Michigan State cheers

[Jacob '06]

Anyone have any good ideas for cheers this weekend?

[oceanst41]

Well I couldn't help but notice that Vicari, a junior, was born in '82 making him 23. That makes this 22 year old senior seem young in comparison, so I figure reminding him of his senior citizen college student status is fair game.

I've heard of super seniors but super juniors?

[Beeeej]

It's not at all uncommon for college hockey players - particularly those from Canada - to enroll as freshman in an American college two or three years later than "normal" track students.  You're unlikely to get a rise out of him by pointing out that he's 23.

Beeeej

[Tub(a)]

Research is in progress.

::uptosomething::     

[Pete Godenschwager]

[Q]Well I couldn't help but notice that Vicari, a junior, was born in '82 making him 23. That makes this 22 year old senior seem young in comparison, so I figure reminding him of his senior citizen college student status is fair game.[/Q]

I was going to mention that a bunch of our players are pretty old too, but I can't find any of their birthdates.  I know I've seen them somewhere, but it's not on the athletics roster or in the media guide that I can find.
 ::help::

[BCrespi]

None of the current players are significantly older than most of their class, by my recollection.

[redhair34]

[Q]Pete Godenschwager Wrote:

 [Q2]Well I couldn't help but notice that Vicari, a junior, was born in '82 making him 23. That makes this 22 year old senior seem young in comparison, so I figure reminding him of his senior citizen college student status is fair game.[/Q]
I was going to mention that a bunch of our players are pretty old too, but I can't find any of their birthdates.  I know I've seen them somewhere, but it's not on the athletics roster or in the media guide that I can find.
  [/q]


Towards the end of this extremely detailed post...

http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,63529,63770#msg-63770

[Tom14850]

There's always the "Michigan rejects" chant.  ::snore::

[KeithK]

Denis Ladouceur was the oldest player I recall seeing play for Cornell.  Pretty sure he was 21 when he matriculated.  Then of course there's Dick Bertrand, who was 29 in the 1970 championship season.

[Jordan 04]

Ooo, oooo, get their phone numbers!!

[billhoward]

If one can't be scathing and witty, just be loud and supportive.

Like Blue Nun claimed to be, "Let's Go Red" is always correct. "Sieve" works well, especially for the third, fourth, and fifth goals.

Maybe you could let them know they're not even worthy of fish. Might be too subtle. (Paraphrasing Elaine's line on Seinfeld, "You're not fish-worthy"?) Maybe they'll think it's a born-again reference.

If you get that gorgeous five seconds of silence when the whole rink can hear, "Vicari -- your mother called. And she said [pause] .... "

Remind them of any recent losses to Michigan in any sport. Deep down, most of the students realize they were 200 SAT points shy of going to the better state school. This may be lost on the players.

If State scores and has no band in-house, the Big Red Band should be magnimonious and (softly) play Hail to the Victors Valiant.

How about some signs supporting the Cornell hockey webcast (very tongue in cheek)?

Gad, I wish I could be there. Unless there's divine intervention, I think it's webcast or nothing. Used to be, a moral dilemma was whether or not to sign a petition to declare the Arts Quad a nuclear free zone (laugh, but the entire town of Amherst, Mass., once did that, as if they were in danger of getting the Manhattan Project II). Now, the delimma is, do I go see kid's final soccer game (of the season) and his hockey game, or do I blow off my first-born and drive 200 miles to see Big Red hockey?

[BCrespi]

Alright, so I was wrong.  Krantz will be 24 and Glover, Mugford, Kindret, and Davenport will be 23 when they are all seniors.  Krantz really the only real over-age one in the bunch.  I guess I had thought mainly of the 06 class which is quite normally aged.

[billhoward]

And Bertrand got screwed out of playing in the NCAA champsionships because the NCAA banned older foreigners from the tournament. Didn't matter if you had been in the service of your country (USA notwithstanding), or in Bertand's case in service of Ontario as a police officer ... he was out.

[DeltaOne81]

[Q]Jordan 04 Wrote:

 Ooo, oooo, get their phone numbers!![/q]

I hope you're kidding. No no NO.

[KeithK]

[q]Now, the delimma is, do I go see kid's final soccer game (of the season) and his hockey game, or do I blow off my first-born and drive 200 miles to see Big Red hockey?[/q]Life is all about priorities and making tough choices.  It's your responsibility as a parent to teach your children this lesson.... So go to the Cornell game. :-D

(kidding)