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Re: Opponent news in age of Covid - 3 months ago
There are now a total of 18 COVID-19 cases stemming from the original cluster — out of the 19 team members currently enrolled and living in New Haven. But Clarise thinks he's cute.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Future Frozen Four Sites Announced - 3 months ago
Jeff Hopkins '82 upprdeck vegas in 2026 would be a fun time. Vegas is a sleaze hole.Only the casinos. Stay away from them and it's one of the most lovely locations in the country. LV is the same as NYC: just erase the people.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Future Frozen Four Sites Announced - 3 months ago
There's no point in hosting at a site Cornellians can't get to easily. I am all for Cornell hosting in NY, CT, NJ, maybe PA. Otherwise, meh.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Men's roster 2020-21 - 3 months ago
SwampyHockeywise, it's somewhat of a lateral move; academically, it may be more like falling off a cliff.The Cornell hockey players attend is almost never the Cornell you and I attended.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Future Frozen Four Sites Announced - 3 months ago
French Rage Apparently Maryland Heights is in Missouri.It was a "wide open town" back when, so perhaps there will be an apres hockey scene with gambling, gangsters, and whores. I mean if you like that sort of thing.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Future Frozen Four Sites Announced - 3 months ago
CU2007 Anyone know how much longer (if at all) the ECAC finals are locked into Lake Placid?My google fu can find no commitment beyond March 2021. BTW, sponsorship packages are still available for next year, if you want to compete with Howie's Hockey Tape and those milk dudes whose name I have forgotten.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Men's roster 2020-21 - 3 months ago
SwampyThe article quotes him in several places, but he says nothing about academics. It's all about winning and reaching the next level. Well, if despite the splinters in his butt from sitting on the bench at Cornell he still wants to try to reach the next level, I say good for him and wish him good luck. OK, but: He finished in three years. That shows academic commitment. He was a 3rd rouby Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Men's roster 2020-21 - 3 months ago
upprdeck the same reason the expect the fball kids to show up for 4 yrs and never get to play for a NC that they might be good enough for but its ok for every other sports team to compete for them.That's about luxury branding. Why would the Upper Class Twits of the Year send their precious Bronwyn and Margaux to 80k/year finishing school that lets footbaw players compete for the nc when theyby Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Men's roster 2020-21 - 3 months ago
Give My RegardsI think I fuzzily recall another Cornellian, maybe in the '90s, who would have ordinarily been eligible for a redshirt, but applied for the exemption and did not get it. But I'm not sure.Something like that happened to Inglehardt I believe.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Men's roster 2020-21 - 3 months ago
Beeeej TrotskyI thought Auger (or somebody around then) did that? Fine. Unfuck him. Didn't Auger get an injury redshirt exception? I looked back through TBRW and there has never been a "Gr" class for a Cornell player. Coulda sworn. Rashomon.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Alumni News: 2019-20 - 3 months ago
Dafatone profudge The Penguins have extended a qualifying offer to A. Angello as one of their Restricted Free Agents. When the Pens run with youth down the stretch, they do well. When they trade for old bottom-line forwards, they get bounced early.Which one is Anthony?by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Men's roster 2020-21 - 3 months ago
scoop85 Trotsky ugarte Trotsky scoop85 ACM New arrivals. And one departure. Looks like a good move for Cairns. He never fully hit his stride at Cornell, but got his degree and now goes to another top-flight program where perhaps he’ll find his game.Disappointing. My guess is he knows UMD is going to endanger their players but not sure if we are (spoiler: we are). Welp. Fuck him. if he'sby Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Men's roster 2020-21 - 3 months ago
ugarte Trotsky scoop85 ACM New arrivals. And one departure. Looks like a good move for Cairns. He never fully hit his stride at Cornell, but got his degree and now goes to another top-flight program where perhaps he’ll find his game.Disappointing. My guess is he knows UMD is going to endanger their players but not sure if we are (spoiler: we are). Welp. Fuck him. if he's a graduate tranby Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Men's roster 2020-21 - 3 months ago
scoop85 ACM New arrivals. And one departure. Looks like a good move for Cairns. He never fully hit his stride at Cornell, but got his degree and now goes to another top-flight program where perhaps he’ll find his game.Disappointing. My guess is he knows UMD is going to endanger their players but not sure if we are (spoiler: we are). Welp. Fuck him.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: ECAC Schedule - 3 months ago
BeeeejJust in case it wasn't clear, I was kidding. I deeply appreciated both Jim's explanation and your point that this wouldn't happen on most sports fora. We were going with it before you ruined it. Typical.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: ECAC Schedule - 3 months ago
upprdeck much better for cornell to not have opened in person and closed for good given the budget issues they faced?Scale it back to the Arts and Ag quads, plow the rest under, replant the elms.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: ECAC Schedule - 3 months ago
In this instance it's not a particular character within the school who is the villain. It is the school. Cornell opened, for whatever asinine reason. Presumably it was money; since 1648 stupid things are money 97% of the time. So now they're stuck: every subsequent Cornell action has to justify that decision. They can't spike sports for being wildly and unnecessarily dangerous since if tby Trotsky - Hockey
Re: ECAC Schedule - 3 months ago
osorojo Thanks, Trotsky, but in Florida NOTHING - faith, honor, reason, even hubris is subservient to quick profit - AKA "commerce". The numbers and the environment speak for themselves.This is the business we've chosen. For now. Or maybe forever.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: ECAC Schedule - 3 months ago
osorojo It's a cinch to exterminate or even educate the entire human race compared to making the slightest change in one tiny coronavirus - even fathead politicians can't do that. Speculation about resuming large, in person audiences sports events is commerce, not reason. Fixed your post.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: ECAC Schedule - 3 months ago
Jim Hyla Jeff Hopkins '82 abmarks That'd be nice. You do realize though that the reason we can do this is because we owned the test euqipment already in the Vet school and re-purposed fir the people instead of the cows? Yep, knew that. But the article linked by Scoop85 makes a critical point: Every medical test in the US with the exception of pregnancy tests is forced to go through theby Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Luke Graboyes - PGA Tour - 3 months ago
Very cool. Have we had a competent golfer since this guy?by Trotsky - Other Sports
Re: Collegetown Bagels to move, not close - 3 months ago
David Harding A Cornell Sun reviewers pans CTB bagels. CTB’s main business relies on pedaling a product that relies on sentimentality, and not pure quality. In short, people don’t buy these bagels for their outstanding taste or texture, but to relieve the experiences that they’ve had at CTB. ... One student described them most eloquently as “Bread formed into the shape of a bagel,” and anoby Trotsky - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: ECAC Schedule - 3 months ago
scoop85 Dafatone I'm skeptical that we will have (and that we should have) a season. The big football schools are expending a lot of resources on testing and whatnot (allegedly). Will hockey schools do the same? Some might. I figure UND and U of M, for instance, would work pretty hard to make hockey happen. But the smaller hockeh programs? Skeptical. By the time January rolls around, there’sby Trotsky - Hockey
Re: ECAC Schedule - 3 months ago
French RageAnd honestly, while Harvard is the #1 rival, I think it's safe the say the other NY schools would be pretty close to #2-#6. Is anyone really looking forward to the annual Princeton matchups, for example? 1. Harvard 2. Clarkson 3. Flavor-of-the-Month that sucked 5 years ago and will suck in 5 years. There are only 4 teams in the ECAC, one of which rotates.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: ECAC Schedule - 3 months ago
scoop85 redice ursusminor Following up - spoke to an ECAC official who said this is one of the scheduling plans, but league admins haven’t voted on anything yet. — Mike McMahon (@MikeMcMahonCHN) September 25, 2020 Thank God! Hopefully they come to their senses and this one ends up in the trash can!! Well, if it’s a choice between that set-up and the possibility of no season, is thereby Trotsky - Hockey
Re: ECAC Schedule - 3 months ago
French Rage Trotsky After looking at that map some more, I'm glad we no longer hold our championship weekend at the most logical central point!Yes, but Atlantic City was too good to last.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: ECAC Schedule - 3 months ago
Cop at Lynah The split divisions make travel easier, especially because many schools may still have travel restrictions for their athletic teams. For example, they may not allow overnight trips. ECAC games may be played home-and-home with one team in the pair coming and going home the same day each night. LOL Princeton.by Trotsky - Hockey