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Con_Alma

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Aug 21, 2011 1:54 PM
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/795531-college-football-ranking-the-31-coolest-college-towns/page/2

1. Athens, Georgia University of Georgia

2. Amherst, Massachusetts Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College and the University of Massachusetts

3. Chapel Hill, North Carolina University of North Carolina

4. Charlottesville, Virginia University of Virginia

5. Ann Arbor, Michigan Michigan University

6. Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University

7. Ithaca, New York Cornell University & Ithaca College

8. Athens, Ohio Ohio University

9 . Berkeley, California University of California

10. Austin, Texas University of Texas

11. Boulder, Colorado University of Colorado

12. Madison, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin

13. Eugene, Oregon University of Oregon

14. Salt Lake City, Utah University of Utah

15. Gainesville, Florida University of Florida

16. Lawrence, Kansas University of Kansas

17. College Station, Texas Texas A&M

18. State College, Pennsylvania Penn State

19. Iowa City, Iowa University of Iowa

20. West Point, New York US Military Academy

21. Tuscaloosa, Alabama University of Alabama

22. Oxford, Mississippi Ole Miss

23. Baton Rouge, Louisiana LSU

24. Annapolis, Maryland US Naval Academy & St John's College

25. Logan, Utah Utah State

26. Clemson, South Carolina Clemson

27. Boone, North Carolina Appalachian State

28. Stillwater, Oklahoma Oklahoma University

29. Corvallis, Oregon Oregon State

30. Champaign/Urbana, Illinois Univ Illinois

31. Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech
Aug 21, 2011 1:54pm
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Aug 21, 2011 2:48 PM
bleacher report....
Aug 21, 2011 2:48pm
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Writerbuckeye

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Aug 21, 2011 2:50 PM
Tobias Fünke;869159 wrote:bleacher report....

All that needs to be said.
Aug 21, 2011 2:50pm
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Aug 21, 2011 2:56 PM
Shocker, another list that tells me once again that OU is/was the best.
Aug 21, 2011 2:56pm
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Aug 21, 2011 3:15 PM
Tobias Fünke;869159 wrote:bleacher report....

this isn't exactly a hard list to make, most anyone would come up with a list like that (and it closely correlates to the party school list)

Small towns where the college basically runs the joint make these lists. Nice, large cities that just so happen to have big universities never will, because they are just another small part of a huge city.
Aug 21, 2011 3:15pm
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ohiotiger33

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Aug 21, 2011 3:23 PM
Just started grad school at UGA, and it does not surprise me that it is #1 on this list. The town is absolutely incredible.
Aug 21, 2011 3:23pm
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Aug 21, 2011 8:15 PM
No state college?
Aug 21, 2011 8:15pm
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dokken

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Aug 21, 2011 8:35 PM
Bleacherreport hasn't been to the 614.
Aug 21, 2011 8:35pm
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Aug 22, 2011 3:13 AM
Amherst needs to be knocked down a few (or a dozen) spots, yeah it's great if you worship Phish, promote hemp as the new cash crop and enjoy women with armpit hair. It isn't even a town, it is a commune of hippies.
Aug 22, 2011 3:13am
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Aug 22, 2011 5:49 AM
Crimson streak;869502 wrote:No state college?
We're ranked #18. Plus I went to college at #8. :D
Aug 22, 2011 5:49am
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ernest_t_bass

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Aug 22, 2011 7:00 AM
Surprised Colorado Springs (Air Force Acad.) isn't on there.
Aug 22, 2011 7:00am
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Aug 22, 2011 8:29 AM
Tobias Fünke;869159 wrote:bleacher report....
Writerbuckeye;869163 wrote:All that needs to be said.

/thread
Aug 22, 2011 8:29am
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like_that

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Aug 22, 2011 8:31 AM
UGA is a nice campus, but Miami not being on the list let alone ranked under OU is a joke.
Aug 22, 2011 8:31am
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Aug 22, 2011 8:43 AM
like_that;869877 wrote:UGA is a nice campus, but Miami not being on the list let alone ranked under OU is a joke.

Oxford definitely should have made the list
Aug 22, 2011 8:43am
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Aug 22, 2011 10:20 AM
how does a large metropolis like salt lake city make the list?
Aug 22, 2011 10:20am
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Aug 22, 2011 11:27 AM
believer;869819 wrote:We're ranked #18. Plus I went to college at #8. :D

Whoops over looked it haha but state college should definitely be top 5
Aug 22, 2011 11:27am
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Aug 22, 2011 11:35 AM
gyea36;869961 wrote:how does a large metropolis like salt lake city make the list?

I'm assuming because it sucks otherwise, making the college atmosphere carry further out into the city. Most of the big cities you drive into don't suck, and have so much other stuff going on, that unless it's a football game day you would seriously have no idea that a school was there.
Aug 22, 2011 11:35am
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Aug 22, 2011 12:45 PM
ts1227;869891 wrote:Oxford definitely should have made the list
This isn't the 31 doooooshiest College towns.
Aug 22, 2011 12:45pm
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Aug 22, 2011 12:47 PM
wkfan;870147 wrote:This isn't the 31 doooooshiest College towns.

now here's a classy post--didn't get accepted there, eh?
Aug 22, 2011 12:47pm
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Aug 22, 2011 1:11 PM
vball10set;870154 wrote:now here's a classy post--didn't get accepted there, eh?

haha so if you make fun of a school, tahat means you didn't get accepted to that school??

You are so defensive, you post that same thing after every time someone says something negative about Miami
Aug 22, 2011 1:11pm
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Aug 22, 2011 1:38 PM
SportsAndLady;870186 wrote:haha so if you make fun of a school, tahat means you didn't get accepted to that school??

You are so defensive, you post that same thing after every time someone says something negative about Miami

lol--and you don't when anything negative is said about OU? anyway, I could've sworn I was replying to wkfan's post, so why are you addressing me?? what is your obsession with me anyway??? smh
Aug 22, 2011 1:38pm
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Aug 22, 2011 1:41 PM
SportsAndLady;870186 wrote:haha so if you make fun of a school, tahat means you didn't get accepted to that school??

You are so defensive, you post that same thing after every time someone says something negative about Miami

haha--obsessed with me much?

btw, other than this post, the only other time I can recall making this comment was when I was referring to you, since it's common knowledge (or should be) that you were waitlisted there--just sayin'
Aug 22, 2011 1:41pm
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Aug 22, 2011 2:13 PM
Havent been to all those places, but Bloomington (Indiana), Oxford (Miami) and Knoxville (Tennessee) are all WAY better than:

-Illinois
-Utah
-Utah St.
-Iowa City
Aug 22, 2011 2:13pm
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Aug 22, 2011 2:19 PM
vball10set;870154 wrote:now here's a classy post--didn't get accepted there, eh?
Nope...I was accepted to Miami (among several others) and choose Ohio State because of the richness of their academic offerings, far reaching alumni, networking opportunityes, etc.

You are an alumni, I take it.
Aug 22, 2011 2:19pm
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Aug 22, 2011 2:31 PM
wkfan;870272 wrote:Nope...I was accepted to Miami (among several others) and choose Ohio State because of the richness of their academic offerings, far reaching alumni, networking opportunityes, etc.

You are an alumni, I take it.

Aug 22, 2011 2:31pm