Re: 1/10 at 7 p.m. vs. Western Illinois
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Originally Posted by
MrAugustana
So I try pretty consistently to not be unrealistic and annoying about Augie, but watching 20+ minutes of this game tonight and reading stats like this, I find it hard to believe Augie can't be at least competitive in the Summit League to the degree that WIU is "competitive."
Right?
I'm sure the anti-Augie group will gladly articulate why that sentiment is dumb, but if Augie can't at least get to WIU's level (or, as I'm obviously hoping desperately, better), I will be really surprised.
Also, I'm not trying to hijack this thread and turn this into any sort of Augie D1 discussion, I was just watching the game tonight and this was the thought that popped into my head after 5-10 minutes. Seeing the stat quoted above just motivated me to log in and comment about it.
I, for one, have never thought Augustana couldn't compete in Summit basketball. I think this year's Augie team would beat this year's NDSU team 5 times out of 10. Of course, that's not saying much for how you'd fare against better conference foes. But in any case, I don't think you'd be in the Summit basement.
I don't care what Jim says. That is not the real Ben Franklin. I'm 99% certain.