Friday Night Heights: The college gymnastics thread

[Twirling Time]

You're just showing off your thread hed chops. Good one.

 

[dixiehack]

You're just showing off your thread hed chops. Good one.

Not in this case. Stolen directly from the SEC Network branding for their gymnastics coverage.

Thought about going with I'll Tumble 4 Ya, but figured that got into some unwelcome implications for a women's sport that already deals with objectification issues.

 

[Twirling Time]

Not in this case. Stolen directly from the SEC Network branding for their gymnastics coverage.

Thought about going with I'll Tumble 4 Ya, but figured that got into some unwelcome implications for a women's sport that already deals with objectification issues.

That would've been fine too. Objectification of women's gymnastics has been frankly baked into the cake since 1976.

 

[dixiehack]

The only reason I made as many 8 am freshman math clashes as I did was because I was in clash with a Bama gymnast. I would have needed a courage transplant just to say hello but at 17 just being in the same room was enough. WOW.

One of the leading gymnasts for Arkansas now is a year or two younger than my son and took gymnastics at the same time and same gym he did. I have a lot harder time getting the WOW button to activate these days.

 

[DanOregon]

9.875 is ship at LSU. She's a good enough gymnast, but I imagine she sells tickets more than anything.

 

[dixiehack]

That ship score tied her for third highest for LSU on floor. And her 9.825 on beam also tied for third on a night they had to drop a fall and count a 9.675.

She's not the star but she's not a boat anchor with a set of bolt-ons either. And the backlash is getting to be a little much.

 

[DanOregon]

I think she's great for the sport, truly. I was just saying LSU is a primo gymnastics school, that Dunn didn't even see the mat during the NCAAs last year says it all.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Not sure who is even the coach at LSU anymore. Coach DeeDee (IIRC) used to show up in sweats and a polo to media availabilities at NCAAs while the other Southern coaches were dressed to the 9s.

 

[dixiehack]

A sure way to know the NFL Playoffs are at hand: Live gymnastics over the air.

Oklahoma, LSU, Cal and Utah in a quad meet tomorrow afternoon on ABC, booked for the home arena of the Thunder.

 

[dixiehack]

Tired: Alabama's days as a football power are over.

Wired: Alabama's days as a gymnastics power are over.

Home from the most thorough ash-kicking I've seen in person. I never expected to beat Oklahoma, which threw down a 197.550 and arguably could have had another two- or three-tenths between picky judging on the uneven bars and slacking off a little on floor after the meet was already in hand.

But a week after posting a 196.100 stinker on the road, it took a near-perfect final floor routine to eke out 196.300. Before that Bama hadn't managed so much as a 9.9 all night. Absolutely brutal.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Oregon State came from behind in the final rotation to win at Auburn. That's hard to do when you're on beam and they're on floor.

 

[dixiehack]

I really thought Auburn was going to use having Suni Lee on the roster to turbo-boost the program but it didn't last at all once she cycled out for the 2024 Games build up.