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Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the making

Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

huskyfan said:
charter a flight? candy a55es. cant take a little bus time? that's what happens when you dont play in the CCHA anymore.
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Why? The team should be forced to drive 10 hours when they can fly? That just seems silly. The drive to Lake State was short enough to drive, but Northern was long enough to fly.

Tech is farther than that, thus they fly.

You hate the team regardless of how they get up there. I'm sure they don't care at all what you think about flying vs. driving.
 
Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

alfablue said:
Why? The team should be forced to drive 10 hours when they can fly? That just seems silly. The drive to Lake State was short enough to drive, but Northern was long enough to fly.

Tech is farther than that, thus they fly.

You hate the team regardless of how they get up there. I'm sure they don't care at all what you think about flying vs. driving.
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As long as they don't do what the Badgers do. They fly up and have a bus drive up from Madison.
 
Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

Flashy Man said:
As long as they don't do what the Badgers do. They fly up and have a bus drive up from Madison.
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I'd bet the odds are very high that there's a truck full of stuff if not a bus that will come up from Ann Arbor.

It's one thing to take a day out of the life of a person who is paid to drive vs doing the same thing for students. I'd fully expect your team fo fly the team and truck the stuff, too- it just makes sense. That way you have a small and economical plane to transport the people, and a truck for the equipment.
 
Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

Would be great if there was a Halloween blizzard (yes, I know they don't travel on Friday) and their plane got diverted to Minneapolis (after circling CMX for several hours of course). That way they could get 5-6 hours in the plane AND 8 hours on the bus. Best of both worlds and everyone is happy.
Ryan J
 
Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

JohnsonsJerseys said:
Would be great if there was a Halloween blizzard (yes, I know they don't travel on Friday) and their plane got diverted to Minneapolis (after circling CMX for several hours of course). That way they could get 5-6 hours in the plane AND 8 hours on the bus. Best of both worlds and everyone is happy.
Ryan J
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I landed at CMX in a really bad storm back in 1990. Couldn't drive to my grandma's house in Tapiola even. Still got the plane down.

Still- why do you want to see Michigan struggle to get there? Do you think our team is so good that you need some kind of travel advantage? I was under the impression that you guys were good this year- apparently you don't seem to think so.
 
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Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

Really! Silly stuff to be arguing about. Who cares how they get here. If their budget allows it...so be it. Let's just play the games.
 
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Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

we are just pulling their cake eater chain because they have refused to come up here for the last 30+ years. and we have an unofficial policy of not actually talking hockey until Thursday. so we fill the threads with senseless chatter. dont take it personally.
 
Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

I don't care. Just wondering why you think you need some kind of artificial advantage.
 
Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

alfablue said:
I don't care. Just wondering why you think you need some kind of artificial advantage.
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We just want your endowment that's all. It's cash envy. We can't afford those flying tubes for an in state game...
 
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Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

they are awfully chippy this week. perhaps we shouldnt go there about the ugly helmets?
 
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huskyfan said:
they are awfully chippy this week. perhaps we shouldn't go there about the ugly helmets?
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Yeah, let's not get into those helmets. Up until a couple years ago they were still putting the design on with electrical tape. Hey why not just put their names on the front with athletic tape while you're at it?

Must have spent all their money on plane tickets.
:p
Ryan J

<img height=600 src="http://www.johnsonsjerseys.net/archive/ncaa/ccha/umi00h_f.jpg">
 
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Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

huskyfan said:
they are awfully chippy this week. perhaps we shouldnt go there about the ugly helmets?
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What color are yours, again? Black, white, or yelllow? Can't remember....

Such a horrible problem to have helmets that are so identifiable.

Is there ANYTHING good about Tech's hockey program? Or are you forced to try to bring the other team down to your level? Sure seems like you think your team sucks badly.

I could have sworn your team was good- Tech is 4-0, just beat a team that got us in our first game, and we are a measly 2-3. But with all of this talk, you guys must be a really horrible 4-0, and think that we are some kind of super team at 2-3. I appreciate how good you think we are, but I just don't see it.
 
Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

we liked trash talking even when we were doormats. its just that we are clever.
 
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Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

Somebody should probably go ahead and tell those poor kids the truth about the helmets, either that or switch mascots to the "University of Michigan Painted Turtles."
 
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Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

I fail to see the "clever" in thinking student athletes should spend more time traveling to a game than necessary and the oft repeated helmet discussion.

I would think with years of not wanting to talk hockey, there might be actual clever things to say. Or, as alfa pointed out, that with a nice 4-0 start you might want to discuss hockey.
 
Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

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wolverineTrumpet said:
I fail to see the "clever"
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you guys are about as fun-loving as the gophers.
Fine, time for hockey talk. Who will provide a Completely Baseless Scoring Prediction?
 
Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

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huskyfan said:
we liked trash talking even when we were doormats. its just that we are clever.
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At lest you think you are clever, and that's a one up in the whole self confidence thing. So good for you. Whatever it takes to make you feel better about yourself and your team.

I'm missing the trash talking part. What part of your posts were trash talking? I see banter that implies that you think your team sucks and has boring helmets. Nothing that's actually bad for Michigan fans.

Maybe a baby step in in order- you have a good football team, and they have been good for a while. You can take the logo off the side of it and dress up your hockey team helmets a lot. Based on some of the posts, you guys really need that. Or at least the fans do.
 
Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak

redwing61 said:
The truth is that the helmet design is a tribute to old-time football helmets. Such a design makes sense for their football team, but it's a head scratcher for a hockey team. I suppose it's enough that Walmart Wolverines love it.
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So our program is so popular and well known that people who have no association with the school are actually fans of all of Michigan programs.

I hate to say it, but I think it's a good problem to have.

Wouldn't you guys like some more fans who have no assocciation with Tech? Do you guys have a minimum requirement to be considered fans? As far as I know, Michigan will take any and all. If they buy their goods at WalMart, the licensing fee still comes to Ann Arbor. Just like if it was a the M-Den.

Since my dad went to Tech, and I did hockey school at Tech back when Mel was in school, can I please be considered a fan at some point? Pretty please?
 
Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the making

Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the making

alfablue said:
Such a horrible problem to have helmets that are so identifiable.
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You are correct on that point. Every time I see of them I think of powerhouse football programs across the nation... The University of Deleware, Princeton, Gustavus Adolphus... It's a striping pattern that dozens (if not hundreds) of teams use much like horizontal stripes on the bottom of a hockey jersey. Let's not act like it they're unique to Michigan. Michigan is just more well known for using them because ABC sports loves to show the BigTen as often as NBC loves to show Notre Dame.

<img src="http://phillysportscentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/university-of-delaware.jpg" height=300> <img src="http://image.cdnllnwnl.xosnetwork.com/ecomphotos1/300/528/13528.jpg"> <img height=300 src="https://athletics.blog.gustavus.edu/files/2011/12/photo2.jpg">
http://www.spartanjerseys.com/michigan-state-football-jersey-helmet/winged-helmet/

Ooops, I just checked my calendar. It is Thursday. It's time to talk hockey.
Friday MTU 6 - Yellow Wingers 4
Saturday MTU 3 - Red's Last Stand 2

Ryan J


PS - No, we really don't need anymore hockey fans at Tech. Those of us that stuck with the team through the lean years (and there were plenty of lean years) are just fine without others jumping on the bandwagon when the team is on the way up. Although I'm sure there are plenty of folks who will want to jump on board with a winner. I'm sure there will even be a few down state who put away the Wolverine jersey and go buy a Tech jersey off Ebay just because they're the new hot ticket in the state just like all the fans that appeared when Tech won the GLI for the first time in forever, and all the people that bashed the ECAC for years and then suddenly were huge fans of Yale, Union, etc when they were champs. I was proud to cheer for the Huskies when they won FOUR games in a season and I'll be proud to cheer for Tech if they have a season when they win a lot more.
 
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