College & Cocktails: Kathy, ESPN, Denver vs. Michigan

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This week are watching the beam queen quad of  Denver at Michigan. We go live (right here, on the page) around 7:00 pm Pacific. Links for scores and streams for Week 11 here.  Here’s how to ask questions live. Can’t make it live? Add College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player? Instructions here.

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• • This week’s meets, the latest news and answer your questions live including
  • The greatly degraded ESPN tv coverage of college gymnastics this year
  • Simone vs Andrade winning strategies
  • Which Dick mount is easier
  • Kathy Johnson’s retirement tweets  and Owen Field’s score feelings
  • How to make gymnastics team mascots better
  • A UCLA culture and performance review over the past few years
  • Water skiing death enemas, neurodivergence,
  • Call for volunteers for a study on skin color bias in judging, help with online survey here.
  • A preview of my discussion with Dr. Hughes Mercier of the FIG Judges Evaluation Platform and how it could be used for college

Every week we pick a college meet to watch, then go live, right here on this page to discuss our immediate thoughts about the meet. For more info on how to watch your favorite elites, Olympic and World medalists in college and all year long, check out The Balance Beam Situation’s schedule with links.

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