Frozen Four Results

[ugarte]

Unbelievable.  Cornell nearly beat this team twice.  This season is already over but it keeps getting worse...

This reaction only makes sense through the prism of "Schafer is the problem", in case anyone needed a translation.

Oh, does it?  Because it makes sense to me, and I don't think Schafer is the problem.

My bad then. It makes less sense than I thought.

EDIT: That's probably unfair. When you say "... keeps getting worse," do you mean it in the sense of "we have real talent. but for a few bounces, what might have been. it is painful to see someone else do what we could have been doing."? Because I'll grant you that, even if I don't agree with the phrasing.

[BearLover]

Unbelievable.  Cornell nearly beat this team twice.  This season is already over but it keeps getting worse...

I don't look at it that way at all.  It tells me that we have the ability to play with anyone, and the prize is there for the taking next season, and hopefully for the foreseeable future.

Oh, I mean, sure, it's a good sign for Cornell that Yale and Q are doing so well.  But that sure as hell doesn't make me want to root for them.

[dbilmes]

There aren't that many Yale fans here. Yale had to return 300 of its tickets to the NCAA because the tickets didn't sell.

There's probably as many Cornell fans in the building as Yale fans!

[Rosey]

W00t! Go Yale!

Now, let's make it an all-ECAC final.

[BearLover]

W00t! Go Yale!

Now, let's make it an all-ECAC final.

This makes absolutely no sense to me.  I hope you're happy when all the hockey players who care about getting an education start going to Yale instead of Cornell (if they haven't started already).  I hope you're happy that the team which has caused Cornell more hardship over the past six years than any other is on the verge of doing something Cornell hasn't done since 1970 despite having no fans and being absolute dogshit for the 36 years prior.  But by all means, continue hating on 12th place in the ECAC Harvard because they have to be out rivals and we're not allowed to root against anyone else.

[ugarte]

Boola Boola

[Rosey]

W00t! Go Yale!

Now, let's make it an all-ECAC final.

This makes absolutely no sense to me.  I hope you're happy when all the hockey players who care about getting an education start going to Yale instead of Cornell (if they haven't started already).  I hope you're happy that the team which has caused Cornell more hardship over the past six years than any other is on the verge of doing something Cornell hasn't done since 1970 despite having no fans and being absolute dogshit for the 36 years prior.  But by all means, continue hating on 12th place in the ECAC Harvard because they have to be out rivals and we're not allowed to root against anyone else.

Why don't you go eat a dick?

Anyone who's actually spoken to me knows that I am not one of the Harvard-hating parrots here. Yeah, they suck, but only because they actually suck: I laugh at them, not fume over them. Yal6 is doing well—certainly better than Cornell the last few years—and deserves accolades. (As I've said numerous times over the past few months, I'm a bad fan: I have a hard time hating teams just because they aren't Cornell.) The bottom line is that Cornell isn't in the national title game because they didn't win enough other games. Yale is, because they did. Why would I wish ill will on a team that has consistently outperformed Cornell for the better part of a decade? I'd like my team to play better: that seems like the more constructive response.

I also believe in the phenomenon of "a rising tide lifts all boats": Cornell is tarred with the ECAC brush, so better for the paint to have glitter than dog shit. A strong ECAC will be better for every ECAC team.

One more thing: though I love the fan experience at Cornell and consider it integral to the Cornell hockey experience, the sport is about the athletes. Yale will win despite having no fans because the fans really don't matter that much. You don't matter that much. I don't matter that much. Get over it.

[Trotsky]

W00t! Go Yale!

Now, let's make it an all-ECAC final.

This makes absolutely no sense to me.

And rooting against the ECAC in the NCAAs makes absolutely no sense to me.

It's just two different ways of viewing things.  De gustibus non est disputandum.

Now go Q, go!

[Rosey]

W00t! Go Yale!

Now, let's make it an all-ECAC final.

This makes absolutely no sense to me.

And rooting against the ECAC in the NCAAs makes absolutely no sense to me.

It's just two different ways of viewing things.  De gustibus non est disputandum.

Now go Q, go!

QFT.

[Trotsky]

Has anybody found free streaming audio (or video) for the Q game?  The Q radio station is currently playing what we'll charitably call "an eclectic mix."

[BearLover]

W00t! Go Yale!

Now, let's make it an all-ECAC final.

This makes absolutely no sense to me.  I hope you're happy when all the hockey players who care about getting an education start going to Yale instead of Cornell (if they haven't started already).  I hope you're happy that the team which has caused Cornell more hardship over the past six years than any other is on the verge of doing something Cornell hasn't done since 1970 despite having no fans and being absolute dogshit for the 36 years prior.  But by all means, continue hating on 12th place in the ECAC Harvard because they have to be out rivals and we're not allowed to root against anyone else.

Why don't you go eat a dick?

Anyone who's actually spoken to me knows that I am not one of the Harvard-hating parrots here. Yeah, they suck, but only because they actually suck: I laugh at them, not fume over them. Yal6 is doing well—certainly better than Cornell the last few years—and deserves accolades. (As I've said numerous times over the past few months, I'm a bad fan: I have a hard time hating teams just because they aren't Cornell.) The bottom line is that Cornell isn't in the national title game because they didn't win enough other games. Yale is, because they did. Why would I wish ill will on a team that has consistently outperformed Cornell for the better part of a decade? I'd like my team to play better: that seems like the more constructive response.

I also believe in the phenomenon of "a rising tide lifts all boats": Cornell is tarred with the ECAC brush, so better for the paint to have glitter than dog shit. A strong ECAC will be better for every ECAC team.

One more thing: though I love the fan experience at Cornell and consider it integral to the Cornell hockey experience, the sport is about the athletes. Yale will win despite having no fans because the fans really don't matter that much. You don't matter that much. I don't matter that much. Get over it.

It's enough to have 3 teams in the Frozen Four in two years to improve the ECAC's standing.  People get it by now.  We do not need mother******* Yale to win a championship in addition to that.  There is certainly a balance where you don't want to be playing against nobodies but you want to be the best as well.  It's been so long since we have been the best (in 2010 we only won the ECAC because Yale got upset earlier) that we have much bigger things to worry about than how well our rivals are doing.  To me, nothing is more insulting in sports than your team struggling to win it all for so long and coming oh-so-close so many times only to see some new kid on the block win it all in a couple of years.  Q winning would be just as insulting for the same reason.

[Rosey]

It's been so long since we have been the best (in 2010 we only won the ECAC because Yale got upset earlier) that we have much bigger things to worry about than how well our rivals are doing.

Exactly.

[Rosey]

Q up quick on SCS, 3 minutes in.

[Trotsky]

2-zip.  Holy sh...

[marty]

Has anybody found free streaming audio (or video) for the Q game?  The Q radio station is currently playing what we'll charitably call "an eclectic mix."

::thud::