Union @ Cornell 11/21

[stereax]

Also also, if anyone's reading this from Cornell Athletics, it would be really cool to have had the option to four-pack the Omaha/Alaska games that aren't included in the season tickets. That's gonna put me back $68 for four games where nobody's going to show up anyway. Probably $80 if/when I take the flex cancel option, given that I don't know my holiday plans besides vague concepts of Poland to see family for Christmas.

You know, let me at least lock down my seat now. Bleh.

$209 for season tickets. Almost $70 for the four games OVER WINTER BREAK that will have crap attendance anyway.

Ugh. And the site is busted. If you back out after selecting a seat, it greys that seat out for everyone else. Including yourself. I'll see if it clears up in an hour or two... Fuck. I need to go back to bed.

Update - seems the seat greys out for some 15 minutes. Tickets purchased. Still annoyed though lol. Dear God, can I have one solid night of sleep.

Is it just the student season tickets that doesn't offer those games?
My pops has regular season tickets and those games are included

Yeah, we don't get 'em included 'cause it's understood I guess that most students will be off campus for the holidays. But hey, instead of $219 they were "only" $209 this year. Grumble grumble.

[Trotsky]

The first question is was it student attendance down or all attendance?  For students that means either something else conflicted (Early on a Friday night?  Doubtful.  Or perhaps The New Prudery means they're all tucked in by 11 now.) or they split to go home for Thanksgiving a week early (which seems unlikely to me, that's blowing off 4 full days of classes and Saturday labs).

The only thing I have ever seen put a dent in townie attendance was dangerous weather.

As a student, I can confirm at least some people are indeed "blowing off class" early. Saw people with suitcases on the airport buses, plus the Flixbus circuit is buzzing right now.

Yup: the Friday before Thanksgiving week is definitely the new unofficial "start" of the break for many students.

When I was an undergrad in the early aughts, it was still risqué to skip out any earlier than the day before actual Thanksgiving. Class was still technically in session until Thurs/Fri, and a few of the hard-ass profs were happy to issue penalties for anyone who missed even Wednesday, let alone earlier.

Same.  There were ENG profs who scheduled Prelims Tues prior to Thanksgiving and did not care to elaborate.

One of my best Cornell memories is taking the red eye bus to Port Authority late Wed night, arriving at about 1am, and walking across the completely empty city to get to the LIRR station in time to pull out on the first morning train on the (then) Huntington line.  In the memorable line from Guys and Dolls, "This is the only time in Manhattan when you can hear your own footsteps."

Even the working girls were chill.

[VIEWfromK]

I truly believe the ice contributed to Walsh's fall. In the five minutes or so preceding that play, I saw Cornell players in that general vicinity "trip over the blue line" twice. In real time, I thought both players were likely to be penalized.

It was odd but Tony Eisenhutt thought it was Union's aggressiveness that caused the falling - he was commenting on Jason wondering if it was the ice.

It was as blatant of a dive as it can get.  The Union player was draped all over him as he entered the zone and when he saw they weren't going to call it he went down.  They weren't calling much of anything last night.  Stanley tripped a guy on the Long penalty and I actually thought he was gonna go.  That took away a legitimate scoring chance on the delayed penalty.  They mostly put the whistles away.  It was a bad decision by Walsh

[Trotsky]

There were a million non-calls last night, both ways. Nobody has anything to complain about in terms of partisanship.  I don't even know that it was "bad" officiating.  It was just VERY loose officiating.

[Dafatone]

The call on Long that led to Union's goal was the worst one I've seen this year.

But I've been doing a lot of watching on my phone, so I might have missed something.

[andyw2100]

Will also second that the cowbell guy fucking sucks. But also, I thought it was just known that once cowbell guy stops playing the cowbell you yell things. Like how you can't hear the telephone chant, 'cause nobody with a pair of lungs does it anymore, but you still join in on the YOU SUCK part of it.

The problem is that the audience participation part of the cowbell cheer is clapping along to the beat and yelling "Fight" twice. It's impossible to do those things when the cowbell sounds like it is being played by an uncoordinated drunk chimpanzee. (An uncoordinated sober chimpanzee would have been a step up from last night.)

[stereax]

Will also second that the cowbell guy fucking sucks. But also, I thought it was just known that once cowbell guy stops playing the cowbell you yell things. Like how you can't hear the telephone chant, 'cause nobody with a pair of lungs does it anymore, but you still join in on the YOU SUCK part of it.

The problem is that the audience participation part of the cowbell cheer is clapping along to the beat and yelling "Fight" twice. It's impossible to do those things when the cowbell sounds like it is being played by an uncoordinated drunk chimpanzee. (An uncoordinated sober chimpanzee would have been a step up from last night.)

The Association of Uncoordinated Drunk Chimpanzees is lodging a formal complaint against you for this libel.

[BearLover]

The first question is was it student attendance down or all attendance?  For students that means either something else conflicted (Early on a Friday night?  Doubtful.  Or perhaps The New Prudery means they're all tucked in by 11 now.) or they split to go home for Thanksgiving a week early (which seems unlikely to me, that's blowing off 4 full days of classes and Saturday labs).

The only thing I have ever seen put a dent in townie attendance was dangerous weather.

Both student and townie attendance have been in gradual decline. In absolute numbers townie attendance has declined more than student attendance due to there being more townie seats overall. Last night most of the visibly empty sections were on the townie side.

[Give My Regards]

Jane's article is out:

"We traveled in packs" -- I like that.  It's not "soul-crushing juggernauts" but it's pretty good.

[The Rancor]

I enjoyed hearing Union being called "The Skating Dutchman" in the first period. Good game, hard fought.