RPI 2023 Off-season: We March Fourth Into the Off-season

[Waite21]

Does anyone know when the Union-RPI home and home will be? It's usually the end of October (so maybe Oct 27-28 this year?) but it's not on the schedule spreadsheet from the other yet, unless I'm missing it.

I'm considering flying home for the games but the airline discount I have ends on Thursday.

November 3 in Schenectady, November 4 in Troy.

[tony/troy]

November 3 in Schenectady, November 4 in Troy.

According to your location on your profile, do you need a car to get to RPI's opening football game (Sept. 2) or can you just walk??

[tony/troy]

Yes, Hockey East opponents seem tougher than Atlantic Hockey.

Yipes!!! Got the sinking feeling that the program is playing the hockey equivalent role of a UT-Martin, Ball State, Louisiana-Lafayette or The Citadel. For a fee of 1.25 to 1.75 million they show up at an SEC football stadium and get the living snot beat out of them.

Unfortunately and assuming we are doing this for money alone, it isn't those amounts but the tumpings will be about the same!!!

[rpi82]

Yipes!!! Got the sinking feeling that the program is playing the hockey equivalent role of a UT-Martin, Ball State, Louisiana-Lafayette or The Citadel. For a fee of 1.25 to 1.75 million they show up at an SEC football stadium and get the living snot beat out of them.

Unfortunately and assuming we are doing this for money alone, it isn't those amounts but the tumpings will be about the same!!!

I'm not buying that negativity. First of all, their isn't even a small fraction as much money in college hockey as in football. There aren't going to be big checks for road teams. Second, none of those opponents is in the top 10 in attendance. If we want a check then it would make more sense to go to one of the Big 10 schools with bigger rinks and huge athletic budgets. Lastly, college hockey games are usually on a return basis. If we start seeing a lot of one-way deals, then i might reconsider.

Maybe Coach Dave just decided he's getting closer to his desired roster and wants to test them. Maybe he decided that last year's schedule, which nearly qualified us for an Atlantic Hockey playoff berth if we'd played better, didn't work to prepare the team. Maybe he's schizophrenic. Frankly, I'd believe any of those before the take a check theory.

[Ralph Baer]

Today is 16 June 2023. There are 113 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 7 October 2023 for the start of next season.

[Ralph Baer]

The official schedule article.
https://rpiathletics.com/news/2023/6...-schedule.aspx

[engineerhockeyfan]

That has got to be the toughest first two months of a season since I have been following the Engineers in '93.
We will certainly find out what kind of season it is going to be early.
Lets go red!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Wicked Slappaahs]

Yipes!!! Got the sinking feeling that the program is playing the hockey equivalent role of a UT-Martin, Ball State, Louisiana-Lafayette or The Citadel. For a fee of 1.25 to 1.75 million they show up at an SEC football stadium and get the living snot beat out of them.

Unfortunately and assuming we are doing this for money alone, it isn't those amounts but the tumpings will be about the same!!!

Well. you don't get better by playing teams that are as good, or lesser than us. Seth was always a proponent of scheduling tough non-conf foes, so I am glad we've improved the strength of our schedule. Ideally I'd like to swap one of the HE opponents for a Big10 or NCHC team, but this is progress.

[giwan]

Well. you don't get better by playing teams that are as good, or lesser than us. Seth was always a proponent of scheduling tough non-conf foes, so I am glad we've improved the strength of our schedule. Ideally I'd like to swap one of the HE opponents for a Big10 or NCHC team, but this is progress.

Always good to play tougher teams. Issue with bigten and nacho is you will only get a 2 for 1 deal. ie 2 away and 1 at home. Why not the CCHA? I'm quite sure they will offer 2 for 2 and you could easily partner up some of the games.

[Ralph Baer]

Always good to play tougher teams. Issue with bigten and nacho is you will only get a 2 for 1 deal. ie 2 away and 1 at home. Why not the CCHA? I'm quite sure they will offer 2 for 2 and you could easily partner up some of the games.

Mankato (CCHA) is on the schedule and after some confusion from their announcement a while back, the games are in Troy.

[sezenack]

Always good to play tougher teams. Issue with bigten and nacho is you will only get a 2 for 1 deal. ie 2 away and 1 at home. Why not the CCHA? I'm quite sure they will offer 2 for 2 and you could easily partner up some of the games.

RPI had 2 for 2 deals with Notre Dame and Ohio State about 6-7 years ago

[Waite21]

According to your location on your profile, do you need a car to get to RPI's opening football game (Sept. 2) or can you just walk??

I can walk. Dickinson's Biddle Field is less than half a mile from my house.

78 days. I'll be ready.

[rpi82]

I can walk. Dickinson's Biddle Field is less than half a mile from my house.

78 days. I'll be ready.

Are you with the Army War College? My memory of Carlisle is the War College, Dickinson and then nearby facilities for virtually every trucking and logistics company you can imagine because its at the junction of two major interstate highways.

[Ralph Baer]

Today is 17 June 2023. There are 112 days (16 weeks) until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 7 October 2023 for the start of next season.

[fr. joe]

The official schedule article.
https://rpiathletics.com/news/2023/6...-schedule.aspx

Thanks, Ralph!