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Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82WE ARE...

So dumb you have to keep repeating your own identity wherever you go?

Here's the background story behind Penn State's chant:

"In 1948, [Wallace] Triplett became the first African-American to play in the Cotton Bowl Classic, catching the tying touchdown in Penn State's 13-13 tie with Southern Methodist University. It has been suggested Penn State's now-famous 'We Are Penn State!' stadium cheer has its origins in SMU's request for a meeting to protest the participation of Penn State's two black players (Triplett and Hoggard). Team captain Steve Suhey was said to have responded, 'We are Penn State. There will be no meetings.'"

As further context, I should note that through the 1940's, when northern colleges played in the south, black players on the northern teams were not allowed to participate.  Penn State refused to comply.

Using CHN, when I put the Penn State result in, CU is 15 and Michigan is 18.
In any case, losing three times to Penn State this year is not going to do Michigan any favors with the committee.

Lastly, for my wife's alma mater I say  LGR!
For my alma mater I say  We Are ... !

3-1 Ferris State after an ENG

Quote from: KenPIf we play well, get some scoring and hold on, I think we can have a lead heading into the 3rd period.  If that happens, I'll bet the farm that the blow the lead, and it'll come down to a crapshoot for who moves on.

Quite a predicton, it turns out.

Quote from: RatushnyFanMichigan should be kicking themselves over the winning goal, Hunwick made a great initial save but the closest forward to Craig let him skate right past him.  The kid either didn't see him or simply didn't move his feet, he should have been covered.

I think the Michigan defense was caught by surprise.  The one defender got turned around (I don't think he expected the pass), so he couldn't block the initial shot.  The goalie was partially screened (I think), the rebound jumped way out, the Michigan defense was not nearby, Cornell had trailed the play but not too deep and it was one-timed in.  Very pretty to watch all the puck movement on replay.  Everything went just right.  Neither shooter fanned on their shots, they had good placement, a hard shot forced a huge rebound that came out front, and the Michigan defense hadn't clogged up any of the important lanes.  Pretty goal!

What's not to love about GB in early spring?!  :-}

Quote from: BearLoverGreat post, not much else to say.  This was by far the worst loss of the season in the season's biggest game.  Win and we're in, but I can't say I'm too confident about it.

Terrific post.  Thank you.
Terrible showing by Cornell.  My wife wondered whether the whole team were sick with the flu, given how lackluster they played in each phase of the game.
Re Saturday's game, we are about to learn a lot about this team's character.

As far as I can tell, if Cornell wins one game in AC, they are in the top 14 of PWR.
WMich might jump ahead if they gain an upset in their tournament, but CU is still 14th.
CU might still be in if they lose two games and the underdogs don't prevail in the other conferences, but it gets close for the committee.
Their position in the PWR seems to depend on the comparison with UMinn, which right now is in CU's favor and doesn't flip until CU loses two games in AC.
Let's hope for good ice!  It's going to be unseasonably warm this week.

Quote from: TrotskyIf you're into tormenting yourself over Might Have Beens, Cornell was 2-2-2 .500 against the bottom three teams, and 10-2-4 .750 otherwise.

My sense was that this team played at the level of the competition.
Here's hoping they make it out of Ithaca in two weeks.

The ECAC final four is not even a given anymore.  This year's team needs to be ECAC champs to go anywhere.  But I do not sense any improvements since the CC series, retrogression is more like it, sadly to say.

Quote from: George64Cornell Red Alert: Scrivens v Greening in Toronto

Ottawa 5 Toronto 2

Scrivens stopped 19 of 22; two Ottawa goals were empty net and one was a 5 on 3 powerplay.
Greening was on the ice for one of the late goals, but did not factor in the scoring otherwise.

I was very disappointed to see Iles start in goal in the ECAC final. As the game progressed, I just simply got angry.  A team can ride a hot goalie a long way, and Garman had it over Iles recently.  No goalie wins a game, and other posts talked about needing better offense.  But goalies can lose games, and demotivate a team.  A hot goalie keeps a team in a game and they can often find a way to win in spite of lesser talent or experience.  Tonight, in picking Iles, I thought Shafer failed to give Cornell the best chance to win against a Yale team who recently has shown weaknesses.  Sticking with a rotation is one thing for a regular season, another for a championship run.

The St Lawrence radio sounded very muddy.  The Princeton radio is clear as a bell.

So you could easily hear a pin drop at the rink when StLU went up 2-0 in the 1st period.

Harvard on 5min major; Clarkson up 3-2 in the 3rd.

From the Clarkson radio announcers:
Clarkson on the penalty kill late in the 1st period ...
"Clarkson is looking more like Cornell, which is a good thing."
They went on to explain that Cornell PKers hang the stick out there to disrupt passes and such, but without getting a penalty.  They were glad to see their Golden Knights learning good technique.
Nice compliment.