams on Sunday. Were I playing for or coaching one of those teams, I'd feel a bit patronized--there were some really good schools that finished 40 or lower. As an overall observat...
- Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 PACE NSC
- Replies: 114
- Views: 175167
Re: 2011 PACE NSC
Any progress on the results?
- Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:21 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 PACE NSC
- Replies: 114
- Views: 175167
Re: 2011 PACE NSC
Thank you for this update with at least some information. I await full posted results: "Expectans expectavi" as St. Jerome's Vulgate states it. I spoke to Donald Taylor when he got home late last night after a very long drive that was delayed because he had to drive several other staffers...
- Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:23 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Michigan '10-'11
- Replies: 69
- Views: 17379
Re: Michigan '10-'11
Yeah, we're graduating Ryan, Dave, Matt, and Chris from our A team and Connor T and Robert C from our B team. Who does Novi lose? Also congratulations to Michigan teams as a whole at HSNCT this past weekend (Props to Sid for being named a Sophomore All Star). Having so many teams finish so well is ...
- Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ohio '10 - '11
- Replies: 62
- Views: 13492
Re: Ohio '10 - '11
And to add, nothing against the teams which did make the Championship bracket, but Brush is also a good team. Not up to the level of the big state powers, but had their bus not gone to the wrong campus where they had to forfeit their first 3 matches, they could have made a lot more noise. I agree c...
- Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: OAC Talk
- Replies: 41
- Views: 7032
Re: OAC Talk
I do wonder if some of OAC's regional distribution problems could be solved by consolidating to four regions. I'd be interested to see the population distribution of the six existing regions. If it consolidated to four regions, we might actually see less applications considering there might be long...
- Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:32 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: OAC Talk
- Replies: 41
- Views: 7032
Re: OAC Talk
This is another problem (although more a problem with the regionals/state system than the format). Four of the top 10 teams in the last poll were from the Northeast; how can something call itself a state championship when it by definition excludes at least two of them? Then, at the state championsh...
- Sun Mar 13, 2011 3:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MSU March Madness Invitational (3/26/2011)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2204
Re: MSU March Madness Invitational (3/26/2011)
Is there an updated field list for this tournament?
- Sun Mar 13, 2011 12:34 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 Michigan High School State Championship (3/12/11)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7378
Re: 2011 Michigan High School State Championship (3/12/11)
Congrats to CC! Love to see the tradition keep going.
- Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ohio '10 - '11
- Replies: 62
- Views: 13492
Re: Ohio '10 - '11
I didn't really word this the best on the Ohio board, and I wasn't there for the tournament but I think that the Solon tournament (with some of Ohio's best teams, sans Solon who I am assuming was staffing the tournament) is a testament of how just how strong and deep Ohio quiz bowl is. You could ev...
- Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ohio '10 - '11
- Replies: 62
- Views: 13492
Re: Ohio '10 - '11
Solon two-day this past weekend:
Olmsted Falls goes 10-0 and wins the NAQT portion of the weekend on Saturday.
Northmont goes 10-0 and wins the PACE portion of the weekend on Sunday against a tougher field (DCC was there Sunday and not Saturday).
Olmsted Falls goes 10-0 and wins the NAQT portion of the weekend on Saturday.
Northmont goes 10-0 and wins the PACE portion of the weekend on Sunday against a tougher field (DCC was there Sunday and not Saturday).
- Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Blair Bash - 3/19/11 - MBHS
- Replies: 38
- Views: 13238
Re: Blair Bash - 3/19/11 - MBHS
Olmsted Falls, OH is considering this.
- Sun Feb 13, 2011 3:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ARMY NAVY @ Richard Montgomery HS (Yale Mirror) 4/9/11
- Replies: 48
- Views: 20944
Re: ARMY NAVY @ Richard Montgomery HS (Yale Mirror) 4/9/11
Is there still space available in the tournament?
- Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:01 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Michigan '10-'11
- Replies: 69
- Views: 17379
Re: Michigan '10-'11
Saw CC at Olmsted Falls last and you guys are continuing to do the Shamrock tradition proud! States should be very interesting.
- Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:57 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ohio '10 - '11
- Replies: 62
- Views: 13492
Re: Ohio '10 - '11
Copley, Olmsted Falls, and Solon (probably in that order) are the three best teams I've seen in Ohio this year, with the caveat that I have yet to see Northmont play. In the most recent poll on the Ohio board back in December, Northmont was a unanimous first, Olmsted Falls was an almost-unanimous s...
- Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ohio '10 - '11
- Replies: 62
- Views: 13492
Re: Ohio '10 - '11
Copley, Olmsted Falls, and Solon (probably in that order) are the three best teams I've seen in Ohio this year, with the caveat that I have yet to see Northmont play.