Boston University 2009-2010 Season Thread Part the One

[Scarlet]

Re: Boston University 2009-2010 Season Thread Part the One

I asked this in the Score Updates thread and no one answered. Why did they have what amounted to TV timeouts in the game? It wasn't on TV. They had the red light that goes on when it's a commercial and everything.

 

[Federal League]

Re: Boston University 2009-2010 Season Thread Part the One

I asked this in the Score Updates thread and no one answered. Why did they have what amounted to TV timeouts in the game? It wasn't on TV. They had the red light that goes on when it's a commercial and everything.

No one knows.

Cornell coach Mike Schafer: "We didn’t even know there were TV timeouts when we entered the game. I don’t know how that came about. I didn’t know we were doing TV."

 

[ericredaxe]

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I asked this in the Score Updates thread and no one answered. Why did they have what amounted to TV timeouts in the game? It wasn't on TV. They had the red light that goes on when it's a commercial and everything.

Maybe advertising space for some unknown radio broadcast and thus still a media timeout? Or is it possible that whoever was running the show at MSG just assumed? Pretty strange.

last time Big Red visited our barn.

11/24/01 att: 3,730
11/25/01 att: 2,820

and that was to see two games. not a drive/flight & hotel for one-and-done.

Thanksgiving weekend though... all the students were gone I'm sure. Hold that on a regular weekend and they are sellouts I would think.

I agree that there is no way TD could ever host this game.

I'd love it to continue as an every other year or even every 3rd year. Keep fans looking forward to it and it will continue to sell out.

Yeah, every year would be too much. Every other year or even some random frequency of it on a 2 or 3 year rotation would be a great way to continue it.

Unfortunatley I was not able to go this year... two years ago it was awesome though.

 

[Federal League]

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Wasn't the original plan MSG one year, Lynah the next, Agganis the next, then a year off and repeat? Or was that just a rumor? I think that would be ideal, possibly without even having a year off every 4 years.

 

[ericredaxe]

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Wasn't the original plan MSG one year, Lynah the next, Agganis the next, then a year off and repeat? Or was that just a rumor? I think that would be ideal, possibly without even having a year off every 4 years.

What I heard was a 3 game series with one at MSG then one at each teams home... but that MSG went over so well they decided to do it again. I don't know how reliable that source is but it was from within BU.

I would think it is safe to assume, that so long as it gets the response that it seems to have gotten so far, we will see this again on a periodic basis.

 

[Scarlet]

Re: Boston University 2009-2010 Season Thread Part the One

Wasn't the original plan MSG one year, Lynah the next, Agganis the next, then a year off and repeat? Or was that just a rumor? I think that would be ideal, possibly without even having a year off every 4 years.

More or less. The original deal was just the three games. The MSG game turned out to be a bigger and better event than they expected. I think MSG played a big part in getting the game back there so quickly.

 

[Federal League]

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Thanks for the clarification eric and Scarlet.

I would love to see a 3-year cycle. I think they could keep selling out MSG every 3 years, and I don't see any reason why these games wouldn't sell out at Lynah and Agganis. Plus, I just really like the idea of making this rivalry an every-year thing.

 

[Bumbles]

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I guess I'm in the minority but I personally prefer shaking it up and not really having a set schedule for OOC. Beanpot is enough for me. I always like seeing more WCHA and CCHA schools on the schedule.

 

[Agganis]

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Thanks for the clarification eric and Scarlet.

I would love to see a 3-year cycle. I think they could keep selling out MSG every 3 years, and I don't see any reason why these games wouldn't sell out at Lynah and Agganis. Plus, I just really like the idea of making this rivalry an every-year thing.

I still think a four year rotation with MSG, HAA, Lynah, and Off would work best. These two teams have about as restrictive a OOC schedule as anyone in the country (Cornell being an Ivy, and BU playing 27 league games and the Beanpot) so adding another game to the annual schedule would really limit the ability to play western teams with any frequency. Also MSG is a great event but those who call it a showcase or a gimmick aren't wrong, the fact that on this forum we have a couple dozen of the most dedicated BU fans and I've already read multiple posters who missed the game makes me wonder how often the more casual fans will be willing to make the trip. If the game was in MSG only once per class the attendance by players families would likely be astronomical, students would likely make more of a concerted effort to attend the game, and season ticket holders could better justify to their family the possibility of missing Thanksgiving if it was every 4th year versus every other.

And yes Lynah might be the only rink in the ECAC or HE that is still on my short list to attend. Also with the Notre Dame trip scheduled for 2011-12, it would be nice for @Lynah to be next year, purely from my selfish roadtrip expenses per year point of view

 

[Federal League]

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And yes Lynah might be the only rink in the ECAC or HE that is still on my short list to attend. Also with the Notre Dame trip scheduled for 2011-12, it would be nice for @Lynah to be next year, purely from my selfish roadtrip expenses per year point of view

At Lynah next year would be dope. Easy trip to justify assuming I'm still covering the team. Not so easy to justify if it's the next year and I'm 1) no longer a student, B) not covering the team, and III) broke -- all of which seem like near certainties.

 

[mookie1995]

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Thanksgiving weekend though... all the students were gone I'm sure. Hold that on a regular weekend and they are sellouts I would think.

I agree that there is no way TD could ever host this game..

well this weekend WAS t-giving....

 

[ericredaxe]

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well this weekend WAS t-giving....

Yeah but for attendance an event like MSG compared to "just another home game" on the Friday / Saturday after Thanksgiving is quite different IMO. Look at the last bunch of home games on the Saturday after Thanksgiving... attendence appx 4200, 5000, etc etc. I think if you had Cornell at home on a "regular" weekend, the attendance would be more similar to what we saw for Notre Dame and Michigan.

JMHO

Edit: Also, I agree that if this game was at Agganis this past weekend (T-giving weekend) then attendance would have been in the 4000-5000 range, just like the recent home games on the sat post turkey.

 

[mookie1995]

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Yeah but an event like MSG compared to "just another home game" on the Friday / Saturday after Thanksgiving is quite different IMO. Look at the last bunch of home games on the Saturday after Thanksgiving... attendence appx 4200, 5000, etc etc. I think if you had Cornell at home on a "regular" weekend, the attendance would be more similar to what we saw for Notre Dame and Michigan.

JMHO

well yeah.... but we play them over this break. seems that is all that is available. we have the last four times (weekend after tgiving) [2009/07/02/01]. the two times before that was the tuesday before tgving [1995/93].

you have to go back to prehistoric times to 1988 with the boston garden he/ecac classic game on Dec10th, then the Syracuse Xmas tourney game on Dec29th. (that would have been an interesting trip... )

before that they are all conference games.

fat mike rarely leaves Ithica. we should call ourselves lucky he even considers us. 7 ooc games. a holiday tourney. then home games without a return, and the here-and-there h/h.

 

[defkit]

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There was some banter between Bernie and Tom Ryan regarding the timeouts - it sounded a though Bernie requested Radio timeouts and they were approved. Watching All-Access makes you realize how much live play doesn't make it on the radio (I'd say the average is 20 seconds when coming back from a break).

 

[ericredaxe]

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well yeah.... but we play them over this break. seems that is all that is available. we have the last four times (weekend after tgiving) [2009/07/02/01]. the two times before that was the tuesday before tgving [1995/93].

you have to go back to prehistoric times to 1988 with the boston garden he/ecac classic game on Dec10th, then the Syracuse Xmas tourney game on Dec29th. (that would have been an interesting trip... )

before that they are all conference games.

fat mike rarely leaves Ithica. we should call ourselves lucky he even considers us. 7 ooc games. a holiday tourney. then home games without a return, and the here-and-there h/h.

Then we are in agreeance... the game would not do well the sat after turkey. I wonder if any game would... when you start off with both student sections empty it does not bode well for attendance.

 

[srsterrier]

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*To those suggesting the TD Bank North Garden for Red Hot Hockey: You don't get quite enough college hockey up in Boston, eh? Could you allow us folks here in NYC one game every couple of years?

*Compared to what I saw last season, Trivino seemed to be playing with more confidence.

*It was a good omen when Jesus rallied past some Cornell guy to win the peddle race during the 2nd intermission.

 

[SaltyLoafers]

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There was some banter between Bernie and Tom Ryan regarding the timeouts - it sounded a though Bernie requested Radio timeouts and they were approved. Watching All-Access makes you realize how much live play doesn't make it on the radio (I'd say the average is 20 seconds when coming back from a break).

Yes, media timeouts were included to take care of radio and to also allow some time for some live shots (Dean Elmore's Twitter contest, etc) that wouldn't get interrupted by going back to live action too quickly. Coach Schafer should certainly have known about them as they were in the script from the start even after TV wasn't an option.

Glad to hear everyone enjoyed the atmosphere at MSG Saturday night. The MSG people and the Rangers people were a huge help and truly love the event.

 

[quiddlet]

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Hm... I guess the argument that Cornell/BU wouldn't sell out at Agganis is pretty sound if the game is over turkey weekend. I wonder what would happen to attendance, especially from the Cornell crowd, if this was marketed as "red hot hockey" instead of just another ooc game at agganis. Seems to me there's a possibility that the hype/media coming up to any future meeting at agganis (especially after the two renewal-of-rivalry games at MSG) would be bound to draw more people than those 2001 games.

As for lynah it sounds awesome, but it's hard to believe we would ever agree to a game at lynah without a game at agganis so if we want lynah we're probably going to have to sacrifice that maybe-poor home crowd in Boston.

judging by their alumni support and fans in general Cornell would stand to make a lot of money from a special vs BU event at lynah, I'm guessing they could apply special ticket prices for the game and still easily sellout.

 

[ericredaxe]

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As for lynah it sounds awesome, but it's hard to believe we would ever agree to a game at lynah without a game at agganis so if we want lynah we're probably going to have to sacrifice that maybe-poor home crowd in Boston.

I agree I doubt we would go there without them coming here. As far as the maybe poor crowd... that will happen that weekend regardless of who the opponent is (with a couple possible exceptions).... when the entire student body is gone home, it is going to be tough to draw a sellout crowd.

 

[candycanes99]

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I promise you Parker continues the Millan/Rollie platoon at least through December. My guess is the order stays Millan then Rollie, no matter the opponent, until one proves to be far superior to the other. Also, if they keep their current order, Millan will get the start at Fenway, which I think is what Parker would want.

Quite a long holiday break this year (Dec. 11th until Jan. 2nd), so Parker can set the rotation whichever way he wants after the break.