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Quote from: RichHYes, exactly (Michigan will never come to Lynah, and good luck getting 800 tickets). Any opponent arguing that it's an "NCAA Rule" is absolutely wrong. The NCAA only limits bands to 25 for NCAA Tournament games. If a University limits the opposing band, they are doing so for their own jerky reasons, and not due to any NCAA policy.  They should say so instead of hiding behind some lame excuse.

I agree with all of this (particularly about Michigan never coming to Lynah, although hey, CC, Denver and UNO are a start).

When did UNO travel to Lynah?

I do not think Michigan State travels well as much as I would love to watch a Cornell-Sparty game, and unlike programs like Michigan, Notre Dame, and Penn State MSU does not have as many national fans who are unaffiliated with the University which would be a major detriment to selling out The Garden. From what I know, I may be wrong, Sparty does not refuse to travel East, so I think Michigan State would be better suited for a biannual home-and-home at Munn and Lynah.

I hope BU-Cornell in odd years continues as RHH editions of the Frozen Apple. I think using The Garden as a "Lynah Southeast" to get out-of-conference opponents that will not abide by Schaferian game reciprocity like Cornell did with Michigan should be considered when deciding opponents in even years. Applying this idea I'm left with two non-traveling or generally non-traveling opponents that I would like to see at the Frozen Apple: Minnesota and Wisconsin.

I would love to see the Big Red face off against the Gophers. And, the choice of Wisconsin (after getting my wish for a game against Michigan), is the next logical choice. Boston College fits this regime, but I am not obsessed with playing a very successful team that has relatively mediocre fan support in a venue as large as The Garden.

Two programs that do not or have not established a non-traveling principle that I'd like to see at future editions of the Frozen Apple are Notre Dame and Penn State. Notre Dame and Penn State have a considerable prominence of fans who are otherwise unaffiliated with either university in the New York market and that combined with the popularity of hockey in New York could draw in many passerby fans. Notre Dame, like Michigan and Penn State, have large alumni bases in New York City that will help the draw of the game. Notre Dame is nearly always competitive at the highest level of the sport having two Frozen Four appearances in the last five years. I think it'd be a fun game that might not be as lively as a game against a Michigan or Wisconsin, but would sell out just as easily.

The comments from css228 are exactly correct regarding Penn State. The large alumni base of Penn Staters in New York City and the ready access to Manhattan for the largest density of Penn State alumni in Philadelphia lends itself to good attendance numbers. Penn State fans turn out for even intercollegiate dance sport. They would undoubtedly turn out for a clash between their favored school or alma mater, and Cornell,a fellow land-grant university and a collegiate hockey program has a lot of respect from current top officials in Penn State hockey.Regarding Penn State's level of competitiveness, its program sits at 5-4-0 against Division I programs including beating RIT at Blue Cross Arena and splitting with Air Force with a commanding 5-1 game. The Nittany Lions were swept by Union, but Ken Schott said that Union was lucky to have not surrended a win to a very young and very talented first-year-NCAA Penn State team. The first game of that series ended 2-0 with an ENG and Penn State suffered a disallowed goal that would have tied the game. Penn State's later season games against Ohio State or Miami in Pittsburgh, Michigan State, and Wisconsin will be telling as to if Cornell should begin considering them for the 2014 Frozen Apple (assuming that RHH is 2013).

Quote from: martyAnd it goes without saying that we want to hear the Notre Dame and MSU fight songs on Saturday.

The Michigan State fight song had great effect last time, but I think Ohio State's fight song would have more impact if the pep band were to add another, especially, if Ohio State beats Michigan in football earlier Saturday.

Here they are:
https://twitter.com/KevinCole91/status/271379090035073026/photo/1

Quote from: RM 08Not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but from an MSG Network press release:

"Cornell, which is expected to wear camouflage jerseys during the second period of Saturday's game in support of The Wounded Warrior Project..."

Should be pretty interesting. Red camo or regular camo?

Evidently, the camouflage will be white-based.

Quote from: RM 08Not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but from an MSG Network press release:

"Cornell, which is expected to wear camouflage jerseys during the second period of Saturday's game in support of The Wounded Warrior Project..."

Should be pretty interesting. Red camo or regular camo?

I am hoping red-based camouflage.

Does anyone know if these jerseys be sold at the game for a profit to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project? I hope so. That would be for a good cause.

Quote from: RatushnyFanI think they lost their top goalie recruit to the juniors this year

This happened twice in recent years, but not this year. Jared Rutledge was their main recruit that they touted as their likely starter, but Steve Racine has delivered both better results and better numbers. A lot of Michigan fans and coaching staff saw the writing on the wall regarding Rutledge's overrating when Michigan lost its season-opening game to RIT at Yost.

This belongs here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCt-1Vv9phg
...and Harvard Sucks!

Quote from: Jim HylaNot even I was around for that one.

Had other plans that evening?

Quote from: TrotskyThere's going to be a huge amount of money pumped into AC by March.  If it were a December event I'd worry; by then everything will be fine.

This is a Good Thing, because we've never won it at Boardwalk.

If I recall correctly, the record is that Cornell has won in every host city, not every venue, from what you've said before because Cornell did not win in one Boston venue, so as long as Atlantic City still hosts the 2013 ECAC Championships Cornell should have its chance. I might be wrong about this fact though.

I do hope the Hall in AC is okay though.

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Quote from: CowbellGuyIf you're wondering who they're talking about it's Shayne Gostisbehere.

Yeah, him.  Had no freaking clue how to spell it...

Thanks to the ELynah Twitter feed I know how to spell all sorts of odd names. Well, last names anyway. I had to look up if it was Shayne or Shane.

It even taught me how to spell "MacCarron."

Quote from: scoop85I just saw on Heisenberg that (now former) Cornell recruit Nolan DeJong is now committed to Michigan.  Big Red Puckhead confirms that he has decommitted.

Too bad, but I'm sure the coaching staff will fill that slot with a quality player.

Yeah, I posted about that earlier in the New Recruit thread. It is a shame to lose such a quality recruit.

I find this disapointing. Karma perhaps, after getting Mike McCarron from Sparty.
https://twitter.com/CornellWAFT/status/260760196140367874

https://twitter.com/CornellWAFT/status/256567850637086720

Other than the misspelling of Iles's name and the incorrect ranking as of filming, the coverage is generally good and it provides some insight from the team.

Considering Maine, Merrimack, Quinnipiac, and Union will begin play this evening, I thought I would share this link from the middle of the week.