BU-Cornell

[Mark]

First of all, congrats on the Big Red's showing in Green Bay -- your shutout loss was certainly better than BU's. ;-)

From a good source I hear that the BU-Cornell series will likely resume in 2007-08. There are still details to be ironed out, but from what I understand, it would run for three straight years.

The second and third years would be split between Boston and Ithaca (not sure which order), but the kicker is, there's been some discussion of having the first of the three games between the Terriers and Big Red played at that arena on 33rd and 7th in Manhattan. ::twitch:: I'm not sure if that would be part of a college doubleheader or just a single game.

Again, this neutral site meeting isn't set in stone, but hopefully it will happen. But the BU-Cornell series will definitely be back. Thought you folks would be interested.

Cheers...

[scannon]

I'm pretty new to PWR and college hockey recuiting but if that's true it has to be good.

If we play BU do we say "screw BU; BU too", just "screw BU" or are both as dumb as each other and we just don't ust the chant.:-P

[Jim Hyla]

Thanks, I hope you're correct. A doubleheader would be great, especially since my brother-in-law lives in Manhattan and maybe we could get Beeeej to dress in RED. :-)

[Anne 85]

My understanding is that it's just "screw BU," although I suspect you'd find a lot of support for "screw BH; Harvard too."

[DeltaOne81]

[quote Anne 85]My understanding is that it's just "screw BU," although I suspect you'd find a lot of support for "screw BH; Harvard too."[/quote]

Yes, its simply "screw BU", once and forceful

But "Harvard too" isn't a bad idea

[Al DeFlorio]

Thanks, Mark.  This is really good news.  Let's hope both teams are at the top of their games come the renewal.

The origin of "Screw BU" is in fact a BU cheer, where the band does (and, at the time, it seemed they did it every sixty seconds) "Dum dum dum,da-da-da-da, dum dum dum, da-da-da-da, dum dum dum, da-da-da-da, DUM-DUM-DUM" and the fans answer with GO BU.  Annoyed to all hell by the repetitiousness of this, Cornell fans en masse felt compelled to drown out the "GO BU" with our own "SCREW BU."  The rest, as they say, is history.

[jtwcornell91]

It is just "Screw BU" and I would come back from Germany to see Cornell-BU at MSG.

[Rich S]

Hopefully the game at MSG comes off as mentioned.  I'd be there for sure!  A doubleheader would be awesome and very much welcomed by the large number of college fans the NYC metro area.

Recall that a planned doubleheader a few years ago was moved to Hartford to make room for an additional Billy Joel performance.  Attendance in Hartford was predictably sparse.  As much a Joel fan as I have been for years, I was disappointed to see the cancellation.

Perhaps a successful night of college action at MSG could lead to a Frozen Four bid.

[Beeeej]

[quote Jim Hyla]Thanks, I hope you're correct. A doubleheader would be great, especially since my brother-in-law lives in Manhattan and maybe we could get Beeeej to dress in RED. :-)[/quote]

For a Cornell-BU men's hockey game at Madison Square Garden?  I'd wear pretty much anything you asked me to.  What a freakin' awesome night that would be!!

Beeeej

[Robb]

[quote jtwcornell91]It is just "Screw BU" and I would come back from Germany to see Cornell-BU at MSG.[/quote]Heh.  I was already contemplating coming back from England!

[jy3]

[quote Al DeFlorio]Thanks, Mark.  This is really good news.  Let's hope both teams are at the top of their games come the renewal.

The origin of "Screw BU" is in fact a BU cheer, where the band does (and, at the time, it seemed they did it every sixty seconds) "Dum dum dum,da-da-da-da, dum dum dum, da-da-da-da, dum dum dum, da-da-da-da, DUM-DUM-DUM" and the fans answer with GO BU.  Annoyed to all hell by the repetitiousness of this, Cornell fans en masse felt compelled to drown out the "GO BU" with our own "SCREW BU."  The rest, as they say, is history.[/quote]
al, I had thought that part of the reason for the screw BU cheer was the defection to hockey east

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote jy3]
al, I had thought that part of the reason for the screw BU cheer was the defection to hockey east[/quote]
Started well before Hockey East.  Another motivator was the shift from Cornell to BU as the East's top team after 1970.  [See 1972, 1974-1977 ECACs; 1971, 1972, 1978 NCAAs].:-(

[Rich S]

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote jy3]
al, I had thought that part of the reason for the screw BU cheer was the defection to hockey east[/quote]
Started well before Hockey East.  Another motivator was the shift from Cornell to BU as the East's top team after 1970.  [See 1972, 1974-1977 ECACs; 1971, 1972, 1978 NCAAs].:-([/quote]

BU becoming the dominant team in the East is a motivator to yell "Screw" at them?   ::screwy::

[marty]

I was a regular in Lynah from the fall of '70 to the spring of '74.  Al is of course correct.  We weren't part of the genesis of the cheer but certainly perpetuated it.

Rich, I guess you have never been jealous of another school's accomplishments!?!::rolleyes::

[Rich S]

I have admired and been respectful of others' accomplishments.  But never jealous...that's a destructive emotion.