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Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 days ago
RichHI've long held that Albertus Magnus College should name their men's teams the Fat Alberts. If one must veer in that direction, make it Phat Albertsby billhoward - Hockey
Re: Cornell at Sacred Heart weekend - 2 days ago
* The Martire Family Arena seats 3,600 versus a student population of 6800 undergrads (of which 2/3 are female) * The school is on winter break * But classes do start that Monday 1/13, not sure when dorms open although majority of students are from day trip distance NYS CT NJ * Be nice to see what another shiny new ($70M) arena looks like * "Two mobile carts selling: Coors Light, Saby billhoward - Hockey
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2025 (preseason) August top 20 - 2 days ago
August pre-season D1 men's lacrosse rankings via Inside Lacrosse, 8/22/24: 2025 DI Men's Way-Ahead Rankings: Syracuse, Maryland Among Challengers To Notre Dame 3-Peat Bid 1. Notre Dame 2. Syracuse 3. Princeton (too bad as of 2024 Tigers were not the final Ivy game for Cornell) 4. Maryland 5. Cornell (highest-ranked team that didn't make the 2024 tournament) 6. Virginia 7. Duby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment? - 10 days ago
Some would say "iconoclast."by billhoward - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 10 days ago
Nice nickname: Cornell PR A mid-year transfer to Gustavus Adolphus, a Minnesota-based Division III institution, in 2012-13, Leivermann averaged a point per game over his 40 career games with the Gustiesby billhoward - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 10 days ago
More specifically, Gaudreau and his brother were struck by a car while riding bicycles at dusk Thursday evening in New Jersey. The driver was arrested and charged with suspicion (as of the day after) of being drunk.by billhoward - Hockey
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment? - 16 days ago
Ann Coulter has an older sister, also Cornellian, who is absolutely normal, nice, and also intelligent.by billhoward - John Spencer Is Dead
Lacrosse Hall of Fame - 16 days ago
A bit late, but nevertheless: Ned Harkness named to the Lacrosse coaches hall of fame. Context: The Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IMLAC) Hall of Fame existed since 2015 and an inaugural-year inductee was Richie Moran, 257-121 as a head coach, 3 NCAA titles in his first decade. No brainer. Harkness is the second IMLAC Cornell inductee. His lacrosse record: 147 wins,by billhoward - Other Sports
Cornell Class of 2028 - 17 days ago
The Class of 2028 arrived on campus this week. The numbers: 5,139 Admitted (+4% vs. previous year) 3,574 Incoming students All 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico 16.3% First in their families to attend college Cornell typically does not rush to publish a lot of breakouts especially when they might be seen as controversial (to, say, alumni or segments of applicants' parents). MIT forby billhoward - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Frozen Apple Tickets - 23 days ago
David Harding Q's announcement back in July. To make Quinnipiac students feel like it's the Arena and they're playing a home game, I hear there's special pricing if you want to leave midway through the second and get a head start on the Saturday night parties.by billhoward - Hockey
You can gamble on swimming? - 25 days ago
Notre Dame is suspending its men's swimming time for a year over gambling. Sports Illustrated broke a story on it today. The NYT / The Athletic reports, "SI reported Thursday that the team created its own sports book to wager on its swimming performances along with other sports, and that a majority of the returning team for the 2024-25 season was believed to have placed bets." Onby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell Football Recruits '29 - 25 days ago
And if we win a recruit away from Yale-Harvard-Princeton-Penn, it's one less player who's going to beat us, and might beat them.by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell Football Recruits '29 - 26 days ago
Ken711 Another big time pick up from Florida. Cornell has more recruits from talent rich Floria this year than I can ever remember in past years combined. Dalten Phelan LB 6'2" 225 Orlando, FL. Offers: Air Force. Army, Bucknell, Columbia, Dartmouth, Eastern Illinois, Georgetown, Marshall, Navy, North Carolina A&T and Penn What about any news of Cornell stealing the players with offersby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2024 - 26 days ago
SwampyWe now have seven quarterbacks this year, three of which are frosh. Going to be one heck of a trick play. It will involve a rollout and more than one pass.by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2024 - 26 days ago
Ken711Devin Page had offers from Brown, Bucknell, Colgate, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Fordham and Yale before he committed to Penn, Well, we know Devin can do the work academically.by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2024 - 4 weeks ago
nyc94 billhowardIt may be a measure of confidence in the new regime of coach and athletic director that Cornell's 7th place pick is not a tie for 7th, but 7th outright. I'm still amazed that during the Archer era Cornell never finished dead last, untied, in 8th place. : It's the system.by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2024 - 4 weeks ago
We play our Ivy opponents in order of opponent quality, best first, worst last: Our first Ivy game is versus #1 Ivy pick Yale, our second game is against #2 pick Harvard ... we end with #8 Columbia. Not until the season finale do we play a team rated lower than us. It may be a measure of confidence in the new regime of coach and athletic director that Cornell's 7th place pick is not a tie for 7thby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: 2024-25 MEN'S SCHEDULE - 5 weeks ago
Cornell-Colgate Thanksgiving Saturday 2010 at the Prudential Center was * a fabulously exiting game, Cornell coming from 3-1 down entering the third to earn a 4-3 regulation win * a kind of sleepy atmosphere, the place more than two-thirds empty, 5,413 fans in a rink that held 17,625 at the time (and which has since been downsized to 16,592 in 2013 and two years late to 16,514). Aproby billhoward - Hockey
Re: 2024-25 MEN'S SCHEDULE - 5 weeks ago
The Rancor Other than BU, Cornell has played: Michigan Penn State UNH Harvard U-Conn Did I miss anyone? Cornell PR This year's Frozen Apple game will be the sixth in the biennial series that dates back to the first contest in 2012 against Michigan, which was a 5-1 triumph for the Big Red. Cornell also defeated Penn State, 3-1, in 2014, New Hampshire, 3-1, in 2016, and UConn in 2022. The lby billhoward - Hockey
Re: 2024-25 MEN'S SCHEDULE - 5 weeks ago
Jeff Hopkins '82I think another problem is getting MSG for two consecutive nights. The Knicks and Rangers would have priority, but who knows what else is scheduled there during that season. Exactly that. Although one of the teams could play a Saturday afternoon game. It takes 2-3 hours to switch a big arena from basketball to hockey. More of a problem is two-night attendance. A lot of Cornelby billhoward - Hockey
Re: Cornell at the Olympics - 5 weeks ago
ugarte Rudy Winkler advanced to the finals in hammer throw. He surpassed the automatic qualification distance on his first attempt and had the 4th best qualifying throw. The finals will be held on Sunday at 4:30am Eastern. Wonder how much Rudy brings home in NIL money. I see Winkler has computer science degrees from Cornell and then Rutgers. He's not going to starve if he stays current in theby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2024 - 5 weeks ago
There might be some intra-nation grievances – "you enslaved our people in 1066 and we will never compete under your flag" – versus the idea of three close-by islands or nations combined having a better chance to reach the podium. Say if Catalonia separated from Spain, would they get Olympic standing? Interesting question of how high in the medal standings they'd be if California secby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: 2024-25 MEN'S SCHEDULE - 5 weeks ago
scoop85 The "weakness" of the schedule is a reflection of our league as a whole. For our limited out of conference games, We know UND is a top 5-10 program coming into the season, UMASS is always a threat to make the NCAAs, and if we were to play ASU they are on the cusp of the top 20. While Sacred Heart aren't world beaters, they are one of the better Atlantic Hockey programs we couldby billhoward - Hockey
Re: Frozen Apple Tickets - 5 weeks ago
Nice that Cornell on the ticketing page lists the fees. That or the winds are blowing against ticketing fees and Cornell is being proactive. Or it's now required. (I added the markups.) Ticket Prices Available(opens in a new tab): $20 (STUDENT TICKETS - SECTION 227*) $39 ($31 face value, $8 associated fees) 26% markup $65 ($56 face value, $9 associated fees) 16% $85by billhoward - Hockey
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2025 (preseason) - 5 weeks ago
Cornell recruits for the Classes of 2024, 2025, 2026, via Transfer portal for all college teams, last updated mid-June, via From Cornell, midfielders Aiden Blake to Duke and Spencer Wirtheim to North Carolina, as grad students.by billhoward - Other Sports
Cornell lacrosse 2025 (preseason) - 5 weeks ago
Time for a thread on the 2025 schedule when that comes available, recruits / lacrosse prospects, recruits who enroll and play in the spring of 2025, etcetera. As we get closer to February and competition, I'll take off the "pre-season" in the subject line or, if this becomes really long, a separate season/games/weekly polls can be created.by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell at the Olympics - 5 weeks ago
Cornell did a nice job carefully choosing words. But then Morales won that gold in the era, almost, of clever wordsmiths such as cunning linguist Bill Clinton arguing; "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If the—if he—if 'is' means is and never has been, that is not—that is one thing." ... and I thought it was hard to diagram a Donald Trump sentence.by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell at the Olympics - 5 weeks ago
The first gold medal for Cornell in the Summer Games since swimmer Pedro Morales in 1992. Wonder if the Teagle Hall pool was less filthy in Morales' era? Today's Teagle might prepare Olympians for swimming the Seine. With Cornell's increased outreach to alumni and supporters in the Moorish Era, one can imagine more calls for support to honor our Olympian athletes and foster a positive envby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Death of the E. Stewart Jones Power Play - 5 weeks ago
So minor, still so annoying: filler words in stories or newscasts. Here, former attorney was "formally disbarred," as if one can be disbarred informally. Just as every story on the seasons' changes says, "It's officially the first day of spring." Thirty years ago, anytime of the last century, a midsize newspaper would have a half-dozen or more copy desk editors reading eveby billhoward - John Spencer Is Dead