11/13/2026 Cornell at Brown

[ugarte]

I'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]

We 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]

We 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.)

[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

[pjd8]

Someday, 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.

[617BigRed]

Also Penn & Columbia need to get hockey!

[Dafatone]

Also Penn & Columbia need to get hockey!

They're not real Ivies until they do.

[Trotsky]

To worry a bit, because that's always productive, we've opened 1x15 on power play.

OTOH it feels like we have gotten quality chances.  I like Z's positioning in front.  Randle was scouted as an excellent QB and I am hopeful he develops.

[Trotsky]

Also Penn & Columbia need to get hockey!

They're not real Ivies until they do.

Penn's too far south to be a real Ivy.  Replace with Tufts.  Shit, same problem.  Replace with Hamilton.  ECAC history, D-3 power, and perfect partner for Colgate when we partner with RIT.

We'll stick Yale with Princeton.  They're the same assholes anyway.

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

Sorry, Brown.

[Bluelightning]

"Hi Neighbor!". At Narragansett brewery trying to get ready for Meehan Auditorium. Only have been here once before. Surely it can't be as I remember.
Brown is 0-3? Hopefully they get first win vs Colgate tomorrow.
I do recall Brown having a band.

[Iceberg]

"Hi Neighbor!". At Narragansett brewery trying to get ready for Meehan Auditorium. Only have been here once before. Surely it can't be as I remember.
Brown is 0-3? Hopefully they get first win vs Colgate tomorrow.
I do recall Brown having a band.

Their band is usually there. Nothing spectacular although sometimes a few of them will wear costumes

[Trotsky]

My ESPN+ thinks tonight's game starts at 8 ET.

Edit: No it doesn't.  I can't count.

[stereax]

I'm not watching the game tonight but will keep an eye on the scores!