Opponent and other news and results of interest 2024-2025

[617BigRed]

Watching the transition of college sports from the prior time-honored form of hypocrisy to the next is heart-warming.  The green shoots of new corrupt life.

Academia truly is the world in microcosm.  Apes shivving each other for sex and money, all the while blatting on about Core Values.

We love you Trotsky, never change! : )

[Give My Regards]

Watching the transition of college sports from the prior time-honored form of hypocrisy to the next is heart-warming.  The green shoots of new corrupt life.

Academia truly is the world in microcosm.  Apes shivving each other for sex and money, all the while blatting on about Core Values.

We love you Trotsky, never change! : )

I dunno, he used to be a lot more cynical ::rolleyes::

[Trotsky]

You know what they say: once you can fake authenticity you can fake anything.

[jts15]

Yale upgrading Ingalls.

https://yalebulldogs.com/news/2025/8/7/general-yale-athletics-unveils-3-million-upgrade-at-ingalls-rink.aspx?fbclid=IwY2xjawMB_S9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFob1BMU2NSZkxZTjg4enVrAR5vyNn6IoZPdSz0TwaL9j200rYnyXR07LNNoQ8TrSp_rsvMeKsN1lrQvaSpJA_aem_KS2k4Oym2FPSyuQ6sUmoew

[marty]

Yale upgrading Ingalls.

https://yalebulldogs.com/news/2025/8/7/general-yale-athletics-unveils-3-million-upgrade-at-ingalls-rink.aspx?fbclid=IwY2xjawMB_S9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFob1BMU2NSZkxZTjg4enVrAR5vyNn6IoZPdSz0TwaL9j200rYnyXR07LNNoQ8TrSp_rsvMeKsN1lrQvaSpJA_aem_KS2k4Oym2FPSyuQ6sUmoew

With apologies to the Faithful:

"THE WHALE IS IN NEW HAVEN
 THE WHALE IS IN NEW HAVEN"

[Trotsky]

I wonder when the tyranny of scoreboards and video will end.  All hemlines change.  There will come a day when  this is all exposed as obscene and baroque and we go minimalism, or at least some type of nostalgic minimalist revival.  (Yes, I know, likely equally cringe and rancid.)

You actually can have comfortable seats without the incessant idiocy of machine-generated noise and lights, at the same time.  It is conceivable.

[marty]

I wonder when the tyranny of scoreboards and video will end.  All hemlines change.  There will come a day when  this is all exposed as obscene and baroque and we go minimalism, or at least some type of nostalgic minimalist revival.  (Yes, I know, likely equally cringe and rancid.)

I'm holding out for a video display built into my cataract lens implant.  Haven't decided which eye.

[TimV]

"Fan engagement content..." The Kiss Cam comes to Yale ::banana::

[RichH]

I wonder when the tyranny of scoreboards and video will end.  All hemlines change.  There will come a day when  this is all exposed as obscene and baroque and we go minimalism, or at least some type of nostalgic minimalist revival.  (Yes, I know, likely equally cringe and rancid.)

You actually can have comfortable seats without the incessant idiocy of machine-generated noise and lights, at the same time.  It is conceivable.

I was recently in the Newark Train Station (tee up your jokes) and the video status board was made to resemble the old and now rare flip-flip boards, complete with simulated motion and click-clack sounds. It was branded as a Solari product, which is the company that made the old mechanical boards. But it was actually a giant video screen.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nuRe9NtpNmk

[ursusminor]

I wonder when the tyranny of scoreboards and video will end.  All hemlines change.  There will come a day when  this is all exposed as obscene and baroque and we go minimalism, or at least some type of nostalgic minimalist revival.  (Yes, I know, likely equally cringe and rancid.)

You actually can have comfortable seats without the incessant idiocy of machine-generated noise and lights, at the same time.  It is conceivable.

I was recently in the Newark Train Station (tee up your jokes) and the video status board was made to resemble the old and now rare flip-flip boards, complete with simulated motion and click-clack sounds. It was branded as a Solari product, which is the company that made the old mechanical boards. But it was actually a giant video screen.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nuRe9NtpNmk

The one in New Jersey or the one in Delaware? :-}

[arugula]

Comfortable seats-good
Video boards-almost always bad.

I would love to see nice clear scoreboard and clock and no video board. And no fan engagement content. I'm plenty content and engaged to watch the game

[Trotsky]

I wonder when the tyranny of scoreboards and video will end.  All hemlines change.  There will come a day when  this is all exposed as obscene and baroque and we go minimalism, or at least some type of nostalgic minimalist revival.  (Yes, I know, likely equally cringe and rancid.)

You actually can have comfortable seats without the incessant idiocy of machine-generated noise and lights, at the same time.  It is conceivable.

I was recently in the Newark Train Station (tee up your jokes) and the video status board was made to resemble the old and now rare flip-flip boards, complete with simulated motion and click-clack sounds. It was branded as a Solari product, which is the company that made the old mechanical boards. But it was actually a giant video screen.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nuRe9NtpNmk

IINM the new Penn Station board is like this too, right?

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I liked the old clicky-clack board in Frankfurt Airport.  It made the time go by back in the days I didn't have lounge access.

[Trotsky]

I liked the old clicky-clack board in Frankfurt Airport.  It made the time go by back in the days I didn't have lounge access.

Go to the old TWA Terminal at JFK they turned into a hotel.  The board is glorious!



Note: This is a serious recommendation for everyone in the NYC area, actually.  Go there and get a drink in their Mad Men-like lounge.  The aesthetics of the place are amazing -- you can see how cool public space used to be before The Great Stupefaction.  

But don't stay the night; the rooms suck for the price.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I liked the old clicky-clack board in Frankfurt Airport.  It made the time go by back in the days I didn't have lounge access.

Go to the old TWA Terminal at JFK they turned into a hotel.  The board is glorious!



Note: This is a serious recommendation for everyone in the NYC area, actually.  Go there and get a drink in their Mad Men-like lounge.  The aesthetics of the place are amazing -- you can see how cool public space used to be before The Great Stupefaction.  

But don't stay the night; the rooms suck for the price.

It's JFK.  Everything sucks.