Polls 1/12

[Josh '99]

[quote Trotsky][quote Beeeej]They do really have to base their decisions entirely on the current season - but it's remarkable how often that seems to screw Cornell.[/quote]Host Albany.  It's the only way to be sure.[/quote]Or Rochester - there's no rule that says the local team has to host in a given city.

[Josh '99]

[quote Robb]Technically, Western Michigan is the host team in Grand Rapids.  Practically, that's irrelevant - Jason is definitely wrong about what I'd rather see.

Edit: and there's nothing in the seeding procedure that says the committee should try to elucidate what the host teams would "prefer."  It says to put them closest to home, in order from 1-4.  I'm not sure why he somehow feels that the inevitability of an intra-conference matchup in the first round gives him license to violate that part of the procedure.[/quote]True on both counts, I'm just pointing out that Jayson didn't seem to have been TRYING to come up with brackets that would screw Cornell.

[RichH]

[quote ftyuv][quote jnachod]We should make a cheer loosely based on Sarah Palin's rhetoric (drill, baby, drill) .... Win baby Win ![/quote]Or show up early enough for the warmup drills, and then you can just chant "drill baby drill" straight up.[/quote]

I tried chanting that to the rink staffers (both female) who come out with actual drills to drill the post holes after Dave is done resurfacing.  Nobody joined and I looked the fool.

[KenP]

Does Lynah have enough seats now to host a regional?

[Chris '03]

[quote KenP]Does Lynah have enough seats now to host a regional?[/quote]

I think it's technically yes, realistically not a chance.

[redliner]

[quote sah67]http://www.uscho.com/rankings/

We move up to #5 with two first-place votes, and we now have 4 ECAC teams ranked nationally, with Yale cracking the list at #19, Princeton sliding to #10, and Dartmouth falling to #18.

And for those of you who care, we're up to #3 in the oh-so-crucial INCH Power Rankings:
http://insidecollegehockey.com/5Polls/0809/polls_0716.htm[/quote]

According to this Ithaca Journal article http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20090117/BLOGS05/90117005

RPI's Coach Seth Appert was responsible for one of our first place votes.

[TimV]

[quote redliner][quote sah67]http://www.uscho.com/rankings/

We move up to #5 with two first-place votes, and we now have 4 ECAC teams ranked nationally, with Yale cracking the list at #19, Princeton sliding to #10, and Dartmouth falling to #18.

And for those of you who care, we're up to #3 in the oh-so-crucial INCH Power Rankings:
http://insidecollegehockey.com/5Polls/0809/polls_0716.htm[/quote]

According to this Ithaca Journal article http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20090117/BLOGS05/90117005

RPI's Coach Seth Appert was responsible for one of our first place votes.[/quote]

He admitted it on the RPI pregame on TW.::doh::