Re: RIT 2010-11: What do Tigers dream of?
Can somebody please explain how Robert Morris keeps getting votes in the polls but RIT is nowhere to be found?
They've lost to the Tigers twice and only have two more wins vs RIT in the overall standings.
If the polls are based soley on OC games, would it make more sense to just have four weeks of OC games and then seed everybody for the tournements before winter break?
The lone Army puck I saw which came off the ice I think had the AHA logo and Army's logo on it but the ones from the rink store only had the Army logo on it.
The pollsters don't give a rat's a** about AHA contests. OOC is the only thing they look at with teams from AHA, and with good reason.
And can we all just forget about discussing any at-large bid chances? The only way a team from this bottom-feeder conference can even be remotely considered for an at-large bid would be if they face a killer ooc schedule (which RIT's has so far turned out not to be) and win nearly all 7 of them. And even at that, it would be a long-shot. Most, if not all, of the games against our conference foes mean virtually nothing nationally. Games like Merrimack v. RIT, Notre Dame v. Canisius, and Yale v. Holy Cross, which happen all too often for our liking certainly don't help the cause any.
As far as how Merrimack looked, I agree with an earlier poster (can't remember whom) that Saturday's game was maybe the worst beat-down I've seen administered to the Tigers, ever, not to mention at Ritter Arena. I also agree that there was something lacking even in the demolition effort from the Warriors before they finally woke up and took the game seriously. Although the shot differential was overwhelming right from the beginning, Watson didn't seem overly tested until after RIT was up 2-1. The Tigers should have considered themselves extremely fortunate to only be down 4-2 after two periods. Merrimack was definitely the strongest opponent to play at Ritter I've seen yet (I discount the games from the 05-06 season since it was difficult to gauge how strong those opponents were against what was essentially a D-III team). In some ways, this loss almost did appear worse than the thrashing they took at the FF last year to Wisconsin - although it would be hard to "top" that performance.
Speaking of which, for Christmas I received the 2010 NCAA Frozen Four highlight DVD, narrated by Mike Emrick. Apparently, this is the first year they've made a package like that. Although the actual game footage was a painful thing to re-live, the re-cap of each team's road to Detroit and the pre-game material was pretty cool. They also included a story on one player from each school. Obviously, Cameron Burt was the subject for RIT. No new information, but it was kind of a treat to see RIT covered in a nationally released DVD like that. The only disappointing aspect was that there was no focus or even mention of the fans or the tournament experience from the fan's perspective at all (probably only had footage of fans complaining about the crappy view). I think RIT definitely would have made a name for themselves if that were a part of the coverage. If this video was previously mentioned in this thread and I'm repeating something, I apologize. But I can't remember reading about it on here.
