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Air Force, Navy, UNC, Michigan State may play games on aircraft carrier
Sports Illustrated ^
| Wednesday March 3, 2004
Posted on 03/03/2004 8:57:22 AM PST by ecurbh
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:58 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The military academy, North Carolina, Navy and Michigan State are in talks about playing a season-opening doubleheader Nov. 12 or Nov. 13 on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier, an Air Force official said.
"There is nothing finalized in writing yet," Air Force senior associate athletic director Mike Saks told The Gazette in Colorado Springs. "It's a thought, a great thought obviously, if it's approved through all the channels. If all that is all taken care of and we are offered a real contract on all of this, we would sign it tomorrow."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: basketball; ncaa; unc; usafa; usna
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posted on
03/03/2004 8:57:22 AM PST
by
ecurbh
To: ecurbh
I would hate to be tackled on the non-skid-coated steel deck. Ouch!
2
posted on
03/03/2004 9:03:14 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Not to mention the long fall if you run out of bounds. :)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Well, its not mentioned in the article (who edits this stuff anyway?), but its referring to a basketball game.
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posted on
03/03/2004 9:06:13 AM PST
by
ecurbh
To: Blood of Tyrants
We're talking b-ball, not f-ball.
To: ecurbh
Just make sure to deenergize the CIWS before you hit that homer...
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posted on
03/03/2004 9:07:27 AM PST
by
Jonah Hex
(Another day, another DU troll.)
To: Labyrinthos
Thank goodness!
7
posted on
03/03/2004 9:07:27 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: ecurbh
Would you mind not dribbling near the ordnance truck?
8
posted on
03/03/2004 9:07:35 AM PST
by
Tallguy
(Cannot rate this Reserve Freepers fitness: Not observed on this thread.)
To: Howlin
FYI...lol.
Having the Heels in this event is really appropriate. Players like David Noel will get to demonstrate that they really can't hit the ocean.
9
posted on
03/03/2004 9:07:50 AM PST
by
Al B.
To: ecurbh
Dang, I was hoping it was Football. That would have been cool as heck!
10
posted on
03/03/2004 9:09:47 AM PST
by
The South Texan
(The Democrat Party and the leftist (ABCCBSNBCCNN NYLATIMES)media are a criminal enterprise!)
To: ecurbh
The big hint is the part about the Air Force Acedemy not having a winning season since 1978-1978.
To: Labyrinthos
Yep, but I still like the concept of turning a birdbarn into homeplate!!
;-)
12
posted on
03/03/2004 9:10:04 AM PST
by
Jonah Hex
(Another day, another DU troll.)
To: Tallguy
And who gets possession if the ball gets sucked into a jet engine?
13
posted on
03/03/2004 9:11:13 AM PST
by
ecurbh
To: ecurbh
I assume the carrier will be docked during the game?
14
posted on
03/03/2004 9:13:13 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: ecurbh
Passing's gonna be a bitch at 40 knots.
To: ecurbh
Well, that's no fun then.
16
posted on
03/03/2004 9:16:45 AM PST
by
Gothmog
(The 2004 election won't be about what one did in the military, but on how one would use it)
To: dfwgator
Well, I would assume that too, but you never know!
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posted on
03/03/2004 9:16:52 AM PST
by
ecurbh
To: antiRepublicrat; hchutch
Passing's gonna be a bitch at 40 knots."All hands stand by for heavy rolls as the ship comes about!"
18
posted on
03/03/2004 9:18:16 AM PST
by
Poohbah
("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Maj. Vic Deakins, USAF)
To: Poohbah
Yep having a ship move back and forth does tend to make it a bit more difficult to make those free throws.
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posted on
03/03/2004 9:22:33 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Poohbah
Would you get a second chance if you "accidently" hit a seagull during a free throw?
(I hate seagulls. They remind me of old navy chiefs in a goatlocker.)
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posted on
03/03/2004 9:28:21 AM PST
by
Jonah Hex
(Another day, another DU troll.)
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