Lax: NC$$ Championship Weekend

[phillysportsfan]

Just received an email about this year's Cornell tailgate.  Starts at 11:30 and goes until 3:30, and will be held on a private lot a block from the stadium (map on web page below).  $10/person this year.  Register and pay with credit card here: https://secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/CEL/event/showEventForm.jsp?form_id=60780

Do you have anymore details on what kind of food they will have?

[Al DeFlorio]

Just received an email about this year's Cornell tailgate.  Starts at 11:30 and goes until 3:30, and will be held on a private lot a block from the stadium (map on web page below).  $10/person this year.  Register and pay with credit card here: https://secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/CEL/event/showEventForm.jsp?form_id=60780

Do you have anymore details on what kind of food they will have?

All I have is a link to that page.  Last year they had really good sandwiches, salads, cookies, pies, soft drinks, water. and likely a lot more that I don't remember.  One of the days there may even have been pulled pork.  I also don't remember paying last year.

Bill Howard, do you recall more about the food?

[RichH]

Just received an email about this year's Cornell tailgate.  Starts at 11:30 and goes until 3:30, and will be held on a private lot a block from the stadium (map on web page below).  $10/person this year.  Register and pay with credit card here: https://secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/CEL/event/showEventForm.jsp?form_id=60780

The official lacrosse tailgates have been impressively done the past 2 years, and I expect the same quality in Baltimore.  Usually I would scowl at a new registration & fee, but really, it's for the best.  Last week at Stony Brook, it was clear that there were some people not affiliated with CU wandering in for some freebies, and even snagging some BYO stuff lax parents brought in.  Some crowd controls are needed so we aren't getting a few hundred Hopkins fans running through the cache of sandwiches.  Everyone respected the only rule for the post-game cookout at Stony Brook: Players Eat First.

[RichH]

On the special Final Four lacrosse page they set up, Athletics has attempted to tap into the social media the kids are talking about by putting a twitter feed displaying tweets with the #letsgored hashtag.  The results include fans chiming in about the University of Nebraska.  D'oh.

Edit: went there to get the url, and noticed that the hashtag they specified is #gobigred. Double-D'oh.

http://www.alumni.cornell.edu/remember/lacrosse/

[billhoward]

Al, we went to the SB tailgate for about 45 mins then scooted back inside to watch Virgnia-Stony Brook. Plenty of food and drink including beer (hey, it's a lax tailgate). Nicely done. I think you'll get your $10/pp worth in Baltimore especially if it includes the parking fee (wasn't clear if it does). Except for one thing: Us old alumni, awash in money and trust funds, don't blink at paying $10 a person but I think it's still a barrier to entry for younger alums and students. Maybe it should have been $5 or free or even just a register-in-advance for classes back to '05. I don't believe $10 comes close to covering the cost of the tent and food, so what does it matter if it's $5 or $10?

Yes, I know you've already paid close to $100 for a weekend pass and parking plus tolls and gas and so forth, so it's either a marginal added expense or where you draw the line. I'm still greatful to a class-of-1940-something alum who sponsored me at some Cornell Club dinners when I was broke and just a year or two out of Cornell. Maybe some of us can do the same here or in future situations. I also found that sending your HS son to beg for tix outside Ingalls Rink usually nets tix at $0 if he's wearing a signed Cornell hockey jersey.

I'm getting psyched. I figured we'd put up a good fight agaisnt Syracuse last week and look good in losing by a goal or two. I don't want to look past Notre Dame; don't want it to be an easier-to-spell version of the hockey team's Bemidji State. If Tambroni gets the team into the finals, this should be his COTY year. His previous award should have come the month he signed on Max Seibald.

[Jordan 04]

Can tailgate admission be purchase on-site, or is registering in advance required?

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I'm so jealous.  I have to go to Korea tomorrow, so I get to miss both our lax weekend but the FLyers first trip to the Cup Finals in 13 years.

Hopefully I can watch online Sunday AM, Korean time.

[billhoward]

Tailgate tix still available as of midday Friday. Cornell tells me the $10/pp buys you food but not parking. In fact you have to park elsewhere; this lot is just for the tailgate. But there are lots adjacent. It's southwest of the stadium by by 1-2 blocks on the other side of 295/129 (Baltimore Washington Parkway)

If you're navigating to the tailgate:

Address - W Ostend Street & Ridgly Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/Gameday/Tickets/~/media/A49E97F7A0094DB9BAE44ECFC88C83D0.ashx -     Illustrated map of the site. Tailgate site appears to be near O or N on the map which I believe are parking lots. This is what Cornell is using is emails.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Ridgely+and+Ostend+Streets,+baltimore&rlz=1I7GGLD_enUS298&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=W+Ostend+St+%26+Ridgely+St,+Baltimore,+MD+21230&gl=us&ei=b6f-S4fEOYH48Abs0PD3DQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQ8gEwAA - Google map of the site

GPS of W Ostend / Ridgly St - 39.27713174365315, -76.62665605545044

Also, IIRC: The stadium is fine on kids bringing in lax sticks but not on adults bringing in "pro type cameras" which like obscenity they know when they see but can't otherwise define. One bag-checker at Gillette last year thought an 18-55mm looked threatening (to the NCAA's picture resales) b/c it had the lens hood attached. So I put the lens hood back in the bag and kept the 100-400mm on the bottom beneath some towels, sunblock, and a couple baseball caps. Actually, I also recall having no problem 2 years ago at M&T, but then we were behind the end zone mesh, so the photos were a little fuzzy.

[CHarrison]

We are going and are thinking about doing the official tailgate. A couple of questions, though, for those of you who went last week: 1) Generally how much was the beer at the cash bar?, 2) Can you bring your own beer to the party?

[Jordan 04]

If anyone is seeking a ride from Manhattan or points between Manhattan and Stamford, I'll be renting a car and driving down. Would be happy to have company and provide a lift for those trying to get down to the game.

[Al DeFlorio]

Al, we went to the SB tailgate for about 45 mins then scooted back inside to watch Virgnia-Stony Brook. Plenty of food and drink including beer (hey, it's a lax tailgate). Nicely done. I think you'll get your $10/pp worth in Baltimore especially if it includes the parking fee (wasn't clear if it does).

That all sounds good, Bill, but the key question is:  Did your son get a whole pie to take home at SB?:-P

[billhoward]

We are going and are thinking about doing the official tailgate. A couple of questions, though, for those of you who went last week: 1) Generally how much was the beer at the cash bar?, 2) Can you bring your own beer to the party?

The beer I saw last week ... you just reached in an ice chest and grabbed one. This was a lax tailgate, not a WCTU meeting. Look, if it's a cash bar and this is the go/no go decision, I'll buy you your first beer. Look for me in the red shirt.

[Al DeFlorio]

We are going and are thinking about doing the official tailgate. A couple of questions, though, for those of you who went last week: 1) Generally how much was the beer at the cash bar?, 2) Can you bring your own beer to the party?

The beer I saw last week ... you just reached in an ice chest and grabbed one. This was a lax tailgate, not a WCTU meeting. Look, if it's a cash bar and this is the go/no go decision, I'll buy you your first beer. Look for me in the red shirt.

For me, too?::woot::

[CHarrison]

Thanks- I'll be looking for you. I'll be the one with the wife who looks like we are both tasting freedom for the first time in a long time (b/c my parents are watching the 5 and 4 yr old for the night). So yeah- the beer is kind of important.

[ajh258]

Interesting article in the WSJ about the lax team:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704269204575271120788022674.html

It talks about the significance of George Boiardi's #21. Inspiring stuff.