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answer by teammate: walt whitman

[myself preventing myself from wringing his neck]

correct answer: edwin arlington robinson (tilbury town)

Hold on, you're making a couple of erroneous assumptions here. First, teams may not be able to fundraise. For example, I can host tournaments all I want, but my school will not permit my team to have bake sales, car washes, etc. Several private schools have a similar policy. I'm sorry, I did not kn...

Stephen Moore - I could see where Stephen would be one of those people you really liked or couldn't stand. Personally, we got along together just fine, and we had some generally good times at a couple of tournaments. Definitely a good player (one of the better ones I've known), but I'm not sure he ...

My $0.02 worth re Phil's comment about Illinois teams at nationals: 1) With regard to substituing a national tournament for an Illinois tournament, I think budget may come into play here. As you know, we have a choice of tournaments virtually every weekend--I can see how an administrator would be l...

One name I'm mildly surprised not to see here is Stephen Moore, who was perhaps not as high-profile as a Yogesh Raut or a Ben Ricca but could certainly hold his own in that sort of field. We didn't play D-Mac particularly often, but when we did we knew we were in for a challenge, in no small part b...

One of the big debates I have with Dr. Riley at Loyola is that of timing. For reasons of philosophy, I will not start Maine South's season before the last week of October. That is when Northwestern has their tournament (traditionally), and is well past when UIUC has their earlybird. Bot hgreat tour...

We qualified for NAQTfinished in the top 4 at Conserve (Wisconsin), and we plan on attending Loyola this year, and perhaps one out of state tournament in either Minnesota or Indiana (NAQT). It is likely that we will not go to the Nationals (even if we do somehow qualify again) due to time and money...

[quote="HAHAHA"]Being from Fremd, I was quite pleased with our performance. I was a little disappointed that we didn't get to play New Trier, Stevenson, or D-Mac, as I have yet to play those teams this year, but I was impressed by several teams we played (notably Maine South). (/quote] Ste...

Although I would say that expectations for IMSA were not mentioned, you have to admit they have been flying under the radar for a while. Just by the nature of the school itself you have to consider them at least a marginal threat whenever they enter a tournament. In a way there is less pressure on ...

I like the change in format (without actually "changing the format").....and I like the fact that the "B" teams play "B" teams......let 'em beat each other up rather than serving as fodder for Fremd (as my "B" team did a few weeks ago)......schools like Fremd...

Hmm. This forum seems to have become a place where players from their respective teams come to make the case for why their team deserves to be given "elite" status. Well, I guess it's my turn. I am on the Fremd scholastic bowl team, so I do have to mention that Fremd did win the LWE tourn...

i know. a really funny thing happened after the match though. when culver academy found out that we were going to play them for 3rd place, they took off and forfeited. they claimed it was because of homecoming, but i don't believe it. i think it was because of the beatdown we had issued earlier in ...

i am the one that committed the neg. during the whole question they were talking about the speech. i do not know why i felt it necessary to blitz. even if i didn't fuck it up, the subsequent bonus was on japanese novels. i could not think of one to save my life so get off my back. 'Sup; actually, I...

haha. yes, i'm from fremd, but i'm just relating the facts. we also played wheaton north in that tournament. they were pretty solid, but not spectacular like last year. we won by about 60-70 if i remember correctly. and i don't mean to trash talk guys. hopefully this will all be settled at the buzz...

My opinion would be that these four are running at the head of the pack (at least in Class AA)....the exact ranking might be open for debate....New Trier won the Loyola Ultima, BUT, Auburn was supposedly shorthanded. Fremd has shown some wicked awesome potential this year....might be their best tea...

What I am going to write may be unpopular, but I personally believe it to be the truth.....which is to say that it is not a fact, just an opinion. More downstate coaches want quick, short questions that don't allow for much thinking. Actually, I agree completely, now that I'm far enough removed to ...

From the UIUC Earlybird Tournament yesterday: "'The 'Cross of Gold' Speech' by William Cullen Bryant... er... no... Jennin..." The circumstances of this neg make it worse, since it was taken after a good buzz on a "'Cross of Gold' speech" tossup which was, as it happened, the fi...