Illinois '08-'09

Stained Diviner · Post by **Stained Diviner** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:08 am

gack1224 wrote:
Canadian Football Pete wrote:Northwestern has always held its tournament on the last Saturday in October, but they have not confirmed that date with us for next year. There could be a problem, since Illinois has switched its tournament to the same weekend.
Has anyone heard anymore about this?

See AWehrman's quote above. I would be surprised if Northwestern keeps their date.

David Riley · Post by **David Riley** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:54 am

I recommended Nov 1 as the best possible date at the time. Andrew told me that the club is scattered across the country until right before school starts, so they probably wouldn't make a decision until then.

Stained Diviner · Post by **Stained Diviner** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:56 am

IHSSBCA has decided that Team Illinois will continue this year as it has in the past, though Nick Pitz has decided to step down as Coach.

BGSO · Post by **BGSO** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:13 pm

Is there even a guarantee that PAC or I guess now just _AC is continuing this year with the loss of panasonic as a sponsor?

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:27 pm

Comedy new name: ACK.

David Riley · Post by **David Riley** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:53 pm

Fred: Ha, Ha.

BGSO: They are planning it but are being very close-mouthed re the logistics. I'm sure Mr. Reinstein will post something as soon as he finds out. As said above, we are still planning on having Team Illinois this year, and the Ultima (your coach will be getting an invite around Sepember 1) by association.

BGSO · Post by **BGSO** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:59 pm

We talked with our coach today about our schedule and he told us something about earlybird being moved to New Trier, anyone confirm this?

Stained Diviner · Post by **Stained Diviner** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:37 pm

I can confirm that it is wrong. There are discussions about NAQT State that are still getting resolved, with Fenton being a possible host and New Trier being an outside possibility. Earlybird will be in Champaign/Urbana.

JackGlerum · Post by **JackGlerum** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:29 pm

Pretty sure NAQT is at Fenton and Earlybird is in Urbana.

millionwaves · Post by **millionwaves** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:30 pm

BGSO wrote:We talked with our coach today about our schedule and he told us something about earlybird being moved to New Trier, anyone confirm this?

Are you guys considering coming to Earlybird? If so, we'd be happy to answer any questions about it. You can e-mail me at [email protected] if you'd like to ask anything.

BGSO · Post by **BGSO** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:52 pm

trygve, sadly earlynird was one of the tourneys we had to drop.

Can one of the coaches tell us when coaches are allowed by the ihsa to start coaching their respective teams?

Stained Diviner · Post by **Stained Diviner** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:59 pm

Thanks to an amendment proposed by Maine South several years ago that was approved, there is no limitation on practicing.

The only current limitation is 18 dates in season and 1 date out of season playing 5-on-5 matches. The season starts roughly right around now and runs until the end of the IHSA State Tournament in March.

JackGlerum · Post by **JackGlerum** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:50 pm

BGSO wrote:when are coaches allowed by the ihsa to start coaching their respective teams?

We've been doing two-a-days since June.

David Riley · Post by **David Riley** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:01 am

Okay, let's get this thread started! Who's going to Ultima? To Early Bird? Northwerstern (once they set a date?)? Any other fall tournaments? The sovereign state of Loyola Academy will be at all three.

Stained Diviner · Post by **Stained Diviner** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:26 am

As of right now, I hope our Pre-Winter Break Schedule consists of:
10/4 EFT
10/18 Ultima
10/25 Earlybird
11/8 Wheaton North Kickoff
11/15 Rockford Auburn Harvard Mirror
11/22 Scobol Solo
12/6 Rock Valley CC NAQT
12/13 Loyola Frosh/Soph
Of course, we'll be at the 12/20 New Trier Varsity, but we're not planning on fielding a team.
These dates will not be set in stone for a few more weeks.

Maxwell Sniffingwell · Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:23 am

Need a moderator for that 12/20 New Trier Varsity?

Stained Diviner · Post by **Stained Diviner** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:50 am

Yes. Questions too.

Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN) · Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:53 am

Not a problem!

BGSO · Post by **BGSO** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:49 pm

Deesy Does It wrote:Not a problem!

Is Aegis not writing the questions for NT again?

Stained Diviner · Post by **Stained Diviner** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:38 pm

Aegis is only doing Kickoffs and Masonics this year. They are cutting back other things, since one of the founders is joining the real world and two of the founders are becoming more active on the college circuit. I am hopeful that NTV will be written by a smattering of NT alums and current players.

Irreligion in Bangladesh · Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:49 pm

Pausing the fall tournament discussion to bring you...

Huskie Bowl 2009 at Northern Illinois University

JackGlerum · Post by **JackGlerum** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:44 pm

styxman wrote:Pausing the fall tournament discussion to bring you...

Huskie Bowl 2009 at Northern Illinois University

Non math tournaments in Illinois. Music to my ears.

Siverus Snape · Post by **Siverus Snape** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:01 am

As far as I know, our pre-break schedule matches New Trier's. Hopefully, we get lots of matches in with them as we did last year.

What I really want to know is what tournaments Carbondale is attending. Out of most people's general top 4 (in alphabetical order; Auburn, Carbondale, Loyola, New Trier) Carbondale is the only team that won't probably go to all the same tournaments.

gack1224 · Post by **gack1224** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:47 pm

Possible IA tournament.

BGSO · Post by **BGSO** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:47 pm

For those of you who don't realize how far Scholastic Bowl come

question from the 06-07 MSL championship match

bonus four parts: category miscellaneous "U" words

1. Whether you play fast pitch or slow pitch softball this is the kind of pitch you use
2. Not pretty
3. A fork and spoon are an example of these things normally used in the kitchen
4. A Policeman who people don't know is a policeman

JackGlerum · Post by **JackGlerum** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:34 pm

Sad, but amusing.

David Riley · Post by **David Riley** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:25 am

I'll match yours anyday with one from the Fremd F/S, circa 1996:

Q: Name the first four months of the year.....in any order......

Kudos to Mr. Palmer for never using that question writer again!

the return of AHAN · Post by **the return of AHAN** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:54 am

BGSO wrote:For those of you who don't realize how far Scholastic Bowl come

question from the 06-07 MSL championship match

bonus four parts: category miscellaneous "U" words

1. Whether you play fast pitch or slow pitch softball this is the kind of pitch you use
2. Not pretty
3. A fork and spoon are an example of these things normally used in the kitchen
4. A Policeman who people don't know is a policeman

Jeez, I MIGHT consider using that in an elementary school tournament, and it still would probably get swept.

vcuEvan · Post by **vcuEvan** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:44 pm

BGSO wrote:For those of you who don't realize how far Scholastic Bowl come

question from the 06-07 MSL championship match

bonus four parts: category miscellaneous "U" words

1. Whether you play fast pitch or slow pitch softball this is the kind of pitch you use
2. Not pretty
3. A fork and spoon are an example of these things normally used in the kitchen
4. A Policeman who people don't know is a policeman

This is exactly what the NAC category round I saw looked like, except all the words rhymed with "splendid."

JackGlerum · Post by **JackGlerum** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:03 pm

Lime, Self and Society wrote:our Pre-Winter Break Schedule

Same as us, except no EFT.

Colby Burnett · Post by **Colby Burnett** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:05 pm

Greetings. I wish to start a league consisting of the many campuses of the Noble Network of Charter Schools. I hope to start our league next year and have a scrimmage between schools by the end of this year. I am searching for a question provider. Since our school population consists of mostly freshmen and sophomores, I would like questions with that level of accessibility. So, I would like to hear suggestions and feedback from anyone about the question provider they use for league competition. I would also consider purchasing question sets from F/S tournaments (Loyola/Fremd, etc.) if they are written in-house.

So, specifically, this goes to David Reinstein, Tom Egan, David Riley, or anyone else involved in running a F/S tournament. Please tell me about the pros and cons of your league's respective question providers.

Contact me at [email protected]. Thank you.

Stained Diviner · Post by **Stained Diviner** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:08 pm

Good Frosh/Soph questions are hard to find. If you don't mind updating questions that are a few years old but that nobody in your league would have seen, you might ask Egan for the questions he used for his tournaments a few years ago. Also, Aegis Questions wrote Conference Frosh/Soph questions last year, though they are not doing it this year. Additionally, Loyola is beginning to write their Frosh/Soph questions in house this year and Rockford Auburn has been doing it the last few years.

Awehrman · Post by **Awehrman** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:38 am

Hey, Colby,
This wouldn't be a good long term solution by any means, but I'm working on writing a pyrmaidal style middle school tournament to be held at NU in February. Perhaps you could use my set for your tournament at the end of this year to introduce those schools to good quizbowl at a low level of difficulty.

the return of AHAN · Post by **the return of AHAN** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:21 pm

Has NU decided on a date for the aforementioned NU tournament for middle schoolers?

Colby Burnett · Post by **Colby Burnett** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:58 pm

Dear Andy,

I'm writing up a proposal in time for an upcoming Principals' meeting. Give me a price, sample, and predicted date of completion, and we may be in business.

Awehrman · Post by **Awehrman** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:19 pm

Colby, I'll send you an email shortly regarding the questions. You may pencil in our middle school tournament for February 21st, but we have not made a formal announcement.

David Riley · Post by **David Riley** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:48 am

Just in case you missed it...

Everyone on the Illinolis forum should read....and digest!....the comments under "Your Philosophy of Quiz Bowl" under the miscellaneeos Quiz Bowl forum. I think it is an eloquent and articulate testimony as to why a handful of people (that hopefully is growing) who care about good quiz bowl in Illinois have made great strides in the last ten years, though we still have a long way to go.

Look at what we've accomplished: increasingly better questions, better quality and availability of tournaments, and a better state series. We probably have one of the longest rule books and accompanying interpretations in the country, but many of those rules have been made to change the outdated behavior rules that existed previously. WHEN they existed previously; some of us remember the many "fiefdoms" that existed across the state in terms of rules and regs, we've become much more standardized.

And while we can point with pride to younger people such as Carlo Angiuli and Matt Laird, we need more of you, as many of the pioneers who carried Illinois quiz bowl kicking and screaming into the 21st century are nearing or have reached retirement age. Onward!!!

Maxwell Sniffingwell · Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:18 pm

By the way: EFT on October 4th will feature the following teams:

2008-09 New Trier
2008-09 Rockford Auburn
2006-07 New Trier
2005-06 Winnebago
and a part of 2006-07 Maine South.

Oh, and some colleges. But anyway, the reunion should be fun.

jonah · Post by **jonah** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:26 pm

And part of 2007-2008 Rockford Auburn.

Maxwell Sniffingwell · Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:23 am

Ah, right. So we've got Carlo Angiuli, John Brown, Brad Fischer, ?Jonah Greenthal?, Nick Matchen, Luke Pacold, myself, and the current casts of New Trier and Auburn. Hopefully they'll stick us all in the same bracket.

jonah · Post by **jonah** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:00 am

cornfused wrote:Ah, right. So we've got Carlo Angiuli, John Brown, Brad Fischer, ?Jonah Greenthal?, Nick Matchen, Luke Pacold, myself, and the current casts of New Trier and Auburn. Hopefully they'll stick us all in the same bracket.

I'll be there, but if I had to guess I'd say I'm not playing.

Stained Diviner · Post by **Stained Diviner** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:05 am

To whom should we address a petition asking for Jonah to play against New Trier and Indiana?

jonah · Post by **jonah** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:24 am

Lime, Self and Society wrote:To whom should we address a petition asking for Jonah to play against New Trier and Indiana?

Donald, I guess.

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:28 am

jonah wrote:
Lime, Self and Society wrote:To whom should we address a petition asking for Jonah to play against New Trier and Indiana?
Donald, I guess.

As TD, I make no promises concerning the brackets other than an attempt to balance each bracket top to bottom.

Irreligion in Bangladesh · Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:24 pm

Man, I hope no one's picking me in that fantasy quizbowl league. NIU's going to get schooled by teams we're going to be hosting HS tournaments for...

Should probably through St. Ignatius in that list, what with Luke and all.

harpersferry · Post by **harpersferry** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:22 pm

This tournament is going to be very strange indeed.

Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN) · Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:37 pm

I competed in a tournament in Illinois once, and will be there. Does that add anything to the drama?
Also, like, not enough is mentioned of htis but Kudos to the high school teams coming to a college tournament. That is such an awesome thing for you guys to be doing.

jonah · Post by **jonah** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:07 pm

Deesy Does It wrote:I competed in a tournament in Illinois once, and will be there. Does that add anything to the drama?

You've competed in tournaments in Illinois more than once, and no.

Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN) · Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:27 pm

I didn't compete in more than one high school event in Illinois though. I figured that was the implication in a high school thread.

jonah · Post by **jonah** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:04 pm

Deesy Does It wrote:I didn't compete in more than one high school event in Illinois though. I figured that was the implication in a high school thread.

Earlybird 2007 + god knows how many HSNCTs = god knows how many + 1 > 1.