Going out on a huge limb here...

#53
#53
Vol8188 said:
Too bad I wasn't smart enough to check which forum I was posting in? Did you miss the part about me saying I thought you were talking about a real sport. Clearly I noticed where I was posting.

If you want to talk about which one is a bigger sport at UT, we both no it's no contest. The basketball team has never even been to a final four, and they sure as hell don't bring in 100,000 fans.
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"we both no".......this one is funny and smart
 
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Vol8188 said:
Too bad I wasn't smart enough to check which forum I was posting in? Did you miss the part about me saying I thought you were talking about a real sport. Clearly I noticed where I was posting.

If you want to talk about which one is a bigger sport at UT, we both no it's no contest. The basketball team has never even been to a final four, and they sure as hell don't bring in 100,000 fans.
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Neither does Football :hi:
 
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AlexHay13 said:
If you struggle to spell the word "know", I would trust the proof reading to a third party.
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Lol yes because I am sure you have never unintentionally misused the word their, they're, there, no, know...etc...and then not taken the time to check back over and catch the mistake.
 
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Shaun1985 said:
Just me being curious...

....why is basketball not a REAL sport?
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I don't really believe that, but I don't like the sport and it's normally not worth watching. I do watch UT games, but I only watch the Grizzlies in the playoffs, and no other basketball at all. Most of the time no one is even trying, especially in the NBA.
 
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zansdad said:
:eek:k:
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I was mainly joking around giving the guy that hates basketball an argument.....but naismith invented basketball to give his PE class an indoor skilled exercise to do and for the football players something to keep them in shape during the offseason.
 
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volbeast33 said:
I was mainly joking around giving the guy that hates basketball an argument.....but naismith invented basketball to give his PE class an indoor skilled exercise to do and for the football players something to keep them in shape during the offseason.
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Not saying you're wrong but can you find one source that says basketball was invented to keep football players in shape, other than the unsourced Wikipedia entry? Wikipedia (and people using it as a source) are the only places I see this reference made, which leads me to believe someone slipped it in the Wikipedia and it has just become "the truth". Like "all drains in North America drain counter-clockwise" is "the truth".
 
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zansdad said:
Not saying you're wrong but can you find one source that says basketball was invented to keep football players in shape, other than the unsourced Wikipedia entry? Wikipedia (and people using it as a source) are the only places I see this reference made, which leads me to believe someone slipped it in the Wikipedia and it has just become "the truth". Like "all drains in North America drain counter-clockwise" is "the truth".
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I will try to look it up later and see if I can find something but I first ready it in a book during the eighties doing a report on naismith and always found it interesting....wikipedia didnt exist at that time.
 
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volbeast33 said:
I will try to look it up later and see if I can find something but I first ready it in a book during the eighties doing a report on naismith and always found it interesting....wikipedia didnt exist at that time.
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Okay. It's just that I had always heard it was for a physical education class at a YMCA. I looked online a bit today but the only one that referenced it being for football was Wikipedia. Now, most mention that he looked at football when coming up with basketball and it did influence some of the early rules but nothing about it being to keep football players in shape.
 
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Vol8188 said:
I don't really believe that, but I don't like the sport and it's normally not worth watching. I do watch UT games, but I only watch the Grizzlies in the playoffs, and no other basketball at all. Most of the time no one is even trying, especially in the NBA.
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So you don't watch it, but you are qualified to determine that no one is even trying?
 
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zansdad said:
Not saying you're wrong but can you find one source that says basketball was invented to keep football players in shape, other than the unsourced Wikipedia entry? Wikipedia (and people using it as a source) are the only places I see this reference made, which leads me to believe someone slipped it in the Wikipedia and it has just become "the truth". Like "all drains in North America drain counter-clockwise" is "the truth".
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Wikipedia cites a good deal of their information now. I've done projects and papers using Wikipedia as a guide to find sources. It just presents the most relevant and useful information, and if the work is cited, I can find the publication and go ditectly to the page I need instead of skimming through the entire book.
 
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Chris4Vols22 said:
Wikipedia cites a good deal of their information now. I've done projects and papers using Wikipedia as a guide to find sources. It just presents the most relevant and useful information, and if the work is cited, I can find the publication and go ditectly to the page I need instead of skimming through the entire book.
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Yes, Wikipedia has had citations for some time, but a lot of people just believe everything that is on there. The part about basketball being invented to keep football players in shape has no citation that I can find.
 
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Chris4Vols22 said:
Haha yeah sorry, got off track. But I wish Wiki would get more credit sometimes.
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Wiki is fine if you use it like you explained. It is a great starting point for research. I use it all the time. Some people just don't realize that it isn't 100% factual or verified by experts and at times can be just down right false.
 
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zansdad said:
Yes, Wikipedia has had citations for some time, but a lot of people just believe everything that is on there. The part about basketball being invented to keep football players in shape has no citation that I can find.
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I found several web pages mentioning it but can't find any that I know definitely where they got the information from....Like I said I read it a book back during the eighties doing a book report for school and always found it interesting...of course it could still be myth that has grown to be fact but who knows?
 
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