Harvard Hockey - Trouble in Paradise?

[Josh '99]

[quote Rich S]No food stamps here either but thanks for the concern.

Me thinks you should be at least as concerned about Al's obsession with Clarkson and his anti-Tech diatribes.  His "third rate Tech school" comments still have me laughing.

Poor guy...I would think he'd have no trouble finding better things to do up there on the Cape.[/quote]Unless Al is going on the Clarkson hockey board and trolling like you do here, you don't have a leg to stand on.

But to be fair, Clarkson isn't a third rate tech school.  Second rate is probably more like it.

[Al DeFlorio]

I've been trying to stay out of this nonsense, but, at the risk of stirring the pot further, I feel I have to clarify.  

I never said Clarkson was a "third-rate" school.  I said "third tier" among engineering schools.  There's a difference.  MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Caltech, Illinois, Carnegie Mellon and 10-15 or so others are "first tier" engineering schools.  A "second tier" would include schools like Washington, Florida, Rice, Yale, Duke, Lehigh and another 15-20 or so.  There are more than three tiers.  "Third-rate" is perceived as a pejorative term, and that is NOT what I said or meant.

Now back to the "troubles" at Harvard.

[billhoward]

If Rich didn't exist, and I believe Rich does, since we've exchanged some private e-mails, much of it cordial, then the sysops here would have to create a bot that tirelessly parses posts, waits for perceived insults to the alma mater of Dave Taylor, and then blasts away on elynah.com. The nice thing about the Rich S model now sputtering about online is that the RS-bot degree of difficulty isn't set so high. (If it were a first date ... well, let's not go there.) It appears programmed so Cornell-side posters triumph in at least seven of ten discussions. Which helps our feeling of self-worth. Because, sorry Grantland Rice: It isn't that you won or lost, but that you played the self-esteem game.

[Rich S]

Al,

You have not done a good job of "staying out of this nonsense."  You previously called me "sick", said I was "ranting," and suggested I see a shrink in NJ.

More to the point, you're engaging in revisionist history.  I recall your referring to Clarkson as a "third rate" tech school that you, employed at the time by the 'biggest tech company out there" (I am paraphrasing here) did not "give a crap about."

Nice try Al.

And if you think Clarkson is only a third tier Tech school, you're way off base.  You demonstrated how out of touch you are with industry's regard for Clarkson and the graduates it turns out.

Ok, no you can go back to trashing Harvard to demonstrate more "obsession."

[marty]

[quote Rich S]

And if you think Clarkson is only a third tier Tech school, you're way off base.  You demonstrated how out of touch you are with industry's regard for Clarkson and the graduates it turns out.
[/quote]

Ding!  Is that your dinner on the floor Rich?

[Trotsky]

Graduateshotline.com

1. MIT
2. Stanford
3. Cal Berkeley
4. Cal Tech
5. Illinois Urbana-Champaign
6. Georgia Tech
7. University of Michigan
8. Cornell University
9. Carnegie Mellon
10. UT Austin
11. Everybody else

Now we can go back to talking about how Harvard sucks.

[Josh '99]

[quote marty][quote Rich S]

And if you think Clarkson is only a third tier Tech school, you're way off base.  You demonstrated how out of touch you are with industry's regard for Clarkson and the graduates it turns out.
[/quote]

Ding!  Is that your dinner on the floor Rich?[/quote]I'm confused as to whether you're calling RichS a lady, a dog, or both.

[Rich S]

Up until a couple of years ago, Al was a fairly regular poster on the Clarkson website.

I recall his postings were sometimes negative towards Tech.  But he can tell you more about that.  ::rolleyes::

[sah67]

[quote Rich S]Up until a couple of years ago, Al was a fairly regular poster on the Clarkson website.

I recall his postings were sometimes negative towards Tech.  But he can tell you more about that.  ::rolleyes::[/quote]

I know syphilis occasionally leads to some cases of mental disorders, but Rich is really starting to worry some of us.

There's a lesson to be learned here about staying away from the locker room at Cheel when Nickerson was occupying it...particularly when he was in rut.

[Rich S]

What's "in rut" mean?

Aren't you guys supposed to be consumed with the rampant cheating at Harvard instead of me?

And since you're worried, I never set foot in the Cheel locker room when Nickerson was there.  Only the cornell co-eds were allowed in.  ::scream::

[sah67]

[quote Rich S]What's "in rut" mean?

Aren't you guys supposed to be consumed with the rampant cheating at Harvard instead of me?

And since you're worried, I never set foot in the Cheel locker room when Nickerson was there.  Only the cornell co-eds were allowed in.  ::scream::[/quote]

Rut

If you need help with any of those other big words, let me know.  I know English isn't a top priority at a second-and-a-half-tier engineering school like Tech.

[Rich S]

Thanks for the "education."  And also for the arrogance which I can always find here, on the site of a lower tier ivy.

[French Rage]

[quote Rich S]Only the cornell co-eds were allowed in.  ::scream::[/quote]

No, sadly Nickerson had to resort to battery to get his jollies: http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?t=39942.

[DeltaOne81]

You all may want to try this --> ::bang::

It provides a higher level of entertainment and is generally less painful than reading this thread.

[Swampy]

[quote Trotsky]Graduateshotline.com

1. MIT
2. Stanford
3. Cal Berkeley
4. Cal Tech
5. Illinois Urbana-Champaign
6. Georgia Tech
7. University of Michigan
8. Cornell University
9. Carnegie Mellon
10. UT Austin
11. Everybody else

Now we can go back to talking about how Harvard sucks.[/quote]

Well, the list actually goes up to 55 (Drek Tech -- now that will start a war), but my Firefox browser must be broken. When I search for Clarkson, nothing comes up.