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Boston University 2010-11 Part III - Is That So Much To Ask?

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jcarter7669 said:
Did you watch the game Friday night? Would have been 4-2 if Millan wasn't very good....against a "weak" opponent.

Which one of these retards is you?
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We outplayed you for the frist 50 minutes of that game(Madore had to stand on his head to keep it to 3 goals so your argument of only 2 goals for BU is dumb) and Millan didn't have his best game in the last ten as rebound control was an issue on a goal or two but whatever helps you and Nick the troll get through the day. Bottomline is BU took five out of 6 points against UVM this year. Two when we played one of our worse games up at the Gutt and still won 4-2. I'll take our chances against UVM in the QF over Northeastern or Maine.
 
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DaveStPaul said:
I dreamt last night BC won the NC. They beat Clarkson 3-1, and the teams were playing in tennis shoes because there was no ice. Bizarre. Maybe I'll cut down on the Wild Turkey.
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i had that same dream........:eek::p
 
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Jason Moy's recent bracketology has BU in the NCAA's at #15 -- as things stand today, of course:

Midwest Regional (Green Bay):
15 Boston University vs. 2 North Dakota
11 Minnesota-Duluth vs. 7 Merrimack

Two things to like:

One, obviously, is that it's plausible the Terriers could be in the tourney. Second, if there were upsets the first night, we'd get to see the first battle of the twins since Brad faced off against Tony.
 
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goalguard said:
Jason Moy's recent bracketology has BU in the NCAA's at #15 -- as things stand today, of course:

Midwest Regional (Green Bay):
15 Boston University vs. 2 North Dakota
11 Minnesota-Duluth vs. 7 Merrimack

Two things to like:

One, obviously, is that it's plausible the Terriers could be in the tourney. Second, if there were upsets the first night, we'd get to see the first battle of the twins since Brad faced off against Tony.
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i have to say i want BU in that match up if Terriers are in the Tourney and it's much more than plausible, IMO
 
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Terrier520 said:
Nice work, but one question: Why calculate to a 2-minute mark? After all, ERA is calculated to a per-game basis (9 innings). Perhaps it would work to say "what if the entire game were spent 5-on-3"?
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Well, calculating for 2 minutes allows you to compare it to their 5-on-4 conversion rate. I'm not sure what calculating for 60 minutes would accomplish.
 
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Federal League said:
Well, calculating for 2 minutes allows you to compare it to their 5-on-4 conversion rate. I'm not sure what calculating for 60 minutes would accomplish.
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Agreed, also if you want it per game multiply the 2 minute one by 30... silly COM kids;)

BUH thank you, I have been complaining for at least three years after every time I see a PP given then 5 seconds later a make up call that this shouldn't hurt both teams PP% as if it was a full powerplay. Also that when Gilroy, Yip, Lawrence, and Wilson went out their and methodically scored a PP goal before "The Song" was even over there should be a way to show that that is more impressive than 2009-10 and 10-11 BU flailing around for 1:30 then scoring as the seconds are ticking down (although even that is rare at this point). It's not like we don't have the technology.
 
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Has anyone noticed that the size of the Pep Band seems to be shrinking?
 
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buoldtimer said:
Has anyone noticed that the size of the Pep Band seems to be shrinking?
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Yes! I've only been to Agganis once this year (due to issues I won't get into), but I went to the Beanpot Consolation Game (I'm probably the only person who left before the championship game, which, frankly, I just wasn't interested in) and was stunned. It also looked (admittedly, from afar, as I was in the loge and the band was way up in the balcony) that they have a new director. What happened to Chris Parks? And if this is the case, that could be the reason (don't take the wrong - I'm not disparaging anyone, but this happens frequently in any organization - the new person has to "build it back up"). In any event, the reduction is size really hurts their ability to project, especially in a large arena.
 
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chickod said:
Yes! I've only been to Agganis once this year (due to issues I won't get into), but I went to the Beanpot Consolation Game (I'm probably the only person who left before the championship game, which, frankly, I just wasn't interested in) and was stunned. It also looked (admittedly, from afar, as I was in the loge and the band was way up in the balcony) that they have a new director. What happened to Chris Parks? And if this is the case, that could be the reason (don't take the wrong - I'm not disparaging anyone, but this happens frequently in any organization - the new person has to "build it back up"). In any event, the reduction is size really hurts their ability to project, especially in a large arena.
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Chris Parks is at Maryland now. He left after last year and the grad student assistant took over the full time gig once he left if I heard correctly. They have seemed to be the same size to me but maybe it is a little smaller now that I think about it.
 
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mpereira said:
Chris Parks is at Maryland now. He left after last year and the grad student assistant took over the full time gig once he left if I heard correctly. They have seemed to be the same size to me but maybe it is a little smaller now that I think about it.
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Well, that's too bad, but congrats to him. Let's face it, almost every other part of the country is a step up when it comes to anything involving participation and enthusiasm. The "intellectual" Northeast is a very difficult place to generate any real sizable support for almost any athletic program. So BU has to understand that it is going to be a stepping-stone situation for almost anything except hockey. I've often mused (any reference to a certain goalie is purely coincidental) about what it would be like to "move" the BU hockey program to a place like Michigan, Wisconsin or Notre Dame - someplace where it is a madhouse and people aren't "embarrassed" or feel that it is beneath them to actually get up and YELL (to address another issue currently running on the BU/NU thread). I don't see the football stadium at Alabama half-full for ANY games. It would be fantastic to have that atmosphere here, but it's not going to happen, so there's no point in harping on the issue. And it has NOTHING to do with the arena. In the case of a band, if that was the primary reason for attending college (if I were going to major in music, for example), I would have gone to Ohio State or some school with a HUGE band that is actually respected and appreciated. When I was at BU, we had the "Magnificent Myles Marching Band," a bunch of buffoons in striped tops and straw hats. I'm a serious musician who is a member of the union and still plays professionally, so I can appreciate Chris's desire to move to a larger program. It's a natural step. Hopefully we can bring in someone who can engender that same kind of participation. Obviously he must have been well-liked or the students wouldn't have played for him!
 
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chickod said:
What happened to Chris Parks?
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Chris Parks is now the <a href= http://www.harrisonbands.org/www/about/facultystaff/>Assistant Director of Bands</a> at Harrison High School in the Cobb County Public Schools in Georgia and his wife is the Assistant Professor of Dance at Kennesaw State.
 
Re: Boston University 2010-11 Part III - Is That So Much To Ask?

mpereira said:
Chris Parks is at Maryland now. He left after last year and the grad student assistant took over the full time gig once he left if I heard correctly. They have seemed to be the same size to me but maybe it is a little smaller now that I think about it.
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Close, he is in Georgia, and not with any college. And his job was split into three roles with the former grad student getting the pep band portion of it. The band was as large as ever at the beginning of the year, not sure what explains the decrease throughout the year, although it has always been larger at the beginning of the year, although this is slightly more drastic a change than most seasons.
 
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Sean Pickett said:
Chris Parks is now the <a href= http://www.harrisonbands.org/www/about/facultystaff/>Assistant Director of Bands</a> at Harrison High School in the Cobb County Public Schools in Georgia and his wife is the Assistant Professor of Dance at Kennesaw State.
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Thanks for that information. Sounds like (and I'm just speculating here, of course) that perhaps he made the move because it was a significant career advancement for his wife, because I can tell you almost with certainly (not that it isn't intuitively obvious) that as an Assistant high school band director he is making almost nothing (certainly compared to what he had to be making at BU). Of course, maybe they're from there and it's going "back home" (or at least that area). So we move on from here... :)
 
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