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he's going to keep getting asked about it and he's going to keep answering questions. you're probably not going to like most of his answers. tbh after a great opening couple of months - and despite the possible issues we're going to have at goalie this year - i didn't think he was all that good second semester.

Quote from: Ken711 on July 02, 2026, 10:33:58 PMThe football team has had 5th year players as result of covid, and missing a season due to injury (can't play more than 3 games in a season I believe), then they apply for the 5th year.

I know I'm going back a long way and my memory can be faulty but I'm pretty sure mcniff and oliaro both got an extra year by taking spring semester off. 

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Quote from: BearLover on June 03, 2026, 12:54:04 PMNow that players have five years of eligibility, Goldstein and Firth may be able to skip fall semester in 2026 and 2027 and use all five years of eligibility at Cornell before graduating. Hopefully the coaching staff is talking to them about this option.

I was wrong - this is currently impossible. According to Cornell athletics rules, athletes may only compete for four seasons unless they get a waiver (typically for injury). So you can expect to see Goldstein and Firth on UVA or Duke in a couple of seasons.

Is this a new rule in the wake of the NCAA changes? If it isn't, then I assume the same permission that wrestlers and football players have used in the past will continue to apply.

Not a new rule. But in the past the fifth year waiver was (at least in lacrosse) only used if a player missed a season to injury. So that doesn't help us retain players for a fifth year under the new eligibility rules (unless they missed a year to injury).

i wonder if that's tradition or rule. football* (like lacrosse) is a single semester sport, so you can get away with having someone sit out a semester and retain eligibility. i don't know when we last did it for football, though. wrestling (like hockey) spans the semesters but wrestling (unlike hockey) doesn't have as much riding on early season success and its effect on computer rankings.

could be a way cornell adjusts to the new rules to stay competitive.

* i guess if we made a run to the FCS final it wouldn't be but if the cost of getting to the championship is playing short a player or two in the title game, so be it.

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Quote from: BearLover on June 03, 2026, 12:54:04 PMNow that players have five years of eligibility, Goldstein and Firth may be able to skip fall semester in 2026 and 2027 and use all five years of eligibility at Cornell before graduating. Hopefully the coaching staff is talking to them about this option.

I was wrong - this is currently impossible. According to Cornell athletics rules, athletes may only compete for four seasons unless they get a waiver (typically for injury). So you can expect to see Goldstein and Firth on UVA or Duke in a couple of seasons.

Is this a new rule in the wake of the NCAA changes? If it isn't, then I assume the same permission that wrestlers and football players have used in the past will continue to apply.

Is it strange to like that CC had three players drafted? Seeing that team stink feels wrong.

a draft pick! we're better already.

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Quote from: ugarte on June 26, 2026, 01:17:02 PMI can't believe I didn't know that Ryan Hughes' son was on the incoming roster. I saw Ryan score four goals in a 5-4 loss to BC at Lynah.

"Hughes your Daddy!" clap-clap-clap-clap-clap

As a freshman in 1992, the first semester after he left, several Lynah vets told me how much they missed screaming "HUUUUUUUUUUUUGHES" when he got the puck at key moments.

Similarly, if you want your athletic kids to be popular with fans, name them something with an "oooo" sound: Lou, Mookie, Raoul, Boo-urns, etc

Pretty sure that Hughes played his senior year ('92-93), though he may have wished he hadn't. That was a rough time to be a fan and it can't have been easy to be on the ice, either.

what a sophomore year and then never quite had the same touch. got a cup of coffee in boston but then washed out (or bailed) fairly quickly. +/- not great in the IHL and i wonder if he wasn't enough help on defense to be worth the almost a point a game you got from him.

I can't believe I didn't know that Ryan Hughes' son was on the incoming roster. I saw Ryan score four goals in a 5-4 loss to BC at Lynah.

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Quote from: Ken711 on June 24, 2026, 03:49:54 PMCornell add three big OL commitments to their recruiting class from this past weekend's official visits.

6'9" 290 with an offer from Syracuse!?

THEY NEED TO STOP MAKING HUMANS ABOVE LIKE. 6'2". What is the purpose of being that tall?!?

blocking. duh.

Quote from: Ken711 on June 24, 2026, 03:49:54 PMCornell add three big OL commitments to their recruiting class from this past weekend's official visits.

6'9" 290 with an offer from Syracuse!?

BearLover, and I don't say this as a criticism but simply as a normative explanation, looks at every change through one prism: will Cornell win a greater or lesser number of games post-implementation relative to the competition. Whatever questions he has about morality or fairness are secondary. He explains at length why he thinks the new rules are bad for Cornell. I suspect Casey is not quite that mercenary in how he sees the rules, or if he is, he has a different opinion of Cornell's relative selling points are than BearLover does so he feels comfortable with what he's arguing for.

Me? I'm just going to watch the games.

Winning a FCS tournament game sure did help Yale.

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Quote from: ugarte on June 08, 2026, 01:48:27 PMyou need to care less about most things. you are getting to an age where your heart will thank you.

Sayeth he who always desperately needs to critique others.

I bravely venture forth to teach others.

Quote from: BearLover on June 10, 2026, 10:20:18 AMWhat's your solution?

mostly it's not posting the same thing for the 400th timie so that a new post notification from a real person is something more than a guy complaining about all the fake posts.

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Quote from: stereax on June 07, 2026, 12:28:18 PMBy the way, if you're not watching this Stanley Cup Final, you absolutely should be. Shit's INSANE. No lead is safe. Multiple overtime mayhem. Last minute goals. Insanity all around.

OTOH, two teams I'd rather the roof fell in on than win.

you need to care less about most things. you are getting to an age where your heart will thank you.