[OT] Redemption is next door
Posted by Hillel Hoffmann
[OT] Redemption is next door
Posted by: Hillel Hoffmann (---.usb.temple.edu)
Date: March 27, 2006 10:26AM
I apologize for violating the hockey forum's topicality shield.
Something damn special is happening this spring. For those who haven't been following it, the Cornell men's lacrosse team is undefeated and likely to be ranked second in the nation by the end of the day.
But it's deeper than that. This team is just fun to watch, whether you like high-powered offense, big hits, or hustle like you wouldn't believe. They're destroying teams, and they haven't even had a game that's close to perfect yet.
Do you remember that goosebumpy feeling in 2003, when you sensed that something extraordinary was developing at Lynah? Like the planets were realigning or something. It's happening again. The timing couldn't be better for Cornell's alumni base in the mid-Atlantic, with upcoming games at Penn (this Saturday), at Harvard (April 8), at Princeton (April 22), perhaps to be followed by the NCAA quarterfinals at Stony Brook or Towson -- and then the Final Four in Philadelphia, where more than 50,000 people attended last year.
So please join us next door. If you've never seen lacrosse, give it a chance.
The weather is good; come on outside.
Something damn special is happening this spring. For those who haven't been following it, the Cornell men's lacrosse team is undefeated and likely to be ranked second in the nation by the end of the day.
But it's deeper than that. This team is just fun to watch, whether you like high-powered offense, big hits, or hustle like you wouldn't believe. They're destroying teams, and they haven't even had a game that's close to perfect yet.
Do you remember that goosebumpy feeling in 2003, when you sensed that something extraordinary was developing at Lynah? Like the planets were realigning or something. It's happening again. The timing couldn't be better for Cornell's alumni base in the mid-Atlantic, with upcoming games at Penn (this Saturday), at Harvard (April 8), at Princeton (April 22), perhaps to be followed by the NCAA quarterfinals at Stony Brook or Towson -- and then the Final Four in Philadelphia, where more than 50,000 people attended last year.
So please join us next door. If you've never seen lacrosse, give it a chance.
The weather is good; come on outside.
Re: [OT] Redemption is next door
Posted by: Trotsky (---.raytheon.com)
Date: March 27, 2006 12:13PM
Hillel Hoffmann
I apologize for violating the hockey forum's topicality shield.
Something damn special is happening this spring. For those who haven't been following it, the Cornell men's lacrosse team is undefeated and likely to be ranked second in the nation by the end of the day.
But it's deeper than that. This team is just fun to watch, whether you like high-powered offense, big hits, or hustle like you wouldn't believe. They're destroying teams, and they haven't even had a game that's close to perfect yet.
Do you remember that goosebumpy feeling in 2003, when you sensed that something extraordinary was developing at Lynah? Like the planets were realigning or something. It's happening again. The timing couldn't be better for Cornell's alumni base in the mid-Atlantic, with upcoming games at Penn (this Saturday), at Harvard (April 8), at Princeton (April 22), perhaps to be followed by the NCAA quarterfinals at Stony Brook or Towson -- and then the Final Four in Philadelphia, where more than 50,000 people attended last year.
So please join us next door. If you've never seen lacrosse, give it a chance.
The weather is good; come on outside.
Well, "redemption" implies there's something to be redeemed, and personally I think the hockey team has nothing to apologize for.
But your point's taken, and lax is a lot of fun to watch -- and it has a familiarity for those schooled in hockey.
And, Cornell is at the top of Lax's PWR at the moment: [www.laxpower.com]
Re: [OT] Redemption is next door
Posted by: Jordan 04 (12.42.45.---)
Date: March 27, 2006 12:40PM
Everyone knows the PWR is a joke. Duh.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/27/2006 01:00PM by Jordan 04.
Re: [OT] Redemption is next door
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.hsd1.ma.comcast.net)
Date: March 27, 2006 12:53PM
Jordan 04Laxpower's rankings are calculated very differently from PWR. They may be equally worthless, but they are different.Trotsky
Everyone knows the PWR is a joke. Duh.
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Re: [OT] Redemption is next door
Posted by: Jordan 04 (12.42.45.---)
Date: March 27, 2006 01:04PM
I'm well aware, Al. Hence the sarcasm.
But getting back on track, it is definitely exciting to be able to turn our attention to what the lax team is doing thusfar. I'm looking forward to seeing them down at Princeton in a few weeks, and hopefully a month later as well...
But getting back on track, it is definitely exciting to be able to turn our attention to what the lax team is doing thusfar. I'm looking forward to seeing them down at Princeton in a few weeks, and hopefully a month later as well...
Re: [OT] Redemption is next door
Posted by: Moose (---.hr.hr.cox.net)
Date: March 27, 2006 02:57PM
where do you find the current lax polls, Thanks.
Lax on the Web
Posted by: Chris '03 (---.37.19.174.adsl.snet.net)
Date: March 27, 2006 03:00PM
Re: [OT] Redemption is next door
Posted by: Scersk '97 (---.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net)
Date: March 27, 2006 03:34PM
Oh, lay off the Swami... He may be a windbag, but his comments regarding Cornell seem to be motivated by a profound (dis)respect, something to which any hockey fan should be able to relate. Anyway, the drivelings of him, his con(cubines)federates, and the Big Boyz are much more entertaining than anything over on Laxpower, except maybe the circularity of the fictitious JHUxxyys.
Re: [OT] Redemption is next door
Posted by: Chris '03 (---.37.19.174.adsl.snet.net)
Date: March 27, 2006 03:45PM
Scersk '97
Oh, lay off the Swami... He may be a windbag, but his comments regarding Cornell seem to be motivated by a profound (dis)respect, something to which any hockey fan should be able to relate. Anyway, the drivelings of him, his con(cubines)federates, and the Big Boyz are much more entertaining than anything over on Laxpower, except maybe the circularity of the fictitious JHUxxyys.
I just can't win, can I? On the other thread, I note that he has Cornell as #1 and get shot down for giving credit to a windbag. Now I call him a windbag as a joke, and you're giving me a hard time? Thanks... <insert appropiate emoticon here>
Re: [OT] Redemption is next door
Posted by: Scersk '97 (---.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net)
Date: March 27, 2006 05:19PM
So, should I go back to the other thread and upbraid the other poster for upbraiding you?
Re: [OT] Redemption is next door
Posted by: billhoward (---.union01.nj.comcast.net)
Date: March 27, 2006 05:21PM
Cornell opponents in bold. Shouldn't be any complaints that we've got a cupcake schedule. Last four weeks: 6 to 5 to 3 to 2.
No. Name Record (First place votes) Points Previous 1 Virginia (10) 9-0 200 1 2 Cornell 6-0 189 3 3 Maryland 6-1 177 4 4 Hofstra 5-1 170 5 5 Georgetown 5-1 158 6 6 Princeton 4-2 137 7 7 Massachusetts 6-1 136 10 8 Navy 7-1 135 8 9 Duke 6-3 113 2 10 Johns Hopkins3-3 109 9 11 Notre Dame 4-2 89 11 12 Towson 4-3 83 nr 13 Syracuse 1-3 77 15 14 Delaware 8-2 72 13 15 Albany 4-2 51 17 16 Tie Denver 4-2 48 12 16 Tie Penns 6-1 48 14 18 UMBC 3-3 35 nr 19 Bucknell 4-4 18 20 20 Army 4-3 15 nr Others receiving votes (in order): Loyola 12, Harvard 9, Colgate 5, Rutgers 5, Binghamton 4, Penn State 3, Lehigh 2
Re: [OT] Redemption is next door
Posted by: Chris '03 (---.37.77.200.adsl.snet.net)
Date: March 27, 2006 05:44PM
Clearly.
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