CU Hockey-Preseason

[Trotsky]

Oh, and by the way, where are all those naysayers that Shafer has to go

Wait until the first loss.  You know the drill.

[mrc]

JIM THIS IS CHARLEY COOK PLEASE READ POST BEHIND IRON CURTAIN

[KeithK]

Oh, and by the way, where are all those naysayers that Shafer has to go

Wait until the first loss.  You know the drill.

What? you accept as a foregone conclusion that we're going to lose a game?  Clearly this means we have bad coaching!  Schafer must go!!!

[sah67]

Guelph: a rival?

The Guelph Gryphons lost a tight game against an old rival at Cornell 3-2 on Friday night.  The last time these two met was 1970 and it didn't take long to renew the rivalry.

[ajh258]

Guelph: a new rival?

The Guelph Gryphons lost a tight game against an old rival at Cornell 3-2 on Friday night.  The last time these two met was 1970 and it didn't take long to renew the rivalry.

It didn't take long for me to forget how to pronounce their name either.

[Trotsky]

It didn't take long for me to forget how to pronounce their name either.

An excuse for a fun history lesson.

[Beeeej]

Guelph: a rival?

The Guelph Gryphons lost a tight game against an old rival at Cornell 3-2 on Friday night.  The last time these two met was 1970 and it didn't take long to renew the rivalry.

Ironically, that's the part that's not entirely wrong.  Guelph and Cornell met several times in the late 1960s back when they were a regular season opponent that actually counted, IIRC (unless for some reason Cornell was playing exhibition games after playing their first few regular season games).  The fact that Cornell spanked Guelph thoroughly each time leads me to wonder why they would think of it as a rivalry, but whatever.  In any event, they're wrong two ways about the "last time" we met - the last time we met during the regular season was 1971, not 1970... and we've hosted them in pre-season exhibition games a few times since then, most recently for the 1998-99 season.  Odd that they would get that wrong.

[Josh '99]

Guelph: a rival?

The Guelph Gryphons lost a tight game against an old rival at Cornell 3-2 on Friday night.  The last time these two met was 1970 and it didn't take long to renew the rivalry.

Ironically, that's the part that's not entirely wrong.  Guelph and Cornell met several times in the late 1960s back when they were a regular season opponent that actually counted, IIRC (unless for some reason Cornell was playing exhibition games after playing their first few regular season games).  The fact that Cornell spanked Guelph thoroughly each time leads me to wonder why they would think of it as a rivalry, but whatever.  In any event, they're wrong two ways about the "last time" we met - the last time we met during the regular season was 1971, not 1970... and we've hosted them in pre-season exhibition games a few times since then, most recently for the 1998-99 season.  Odd that they would get that wrong.

Cornell also lost to Guelph in a midseason exhibition tournament in Guelph in January 1998, unless Keith is making stuff up:

http://www.elynah.com/news/9798/schedule.html

[css228]

Not exactly [sure} where to put this, since it's not enough to merit a thread of it's own but a Lynah tradition gets a mention in this Grantland article. Even if its not the most positive view on yelling RED during the national anthem its still fun to see a Cornell mention on something directly linked to ESPN's home page.

Sorry for the typos was working on a problem set when I linked this.

[redice]

Not exactly where to put this, since it's not enough to merit a thread of it's own but a Lynah tradition gets a mention in the Grantland article. Even if its not the most positive view on yelling RED during the national anthem its still fun to see a Cornell mention on something directly linked to ESPN's home page.

I'm with Chris H.'s wife in saying that the practice is disrespectful.   But, in this age of declining respect for one another, what is one to expect?  In the past, some have even argued against the propriety of playing the national anthem at sporting events.   I won't even go there.   It may be a "Lynah Tradition", but it's not one that casts the Lynah Faithful in a very positive light among some more mature townies.   And no, that is NOT an implication that only immature people yell "RED" during the National Anthem.

[Trotsky]

Irony.  It's what's for dinner.

[RichH]

Irony.  It's what's for dinner.

Then I guess it's appropriate that Grantland: The Website was created by a hack like Bill Simmons. *ducks*

This is a summary of a crushingly good commentary.

Allegedly it's a serious sports website maintained by a man whose intellectual rigorousness about sports can be measured by going to the IMDB "memorable quotes" page for a movie and trying to apply it to some random category like "interceptions made by New England Patriots, 2001-2010."

[Trotsky]

Philippe Hudon was the only (I think) guy not to dress for either exhibition game.  Any word on whether he is injured?

[pfibiger]

Philippe Hudon was the only (I think) guy not to dress for either exhibition game.  Any word on whether he is injured?

I believe both Mihalek and Gotovets didn't dress for either game as well.

[Josh '99]

Not exactly where to put this, since it's not enough to merit a thread of it's own but a Lynah tradition gets a mention in the Grantland article. Even if its not the most positive view on yelling RED during the national anthem its still fun to see a Cornell mention on something directly linked to ESPN's home page.

"potentially annoying" is far from the worst thing we've been called over the years.  =]