Cornell lacrosse 2019

[Swampy]

Source? This news doesn't seem to be anywhere else ...

Email from Milliman.  Good enough for you?

As Ned Harkness allegedly (and probably) said, "Keep your elbows up, boys."

Was that in hockey or lacrosse?

[Swampy]

Bill Tierney, all is forgiven. Denver flies to Princeton to play the Tigers Tuesday, March 26.

https://goprincetontigers.com/news/2018/8/22/mens-lacrosse-tigers-to-host-denver-in-bill-tierneys-return-to-princeton.aspx

Princeton "jumped at the chance"?

"The opportunity to add Denver to the schedule presented itself, and we of course jumped at the opportunity."  

Also,

... the only men's lacrosse coach to have won an NCAA title with two schools.

Technically correct. BUT ... IIRC, lacrosse teams at RPI coached by Ned Harkness were undefeated in 1947 and 1952, when RPI won the Wingate Trophy, precursor to the NCAA national championship. And in 3 years at Cornell, his teams were 35-1. Odds are that had the NCAA engaged in voter suppression a few years before 1971, Ned would have been the first to win championships at two different schools. But alas, Ned coached during the last few years that the NCAA still relied on gerrymandered voting instead of actually playing for the championship.

[Trotsky]

Source? This news doesn't seem to be anywhere else ...

Email from Milliman.  Good enough for you?

As Ned Harkness allegedly (and probably) said, "Keep your elbows up, boys."

Was that in hockey or lacrosse?

With Ned it may even have been dancing.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Sitting outside the stadium yesterday, one Mr. Andy Noel stopped over to chat with the only Cornell fans who were around.  In the course of conversation, he mentioned that we just picked up a new FOGO from of all places, Australia.

Anybody know anything?

[billhoward]

Face off, hop off.

[Swampy]

Face off, hop off.

I may be wrong about this, and perhaps things have changed under the new rules. But aren't kicks to the stomach illegal?

[upprdeck]

you could check the student roster i suppose.

[TimV]

Sitting outside the stadium yesterday, one Mr. Andy Noel stopped over to chat with the only Cornell fans who were around.  In the course of conversation, he mentioned that we just picked up a new FOGO from of all places, Australia.

Anybody know anything?

His name is Tim Graham.  I saw him on the televised World Games last summer, and he is great.  Trevor Baptiste of Denver and now in the MLL considered the best college faceoff specialist in the country (The kid who decided on Yale doesn't have as long a track record) faced off against Graham 12 times.  Graham won 5.  Almost a standoff.  I'm very optimistic.   Yeah, we lost that other guy, but he has only two years of eligibility left and Graham has all four.  You can probably see Youtube videos of those Australian National Team games.

[scoop85]

Sitting outside the stadium yesterday, one Mr. Andy Noel stopped over to chat with the only Cornell fans who were around.  In the course of conversation, he mentioned that we just picked up a new FOGO from of all places, Australia.

Anybody know anything?

His name is Tim Graham.  I saw him on the televised World Games last summer, and he is great.  Trevor Baptiste of Denver and now in the MLL considered the best college faceoff specialist in the country (The kid who decided on Yale doesn't have as long a track record) faced off against Graham 12 times.  Graham won 5.  Almost a standoff.  I'm very optimistic.   Yeah, we lost that other guy, but he has only two years of eligibility left and Graham has all four.  You can probably see Youtube videos of those Australian National Team games.

Do we know if Graham is enrolling for the spring semester?  Right now he's not on the roster.  In any event Angelo Petrakis from Long Island, who is rated the best FOGO in the HS class of 2019 and a top-15 recruit overall, is scheduled to arrive in Ithaca in 2019 as well. So we are likely looking at FOGO becoming a position of strength sooner than later.

[TimV]

My information (directly from the coaching staff) is that he is enrolling in January and is eligible immediately.

[scoop85]

My information (directly from the coaching staff) is that he is enrolling in January and is eligible immediately.

Works for me!

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I'll take two solid FOGO's.  Let the best man win!

[TimV]

Three guys - counting Rasimovicz who was pretty good after the 0-24 UAlbany Game and before his injury.  Subtract the Albany game and the Maryland playoff (that he played despite his injury) from his season stats and he was 140-104 for 57%.  Take out the Lehigh Game when he got injured and he was 133-86 for 63%. Only 6 players did better than that in D1 last year.

[Swampy]

Three guys - counting Rasimovicz who was pretty good after the 0-24 UAlbany Game and before his injury.  Subtract the Albany game and the Maryland playoff (that he played despite his injury) from his season stats and he was 140-104 for 57%.  Take out the Lehigh Game when he got injured and he was 133-86 for 63%. Only 6 players did better than that in D1 last year.

Four, counting Mitch Rothstein. If nothing else, we'll have a nice rotation of FOGOs and wear down most other teams' FOGOs.

Of course, any individual FOGO's success also will depend heavily on wing play.

[billhoward]

I'll take two solid FOGO's.  Let the best man win!

Then the best man wins. The other guy withdraws. The best men gets hurt. Viz Clemson football