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BOSSHOG

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Mon Nov-28-05 08:06 AM
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Interesting Katrina side effect

Tulane University, located in New Orleans, played 11 football games this season, at 11 different locations.

http://tulanegreenwave.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/tul-m-footbl-sched.html

The hurricane made it impossible for Tulane to play their "home" games at home so they put together a schedule of different locations with the assistance of other universities and locales.

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lonestarnot

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Mon Nov-28-05 08:42 AM
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1. Oh yeah, football must go on above all else. blah

:thumbsdown: so flame me I don't give a damn!

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DoYouEverWonder

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Mon Nov-28-05 08:46 AM
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2. A lot of people

enjoy college football and it is a large source of revenue for a community. Life is bleak enough in New Orleans right now. Keeping certain things going like football games and the Mardi Gras will return a sense of normalcy for the people who live there. Is there something wrong with that?

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lonestarnot

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Mon Nov-28-05 08:49 AM
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3. I would say that food, shelter and clothing, then jobs. Recreation is way

down there at the bottom of my list. Mardi Gras is not in the same league or category as football. It is a cultural tradition and a hugh money maker. Hugh I say. Football nay...

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Swamp Rat

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Mon Nov-28-05 08:58 AM
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4. Yeah you rite!

To HELL with football!!! ... Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest and chowing down on tons of crawfish is what we in New Orleans live for - music, food, dance and LOTS of sex and libation! :D

Laissez le bon temps roule!

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lonestarnot

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Mon Nov-28-05 12:32 PM
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11. Hey swampie! Party down! Love all that jazz, crawfish,

dancing in the street, sex and libation!

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Skelington

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Mon Nov-28-05 01:26 PM
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13. I'm a real coonass me, an da green wave is da way.

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DoYouEverWonder

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Mon Nov-28-05 09:09 AM
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6. Hard to have food, clothing and shelter

without a job and college football creates a lot of jobs in a community.

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lonestarnot

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Mon Nov-28-05 12:18 PM
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8. What about Federal Emergency Relief? FEMA will

Edited on Mon Nov-28-05 12:34 PM by lonestarnot

provide! :sarcasm:. These people are Americans! WTF!

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DoYouEverWonder

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Mon Nov-28-05 12:23 PM
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10. LOL, FEMA?

Provide assistance? What a concept. Good luck and don't hold your breath.

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lonestarnot

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Mon Nov-28-05 12:33 PM
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12. Forgot the sarcasm will edit.

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BOSSHOG

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Mon Nov-28-05 09:18 AM
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7. I would like to see everything go on

And Tulane Football is not above all else. There is a lot of discussion in New Orleans about prioritization; many say we shouldn't do things like football and Mardi Gras and Festivals. I disagree, life goes on. Let us rebuild and help those who want to go home do so and let us also enjoy life. I have a hard time conceptualizing the opposite.

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LizW

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Mon Nov-28-05 09:06 AM
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5. I met a nice kid from Tulane

This is sort of off topic, but I met a nice guy who was at Tulane on a music scholarship. He's a fantastic saxophone player. He's back home, helping out temporarily with the local high school jazz band and trying to get some scholarship money to go somewhere else to school until Tulane gets going again.

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lonestarnot

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Mon Nov-28-05 12:19 PM
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9. I wish him the best!

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