Quinnipac and fans are for real

Hillel Hoffmann · November 20, 2006, 02:03:51 PM

I have adopted Quinnipiac as my second favorite ECAC team. I had already decided I dug the 'Pac a few years ago; I like their non-sectarian origins, and I was impressed by their fan entourage at the NCAA tournament in 2002. But the clincher came this summer when I attended a higher ed conference in Maryland. When Quinnipiac's representative at the conference took the podium, he gushed about joining the ECAC and started throwing out t-shirts honoring their ECAC debut season to a baffled audience. There's something cool about watching the extended Quinnipiac community guilelessly soak up the pleasures of the college hockey experience. I was bummed when Vermont abandoned the conference, but the Q rocks.

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Liz '05 · November 20, 2006, 02:38:10 PM

[quote Jordan 04]I think Facetimer might have a younger brother on campus...[/quote]

I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking that

scoop85 · November 20, 2006, 04:05:31 PM

Given the Q's apparent rapid rise in the ECACHL, I wonder if (when) there will be grumbling about any real or perceived recruiting advantages Q may have vis-a-vis the more academically selective institutions that make up the rest of the league; on the flip side, there is the argument that the academic prestige of the Ivies and similar instiutions (as well as established hockey tradition) should at least compensate for any disadvantages because of the higher academic standards.

ursusminor · November 20, 2006, 04:55:38 PM

[quote scoop85]Given the Q's apparent rapid rise in the ECACHL, I wonder if (when) there will be grumbling about any real or perceived recruiting advantages Q may have vis-a-vis the more academically selective institutions that make up the rest of the league; on the flip side, there is the argument that the academic prestige of the Ivies and similar instiutions (as well as established hockey tradition) should at least compensate for any disadvantages because of the higher academic standards.[/quote] Didn't UVM have a similar "advantage"? They never did much with it.

Rich S · November 20, 2006, 05:17:33 PM

[quote Dpperk29][quote ugarte][quote Dpperk29]would your analysis be any different had cornell won? I think so. Learn to lose with grace.[/quote]RichS is feeling ill today. Playing the part of RichS will be Dpperk29. The theater apologizes for the inconvenience. If you would like a refund or tickets to a future show, please see the box office manager.[/quote]

let me start off by saying I am laughing hysterically at that. Second, I wasn;t saying it to be a jerk. Third, it's true. everyone does it. people have a tendancy to make the other team and their fans seem like evil demons when they lose.

is it right? no. Do we do it? yes. should we stop it? yes. will we stop it? no.

enough said.

P.S. Never ever compare me to certain people again... I don;t want Beeeej to hate me for not coming to see him.

disclaimer: Beeeej, it's a joke.[/quote]

Thanks, but actually I feel fine today. Sometimes work gets in the way of reading EVERY thread. lol...

And Beej doesn't "hate me", I'm pretty sure. He's much too in love with himself to waste energy hating someone who doesn't pay homage by tracking him down to worship at his feet at Lynah. :-P

Rita · November 20, 2006, 06:36:14 PM

[quote Dpperk29][quote ugarte][quote Dpperk29]would your analysis be any different had cornell won? I think so. Learn to lose with grace.[/quote]RichS is feeling ill today. Playing the part of RichS will be Dpperk29. The theater apologizes for the inconvenience. If you would like a refund or tickets to a future show, please see the box office manager.[/quote]

let me start off by saying I am laughing hysterically at that. Second, I wasn;t saying it to be a jerk. Third, it's true. everyone does it. people have a tendancy to make the other team and their fans seem like evil demons when they lose.
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Dpperk29, I'm glad you got a laugh out of that too.

Well done Ugarte. :-D

bandrews37 · November 20, 2006, 09:51:26 PM

[quote Dpperk29]would your analysis be any different had cornell won? I think so. Learn to lose with grace.[/quote]

Frankly, yes. You didn't have to stand behind the guy I did. I kept wanting to flick his ear - and this was early in the game when we were leading. So yeah, I think my response would be the same.

Put another way: I'm not the sore loser you obviously think I am. Was that team better than we were? No. But we gave them the game

Dpperk29 · November 21, 2006, 12:30:00 AM

[quote bandrews37]
Put another way: I'm not the sore loser you obviously think I am. Was that team better than we were? No. But we gave them the game[/quote]

if it looks like a fish, smells like a fish, and acts like a fish... it is probably a fish. but I have been wrong before.

evilnaturedrobot · November 21, 2006, 02:26:51 AM

so if cornell played a team that 'gave them the game' would you expect the faithful to sit on they're hands rahter than being, loud, suportive, cruel, and yes, obnoxious? Your complaint here seems to be that the Deer Tick fans where enthusiastic, how hypocritical is that?

billhoward · November 21, 2006, 08:58:53 AM

[quote aznxjz][quote billhoward]
(The home page of the QU website Saturday read, "Students give Quinnipiac high marks." Sort of like Harvard if one reversed subject and predicate.) [/quote]

hahahahah classic[/quote]
Sometimes a soft pitch floats over the center of the plate and you've just gotta swing. Even if Harvard is suffering from a self-esteem issue, as explained by Gary Trudeau, it's not like making fun of the handicapped.

That's some username. It looks like a temporary password the bank sends out when you forget BlueSteel01. I'll bite: What's it stand for?

RatushnyFan · November 21, 2006, 06:43:29 PM

I'd take Vermont back in a nanosecond.

jtwcornell91 · November 23, 2006, 05:32:38 AM

[quote Beeeej]Yes. :-)[/quote]

Didn't he leave out the silent '3'?

jtwcornell91 · November 23, 2006, 04:11:50 PM

[quote Dpperk29]
if it looks like a fish, smells like a fish, and acts like a fish... it is probably a fish. but I have been wrong before.[/quote]

Really, dude. The Harvard game was two weeks ago.

Trigger · November 30, 2006, 05:24:32 PM

So you are saying that losing with grace is something we Cornell fans should try, then. You are certainly one to talk, after all of the people with Cornell stickers on their cars came out of your crappy rink last year to find that some douche poured water all over their cars. We are sore losers? Maybe you need to speak with your own student body.