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Alternative names for "Frozen Four"

Re: Alternative names for "Frozen Four"

PrezdeJohnson09 said:
I vote the Kashmunnie Memorial Tournament (eom).
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purpleandgold10: {severely misstyped angry post} ended with "kash here's a quarter go call someone who cares"

kashmunnie73: "yo purpie goldie keep the quarter and try buying a few vowels"


Still one my favorite exchanges all-time on this board. :)
 
Re: Alternative names for "Frozen Four"

NUProf said:
This is true, but I'm sure Webb and his colleagues can't use the term because the NCAA won't credential them
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No one ever made a big deal about it, but someone somewhere specified that it wasn't to be used in association with DIII. I have to think that if I, Jaslow, USCHO or anyone else continually used it and tried to push the envelope there would eventually be some repurcussions.

This is one of those things I get, yet I don't. Yeah, it's trademarked/registered/whatever, but it's by the same entity that puts on the DI events, so why not use it for everything? It's a great name and a great twist on "Final Four" which is obviously a household phrase at this point.


That would be worse than drinking water from a cup that doesn't say Dasini.
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"Listen. This is how this works. Are you aware of the fact that Coke owns Dasani? Besides that, I've been to 39 DIII games this year and have never had a problem. Everyone is always great and there are never any ropes to hop, or badges to show, or rent-a-cops to appease. So I'm going to drink my diet coke while I do whatever I've been doing all season. I've done more for Division III hockey in the past 18 months than you have ever done, and sadly, that's not because I've done much of anything, but rather because you have done nothing."

It was something like that.
 
Re: Alternative names for "Frozen Four"

bayliner2555 said:
Remove the cheese from your ears and conduct a survey in your listening area. You may find your opinion is not consistent with your listeners.
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Here's a quarter. Go buy yourself a sense of humor and the ability to recognize sarcasm.

Oh, and maybe you can use the change to make a copy of Webb's map...
 
Re: Alternative names for "Frozen Four"

Matthew Webb said:
This is one of those things I get, yet I don't. Yeah, it's trademarked/registered/whatever, but it's by the same entity that puts on the DI events, so why not use it for everything? It's a great name and a great twist on "Final Four" which is obviously a household phrase at this point.
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What's interesting is D3 basketball is allowed to use Final Four with the capital letters and all the trademark and souvenir rights that go along with it.

I have never understood why Final Four can be used by any NCAA national championship basketball weekend, while Frozen Four is only allowed to be used by the D1 folks.

Perhaps the Insignificant Four suggestion is indeed the most appropriate...
 
Re: Alternative names for "Frozen Four"

Russell Jaslow said:
What's interesting is D3 basketball is allowed to use Final Four with the capital letters and all the trademark and souvenir rights that go along with it.

I have never understood why Final Four can be used by any NCAA national championship basketball weekend, while Frozen Four is only allowed to be used by the D1 folks.

Perhaps the Insignificant Four suggestion is indeed the most appropriate...
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or perhaps the Phantasmagoric Four
 
Re: Alternative names for "Frozen Four"

A couple of years ago I would have said "The Middlebury and 3 other Sacrificial Lambs Invitational". Since they've come back down to earth, maybe the "Matthew Webb pays his own way" Tournament.
 
Re: Alternative names for "Frozen Four"

How about the illiquid IV? :D (Illiquid funds are frozen and IV is Roman for 4)
 
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doncheery said:
Nice play with words ....but if you have to explain it...meh.
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I debated whether or not to put the explanation or not. Probably ended up underestimating the ability of the audience to get it - but it has been said that nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public :)
 
Re: Alternative names for "Frozen Four"

NUProf said:
...- but it has been said that nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public :)
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Works if you change it to "nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the North American public";) :p
 
Re: Alternative names for "Frozen Four"

norm1909 said:
Works if you change it to "nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the North American public";) :p
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We let you play our game and this is the thanks we get. Jeez to think I voted for you. LOL..still have one vote left....be nice...it is a close race
 
Re: Alternative names for "Frozen Four"

How about "The Final Countdown"? It seems that this is piped out of the PA system at every hockey game I've seen or listened to over the last 4 or 5 years:D
 
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