What's Wrong with Santa Clara

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:They hate America. Kick 'em out.

It is a Jesuit school...

Kidding! Though having a Jesuit education in HS and a Holy Cross one in college, I can tell you I prefer the Holy Cross.

PilotDrummer wrote:
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.

The original quote was.

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...

No mention of an ocean, just a waterfront or river nearby, on which grounds I still think SCU is a stretch. I'll concede the quality student athletes part.

PilotDrummer wrote:

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:They hate America. Kick 'em out.

It is a Jesuit school...

Kidding! Though having a Jesuit education in HS and a Holy Cross one in college, I can tell you I prefer the Holy Cross.

At the time I went there, La Salle in Milwaukie was the only Christian Brothers school in the world without Christian Brothers.

LSHS... Goooooo Falcons!

I am still proud that "Whoosh Whoosh Pilots!" has its roots in "Whoosh Whoosh Falcons!"... probably the greatest thing Rochin54, MattyWizz and I ever did.

But, back to the topic of this thread... really, what is up with Santa Clara? I suppose it's just a down stretch for them, but they haven't been near the top of the conference in any sport for a few years now. I suppose their women's soccer team was #2 this year, but that's it... I'm not sure any other Santa Clara team in any other sport has finished in the top 3 the past two years, which is shocking because historically Santa Clara always fielded teams in nearly every sport that were top-half of the WCC.

Stonehouse wrote:LSHS... Goooooo Falcons!

I am still proud that "Whoosh Whoosh Pilots!" has its roots in "Whoosh Whoosh Falcons!"... probably the greatest thing Rochin54, MattyWizz and I ever did.

Seriously....

Do you have any idea how sad that sounds?