Clarkson at Cornell postgame

[DisplacedCornellian]

Aww...you all upset Goldie Knight.  Copied from the roundtable...

"I guess I will forever wonder what it takes to motivate the Golden Knights to play their best against a team whose fans condemn every penalty call made against Cornell and call Clarkson a group of goons. Their arrogant and insulting chant near the end of the game, "overrated", repeated incessantly, was simply sickening to hear. Reading their posts on elynah will provide Clarkson fans the perfect picture of what true cornell fans are actually like."

[ugarte]

[quote DisplacedCornellian]Reading their posts on elynah will provide Clarkson fans the perfect picture of what true cornell fans are actually like."[/quote]
Reading Goldie Knight will provide Cornell fans a glimpse of what insanity is like.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote DisplacedCornellian]Aww...you all upset Goldie Knight.[/quote]
But, to give credit where credit is due, old Goldie also wrote this:  

"From listening to some of the broadcast, it seemed that Clarkson was not ever really in the game. They played, but they were outplayed in practically every facet of the game. Coach Roll mentioned that the Golden Knights were beaten by a much better team. Cornell got their tempo early in the game by scoring quickly and kicked the Golden Knights back on their heels; they are a tough team to come back against. Cornell was much better prepared, and they worked a lot harder than the Golden Knights."

[jtwcornell91]

[quote DisplacedCornellian]Aww...you all upset Goldie Knight.  Copied from the roundtable...

"I guess I will forever wonder what it takes to motivate the Golden Knights to play their best against a team whose fans condemn every penalty call made against Cornell and call Clarkson a group of goons. Their arrogant and insulting chant near the end of the game, "overrated", repeated incessantly, was simply sickening to hear. Reading their posts on elynah will provide Clarkson fans the perfect picture of what true cornell fans are actually like."[/quote]

Um, I know Goldie has been around for a while; how has she ever survived this long if she gets so worked up over the "overrated" chant, which is pretty ubiquitous in sports?  Has it been so long^* since Clarkson was consistently good that she's forgotten the chant?

^* I would say no, since I remember those days well enough.

[KP '06]

http://www.uscho.com/recaps/20062007/m/02/02/ckn-cor.php

"Freshman Ben Scrivens, who has recently claimed the top spot for the Big Red, finished the game with 26 saves."

Does the writer know something we don't?

[Dpperk29]

[quote upperdeck]2 two thoughts.. a 3rd of the clarkson band was there?? must be tradition cause it was the same size its been for 10 years..  and yeah its good they finally put the opp band in a place that doesnt effect the rest of us sitting next to them.
[/quote]

my understanding is that there were only enough tickets alotted to the band for 1/3 of the band to come. (and Daredevil can confirm this or tell me I am out to lunch)

[KP '06]

[quote Dpperk29][quote upperdeck]2 two thoughts.. a 3rd of the clarkson band was there?? must be tradition cause it was the same size its been for 10 years..  and yeah its good they finally put the opp band in a place that doesnt effect the rest of us sitting next to them.
[/quote]

my understanding is that there were only enough tickets alotted to the band for 1/3 of the band to come. (and Daredevil can confirm this or tell me I am out to lunch)[/quote]

But you have a huge band at home, right? They have just about a whole section to themselves, IIRC.

[Beeeej]

[quote jtwcornell91][quote Omie]It seems there is nothing the fans can do to impress or even live up to the expectations of old timers. The student section was great against Clarkson and even better against Colgate. They are definitely doing there part.[/quote]

Well, you could start by spelling like you go to an Ivy League school. ::rolleyes::[/quote]

Picking on spelling and grammar, unless it's so egregious as to make a post utterly incomprehensible (see, e.g., plrd78), is pointless, obnoxious, pedantic, and just as likely to drive people away from a message board as it is to make them think, "Oh, he's right, I should shape up."  And in this case, it's a ridiculous stretch to think that the old timers who aren't impressed with the current students' cheering or enthusiasm in the rink think it has anything to do with their ability to spell an entire post correctly at 3:11 in the morning.

Picking on people who pick on spelling and grammar, on the other hand - well, that's just cool.

[redice]

[quote Beeeej][quote jtwcornell91][quote Omie]It seems there is nothing the fans can do to impress or even live up to the expectations of old timers. The student section was great against Clarkson and even better against Colgate. They are definitely doing there part.[/quote]

Well, you could start by spelling like you go to an Ivy League school. ::rolleyes::[/quote]

Picking on spelling and grammar, unless it's so egregious as to make a post utterly incomprehensible (see, e.g., plrd78), is pointless, obnoxious, pedantic, and just as likely to drive people away from a message board as it is to make them think, "Oh, he's right, I should shape up."  And in this case, it's a ridiculous stretch to think that the old timers who aren't impressed with the current students' cheering or enthusiasm in the rink think it has anything to do with their ability to spell an entire post correctly at 3:11 in the morning.

Picking on people who pick on spelling and grammar, on the other hand - well, that's just cool.[/quote]

I know I'm dating myself.    But, one of the interesting parts of the advent of the keyboard-to-keyboard communication is the number of intelligent people who just can not spell.   Admittedly, some of it is just sloppiness.    But some people just don't have it when it comes to spelling.   Spellchecking can help.   And, there is always the old-fashioned dictionary.   But, if the person thinks they're spelling a word correctly, they're not going to refer to a dictionary.   Which brings me to my (somewhat philosophical) age-old question:   how is a person supposed to look up a word in a dictionary if they don't know how to spell it?  ::rolleyes::

[ebilmes]

[quote KP '06]http://www.uscho.com/recaps/20062007/m/02/02/ckn-cor.php

"Freshman Ben Scrivens, who has recently claimed the top spot for the Big Red, finished the game with 26 saves."

Does the writer know something we don't?[/quote]

Scrivens has started and played well in the last two games. He's brought his SV% above .900 and I would not be surprised to see him start tonight. It's impossible to know what's going on in Schafer's mind, but it's not unreasonable to think Ben is the #1.

[Rita]

[quote ebilmes][quote KP '06]http://www.uscho.com/recaps/20062007/m/02/02/ckn-cor.php

"Freshman Ben Scrivens, who has recently claimed the top spot for the Big Red, finished the game with 26 saves."

Does the writer know something we don't?[/quote]

Scrivens has started and played well in the last two games. He's brought his SV% above .900 and I would not be surprised to see him start tonight. It's impossible to know what's going on in Schafer's mind, but it's not unreasonable to think Ben is the #1.[/quote]

I thought Schafer said he was going to a goalie rotation. Maybe the USCHO reporter just made an assumption based on Ben being in net for our only 2 wins in the past month.  Granted Ben played solid goal in those two games, but I am not ready to proclaim him (or Davenport) as the top goalie.

I guess we will have to tune it to see who gets the start tonight. Neither the Cornell website nor the Ithaca Journal mentioned who would be in goal against St. Lawrence.
http://cornellbigred.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/recaps/020207aaa.html
http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070203/SPORTS/702030376/1006

[Omie]

Thanks for pointing my mistakes out. Next time I post at 3:11am while being drunk I'll make sure I have my FWS instructor behind me.

How about addressing the point of the post instead of being a douche?

[nyc94]

[quote redice][quote Beeeej][quote jtwcornell91][quote Omie]It seems there is nothing the fans can do to impress or even live up to the expectations of old timers. The student section was great against Clarkson and even better against Colgate. They are definitely doing there part.[/quote]

Well, you could start by spelling like you go to an Ivy League school. ::rolleyes::[/quote]

Picking on spelling and grammar, unless it's so egregious as to make a post utterly incomprehensible (see, e.g., plrd78), is pointless, obnoxious, pedantic, and just as likely to drive people away from a message board as it is to make them think, "Oh, he's right, I should shape up."  And in this case, it's a ridiculous stretch to think that the old timers who aren't impressed with the current students' cheering or enthusiasm in the rink think it has anything to do with their ability to spell an entire post correctly at 3:11 in the morning.

Picking on people who pick on spelling and grammar, on the other hand - well, that's just cool.[/quote]

I know I'm dating myself.    But, one of the interesting parts of the advent of the keyboard-to-keyboard communication is the number of intelligent people who just can not spell.   Admittedly, some of it is just sloppiness.    But some people just don't have it when it comes to spelling.   Spellchecking can help.   And, there is always the old-fashioned dictionary.   But, if the person thinks they're spelling a word correctly, they're not going to refer to a dictionary.   Which brings me to my (somewhat philosophical) age-old question:   how is a person supposed to look up a word in a dictionary if they don't know how to spell it?  ::rolleyes::[/quote]

Some of the problem is people are not proofreading.  I would like to believe that most Cornell students and graduates know the difference between there, their, and they're.  

That said, I just skimmed the Harvard thread at USCHO and Bothman used the phrase "all intensive purposes".  ::uhoh::

[redhair34]

[quote nyc94]
That said, I just skimmed the Harvard thread at USCHO and Bothman used the phrase "all intensive purposes".  ::uhoh::[/quote]

I think he went to Penn.

[calgARI '07]

FWIW, Scrivens absolutely embarrassed himself up at Canton a few weeks back.  Not sure if what direction that leads Schafer in for tonight...

Scrivens has done well the last two games, played far more conservatively and taking a lot fewer chances.  He still doesn't look at all comfortable to me.  He makes the easy saves look hard and doesn't really make the hard saves.  I will say that he made a series of great stops in the 2nd period last night though.  Again, it's just the confidence.  When he makes a good stop, he almost looks surprised.  His rebound control is far and away the weakest part of his game.  Cornell has done a much better job clearing away those rebounds the last two games and controlling the area in front of the net.  

To me, Davenport is just a far more polished goaltender.