Rep Lodge Thread 89: As The Holidays Approach

[A Shot and a Goal]

Re: Rep Lodge Thread 89: As The Holidays Approach

I don't get involved and I don't post in those threads for a reason. I find it humorous that living in a basement and owning a compter with dial up equates to being a college hockey know it all.

BSU doesn't get much repsect and IMHO that is justified. Taking this series will help in gaining a little more respect to the program.

BSU will never be a top team year in and year out in the WCHA but rest assured they won't be a bottom team either. I predict that over the long term BSU will spend more time in the top half of the WCHA versus the bottom. I am willing to bet a substantial amount of cash on that. Unlike other programs, BSU has a tradition of winning and wanting to win and most importantly actually winning is in our DNA. We have done it at every level and stepping into the WCHA won't change that.

BSU has a good chance to make a statement this weekend. Even though BSU has had a fairly easy schedule to date even a down gopher team should be a good test. Even though mn has yet to find themselves and they have played poorly to date if BSU ends up poking the bear to many times they might regret it.

Even if the gophers sweep I will still be happy with a 7-2-1 record ten games into the season.

*steps off soap box*

gmann, I held Air Force Academy season football tickets for thirty years until choosing not to renew them earlier this decade. I see BSU and the Falcons' football program occupying similar positions.

In the time I held AFA tickets the Falcons played as a member of the 8-team WAC, then an expanded configuration of the 16-team WAC and now as a member of the Mountain West Conference.

BYU, Utah and TCU have each made concerted runs at busting the BCS bowl picture in the last five seasons or so. TCU is doing so again this season. About once every ten years Air Force has enough elite cadet/student/athletes on its roster to compete with the top three teams in the MWC. I've also been in Falcon Stadium and Notre Dame stadium to witness, first hand, victories by AFA over the Fighting Irish.

I expect BSU will be the same kind of outfit when it plays in the WCHA. No, on an annual basis the Beavers won't challenge North Dakota, Wisconsin and Denver [or whomever it may be at the top of the heap] to win a league title. However, in those years when BSU has a top flight scorer or two and a hot goalie I expect the Beavers will make a strong run at being able to crack the top three in the league standings. Being in the top three is beneficial in that it means having to play only two games in the Final Five conference post-season tourney. I for one am looking forward to BSU's [and Neb-O's] inclusion in the WCHA.

 

[goldy_331]

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Blah, blah, blah...

*steps off soap box*

Dang, I was just getting ready to kick it out from under you!

 

[Gonzo]

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I dunno. I think Happy, SIM and a couple of other antagonistic posters are kind of funny. They are excellent at baiting noobs and homers.

Like many posters have said, real Gophers fans are not looking past BSU. This year, we can't afford to look past any team. BSU has a good team and will play well, but you're right about 7-2-1

 

[Ralph Baer]

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Being in the top three is beneficial in that it means having to play only two games in the Final Five conference post-season tourney. I for one am looking forward to BSU's [and Neb-O's] inclusion in the WCHA.

I am sure that it has been mentioned elsewhere, but is the WCHA still going to have a Final Five, or will it become a Final Six?

 

[A Shot and a Goal]

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I am sure that it has been mentioned elsewhere, but is the WCHA still going to have a Final Five, or will it become a Final Six?

I was using the phrase "Final Five" generically. I assume the WCHA will adopt a format similar to one used by the CCHA since there will be twelve teams....meaning six first round series.....six winners...all of whom would advance to a Final Six.

My point being that BSU will challenge for a league title every once in a while.

 

[state of hockey]

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I was using the phrase "Final Five" generically. I assume the WCHA will adopt a format similar to one used by the CCHA.

Bummer. Just make it so teams 11 and 12 have no postseason.

 

[A Shot and a Goal]

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Bummer. Just make it so teams 11 and 12 have no postseason.

Personally, I think it's ludicrous to have all ten teams in a ten team league [or 12 teams in a 12 team league] play in the post-season conference tournament as everyone's inclusion renders the regular season nearly moot. Finances being what they are in college athletics, everyone's inclusion in a post-season tournament is a foregone conclusion.

I'm waiting for the year an eleventh or twelfth place team gets hot for two weeks, wins a conference post-season tournament thereby "costing" a team with a decidedly better regular season record a spot in the NCAA field. At that point the cries from athletic directors for changes to the playoff format will be entertaining to hear.

 

[ecbrevik]

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Greetings Lodge!

We went to a really sad wake last night. We've lived on our house for 17+ years and one of our neighbors moved in around the same time, really nice family & I've spent many a night & early morning solving life's problems on their deck. John's dad died about 5 years ago, his mom died in August; John went to pick up his brother (only sibling) last Friday for their annual deer hunting trip and found him dead in bed. I can't imagine losing my family at such a young age...

I can not think of a worse place to be on Black Friday than shopping.

FYP

Thats how we rollover, unless BC or UNH is involved

 

[walrus]

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Greetings Lodge!



FYP

The last couple years there has been no rolling over, Maine just sucks

 

[A Shot and a Goal]

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The last couple years there has been no rolling over, Maine just sucks

But when you say "sucks" I'm sure you mean that in only the most supportive, they're-not-really-the-equivalent-of-dog-vomit kinda way.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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Personally, I think it's ludicrous to have all ten teams in a ten team league [or 12 teams in a 12 team league] play in the post-season conference tournament as everyone's inclusion renders the regular season nearly moot. Finances being what they are in college athletics, everyone's inclusion in a post-season tournament is a foregone conclusion.

I'm waiting for the year an eleventh or twelfth place team gets hot for two weeks, wins a conference post-season tournament thereby "costing" a team with a decidedly better regular season record a spot in the NCAA field. At that point the cries from athletic directors for changes to the playoff format will be entertaining to hear.

Tech almost pulled that off several years ago, before I started school there. It was when Sertich was the coach, they were the 10th team, they knocked off #1 then made a run at the final 5, I believe they lost in the championship game, 1 win away from getting an autobid.

 

[gmann]

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My point being that BSU will challenge for a league title every once in a while.

If "every once in a while" was meant to mean every year then yes, I agree.

 

[Greyeagle]

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Tech almost pulled that off several years ago, before I started school there. It was when Sertich was the coach, they were the 10th team, they knocked off #1 then made a run at the final 5, I believe they lost in the championship game, 1 win away from getting an autobid.

Is that the year tTech knocked off CC in the first round and eventually lost to a Mike Guentzel* led MN team in the FF finals in Milwaukee?

*see "Woog, Doug", water bottle suspension.

 

[A Shot and a Goal]

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If "every once in a while" was meant to mean as often as the Detroit Lions win the Super Bowl, I agree.

No argument here, parade boy.

 

[gmann]

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Dang, I was just getting ready to kick it out from under you!

As long as you don't forget to wear "BSU" green and white and bring a broom to overratednhldraftpickswhohaveacoachwithbadhairucci arena I am ok with being kicked off it.

For the record, you don't have to wave the broom. hoven already said he would do that.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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I was using the phrase "Final Five" generically. I assume the WCHA will adopt a format similar to one used by the CCHA since there will be twelve teams....meaning six first round series.....six winners...all of whom would advance to a Final Six.

My point being that BSU will challenge for a league title every once in a while.

So, it's like the Big 10 having 11 teams.

 

[Gonzo]

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For the record, you don't have to wave the broom. hoven already said he would do that.

Gophers sweep
There you go

 

[A Shot and a Goal]

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So, it's like the Big 10 having 11 teams.

Exactly. With Les and Mel being the Co-Commissioners of Math.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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Exactly. With Les and Mel being the Co-Commissioners of Math.

It's beginning to make sense.

 

[melmac]

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Actually, I think I read somewhere that it'll still be the Final Five, and will continue to have five games, but there will no longer be a third place game.