Quinnipac and fans are for real

billhoward · November 19, 2006, 12:19:21 PM

Quinnipiac's charming Northford Ice Pavilion with stands along one side only. No chance of fish reaching the ice during the Harvard game unless they're first pureed.

Quinnipiac fans are not as high-class or gifted as we well-bred Cornellians are. (Sniff.) Maybe they don't know which end of the martini glass to hold upright and wouldn't know what to do with an ascot let alone spell ascot with the right number of S's. What's the line about the aggressive go-getters Enterprise hires to run its rental shops: "The half that makes the upper half of the graduating class possible"? That could be QU. But still:

The Quinnipiac fans are passionate about hockey. They care about the team. Navy with yellow and white makes a reasonable uniform color. There was energy. A lot of QU fans showed for the Saturday Cornell game even though the college was sent home Friday for a week-long Thanksgiving break (hmm, not a bad idea). There seemed to be a good turnout of older-than-students fans who were either alumni or townspeople or players' parents. The team seems to care about the fans (witness the stick salute after the game). Which of the QU cheers should we object to: "You suck"? "Warm up the bus?" "Overrated" "That wasn't a trip!"? "Sieve"? (They did seem discouraged that no part of the national anthem mentions "Bobcats." Bummer.)

At Quinnipiac, students are getting, at lower cost, many of the benefits of a Yale education, such as proximity to New Haven. (The home page of the QU website Saturday read, "Students give Quinnipiac high marks." Sort of like Harvard if one reversed subject and predicate.) Not every one of the QU men in the stands showed the benefits of proper diet and excercise. We should talk. The QU players perhaps have developed an affection for the rink; maybe it's the fishnet along the side ("gee, just like mom used to wear to work.") There was no QU band, just loud recorded music, sort of like we were at a minor league hockey game. The Bobcast mascot was okay but when it (he? she?) started the chicken dance, I did wish Connecticut didn't make it so difficult to carry handguns. I would've settled for a taser on the set to: Pacify Charging Elephant in Rut.

By later in the season, Quinnipiac will be in a new, ~4,000-seat arena [Edit: 3,286 seats, at TD Banknorth Sports Center] with a good team capable of playing against most of the best college teams in America, and perhaps filling the stands with energy. Isn't that what the ECAC needs more of?

DeltaOne81 · November 19, 2006, 01:33:36 PM

[quote billhoward][img]a new, ~4,000-seat arena[/quote]

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Willy '06 · November 19, 2006, 08:51:45 PM

Dude, CT has one of the most lax handgun laws in the Northeast (barring VT which has none to speak of - concealed carry wherever you want, whenever you want, whoever wants to). It's basically a shall-issue state. You have no excuses.

bandrews37 · November 20, 2006, 02:58:33 AM

Bunch of rude, obnoxious thugs is what they were. Topher Scott gets clotheslined and sent to the box for diving... Seminoff gets his stick held with the referee no more than 10 feet away and no whistle... The fans? Not much better. To them, every shot was going in, whether it was five feet wide or not, and every move was something Gretzky would have pulled, never mind the fact their guy lost the puck while showing off. Ignorant, uneducated buncha pricks.

Love to see them try and pull that kind of crap if they dare venture to Lynah....

I realize this probably deserves its own thread, but through six games, the consistency of the officiating leaves quite a bit to be desired. That was never more apparent than at the rec league rink those amateurs play at. Maybe the refs thought they were doing a midget game....

Dpperk29 · November 20, 2006, 07:38:05 AM

would your analysis be any different had cornell won? I think so. Learn to lose with grace.

billhoward · November 20, 2006, 08:09:20 AM

[quote bandrews37]Bunch of rude, obnoxious thugs is what they were. Topher Scott gets clotheslined and sent to the box for diving... Seminoff gets his stick held with the referee no more than 10 feet away and no whistle... The fans? Not much better. To them, every shot was going in, whether it was five feet wide or not, and every move was something Gretzky would have pulled, never mind the fact their guy lost the puck while showing off. Ignorant, uneducated buncha pricks.[/quote]
I saw it, too, though my view was pixellated by the bleeping fishnet, sort of like being there live but watching a webcast. I saw Topher go down and it was hard to tell how much was his own gravitational force.

QuoteLove to see them try and pull that kind of crap if they dare venture to Lynah....

They will, they will. February.

QuoteI realize this probably deserves its own thread, but through six games, the consistency of the officiating leaves quite a bit to be desired. That was never more apparent than at the rec league rink those amateurs play at. Maybe the refs thought they were doing a midget game....

The Sun or Crimson or USCHO.com needs to do a story on this and the people to interview are off-duty or retired coaches and refs watching from the stands. The fans and coaches are obviously biased. It may be officiating is the same caliber as always - this is opinion, not fact - but our exposure to instant replay, high-def TV, and now high-def instant reply makes you realize the referees make mistakes. You still hear some of the NFL-old-guard-turned-color-commentators saying how instant replay hurts the game. Like how? By correcting obvious mistakes?

Dpperk29 · November 20, 2006, 09:11:31 AM

bill,
I talked to an ECAC official this weekend, (he'll remain anonymous) what I gathered is that the inconsistancy through to ECAC is do to the supervisor of officials giving different orders every week. Yes, some of the refs suck... but they are only doing what they are told so that they can keep their jobs.
-resident Techie

ugarte · November 20, 2006, 09:59:15 AM

[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.

Dafatone · November 20, 2006, 11:35:12 AM

I didn't see this game. But I thought the officiating has been pretty bad.

Then again, I think the officiating is bad in every sport I watch. So don't listen to me.

Dpperk29 · November 20, 2006, 12:20:02 PM

[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.

Beeeej · November 20, 2006, 12:21:51 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]

Jerk.

Dpperk29 · November 20, 2006, 12:23:45 PM

atleast I got the name right... I did right?

aznxjz · November 20, 2006, 12:37:48 PM

[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

Beeeej · November 20, 2006, 12:49:29 PM

Yes. :-)

Jordan 04 · November 20, 2006, 01:11:06 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]

I think it was unnecessary given the clear trolling tendencies of the new poster.

I think Facetimer might have a younger brother on campus...