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Re: Cornell 4 Clarkson 1 Postgame - 15 years ago
TrotskyExcellent two-way victory tonight. Cornell goes orange at 5-0-2 in conference. Tied (w/ '66, '68, '69, '97, '03, and '04 teams) for second-earliest (game 7) in a season to turn orange. The earliest years were '67, '70, and '72, when we turned orange by game 5. Mathematically, '70 gives the earliest any team has or can ever turn orange (ditto for turning RED). I've heard we were pretty gby Swampy - Hockey
Re: New 2011 Recruit: Ben Thomson - 15 years ago
pfibigerCornell1115 years old??? a little premature? His brother is a sophomore on the Lacrosse team, so I imagine he and his family have a pretty good idea of what it takes to get in. His HS roster lists him at 6'3", 185lbs and not quite 16 years old. He's still growing! Looking at all the players we have coming in over the next couple years, Schafer is clearing going back to big.by Swampy - Hockey
Re: New 2011 Recruit: Ben Thomson - 15 years ago
pfibigerCornell1115 years old??? a little premature? His brother is a sophomore on the Lacrosse team, so I imagine he and his family have a pretty good idea of what it takes to get in. His HS roster lists him at 6'3", 185lbs and not quite 16 years old. He's still growing! Looking at all the players we have coming in over the next couple years, Schafer is clearing going back to big.by Swampy - Hockey
Re: Cornell to play two @ North Dakota - 15 years ago
DeltaOne81Swampy A stupid question, but how come Alaska-Anchorage is not on there? Because it's in Russia. So if Cornell played at UAA and brought a significant number of fans, could we then say that Cornell brought a large cadre of supporters to a game held where you can see Vladivostok from the rink's porch? Who knows? Vladimir Putin might even rear his head. But then he's no longer reby Swampy - Hockey
Re: Rankings Dec. 1: #13 - 15 years ago
TimVOne goal less good than us? Than "we"?by Swampy - Hockey
Re: Cornell to play two @ North Dakota - 15 years ago
HeafDogTrotsky A map of Cornell's home and away games, by site, rs and ps, for existing D-1 teams, through last this weekend. A stupid question, but how come Alaska-Anchorage is not on there? Because it's in Russia.by Swampy - Hockey
Re: Question for the Grammar Police - 15 years ago
TimVI agree. Nice job. "Far too often, a blocked shot from the high point sterilizes an otherwise efficient puck cycle." Not to mention shorty breakways.. "but rather an inability of Cornell’s defense to neither consistently clear nor break out of the zone." Is this a double negative? Is it a double split infinitive?by Swampy - Hockey
Re: Harvard Hockey - Trouble in Paradise? - 15 years ago
kaelistusHere in Boston, I've certainly heard of Clarkson professionally. In my experience it has a pretty good reputation, and the Clarkson software engineer's I've worked with have all been excellent. Harvard software engineers, however, have not. So there. Sorry, this post is an error.by Swampy - Hockey
Re: Harvard Hockey - Trouble in Paradise? - 15 years ago
Rich SSwampyTrotskyGraduateshotline.com 1. MIT 2. Stanford 3. Cal Berkeley 4. Cal Tech 5. Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6. Georgia Tech 7. University of Michigan 8. Cornell University 9. Carnegie Mellon 10. UT Austin 11. Everybody else Now we can go back to talking about how Harvard sucks. Well, the list actually goes up to 55 (Drek Tech -- now that will start a war), but my Firefoxby Swampy - Hockey
Re: Harvard Hockey - Trouble in Paradise? - 15 years ago
TrotskyGraduateshotline.com 1. MIT 2. Stanford 3. Cal Berkeley 4. Cal Tech 5. Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6. Georgia Tech 7. University of Michigan 8. Cornell University 9. Carnegie Mellon 10. UT Austin 11. Everybody else Now we can go back to talking about how Harvard sucks. Well, the list actually goes up to 55 (Drek Tech -- now that will start a war), but my Firefox browser musby Swampy - Hockey
Re: Lacrosse recruiting class - what does it mean? - 15 years ago
Josh '99SwampyGiven that both schools are potentially legitimate contenders for the national championship, I do not understand why people think Cornell cannot compete successfully with Syracuse for blue-chip players from anywhere in the Northeast.I hate to denigrate any Cornell program for any reason, but saying Cornell and Syracuse are on equal footing for a recruit who wants to win a championshby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Slovakia's women's ice hockey pummels Bulgaria 82-0 - 15 years ago
sah67RichHUm....Sieve??!? Whoa...that felt good for some reason. Go ahead and try it. Well maybe, just not the "1, 2....82! We want more!" part But nobody could credibly claim it was all the goalie's fault!by Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse fall ball - 15 years ago
Al DeFlorioLooks like Cornell may get to see Virginia on October 11 in the fall ball event at Annapolis. Other teams participating are: Hopkins; Georgetown; Ohio State; Navy; and Virginia. The team might be more interested in a rematch against Ohio State after last year's debacle.by Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Lacrosse recruiting class - what does it mean? - 15 years ago
Josh '99TimVWhy do you suspect more success in the Hudson Valley? We've had some great recruits from there, recently Tommy Schmicker, Kyle Georgalas and Andrew Collins, but a lot more are from LI and CNY, where it seems to me with Tambroni's West Genessee pedigree and Hobart history we should be doing better. There don't seem to be a whole lot of West Genny players in the Ivies lately. Is it bby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Lacrosse recruiting class - what does it mean? - 15 years ago
Josh '99billhowardOf note geographically: The majority are New Englanders (attn Mike: it can be done), 2 from NYS, 1 from Canada (an under-the-radar recruiting locale the last three decades dating to the days of Alan Rimmer and Mike French), and 1 from California. But nothing from south of the Mason-Dixon line.You're comparing apples to oranges. The appropriate comparison to Schafer recruiting hby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: DVD of 1969 nat'l championship vs. Denver available - 16 years ago
Al DeFlorioACMWonder why it says the game location was the U.S. Air Force Academy, when the game was played at the Broadmoor World Arena. Dunno. Did the NCAA have "hosts" for tournaments back then, and someone confused "host" for location? Or maybe someone saw Colorado Springs and figured it must be the Academy. Strange. Nor, for that matter, does mastery of the Engliby Swampy - Hockey
Re: Men's lax to play UVA - 16 years ago
billhowardCould it be UVA coach Dom Starsia is one of the true gentleman coaches of lacrosse, and being a Brown grad, has a soft spot in his heart for the Ivies? Not to replay a question more than three decades old, but: How did Starsia ever escape Richie Moran's recruiting web? I think Starsia was a football player who picked up lacrosse after he started at Brown.by Swampy - Other Sports
Re: New NCAA rules - 16 years ago
KeithKmnagowskiA high school coach of mine used to say, "I tie is like kissing your sister." I assume the coach wasn't also an English teacher... Or from the Ozarksby Swampy - Hockey
Re: A Bit of Football Recruiting - 16 years ago
jtwcornell91BCrespiSwampymnagowski I'm not really for bashing the other schools. But I will point out that Cornell has considerably strong alumni networks in California (the weakest seem to be in the Midwest), and that you can't get a beautiful sunset like the type that appear over Libe Slope at most other schools. That said, if UCLA was significantly cheaper than Cornell, go to UCLA. And yoby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Coach Donahue and U-18 Team USA - 16 years ago
CornellFanhttp://cornellbigred.com/index.asp?path=mbball&tab=mens Hummm, I wonder if they deliberately pick coaches from mid-major schools so that there's no dirty recruiting. If the pre-college kids trying out for the team will all be looking at elite programs, the mid-major coaches, who won't stand a chance competing for these kids, will not waste their time recruiting kids at the tryoutsby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: A Bit of Football Recruiting - 16 years ago
mnagowskiCan't we all agree to gratuitously bash and demean other schools while braying about the immortal superiority of Cornell? I'm not really for bashing the other schools. But I will point out that Cornell has considerably strong alumni networks in California (the weakest seem to be in the Midwest), and that you can't get a beautiful sunset like the type that appear over Libe Slope at mostby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Collin Robinson-Basketballl - 16 years ago
It's amazing that he says the only thing that concerns him now is the academics. With all due respect to USC, if general academics "are the focus right now," then surely one would choose Cornell over USC. Perhaps he left Cornell because USC's broadcast journalism program is so outstanding, but the article doesn't mention this. Perhaps he also didn't like Ithaca weather or wanted to bby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Ivy grants Glynn another year of eligibility - 16 years ago
Jim HylaYeah, our only problem is goalie, goalie, goalie. Yes, our defense was somewhat suspect at times, but I expect that to come around. The offense also didn't seem to stay in groove, trying too hard one on one, when backing off and letting someone else try would have been the best option. However, that should correct with maturity, goalie on the other hand??? Don't forget that Martinez wasby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Conn Smythe Winners - 16 years ago
jkahnBrian Leetch is the only other college player who has won the Smythe, and he only had one year at BC. Dryden played the 3 year max at Cornell (freshmen were ineligible then) and Joe played for three years also. Didn't they play on frosh teams? How'd they do?by Swampy - Hockey
Keir Ross - 16 years ago
Big Red Puckhead reports that the Omaha Lancers won the Clark Cup (Tier I junior national hockey title), but that Keir Ross did not play. In fact, Ross did not play in the Lancers' last three games. Since blueliner Ross led the USHL in +/- (+39 for the season) and is an assistant captain on the national champions, I would expect him to be playing in the championship. Does anyone know if he is injby Swampy - Hockey
Re: Cornell vs. OSU Postgame - 16 years ago
ebilmes Not sure how you fail to stop the goalie on an end-to-end rush. It's bad enough in hockey if some guy is allowed to waltz in past 2-3 skaters and score, but this was a terrible way to start the game. I didn't watch the game and only saw this play as the #1 play of the day on ESPN's top-10 (ouch!). Nonetheless, in theory one of our attackmen is supposed to ride the goalie and make him pby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Sabres Sign Nathan Gerbe - 16 years ago
amerks127 Well that and he's only going to make $850,000 a season, which works well for the Sabres considering that stupid contract they gave Vanek. That organization is just awful. Yeah, but BC gives athletic scholarships, doesn't it? How much was that? Plus, one has to add the value of a BC degree. The $850,000 doesn't look so good now, does it?by Swampy - Hockey
Re: BARTON HALL - 16 years ago
Al DeFlorioDavid HardingIncidentally, Googling Blaine Aston I found a nice write-up of his teammate Greg Morris. Given that the piece was done as part of black history month, I'm surprised there was no mention of Cornell's center that year, Walt Esdaile. Walt was the second most sought-after recruit on the east coast as a high school senior, behind a guy named Alcindor. Esdaile figures promineby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: BARTON HALL - 16 years ago
Al DeFlorioCornellFanIn the "old days" of Barton Hall, how did Cornell set up the bleachers with respect to the indoor track? I am just curious how the stands were arranged in relation to the track. The track may be a different size and in a different location today than when Barton was used for basketball. The basketball court was wood, not synthetic back then. The best way to seeby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Lacrosse Polls 3/31 - 16 years ago
Josh '99 I'm not sure how Syracuse deserves to be #1 but I suppose someone has to be. They've beaten Army (by 1 goal), Georgetown (by 1 goal), JHU (by 1 goal away),and Loyola (maybe not as strong as the others, but a Maryland team, which counts extra). Their only loss was to Virginia (by 1 goal).by Swampy - Other Sports