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General Category => Hockey => Topic started by: bogart on October 31, 2004, 09:05:32 PM

Title: Bitz
Post by: bogart on October 31, 2004, 09:05:32 PM
Anyone know the status of Byron Bitz?
Who sits when he returns?
Pegoraro? McCutcheon? Varteressian?
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: bogart on November 01, 2004, 01:36:32 PM
anyone? ::help::
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: CowbellGuy on November 01, 2004, 01:52:59 PM
He was still limping noticeably this weekend, but at least is off crutches. If someone had any real information, I'm sure they would have posted it.
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: BCrespi on November 01, 2004, 08:38:39 PM
To speak in Jerseygirl code:

A friend of mine had lunch with "the best beer to have" the other day.  He mentioned that he figured that a 19th century poet might be having some sort of a revivial in about a week.  He also mentioned that he was quite pleased with the play of a certain diminuative man from Britain.
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: billhoward on November 01, 2004, 09:24:13 PM
You are quite good at this. She should be flattered.
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: Jerseygirl on November 01, 2004, 11:05:01 PM
A thing of beauty, BCrespi, a thing of beauty.
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: bogart on November 02, 2004, 02:08:16 PM
Sweet!
Thanx! ::nut::
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: Greg Berge on November 02, 2004, 02:10:12 PM
Meanwhile, a minor Massachusetts clergyman, dead since 1638, still sucks.
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: Roy 82 on November 02, 2004, 04:37:28 PM
That last one took me a while (I knew who you meant but I couldn't figure out why). For those still struggling (probably noone), he is from the north of Britain.
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: billhoward on November 02, 2004, 06:48:15 PM
For those who need a clue and go down the roster, two-thirds the team sounds as if hails from the UK. Not many Fumios or Ugolinis left.
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: Al DeFlorio on November 02, 2004, 07:24:08 PM
[Q]billhoward Wrote:

Not many Fumios or Ugolinis left. [/q]
:`( :`( :`(
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: billhoward on November 02, 2004, 08:50:54 PM
Well in size and spirit, Ryan Vesce and now perhaps Topher Scott fit the mold. Let's hope they crack the books a bit more than Fumio. Imagine how great Ugolini would have been if he'd actually gotten along with Dick Bertrand -- and he was pretty darn good with what, 69 points his last year, 1973.
Title: Re: Bitz status
Post by: puff on November 05, 2004, 10:53:35 AM
http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20041105/localsports/1539065.html
"Notes: Schafer said that sophomore Byron Bitz, who has been recovering from a broken heel, is still two or three weeks away from playing and will not be in the lineup this weekend."

Title: Re: Bitz status
Post by: BCrespi on November 06, 2004, 12:35:58 AM
Oh well, so much for lunch-dates with the coach.  I suppose I'll have to be more discriminating on my info from now on...
Title: Re: Bitz status
Post by: CowbellGuy on November 06, 2004, 01:36:10 AM
Well, he's not limping any more :-)
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: Al DeFlorio on November 12, 2004, 07:07:34 AM
From today's (11/12/04) Ithaca Journal:  "Byron Bitz, who has yet to play this year due to injury, will travel with the team this weekend and may see action ... "

http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20041112/localsports/1577978.html
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: calgARI '07 on November 12, 2004, 09:31:09 AM
[Q]Al DeFlorio Wrote:

 From today's (11/12/04) Ithaca Journal:  "Byron Bitz, who has yet to play this year due to injury, will travel with the team this weekend and may see action ... "[/q]

I was pretty sure I was him on campus last night.  
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: Jordan 04 on November 12, 2004, 09:41:43 AM
[Q]I was pretty sure I was him on campus last night.  [/q]

Wow.  Was that some freaky outer-body experience or something?

Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: Al DeFlorio on November 12, 2004, 10:08:45 AM
[Q]Jordan 04 Wrote:

 [Q2]I was pretty sure I was him on campus last night.  [/Q]
Wow.  Was that some freaky outer-body experience or something?
[/q]
No wonder Ari's weekly columns show such insight.  ::nut::
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: jtwcornell91 on November 12, 2004, 05:10:57 PM
[Q]Jordan 04 Wrote:

 [Q2]I was pretty sure I was him on campus last night.  [/Q]
Wow.  Was that some freaky outer-body experience or something?

[/q]

"Being Byron Bitz"
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: ben03 on November 12, 2004, 05:35:54 PM
yo ari, lay off the sauce bud ...  ::screwy::
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: calgARI '07 on November 12, 2004, 05:37:58 PM
I just realized what this was all about.  I meant I SAW him on campus last night, meaning I don't think he was on the road trip.
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: jeh25 on November 12, 2004, 06:56:55 PM
[Q]jtwcornell91 Wrote:
"Being Byron Bitz"[/q]

So is the little door in the skate shop or the hockey office?

Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: jeh25 on November 12, 2004, 06:57:59 PM
[Q]calgARI '07 Wrote:

 I just realized what this was all about.  I meant I SAW him on campus last night, meaning I don't think he was on the road trip.[/q]

Well, if he's in Ithaca, he may see action tonight....

*rimshot*
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: jkahn on November 13, 2004, 12:04:08 AM
He's in East Lansing.
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: KeithK on November 15, 2004, 07:12:37 PM
BTW, Bitz was definitely in East Lansing and played on Sunday.  He didn't particularly stand out to my eye, but he seemed to be skating without any problems.
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: calgARI '07 on November 15, 2004, 07:17:32 PM
He almost scored on a 2-on-1 according to the radiocast.
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: Josh '99 on November 15, 2004, 07:17:48 PM
I thought he looked like he wasn't 100%.  There were a couple of spots where he seemed not as strong on his feet as I remember from last year, which certainly seems reasonable for somebody recovering from a foot injury.
Title: Re: Bitz
Post by: Will on November 15, 2004, 07:30:52 PM
[Q]jmh30 Wrote:

 I thought he looked like he wasn't 100%.  There were a couple of spots where he seemed not as strong on his feet as I remember from last year, which certainly seems reasonable for somebody recovering from a foot injury.[/q]

Bitz will improve, though it may take a few weeks.  I expect he'll be in much better condition by the Lynah East game.