11/13/2026 Cornell at Brown

Started by stereax, November 07, 2026, 11:04:59 PM

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ugarte

Quote from: Weder on Today at 02:40:55 PM
Quote from: ugarte on Today at 01:42:30 PMI'm not driving to Providence but it turns out that I am driving to New Haven to see a game for the first time since Ian Burt's debut.

Must have been a bummer to drive to a game that never happened.
indeed

Trotsky

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Quote from: Iceberg on Today at 12:56:39 PM
Quote from: Trotsky on November 09, 2026, 06:10:05 PMWe do have a decent Boston contingent who tries to make it down there.

Sporadically.

I know Anne says she's going for the first time in a decade, so you'll have an Army of Her.


I do wonder why there isn't a higher Cornell turnout. I guess people aren't as willing to travel from Boston knowing that there's also a game at Harvard each year. It's not like Yale, where there's just a large volume of nearby alumni, or Princeton, which gets a lot of the Philadelphia and New Jersey contingent because of Penn not having a team and because of proximity.

Before Q replaced Vermont and ruined everything the travel pair was Harvard-Brown so Ithacans traveling to the former went to the latter too.  That helped, but it doesn't account for attendance in the last 20 years.

The biggest culprit is probably video broadcasts, but I can't imagine undergrads watching the games from underneath their dates in the dorms.

Weder

Quote from: Trotsky on Today at 04:56:56 PM
Quote from: Iceberg on Today at 12:56:39 PM
Quote from: Trotsky on November 09, 2026, 06:10:05 PMWe do have a decent Boston contingent who tries to make it down there.

Sporadically.

I know Anne says she's going for the first time in a decade, so you'll have an Army of Her.


I do wonder why there isn't a higher Cornell turnout. I guess people aren't as willing to travel from Boston knowing that there's also a game at Harvard each year. It's not like Yale, where there's just a large volume of nearby alumni, or Princeton, which gets a lot of the Philadelphia and New Jersey contingent because of Penn not having a team and because of proximity.

Before Q replaced Vermont and ruined everything the travel pair was Harvard-Brown so Ithacans traveling to the former went to the latter too.  That helped, but it doesn't account for attendance in the last 20 years.

The biggest culprit is probably video broadcasts, but I can't imagine undergrads watching the games from underneath their dates in the dorms.

I was trying to remember the travel pairings in Army's final years in the league, and it looks like Cornell for several years got a single-game Harvard weekend early in the season as Harvard's Beanpot workaround. (And for the other meeting they were paired with Dartmouth.)
3/8/96

Trotsky

TPs since 85:

SLU-Clk*
Cor-Cgt*
Yal-Brn
Hvd-Drt
RPI-Ver
Prn-Arm

Union replaces Army

RPI-Uni*
Prn-Yal
Brn-Hvd
Drt-Ver

Quinnipiac replaces Vermont

Prn-Qpc
Brn-Yal
Hvd-Drt

* permanent

Trotsky

Someday, RIT replaces Quinnipiac

Cor-RIT
Cgt-Prn
SLU-Clk
RPI-Uni
Hvd-Drt
Brn-Yal

stereax

man i wish quinnipiac went to hockey east
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pjd8

Quote from: Trotsky on Today at 06:55:37 PMSomeday, RIT replaces Quinnipiac

Cor-RIT
Cgt-Prn
SLU-Clk
RPI-Uni
Hvd-Drt
Brn-Yal

In that case, it might make more sense to pair RIT with Colgate. That way instead of 1.5 and 4.5 hours between travel partners, you get 2 and 4 hours. Shortening the longer drive is probably preferable. Added advantage is  you would get all-Ivy pairings.