Cornell lacrosse 2023

[billhoward]

Now is where I admit I had no idea where Bryant was until today.

I just had this conversation with my co-workers.  I had never heard of it, and tuition is $67k.

Bryant University (Bryant College until 2004) came to the attention of eLynah when when Mike Pressler transitioned from coach of the disgraced Duke lacrosse program to Bryant lacrosse coach (2007 til 2022). It used to be next door to Brown University, then in 1971 decamped to a 400-acre suburban location 15 miles away, the estate of the Tupperware founder, and sold the Providence land to Brown.

Academically, Bryant is – I forgot the [fill blank]-selective euphemism for 75% accept rate and an SAT range of 1100-1300 – a business school (four of every five students), with an arts & sciences college as well. Kind of like Quinnipiac with the suburban setting and attainable learning levels. Somebody said "like Union" but Union is pretty good in the scale of things. I wonder if any would-be undergrad business majors mistake Bryant for Bentley. Despite that, Bryant ranks #7 in US News Best Regional Universities North (along with #1 Providence, #2 Bentley, Marist, #11 Ithaca, LeMoyne, SUNY Geneseo, etcetera. It easier for US News to license a top-ten ranking, as a breakout category, than to rank it, say, #150 or #250 overall.

[Redscore]

"Disgraced" Duke program?  Maybe only in the press?

[Trotsky]

"Disgraced" Duke program?  Maybe only in the press?

It is a great irony that our thirdmost date-rapiest school (Dartmouth, Stanford) is infamous for an instance in which the otherwise date-rapey guys were entirely innocent.

[mike1960]

"Disgraced" Duke program?  Maybe only in the press?

It is a great irony that our thirdmost date-rapiest school (Dartmouth, Stanford) is infamous for an instance in which the otherwise date-rapey guys were entirely innocent.

Entirely?

[Trotsky]

"Disgraced" Duke program?  Maybe only in the press?

It is a great irony that our thirdmost date-rapiest school (Dartmouth, Stanford) is infamous for an instance in which the otherwise date-rapey guys were entirely innocent.

Entirely?

IIRC, they were straight set up.

I mean, douche wagon central for all those guys, but they managed to accuse them on the one weekend they weren't actually raping anyone.  Just bad luck.

[billhoward]

The Duke players had their rape charges dropped because the district attorney had acted unethically and was disbarred. The NC attorney general said the three accused lacrosse players were "innocent" and victims of a "tragic rush to accuse" [of those legal charges]. Which is different from the state of grace the Duke lacrosse program was not in circa 2005. There was reporting on a program that was not in control and incidents of bad behavior on the part of players. In April 2006, coach Mike Pressler was forced out (at the time, it was called a resignation) and, same day, Richard H. Brodhead, president of Duke University, suspended Duke lacrosse for the remainder of the 2006 season. It's possible Broadhead overreacted, but the local-national-media storm made his choice easier to understand. That's why I'd call the program of that era disgraced. I still bristle seeing Duke fan lax caps the next year or two with the words "INNOCENT." Of those charges, yes, but they did not seem to be gentlemen or worthy representatives of Duke.

The rape accuser, Crystal Magnum, is not doing well either: an arrest in 2010 for attempted murder of a boyfriend, a second arrest for murder of a 2011 boyfriend, now doing 14-18 years, likely release in 2026.

[Trotsky]

The rape accuser, Crystal Magnum, is not doing well either: an arrest in 2010 for attempted murder of a boyfriend, a second arrest for murder of a 2011 boyfriend, now doing 14-18 years, likely release in 2026.

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[marty]

The rape accuser, Crystal Magnum, is not doing well either: an arrest in 2010 for attempted murder of a boyfriend, a second arrest for murder of a 2011 boyfriend, now doing 14-18 years, likely release in 2026.

Yes, Crystal does seem to be a little worse off than playing as the favorite in the national semi-finals.

[Trotsky]

The rape accuser, Crystal Magnum, is not doing well either: an arrest in 2010 for attempted murder of a boyfriend, a second arrest for murder of a 2011 boyfriend, now doing 14-18 years, likely release in 2026.

Yes, Crystal does seem to be a little worse off than playing as the favorite in the national semi-finals.

OTOH, Crystal will have harmed far fewer people in her life, and that's not even counting when they join Wall Street.

[George64]

Rochester D&C article about Cornell grad Chase Ierlan.

[BearLover]

Rochester D&C article about Cornell grad Chase Ierlan.

People can mope all they want about in-game strategic decisions, but the single biggest problem Cornell faces is that other teams are allowed grad transfers while Cornell is not. We'd have had Donville last year, Irelan next year, etc. Instead, to win a championship, we need to beat teams like Maryland and Johns Hopkins who were able to add the Donvilles and the Irelans. I think Cornell will have a much better shot at a national title (in all sports) three years from now once the extra year of Covid eligibility is finally over.

[Al DeFlorio]

Adler vs. Handley analysis (in case you haven't seen): https://youtu.be/RJJR9KHlK5k

[Swampy]

Adler vs. Handley analysis (in case you haven't seen): https://youtu.be/RJJR9KHlK5k

Thanks! Great video.