Bad or Good Night in the SoCon

[Davemeister]

The word also means "to imitate". No thanks.

[Affirm]

The word also means "to imitate". No thanks.

“GrammarBook.com: Your No. 1 Source For Grammar and Punctuation” considers it a mistake to confuse “emulate” and “imitate”. “Emulate” means “to try to be as good or successful as.” (- NOT SOMETHING THAT I’M TOO PROUD OR TOO STUBBORN FOR. MAYBE SOME PEOPLE are TOO PROUD OR TOO STUBBORN.). “Imitate”means “to copy or fashion oneself after.”
“A sentence like ‘He tried to emulate her’ is repeating itself. He ‘tried to try’ to be as good as she was. We don’t ‘try to emulate’. We’re already trying,”.
…So YES, I do want Furman to emulate aspects of the athletics successes, and also (and more importantly) aspects of the the academic successes, of those 3 schools mentioned that appear to be very similar to Furman but also appear to be more successful.
Merry Christmas!

[FUBeAR]

The word also means "to imitate". No thanks.

“GrammarBook.com: Your No. 1 Source For Grammar and Punctuation” considers it a mistake to confuse “emulate” and “imitate”. “Emulate” means “to try to be as good or successful as.” (- NOT SOMETHING THAT I’M TOO PROUD OR TOO STUBBORN FOR. MAYBE SOME PEOPLE are TOO PROUD OR TOO STUBBORN.). “Imitate”means “to copy or fashion oneself after.”
“A sentence like ‘He tried to emulate her’ is repeating itself. He ‘tried to try’ to be as good as she was. We don’t ‘try to emulate’. We’re already trying,”.
…So YES, I do want Furman to emulate aspects of the athletics successes, and also (and more importantly) aspects of the the academic successes, of those 3 schools mentioned that appear to be very similar to Furman but also appear to be more successful.
Merry Christmas!

What ya got on “demerit” vs. “detriment?” Asking for a friend…and for Jackal.

[Roundball]

“SoCon alters COVID rescheduling policies for basketball.” https://soconsports.com/news/2021/12/27 ... tball.aspx

[apaladin]

“SoCon alters COVID rescheduling policies for basketball.” https://soconsports.com/news/2021/12/27 ... tball.aspx

I do not like this. It gives teams too much control over their position in the standngs. We all know the SoCon’s reschedulng efforts suck bigtime.

[apaladin]

UTC wins by 30 at ET.

[cavedweller2]

It was at Chatt,