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Cornell & Colgate @ RPI & Union (12/4, 12/5)

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realet said:
I'm not sure it has as much to do with production on the ice as it has to do with the number of fans who make the trip to Troy for the game.
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Correct. Excluding Big Red Freakout games, games against Clarkson, Cornell, and Union each account for approximately 10% (closer to 12% in Clarkson's case) of the average season attendance at the Houston Field House. Makes sense that RPI would want to charge more for these games, knowing that past history shows they'll draw a decently sized crowd.

Edit: and yes, I did go through attendance numbers for the past 10 years at the Houston Fieldhouse to verify this
 
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JCrawford said:
Correct. Excluding Big Red Freakout games, games against Clarkson, Cornell, and Union each account for approximately 10% (closer to 12% in Clarkson's case) of the average season attendance at the Houston Field House. Makes sense that RPI would want to charge more for these games, knowing that past history shows they'll draw a decently sized crowd.

Edit: and yes, I did go through attendance numbers for the past 10 years at the Houston Fieldhouse to verify this
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JC-You are indeed correct-these have been the consistently biggest draws for a long time. Back when Vermont was our travelling partner however, they used to bring a monstrous crowd to HFH.
 
Re: Cornell & Colgate @ RPI & Union (12/4, 12/5)

I can't wait for Schafer to cry and complain when we beat them Friday :D
 
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I hope the students stick to let's go white.....I am always puzzled why the students would cheer let's go red, when we play Cornell. Sounds like we are cheering for them.
Let's go white
 
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Re: Cornell & Colgate @ RPI & Union (12/4, 12/5)

Go Puckman said:
I hope the students stick to let's go white.....I am always puzzled why the students would cheer let's go red, when we play Cornell. Sounds like we are cheering for them.
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JMO, but the game is in our house. No way should we change our cheers just because the team we are playing also uses "Lets Go Red". Let the Cornell fans use "Lets Go Red" and we can just join them and make it louder. The boys on the ice know who the crowd is cheering for.
 
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redhead18 said:
JMO, but the game is in our house. No way should we change our cheers just because the team we are playing also uses "Lets Go Red". Let the Cornell fans use "Lets Go Red" and we can just join them and make it louder. The boys on the ice know who the crowd is cheering for.
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Although I understand the logic, it seems weird to say "Let's Go Red!" when the other team is wearing the red uniforms.

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From the Cornell Alumni Magazine Vol 104 No. 4 describing why Cornell's uniforms are bright red
Some give credit to legendary hockey and lacrosse coach Ned Harkness, who came to the Hill in 1963. He changed the color of the hockey uniforms to bright red (perhaps because that was what he was accustomed to, after eighteen years at RPI); other Cornell sports teams followed suit.
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Re: Cornell & Colgate @ RPI & Union (12/4, 12/5)

redhead18 said:
JMO, but the game is in our house. No way should we change our cheers just because the team we are playing also uses "Lets Go Red". Let the Cornell fans use "Lets Go Red" and we can just join them and make it louder. The boys on the ice know who the crowd is cheering for.
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Yes. Also, it seems weird if we only change one of the cheers. Should we change the "Go go go you Red Red Red" cheer for the beginning of the period, too?

Our cheers (the ones that we make for our team, anyways) should not be dependent upon our opponents.

This looks to be a great series with all four of the teams sitting in 2-5 at the beginning of the weekend. If any of the four teams can pull out a sweep, it would be a huge boost to their spot in the standings.

And, Ralph, that is a great quote.
 
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burgie12 said:
Yes. Also, it seems weird if we only change one of the cheers. Should we change the "Go go go you Red Red Red" cheer for the beginning of the period, too?

Our cheers (the ones that we make for our team, anyways) should not be dependent upon our opponents.

This looks to be a great series with all four of the teams sitting in 2-5 at the beginning of the weekend. If any of the four teams can pull out a sweep, it would be a huge boost to their spot in the standings.

And, Ralph, that is a great quote.
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I'm a fan of cheering "R P I" at the Cornell games. I agree that the people on the ice know who is cheering for who, but I figure it doesn't hurt to be clear. "R P I" is also a cheer heard at non-Cornell games as well (less often than LGR) so I don't think it's quite a drastic change-up.
 
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Rockchops said:
I'm a fan of cheering "R P I" at the Cornell games. I agree that the people on the ice know who is cheering for who, but I figure it doesn't hurt to be clear. "R P I" is also a cheer heard at non-Cornell games as well (less often than LGR) so I don't think it's quite a drastic change-up.
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I agree again. R - P - I is a great cheer for Cornell games. Just don't, please don't for the love of all that is holy, cheer "Let's go White!" in place of "Let's Go Red!" But, that's just my opinion.
 
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DrDemento said:
Thankfully the initial diagnosis is a sprain and not a tear. I am guessing though that 2 weeks is extrememly optimistic. There are all different degrees of MCL sprains and it would have to be an extremely minor one for JD to be at full skating strength in only 2 weeks. I would think he may be ready in time for the GLI. I hope he gets well soon-he will be sorely missed.
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I absolutely agree - I'm no doc (and know that you are !), but in addition to my ACL tear, I had a partial MCL sprain / tear in each of my knees at different times. Its a month to 6 weeks. :mad: :mad: I also agree that he will be sorely missed. I love the way he plays and he makes things happen.
 
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DrDemento said:
Thanks for the info-I was not aware he was selected for Team USA. With MCL sprains they have to carefully check the medial meniscus for slight tears and depending on the direction the knee twisted, the posterior cruciate ligament which can very easily be injured when the knee is bent inward from a hit to the lateral side. The combination of MCL, PCL and Medial Meniscus being injured is referred to as the terrible triad and well known to orthopods who treat football and hockey injuries of the knee.
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Thats what I get for posting without having read all of the thread... :o :o
 
Re: Cornell & Colgate @ RPI & Union (12/4, 12/5)

Go Puckman said:
I hope the students stick to let's go white.....I am always puzzled why the students would cheer let's go red, when we play Cornell. Sounds like we are cheering for them.
Let's go white
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I've always enjoyed the alternating "GO WHITE!" "GO WHITE!" cheer. I believe that was chanted quite a bit at last year's Whiteout. "Go go go you white white white, fight fight fight you white white white, let's go white!" has a nice ring to it as well.

At the last away game vs Union in Schenectady, there was quite a bit of alternating "GO RED!" "GO RED!" chanting from the (huge) RPI student section.
 
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Rockchops said:
I'm a fan of cheering "R P I" at the Cornell games. I agree that the people on the ice know who is cheering for who, but I figure it doesn't hurt to be clear. "R P I" is also a cheer heard at non-Cornell games as well (less often than LGR) so I don't think it's quite a drastic change-up.
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I like the RPI cheer as well.
 
Re: Cornell & Colgate @ RPI & Union (12/4, 12/5)

redhead18 said:
JMO, but the game is in our house. No way should we change our cheers just because the team we are playing also uses "Lets Go Red". Let the Cornell fans use "Lets Go Red" and we can just join them and make it louder. The boys on the ice know who the crowd is cheering for.
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Yes, this. In our house, Cornell fans chanting "Let's Go Red" only amplifies our own.
 
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Senna said:
Thats what I get for posting without having read all of the thread... :o :o
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That's quite OK:) There is a lot of medicine that I can't comment on because I just don't know-but 4 years of med school, 1 year of medical internship, 4 years of residency and 30+ years in practice does give one some broad experience. It puzzles me though how coach SA could comment so quickly about the minor nature of the injury-an MRI would have had to be done and looked ate carefully-they are ot all that easy to read (I have seen several interpretations of the same films by diferent radiologists and orthopedic specialists).
 
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Ralph Baer said:
It's a good story, even if it may not be true. :)

BTW, I didn't realize that Cornell wasn't founded until 1865. That means that RPI is older than at least one of the so-called "Ancient Eight." :cool: Union is probably older than a few, but I guess older doesn't mean wiser in that case. :D
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Yep - part of the money for founding Cornell came from the Morrill Land Grant act. Cornell is the youngest Ivy by more than 100 years - took 'em that long to get it right. ;)

'course, my wife's college at Oxford is celebrating its 500th this year, which even Harvard won't do for another 127 years! :)
 
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DrDemento said:
That's quite OK:) There is a lot of medicine that I can't comment on because I just don't know-but 4 years of med school, 1 year of medical internship, 4 years of residency and 30+ years in practice does give one some broad experience. It puzzles me though how coach SA could comment so quickly about the minor nature of the injury-an MRI would have had to be done and looked ate carefully-they are ot all that easy to read (I have seen several interpretations of the same films by diferent radiologists and orthopedic specialists).
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As you know, it all depends on the severity Doc. I'm sure it swelled and stiffened overnight so Jerry likely had more discomfort yesterday and today. Of course the imaging will confirm the injury and lead them to a treatment path. Two weeks isn't out of the question IF the MRI doesn't throw up a surprise. Too many variables for anyone - including coach - to be stating timetables right now.
 
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