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Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
ugarte It is still a big deal to miss the NCAA tournament because we can't take care of business against teams like Yale and Clarkson and Dartmouth. As a second-tier conference we simply don't have that margin for error and I can't shrug it off. If I remember correctly, Bearlover hates it when the ECAC is full of strong teams. He’s never been part of the “rising tide” faction. But, as you rby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
BearLover Well, I guess it ultimately boils down to that, but it’s just so silly to watch a 35-game season and only care about how a couple of the games go. Whether we make the NCAAs is a function of our entire season. Creeping into the NCAAs as the 14th team in is not a great season either. That’s why I like going to the extra show with hardware in hand. Anyone who wins a championship is a conby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
Dafatone Different people value different things. If I had to choose, personally, I'd take the national title. But I understand people who think the ECAC is what matters and the NCAAs are just a fun bonus exercise. Basically my position. This ECAC drought is killing me. The national “drought?” Whatever. I’m glad we’ve been legitimate contenders a few times. Super rare for other teams to eby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
So just win the ECACs. A national title without an ECAC Championship would be kind of hollow anyway, in my opinion. In my dreams, the NCAAs would just be the regular season “champs” and champions of each conference, with those who unify those crowns getting preferential seeding. A couple of prelim rounds if necessary and the Frozen Four. Would be great.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Cornell vs Quinnipiac, 1/20 - 2 months ago
Trotsky BearLoverActually, I’m pretty he just wants to be loud and outrageous. I highly doubt he is trying to provoke anybody. I'm just happy to be here and hope I can help the ballclub. I just want to give it my best shot and, the good Lord willing, things will work out. I just figure I'll keep going to the corners and playing with a lot of jam, and things will go my way.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
BearLover Just to be clear, I’m not suggesting that if you changed a bunch of variables (such as conference), RPI would literally be the exact same in a small sample. I’m making simplistic assumptions to demonstrate my point. But if you want me to edit my point to cover sample size, then I revise my point as follows (which has no effect on my ultimate conclusion): If Cornell plays one million gaby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
BearLover —In the past, BU would not have had a goalie this year. They have an extremely talented set of forwards and defensemen, but they would have had a big problem in goal. But they were able to poach Caron from Brown, so now instead of a major weakness they have a highly serviceable goalie. —In the past, BC would have struggled with size and experience, despite the most talented freshman cby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
BearLover Remember, if Cornell were to play in HE, or the ECAC were to be better, then Cornell’s SOS would improve, but it’s win% would go down. Its RPI, which, again, judges the “true” strength of Cornell, would be UNCHANGED. Therefore, being in a stronger conference would not benefit Cornell (or any team). Basically, you're forgetting about the effects of small sample spaces. We can play lighby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
TrotskyAs in society, a rising tide raises all boats. As in society, gross inequality damages even those on top. We need a stronger ECAC to support a stronger Cornell. We have nothing to lose but our chains. As you've said in other places, these things are cyclical. There has been, at least for the ECAC, quite a bit of coaching turnover lately, if you count lately as "in the last 10 yeaby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Clarkson at Cornell, 2/3 - 2 months ago
All comes from not handing out matching minors earlier in the game.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Clarkson at Cornell, 2/3 - 2 months ago
Just thought I'd mention: this is the 101st anniversary year of the first Clarkson vs. Cornell hockey game, played in January of 1923. I meant to say something last year, but forgot! From the January 19th, 1923 Daily Sun. (The game was on the 20th, a 0-0 tie.)by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Yet another collegetown bar bites the dust - 2 months ago
Jeff Hopkins '82 FWIW, Dunbar's was very thorough about checking IDs when I was a student. Back when we had a more rational drinking age, I suspect a great many bars were much more thorough in checking IDs. Separating the high-school crowd from the college crowd makes sense; separating the college crowd from itself never really has.by Scersk '97 - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Yet another collegetown bar bites the dust - 3 months ago
David Harding Not Collegetown and just for sale, but one could be concerned about the fate of Chanticleer. They say that there are no plans to close the bar, and I'm happy to hear it, because losing the Chanticleer would be a stake in my heart. It's one of the last remnants of "old Ithaca" revelry. With Johnny's, the Palms, the one I can't even mention without getting very, verby Scersk '97 - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Odds of winning 2024 NCAAs - 3 months ago
adamwUnless one's only goal is to throw clever verbal bombs without regard for accuracy. Sir, this is a Wendy’s.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Cornell vs Quinnipiac, 1/20 - 3 months ago
scoop85 JasonN95 Aren’t students returning this weekend? If yes, I’d wait for the next home weekend to evaluate the student section. In our day we’d be sure to come back Friday when break ended to attend both of the weekend games. It was a sacrifice of course to spend the weekend at school with no schoolwork to worry about, but that was before Cornell apparently became a place where fun came toby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Cornell vs Princeton, 1/19 - 3 months ago
scoop85 Jane McNally also had a nice game story in the Sun. Really well done. Clear from the quotes that Schafer was not exactly pleased with the other lines.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Cornell vs Princeton, 1/19 - 3 months ago
That Castagna goal was something I haven’t seen in a while. Speed AND power! Kid is something special.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Odds of winning 2024 NCAAs - 4 months ago
Trotsky ursusminorThen that is off by a factor of about 2 which is not nearly as inaccurate as the RPI women's odds given. When I posted this on the RPI women's thread on USCHO, another poster gave the RPI women's odds as 4,000,000 to one which seems much more accurate to me. I had a physics professor who argued that despite the probabilistic essence of subatomic phenomenon, some things that weby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Cornell v Colgate, 12/02/23 - 4 months ago
Well, a lot to fix over break. Maybe Shane can learn how to control rebounds.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: CU-BU 2023 - 5 months ago
Trotsky But we have seen editions of each in our time: teams that were stacked and clearly superior in personnel that repeatedly fell short (1991, 2018), and teams that were fine but not exceptional yet had some sort of extra gear or killer instinct that made them as tough as cockroaches (1986, 1996). Your distinction is fine, but I will quibble. 1996 had fantastic talent: Chartrand, Drouin, Saby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Cornell @ Princeton 11/18/23 - 5 months ago
scoop85 Scersk '97 Psenicka needs to get over his sophomore slump right about now, now, now; it would be great if DeSantis avoided one. Psenicka is having a junior slump, which is even more perplexing. For the record, I considered Psenicka's sophomore year as a slump and this year so far as a continuation thereof.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Cornell @ Princeton 11/18/23 - 5 months ago
Trotsky BearLover sah67 scoop85 Tonight Psenicka had several golden opportunities that he just couldn’t bury. Mind boggling. I feel like the majority of Psenicka's goals in previous seasons were tips and deflections from the slot or right in front of the net, and yet he never seems to be positioned in those spots on the PP this year. I'm also not sold on Rego getting as much PP time as he doby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 5 months ago
Color on color is great, but it should be Red vs. Columbia in the light blues. Those black pants look stupid on our team, and Columbia looks stupid in general. Typical.by Scersk '97 - Other Sports
Re: Fish N Fowl 11/11/23 - 5 months ago
Certainly need to practice 5x3 more often…by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Cornell v Yale, 11/3/23 - 5 months ago
scoop85 JasonN95 upprdeck I thought the major was more the big kid getting into a small kid, if he was 6-2 I don't think anything happens but he can't be reckless. I didn’t go back to watch again but when it happened I thought it was Psenicka skating hard in a line, the Yale player coming in from the side trying to lunge with his stick and leaned down and forward, and the sweep of Psenicka’s arby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Empty seats at Lynah - 5 months ago
RichH Normalize arriving late, and you normalize not going at all. I've always wished there were a way to "resell" the seats of no-shows.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 6 months ago
Absolutely brilliant defensive scheme on 3rd and 10 outside of field goal range with very little left in the half. Let's delay blitz! Because, you know, we really need a sack… to knock them… out of…by Scersk '97 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 6 months ago
ugarte 36-14 win that Cornell fans still make sound like the worst day of their lives. Indeed! Princeton just went up by 7 against Harvard very late. Likely logjam at 2-1 in the standings.by Scersk '97 - Other Sports