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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
(Post 824344)
T, ESPN reporting that the NCAA will announce the expected sanctions at 3pm and that it will be the 2 year ban, scholarship strip and vacating wins from at least 2004.
Will Auburn now be the 2004 national champions? :D That depends on the BCS and the BCS said they'd fall in line with the NCAA and supposedly the national championship trophy will be stripped from USC and removed from their campus. We could be without a 2004 NC. They also say the Heisman Trophy could be vacated for 2004 and no winner, because Vince Young said he wants no part as in winning it retroactively. Reggie Bush has apologized to USC and the fans. Now, can they strip Matt Leinharts Heisman Trophy for having been, and still being, a total tool. --- Vietnam joined Skyteam. |
Originally Posted by Gearjerk
(Post 824323)
FTB,
Its the ol' Muhammad Ali "rope-a-dope" tactic against George Foreman. We go into STL (ropes) with WN, while only distracting them long enough for us to build up LGA, all the while tiring them with their build-up and competition in STL. Brilliant analysis also NU. GJ P.S. Extracted from Wiki - "In competitive situations other than boxing, rope-a-dope is used to describe strategies in which one partly purposely puts itself in what appears to be a losing position, attempting thereby to become the eventual victor." |
Originally Posted by forgot to bid
(Post 824344)
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Vietnam joined Skyteam. I heard Vietnam will be joining the PAC-10. |
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
(Post 824311)
The thing about STL, and Nu's excellent analysis, is that we get to do something we've never done and that's come in as the "savior", stop laughing. It's like my pick up line in college: " you've tried the rest now try me." But SWA is there and if the worlds largest airline, for now, shows up it'll be very noticed. SWA gives you the lower 48, we're the airline that gives you the world and we think we love you... STL. Which is very different that the norm where SWA gets all the fanfare when they show up. The question is, how would SWA react? Is getting them to ramp up STL a way to bog them down.
Any rumors about STL may have something to do with that. Of course, STL has a number of "operational challenges" with respect to the runway configuration and design of the terminal, but I think some of those have been fixed. Personally, I think I'd be way cool to start flexing our muscle domestically. I think I'd be REALLY cool if that meant a left seat for me in a DC-9, MD-88 or a C-Series. I don't like international. I do like MSP-FAR, MSP-GFK, MSP-OMA, DTW-LAN, DTW-GRR and the like. It's how I'm wired. Nu |
Originally Posted by NuGuy
(Post 824354)
I don't like international. I do like MSP-FAR, MSP-GFK, MSP-OMA, DTW-LAN, DTW-GRR and the like. It's how I'm wired.
Nu Grand Forks, Great Falls, Grand Rapids... |
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I guess its no longer a rumor if the execs were there!! There may be 3 million people there, but the place is a dud!!!
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Originally Posted by beer
(Post 824363)
I guess its no longer a rumor if the execs were there!! There may be 3 million people there, but the place is a dud!!!
1. From what I understand, it is potentially a very lucrative airline market. 2. Geographically, it is pretty much smack dab in the middle of the country. In the past, the runway configuration was definitely a problem for a big hub operation. But with the new runway, I think this would be better now. Should be interesting... |
Well, I'll be the first to hope for this to come true. All I need is a small little M88/90 base in STL. That's not too much to ask for is it? I'll even bid the -9 if they'd base pilots there. :eek:
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