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Re: John Spencer and others are dead - 7 years ago
I saw almost every Cornell home game in the 67/68, 68/69 and 69/70 seasons, along with the ECAC games at the garden those years. Dryden at his best, in college anyway, during the first two of those seasons, and Cropper was very good as well. No Dryden performance matched what Bullock did in the ECAC finals in 1970. Maybe the Chris Terreri show at the 1985 Hockey East championships was equal, maby Ken70 - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Cornell @ Harvard Lax - 11 years ago
Sitting in the stands we didn't look like a top 5 team for the first 50 minutes today. Harvard outplayed us for 3 and 1/4 periods. They had more patience on offense and found good shooting situations consistently. Defensively they looked every bit as good. From the X we were just miserable. Then we got serious,like we knew we could get it done in the waning minutes, so why work hard befby Ken70 - Other Sports
Re: NC$$_ Women v. Mercyhurst - 11 years ago
Note paragraph 6 on the NCAA page: "The semifinal games will be played at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. ET on Friday, March 22. The championship game will be played live at 4 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 24" And I'm not sure that's a mistake from the writer's (or editor's, if there is one) viewpoint.by Ken70 - Hockey
Re: Men's soccer off to 8-0 start - 11 years ago
Syracuse is a great draw. On first look, and I may be wrong, they look like the lowest ranked (NCAA RPI) at-large team in the tournament. Only common opp. was Colgate: they won 6-0, we won 3-1. They've played some very good teams (ND, St. Johns, Louisville) but lost them all. If (big IF) we move on VCU is a lot better 2nd round draw than Brown got: Maryland. Brown is not going to the 3rd rouby Ken70 - Other Sports
Re: Men's soccer now 14-1 - 11 years ago
Thanks for posting that. Great move by Regan down the left and around the defender on the goal line, and nice, patient work by Haber to get the good cross in. That winning move was better than anything I saw them do in 90 minutes at Brown. We're rooting for Dartmouth tonight, in case anyone was wondering, although a tie will do.by Ken70 - Other Sports
Re: Men's soccer off to 8-0 start - 11 years ago
ugarte I'm more talking about "convince my wife that this isn't a waste of scarce money/time." Just trying to encourage you, they may need every voice they can get. And I think it's free admission, so all it will cost is about $20 each way on the subway! (I remember when it was $.15)by Ken70 - Other Sports
Re: Men's soccer off to 8-0 start - 11 years ago
ugarte Columbia is currently 2-2-2 in the Ivies and 4-7-4 overall. Let's Go RED! Man, I want to find a way to get to the game at Columbia! "By MTA NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY: Broadway-Seventh Avenue IRT Local ("1" train) north or south to 215th Street, then walk two blocks north and cross Broadway at W. 218th Street. OR 8th Avenue IND Express ("A" train) north to 207th Strby Ken70 - Other Sports
Re: Men's soccer off to 8-0 start - 11 years ago
Cornell wins in OT, Brown tied by Yale. Cornell up by 1 point over Brown with 1 game to play, and control their own destiny next week at Columbia. Brown at Dartmouth next Friday night, game on FoxSoccer. If Dartmouth wins Cornell has Ivy title no matter what happens at Columbia. If tie in Hanover then Cornell can tie. If Brown wins Cornell needs win.by Ken70 - Other Sports
Re: Men's soccer off to 8-0 start - 11 years ago
I went to the Brown game, beautiful day, until the game started. First Brown goal result of very bad Cornell defending, a right back wiffing on a clearance allowing a Brown attacker to paste a hard shot at Pflasterer, who parried it out to the penalty spot only to have it struck hard past him by one of the several Brown attackers in the box. The Big Red defenders were on their backfoot wheneverby Ken70 - Other Sports
Re: Men's soccer off to 8-0 start - 11 years ago
Official NCAA RPI ranking is out NCAA Adjusted RPI. Looks like this is the adjusted RPI since it differs from the raw RPI posted here Raw RPI Princeton, Brown and Wofford are top 50by Ken70 - Other Sports
Re: Yale, and beyond - 11 years ago
They have some discretion, I think. Last year GA ST was 45th in adjusted RPI and jumped over 4 teams ahead of it to make the selection. Hard to decode exactly why other than their non-conference RPI (41st) being 11 to 35 places better than those others. They did play a lot of games against top 25, 50 etc but didn't do that well. Princeton, with a 5-4-2 record, is right behind us in the RPI.by Ken70 - Other Sports
Re: Yale, and beyond - 11 years ago
Thomas Larson This guy over from the other coast does a pretty solid job trying to estimate the RPI. By his guess, we're 32 right now. You'd like us to be a bit higher, but a win over Brown would help out a lot next weekend. He updates very regularly -- already has today's result accounted for -- though not sure how accurate he is. General Forum with four RPI-related links All Teams' RPIs Tby Ken70 - Other Sports
Re: Men's soccer off to 8-0 start - 11 years ago
ugarte Does the ivy league ever get at-large bids? I seem to recall that they do. The dynamics are the same as hockey: if your conference, including you, plays strong teams in its non-league matches and does well, and you have a decent record against your conference foes you'll have a high RPI and be well placed for an at-large berth. In soccer the Big East and ACC are the equivalents of the Wby Ken70 - Other Sports
Yale, and beyond - 11 years ago
From here out all of the Big Red's games are basically must win, including today. Their chances of making the 48 team NCAA field depend mostly on winning the Ivy title, and its auto-bid. Just as in hockey and lacrosse the RPI plays a predominant role in selection for the teams not receiving auto-bids (about 26 at-large teams in this case). The basic formula is the same and there are bonus poinby Ken70 - Other Sports
Re: Men's soccer off to 8-0 start - 11 years ago
According to this game report last night was carbon copy of what I saw at Harvard. Colgate So this bend-but-don't-break defending and opportunistic scoring seems to be the modus operandi. If it's what your talent dictates, so be it. The Princeton-Creighton game was on ESPNU last night and although Princeton lost in OT they look to be a pretty good side (Creighton is a ranked team). Thosby Ken70 - Other Sports
Re: Men's soccer off to 8-0 start - 11 years ago
I saw my first game of the year yesterday at Harvard. Frantic, opportunistic style of play; for most of game forwards were completely disconnected from midfield. But they finished their chances and the last 2 goals were beauties even if they were individualistic rather than team efforts. The defense and goalkeeping seemed just good enough against Harvard which looked to have a decided advantagby Ken70 - Other Sports
Half price tickets - Harvard football - 11 years ago
Groupon: Expires Friday night 9/14by Ken70 - Other Sports
Re: Interesting Research by Cornell Psychology Prof - 13 years ago
Robb Ken70 Research that shows in some cases humans can anticipate and act on future events before they occur...fascinating. Saw this a while ago and immediately thought, "I bet half the folks on eLynah could debunk his statistics..." I bet they can't, nor could you. Do a little research and you'll see the peer review found nothing to take exception to. Immediate thoughts aren'tby Ken70 - John Spencer Is Dead
Interesting Research by Cornell Psychology Prof - 13 years ago
Research that shows in some cases humans can anticipate and act on future events before they occur...fascinating.by Ken70 - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Literature Fans - 13 years ago
Some recent good reads: >The Powerbroker: Robert Moses..., Robert Caro. A reread after 30 years. Still great biography but there are a couple places where it's now apparent to me that Caro has gone over the top to indict Moses. >The Rider, Tim Krabbe. Short book about a bike race. Maybe you have to be a cyclist to appreciate, but I found it enthralling. >Hitch-22, Christopheby Ken70 - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Lax Notre Dame -Duke NCAA title game - 13 years ago
billhoward For a moment - only - I felt a pang of happiness for Duke at the amazing ending. Expect to see a bunch of stories about how the Blue Devils have final erased the stigma of being jerks off the field as their (mis)conduct came to light in the wake of the trumped-up sex charges that were the figment of the DA's imagination. ... In a purer, better world, Butler would have sunk that thrby Ken70 - Other Sports
Re: Literature Fans - 14 years ago
Trotsky Ken70Wisdom of Crowds made a interesting argument, I thought, which was: in many circumstances individual decisions, even by "experts", aren't as a good as group decisions, and group decisions in which the decisions of independent members are combined/averaged to arrive at an answer are more accurate/better than those in which the group arrives at a concensus answer. Unfortunaby Ken70 - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Literature Fans - 14 years ago
Roy 82 Ken70 Currently reading or recently read A waste of time: Predictioneer's Game, de Mesquita - using game theory to predict world events, self promoting and somewhat obvious, no "beef" Dirty Rotten Strategies, Mitroff - "how we trick ourselves into solving the wrong problems precisely", shallow, repetitive So that brings up a beef that I have with many pop sciby Ken70 - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Literature Fans - 14 years ago
Trotsky Trotsky Ken70Novus Ordo Seclorum, McDonald - intellectual foundations of the Constitution I have this on my bookcase. Maybe I'll give it another try, I remember being disappointed.I'm glad you mentioned it; in rereading it it's great. I was just looking for a non-ideological history of the Constitution and it filled the bill perfectly I thought.by Ken70 - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Literature Fans - 14 years ago
RatushnyFan Ken70All Art is Propaganda, Packer - collected essays of George Orwell, he's much more than Animal Farm and 1984, great writerWhat does he write about in the essays? Just curious why you like it. I like Orwell but have only read Burmese Days, Animal Farm and 1984. I read this just after reading another collection of his essays, also compiled by Packer, Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narby Ken70 - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Literature Fans - 14 years ago
Currently reading or recently read Recommended: From Plato to NATO, Gress - history of "the West", original and really fascinating Novus Ordo Seclorum, McDonald - intellectual foundations of the Constitution All Art is Propaganda, Packer - collected essays of George Orwell, he's much more than Animal Farm and 1984, great writer Homage to Catalonia, Orwell - the Spanish Civil Wby Ken70 - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Online feud continues with real world fisticuffs - 14 years ago
billhoward Around where the Newhouse family (Conde Nast, Newhouse Newspapers, Communications School at Syracuse) resides would be a decent place to hang your hat. Where on the Island is that?by Ken70 - John Spencer Is Dead