NCAA tournament 2016

[ugarte]

Kyle, this is what someone who never interacts with people talks like.

BTW, thanks for the free psychoanalysis, Dr. Star. All bills will be returned to sender. ::crazy::

But my rates are so reasonable.

[CowbellGuy]

-The RIT student area was really enthusiastic. The rock guitar that their band had was an interesting touch.

No! No, no, no, no. No, no, no. Pep bands shouldn't have to be plugged in. Back in the 90s Clarkson (and others over the years) had an electric bass. It's just wrong. Don't encourage them.

-For some reason, there was no display with scores for other regionals anywhere in the arena; and the announcer almost never mentioned the other scores.

There's an app for that

[RichH]

-The RIT student area was really enthusiastic. The rock guitar that their band had was an interesting touch.

No! No, no, no, no. No, no, no. Pep bands shouldn't have to be plugged in. Back in the 90s Clarkson (and others over the years) had an electric bass. It's just wrong. Don't encourage them.

No electric instruments, no music stands, no elaborate floor-based drumsets, and no goddamn hockey cheerleaders. And it wouldn't hurt to have a student conductor instead of a junior faculty member.

[Jim Hyla]

-The RIT student area was really enthusiastic. The rock guitar that their band had was an interesting touch.

No! No, no, no, no. No, no, no. Pep bands shouldn't have to be plugged in. Back in the 90s Clarkson (and others over the years) had an electric bass. It's just wrong. Don't encourage them.

No electric instruments, no music stands, no elaborate floor-based drumsets, and no goddamn hockey cheerleaders. And it wouldn't hurt to have a student conductor instead of a junior faculty member.

And most importantly, no piped in music. This is college, not minor league pros. If your school can't put together a band, so be it.

[Jim Hyla]

A nice story out of Quinnipiac.

[jtwcornell91]

I'm done addressing your deliberately obtuse strawmans.  When's the last time you said something productive on here?

Bzzt!  Kyle set up the original Cornell Hockey Discussion Forum before there even was an eLynah.  (Not to mention a chat server with separate color-coded threads for Cornell and Clarkson games, just because.)  The only person here with standing to call him "unproductive" is Age.  (And maybe the founder of the original Clarkson Hockey Roundtable, ridiculous as it was.)

[KeithK]

I'm done addressing your deliberately obtuse strawmans.  When's the last time you said something productive on here?

Bzzt!  Kyle set up the original Cornell Hockey Discussion Forum before there even was an eLynah.  (Not to mention a chat server with separate color-coded threads for Cornell and Clarkson games, just because.)  The only person here with standing to call him "unproductive" is Age.  (And maybe the founder of the original Clarkson Hockey Roundtable, ridiculous as it was.)

Be that as it may, there is no reason to engage someone on a n internet forum if you don't see any value in his contributions or arguments.  That's like rule number one of internet forums.  So don't get frustrated, just ignore him if you think he's being deliberately obtuse.

[BearLover]

I'm done addressing your deliberately obtuse strawmans.  When's the last time you said something productive on here?

Bzzt!  Kyle set up the original Cornell Hockey Discussion Forum before there even was an eLynah.  (Not to mention a chat server with separate color-coded threads for Cornell and Clarkson games, just because.)  The only person here with standing to call him "unproductive" is Age.  (And maybe the founder of the original Clarkson Hockey Roundtable, ridiculous as it was.)

Nowhere in my post did I suggest he was never productive in the entire history of the internet.

[Rosey]

I'm done addressing your deliberately obtuse strawmans.  When's the last time you said something productive on here?

Bzzt!  Kyle set up the original Cornell Hockey Discussion Forum before there even was an eLynah.  (Not to mention a chat server with separate color-coded threads for Cornell and Clarkson games, just because.)  The only person here with standing to call him "unproductive" is Age.  (And maybe the founder of the original Clarkson Hockey Roundtable, ridiculous as it was.)

Be that as it may, there is no reason to engage someone on a n internet forum if you don't see any value in his contributions or arguments.  That's like rule number one of internet forums.  So don't get frustrated, just ignore him if you think he's being deliberately obtuse.

I freely admit I am trolling to some extent at this point. Not completely, because I think my point has some legit value, but I am trying to provoke as well as make a point.

This comes from a heartfelt place. With ten years of reflection, my peak of Cornell fandom was probably the 2006 Wisconsin game (which I didn't even finish watching because I had to go to my own hockey playoff game). I was physically ill by the middle of the second overtime. It was not a good time, especially since I didn't even have real beer to help me through. And this followed by a week the awful loss in Albany to Harvard in the ECAC final, a game I still can't put out of my mind.

Following that loss to Wisconsin, I think I subconsciously decided that a game I wasn't even playing was simply not important enough to put myself through that. So now I care less. It's easier on the nerves.

[Swampy]

I'm done addressing your deliberately obtuse strawmans.  When's the last time you said something productive on here?

Bzzt!  Kyle set up the original Cornell Hockey Discussion Forum before there even was an eLynah.  (Not to mention a chat server with separate color-coded threads for Cornell and Clarkson games, just because.)  The only person here with standing to call him "unproductive" is Age.  (And maybe the founder of the original Clarkson Hockey Roundtable, ridiculous as it was.)

Be that as it may, there is no reason to engage someone on a n internet forum if you don't see any value in his contributions or arguments.  That's like rule number one of internet forums.  So don't get frustrated, just ignore him if you think he's being deliberately obtuse.

I freely admit I am trolling to some extent at this point. Not completely, because I think my point has some legit value, but I am trying to provoke as well as make a point.

This comes from a heartfelt place. With ten years of reflection, my peak of Cornell fandom was probably the 2006 Wisconsin game (which I didn't even finish watching because I had to go to my own hockey playoff game). I was physically ill by the middle of the second overtime. It was not a good time, especially since I didn't even have real beer to help me through. And this followed by a week the awful loss in Albany to Harvard in the ECAC final, a game I still can't put out of my mind.

Following that loss to Wisconsin, I think I subconsciously decided that a game I wasn't even playing was simply not important enough to put myself through that. So now I care less. It's easier on the nerves.

All good points, Kyle. But your post about the rules for winning the NC seems to misconstrue fandom deliberately. It's all about emotion.

[KeithK]

I'm done addressing your deliberately obtuse strawmans.  When's the last time you said something productive on here?

Bzzt!  Kyle set up the original Cornell Hockey Discussion Forum before there even was an eLynah.  (Not to mention a chat server with separate color-coded threads for Cornell and Clarkson games, just because.)  The only person here with standing to call him "unproductive" is Age.  (And maybe the founder of the original Clarkson Hockey Roundtable, ridiculous as it was.)

Be that as it may, there is no reason to engage someone on a n internet forum if you don't see any value in his contributions or arguments.  That's like rule number one of internet forums.  So don't get frustrated, just ignore him if you think he's being deliberately obtuse.

I freely admit I am trolling to some extent at this point. Not completely, because I think my point has some legit value, but I am trying to provoke as well as make a point.

This comes from a heartfelt place. With ten years of reflection, my peak of Cornell fandom was probably the 2006 Wisconsin game (which I didn't even finish watching because I had to go to my own hockey playoff game). I was physically ill by the middle of the second overtime. It was not a good time, especially since I didn't even have real beer to help me through. And this followed by a week the awful loss in Albany to Harvard in the ECAC final, a game I still can't put out of my mind.

Following that loss to Wisconsin, I think I subconsciously decided that a game I wasn't even playing was simply not important enough to put myself through that. So now I care less. It's easier on the nerves.

All good points, Kyle. But your post about the rules for winning the NC seems to misconstrue fandom deliberately. It's all about emotion.

Jerk.

[KeithK]

I freely admit I am trolling to some extent at this point. Not completely, because I think my point has some legit value, but I am trying to provoke as well as make a point.

That's pretty much what I meant by "Kyle being Kyle".  But then I know you from way back when and have been posting with you for years and years, so it's really easy for me to take your semi-trolling with a smile.

This comes from a heartfelt place. With ten years of reflection, my peak of Cornell fandom was probably the 2006 Wisconsin game (which I didn't even finish watching because I had to go to my own hockey playoff game). I was physically ill by the middle of the second overtime. It was not a good time, especially since I didn't even have real beer to help me through. And this followed by a week the awful loss in Albany to Harvard in the ECAC final, a game I still can't put out of my mind.

Following that loss to Wisconsin, I think I subconsciously decided that a game I wasn't even playing was simply not important enough to put myself through that. So now I care less. It's easier on the nerves.

I totally get that.  I've actualy pulled back on all kinds of sports fandom to some degree because the stress was getting to me too much at times.  I'm happier having done so but can still enjoy those same sports so I think I'm in a good place.

Strangely I remember being very calm and relaxed (relatively speaking anyway) throughout that same Wisconsin game.  I don't know why.

[Trotsky]

I'm done addressing your deliberately obtuse strawmans.  When's the last time you said something productive on here?

Bzzt!  Kyle set up the original Cornell Hockey Discussion Forum before there even was an eLynah.  (Not to mention a chat server with separate color-coded threads for Cornell and Clarkson games, just because.)  The only person here with standing to call him "unproductive" is Age.  (And maybe the founder of the original Clarkson Hockey Roundtable, ridiculous as it was.)

Be that as it may, there is no reason to engage someone on a n internet forum if you don't see any value in his contributions or arguments.  That's like rule number one of internet forums.  So don't get frustrated, just ignore him if you think he's being deliberately obtuse.

I freely admit I am trolling to some extent at this point. Not completely, because I think my point has some legit value, but I am trying to provoke as well as make a point.

This comes from a heartfelt place. With ten years of reflection, my peak of Cornell fandom was probably the 2006 Wisconsin game (which I didn't even finish watching because I had to go to my own hockey playoff game). I was physically ill by the middle of the second overtime. It was not a good time, especially since I didn't even have real beer to help me through. And this followed by a week the awful loss in Albany to Harvard in the ECAC final, a game I still can't put out of my mind.

Following that loss to Wisconsin, I think I subconsciously decided that a game I wasn't even playing was simply not important enough to put myself through that. So now I care less. It's easier on the nerves.

All good points, Kyle. But your post about the rules for winning the NC seems to misconstrue fandom deliberately. It's all about emotion.

Jerk.

Typical. :-|

(Man, haven't had one of those in a long while!)

[marty]

You can't cheat an honest man.

[RichH]

Note to DVR folks, or just casual viewers. Saturday's championship will no longer be on ESPN. Moved to "The Ocho." No, wait, just ESPN2. The four-letter is a basketball personality network, after all.

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