Cornell 6 Union 0 postgame (12/2/06)

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Beeeej][quote ACM][quote Beeeej]
It's still a fair thing to wonder:  On what basis do you say "you're not right"?  On most things statistical, I would trust Trotsky much farther than I would trust the Daily Sun or the Ithaca Journal.  Do you have a basis for saying Trotsky isn't right other than the fact that the newspapers appear to disagree with him?[/quote]

As I posted here, TBRW has a discrepancy between the individual game results and the overall record for the 1972-73 season. The suspensions are irrelevant; the head coach is credited with the game results whether he was behind the bench or not. Bertrand's total includes one game that Cornell won with Laing Kennedy running the team on a night when Bertrand was ill.[/quote]

I may have glossed over your post because while it pointed out the locations of the errors, it didn't offer corrected numbers, so I would have had to do actual work to figure out what the corrected numbers should be.  :-)

So as soon as Trotsky fixes the overall record for 1972-73, he'll have it right, and Schafer is in fact still one win behind Bertrand.  Thanks![/quote]

This is assumed to be the forfeit win over BU, right?  And no one is advocating that Bertrand shouldn't get credit for that win, right?

[RichH]

[quote krose]Going into the weekend, the game I was less concerned about was in fact RPI, for this very reason.  I just never know what to expect when Cornell plays Union: you'd think we should paste them to the ice every time, but it doesn't seem to go down that way except on rare instances like last weekend's drubbing.[/quote]

Kyle's right.  Union replaced Army in the ECAC in 1991-92.  Their first league win ever was 2/22/92 at Lynah Rink.  Union had six total wins their first two years at Division 1...two of them vs. Cornell.  The Dutchmen had 4 or fewer ECAC wins in four out of their first seven seasons (we're talking historically bad) and Cornell's record vs. Union in those seven seasons was 5-7-2.  It was awful.  Luckily, CU swept them in '99 (as Union was headed to a stellar 3-point season) to even the record for the decade.  

I think we're the only fans to have ever feared Union.  We felt cursed against them.  I have no pity.

[gatitita '05]

a friend of mine was at the RPI game as an RPI fan, and they were wondering when we practice the cheers, especially the "sieve, its all your fault" because, they said, it was SO clear, even as fast as it was.  If the cheer has energy, and is still audible and comprehensible, whats the problem?  we're excited, we just scored!

[lhayes]

[quote gatitita '05]  If the cheer has energy, and is still audible and comprehensible, whats the problem? [/quote]

The problem is that the counting of the goals and the "we want more" aren't audible and comprehensible.  These parts have a far longer tradition, and IMO are a better expression of excitement (and charming to boot).

[RichH]

[quote gatitita '05]a friend of mine was at the RPI game as an RPI fan, and they were wondering when we practice the cheers, especially the "sieve, its all your fault" because, they said, it was SO clear, even as fast as it was. [/quote]

Hilarious.  We'll make sure to mention that at Thursday's Faithful rehearsal.  It's at Barton this week, right?