Opponent and other news and results of interest 2024-2025

[jtwcornell91]

Thanks, it's nice to know how people feel about us.

Proud-Yes

Obnoxious-That's for you to decide

I didn't say it's justified. It's the Zeitgeist.  They say (and you know the sort of things They say) that Cornell "isn't even an Ivy."  Being dismissed by the Common Mind is not necessarily a bad thing.  Have you met it?

But USC truly sucks.

But their alumni are just obnoxiously proud of themselves.

But you did say that you agree with them.

I feel like the Yankees fans on this forum should weigh in here.

[marty]

Can anybody tell me why so many people care about whether Michigan makes the NCAAs?

they don't. they care about whether they can predict the pairwise outcomes. michigan is the team that happens to be on the bubble.

I think it's more than that. Michigan has come up on other occasions.

I'm not going to search back, but if it shows, I'll point it out.

They're fairly universally hated.  When a list of schools with alumni who have a ridiculous hyperbolic estimation of their school's academics comes around, you can guarantee that USC, Duke, Michigan, and Dartmouth will always be on it.

They aren't bad schools per se.  Michigan among those four is clearly the best in actuality.  But their alumni are just obnoxiously proud of themselves.  I'm sure there are others.  I was going to include Notre Dame but that is more cultural overall than academic.

Thanks, it's nice to know how people feel about us.

Proud-Yes

Obnoxious-That's for you to decide

As someone who attended the Cornell School of Chemical Engineering and also same at Michigan my opinion of Michigan couldn't be higher.

Yet I'm not Cornell, Michigan,  U of I nor College of DuPage or HVCC.  I'm me.

[Trotsky]

But you did say that you agree with them.

I should not have about UM.

I haven't met anybody who is Snobbish about UM.  Though apparently everybody in the Midwest has.  

I have met plenty of delusional Duke and USC folks.

Dartmouth, I'm thinking unless they're embarrassed they are overrating themselves.

[BearLover]

How is it possible to have any idea how good a school is if you haven't attended it?

[Trotsky]

How is it possible to have any idea how good a school is if you haven't attended it?

Even then, the English department may suck while the History department rocks.

I think we can all agree that all schools are equal.

[Snowball]

All schools are equal. But some schools are more equal than others.

[Beeeej]

All schools are equal. But some schools are more equal than others.

I would just like to take a moment to admire the fact that the user named Snowball managed to get this comment done first.

[Trotsky]

End of thread.  I'm just happy to have been a part of it.

[TimV]

All schools are equal. But some schools are more equal than others.

I would just like to take a moment to admire the fact that the user named Snowball managed to get this comment done first.

Also admirably, the Orwellian character thought to represent...TROTSKY!::banana::

[adamw]

As someone who attended the Cornell School of Chemical Engineering and also same at Michigan my opinion of Michigan couldn't be higher.

are you still in Chem Engineering now? Because my son just graduated with a degree in it and could really use a job. :-}

[Snowball]

All schools are equal. But some schools are more equal than others.

I would just like to take a moment to admire the fact that the user named Snowball managed to get this comment done first.

Also admirably, the Orwellian character thought to represent...TROTSKY!::banana::

Hahahaha, 100% True

My favorite book, after Huck Finn and Moby Dick... but oh wait, this is a hockey forum not a literature forum...

How about this for the Latin Nerds, we know you are out there:

Quinnipiac Delenda Est!!!

[Jim Hyla]

As someone who attended the Cornell School of Chemical Engineering and also same at Michigan my opinion of Michigan couldn't be higher.

are you still in Chem Engineering now? Because my son just graduated with a degree in it and could really use a job. :-}

I'll obviously let him tell you, but he used to deal with chemicals, not as an engineer (much like I'm not an engineer) and for sure not now.::crazy::

So I'd guess your son is out of luck from here.

[George64]

Also admirably, the Orwellian character thought to represent...TROTSKY!::banana::

Hahahaha, 100% True

My favorite book, after Huck Finn and Moby Dick... but oh wait, this is a hockey forum not a literature forum...

How about this for the Latin Nerds, we know you are out there:

Quinnipiac Delenda Est!!!

Gotta love eLynah, the only sports forum where I have to look stuff up.
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[marty]

As someone who attended the Cornell School of Chemical Engineering and also same at Michigan my opinion of Michigan couldn't be higher.

are you still in Chem Engineering now? Because my son just graduated with a degree in it and could really use a job. :-}

No.  I'm on my third career and at age 73 I still wonder what I'm going to do when I grow up. As one of my colleagues said,  "I'd like to do something useful".  Cheers to her.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

As someone who attended the Cornell School of Chemical Engineering and also same at Michigan my opinion of Michigan couldn't be higher.

are you still in Chem Engineering now? Because my son just graduated with a degree in it and could really use a job. :-}

Sorry to tell you (and him) this, Adam, but American companies are trying to shift as much of their engineering labor to Asia. They're not nearly as skilled or creative, but they're much, much cheaper. Plus the American companies don't have to pay benefits.

It's one of the reasons I retired early - I couldn't deal with the incompetence.  Not to mention that we were dealing with some seriously dangerous stuff, and the Asian engineering companies only cared about cost, not safety or pollution issues.