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Discussions about the Cornell men's and women's hockey teams
Re: Cornell football coach - 5 months ago
ugarte .658 with No Coach. Could it work again? It's how Ultimate (Frisbee) is played in college, more or less. The players pretty much run things. And Ultimate is a sport that led to one of the best-ever intros in sportwriting: Michael Miller, Wall Street Journal, 2018 “How did our kids wind up in this stoner sport?” my friend Aaron asked as we pulled up to a multi-field complex in Rockforby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: spam - 5 months ago
TrotskyMine's better than cute. She's married. Best kind is kids grown and no longer in need of a 529. Except then there are grandkids.by billhoward - Hockey
Re: Empty seats at Lynah - 5 months ago
nshapiroCornell has figured this out with admissions, where they take a relatively large percentage of ED candidates partly because they want a student body that is happy to be there, rather than kids who didn't get in to HYP. And it also helps the yield (admits who choose to attend) which is another factor supposedly showing the school's exclusivity.by billhoward - Hockey
Re: Cornell Hockey Jerseys? - 5 months ago
From time to time there will be jerseys auctioned off to support the team, or a local charity. Example: There was a Cornell Club/Philadelphia hockey night at the ballpark (to watch via satellite a Cornell hockey game elsewhere). I was high bidder on a Cornell not replica jersey, $100. ($175 in current dollars.) Signed by the team. No help if you want one this weekend, but if you want one at someby billhoward - Hockey
Re: Cornell football 2023 - a team we could beat - 5 months ago
We already had to wade through as many Fire-Archer messages as comments about the games themselves. I just created a separate thread about Archer's history at Cornell and how he stacks up against past Cornell coaches as well as against other Ivy coaches with at least 5 years of Ivy coaching experience.by billhoward - Other Sports
Cornell football coach - 5 months ago
(See Ken711's post "New Cornell football coach search" for discussion on the search to replace David Archer. This November 2023 thread has been on the the possibilities of a coaching change; with Archer departed, it's no longer germane.) With 2 games left in the 2023 season, David Archer has a .296 career winning average (.279 Ivy). The best of his 10 seasons overall was last year'sby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2023 - a team we could beat - 5 months ago
Yeah, we could beat them. But after the game when parents congregate in the parking lot ... 911 caller: "There's a man with a gun at Joelton community, little league football. There's a guy. He has a gun.” This is football for 12-year-olds, not even old enough for N.I.L. rights, probably. Police investigate fight, alleged gun threat at Joelton youth football gameby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Empty seats at Lynah - 6 months ago
Well, UMD is the Bulldogs. Close enoughby billhoward - Hockey
Re: Cornell v Yale, 11/3/23 - 6 months ago
Cornell-at-Yale tickets are available, Yale says "limited," but there is standing room. Availability is certainly better than in the years around the national championship year (2013). You can find parking on-street, it'll be a 5- or 10-minute walk. The paid-parking garage is quite near, easy-in, but a wait to get out post-game. The New Haven deal for many includes dinner at one of theby billhoward - Hockey
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 6 months ago
Good points. From another vantage point: If Schoellkopf's visitor locker rooms suck for visiting football players, well, tough, that's a good reason to go to Cornell. De facto if not de jure, the visitors sit on the far (away from campus; scoreboard side) end of Schoellkopf Field, between the 20- and 40-yard lines. With an attendance of 5525 and a Schoellkopf Crescent capacity of 21,500,by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Indoor sports facility announced - why $55MM? - 6 months ago
Why Cornell's facility might cost more than somebody else's indoor facility from 5+ years ago? Possible causes: Inflation Cornell requires a big set-aside for 10? 20? 25? more? years of upkeep; it feels like Cornell is more fiscally responsible Roof high enough to play lacrosse, ? soccer ? not just a roof good enough to practice for the games that are then played outside Spectator seating (by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Empty seats at Lynah - 6 months ago
If students are going to the fit-rec center instead of Cornell basketball, hockey or football, that seems okay. Sportsing rather than watch others sportsing. Maybe there needs to be stronger WiFi in Lynah, Bartels, etcetera so you're not bored waiting for the puck drop.by billhoward - Hockey
Re: Empty seats at Lynah - 6 months ago
It's possible the fire marshall cleared out the over part of the capacity crowd and got a little overzealous. Just as anytime a country is called the Peoples' Democratic / Free / Independent Republic it most certainly is not any of them, when the home team's stories talk about over-capacity, maybe there's an under-capacity issue. Perhaps Cornell counts tickets sold but not used? For any oby billhoward - Hockey
Re: Empty seats at Lynah - 6 months ago
This is Lynah Rink for Minnesota-Duluth, 5 minutes past the start time. So the "over-capacity crowd of 4,316" (per Cornell PR) is, ah, still filing in. Photos from Section M, the townie-faculty-old alumni section at center ice behind the visitor bench. The crowd certainly filled in somewhat, as the game got going. Both nights. Section B, the second section in on the Cornell-bench siby billhoward - Hockey
Re: ECAC 2024 Discussion Thread - 6 months ago
Trotsky "A gathering place for wanderers and a resting place for free spirits" This appears to be the latest owner of the hotel on the steep hill (Saranac Ave) perpendicular to the main street in Lake Placid, just opposite Black Bear (at the far end of the drag from the rink). If it's the one I am thinking of, it has gone through several iterations over the last 30 years. The Bluebirdby billhoward - Hockey
Re: Cornell football 2023 - Ivy football 6 games in - 6 months ago
Five teams are 2-1, including <whew> Cornell. Brown and almost unanimous pre-season favorite Yale are 1-2, and Columbia is 0-3. Team Ivy Overall Princeton 2-1 3-3 Dartmouth 2-1 3-3 Harvard 2-1 5-1 Penn 2-1 5-1 Cornell 2-1 3-3 Brown 1-2 3-3 Yale 1-2 3-3 Columbia 0-3 2-4 Cornell still has Prinby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell Soccer 2023 - 6 months ago
chimpfood Pretty dominant win over Dartmouth, keep the wins coming Cornell 2-0, shots on goal Cornell 10-1.by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Indoor sports facility announced - 6 months ago
In HS, you play on whatever field sheds water. In college, AstroTurf is what a college needs to have if it's to be a seriously considered place for recruits. AstroTurf keeps balls going straight but is said to be worse for burns and scrapes when you fall.by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - new Union rink? - 6 months ago
marty Dreams of a return to D3 sunk in the harbor like the Flying Dutchmen. Be about 3/4 mile away from Union's current Messa Rink. Be about the same size (seating); Messa is now 2225 seats. They can't play someplace else for two summers and the year in between, then return to Messa? Or does Union want to replace an athletic facility with an academic building, as Cornell is doing? Messa is as oldby billhoward - Hockey
Re: Indoor sports facility announced - 6 months ago
Even in chilly weather, a Cornell-Syracuse game is worth 2000-3000 fans. I don't think even a first rate field house holds that many people. In the Carrier Dome, yes.by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2023 - Brown at Cornell 10/21 - 6 months ago
We're in the second half of the season and only now does Cornell have a home Ivy League game: 1 pm Saturday versus the Brown Bears. Both teams 1-1. In fact, everyone in the Ivies is 1-1 except Harvard at 2-0 (5-0 overall) and Columbia at 0-2. Brown's win was a miracle 28-27 win over Princeton after being down by 14 with 12 to play, then tying in the final minute and winning in OT by blocking a Prby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Women 2023-24 - 6 months ago
ClarksonHockey Cornell women will join Ohio State, Penn State, & Stonehill in the 2024 Icebreaker tournament in Columbus. Name like that, you'd hope they'd be serving drinks.by billhoward - Hockey
Re: OK Fine - 6 months ago
At least Lynah didn't disappear in flames. Nobody got third-degree burns.by billhoward - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 6 months ago
David Harding Hey, think happy thoughts about field house, willya?by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Indoor sports facility announced - 6 months ago
Good news that Cornell will have a field house for * sports practice for athletes * ability to play lacrosse (other games? soccer?) in the field house * access for students * on campus not out by the cow barns * has spectator space (100? 250? 500? 1000?) -- 500 should hold the number of fans that show up early season for lacrosse Cornell Sun has not yet weighed in as of Thursday afternby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 6 months ago
Jeff Hopkins '82 Trotsky Holy Cross is currently #1. Will miracles never cease? Nah, Bob Cousy's grandson laced up his skates for the Cross. , would you remind me of your relationship to basketball ." Geezus Gawd. For the rest of the tournament, the sports desk was assigned to do the news-side stories. Just to avoid further embarrassment.by billhoward - Hockey
Re: Cornell Soccer 2023 - 6 months ago
chimpfood 2-1 win vs Binghamton and binghamtons only goal was scored by Ithaca native Cailen Thomas. If you're not going to attend Cornell, at least go to a place where the parents can't show up unannounced in about an hour, and where there's a massively different weather pattern.by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2024 - 6 months ago
Notice Princeton is not the final game. It's March 16. What gives? I went to the Cornell-official schedule to make sure it wasn't linking to the women's schedule. Nope, Princeton is mid-season. In fact, still hockey season, and we play at Princeton in lacrosse the same weekend the hockey team likely hosts the ECAC quarterfinals. Bring back Andy!by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 6 months ago
Halfway through the season, with each team having played five games, there are two bookends, Harvard at 2-0 and Columbia at 0-2, and everyone else -- Brown, Cornell, Yale, Dartmouth, Penn and Princeton -- is at 1-1. I like to think we can beat Brown Saturday and get the season turned around. That's what I like to think. Three of our last five games are at home.by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 6 months ago
Who'd have thought Bill Belichick might be gone from the coaching ranks before a coach near to us? Since the start of the season, one oddsmaking site has said the odds the coach of the 1-5 Patriots being the first ousted has moved up from 50/1 to 20/1. First Head Coach Fired Matt Eberflus +100 Ron Rivera +500 Josh McDaniels +800 Brandon Staleby billhoward - Other Sports