Opponents and Others, 2022-23

[Trotsky]

It's not as if the board is teeming with high quality content.  If he's a fan, engage.  If he's an AI, well, we're teaching it to be more civil, and someday maybe the Berserkers will spare us.

[upprdeck]

for what its worth we have dug ourselves into the top 40 in Pairwise. Sacred Heart is ahead of  and Uconn is #3.

[French Rage]

if you people keep engaging with the low effort bullshit oso throws at you i'm going to lose my mind

This.  Stop engaging with the stupid fucknugget.

[ugarte]

for what its worth we have dug ourselves into the top 40 in Pairwise. Sacred Heart is ahead of  and Uconn is #3.

was wondering why we were so low since i didn't figure a pair of losses to UMD would be so harmful but UMD is 7-7 and behind us in the pairwise. yikes.

[Dafatone]

if you people keep engaging with the low effort bullshit oso throws at you i'm going to lose my mind

This.  Stop engaging with the stupid fucknugget.

I like the theory that we're all training the world's most crotchety bot.

[upprdeck]

the ivies should get their act together and stop digging them selves such a huge hole in the preseason.  starting late then taking on teams that are 3-4 weeks into the season. Cornell playing UMD might be a different game in week 4..    even if its just let the teams start to practice like everyone else it would be a huge start..

[scoop85]

the ivies should get their act together and stop digging them selves such a huge hole in the preseason.  starting late then taking on teams that are 3-4 weeks into the season. Cornell playing UMD might be a different game in week 4..    even if its just let the teams start to practice like everyone else it would be a huge start..

It's perplexing because certain Ivy sports, like basketball and soccer, begin play at the same time as their peers, while sports like football and hockey have these seemingly nonsensical late start dates.

[Trotsky]

the ivies should get their act together and stop digging them selves such a huge hole in the preseason.  starting late then taking on teams that are 3-4 weeks into the season. Cornell playing UMD might be a different game in week 4..    even if its just let the teams start to practice like everyone else it would be a huge start..

It's perplexing because certain Ivy sports, like basketball and soccer, begin play at the same time as their peers, while sports like football and hockey have these seemingly nonsensical late start dates.

I thought it was part of the deal where the Ivies started allowing freshmen to play in 1975-76.  For the Fall sports, practice started later to give the freshmen more time to adjust to the academic workload.  The Olds would know more.

[Chris H82]

the ivies should get their act together and stop digging them selves such a huge hole in the preseason.  starting late then taking on teams that are 3-4 weeks into the season. Cornell playing UMD might be a different game in week 4..    even if its just let the teams start to practice like everyone else it would be a huge start..

It's perplexing because certain Ivy sports, like basketball and soccer, begin play at the same time as their peers, while sports like football and hockey have these seemingly nonsensical late start dates.

I thought it was part of the deal where the Ivies started allowing freshmen to play in 1975-76.  For the Fall sports, practice started later to give the freshmen more time to adjust to the academic workload.  The Olds would know more.

I was on the freshman football team in the fall of '78. Freshmen weren't eligible for varsity football until at least the mid 80s.

[Trotsky]

the ivies should get their act together and stop digging them selves such a huge hole in the preseason.  starting late then taking on teams that are 3-4 weeks into the season. Cornell playing UMD might be a different game in week 4..    even if its just let the teams start to practice like everyone else it would be a huge start..

It's perplexing because certain Ivy sports, like basketball and soccer, begin play at the same time as their peers, while sports like football and hockey have these seemingly nonsensical late start dates.

I thought it was part of the deal where the Ivies started allowing freshmen to play in 1975-76.  For the Fall sports, practice started later to give the freshmen more time to adjust to the academic workload.  The Olds would know more.

I was on the freshman football team in the fall of '78. Freshmen weren't eligible for varsity football until at least the mid 80s.

I was going by hockey.

[arugula]

Completely unrelated but how is Harvard so high in Pairwise.  Undefeated but against a terrible schedule.  Last season we would win and lose spots in pairwise due to sos.  Harvard has a weak schedule-no problem.  Change in the system?

[Iceberg]

Completely unrelated but how is Harvard so high in Pairwise.  Undefeated but against a terrible schedule.  Last season we would win and lose spots in pairwise due to sos.  Harvard has a weak schedule-no problem.  Change in the system?

Probably that and being undefeated seems to carry quite a bit of weight in the pairwise during the fall. It's the case pretty much every year

[BearLover]

Completely unrelated but how is Harvard so high in Pairwise.  Undefeated but against a terrible schedule.  Last season we would win and lose spots in pairwise due to sos.  Harvard has a weak schedule-no problem.  Change in the system?

The PWR is flukish and not really worth looking at this early in the season. There likely haven't been enough out of conference games for the model to accurately compare teams in difference conferences.

[BearLover]

A "tradition of excellence" sounds good, but how do these schools - many of them small and neither wealthy nor large, MAINTAIN this "tradition of excellence" in the face of other schools with many more students, much more money, and better facilities? Is there something unique about college hockey which enables teams from relatively small, relatively unknown colleges/universities to enjoy success in Division One men's ice hockey?

I think osorojo's implication is that Cornell is not one of "these schools," and everyone is answering osorojo in good faith without regard to the fact the whole question was intended as a slight against Cornell.

[nshapiro]

A "tradition of excellence" sounds good, but how do these schools - many of them small and neither wealthy nor large, MAINTAIN this "tradition of excellence" in the face of other schools with many more students, much more money, and better facilities? Is there something unique about college hockey which enables teams from relatively small, relatively unknown colleges/universities to enjoy success in Division One men's ice hockey?

I think osorojo's implication is that Cornell is not one of "these schools," and everyone is answering osorojo in good faith without regard to the fact the whole question was intended as a slight against Cornell.

Agreed.  My father-in-law got very crotchety and disagreeable when he got old.  Fortunately, he didn't have the tech skills to be a pain in the ass online, so it was only a problem when we were together.