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Bix has reason to be proud of her alma mater

#1 Post by Rexer25 » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:40 am

IIRC, Bixby is a proud graduate of Trinity University in San Antonio. I think they set a college football record on Saturday.

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#2 Post by earendel » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:46 am

Rexer25 wrote:IIRC, Bixby is a proud graduate of Trinity University in San Antonio. I think they set a college football record on Saturday.

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Unbelievable! I couldn't count the number of laterals that were made.
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#3 Post by Rexer25 » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:49 am

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Unbelievable! I couldn't count the number of laterals that were made.
A couple of other stories on the game said 15.
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#4 Post by Bixby17 » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:48 am

That was totally cool.

It is the most Trinity football I ever watched.

They are a good football team these days, but back when I went there, they stunk on ice.

They do a good job of recruiting smart good athletes--they don't have athletic scholarships, but find ways to encourage smart people who know they aren't likely to have a career in football to come to the school to get a good education and play ball.

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#5 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:51 am

Bix, when were you at Trinity?

I know someone who went there, and I am curious whether y'all might have met.
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#6 Post by Bixby17 » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:52 am

TheCalvinator24 wrote:Bix, when were you at Trinity?

I know someone who went there, and I am curious whether y'all might have met.
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Just missed my 20 year college reunion.

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#7 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:54 am

I know a woman who started there in the fall of 1985. Rebecca McGowan. Physics Major. Ring any bells?
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#8 Post by Bixby17 » Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:36 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote:I know a woman who started there in the fall of 1985. Rebecca McGowan. Physics Major. Ring any bells?
Nope. Physics? ACK. I purposely avoided any scary math or science classes in college when I filled my required classes.

I find physics now to be interesting stuff, but I was so behind on my math/science stuff because of my years in South Carolina schools, that I never took physics in high school. That and most math and science teachers were not terribly good.

I found that I did the best in classes where I had the best teachers. I always respected those students who excelled even when the teachers stunk.

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#9 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:26 pm

I figured it was a long shot. I heard she graduated with a 4.0.

She was my girlfriend my Sophomore year in High School. She was one year ahead of me. She was the first National Merit Scholar in our school's history. There has only been one more since.
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#10 Post by Ritterskoop » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:01 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote:I figured it was a long shot. I heard she graduated with a 4.0.
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You didn't mean it was a long shot Bix would know a 4.0, right?
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#11 Post by hermillion » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:04 pm

I just assumed Cal was the second NMS. 8)
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#12 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:08 am

Ritterskoop wrote:
TheCalvinator24 wrote:I figured it was a long shot. I heard she graduated with a 4.0.
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You didn't mean it was a long shot Bix would know a 4.0, right?
I originally had the whole post together in one paragraph. I put the break in the wrong place, apparently.
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#13 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:08 am

hermillion wrote:I just assumed Cal was the second NMS. 8)
Very good reading between the lines.
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#14 Post by wbtravis007 » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:46 am

TheCalvinator24 wrote:
hermillion wrote:I just assumed Cal was the second NMS. 8)
Very good reading between the lines.
Not to take anything away from hermillion here, but I'd bet that she would agree that it really doesn't take a world-class intuitician to figure this one out.

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#15 Post by tubadave » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:47 am

Holy crap.

Just to be sure, I counted myself. One forward passes, 15 lateral passes, and the 15th one bounced once before landing in the hands of the guy who scored. That's one of the most incredible things I've ever seen in a football game at any level. :shock:

Too bad that there were so few people there to witness it in person.

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#16 Post by peacock2121 » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:05 am

TheCalvinator24 wrote:I figured it was a long shot. I heard she graduated with a 4.0.

She was my girlfriend my Sophomore year in High School. She was one year ahead of me. She was the first National Merit Scholar in our school's history. There has only been one more since.
Okay.... What am I missing. I was a National Merit Scholar. Does it mean something different in Texas than in NY?

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#17 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:29 am

peacock2121 wrote:
TheCalvinator24 wrote:I figured it was a long shot. I heard she graduated with a 4.0.

She was my girlfriend my Sophomore year in High School. She was one year ahead of me. She was the first National Merit Scholar in our school's history. There has only been one more since.
Okay.... What am I missing. I was a National Merit Scholar. Does it mean something different in Texas than in NY?
Context.

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#18 Post by peacock2121 » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:30 am

Yeah, but I was one - so.... it can't be too hard, so.... what's with your school?

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#19 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:03 am

peacock2121 wrote:Yeah, but I was one - so.... it can't be too hard, so.... what's with your school?
I don't know. We've had a number of Semi-Finalists and Commended Student over the years, but only 2 made it to the final step.

It is a small town in East Texas. Maybe that accounts for it.
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