Polls

[Scersk '97]

If that was your attempt to delineate the beginning of the Midwest

It was my answer. I am not responsible for your reaction.

Also do not conflate the political livability of a place with whether its people are tolerable.  Those are different axes.

Good politics, good people: Oregon
Bad politics, good people: Utah
Good politics, bad people: New York
Bad politics, bad people: Mississippi

My obvious response is that it was at best an incomplete answer. Your perceptions are your own, of course. How could I doubt your lived experience? But boundaries delineated by highways are specious. They haven't really been around long enough to be part of the "geography," in the Caesarian "geography is destiny" sense.

Again, Kentucky? And what of the personal tolerability of Michiganders?

But your further point is valid. Wisconsin and Wisconsonians are generally great. The political climate in Wisconsin is off-the-chart wacko.

EDIT: Oh, and also, Missouri? Whoa.

[Trotsky]

But boundaries delineated by highways are specious.

Possibly I'm not entirely serious.

Possibly.

[Scersk '97]

But boundaries delineated by highways are specious.

Possibly I'm not entirely serious.

Possibly.

Occasionally, I poke people's unserious answers for my own unserious enjoyment, because drilling down into specifics highlights the hilarity and futility of the search for knowledge.

Occasionally.

But, seriously, southern Missouri is the South—I mean, the SOUTH in the old sense. You won't catch me summering in the Ozarks unchaperoned, and I generally know how to handle myself around—let's be delicate—parochial rural folk. I'm staying above US-50, thanks.

[Trotsky]

But boundaries delineated by highways are specious.

Possibly I'm not entirely serious.

Possibly.

Occasionally, I poke people's unserious answers for my own unserious enjoyment, because drilling down into specifics highlights the hilarity and futility of the search for knowledge.

Occasionally.

But, seriously, southern Missouri is the South—I mean, the SOUTH in the old sense. You won't catch me summering in the Ozarks unchaperoned.

The South is 50 miles outside every city in America.

[Scersk '97]

But boundaries delineated by highways are specious.

Possibly I'm not entirely serious.

Possibly.

Occasionally, I poke people's unserious answers for my own unserious enjoyment, because drilling down into specifics highlights the hilarity and futility of the search for knowledge.

Occasionally.

But, seriously, southern Missouri is the South—I mean, the SOUTH in the old sense. You won't catch me summering in the Ozarks unchaperoned.

The South is 50 miles outside every city in America.

Sorry I edited over you, but you may have a point.

But one's "south" highly depends on how one grew up. I am not threatened at all by people 50 miles outside anyplace I'm familiar with, like in upstate or the true Midwest. But 50 miles outside, say, Pocatello, Idaho or Lubbock, Texas? I don't speak their language, so I've learned to tread lightly.

I could go on here about the decline of railroads, but that would require day drinking.

[Trotsky]

The South is WHCU listeners when the game's not on.  The term is broadly inclusive.  Which is ironic.

[Scersk '97]

The South is WHCU listeners when the game's not on.  The term is broadly inclusive.  Which is ironic.

From what I heard the other day frustratingly waiting for the internet feed to switch over, the non-game programming of WHCU is indeed not filled with the kind of conservatives, i.e., those who at this point are former Republicans and not welcome within their former circles because they refuse to genuflect to the Orange Idol, who provide any sort of useful voice in our politics. What I heard was programming meant for the nihilist fringe, a kind of anti-VOA broadcast from within.

Any wonder that I can often pick up WHCU best over-the-air in the backwoods of the 'Dacks and Greens when I'm on my typical road trips these days? Yet WHCU listeners aren't a majority in those areas either. There is still a current of rationality out there in them thar hills.

[marty]

RPI has had many legacies of other schools. E.g., Dan Peace '08 whose father played for Cornell and at least three on the current roster. I am sure that Cornell wasn't interested in Peace. :-P It also has had many play elsewhere.

Dave Peace wasn't happy about that,  but you are correct.

[billhoward]

Polls as of Monday, Feb. 6, after beating RPI and Union, no improvement

USCHO Cornell 11 unchanged
1  Minnesota
2  Quinnipiac
3  BU
10 Harvard
HM Colgate (last team mentioned)

USA Today coaches-writers  Cornell 11 --> unchanged
1  Minnesota
2  Quinnipiac
3  BU
8 Harvard was 10th
HM Colgate

Pairwise
1  Minnesota
2  Quinnipiac
3  BU
10 Harvard was 6
12 Cornell was 9
...
36 Colgate was 27
...
60 Lindenwood
60 Dartmouth

[Trotsky]

60 Lindenwood
60 Dartmouth

TFW you've been playing top rung hockey since the Austro-Hungarian Empire existed, the Coaching Heisman Trophy is named after your coach,  and you're as bad as a school nobody had heard of before last summer.

[Trotsky]

USCHO 2/27: 2 Qpc, 5 Hvd, 12 Cor
USA 2/27: 2 Qpc, 5 Hvd, 13 Cor

[Trotsky]

March 6 USCHO

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Rnk Team (1st) Record Points Last
 1 Minnesota (38) 25-8-1 988 1
 2 Quinnipiac (12) 28-3-3 955 2
 3 Denver 28-8-0 906 3
 4 Michigan 22-11-3 820 4
 5 Boston University 24-10-0 760 7
 6 Harvard 21-6-2 754 5
 7 Western Michigan 23-12-1 685 8
 8 St. Cloud 20-11-3 663 6
 9 Ohio State 20-14-3 605 9
10 Michigan Tech 24-9-4 517 11
11 Penn State 21-15-1 510 10
[color=#d61616]12 Cornell 18-9-2 447 12[/color]
13 Minnesota State 23-12-1 436 13
14 Merrimack 21-12-1 300 16
15 Northeastern 17-12-5 242 15
16 Alaska 22-10-2 237 18
17 Omaha 18-13-3 189 14
18 Michigan State 18-17-2 170 20
19 Connecticut 20-11-3 169 17
20 RIT 24-11-1 56 NR

Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 41, North Dakota 27, UMass Lowell 16, Boston College 4, Northern Michigan 3


[George64]

i wonder if the NIL game will trickle into college hockey or maybe it already has for those bigger schools.. play college make 500K is pretty good for the high level talent.

Until I read this article, I hadn't realized how out-of-hand NIL has become.  I think it's just a matter of time before it filters down to B1G hockey, if it hasn't already.

Call me naive, but this just floored me, "Nijel Pack's two-year, $800,000 contract with Miami booster John Ruiz is the most publicized NIL deal since the NCAA began allowing college athletes to make money off their popularity. ACC player of the year Isaiah Wong's $100,000 deal with Ruiz also became public knowledge."

I like to think our well-heeled alumni have more important priorities.  I think we can soon forget about a third NC$$ championship.  I'll settle for a Cleary Cup and ECAC Championship.
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[BearLover]

i wonder if the NIL game will trickle into college hockey or maybe it already has for those bigger schools.. play college make 500K is pretty good for the high level talent.

Until I read this article, I hadn't realized how out-of-hand NIL has become.  I think it's just a matter of time before it filters down to B1G hockey, if it hasn't already.

Call me naive, but this just floored me, "Nijel Pack's two-year, $800,000 contract with Miami booster John Ruiz is the most publicized NIL deal since the NCAA began allowing college athletes to make money off their popularity. ACC player of the year Isaiah Wong's $100,000 deal with Ruiz also became public knowledge."

I like to think our well-heeled alumni have more important priorities.  I think we can soon forget about a third NC$$ championship.  I'll settle for a Cleary Cup and ECAC Championship.
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I agree. Things are trending in a bad direction. 2020 felt like our last great opportunity. Let's root for the ECAC to start to suck again so we can actually win a trophy of some kind.

[BMac]

Wow fascinating article.
Hockey is very different from football and bball- franchises have ALREADY drafted these kids, so what's stopping them from paying their big prospects via an NIL contract?