Quote of the Day

 

If you're trying to hide something, you

wouldn't keep getting away with it for

ten years.  Nobody is that clever.

 

(via Sports Illustrated)

 

Lance Edward Gunderson, a.k.a. Lance Armstrong

Quote of the Day

 

I will continue to express the fact I am for

a drug-free sport and always will be.

 

(via Top News)

 

Marion Lois Jones

Wrapping up the Scammy Awards

(via Reaction Faces)

...and Bobby Hill, Tom Landry Middle School.  There are your nominees for 2013 Middle School Journalist of the Year.  And the Scammy goes to...

(via The Swim Brief)

Georgia traveled to Texas this weekend for meets in College Station and Austin.  Chase Kalisz & Coach Jack Bauerle did not make the trip.  Rumors of academic issues, but no solid info yet.  Third meet they've missed.  Jack runs a clean program, so we're all wondering what's up there.  Catch up here.

 

(via espn)

A Conversation with Simone Manuel

The Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool was not too long ago. How has it felt entering the New Year with such an amazing international win under your belt?

Simone: “It was such an exciting meet. I did not swim for my high school so it was pretty cool being in a duel meet like that. I feel like it gave me a feel of what it will be like going into college and competing. So overall after that meet I am just really excited for the year to come.”

Belton HS needs an aquatics coordinator/head coach.  Contact Rodney Southern at 254-215-2230

Trinity Head Coach John Ryan is on leave.  Wishing him all the best.  Assistant Michael Schuber has taken over the program as interim head coach.  More here.

Shadowbend YMCA needs a swim coach.  Info here.

Pool manager jobs info here and here.

Georgia vs. Texas (M&W)

Georgia vs. A&M (M&W)

Auburn vs. Texas (M&W)

Wayland Baptist vs. Austin College (M&W)

Austin College Invite (M&W)

Southwestern vs. Incarnate Word (M&W)

Houston vs. Evansville (W)

UNT (W) at San Diego State Quad

Houston (W) at Louisville Tri

SMU vs. A&M (W)

SMU vs. LSU (M)

TCU vs. Manhattan (M&W)

Pearce/Lone Star/Wakeland

Frisco Last Chance

AAHSSL #4 (scroll down)

HSC Open

TXLA January Splash #1

TXLA January Splash #2 (real time)

CBA Unclassified

Quote of the Day

 

The most important thing for me in my

career is to be honest and forthright.

 

(via Chicago Sun-Times)

 

Alexander Emmanuel "Alex" Rodriguez

Quote of the Day

 

The difference between perseverance

and obstinacy is that one often

comes from a strong will, and

the other from a strong won't.

 

(via Connecticut History)

 

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher

New Year's Resolutions You Can Actually Achieve

High school junior and senior brainiacs should apply for TISCA Academic All-State here.

Remember Temple's twisted logic that dumping Olympic sports...would help their Olympic sports?  No?  Catch up here.

In a new article on Inside Higher Ed, we're reminded that Temple's football program - like a huge majority - loses a ton of money.  Read more here.

In “a real base accounting sense,” it’s true that universities like Temple lose money on football, Maxcy said. But what they gain in exposure, advertising, donations and recruiting likely makes up for it.

Still, schools with programs bleeding millions in red ink refer to their foosball teams as "revenue" sports.

Coincidentally, yesterday's Academic Minute on Inside Higher Ed was called Liars and Lying.  Listen here.  Read transcript here.

This relates to a concept called the illusory truth effect – the idea that telling the truth can actually lead to a false memory. A man who repeatedly denies seeing a knife at a crime scene, for example, might actually begin to believe he saw it even if it was never there. It feels familiar to him, and because the repeated denials have slipped from his memory, he ends up thinking it must have happened.

(via philly)

Hmmm...wonder what "effect" might cause Kevin Clark to actually believe it's the truth if he keeps repeating this lie:

"Reducing the number of sports will mean athletics can invest more into the student-athletes, staff and facilities for the remaining Olympic sports, and offer the best possible learning and competitive environment," Clark said in a statement.

Here's former Horn Dax Hill with a new member of the UT swimming family, NTN's Brett Ringgold:

If you've got swimming news for club, high school, or college swimmers here in the Lone Star State, feel free to pass the info (and pics) along via email.

Twin Lakes Family YMCA in Cedar Park needs an aquatics director.  Info here.

Stanford vs. UT (W)

NOCH Senior

COR Winter Classic

Quote of the Day

 

We are not alike and no law can make us so.

 

(via Liberty Fund)

 

Fishel Chodorowsky, a.k.a. Frank Chodorov

Quote of the Day (#2001)

 

I am putting myself to the fullest possible
use, which is all I think that any conscious
entity can ever hope to do.

 

(via Wikia)

 

Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer,

a.k.a. HAL 9000

Quote of the Day

 

In prosperity, our friends know us; 

in adversity, we know our friends.

 

(via FamQuotes)

 

John Churton Collins

Quote of the Day

One cannot answer for his courage

when he has never been in danger.

(via Biography)

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Quote of the Day

 

Be a fountain, not a drain.

 

(via GregHallKC)

 

Rex Allen Hudler

Quote of the Day

What I don't like about office Christmas

parties is looking for a job the next day.

 

(via Daily News)

 

Phyllis Ada Driver, a.k.a. Phyllis Diller

Quote of the Day

 

Success is important only to the extent that it puts

one in a position to do more things one likes to do.

 

(via Magnum)

 

Sarah Caldwell

Quote of the Day

I'm not against the police;  I'm just afraid of them.

(via The Red List)

 

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock

Quote of the Day

I will follow the right side even to the

fire, but excluding the fire if I can.

(via the guardian)

 

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

Quote of the Day

 

Some people say I'm a dreamer.  Others say,

"If you fall asleep at work again we're

going to have to let you go."

 

(via Parade)

 

Silas Merritt "Si" Robertson

Quote of the Day

 

You can talk any redneck into a challenge.  That's

why so many rednecks die in strange ways.

 

 

Jason Silas "Jase" Robertson

Guess who's back!

The perv is back!

Is he here to steal a story?  Interested in the old Texas Swimming Blog's page views?  Going to post another comment?

Looks like they didn't fire his sorry butt.  What kind of business would keep a guy on the payroll that made sick comments via a company computer?  They're either clueless or scraping the bottom of the barrel for employees.  Both?

No idear what's goin' on?  Catch up here.

Quote of the Day

I'm a low tech man in a high tech world.

(via CHRISTIAN TODAY)

Phil Alexander Robertson

Quote of the Day

 

Reflect on your present blessings, of which

every man has many;  not on your past

misfortunes, of which all men have some.

 

(via NPR)

 

Charles John Huffam Dickens

Quote of the Day

A man who limits his interests, limits his life.

(via fine art america)

 

Vincent Leonard Price, Jr.

Quote of the Day

 

Nothing I do is done by popular demand.

 

(via ABC News)

 

Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin

Quote of the Day

 

Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart.

 

(via news times)

 

Henry Ross Perot

Quote of the Day

 

Let us speak courteously, deal fairly,

and keep ourselves armed and ready.

 

 

Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt

Quote of the Day

 

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned

an invisible government owing no allegiance and

acknowledging no responsibility to the people.

 

 

Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt

Quote of the Day

 

The first requisite of a good citizen in this

republic of ours is that he shall be able

and willing to pull his own weight.

 

 

Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr.

Quote of the Day

 

There has never yet been a man in our

history who led a life of ease whose

name is worth remembering.

 

 

Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr.

Quote of the Day

 

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove

their ability to outgrow small ones.

 

(via Wikipedia)

 

Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr.

Confusion at Temple (and much, much more!)

Nope, not Temple, Texas - them folks knows what's goin' on!

The problem's at Temple University.  Read more here and here.

They're dropping seven (7) teams...so they can better support their Olympic sports.

Problem is, three of the programs they're dumping - men's track, men's gymnastics, and women's rowing - are Olympic sports.

You want the truth?  YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

Oh, you can?  Sorry about that.  Okay, here it is:

They're having money troubles in their athletic department and in order to continue fielding a red ink-bleeding D-I foosball program (2-10, 1-7), a few cuts are in order.  Can't afford to lose any of those 105 destined-to-play-on-Sunday's fellers, right?

To remain NCAA D-I, they need to keep six (6) men's sports.  That's why they're dumping the other five (5) men's programs.  Title IX lawyers have been pushing proportionality for years.  Since they're kicking so many men to the curb, they can do the same to a few of the women as well.  They'll take advantage of the opportunity and dump expensive, large-roster sports like rowing (60 women) and softball (23).

Worried about the Owls men's and women's swimming programs?  Relax!  They dumped swimming back in 1986.  Read about the Temple University Olympic Sports Purge, Part I here.

 

(via Ryan Seacrest)

Read Goals with Gratitude by Kathleen Hersey here.

Be an idealist when setting your goals; be an optimist on the road to pursuing them; and be a realist when assessing the honest endeavor.

Texarkana TISCA

San Antonio TISCA

Note - Cedar Park's Taylor Abbott went with everyone's favorite strategy en route to his 1000 free (9:14.91, 4:37.65/4:37.26) victory:

Go out as fast as you can and negative split it!

Texas Invite

USA Swimming Nationals

USA Swimming Nationals (Time Trials)

(via Indexed)

An aquatics coordinator is needed in the City of Coppell.  Info here.

(via Pinterest)

Get your Swim Like a Champion (Sprint Freestyle) featuring Kara Lynn Joyce and Jimmy Feigen here.

El Campo Invite

Caney Creek/College Park/Home School/Willis

Keller/Keller Central/Haltom/Richland

Big Cat Invite

Edu-tainment:


Want to learn more about spending in college athletics?  The Knight Commission has put together a handy, dandy site that'll keep you busy while waiting twenty-four hours between Candy Crush Quests.  Visit their Athletic & Academic Spending Database for NCAA Division I here.

DSSC Turkey Splash

HSC Thanksgiving Classic

Texas Gold Turkey Time

AAAA Nadadores Time Trials

Woodlands Masters November Classic

Top Texas teams in SC Virtual Club Championships (w/national rank in parentheses):

Nitro (12)
AAAA (18)
The Woodlands (20)
Lakeside (25)
First Colony (41)
Longhorn (56)
Metroplex (58)
Cypress Fairbanks (59)
KATY (98)
DADS (118)

The Gun Ain't Loaded:



Public service announcement for Trekkers:

(via Montygog's Art-O-Rama)

Quote of the Day

A typical vice of American politics

is the avoidance of saying

anything real on real issues.

(via Treil & Error)

 

Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr.

Quote of the Day

 

We're not splitting atoms here;

we're trying to entertain people.

 

(via CiNCiNNATi)

 

Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason

Quote of the Day

 

A people that values its privileges above

its principles soon loses both.

 

 

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower

Over the Break:

No more 200 fly for this guy:

Ricky Berens announced his re-retirement.  Read more here.

The Aggies took over the top spot in the CSCAA D-I women's poll.  More here.  Texas is ranked 9th and SMU is tied at 25th.


USA Swimming Short Course Nationals this week:

Psych Sheet

Real Time Results (start Thursday)


We all know how our favorite official Bill Brown likes to "squeeze off a few rounds" when he spots a rolling start, right?

He's got to be disappointed to learn the anti-gun lobby finally got NCAA swimming in the crosshairs.

From the NCAA's Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving rule book:

Rule 2, Section 1, Article 1:  ...The use of a pistol shot is not permitted.

Quote of the Day

The most courageous act is still

to think for yourself.  Aloud.

(via The Telegraph)

 

Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel

Quote of the Day

The task of the modern educator is not to

cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

 

(via The Imaginative Conservative)

Clive Staples "C.S." Lewis

Thanksgiving Turkey

Y'all were hoping for a great post...one you'd be truly thankful for...bad news...this ain't gonna be the one...sorry.



(via Indexed)

...been there...

High School

Corpus Christi TISCA

North Texas TISCA (unofficial)

Gulf TISCA

Frisco ISD Invite

Remember that high school foosball game that got out of hand early - as in starting with the coin flip?  That one where they realized the scoreboard wouldn't go past 99, so they backed off?  If not, catch up here.

Back to the point:  Aledo foosball wasn't always dominant.  Read about program (re)building here.

To say that the once-proud football program in the Parker County town had fallen on hard times understated things. The team had gone through five head coaches in four years, one of whom lasted two days. Only 17 players went out for the varsity team. The locker rooms were rat-infested.

Coaching turnover and facility issues...those certainly can destroy programs!

Happy to report that swimming made it into this month's THSCA magazine.  After discussing shoulder, knee, and neck issues, Dr. Stuart Elkowitz reminds readers of some common-sense tips to ensure safety in the water.  Along with the standard "do not swim alone" and "do not dive in shallow water" was "do not swim when tired"...

Best not let your swimmers read this or they'll be getting out after warm-up...doctor's orders...

Among the items tabled, rejected, etc. at this year's UIL Legislative Council Meeting:

*Adding fencing as a UIL sanctioned activity
*Adding indoor track as a UIL sanctioned activity

Items to be studied included:

*Adding water polo as a UIL sanctioned activity
*Adding cheerleading as a UIL sanctioned activity
*Adding bowling as a UIL sanctioned activity

If my nose was running money, I'd blow it all on you:


Club

LSST Open

LAC Time Trials

SPA Open

Turkey Trot

MARC/TWST Open

AAAA Time Trials

Ever get the feeling...



(via Felipe Luchi)


College

Phill Hansel Invite

Art Adamson Invite

Western Shootout

Drury Invite

From the "Don't try to act surprised" file:

Unless there's a successful appeal, USA Swimming has banned Mitch Ivey. More here. Throwing the name "Spitz" in the piece reminded me of that SwimScam article from a while back.

Anything to sell papers paddles...


...nope, haven't been there...

December 6 is the beginning of the end for Boston University wrestling.  Barring a last-second escape & reversal, this will be their final season.

(via Save BU Wrestling)

Advocates for the wrestling program questioned whether competition and money were the only reasons the team was cut. Some wondered whether the university went out of compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which requires equitable opportunity for men and women in school sports, when it added men’s lacrosse.

However, Erin Buzuvis, a law professor at Western New England University and co-author of the Title IX Blog, said there’s not an obvious role for Title IX here. Adding women’s light weight crew was probably meant to address any compliance risk, Buzuvis said, and even if the university was still striving for proportionality, it would make more sense to add women and cut men, not replace one team with another.

“Either way you slice it, this is not looking like a ‘Title IX killed wrestling’ story,” she said in an email. “It’s just an ‘athletic department preference for another men’s sport killed wrestling’ story.”

So, Erin claims it's not a Title IX issue.  Since she writes the Title IX blog, would you expect anything different?

Erin failed to remind readers that - for decades - the Title IX quota system has wiped out hundreds of wrestling programs, making it tough for the remaining few to survive the athletic department axe.

Time to wrap it up.  Try this one full screen with speakers up:



See ya...

Quote of the Day

It is a besetting vice of democracies

to substitute public opinion for law.

This is the usual form in which masses

of men exhibit their tyranny.

(via Literary Traveler)

 

James Fenimore Cooper

Quote of the Day

The liberties of a people never were,

nor ever will be, secure, when the

transactions of their rulers may

be concealed from them.

 

Patrick Henry

Quote of the Day

 

The smallest minority on earth is the individual.

Those who deny individual rights cannot

claim to be defenders of minorities.

 

(via Wikipedia)

 

Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum, a.k.a Ayn Rand

Quote of the Day

 

The question isn't who is going to let me;

it's who is going to stop me.

 

(via R J Dent)

 

Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum, a.k.a Ayn Rand