249: NCAA Championships

IN THE NEWS

Spencer, and Jessica chat about the 2017 NCAA Championships:

• Semifinal One:
  • Scoring started tight/correct but did it stay that way?
  • Utah gymnast sent a lovey message to apologizes for alleged behavior of their fan
  • OU was shaky, UCLA shook up their lineups and improved
  • Ross made history by becoming the first female gymnast ever to be an Olympic, World and NCAA champion.
  • Maggie Nichols vs. the beam
  • Fans of the Year Award goes to Iowa!
  • Crack or Correct : Denver's Karr stuck her 1.5 but didn't get the score she deserved.
• Semifinal Two:
  • Alex McMurtry (FL) wins all-around and stuck her DTY after not doing one for a month.
  • LSU on fire but used all their fuel too early.
  • Save of the Meet Award: Lauren Johnson (Georgia) bars gienger
  • Living Your Best Life Award: Ashley Lambert (NEB) floor and tweet to RuPaul
  • Stick of the Meet: Mollie Korth's stuck DLO 1/1
• Event Champions (full results)
  • Jessica loves all the ties, Spencer hate them
  • Should every judge's score count to eliminate ties?
  • Katie Bailey (Alabama), only gymnast with an event title the last two consecutive years
  • Alex McMurtry only gymnast to get 10 from all 6 judges
• Team Finals
  • Oklahoma 198.3875 (highest Super Six score ever)
  • LSU 197.7375
  • Florida 197.7000
  • UCLA 197.2625
  • Utah 196.5875
  • Alabama 196.0000
  • Oklahoma: least controversial, most well-deserving team of all time.
  • Maggie Nichols got a 10 on beam and from at least one judge on every single routine she did.
  • Breaking down what happened to LSU
  • How Dana Duckworth became an international hero with one simple interview.
  • Peng Peng got a 10 on beam. FINALLY!

• Behind the Scenes Shenanigans
  • The bars weren't set up correctly for podium training
  • Athletes had a 15 hour day during semifinals day
  • Human Bowling: Florida warm-up
  • F-yeah we beat Florida video breakdown
  • McKenzie Wofford dropping the trophy
  • St. Louis as a host city
  • Ft. Worth future host city
  • ESPN should buy the rights to every single gymnastics meet world-wide because their coverage was stellar!

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• 243: Senate Bill 534
• 242: Standards
• 241: The Pittsburgh Incident
• 240: Chalkography
• 239: Elite Canada, Reykjavik & NCAA
• Olympic/World Championship Team Members Competing in College Gymnastics in 2017
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• 237: Ruby Harrold
• 236: Dream Theme Floor Routines
• 235: Happy 2017!