Postgame thread: Cornell 2 at Harvard 4

Jim Hyla · February 16, 2009, 09:05:59 PM

[quote cth95]Many of the students didn't show up until the 1st period was almost over.[/quote]In fact many of the locals didn't show up till late. After picking the kids up after school we knew we were going to be late. But to see people getting out of the buses and others walking when we were getting there was surprising. After all we missed 3 goals.

daredevilcu · February 17, 2009, 12:30:14 AM

The first time I went to Dartmouth, it was downright eerie. The place was absolutely silent with the exception of our band, except when Dartmouth scored. Then the crowd would stand up, scream for 20 seconds, and sit back down again to watch in silence. I'm glad to hear it's gotten better.

The Dartmouth fans are some of the classiest around, and have always been extremely gracious and kind to the Clarkson band and fans, so I'm glad to hear that hasn't changed. Their arena staff sucks to work with though, they complain a lot if the band gets going quicker than they can get their DJ rolling. Plus they don't give a heads up for announcements (or didn't when I directed) and threaten to toss you when you play over them. Oops.

From what I understood in talking with the arena staff that didn't suck, Dartmouth's band trades off with the hockey and basketball teams, so that's why they can't always make it.

Chris '03 · February 17, 2009, 09:39:49 AM

[quote daredevilcu]
From what I understood in talking with the arena staff that didn't suck, Dartmouth's band trades off with the hockey and basketball teams, so that's why they can't always make it.[/quote]

My experience with bands like DC and PU for hockey was that they'd pretty much only show if another band was coming. The PU band might be big enough to cover two games at the same time (as Cornell's does with regularity) but DC's is most certainly not big enough.

Give My Regards · February 17, 2009, 12:53:30 PM

[quote Trotsky]They need to finish with at least 6 points (7 would be great, since it would get them to 30), get the bye, heal, and then we'll see.[/quote]

As mentioned on another thread, five points would be enough to get the bye, assuming St. Lawrence doesn't help out by blowing a game down the stretch. Still, with home games against Union and RPI remaining, plus a visit to Brown, five (or more) points is not an impossible task.

jtwcornell91 · February 18, 2009, 07:59:50 AM

[quote Beeeej][quote CU at Stanford]How come the Cornell Pep Band did not play the love theme from Love Story last night? We were at Harvard, on Valentine's Day, so it would have seem perfect.[/quote]

They did, twice.[/quote]

Was the first time when the team came out for warmups? I heard it pre-game but noticed its absence before the second. (There is no pre-third-period Love Story, of course, because of Gonna Fly Now and Gary Glitter.)

Chris '03 · February 18, 2009, 08:04:14 AM

[quote jtwcornell91][quote Beeeej][quote CU at Stanford]How come the Cornell Pep Band did not play the love theme from Love Story last night? We were at Harvard, on Valentine's Day, so it would have seem perfect.[/quote]

They did, twice.[/quote]

Was the first time when the team came out for warmups? I heard it pre-game but noticed its absence before the second. (There is no pre-third-period Love Story, of course, because of Gonna Fly Now and Gary Glitter.)[/quote]

That's what I was wondering about. It seems lately they've stopped playing it before the second for whatever reason. I didn't notice this time one way or the other but noticed it's absence in at least one prior H game.

Lowell '99 · February 18, 2009, 02:29:24 PM

Mark me down in the column "Old People Who Think It's GOOD That The Band Now Plays Some Different Music Than It Did When I Was There, Because That Was Over Ten Fucking Years Ago!"

Although I do loves me some Soul Man. 'Cuz I got soul.

And Scott, while it did jump bands, at least Silverado has been revived.

Scersk '97 · February 18, 2009, 03:34:55 PM

[quote Lowell '99]Mark me down in the column "Old People Who Think It's GOOD That The Band Now Plays Some Different Music Than It Did When I Was There, Because That Was Over Ten Fucking Years Ago!"

Although I do loves me some Soul Man. 'Cuz I got soul.

And Scott, while it did jump bands, at least Silverado has been revived.[/quote]

Bah, there's nothing wrong with new stuff, as long as it pushes out old stuff that's bad (for example, "Emerald Eyes") instead of old stuff that's good ("Boogie Down").

"Silverado" jumping bands is a net good, but if "Throwdown" ever jumps bands, "I'm comin' outta da booth!"

Rosey · February 18, 2009, 04:41:55 PM

I still miss Tequila. It was rousing, and it got the crowd to make noise.

cbuckser · February 19, 2009, 03:41:33 PM

[quote cbuckser]All in all, I see no reason to panic. The team has played well in each of its three recent losses. Frankly, the team wasn't playing appreciably better during the 13-1-3 start. The team had plenty of defensive lapses during those first 17 games and sometimes had trouble lighting the lamp. Cornell was fortunate to lose only one of those games, and has been unlucky to lose the last three.[/quote]

At risk of tooting my own horn, it seems from this article that the team isn't freaking out over the three-game losing streak.