RIT used to play here.

[Matthew Webb]

Re: RIT used to play here.

I certainly respect everything RIT has done this year and my hat is off to them but I'm sorry...too many bad memories to bring myself to root for the team.

RIT broke my heart more than the Bills and Mets ever could all those years they ended Elmira's season.

Come on now. "Bad memories"? What is this? Some prom where you drank too much too early and puked on your date's dress just as she was moving in for your first kiss?

It's sports. Enjoy the ride. The fact POYB was able to get behind St. Norbert should be enough to prove <i>anyone</i> can sit back and just have fun with things. No need to take things so seriously.

It's often said familiarity breeds contempt. What's often overlooked is that it can, and maybe should, also breed respect.

 

[valliant defender]

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One thing I noticed when looking at the roster of RIT was that they have a lot of 'older' Canadians on their team.Have they always had a penchant for getting these type of players and is this in any way possibly related to their overall success as a program?I didn't do a scientific study of the matter but is there a correlation between the number of these type of players and a team's level of success at all levels of college hockey?I know Oswego,Norbert's and host of other teams have a lot of Canadians.Does a team of US players really have a good chance against this type of competition at the college level?

 

[Russell Jaslow]

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Come on now. "Bad memories"? What is this? Some prom where you drank too much too early and puked on your date's dress just as she was moving in for your first kiss?

It's sports. Enjoy the ride. The fact POYB was able to get behind St. Norbert should be enough to prove <i>anyone</i> can sit back and just have fun with things. No need to take things so seriously.

It's often said familiarity breeds contempt. What's often overlooked is that it can, and maybe should, also breed respect.

I will never, ever root for the f------ Red Sox.

 

[norm1909]

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I will never, ever root for the f------ Red Sox.

As a Yankee fan, when it comes to the American League, I too would have a hard time rooting for the Red Sox, but if they were to play an international team, such as the Japanese, I must admit, my homer instincts, would be enough for me to be happy if they won.

 

[RITMRC Tiger]

Re: RIT used to play here.

One thing I noticed when looking at the roster of RIT was that they have a lot of 'older' Canadians on their team.Have they always had a penchant for getting these type of players and is this in any way possibly related to their overall success as a program?I didn't do a scientific study of the matter but is there a correlation between the number of these type of players and a team's level of success at all levels of college hockey?I know Oswego,Norbert's and host of other teams have a lot of Canadians.Does a team of US players really have a good chance against this type of competition at the college level?

Air Force was an overtime goal away from going to the Frozen Four last year. By definition, it's an all American team.

By the way, they are talking about this over on the DI boards too.

http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?t=90127

 

[CARDS_rule_the_Burgh]

Re: RIT used to play here.

Air Force was an overtime goal away from going to the Frozen Four last year. By definition, it's an all American team.

By the way, they are talking about this over on the DI boards too.

http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?t=90127

Oh boy... The DI fans, used to seeing Athletic Scholarships as the #1 recruiting tactic, are starting to notice DIII's best kept secret: Financial Aid Packages

 

[Russell Jaslow]

Re: RIT used to play here.

As a Yankee fan, when it comes to the American League, I too would have a hard time rooting for the Red Sox, but if they were to play an international team, such as the Japanese, I must admit, my homer instincts, would be enough for me to be happy if they won.

That would be a tough call especially since the only time I do not root for an AL team in the World Series is when it's the Red Sox.

The only time I ever rooted for the Philadelphia Flyers was when they played the Soviets.

 

[CARDS_rule_the_Burgh]

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I suppose it's pertinent here...

USCHO.com might be done for the season, but USA Today is still producing weekly rankings... and RIT shot up to #9. They are a top-10 team in DI

(and their next matchup is the new #2)

 

[KnightsOfTheRound]

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Stories like RIT are why I hate the fact that they have a week off between the regionals and the FF. RIT has a ton of momentum right now and if they FF was next week they would be able to carry that momentum with them. Unfortunately, because of the week off they are going to have to sustain that type of vibe for another week and when you're on the kind of high they're on right now its tough to remain at that emotional level for that long.

This was my thought process as well. RIT's got a steep hill to climb and that week off in between games only makes it steeper. We are all RIT fans now (except for Prez).

Is the NCAA upset that RIT is in the frozen four and not some mid-western land grand university that can pull a few thousand fans to Detroit? Ford Field is not a small venue-- I don't know how many it holds for hockey, but it must be a good deal more than Joe Louis Arena otherwise they would have just had the game there when the Red Wings were out of town.

 

[joecct]

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That would be a tough call especially since the only time I do not root for an AL team in the World Series is when it's the Red Sox.

The only time I ever rooted for the Philadelphia Flyers was when they played the Soviets.

Russell, I must confess I feel the same way when the Yankees are in the post season.

 

[Russell Jaslow]

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Russell, I must confess I feel the same way when the Yankees are in the post season.

If you're a Red Sox fan, then I can respect that.

If you're just a Yankees' hater, then I don't give a crap what you feel.

 

[joecct]

Re: RIT used to play here.

If you're a Red Sox fan, then I can respect that.

If you're just a Yankees' hater, then I don't give a crap what you feel.

Red Sox through and through.

 

[Matthew Webb]

Re: RIT used to play here.

I will never, ever root for the f------ Red Sox.

That's how I am with that pile of filth better known as the Chicago Cubs. And beyond that...the absolute piece of **** known as the Mexican National Soccer Team.

When millions of dollars, or fans throwing bags of urine and blood on our players, are involved...I can handle the disdain. I take a little different tact with college, though. Especially DIII.

 

[Hammer]

Re: RIT used to play here.

Is the NCAA upset that RIT is in the frozen four and not some mid-western land grand university that can pull a few thousand fans to Detroit? Ford Field is not a small venue-- I don't know how many it holds for hockey, but it must be a good deal more than Joe Louis Arena otherwise they would have just had the game there when the Red Wings were out of town.

Um, Joe Louis Arena doesn't want the game. There's a reason they haven't bid on anything since they hosted the West regional in 1993. They don't want to deal with the NCAA's bull****.

I think they're planning on 35K+ for this year's FF.

 

[PrezdeJohnson09]

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When millions of dollars, or fans throwing bags of urine and blood on our players, are involved...I can handle the disdain. I take a little different tact with college, though. Especially DIII.

Agree to disagree

 

[Matthew Webb]

Re: RIT used to play here.

Agree to disagree

Which means you're wrong

 

[komey1]

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Is the NCAA upset that RIT is in the frozen four and not some mid-western land grand university that can pull a few thousand fans to Detroit?

I think RIT fans will travel as well as anyone from their region to the games except for Cornell. This is something that most RIT posters have dreamed about since the move - even though many figured it would take a while to get to this level. I don't think anyone wants to miss it if they can help it.

EDIT: I dare say that they would have loved that land-grant college to come out of the Fort Wayne bracket. I think that was PART of the reason they were shifted to there to begin with.

 

[Warren Thompson]

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Oh boy... The DI fans, used to seeing Athletic Scholarships as the #1 recruiting tactic, are starting to notice DIII's best kept secret: Financial Aid Packages

Without stretching the truth overly much, one may see D3 financial aid packages as amounting to athletic [gasp!] scholarships. It depends, of course, on how a given D3 institution parcels them out.

 

[NUProf]

Re: RIT used to play here.

Without stretching the truth overly much, one may see D3 financial aid packages as amounting to athletic [gasp!] scholarships. It depends, of course, on how a given D3 institution parcels them out.

Not exactly, because such packages cannot be based on athletic status. That's how Buff State and Genesseo ended up on the NCAA's "bad list" - they had financial aid programs that were defacto athletic scholarships, because only athletes ended up with the packages (they didn't exclude non-athletes, but not enough non-atheletes got the packages).

 

[joecct]

Re: RIT used to play here.

I think RIT fans will travel as well as anyone from their region to the games except for Cornell. This is something that most RIT posters have dreamed about since the move - even though many figured it would take a while to get to this level. I don't think anyone wants to miss it if they can help it.

EDIT: I dare say that they would have loved that land-grant college to come out of the Fort Wayne bracket. I think that was PART of the reason they were shifted to there to begin with.

The Michigan Land Grant (Morrill Act 0f 1862) College is Michigan State.