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D.C. is on our radar! The 2016 George Washington University Gymnastics team scored a 196 to open the season. They are the hipster, underdog team to root for this year. Photo by Carl Cox.[/caption]

In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer, and Jessica chat about:

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• Why Uncle Tim is\xa0soooooooo over the NCAA vs. Elite debate.\xa0
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• Which\xa0elite superstars we are following in college.\xa0
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• Our top skills, hilarious commentary fails and squeal worthy moments from the first week of full NCAA\xa0competition.\xa0
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  • Why water bottles should never, ever, ever be on a gym floor. Ever.
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  • Spencer's first "Balance Beam Situation" Code of Points rule.\xa0
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  • Which school all the hipster kids will be fan-girling over this year. Haaaai, George Washington with your 196.\xa0
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  • Reasons why the rare and hardly ever seen in the wild,\xa0side tumbling pass for women\xa0should be worshipped and appreciated (Thank you, Sadiqua Bynum \xa0of UCLA)
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  • Ebee\xa0didn't compete with a concussion.\xa0
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  • Banning the WOGAtchev\xa0
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  • Sabrina Schwab's (Utah) floor routine.\xa0
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  • Nina McGee's 10!
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  • A review of the new vault values in college gymnastics.\xa0
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Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include:

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• Louis Smith's dog exercise video
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• A listener hypothesizes about senior elite injury issues at Cincinnati Gymnastics
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• How coach Martin O'Hara was to abuse\xa0gymnasts for 20 years before being caught and what the gymnastics community can do to stop this from\xa0happening\xa0again.\xa0
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What:\xa0It's the Olympic year, time for another amazing GymCastic giveaway. Frequent guest host,\xa0Lauren Hopkins of the\xa0Gymter.net\xa0\xa0has released the first in her young adult fiction series,\xa0Finding Our Balance.\xa0One lucky listener will have their very own unique\xa0skill or routine\xa0written into book two of\xa0\xa0the 2016 trilogy.

How:\xa0Tag us\xa0in\xa0you routine (5 skills) or skill invention with\xa0#2016trilogy on our\xa0Facebook\xa0page or\xa0Twitter. For example, "1.5 twisting Shapahnikova catch in reverse grip to immediate Geiger @GymCastic #2016Trilogy"

Prize: \xa0A copy of Lauren's book, Finding Our Balance.\xa0

Deadline: Enter by midnight on Sunday, Jan 24th

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• 146: Taylor Rice and The 2015 NCAA Championships
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• 145: Rheagan Courville
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• 144: Counter Kim at Game of Regions 2015
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• 180: Flamethrowers, the must-have accessory for 2016
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• 179: Aliya's Ink
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• 178: Eythora Thorsdottir and Coach Patrick Kiens
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• 177: Stella Umeh
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• 176: Worlds Wrap-Up Show
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• 163: ENOUGH
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• Episode 56: Preventing Abuse in Gymnastics
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• Episode 28: Kristen Maloney
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• 65: NCAA Judge Dean Ratliff, Early Recruiting & Saving Temple Men's Gymnastics
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• 69: 2009 World Champion Kayla Williams & Alabama's Sarah Patterson
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• 74: Melanie Sinclair & A Review of Cirque's Amaluna
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