Cornell lacrosse 2014

[Weder]

Considering that one of the fall ball events is a benefit for the Boiardi Foundation, it can't be good at all.

[Ronald '09]

Considering that one of the fall ball events is a benefit for the Boiardi Foundation, it can't be good at all.

Some more detail:

https://twitter.com/Corey_McL/status/380853288461406208

[George64]

NYT article

[Trotsky]

Forced consumption of alcohol sounds like assault.  Forced consumption of alcohol by underage freshmen sounds like contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

It's not that the charges are shocking -- lots (most?) (all?) men's teams and frats outside of BYU do some version of this.  But a couple uses of the criminal justice system would probably relegate it to the dustbin of history.  Throw in a couple more parental law suits against the university or the national chapters for fostering this type of environment and  war's over, Wormer dropped the big one.

JFC, I'm old.  I'm actually on the side of that foot is me.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

JFC, I'm old.  I'm actually on the side of that foot is me.

Took me a second to translate this  ::whistle::

FWIW, I'm in the "Old enough to die for your country, old enough to drink" camp.  But I do agree that hazing is not appropriate.

[Trotsky]

JFC, I'm old.  I'm actually on the side of that foot is me.

Took me a second to translate this  ::whistle::

FWIW, I'm in the "Old enough to die for your country, old enough to drink" camp.

Me too.  Raise the recruitment age to 21.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

JFC, I'm old.  I'm actually on the side of that foot is me.

Took me a second to translate this  ::whistle::

FWIW, I'm in the "Old enough to die for your country, old enough to drink" camp.

Me too.  Raise the recruitment age to 21.

Not quite where I was going.

[Rosey]

JFC, I'm old.  I'm actually on the side of that foot is me.

Took me a second to translate this  ::whistle::

FWIW, I'm in the "Old enough to die for your country the military/government/industrial complex

FYP.

[KeithK]

JFC, I'm old.  I'm actually on the side of that foot is me.

Took me a second to translate this  ::whistle::

FWIW, I'm in the "Old enough to die for your country the military/government/industrial complex

FYP.

Works for me. I need continued employment.

[Rosey]

JFC, I'm old.  I'm actually on the side of that foot is me.

Took me a second to translate this  ::whistle::

FWIW, I'm in the "Old enough to die for your country the military/government/industrial complex

FYP.

Works for me. I need continued employment.

What's the exchange rate between 55" flat screen TVs and dead brown people?

[KeithK]

JFC, I'm old.  I'm actually on the side of that foot is me.

Took me a second to translate this  ::whistle::

FWIW, I'm in the "Old enough to die for your country the military/government/industrial complex

FYP.

Works for me. I need continued employment.

What's the exchange rate between 55" flat screen TVs and dead brown people?

That's a totally ireelevant comment.  I am shopping for a 60" TV.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

JFC, I'm old.  I'm actually on the side of that foot is me.

Took me a second to translate this  ::whistle::

FWIW, I'm in the "Old enough to die for your country the military/government/industrial complex

FYP.

Good point.

[Al DeFlorio]

Looks like NCAA tournament will have 18 teams next year, apparently with four lowest-ranked automatic qualifiers playing mid-week to determine which two will advance to round of 16 on the weekend:

http://www.insidelacrosse.com/news/2013/09/25/updated-ncaa-di-bracket-expands-18-teams

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Looks like NCAA tournament will have 18 teams next year, apparently with four lowest-ranked automatic qualifiers playing mid-week to determine which two will advance to round of 16 on the weekend:

http://www.insidelacrosse.com/news/2013/09/25/updated-ncaa-di-bracket-expands-18-teams

Hmm.  Why the four lowest ranked AQ's and not just the four lowest ranked teams?  Strikes me as big conference bias.

Not to mention just another way to get Hopkins into the tournament.

[Jim Hyla]

Looks like NCAA tournament will have 18 teams next year, apparently with four lowest-ranked automatic qualifiers playing mid-week to determine which two will advance to round of 16 on the weekend:

http://www.insidelacrosse.com/news/2013/09/25/updated-ncaa-di-bracket-expands-18-teams

Hmm.  Why the four lowest ranked AQ's and not just the four lowest ranked teams?  Strikes me as big conference bias.

Not to mention just another way to get Hopkins into the tournament.

Because of this:

NCAA bylaws mandate that at least 50% of a tournament field be at-large qualifiers; with the number of AQ conferences rising to 10 next season, that means that the bracket must expand to either include 10 at-large berths or "eliminate" two AQs prior to the bracket officially beginning.


...teams will be considered tournament participants and the games will be held after tournament selection; the distinction now is that play-in games are not officially considered part of the bracket.

So they had to eliminate 2 AQ teams.  It would make sense to eliminate the lowest ranked ones.