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Boston University Part IV: Off-Season or New Season?

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BigRedTerrier said:
THockey East has less of the inferiority complex problem, but it's still the case that Western teams think that their god's gift to college hockey. So because of that, while I want to see BU succeed in every way possible, including beating BC, there's no way that I'm rooting for one of those teams to beat an ECAC or Hockey East team.
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Hockey East has won three in row, but unless NH gets past Notre Dame (and wins two more), that streak will be over. I was in Manchester yesterday and thought Merrimack outplayed the Irish most of the game, and even more so in OT. That last ND goal was a real fluke. It wasn't even a shot on net, just a hard sweep check on the MC puck-carrier that trickled in off the inside of Cantana's skate.

As to casual rooting interest here on out, BC, Miami, and Yale already are toast. The only surviving one-seed are the Sioux and they have to get by Denver this afternoon. I like UNH fans and the Whitt, so would be glad for them if the Wildcats make it all the way. They'll have to play better than they did Saturday, though. That game was a snore till the third period.
 
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I want uhn to win. They won't (of course), but they would be great champions. Fantastic fans. Umile is a great guy. I hope the finally do it. But again they won't...

I am still ****ed that mc blew it. I really wanted them to make some noise.

I want bc to lose every game they play. Sorry. I have many bc friends (you can't live here and not have them-though I see them less and less since I got a fast lane transponder). And don't feel that saying this outputs makes you inferior or anything of the sort, because they feel the same way. (at least those few bc fans that acknowledge hockey exists outside of the beanpot).
 
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goalguard said:
Howe played the game of his life...
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That was my point in response to a BC poster a couple of weeks ago who said that she would be "extremely disappointed" if the Eagles didn't win the whole thing again. I mentioned how difficult it is to win this...one sub-par game and you're out. I don't think anyone is saying that CC is "better" than BC (look at last night), but this tournament is not about who's better. I just think it's difficult to stay "hungry" when you have won so often. I believe that early goal really worked against them, because they seemed to lose that "edge" after that. It took until the 3rd period to get it back, and by then it was way too late. Look at UNH - everyone has trashed them since the HE tournament (and about their "history"), but if they win today (against a team who shouldn't even be there - another example of the intangibles that occur in a tournament like this), they're in the Frozen Four. And I don't think anyone would argue that they're "better" than BC...
 
mpereira said:
Like BC fans wouldn't do the same thing if the positions were flipped...
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Did you even read the exchange? It was about a BU fan complaining about BC being talked about on the BU thread apparently not realizing that BU fans brought up the fact BC lost. I never said some BC fans wouldn't do the same thing.
 
BU Fan 84 said:
Why is he an idiot? You do realize that FSteve, Nick, Onion Man, claver, TimP etc. don't exactly engender much sympathy, right? For that matter, neither do you.
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Ha, I'm not looking for sympathy, champ. He's an idiot because BC losing had absolutely nothing to do with karma.
 
mpereira said:
It isn't idiotic to gloat over a loss to a team that everyone was picking to win it all that happens to be your rival. They still had a better season that us no doubt but it doesn't mean we can't enjoy their season ending in an embarrassing fashion. I agree that JD is a solid contributor along with Carmine but it doesn't mean BU fans can't enjoy the BC loss after a season where there wasn't much to enjoy. The fact that BC is a model program is irrelevant unless you re a bandwagon fan. For me it doesn't matter if they are 1 or 58 in the country I'm going to root against them and enjoy it anytime they lose.
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I encourage you to root against BC at every opportunity--that's part of the rivalry IMO. While not everyone was picking them as you suggest, they were definitely one of the three favorites. All that being said, when you're in the mix as much as BC has been under York, occasionally you'll have a night like they did Friday. In the end, he's still the best, but he's human and they are just kids afterall. I'll still take the occasional embarrassing loss on the national stage compared to the relative embarrassing seasons your team has had in three of the last four years.
 
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BC is by far the superior program. Not really close anymore. BU has 1 more National Title, but over the last 10 years it is 4-1, HE titles is not even close. I understand the hate, and I understand the happiness for their elimination.
 
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I know I'm not supposed to have any rooting interests whatsoever, and I don't for the most part, but that doesn't mean there aren't teams I'd like to see win. Basically what happens with me is I often don't actually know who I want to win until the game starts and I get into it. Going into this year's tourney, I knew I liked all the HE teams, but I also knew I liked Miami (because of 2 years ago), Western Michigan (because of that video) and CC (because of the Schwartz' and everything they've gone through). Going in, I honestly had no idea who I'd find myself rooting for if any of them faced off against each other. As it turned out, I found myself pulling for CC over BC and UNH over Miami. I really have no idea why. It just happened. Last year I found myself pulling for BC from start to finish, even in the game against Miami. Again, not really sure why. What I do know is that I'll be pulling for UNH the rest of the way this year because they're the only one of those teams I had a rooting interest in that's still alive. Yeah, I'd kind of like to see UMD win, too, because Chris Connolly (and his father the one time I talked to him) has been great to me and obviously Jack's on that team, but I actually found myself pulling for Union for some reason Friday.
 
steve66 said:
BC is by far the superior program. Not really close anymore. BU has 1 more National Title, but over the last 10 years it is 4-1, HE titles is not even close. I understand the hate, and I understand the happiness for their elimination.
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When you can count come back and contribute. Thanks in advance!
 
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steve66 said:
BC is by far the superior program. Not really close anymore. BU has 1 more National Title, but over the last 10 years it is 4-1, HE titles is not even close. I understand the hate, and I understand the happiness for their elimination.
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When did they win their 4th in the last ten years?:confused:
 
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steve66 said:
BC is by far the superior program. Not really close anymore. BU has 1 more National Title, but over the last 10 years it is 4-1, HE titles is not even close. I understand the hate, and I understand the happiness for their elimination.
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Newsflash: Colorado College stuns BC in first round of NCAAs, but BC refuses to relinquish the 2011 trophy they were supposed to win. Congrats to the Eagles for 2001, 2008, and 2010 -- which adds up to 3, incidentally, not 4. For whatever it's worth, BC still trails BU 5 to 4 in national championships.
 
Re: Boston University Part IV: Off-Season or New Season?

steve66 said:
BC is by far the superior program. Not really close anymore. BU has 1 more National Title, but over the last 10 years it is 4-1, HE titles is not even close. I understand the hate, and I understand the happiness for their elimination.
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OK, so maybe my feelings aren't totally ambivalent about their loss ;)
 
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goalguard said:
Newsflash: Colorado College stuns BC in first round of NCAAs, but BC refuses to relinquish the 2011 trophy they were supposed to win. Congrats to the Eagles for 2001, 2008, and 2010 -- which adds up to 3, incidentally, not 4. For whatever it's worth, BC still trails BU 5 to 4 in national championships.
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J.D. said:
Ha, I'm not looking for sympathy, champ. He's an idiot because BC losing had absolutely nothing to do with karma.
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I guess unlike you, I can read between the lines a bit. I assume he was using karma to refer to the fact that the list of BC fans I wrote in my last post act like *********s, *******s and scumbags on this messageboard and Eagle Action and now they have to deal with the agony of defeat. In that sense, it has everything to do with karma - that is what karma is, if you believe in that sort of thing. I don't think he was using the word in respect to particular players or coaches.
 
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The fact that there's all these BC fans that spend so much time in our threads says a lot about them as well.
 
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BU Fan 84 said:
I guess unlike you, I can read between the lines a bit. I assume he was using karma to refer to the fact that the list of BC fans I wrote in my last post act like *********s, *******s and scumbags on this messageboard and Eagle Action and now they have to deal with the agony of defeat. In that sense, it has everything to do with karma - that is what karma is, if you believe in that sort of thing. I don't think he was using the word in respect to particular players or coaches.
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well i guess you must have the worst karma of us all... missing the tournament two years in a row now and such.


and to be honest, i laughed when you got last in the beanpot.
 
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