NCAA regionals 2011

[Jordan 04]

Rondeau pulled.

Odd.

[nyc94]

Rondeau pulled.

Odd.

Nick Maricic is in.  Sophomore, played in only two games this year for 36:31.  Last played January 29 against RPI.

[Ben]

5-2....game on?

Still going in 2 OT between Denver and Western Michigan.

[Scersk '97]

One of the things that impresses me about the Yale D is how, whenever they're clearing the zone or sweeping up a rebound, they're moving somewhere.  There's motion out of the zone rather than just standing around.

[Rosey]

One of the things that impresses me about the Yale D is how, whenever they're clearing the zone or sweeping up a rebound, they're moving somewhere.  There's motion out of the zone rather than just standing around.

Strongly agreed. This is one of the things that I liked about Brendon Nash: except when he brought the puck behind the net to set it up, he never stood around looking like a deer in the headlights.

[Rosey]

5-3 UMD. Yale may yet be in this one.

[Ben]

5-3 and game on indeed.  Miracle comeback anyone?

[Ben]

Denver wins 3-2 with 8 minutes left in the 2nd OT.  WMU had some good chances a few minutes before, but Denver must be totally exhausted and probably easy opponents for NoDak tomorrow.

[Rosey]

And that, as they say, is that. 5-3 UMD final.

[amerks127]

The bulldogs v. the bulldogs. What is the statistical likelihood of that occurring?  One of you must know....

One or two seasons ago, Yale played a RS road game at Duluth. The UMD broadcast team obviously reflexively kept talking about the Bulldogs, and one partner eventually blithely pointed out to the other that Yale is also the Bulldogs.  The partner's response was a very homeriffic "Well, only our team is the REAL Bulldogs, har har..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wysnAdo2qW0

"Who are we?"
"The Wildcats!"
"Who are we gonna beat?"
"The Wildcats!"

[nshapiro]

I think that the refs in college tend to call a penalty for "hitting too hard" and worry about justifying it later.  It seems that every hit that makes you jump out of your seat and cheer is a major penalty, if not a game misconduct.

[billhoward]

Yale goes down, RPI goes down, Union goes down. We'll be listening to "EZAC" for another year. That was a spectacular way for Yale to crash: Brian O'Neill scores to bring Yale back to 3-1 down then he gets a 5-minute major and game misconduct moments later, UMD scores a quick 2 to make it 5-1, and Yale can only get 2 goals back. And Rondeau gets yanked. Too bad. I thought Yale had the stuff to go all the way.

[ebilmes]

Michigan looked good tonight against CC. Very (pre-2011) Cornell-like how they basically shut down CC once they had a lead and allowed very few shots on goal. CC showed flashes of life at the end and might have been able to tie, but a questionable penalty call with ~3 mins remaining pretty much sealed the deal for Michigan.

Michigan fans had a nice "black hole" cheer at one point. I'm guessing we can take credit for that.

[Trotsky]

Greg, do better than committing an ad hominem fallacy: address the points I was making instead of attacking me.

That's some irony there.  Consider the personal attack withdrawn and please accept my apology, but in turn please don't turn this place into some political thread feces throwing contest where you use the nuclear option on anybody who doesn't agree with you.

[Rosey]

Greg, do better than committing an ad hominem fallacy: address the points I was making instead of attacking me.

That's some irony there.  Consider the personal attack withdrawn and please accept my apology, but in turn please don't turn this place into some political thread feces throwing contest where you use the nuclear option on anybody who doesn't agree with you.

I'm open to all arguments that make sense. The problem is precisely that few posters these days are making any. I first shot down the reasoning (Yale's talent vs. Cornell's), and then proposed an explanation for why this reasoning is so popular without attacking any particular poster (though I did refer to your own words in a later post: if those aren't fair game, then what is?).

It isn't ad hominem if I address the faulty reasoning first.

Anyway, c'est la vie. There's always next year. (As a Jets fan, I'm used to this sort of outcome.) My apologies if my argumentation style comes across as a personal attack: I assure you that it isn't intended that way. I'm mostly ruefully laughing when I make posts on this topic. We're all unhappy about the outcome, and I recognize that.