{"id":1166,"date":"2008-08-23T10:26:44","date_gmt":"2008-08-23T15:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/?p=1166"},"modified":"2022-01-02T07:37:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T12:37:14","slug":"pepperdine-makes-a-splash-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/?p=1166","title":{"rendered":"Pepperdine Makes A Splash In Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I would be remiss as a fledgling Olympic commentator if I failed to mention the U.S. Men&#8217;s Water Polo team which has made an extraordinary run into the gold medal match Sunday against Hungary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usawaterpolo.org\/SingleNews\/08-08-22\/Men_s_Olympic_Water_Polo_Team_Going_For_Gold.aspx?ReturnURL=%2fHome.aspx\">after a stunning 10-5 victory over Serbia.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I really know next-to-nothing about the sport (I&#8217;m sorry, but those little bonnets they wear are just <em>so cute<\/em>), but when a 9th-seeded team makes it to the final in any sport, it&#8217;s big news.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, and how about this, albeit very loose, Church of Christ connection&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usawaterpolo.org\/NationalTeams\/MensNationalTeam.aspx\">the team is powered by several Pepperdine University players<\/a>, including the keeper, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usawaterpolo.org\/NationalTeams\/PlayerBio.aspx?ID=15\">Merrill Moses<\/a> (notice the proper Biblical name), and coached by<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2008\/08\/21\/sports\/21polo.php\"> Pepperdine assistant and alumn, Terry Schroeder.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of which, I knew Pepperdine has a reputation for being a little &#8220;left coast&#8221; from the rest of the CoC colleges, but what&#8217;s this about Schroeder posing in the nude back in the 80s for <a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/8c\/Los_Angeles_Memorial_Coliseum_%28Entrance%29.JPG\">a statue depicting the &#8220;perfect male physique&#8221; which was then place outside the L.A. Coliseum for the 1984 Games?<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\nSheez, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pepperdinesports.com\/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=18500&#038;SPID=10836\">The Waves<\/a> really have wandered off the CoC reservation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Long time readers know that I&#8217;m surely jesting&#8230;and perhaps a little jealous too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 8\/24:<\/strong> The Americans <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/olympics\/beijing\/pool\/2008-08-24-hungary-beats-usa-for-gold_N.htm\">come up short in the gold medal match v. Hungary.<\/a> Still, nice run, uh, I mean <em>swim<\/em>, gentlemen.\n<\/p>\n<p><!--142d6a97cb01180f89fcf8d216535e89-->\n<\/p>\n<p><!--9ac595ce734b3d9abd1cc3ce253828fd-->\n<\/p>\n<p><!--142d6a97cb01180f89fcf8d216535e89-->\n<\/p>\n<p><!--142d6a97cb01180f89fcf8d216535e89--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would be remiss as a fledgling Olympic commentator if I failed to mention the U.S. Men&#8217;s Water Polo team which has made an extraordinary run into the gold medal match Sunday against Hungary after a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,33,23,73,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2008-beijing-olympics","category-churches-of-christ","category-current-events","category-pepperdine-university","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9304,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166\/revisions\/9304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}