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Re: Where are our Alumni Playing Now - 6 years ago
dag14 I am pretty sure that Colgate coach Don Vaughn was an assistant while Kent was at Cornell. I suspect that relationship has something to do with Ethan's decision. They overlapped for one entire season, during which season Schafer was also an assistant. But that brings me to another point - remember, Kent only stuck around for two seasons himself, and he left long before Schafer became heaby Beeeej - Hockey
Re: Where are our Alumni Playing Now - 6 years ago
Jim Hyla ugarte Jim Hyla scoop85 Al DeFlorio scoop85 billhoward We did steal Jimmy Boeheim from Syracuse. Uh, he's a nice player for the Ivies, but not a high-major talent Do you think we don't understand that? Or that Bill doesn't? I suspect Bill was even implying that in making his post. Sorry, my sarcasm detector was not working. I didn't pick up on that either. It's the problem with tby Beeeej - Hockey
Re: 2018-19 Schedule - 6 years ago
RichH Fun! Think that means we'll be playing them in Tempe in 2019-20? I'd seriously consider making that trip.by Beeeej - Hockey
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2018 - 6 years ago
Trotsky JasonN95 Is Teat starting with the ball from a reset after a shot not a way to use his play strengths? It seems that you could fairly easily manufacture that by taking a deliberately high and wide shot where you first ensure you have the backup for it. Can the officials choose to not give the closest team the ball if they believe the shot was not intended to hit the net, akin to a deliberby Beeeej - Other Sports
Re: Cornell in the Movies - 6 years ago
David Wade I remember a science fiction movie in the late 1980s that was similar to Close Encounters of the Third Kind where some bureaucrat told a scientist that he should take his Cornell degree and do something inappropriate with it. Does anybody recall what that movie could be? I assume you're talking about "Starman," but I don't recall that particular line. Charles Martin Smith pby Beeeej - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Self-promotion - podcast stuff - 6 years ago
scoop85 ugarte thanks scoop You're welcome. As a fellow attorney I appreciated how clearly you were able to break down the key holdings in the decision in easy to understand (and quite humorous) terms. Agreed. For those who haven't yet read it, I highly recommend it for both the clarity and the snark.by Beeeej - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2018 - 6 years ago
jeff '84 Swampy margolism I was there with my son on Sunday. The Yale fans sitting near us came across as a bit rude and cocky at first, and peaking once Yale was up by two. From that point they got progressively more quiet, and were near silent in the second half. The Pulver long distance goal drained any hope and enthusiasm they had remaining. Pulver's goal had to be a dagger to theiby Beeeej - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2018 - 6 years ago
margolism I was there with my son on Sunday. The Yale fans sitting near us came across as a bit rude and cocky at first, and peaking once Yale was up by two. From that point they got progressively more quiet, and were near silent in the second half. The Pulver long distance goal drained any hope and enthusiasm they had remaining. In terms of "taking wind out of sails," it remby Beeeej - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2018 - 6 years ago
upprdeck Columbia could add a team and adjust the added womens teams to offset it.. considering no scholie money in the ivys and the fact they can bus to almost every Lax game they would want to play it would be a huge increase in money for the Ath dept. budget First of all, Title IX requires that you either be at gender equity or moving toward it, and Columbia - like most D-I schools - is noby Beeeej - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2018 - 6 years ago
jeff '84 I was there Sunday as well, and agree with Swampy’s writeup. I thought it was a good venue and a fun atmosphere. The band was definitely missed though. Thoughts on why Columbia doesn’t have a team? As much historical accident as anything - but one of the biggest reasons they don't plan to add a team is that it would pretty much kill their Title IX compliance.by Beeeej - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2018 - 6 years ago
underskill well NYC does have the Ivy lax basis on Wall Street for one thing... ...of which most members have no intention of being at 218th Street on a Friday night or Sunday afternoon regardless of why, except perhaps Princeton alums (whose team was not represented). I'd bet good money most of the non-Cornell crowd was parents and die-hards.by Beeeej - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2018 - 6 years ago
Swampy djk26 Were any ELFers at the league tournament games? I read that the final had ~2600 fans. That must have been below what the league wanted by having the games in New York. How was the atmosphere? Was this experiment less than successful? I was there. On Friday night initially I was sitting in the midst of a bunch of Yale supporters. I was quite happy with this, as I thought Yaleby Beeeej - Other Sports
Re: Adoration of Schafer from The Sun - 6 years ago
ugarte i will never understand why people get so wound up about some pedantic understanding of an issue that has no fixed definition. opposition to retiring numbers generally makes sense to me even though i don't agree with it (except in the nfl where numbers are actually a scarce resource because of position-related number rules). foot-stomping opposition to a former team captain and long-tiby Beeeej - Hockey
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2018 - CU 7 Brown 4 Ivy semi - 6 years ago
RichH After I read the nine in-game posts from May 4 in this thread, I assumed we lost. Well, we didn't crush them so hard their ancestors wept, so in fairness, it was a little short of expectations.by Beeeej - Other Sports
Re: Frozen Apple 2018: Fish & Fowl Edition - 6 years ago
Several Cornell graduating classes bought large blocks ahead of time, and regional Cornell Clubs usually do as well. Hundreds of tickets are accounted for besides the sections being sold on Cornell's ticketing website.by Beeeej - Hockey
Re: Chapter House fire last night/this morning - 6 years ago
David Harding David Harding Brian Crandall reports good progress the building being erected where the Chapter House stood. From his photos, I would guess that most alumni won't realize that it's a new building. But I still haven't seen anything definitive about what will occupy the restaurant/bar space on the ground floor. Monthly update from Brian Crandall The owners are looking for a tenanby Beeeej - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Frozen Apple 2018: Fish & Fowl Edition - 6 years ago
Tickets available May 1, 10am EDT.by Beeeej - Hockey
Frozen Apple 2018: Fish & Fowl Edition - 6 years ago
College hockey’s premier rivalry takes the ice at the World’s Most Famous Arena in November! #LGR #FrozenApple2018 pic.twitter.com/5JzeKeRNs8— Cornell Hockey (@CUBigRedHockey) April 27, 2018by Beeeej - Hockey
Re: Opponents News 2: Hockey's the Reason for the Season - 6 years ago
Scersk '97 Beeeej Home ice and an easier pairing is already pretty fantastic, and even the bye isn't a guarantee of anything - witness 2004, #2 Cornell gets a bye then promptly donkeys off a best-of-three against #9 Clarkson just a year after making the Frozen Four. Certainly my right honourable friend will recall that we were without the services of Ryan Vesce, captain and second in points thaby Beeeej - Hockey
Re: Opponents News 2: Hockey's the Reason for the Season - 6 years ago
BearLover Beeeej BearLover Al DeFlorio Jim Hyla Hockey East ADs Vote to Change Playoff Format "The league's athletic directors, meeting at the annual Coaches' Convention in Naples, Fla., voted this week to eliminate the first round of the Hockey East playoffs, meaning that the top eight teams in the regular-season standings will qualify for the tournament and the bottom three teams will bby Beeeej - Hockey
Re: Opponents News 2: Hockey's the Reason for the Season - 6 years ago
BearLover Al DeFlorio Jim Hyla Hockey East ADs Vote to Change Playoff Format "The league's athletic directors, meeting at the annual Coaches' Convention in Naples, Fla., voted this week to eliminate the first round of the Hockey East playoffs, meaning that the top eight teams in the regular-season standings will qualify for the tournament and the bottom three teams will be eliminated.&quoby Beeeej - Hockey
Re: Opponents News 2: Hockey's the Reason for the Season - 6 years ago
Chris '03 marty BearLover Also, Miami has decided to fire its assistant coaches and also some of its players. Brent Brekke! Brekke is reportedly the new coach at Alaska. Would a road trip be exempt from Ivy game limit? More recent reports are that he turned it down. CHN's story is still live at the original link, but is "unpublished" from the main site.by Beeeej - Hockey
Re: Ivy League website CYA - 6 years ago
billhoward Ivy League website can't keep track of its links, blames you if you click on a bad link. Go to the Ivy League lax standings at (top photo). Click on the schedule. Instead of the schedule page, you get the error telling you you made a mistake. ...and did you tell them about this?by Beeeej - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: 2018-19 Schedule - 6 years ago
RichH Beeeej RichH Beeeej RichH Credit where credit is due, in the last decade, I seem to remember North Dakota visiting a good chunk of the ECAC schools. Not a galloping shock that they would be more interested in reciprocal deals than other huge western hockey-factory schools, given that they're pretty damn isolated themselves. Grand Forks is right on the Minnesota border. They're not anyby Beeeej - Hockey
Re: 2018-19 Schedule - 6 years ago
RichH Beeeej RichH Credit where credit is due, in the last decade, I seem to remember North Dakota visiting a good chunk of the ECAC schools. Not a galloping shock that they would be more interested in reciprocal deals than other huge western hockey-factory schools, given that they're pretty damn isolated themselves. Grand Forks is right on the Minnesota border. They're not any more isolateby Beeeej - Hockey
Re: 2018-19 Schedule - 6 years ago
RichH Scersk '97 Trotsky Scersk '97 Trotsky There is little interest in the west in going to Ithaca. I have to imagine there interest in going to Hamilton is, how shall I put this?, not spectacular. Sure, but is Potsdam/Canton any better?Weirdly enough, it is. It's still considered a very cool college hockey experience to go to the North Country. Cheel sucked a lot of the life out of it, butby Beeeej - Hockey
Re: 2018-19 Schedule - 6 years ago
Finally catching up on my emails, and I note that the email (vs. the tweet) is specific about MSU opening the regular season, which presumably puts it the weekend before Yale/Brown. While the 2018-19 complete season schedule has yet to be released, we can announce that Cornell will be hosting MICHIGAN STATE to start the regular season at Lynah Rink in a two-game weekend match-up!by Beeeej - Hockey
Re: Denver Post Guide to Coors Field - 6 years ago
The fact that the photo is of Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia is a slight snafu. Just slight.by Beeeej - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: ILDN is gone - 6 years ago
upprdeck espn+ takes over could be a good thing Assuming we'll be able to sub and unsub at will without it being any kind of long-term commitment, and as long as there's no degradation of video and camera-work quality (hoping for improvement might be too much), that'd be a very good thing.by Beeeej - Hockey
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2018 @ Dartmouth 3/31 - 6 years ago
upprdeck Well both teams were playing with backups. does lax have club teams or intramural teams so they could have at least found a 2nd goalie if something else happened? Perhaps a local Hanover, NH accountant might be available.by Beeeej - Other Sports