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[Jim Hyla]

For me it's the Union fans. Last year one of their dear students came up to me at Achilles, bumped me and stole the newspapers. I told their cop, but he could care less. Their language directed to me as I was walking past their section, minding my own business mind you, was atrocious. This year while walking out of the ECACs I was talking to a fan, and said they should get some cheers, and he went up one side of me and down another. Even accused us of stealing our cheers from Michigan. No way could I set him straight.

I want the ECAC to do well, but would find it a lot easier to cheer for Harvard and their no fans, than Union and their obnoxious fans. I'll see how I feel in front of the TV tomorrow. If I knew we would win, I'd be thinking of being anti.

[jtn27]

For me it's the Union fans. Last year one of their dear students came up to me at Achilles, bumped me and stole the newspapers. I told their cop, but he could care less. Their language directed to me as I was walking past their section, minding my own business mind you, was atrocious. This year while walking out of the ECACs I was talking to a fan, and said they should get some cheers, and he went up one side of me and down another. Even accused us of stealing our cheers from Michigan. No way could I set him straight.

I want the ECAC to do well, but would find it a lot easier to cheer for Harvard and their no fans, than Union and their obnoxious fans. I'll see how I feel in front of the TV tomorrow. If I knew we would win, I'd be thinking of being anti.

I want Union to win this weekend, but only if Cornell does too. Ideally, I would like to see a Cornell-Union rematch in the Frozen Four (however, I don't see either team making it to the Frozen Four).

[Beeeej]

I want Union to win this weekend, but only if Cornell does too. Ideally, I would like to see a Cornell-Union rematch in the Frozen Four (however, I don't see either team making it to the Frozen Four).

I think Union's actually got a halfway decent shot at it.

And quite frankly, I didn't see the 2006 Cornell team making it past the first round, but they did, and then took the eventual national champion to triple overtime.  Nothing would surprise me anymore.

[css228]

I want Union to win this weekend, but only if Cornell does too. Ideally, I would like to see a Cornell-Union rematch in the Frozen Four (however, I don't see either team making it to the Frozen Four).

I think Union's actually got a halfway decent shot at it.

And quite frankly, I didn't see the 2006 Cornell team making it past the first round, but they did, and then took the eventual national champion to triple overtime.  Nothing would surprise me anymore.

Honestly, if anything surprises anyone after Bemidji and Miami made the Frozen Four in 09 (and then Miami lost the National championship despite having a 2 goal lead in the last minute), then they haven't watched much college hockey. It's two games to get into a Frozen Four. Literally any team in then field can win two games in a row, even Air Force. Lets just hope Iles is seeing the puck well this weekend.
*That said there are games I'd much rather see in the tournament than Union-Cornell (i.e. BU rematch).

[jtn27]

I want Union to win this weekend, but only if Cornell does too. Ideally, I would like to see a Cornell-Union rematch in the Frozen Four (however, I don't see either team making it to the Frozen Four).

I think Union's actually got a halfway decent shot at it.

And quite frankly, I didn't see the 2006 Cornell team making it past the first round, but they did, and then took the eventual national champion to triple overtime.  Nothing would surprise me anymore.

Obviously, I want Cornell to win the national championship, but objectively in the bracket I filled out I have Cornell losing in the first round and Union losing in the second to Miami.

[Jordan 04]

I want Union to win this weekend, but only if Cornell does too. Ideally, I would like to see a Cornell-Union rematch in the Frozen Four (however, I don't see either team making it to the Frozen Four).

I think Union's actually got a halfway decent shot at it.

And quite frankly, I didn't see the 2006 Cornell team making it past the first round, but they did, and then took the eventual national champion to triple overtime.  Nothing would surprise me anymore.

Obviously, I want Cornell to win the national championship, but objectively in the bracket I filled out I have Cornell losing in the first round and Union losing in the second to Miami.

Big office pool?

[marty]

For me it's the Union fans. Last year one of their dear students came up to me at Achilles, bumped me and stole the newspapers. I told their cop, but he could care less. Their language directed to me as I was walking past their section, minding my own business mind you, was atrocious. This year while walking out of the ECACs I was talking to a fan, and said they should get some cheers, and he went up one side of me and down another. Even accused us of stealing our cheers from Michigan. No way could I set him straight.

I want the ECAC to do well, but would find it a lot easier to cheer for Harvard and their no fans, than Union and their obnoxious fans. I'll see how I feel in front of the TV tomorrow. If I knew we would win, I'd be thinking of being anti.

This year one of the older fans made a crack after the Union tie.  Mind you we outplayed them for most of the game and all I could think of was that it was pay back for us being on top for so long.  If he wants to be an ignorant fan there isn't a lot I can do to change that.  I hope he gets off the couch and travels to Bridgeport.

[Beeeej]

I think Union's actually got a halfway decent shot at it.

And quite frankly, I didn't see the 2006 Cornell team making it past the first round, but they did, and then took the eventual national champion to triple overtime.  Nothing would surprise me anymore.

Obviously, I want Cornell to win the national championship, but objectively in the bracket I filled out I have Cornell losing in the first round and Union losing in the second to Miami.

Yeah... I don't enter bracket contests expecting to win them.  Since I won the first one I ever entered, the Daily Sun's men's hoops contest in 1991 (who knew Duke wasn't a popular pick?), all subsequent ones have been just for fun.

I picked a Cornell vs. Union and BC vs. North Dakota Frozen Four in Tampa, with a Cornell victory over North Dakota in the title game.  I don't think it's going to happen, but I'll look like a freakin' GENIUS if it does.

[RichH]

I want Union to win this weekend, but only if Cornell does too. Ideally, I would like to see a Cornell-Union rematch in the Frozen Four (however, I don't see either team making it to the Frozen Four).

I think Union's actually got a halfway decent shot at it.

And quite frankly, I didn't see the 2006 Cornell team making it past the first round, but they did, and then took the eventual national champion to triple overtime.  Nothing would surprise me anymore.

It used to be a pretty safe bet that the National Champion was going to come from a pool of 3-4 teams that dominated the entire season.  I feel that era is gone...the tournament wins by Holy Cross and Air Force signaled it, and it's been hammered home by the FF appearances by Bemidji and RIT.  It's a pretty wide-open field this year.  Remember how easy it was to flip us to a 1 seed by changing 1 result.

Red Berenson himself said it himself last weekend:

"Let's face it, we're not that good...We're not any better than anybody else, but I don't think we're any worse than anyone else."

[Rosey]

I want Union to win this weekend, but only if Cornell does too. Ideally, I would like to see a Cornell-Union rematch in the Frozen Four (however, I don't see either team making it to the Frozen Four).

I think Union's actually got a halfway decent shot at it.

And quite frankly, I didn't see the 2006 Cornell team making it past the first round, but they did, and then took the eventual national champion to triple overtime.  Nothing would surprise me anymore.

It used to be a pretty safe bet that the National Champion was going to come from a pool of 3-4 teams that dominated the entire season.  I feel that era is gone...the tournament wins by Holy Cross and Air Force signaled it, and it's been hammered home by the FF appearances by Bemidji and RIT.  It's a pretty wide-open field this year.  Remember how easy it was to flip us to a 1 seed by changing 1 result.

Red Berenson himself said it himself last weekend:

"Let's face it, we're not that good...We're not any better than anybody else, but I don't think we're any worse than anyone else."

I'll believe in the parity myth when there is an ECAC team in the Frozen Four 4 out of every 5 years and an ECAC champion 1 out of every 5 years. Until then, it's horseshit, plain and simple.

[Beeeej]

It used to be a pretty safe bet that the National Champion was going to come from a pool of 3-4 teams that dominated the entire season.  I feel that era is gone...the tournament wins by Holy Cross and Air Force signaled it, and it's been hammered home by the FF appearances by Bemidji and RIT.  It's a pretty wide-open field this year.  Remember how easy it was to flip us to a 1 seed by changing 1 result.

Red Berenson himself said it himself last weekend:

"Let's face it, we're not that good...We're not any better than anybody else, but I don't think we're any worse than anyone else."

I'll believe in the parity myth when there is an ECAC team in the Frozen Four 4 out of every 5 years and an ECAC champion 1 out of every 5 years. Until then, it's horseshit, plain and simple.

Suggestions of "parity" and comments about a "wide-open field" do not equal an assertion that there's a statistical certainty of perfectly proportional results.

[Rosey]

It used to be a pretty safe bet that the National Champion was going to come from a pool of 3-4 teams that dominated the entire season.  I feel that era is gone...the tournament wins by Holy Cross and Air Force signaled it, and it's been hammered home by the FF appearances by Bemidji and RIT.  It's a pretty wide-open field this year.  Remember how easy it was to flip us to a 1 seed by changing 1 result.

Red Berenson himself said it himself last weekend:

"Let's face it, we're not that good...We're not any better than anybody else, but I don't think we're any worse than anyone else."

I'll believe in the parity myth when there is an ECAC team in the Frozen Four 4 out of every 5 years and an ECAC champion 1 out of every 5 years. Until then, it's horseshit, plain and simple.

Suggestions of "parity" and comments about a "wide-open field" do not equal an assertion that there's a statistical certainty of perfectly proportional results.

You know perfectly well that I'm talking about results over a long period of time. Like my message from last weekend:
http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,176833,177015#msg-177015

[jtn27]

I want Union to win this weekend, but only if Cornell does too. Ideally, I would like to see a Cornell-Union rematch in the Frozen Four (however, I don't see either team making it to the Frozen Four).

I think Union's actually got a halfway decent shot at it.

And quite frankly, I didn't see the 2006 Cornell team making it past the first round, but they did, and then took the eventual national champion to triple overtime.  Nothing would surprise me anymore.

Obviously, I want Cornell to win the national championship, but objectively in the bracket I filled out I have Cornell losing in the first round and Union losing in the second to Miami.

Big office pool?

No. I'm trying to beat Ben in the picks competition on our podcast/blog (see link below). Although maybe I should have picked Cornell to win everything. I even made a bracket for the NFL playoffs this year and defied logic by picking the Giants.

[Beeeej]

It used to be a pretty safe bet that the National Champion was going to come from a pool of 3-4 teams that dominated the entire season.  I feel that era is gone...the tournament wins by Holy Cross and Air Force signaled it, and it's been hammered home by the FF appearances by Bemidji and RIT.  It's a pretty wide-open field this year.  Remember how easy it was to flip us to a 1 seed by changing 1 result.

Red Berenson himself said it himself last weekend:

"Let's face it, we're not that good...We're not any better than anybody else, but I don't think we're any worse than anyone else."

I'll believe in the parity myth when there is an ECAC team in the Frozen Four 4 out of every 5 years and an ECAC champion 1 out of every 5 years. Until then, it's horseshit, plain and simple.

Suggestions of "parity" and comments about a "wide-open field" do not equal an assertion that there's a statistical certainty of perfectly proportional results.

You know perfectly well that I'm talking about results over a long period of time. Like my message from last weekend:
http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,176833,177015#msg-177015

Yes, I know exactly what you're talking about.  And I'm saying we're talking about different things.  Saying that tournament games seem to be up for grabs more than they used to, and that no result would be that surprising, isn't the same as suggesting that there's genuine parity in the game.

[RatushnyFan]

I watched Michigan's semifinal game vs BGSU and final game vs WMU.  On the positive side (from their perspective), they're a pretty resilient bunch as they came back from a 2 goal deficit vs BGSU and clawed back into the game vs WMU after falling behind 3-0, they have a phenomenal goalie and they have a LOT of speed.  Re. their speed I will be interested to see how Cornell handles this.  That said, they're not that good as in my view they lack a little touch (lots of incomplete passes) and don't have much finishing skill.  They have a number of young players with significant roles, I think they graduated something like 7-8 seniors last year.  Basically, I think that Cornell can beat them if they can deal with their speed.