1967 CELEBRATION

[TimV]

Besides, those teams still weren't good enough to win a single NC, so let's not blow this out of proportion. (Thank you Bal'more. ::flipd:

Yes.  Yes we were... We just didn't.  Because there was no tournament then.

[Jim Hyla]

Besides, those teams still weren't good enough to win a single NC, so let's not blow this out of proportion. (Thank you Bal'more. ::flipd:

Yes.  Yes we were... We just didn't.  Because there was no tournament then.

And who won the first championship when they finally did decide it on-field, instead of just picking from those Maryland schools?

I guess Coach Moran and the team showed all.

As an aside, he's written his autobiography. They're having an 80^th birthday celebration and book signing the same day as the 1967 reception.

[marty]

Besides, those teams still weren't good enough to win a single NC, so let's not blow this out of proportion. (Thank you Bal'more. ::flipd:

Yes.  Yes we were... We just didn't.  Because there was no tournament then.

And who won the first championship when they finally did decide it on-field, instead of just picking from those Maryland schools?

I guess Coach Moran and the team showed all.

As an aside, he's written his autobiography. They're having an 80^th birthday celebration and book signing the same day as the 1967 reception.

The manager of the refinery I worked at used to enjoy lacrosse small talk until that championship weekend - smug Princeton Tiger - but really an OK guy on balance.

[Swampy]

Besides, those teams still weren't good enough to win a single NC, so let's not blow this out of proportion. (Thank you Bal'more. ::flipd:

Yes.  Yes we were... We just didn't.  Because there was no tournament then.

Just in case you didn't notice, the ::flipd:: acknowledged that the fix was in. If rather than having the Maryland schools vote on which one of them would win, they had actually played for the NC, I have no doubt Ned & Co. would have chalked up a few more NC's.

[TimV]

Hard not to notice a bright red double bird.  It was the part about "Blowing out of proportion" that made it sound bad.  ::cuss::

[Al DeFlorio]

Hard not to notice a bright red double bird.  It was the part about "Blowing out of proportion" that made it sound bad.  ::cuss::

For me it was the "still weren't good enough" part.

[Hooking]

Maryland lacrosse is entirely composed of parvenus. Lacrosse is an Iroquois game, and the Iroquois Confederation centers in what is now upstate New York. Tidewater johnny-come-latelys bragging about their lacrosse history should drink ink.

[jkahn]

I thought Butch graduated from IEOR.

Could be.  Cornell alumni directory shows BSENGR '68 but MEE '69.  Still, not many engineers of any flavor today.

Butch was an Enginering Physics major.
He was my dorm counselor (are they call RA's now?) the second semester of my freshman year.

[Swampy]

I thought Butch graduated from IEOR.

Could be.  Cornell alumni directory shows BSENGR '68 but MEE '69.  Still, not many engineers of any flavor today.

Butch was an Enginering Physics major.
He was my dorm counselor (are they call RA's now?) the second semester of my freshman year.

First, a caveat. When we're talking about our recollections from almost 50 years ago, for a number of reasons (the time lapse, the age of the recaller) we have to take them with a grain of salt. This is especially true if 50 years ago was in the sixties, because anyone who remembers the sixties wasn't there.

That said, from your signature, Jeff, I surmise you started in fall of 1966. If so, it's fully possible that someone in the class of '68  was your dorm counselor in spring of 67 and still an Engineering Physics major at the time, during their junior year. But I think it was still possible to change majors by the senior year.

My particular recollections of Butch stem from the fact that we were in several engineering classes together, and I was IEOR. But maybe I'm remembering classes during the early years when everyone took core courses irrespective of whatever major they chose.

[TimV]

This is especially true if 50 years ago was in the sixties, because anyone who remembers the sixties wasn't there.

Love that.::crazy::

[Trotsky]

This is especially true if 50 years ago was in the sixties, because anyone who remembers the sixties wasn't there.

Love that.::crazy::

And also that The Sixties actually runs from 1964 to 1973.

[TimV]

Absolutely. The Kennedy assassination was a pivot point - seems everything changed after that, and the early 60's were just a continuation of the 50's.

[Iceberg]

Most history books I know of put the Eisenhower and Kennedy presidencies in the same chapter. They're essentially the same period.

[TimV]

Most history books I know of put the Eisenhower and Kennedy presidencies in the same chapter. They're essentially the same period.

Exactly my point.  Right up to the time the bullet hit the bone.

[George64]

Ah, those were the days!