2008 lacrosse season

[Al DeFlorio]

Rather remarkable ranking of Cornell given not a game's been played:

http://insidelacrosse.com/page.cfm?pagerid=2&news=fdetail&storyid=180121

[redhair34]

[quote Al DeFlorio]Rather remarkable ranking of Cornell given not a game's been played:

http://insidelacrosse.com/page.cfm?pagerid=2&news=fdetail&storyid=180121[/quote]


I think I read Kessinich say, in some of Inside Lacrosse's pre-season coverage, something along the lines of "Cornell is primed for a fall this year."  But, one SCRIMMAGE against his alma mater and he's changing his tune (not that I don't hope he's right)?  I've always found him to be a pretty intelligent and insightful guy, but I think his Hopkins-centric attitude too often clouds his judgment and commentary.

[djk26]

Both Coach Tambroni and Max Seibald got some screen time in the "Inside Lacrosse" preview, aired on ESPN2 today.  Max was ranked number four of four Tewaarton candidates featured.  Princeton's coach was shown marveling at his abilities.  The commentators also had positive comments for the team as a whole (ranked 6th in the poll they showed, Princeton was 5th).

The show will be reaired on ESPNU several times in the coming weeks:

Max Seibald to be Featured on ESPN2 College Lacrosse Preview on Thursday

Didn't see this posted anywhere else on ELynah, and it's always fun to see Cornell uniforms on TV (even if it's footage from last season.)

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote redhair34]I think I read Kessinich say, in some of Inside Lacrosse's pre-season coverage, something along the lines of "Cornell is primed for a fall this year."  But, one SCRIMMAGE against his alma mater and he's changing his tune (not that I don't hope he's right)?  I've always found him to be a pretty intelligent and insightful guy, but I think his Hopkins-centric attitude too often clouds his judgment and commentary.[/quote]
Agree with both parts of your last sentence.  

Interesting that the scrimmage against JHU moved Cornell up from "primed for a fall" all the way to #3 in the country, but did not move them above the team they "beat" (for whatever that's really worth) in the scrimmage that apparently had so much influence on his opinion.;-)

I, for one, would be happy just to squeak by a supposedly-rebuilding Navy team on Saturday.  Tough opener for a team that's been allowed to practice for only three weeks and is facing a well-coached team with two games already under their belts.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote djk26]Both Coach Tambroni and Max Seibald got some screen time in the "Inside Lacrosse" preview, aired on ESPN2 today.  Max was ranked number four of four Tewaarton candidates featured.  Princeton's coach was shown marveling at his abilities.  The commentators also had positive comments for the team as a whole (ranked 6th in the poll they showed, Princeton was 5th).

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Didn't see this posted anywhere else on ELynah, and it's always fun to see Cornell uniforms on TV (even if it's footage from last season.)[/quote]
Didn't take a lot of thought or creativity on the part of Inside Lacrosse to name the four returning Tewaaraton finalists as the top four players of 2008.  I'm a little miffed they ranked Max #4.  I'd take him in a heartbeat over Rubeor of Virginia.