Frozen Four

[ugarte]

the real dirty pool is quoting me so i notice the "your"

[Swampy]

the real dirty pool is quoting me so i notice the "your"

+1

[jtwcornell91]

Got tired of talking about the FF on other threads, so started this.

Unhappily for others, I'm rooting for BU.

First, there's something satisfying about getting beaten by the champion, with some obvious exceptions (Mainly notables from our league that I don't want to win.) rather than beaten by someone who then loses to another team. I'm happy that after beating us Denver goes on to win it all. We lost to the champ.

Second, and maybe more important, I actually have a warm spot for BU from all the rivalry that we had in the 60s & 70s. To me it was great to beat them, but I never disliked them. They were not "The School" in Boston. A true city school, unlike BC. To me their real claim to fame was hockey, and they did it well.

Second choice is Western. To me they have some of an old BU feeling. Not the best school ever, not a big state school with a huge athletic budget. Just a sort of unknown, except to hockey fans, where everyone in the school seems to think that hockey is important. Besides that's where Schafer learned some of his coaching!

I understand this.  I like our traditional rivals to do well in the NC$$.  I always root for Denver, and I even root for Hahvahd when they get there and I am as disgusted typing that are you are reading it.

A while back I grudgingly added BU to my list of "worthy adversaries", traditional rivals that I actually like and would cheer for against a random opponent.  Hahvahd is in the "root for them out of conference for the sake of the ECAC's reputation" category for me.

[Jim Hyla]

Got tired of talking about the FF on other threads, so started this.

Unhappily for others, I'm rooting for BU.

First, there's something satisfying about getting beaten by the champion, with some obvious exceptions (Mainly notables from our league that I don't want to win.) rather than beaten by someone who then loses to another team. I'm happy that after beating us Denver goes on to win it all. We lost to the champ.

Second, and maybe more important, I actually have a warm spot for BU from all the rivalry that we had in the 60s & 70s. To me it was great to beat them, but I never disliked them. They were not "The School" in Boston. A true city school, unlike BC. To me their real claim to fame was hockey, and they did it well.

Second choice is Western. To me they have some of an old BU feeling. Not the best school ever, not a big state school with a huge athletic budget. Just a sort of unknown, except to hockey fans, where everyone in the school seems to think that hockey is important. Besides that's where Schafer learned some of his coaching!

I understand this.  I like our traditional rivals to do well in the NC$$.  I always root for Denver, and I even root for Hahvahd when they get there and I am as disgusted typing that are you are reading it.

A while back I grudgingly added BU to my list of "worthy adversaries", traditional rivals that I actually like and would cheer for against a random opponent.  Hahvahd is in the "root for them out of conference for the sake of the ECAC's reputation" category for me.

I certainly do that with ECAC OOC games during the year. Any win could help us.

Once we hit the NCAAs, I'll probably root for an ECAC team, but certainly not always.

[Trotsky]

certainly not always.

Certainly not.

[ER]

Sick 2OT win for Western over Denver after almost blowing it in the 3P

[stereax]

And now Yegorov and the Terriers vs Penn State. They're currently telling the Bahamas story and the starting-his-career-on-the-PK story.

Have I mentioned how much I love Yegorov?

[stereax]

fucking filthy from cole hutson to eiserman

[stereax]

And there it is. BU to the finals, vs WMU.

[ugarte]

Broncos Country, let's ride.

[billhoward]

I am happy with the Frozen Two that play for the 2025 NCAA title, Western Michigan versus Boston University:

• Western Michigan is overdue for a trip to the Frozen Four and now the title game. The last four years they've gone .679 ('21-22), .603, .566 and this year .817.
• You would rather see Penn State in the title game than our other (Commonwealth AVe( Boston sparring partner of the past five decades?

My rooting priorities parallel the Arab proverb: "I against my brother. I and my brother against my cousin. I, my brother, and my cousin against the world." (Sounds like an Irish proverb, too.) So I want Cornell to play in the Frozen Four then title game, not BU. I'd rather see an Ivy League team, an ECAC team or a New York State ECAC team, or an Eastern team. I'm also against the #privilege schools which aren't us Ivies, but the monster sports schools, especially the B1G schools Penn State and Ohio State.
If BU wins Saturday, we can say that in the playoffs for the past two years we've lost only to the eventual champion and only by one goal each time.

[ER]

I am happy with the Frozen Two that play for the 2025 NCAA title, Western Michigan versus Boston University:

• Western Michigan is overdue for a trip to the Frozen Four and now the title game. The last four years they've gone .679 ('21-22), .603, .566 and this year .817.
• You would rather see Penn State in the title game than our other (Commonwealth AVe( Boston sparring partner of the past five decades?

My rooting priorities parallel the Arab proverb: "I against my brother. I and my brother against my cousin. I, my brother, and my cousin against the world." (Sounds like an Irish proverb, too.) So I want Cornell to play in the Frozen Four then title game, not BU. I'd rather see an Ivy League team, an ECAC team or a New York State ECAC team, or an Eastern team. I'm also against the #privilege schools which aren't us Ivies, but the monster sports schools, especially the B1G schools Penn State and Ohio State.
If BU wins Saturday, we can say that in the playoffs for the past two years we've lost only to the eventual champion and only by one goal each time.

You can just watch the games and not root for or against. I have no dog in the fight. It was just a good game to watch.

[RichH]

I am happy with the Frozen Two that play for the 2025 NCAA title, Western Michigan versus Boston University:

• Western Michigan is overdue for a trip to the Frozen Four and now the title game. The last four years they've gone .679 ('21-22), .603, .566 and this year .817.
• You would rather see Penn State in the title game than our other (Commonwealth AVe( Boston sparring partner of the past five decades?

My rooting priorities parallel the Arab proverb: "I against my brother. I and my brother against my cousin. I, my brother, and my cousin against the world." (Sounds like an Irish proverb, too.) So I want Cornell to play in the Frozen Four then title game, not BU. I'd rather see an Ivy League team, an ECAC team or a New York State ECAC team, or an Eastern team. I'm also against the #privilege schools which aren't us Ivies, but the monster sports schools, especially the B1G schools Penn State and Ohio State.
If BU wins Saturday, we can say that in the playoffs for the past two years we've lost only to the eventual champion and only by one goal each time.

You can just watch the games and not root for or against. I have no dog in the fight. It was just a good game to watch.

This. With no obvious preferred team here for me before the event, I just want a great game. I'm not going to sit down and analytically rationalize who I want to win.

The heart wants what it wants so I'll find out who I'm pulling for during the excitement of the game.

[marty]

I am happy with the Frozen Two that play for the 2025 NCAA title, Western Michigan versus Boston University:

• Western Michigan is overdue for a trip to the Frozen Four and now the title game. The last four years they've gone .679 ('21-22), .603, .566 and this year .817.
• You would rather see Penn State in the title game than our other (Commonwealth AVe( Boston sparring partner of the past five decades?

My rooting priorities parallel the Arab proverb: "I against my brother. I and my brother against my cousin. I, my brother, and my cousin against the world." (Sounds like an Irish proverb, too.) So I want Cornell to play in the Frozen Four then title game, not BU. I'd rather see an Ivy League team, an ECAC team or a New York State ECAC team, or an Eastern team. I'm also against the #privilege schools which aren't us Ivies, but the monster sports schools, especially the B1G schools Penn State and Ohio State.
If BU wins Saturday, we can say that in the playoffs for the past two years we've lost only to the eventual champion and only by one goal each time.

You can just watch the games and not root for or against. I have no dog in the fight. It was just a good game to watch.

I wished for a 3-2 game as I entered the Enterprise.  I didn't wish for double OT. Everyone in the rink save those wearing Denver gear wanted WM.  What a great game and a great GWG.

Edit:  OT will be fine on Saturday.

[billhoward]

Right. Using logic in this forum. Might get a person doxxed. But, point taken. TY.