[LAX] Cornell - Binghamton (Final)

The replay of the weather-delayed game is underway.

1st Per.
1-0 CU (Ritchie from Glynn)
2-0 CU (Espey)
3-0 CU (Ritchie)
4-0 CU (Hurley from Ritchie)
As far as I can tell, Binghamton has no shots nobody is keeping shot stats for Bing, because Myers has 4 saves.
5-0 CU (Finn from Espey)
End of 1st
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2d Per.
5-1 CU (Boyce from Joy)
6-1 CU (Siebald from Espey - EMO)
6-2 CU (Mulheron)
6-3 CU (Boyce from Cook)
7-3 CU (Hurley from Corbolotti)
7-4 CU (Mulheron from Boyce)
8-4 CU (Finn from Ritchie)
End of 2d
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3d per.
9-4 CU (Hurley) Hat trick!
10-4 CU (Doctor)
11-4 CU (Doctor from Calvert)
End of 3d
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4th Per.
12-4 CU (Hurley from Doctor)
12-5 CU (Welch)
End of Game (I assume - the clock froze at 0:02, so if I'm wrong, I'm not that wrong)

Looks like Tommy Schmicker is back taking faceoffs for this game.

Third period:
9-4 CU (Hurley)
10-4 CU (Doctor)
11-4 CU (Doctor from Calvert)
End of Period

ugarte
Third period:
9-4 Hurley

10-4 Doctor
11-4 Doctor (Calvert)

2 goals from Doctor in the final 0:15 of the 3rd. Barry needs to stop with the puns off the last names lest he starts sounding like the guy from Texas.

Jacob '06
Looks like Tommy Schmicker is back taking faceoffs for this game.

I'm guessing Tambroni would rather not have Glynn and Seibald taking face-offs unless really necessary. Tiring stuff, and it would be best not to have the two best middies wearing themselves out doing it unless necessary.

Forcing a lot of passes during clearing and in the offensive zone today. Wish we had a full week to prepare for Saturday's game at Penn. Likely the toughest two Ivy opponents--P and P--are played away this year. Harvard is also away, and they're much improved this year.

Martinez in goal to start the 4th.

4th:
12-4 CU (Hurley from Doctor)

One goal from Hurley in each quarter. Bench coming in gradually.

4th Per.
12-4 CU (Hurley from Doctor)
12-5 CU (Welch)

RichH
Barry needs to stop with the puns off the last names lest he starts sounding like the guy from Texas.

You're new around here, aren't you?

Army beat Hofstra on a last second shot. Good to see our opponents doing well against other teams, something that did not happen last year. Will certainly help our SOS going forward.

Hey, who am I kidding. Regardless (and as always), we're going to get screwed somewhere down the line anyway

Other Cornell opponents' scores today:

Princeton 7-6 over Rutgers.

Harvard led Duke 2-0 after 12 minutes, but 10-3 Duke final.

Yale 11-3 over Hartford.

Dartmouth 21-12 over Holy Cross.

Brown 11-7 over Vermont.

Syracuse 13-5 over Hobart.

Nothing really surprising there, I don't think, except maybe for Harvard having a lead on Duke at any point.

I know it's still early in the season, but I never expected to see this: [www.vaporia.com]

Al DeFlorio
I know it's still early in the season, but I never expected to see this: [www.vaporia.com]

Holy crap, that's amazing. Thanks, Al. It's great to see how many of Cornell's past and future opponents are doing well in the ratings percentage index. There will be big changes in the coming weeks, for sure, but for now Syracuse seems entrenched in the 1-5 zone, Army and Navy are in the 6-10 zone, and somehow Denver and Binghamton are in the 11-15 zone. The other Ivy teams are way down the index, which isn't good.

I'm never entirely convinced that Wobus (or any of the other independent ratings compilers) do their indices exactly the way the NCAA does. Doesn't the NCAA do their own RPI?

Hillel Hoffmann

Al DeFlorio
I know it's still early in the season, but I never expected to see this: [www.vaporia.com]

Holy crap, that's amazing. Thanks, Al. It's great to see how many of Cornell's past and future opponents are doing well in the ratings percentage index. There will be big changes in the coming weeks, for sure, but for now Syracuse seems entrenched in the 1-5 zone, Army and Navy are in the 6-10 zone, and somehow Denver and Binghamton are in the 11-15 zone. The other Ivy teams are way down the index, which isn't good.

I'm never entirely convinced that Wobus (or any of the other independent ratings compilers) do their indices exactly the way the NCAA does. Doesn't the NCAA do their own RPI?

Unfortunately, it appears to be murky. Here's a quote from laxpower:

"The NCAA has not published the actual ratios they use (here 1/4 [team's record], 1/2 [opponents' records], and 1/4 [opponents' opponents' records]), so that is currently a best guess based on the numbers used for college football."

Here's how laxpower's RPI calculation looks: [www.laxpower.com]

Those who are really into comparing different ranking systems should check this out: [www.vaporia.com]

Towards the end of last season, the NCAA started publishing official lax RPI 'ordering'. I call it ordering because it didn't say what the RPI value was, but it listed the teams in order. I did a comparison - which I posted on laxpower - and Wobus was the only person to get every team in the exact same position as the NCAA listings, though all of them were pretty close I think.

I don't recall where those NCAA listings were posting, but maybe someone on laxpower remembers.

Btw, anyone want to give me a low down on parking near Franklin Field? And directions from the NYC area (NJTurnpike to 295 to 76 over the Walt Wittman to South Street is basically what Google says)?

I could get there on my own, but if there's any inside tips to know - esp about parking - I'd appreciate it.

DeltaOne81
Towards the end of last season, the NCAA started publishing official lax RPI 'ordering'. I call it ordering because it didn't say what the RPI value was, but it listed the teams in order. I did a comparison - which I posted on laxpower - and Wobus was the only person to get every team in the exact same position as the NCAA listings, though all of them were pretty close I think.

Of course, the NCAA may well be tweaking the formulas from year to year, in which case what was right last year may not still be right.

KeithK
Of course, the NCAA may well be tweaking the formulas from year to year, in which case what was right last year may not still be right.

"OK, Johns Hopkins is 3-3. What do we need to change to make them a 1 seed?"

DeltaOne81
Btw, anyone want to give me a low down on parking near Franklin Field? And directions from the NYC area (NJTurnpike to 295 to 76 over the Walt Wittman to South Street is basically what Google says)?

I could get there on my own, but if there's any inside tips to know - esp about parking - I'd appreciate it.

Spelling Nazi: Whitman

If it were my choice, I'd stay on the turnpike, and then either take the Ben Franklin to I-676 (The Vine Expressway) to I-76 (aka the Schuylkill Expresway) south to South Street, or from the turnpike to the 42 freeway to the Walt Whitman / I-76 to South Street.

Just after you turn onto South Street from I-76, there will be a parking garage on your left. They gouge for parking, but that's where I usually park. It's right acrosss from the stadium.

And a warning: South Street is one of the most dangerous entrance ramps onto the Schuylkill. It's a very short ramp that enters into the fast lane of traffic. Drive defensively.

It doesn't look like there's any direct access the Turnpike to either 76/676 or 42 - all of them require side roads for half a mile or so. Is that true?

Meanwhile, any recommendation between the Whitman (spelling fixed) or the Ben Franklin? Or is it a 'listen to traffic' thing? Google gives me the Whitman route, but the Penn directions say to take the Ben Franklin - dunno if there's a reason for that.

Just after you turn onto South Street from I-76, there will be a parking garage on your left. They gouge for parking, but that's where I usually park. It's right across from the stadium.

Penn also lists a lot at 34th & Civic Center Blvd ("Penn Tower Hotel". No chance that's more reasonable is there? If there's something with a reasonable parking max, I may consider taking one of the trolley/subway lines to downtown Philly after the game. I've been near and around Philly, but never really to the city, so we're thinking of spending a few hours after the game.


P.S. The South Street ramps look a bit like the Pulaski Skyway left entrances/exits, except without the vertical grade (as best I can tell).

Jeff Hopkins '82

Spelling Nazi: Whitman

(aka the Schuylkill Expresway)

Spelling Fascist: Expressway

Sorry. I had to.

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RichH

Jeff Hopkins '82

Spelling Nazi: Whitman

(aka the Schuylkill Expresway)

Spelling Fascist: Expressway

Sorry. I had to.

Yeah but at least I got Schuylkill right.

Don't know about the other lot. Maybe Hillel knows.

I took a look at the maps. You're right, 295 does connect to the freeways on the Jersey side, but the Turnpike doesn't. Probably easier to take 295.

So, on the southern route, as you come off 295, you get put right onto NJ 42 or I-76 (I forget which it is at that point but it's well signposted). That leads right into the Walt. You can take either the express or the local lanes. You go through the tolls (on the PA side) and you're on the Schuylkill.

And another warning: If you take the Schuylkill home from Penn to the Walt, there is a very confusing stretch between Penn and the bridge. As you get on at South Street heading east, you'll go up over a flyover lined with billboards. As you come down off of that the road will bend to the left with a refinery on your right. There will be two left hand exits that look like the the main road (28th St. and Passyunk Ave.) However, at that point the main expressway bears off to the right in a single lane that looks like a right hand exit. But it's the main road.

Oh and another confusing thing - the Schuylkill runs mostly north-south, but it's labellel east-west, because it's I-76, which up until it heads into Philly, does run east-west. West = north, East = south.

And South Street runs over the Schuylkill, so the ramps onto the Expressway from South St. do run downhill. They are nasty.

DeltaOne81
Btw, anyone want to give me a low down on parking near Franklin Field? And directions from the NYC area (NJTurnpike to 295 to 76 over the Walt Wittman to South Street is basically what Google says)? I could get there on my own, but if there's any inside tips to know - esp about parking - I'd appreciate it.

I would trust Jeff Hopkins on the driving tips. He knows his stuff around here.

I often park on the street somewhere north of Franklin Field for weekend lacrosse games (pay attention to signs). There's also a small surface pay parking lot near Franklin Field that's sometimes open for sports events that can be accessed from 33rd St. (one way north) on the right in between Walnut and Chestnut. It's often a Cornell tailgaiting area, but I can't guarantee it will be open tomorrow. I know some people use the Palestra parking lot, which can be accessed from 33rd St. on the right on the north side of Franklin.