What's Wrong with Santa Clara

Am I the only one that notices, Santa Clara isn't much of a competitor in many sports in the WCC. It just seems like they concentrate too much on academics (not that that is a bad thing, It's great!) But I just don't understand. Stanford, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Duke are all competitive in some sports. Is the reason because Santa Clara is too small. Is it because they don't have that kind of money. If so, should we kick them out of the WCC, they seem to be in the cellar for most sports.
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I could be wrong, but I think Santa Clara has money and I think they are bigger than Portland. I don't think their academic standards are much different than other WCC schools. I think it's just that some of their sports are in a down cycle. Why, I'm not exactly sure.

I think that they are just in a down cycle. They have been very good at women's soccer, and I expect them to be good again, once they stop being hit by the injury bug. And they were good in basketball in the not too distant past. I am not sure about the other sports.

And there was that Nash kid that played for them in men's soccer and basketball, I wonder whatever came of him...

As Arnold Rothstein said in 8 Men Out, "That was yesturday, this is today."

DaTruRochin wrote:And there was that Nash kid that played for them in men's soccer and basketball, I wonder whatever came of him...

In the North End we refer to Martin as the "[crummy] brother."

And I saw a picture of Steve wearing a Tottenham shirt, so forget him too...

SCU is in a down cycle right now... In recent history, SCU has had national champion caliber men's & women's soccer teams, and strong hoops teams. Times are a bit tough now for them, but I am certain that SCU will return soon...

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:

DaTruRochin wrote:And there was that Nash kid that played for them in men's soccer and basketball, I wonder whatever came of him...

In the North End we refer to Martin as the "[crummy] brother."

And I saw a picture of Steve wearing a Tottenham shirt, so forget him too...

And he is VERY good friends with that French professional team handball player...

I think we definitely need SCU in the WCC. I don't expect the down cycle to last long, especially with Brandi Chastain playing soccer on SCU's field in the WPS this past season. That has to be helping their recruiting for women's soccer. To me, SCU totally fits the mold of a WCC school: a small academic-minded Catholic school on a river or near the waterfront with quality student athletes...

onetouchfutbol wrote:I think we definitely need SCU in the WCC. I don't expect the down cycle to last long, especially with Brandi Chastain playing soccer on SCU's field in the WPS this past season. That has to be helping their recruiting for women's soccer. To me, SCU totally fits the mold of a WCC school: a small academic-minded Catholic school on a river or near the waterfront with quality student athletes...

Ummm, it's a bit of a stretch calling the San Jose river a waterfront....

Purplegeezer wrote:

onetouchfutbol wrote:I think we definitely need SCU in the WCC. I don't expect the down cycle to last long, especially with Brandi Chastain playing soccer on SCU's field in the WPS this past season. That has to be helping their recruiting for women's soccer. To me, SCU totally fits the mold of a WCC school: a small academic-minded Catholic school on a river or near the waterfront with quality student athletes...

Ummm, it's a bit of a stretch calling the San Jose river a waterfront....

Actually, I might not have been clear, but, I was referring to the Pacific Ocean...

Purplegeezer wrote:

onetouchfutbol wrote:I think we definitely need SCU in the WCC. I don't expect the down cycle to last long, especially with Brandi Chastain playing soccer on SCU's field in the WPS this past season. That has to be helping their recruiting for women's soccer. To me, SCU totally fits the mold of a WCC school: a small academic-minded Catholic school on a river or near the waterfront with quality student athletes...

Ummm, it's a bit of a stretch calling the San Jose river a waterfront.... Hi Angela, I mean .......
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I might be wrong but isnt their star guard out for the season. The WCC Player of the year graduated, the lost two good players, one of who was close to or made the all_-fresman Wcc team. I think I know what they need geez, a riverwalk in Like in San Antonio down the drainage ditch there. It would help with recruiting tremedously,J"K idding.


Mesa at the Orleans nextdoor to Boulden or Grays roem,

They hate America. Kick 'em out.

Here is an article that discusses the issues at Santa Clara. LINK In the comments there are some comparisons between Keating and Reveno.

Purplegeezer wrote:

onetouchfutbol wrote:I think we definitely need SCU in the WCC. I don't expect the down cycle to last long, especially with Brandi Chastain playing soccer on SCU's field in the WPS this past season. That has to be helping their recruiting for women's soccer. To me, SCU totally fits the mold of a WCC school: a small academic-minded Catholic school on a river or near the waterfront with quality student athletes...

Ummm, it's a bit of a stretch calling the San Jose river a waterfront....

Hey! Don't make fun of my home!

Okay, I kid. The Guadalupe River (in Geez's picture) really doesn't qualify as much of a river anymore. Though, I remember a few years back it flooding when we got some wild weather (comparatively, we call it "rain" here in Portland). When I worked at Adobe (left side of the photo) as an intern I remember sandbags down below the cafeteria (which is what you see in the photo) and lots of muddy brown water!

If we're making an argument that Santa Clara or San Jose is "close to the ocean" you have a better shot at that than saying Portland is close to the ocean. I've done the drive to the coast in both places - the Portland-coast drive is about an hour, the San Jose-Santa Cruz drive is about 30 minutes.