Comments on: Las Vegas Bowl Predictions http://www.bloggernacle.org/las-vegas-bowl-predictions/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:10:36 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ivan Wolfe http://www.bloggernacle.org/las-vegas-bowl-predictions/#comment-2895 Ivan Wolfe Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:26:09 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=241#comment-2895 Well, I don't actually follow sports, so I didn't watch the game. However, the loud shouting and what sounded like gunfire last night let me know that UT likely won. Well, I don’t actually follow sports, so I didn’t watch the game.

However, the loud shouting and what sounded like gunfire last night let me know that UT likely won.

]]> By: Clark Goble http://www.bloggernacle.org/las-vegas-bowl-predictions/#comment-2885 Clark Goble Thu, 05 Jan 2006 07:04:37 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=241#comment-2885 Hey Ivan, I hear you. I had a few semesters where I was living on Ramen noodles and vitamin pills. So I definitely didn't have a gym membership until after graduation. However in hindsight I might have done so. My point is though that I think some of the comments on the athletic facilities are a tad misplaced. Lots of people would love to access shop equipment too, but most such facilities are as restricted as the athletic facilities. BTW - how about that USC game tonight, eh? Hey Ivan, I hear you. I had a few semesters where I was living on Ramen noodles and vitamin pills. So I definitely didn’t have a gym membership until after graduation. However in hindsight I might have done so.

My point is though that I think some of the comments on the athletic facilities are a tad misplaced. Lots of people would love to access shop equipment too, but most such facilities are as restricted as the athletic facilities.

BTW – how about that USC game tonight, eh?

]]> By: Ivan Wolfe http://www.bloggernacle.org/las-vegas-bowl-predictions/#comment-2880 Ivan Wolfe Wed, 04 Jan 2006 22:53:14 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=241#comment-2880 Clark - The gyms in Provo were cheap, yes. Still, one had to have money to use them. Since I was running a small deficit all my time in Provo (not a big one, but I had to get several student loans), other gyms in Provo weren't an option. Luckily, I tended to use the weight roooms at BYU during non-peak hours. It was only ever a problem at the beginning of the semester when everyone had a goal to get in shape (a goal that usually vanished by the third week, I noticed). Clark -

The gyms in Provo were cheap, yes. Still, one had to have money to use them. Since I was running a small deficit all my time in Provo (not a big one, but I had to get several student loans), other gyms in Provo weren’t an option.

Luckily, I tended to use the weight roooms at BYU during non-peak hours. It was only ever a problem at the beginning of the semester when everyone had a goal to get in shape (a goal that usually vanished by the third week, I noticed).

]]> By: Jesse http://www.bloggernacle.org/las-vegas-bowl-predictions/#comment-2876 Jesse Wed, 04 Jan 2006 20:47:21 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=241#comment-2876 Amen on the need to increae the size of the student weight rooms. I spent a LOT of time there during my five years at BYU and they definitely needed to be expanded. Always bugged me to walk by the athletes' weight room, which was never more than half full, at most, and then go up the stairs to wait in line behind ten guys to get into the weight room for the great unwashed. Amen on the need to increae the size of the student weight rooms. I spent a LOT of time there during my five years at BYU and they definitely needed to be expanded. Always bugged me to walk by the athletes’ weight room, which was never more than half full, at most, and then go up the stairs to wait in line behind ten guys to get into the weight room for the great unwashed.

]]> By: Clark Goble http://www.bloggernacle.org/las-vegas-bowl-predictions/#comment-2873 Clark Goble Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:46:58 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=241#comment-2873 BTW - while its fun to criticize the athletic facilities, I'd just note that most laboratories are also considered for the benefit of campus but are nearly impossible for most students and professors to enter. Try going to the underground lab in the Eyring building for instance. (There is a huge giant underground lab beneath the building filled with clean rooms, nuclear accelerators, machine shops and other fun equipment - I used to hang out and study there all the time.) BTW – while its fun to criticize the athletic facilities, I’d just note that most laboratories are also considered for the benefit of campus but are nearly impossible for most students and professors to enter. Try going to the underground lab in the Eyring building for instance. (There is a huge giant underground lab beneath the building filled with clean rooms, nuclear accelerators, machine shops and other fun equipment – I used to hang out and study there all the time.)

]]> By: Clark Goble http://www.bloggernacle.org/las-vegas-bowl-predictions/#comment-2871 Clark Goble Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:22:23 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=241#comment-2871 Ivan, if you wanted to use the gym equipment back in the day you basically had to sign up for a class so as to be guaranteed access. Having said that though there are so many gyms around Provo with so cheap of prices that I think complaining about BYU gyms is a tad silly. Go to Gold's or 24 Hour. Gold's even has a $9 fee if you go at non-peak hours. They were quite the social hangouts too. Ivan, if you wanted to use the gym equipment back in the day you basically had to sign up for a class so as to be guaranteed access. Having said that though there are so many gyms around Provo with so cheap of prices that I think complaining about BYU gyms is a tad silly. Go to Gold’s or 24 Hour. Gold’s even has a $9 fee if you go at non-peak hours. They were quite the social hangouts too.

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