Did any of you ever play college sports?

[DaRizzle]

I played baseball at JC, then alpine skied competitively. I met my wife while skiing, as she was on the women's team.

You just got so much cooler in my book...what events?

 

[ODENISGOD]

Is that an online school?

deleted Colgate is one of the best universitys in the country. Also Colgate won the Most Beautiful Campus Award by Princeton Review Today. Also a recent salary survey ranks Colgate as number one in liberal arts schools with a salary of $120, 000.

 

[PapaG]

You just got so much cooler in my book...what events?

GS/downhill. There was no Super G when I was in school, and I flat-out sucked at slalom. My wife, on the other hand, was great in the slalom and the GS, and she didn't do the downhill. We have our 5 year-old ripping on the slopes already, and our 4 year-old girl took lessons last year and seems ready to join us on the big chair. We drive over to Bend at least 2 weekends a month in the winter as we prefer Mt. Bachelor to Mt. Hood.

 

[barfo]

deleted Colgate is one of the best universitys in the country. Also Colgate won the Most Beautiful Campus Award by Princeton Review Today. Also a recent salary survey ranks Colgate as number one in liberal arts schools with a salary of $120, 000.

HCP was joking.

barfo

 

[ODENISGOD]

HCP was joking.

barfo

Yeah im sure he will say that. great cover

 

[barfo]

Yeah im sure he will say that. great cover

I don't know whether he'll say that or not. I'm saying it, though.

barfo

 

[DaRizzle]

GS/downhill. There was no Super G when I was in school, and I flat-out sucked at slalom. My wife, on the other hand, was great in the slalom and the GS, and she didn't do the downhill. We have our 5 year-old ripping on the slopes already, and our 4 year-old girl took lessons last year and seems ready to join us on the big chair. We drive over to Bend at least 2 weekends a month in the winter as we prefer Mt. Bachelor to Mt. Hood.

Thats frickin sweet, I LOVE the downhill. I wish I grew up in the mountains and not by the beach. Skiing is one of the few things in this world that im VERY good at. I have my Atomic Olympic downhill skis (198cm) and just love to point and tuck down the steepest groomers...so much fun...until they threaten to kick you off the mountain for going too fast

 

[PapaG]

Thats frickin sweet, I LOVE the downhill. I wish I grew up in the mountains and not by the beach. Skiing is one of the few things in this world that im VERY good at. I have my Atomic Olympic downhill skis (198cm) and just love to point and tuck down the steepest groomers...so much fun...until they threaten to kick you off the mountain for going too fast

Back when I raced, the downhill ski was 223cm. Skiing is SO much easier now due to the parabolic technology, and I love it because it allows more people to enjoy the mountain. I was fortunate in that my family moved from the NW to Montana when I was 11, and it allowed me to literally wake up and be on a ski hill within a 20 minute time frame.

Baseball, on the other hand, was much more difficult due to the short seasons in Montana. We did pack in 70-odd games during the Legion season, but when I got to JC, I knew after the fall season that I needed a new plan because (A) I was barely good enough to start in CF, and that was part of a platoon (even though I was a switch hitter), and (B) there was no freaking way I was going to spend another four months in the town of Liberal, Kansas. So, I headed back to the mountains and still got to compete.

 

[Wheels]

indiana

doesnt count lol

 

[BTOWN_HUSTLA]

deleted Colgate is one of the best universitys in the country. Also Colgate won the Most Beautiful Campus Award by Princeton Review Today. Also a recent salary survey ranks Colgate as number one in liberal arts schools with a salary of $120, 000.

My dentist went to Colgate.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

I mean im taking a guess here but im guessing a lot of u got picked on in like high school and never even could make your JV team. I know you love the blazers but some of you are blind to the game.

I foresee you having a long and illustrious posting career over here.

 

[maxiep]

Is that an online school?

Wow, most people usually take the "did you major in dentistry?" angle. I like the DeVry University strategy! LOL!

In reality, I grew up in Oregon and Colgate--located in Central NY--was the school closest to LO that would accept me.

 

[maxiep]

deleted Colgate is one of the best universitys in the country. Also Colgate won the Most Beautiful Campus Award by Princeton Review Today. Also a recent salary survey ranks Colgate as number one in liberal arts schools with a salary of $120, 000.

Well, even decent schools make mistakes and I was certainly one of them.

 

[maxiep]

My dentist went to Colgate.

HCP, this is what I'm talkin' 'bout!

I'd love it if it weren't true, but the Colgate family for whom the university was renamed (it was Madison University and before that the Baptist Educational Society for the State of New York), was the family that started Colgate-Palmolive. No dentistry program was available, however.

 

[Denny Crane]

4 varsity letters in baseball, 2 in basketball, 2 in soccer. That's high school.

I played intramural basketball at Illinois and intended to walk on for the baseball team but tore my rotator cuff and couldn't throw a baseball for several years after that.

 

[yakbladder]

4 varsity letters in baseball, 2 in basketball, 2 in soccer. That's high school.

I played intramural basketball at Illinois and intended to walk on for the baseball team but tore my rotator cuff and couldn't throw a baseball for several years after that.

Torn rotator cuff? Egads..you're lucky if you could even raise your hand for the first year w/o significant pain.

 

[Denny Crane]

Torn rotator cuff? Egads..you're lucky if you could even raise your hand for the first year w/o significant pain.

Heh. I brushed my teeth and my hair with my left hand for a good part of a year. The inflamation went down over the summer and I thought I might be over it, but it came back the first few minutes throwing a ball around once I got to college.

It was in the days before they even knew about torn rotator cuffs. The doctor told me it was bursitis. Then a couple of major leaguers got it a few years later and the surgery was brutal and the rehab not guaranteed.

It wasn't until several years later when I started playing softball and the pain returned that I went to SOAR (Sports Orthapedics and Rehabilitation Clinic) near SF and got an MRI. The told me they could shave off some of the bone with an arthroscope and I'd have several months of rehab. It wasn't worth it, so I played pitcher or first base and generally threw like a girl.

SOAR was the doctors who took care of the 49ers in those days.

 

[Cake]

I played college baseball for 4 years and college soccer for 1.

 

[MickZagger]

Played baseball and wrestled throughout high school. No college though, shitty grades. I'd rather party then study back then.

 

[Boob-No-More]

I lettered in 5 sports in HS (cross country, basketball, baseball, track and golf) and played a couple years of small college basketball. I also played a year of USVBA volleyball.

BNM

 

[BlazerWookee]

*edited*

My first edited post! I'm somebody! :dancewookiee: