Best Places to Watch a College game

[DisplacedCornellian]

[Q]atb9 Wrote:

I'd much rather have Rich posting on eLynah than wandering the streets on his snowmobile trying to negotiate the turns with beer in one hand and hockey stick in the other.[/q]

Whoa, whoa, whoa.  Hold on a second.  I think you may have unintentionally created a new sport there.  Drunken snowmobile hockey?  That's pure genius...right up there with donkey basketball!  


"Alcohol and night swimming...a winning combination."

[DeltaOne81]

I'd still be interested in having RichS give us North Country entertainment suggestions... for whenever I may next make the trip.

[jeh25]

[Q]DeltaOne81 Wrote:

 I'd still be interested in having RichS give us North Country entertainment suggestions... for whenever I may next make the trip.[/q]

Two words: Canadian Ballet
:-P

[RichH]

I choose option a), but frankly, whenever I'm spending a certain amount of time in another locale, I would be most apt to choose option a), be it Potsdam, Ithaca, Grand Forks, Topeka, or NYC.  Local bars are generally a good reflection of the local color, and a great place to meet people and get some flavor of the area.  The food, music, history, and personality of a town usually come through quite nicely at such watering holes.  I've met some very nice people at the bars in Potsdam, and have always enjoyed the North Country trip.  (And...bars are open until 2 am!  I wish my area would take note.)

I've always been amazed at people who come to a place and bitch about how there's nothing to do somewhere.  I grew up in a small, upstate NY town, and we generally had to be creative to entertain ourselves in high school.  Once, I visited someone in NYC who once complained about there being nothing in Ithaca to do but "drink or watch movies."  When we were deciding on something to do in NYC, the only thing he could come up with was "drink or watch movies."  Sometimes it's not location, it's motivation.

[Josh '99]

I've found the best way to entertain myself in the North Country is to leave.

Don't get me wrong, people should stop in at Walker Arena because it's a great piece of college hockey history, but it's really only entertaining the first time.  Beyond that, I'll opt for a night and afternoon in Ottawa every time at this point.

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]RichH Wrote:

 I choose option a), but frankly, whenever I'm spending a certain amount of time in another locale, I would be most apt to choose option a), be it Potsdam, Ithaca, Grand Forks, Topeka, or NYC.  Local bars are generally a good reflection of the local color, and a great place to meet people and get some flavor of the area.  The food, music, history, and personality of a town usually come through quite nicely at such watering holes.  I've met some very nice people at the bars in Potsdam, and have always enjoyed the North Country trip.  (And...bars are open until 2 am!  I wish my area would take note.)[/q]

Bars are also a good place to hang out with other college hockey fans, and on a North Country weekend you've got fans of four teams in "town".

[billhoward]

Perhaps the best place to watch a college hockey game is the place where your team goes unbeaten. Hmmm, what would that do to Lynah's ranking this year ... and in Lynah's history?

[ninian '72]

[Q]billhoward Wrote:

 3. Ann Arbor. Belongs in the Top Ten, but No. 3? The author couldn't have 5 of the top 6 be eastern, so perhaps Ann Arbor moved up. [/q]

Ever been there, Bill?  I'm not sure I agree about taking Lynah cheers to a new level, though.  Some would argue that they've simply gone off the tracks.

[Drew]

P.O.T.S.D.A.M

People Out To Study Drink And Masturbate   ::nut::

[billhoward]

[Q]Drew Wrote:  P.O.T.S.D.A.M

People Out To Study Drink And Masturbate    [/q]That would explain the erratic penmanship on North Country U. term papers?

[Rob NH]

Disappointed Maine only got an 8th ranking, it is the Lynah of New England. Old venerable arena, crazy fans, student section that is on the opposing goalie all game (in Orono they are in a balcony over hanging the poor bastard), and plenty of bars, as other than hockey there is nothing else to do but drink (hell, look at their fight song).

[David Harding]

[q]... nothing else to do but drink (hell, look at their fight song).[/q]

Are you talking about Maine or Cornell or both?:-D

[Robb]

There's nothing wrong with having a fight song about a bar!

::coffee::   <---- didn't there used to be a beer smiley?  Use your imagination and pretend that's a glass mug instead of ceramic...

[Rob NH]

[Q]David Harding Wrote:

 [Q2]... nothing else to do but drink (hell, look at their fight song).[/Q]
Are you talking about Maine or Cornell or both? [/q]
Well, both, but...

STEIN SONG
 Fill the steins to dear old Maine.
Shout till the rafters ring!
Stand and drink a toast once again!
Let every loyal Maine fan sing.
Drink to all the happy hours,
Drink to the careless days.
Drink to Maine, our Alma Mater,
The college of our hearts always.

To the trees, to the sky,
To the Spring in its glorious happiness;
To the youth, to the fire,
To the life that is moving and calling us!
To the Gods, to the Fates,
To the rulers of men and their destinies;
To the lips, to the eyes,
To the ones who will love us some day.

Oh, fill the steins to dear old Maine.
Shout till the rafters ring!
Stand and drink a toast once again!
Let every loyal Maine fan sing.
Then drink to all the happy hours,
Drink to the careless days.
Drink to Maine, our Alma Mater,
The college of our hearts always.

[Lowell '99]

Davy is still better.  It's about getting kicked out of school for drinking too much!  Still, as always, an underrated fight song.  Just ask George M. Cohan.