NCAAs quarterfinal Cornell vs. BU

[617BigRed]

Okay 3-0 so far, so had to do it again...

[pjd8]

ESPN commentators not only gave the Big Red some respect, they just picked Cornell over BU for Saturday.

Of course, they've been on the air for over 12 hours, so they're getting rather punchy.

[stereax]

Okay 3-0 so far, so had to do it again...

Our good luck charm! LGR!

BU, from what I've gleaned watching them and my BU friend's chatting about them, is an incredible team... when they want to be. Sounds like defense is optional, as they rely heavily on Yegorov (and Caron, previously) to make big stops instead. Significant offense comes from the blue line (Hutson, Willander, Boumedienne). Red hot powerplay. Not great penalty kill. Tendency to commit crimes.

In BU friend's words, "

• ur worst performances of this semester are worse than our worst performances of last semester because last semester we at least tried in every loss i felt like, this semester the team has overall cleaned up play but when the team lays an egg they're just making mike's life hell".

So strike early, stay out of the box, and rattle them. Their scoring is relatively spread out, with threats on most lines, though the Hutsons do lead scoring.

I love Yegorov... but not on Saturday.

[stereax]

ESPN commentators not only gave the Big Red some respect, they just picked Cornell over BU for Saturday.

Of course, they've been on the air for over 12 hours, so they're getting rather punchy.

STOP PERCEIVING US.

[French Rage]

Screw BU!

[chimpfood]

BU is wildly inconsistent, from game to game and even within games. In their game today they had just 2 shots on goal in the first period yet rattled off 8 goals in the next two periods. Hopefully we get them on a bad day but I do think we can give them a fight even if they're firing on all cylinders.

[andyw2100]

Okay 3-0 so far, so had to do it again...

Was wondering what took you so long...

[Al DeFlorio]

Now showing the Cornell-BU game at 4 Saturday on ESPNU.

[upprdeck]

Anytime you score 8 goals on under 25 shots you need a bunch of stuff to go your way.

You need multiple complete breakdowns by the other team.

[Beeeej]

Anytime you score 8 goals on under 25 shots you need a bunch of stuff to go your way.

You need multiple complete breakdowns by the other team.

I believe that's "The the other team."

[BearLover]

As I said in the MSU game thread, to beat BU Cornell is going to have to be much better than they were last night. To my eye, MSU had about 4x as many high danger chances as Cornell. That's almost always going to lead to a Cornell loss and certainly against BU.

[djk26]

Anytime you score 8 goals on under 25 shots you need a bunch of stuff to go your way.

You need multiple complete breakdowns by the other team.

I believe that's "The the other team."

This made me laugh out loud.

[617BigRed]

As I said in the MSU game thread, to beat BU Cornell is going to have to be much better than they were last night. To my eye, MSU had about 4x as many high danger chances as Cornell. That's almost always going to lead to a Cornell loss and certainly against BU.

To paraphrase Nic Cage from that crazy movie trailer, we dont have to worry about them, they gotta worry about us! Lol LGR!

[617BigRed]

Anytime you score 8 goals on under 25 shots you need a bunch of stuff to go your way.

You need multiple complete breakdowns by the other team.

I believe that's "The the other team."

This made me laugh out loud.

Also, I dont get this?

[ugarte]

Anytime you score 8 goals on under 25 shots you need a bunch of stuff to go your way.

You need multiple complete breakdowns by the other team.

I believe that's "The the other team."

This made me laugh out loud.

Also, I dont get this?

THE Ohio State University