Swami is a p***y

DeltaOne81 · April 19, 2007, 05:21:11 PM

So this week he now calls Cornell his #1 team. Why? So that if we beat Princeton he is right, and if we lose to Princeton he was right. Doesn't have the balls to stick with his prediction when it may be proved wrong.

(Yes, I know he's for entertainment purposes, but so is this and its fun to rant and good to blow off steam)

JasonN95 · April 19, 2007, 05:58:24 PM

He says Cornell is no. 1 but chooses Princeton (his no. 3) to win on the road, so clearly he doesn't buy into his own ranking and is probably gaming the system as you suspect. Plus there are few additional slights thrown in: the bizarre photo stand-in for a Cornell fan, cheap shots at Ithaca (eh, probably deserved

), and then the typo in the game description, where it says Cornell is unranked (you *almost* have to think the typo was deliberate).

Swami has the heel act down cold.

On a different, but lax related, note: things are heating up between the Syracuse and Albany fans on the Laxpower forum; sit back and enjoy. ::popcorn::

ugarte · April 19, 2007, 06:28:23 PM

[quote JasonN95]it says Cornell is unranked (you *almost* have to think the typo was deliberate).[/quote]
Almost? He tabs Albany as unranked as well. He ranked Cornell #1 because "logic" dictated that he had to. But he doesn't believe it and is hoping to gloat; he not only picked Princeton to win, he made them the 6 point game.

Al DeFlorio · April 19, 2007, 07:15:04 PM

I could be wrong but the rankings given in his weekly list of games might be his preseason rankings. As I recall, Princeton is #4 in his rankings this week--behind Cornell, Duke, and Virginia--not #3. Much of what the windbag writes during the season is intended to justify his preseason rankings, so he can show how smart he was. It's become a self-parody.

[Edit: No. What I wrote above can't be right because his blather this week refers to Stony Brook as #1, and even the great windbag couldn't have picked them #1 in the preseason. I give up.]

jtwcornell91 · April 20, 2007, 02:27:26 AM

[quote Al DeFlorio]It's become a self-parody.[/quote]

"become"? The last time I looked at the Swami's site it seemed pretty obviously intended as a self-parody.

ithacat · April 20, 2007, 06:11:08 PM

[quote JasonN95]On a different, but lax related, note: things are heating up between the Syracuse and Albany fans on the Laxpower forum; sit back and enjoy. ::popcorn::[/quote]

Great theater.

I was curious about their average game attendance, after that one Albany comment about SU getting 2,000 to the game tonight...SU = 4,906; Albany = 536. That's from their laxsites. I have to be reading that incorrectly.

peterg · April 21, 2007, 01:05:27 PM

Those numbers may be right. Albany plays outdoors which always holds the crowds down in February and March. In addition, according to all the talk on the Laxpower forum, they have a new field but no seating, so you really have to want to see the game to go. At SU, on the other hand, there's endless seating, it's always dry and 70 degrees and, of course, there's a long-standing fan base among all the young players in Section 3 of NYS public school lacrosse.

ugarte · April 25, 2007, 11:25:49 AM

Is swami's site down? I wanted to check the scoreboard and laugh but ... nothin'.

Robb · April 26, 2007, 11:13:04 AM

[quote ugarte]Is swami's site down? I wanted to check the scoreboard and laugh but ... nothin'.[/quote]

I think his head asploded on Saturday when we beat Princeton. I'm still getting a blank screen, which is nearly as informantive, but not nearly as funny, as his usual website...

peterg · April 26, 2007, 10:22:59 PM

The site is up now. Nice commentary by Ivyman on the crowd for Saturday's game.
Swami

Robb · April 26, 2007, 10:59:37 PM

[quote peterg]The site is up now. Nice commentary by Ivyman on the crowd for Saturday's game.
Swami[/quote]

Still blank for me, and I'm sure it's true, because I had the volume turned all the way up.

DeltaOne81 · April 26, 2007, 11:26:49 PM

[quote Robb][quote peterg]The site is up now. Nice commentary by Ivyman on the crowd for Saturday's game.
Swami[/quote]

Still blank for me, and I'm sure it's true, because I had the volume turned all the way up.[/quote]

Try refreshing it a few times or clearing your cache? Cause the page is definitely working. Your browser may be remembering an old copy.

jtwcornell91 · April 27, 2007, 01:55:04 AM

[quote DeltaOne81][quote Robb][quote peterg]The site is up now. Nice commentary by Ivyman on the crowd for Saturday's game.
Swami[/quote]

Still blank for me, and I'm sure it's true, because I had the volume turned all the way up.[/quote]

Try refreshing it a few times or clearing your cache? Cause the page is definitely working. Your browser may be remembering an old copy.[/quote]

But turn down the volume first. ;-)

Robb · April 27, 2007, 02:01:24 AM

[quote DeltaOne81][quote Robb][quote peterg]The site is up now. Nice commentary by Ivyman on the crowd for Saturday's game.
Swami[/quote]

Still blank for me, and I'm sure it's true, because I had the volume turned all the way up.[/quote]

Try refreshing it a few times or clearing your cache? Cause the page is definitely working. Your browser may be remembering an old copy.[/quote]

Humph. Still not working. I deleted everything I know how to in IE, and that didn't work. I then installed Firefox (which I didn't even have installed before), and that didn't work. I know that didn't have a cache. Maybe I need to re-install flash or something?

ETA: nope, that didn't work either. My address bar changes from "www.laxswami.com" to http://207.36.167.107/, and the window title changes to "The Swami's "This Week" in Lacrosse," but theres no webpage content and no annoying music. It does say "click to activate this control" and my cursor is the hand. When I click, I get nothing. Ah well, I guess I'll just have to survive lo these many days without the wisdom of the Swami.

DeltaOne81 · April 27, 2007, 08:22:48 AM

[quote Robb]
Humph. Still not working. I deleted everything I know how to in IE, and that didn't work. I then installed Firefox (which I didn't even have installed before), and that didn't work. I know that didn't have a cache. Maybe I need to re-install flash or something?

ETA: nope, that didn't work either. My address bar changes from "www.laxswami.com" to http://207.36.167.107/, and the window title changes to "The Swami's "This Week" in Lacrosse," but theres no webpage content and no annoying music. It does say "click to activate this control" and my cursor is the hand. When I click, I get nothing. Ah well, I guess I'll just have to survive lo these many days without the wisdom of the Swami.[/quote]

Hmmm, it could be your internet service. Sometimes they cache pages at their end. If that's the case, it should go away eventually. Weird though. But yeah, I think you'll survive alright.