OT - How to break a 310-game losing streak
The California Institute of Technology (my alma mater!) broke a 310 game conference losing streak, beating Occidental College (president Obama's alma mater!) 46-45 on a last second free throw. The Caltech Beavers play in the very competitive SCIAC (Southern California Intercollegiate Atheletic Conference), in NCAA DIvision III.
The last time the Beavers won a conference game was Jan. 23, 1985 - almost two years before I was born. People are gonna get hammered tonight in Pasadena.
http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/news/story?id=6149755
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/23931/caltech-celebrates-win-like-its-1985
February 23rd, 2011 at 6:52 AM ^
February 23rd, 2011 at 6:58 AM ^
Veiled brag post imo. Typical Michigan grad, does his PhD @CalTech.
February 23rd, 2011 at 9:19 AM ^
also, these baggy pants are tight in the crotch. fit too snugly.
February 23rd, 2011 at 12:14 PM ^
if he graduated from michigan and then got a PhD from cal tech all just a few weeks after he turns 24, then he can brag all he wants
February 23rd, 2011 at 1:02 PM ^
Hahaha, so yeah, I didn't go to Michigan. I grew in Ann Arbor, dad got three masters from Michigan, and I fled to the west coast for my undergrad because my parents knew half the profs at UM. And also the fact that Caltech is a really good school.
February 23rd, 2011 at 7:55 AM ^
Am I the only one who thought this was going to be about the Cleveland Cavaliers?
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:10 AM ^
Negged for not telling us how to break a 310-game losing streak.
Oh, and vicarious congrats to you.
February 23rd, 2011 at 1:04 PM ^
... Just win baby
February 23rd, 2011 at 2:13 PM ^
Or four words: Last second free throw
I had no idea about such a long losing streak. I'll have to congratulate the people I know from Caltech.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:53 AM ^
Count me in as needing to know how to break a 310-game losing streak.
(We might need it to beat Ohio State in football.)
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:44 AM ^
Go to hell, you cynical dick.
February 23rd, 2011 at 9:00 AM ^
Just think if they play the Connecticut College Camels. Beavers and Camel Toes on the court, Oh My!
February 23rd, 2011 at 9:30 AM ^
Damn Asian kids were nowhere to be seen.
February 23rd, 2011 at 10:12 AM ^
February 23rd, 2011 at 10:40 AM ^
I've since heard this joke refer to many other places, but every time I hear CalTech mentioned, I think of a woman I knew who went there and talked about being surrounded by guys, saying if you wanted a relationship that "the odds are good, but the goods are odd." For whatever reason, that still cracks me up to this day.
Since that's not actually that good of a joke, I'll add a completely unrelated but much funnier one that I heard in Seattle, where there's a grocery chain called Safeway (which I think is actually quite large, but just not in Michigan):
Q: How do you fit a giraffe in a Safeway cart?
A: Take the s out of Safe and the f out of Way.
If you're not getting it, say aloud what you're thinking a few times (if your boss/child/home isn't too close by) and see if you get it then.
February 23rd, 2011 at 12:15 PM ^
a girl i know who went to purdue said the same thing
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:35 AM ^
I am a recent michigan grad now doing a PhD in physics at Caltech. I was at the game and it was awesome. Just shear elation on the faces of the players and the coaches. It serves as my definition of a feel good win.
February 23rd, 2011 at 12:15 PM ^
You were born in 1987? God, I'm old.
February 23rd, 2011 at 12:35 PM ^
There are people born in 2011
February 23rd, 2011 at 12:39 PM ^
But those people haven't already finished graduate school.
February 23rd, 2011 at 1:04 PM ^
I haven't gone to grad school (see my post above). I went to Caltech for undergrad.
So see, you're not that old!
February 23rd, 2011 at 1:38 PM ^
But they're not posting here about how they're college grads.
I remember the Tigers' playoff run in '87...
February 23rd, 2011 at 2:15 PM ^
let the 310 game winning streak begin!