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RPI 2020 Off-season: Off-season Cancelled

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Today is 12 May 2020. There are 144 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 3 October 2020 for the start of next season.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">RPI fans, make sure you vote for Puckman in <a href="https://twitter.com/rCollegeHockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rCollegeHockey</a> Mascot Madness bracket competition! Voting for his first round match-up is underway <a href="https://t.co/JVOdhspr56">https://t.co/JVOdhspr56</a><a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_Puckman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RPI_Puckman</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_Hockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RPI_Hockey</a></p>— Red Army (@RPI_RedArmy) <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_RedArmy/status/1258894486857531392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He's doing great, but a few more votes won't hurt. :)
It's near the bottom.
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Puckman appears to have won 147-16. :)
On to round two on 5/15.
 
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Today is 13 May 2020. There are 143 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 3 October 2020 for the start of next season.
 
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Today is 14 May 2020. There are 142 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 3 October 2020 for the start of next season.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As we approach next week’s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RPI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RPI</a> Virtual Commencement, we are sharing some well wishes and words for advice for the graduates from our faculty and staff. Here's RPI's men's hockey coach Dave Smith! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RPI2020Grad?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RPI2020Grad</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ll4c5d5Zso">pic.twitter.com/Ll4c5d5Zso</a></p>— Rensselaer (@rpi) <a href="https://twitter.com/rpi/status/1260919070993657856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to TJ Samec for winning the Kumpf Award with ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/RPIAthletics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RPIAthletics</a>⁩ TJ made a positive difference with our program on and off the ice. ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_Hockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RPI_Hockey</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/rpi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rpi</a>⁩ Thank you TJ. <a href="https://t.co/w1eDFWvw8E">pic.twitter.com/w1eDFWvw8E</a></p>— Coach Dave Smith (@RPI_HockeyCoach) <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_HockeyCoach/status/1261115447400857600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

https://rpiathletics.com/sports/2017/3/17/kumpf-award.aspx?id=3808

The Henry W. Kumpf Award is given annually to a senior student-athlete who has demonstrated a strong degree of motivation, desire and determination in contributing to the success of the team.

This award is awarded to one female and one male student-athlete who have participated for at least three years and lettered at least one year. The student-athlete should have shown continual improvement over his/her career while demonstrating a strong degree of motivation and determination. The Kumpf Award winner must be a contributor to team success without gaining individual honors, such as all-conference.
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Today is 15 May 2020. There are 141 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 3 October 2020 for the start of next season.
 
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NPC19850330 said:
Football homecoming 2020 postponed, as per alumni e-mail.
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Trying to read between lines can often lead you down the wrong path, but!!!

Cancelling the homecoming weekend involving a few hundred alumni five months prior but then having a football game that Saturday drawing anywhere from 900 to 1,300 just plain does not make any sense. Either the game will be played without fans or it is also already cancelled. Same goes for the two home football games that precede the homecoming one.

Should there be a home hockey game later that night (unknown at this moment) drawing anywhere from 2,300 to 3,000, assuming anything other than fan less or already cancelled would be outright foolish.
 
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The almighty SAJ will be holding a virtual Town Hall meeting today. I'm sure more information is forthcoming.
 
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Based only on my reading the tea leaves, I think having students on campus this fall is a very long shot. If anything, I think they may bring some students on campus for the spring semester.... Which might make it possible for an abbreviated hockey season. Again, these is just what I'm thinking will happen -- I am sure there are many reasons why a short season would be viewed as problematic
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who is the first player that comes to mind when you see this logo? <a href="https://t.co/HT6BOsk0E4">pic.twitter.com/HT6BOsk0E4</a></p>— RPI Men's Hockey (@RPI_Hockey) <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_Hockey/status/1261358918120464384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That seems like a dumb question, but it is interesting to see the replies so far.
 
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Wicked Slappaahs said:
Based only on my reading the tea leaves, I think having students on campus this fall is a very long shot. If anything, I think they may bring some students on campus for the spring semester.... Which might make it possible for an abbreviated hockey season. Again, these is just what I'm thinking will happen -- I am sure there are many reasons why a short season would be viewed as problematic
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Trump today says we are moving forward vaccine or no vaccine. So I am just wondering if anyone who is unwilling to "move forward" will be punished? So, for example, will a university have federal aid cut for failure to have students on campus? And what will universities do then? So the tea leaves may get a bit complicated. Will parents send their children? Football and hockey may be back on the schedule. The question is will the fans go? I suspect I would not go unless I feel like I am not rolling the dice with my life.
 
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25+years said:
Trump today says we are moving forward vaccine or no vaccine. So I am just wondering if anyone who is unwilling to "move forward" will be punished? So, for example, will a university have federal aid cut for failure to have students on campus? And what will universities do then? So the tea leaves may get a bit complicated. Will parents send their children? Football and hockey may be back on the schedule. The question is will the fans go? I suspect I would not go unless I feel like I am not rolling the dice with my life.
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Northeastern, who I believe was referenced as a possible opponent this year, just announced their intention to resume on campus classes in the fall. Their economic model is weighted toward having those huge dorms they've built over the last 25 years full 12 months of the year (benefit of coop-oriented year round curriculum and being in the Back Bay of Boston). They may have to back off but they'll try their best to pull this off first.
 
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NPC19850330 said:
Football homecoming 2020 postponed, as per alumni e-mail.
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tony/troy said:
Trying to read between lines can often lead you down the wrong path, but!!!

Cancelling the homecoming weekend involving a few hundred alumni five months prior but then having a football game that Saturday drawing anywhere from 900 to 1,300 just plain does not make any sense. Either the game will be played without fans or it is also already cancelled. Same goes for the two home football games that precede the homecoming one.

Should there be a home hockey game later that night (unknown at this moment) drawing anywhere from 2,300 to 3,000, assuming anything other than fan less or already cancelled would be outright foolish.
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The way I read the e-mail, it said that the traditional reunion and homecoming celebration was being postponed. It did not specifically say that the football game scheduled for that weekend was being postponed or cancelled.

I'm Class of '70, so this would be the big year for my class to have a reunion. Considering that my classmates and I are all septuagenarians and thus in the high risk category for catching the virus, it seems to me that the single worst thing RPI could do in terms of putting a large number of people at risk of being infected with the virus would be to bring us all back to campus for a football game, a class dinner, and all the other group-gathering-type festivities normally associated with reunion and homecoming. I can understand why the very first thing RPI would decide to postpone or cancel would be the reunion and homecoming celebration.

Trying to be as optimistic as possible, I can see a possibility that they could go ahead with football games or other types of sporting events this fall, with a limited audience consisting of students and other younger people who aren't so high risk, as long as they remain at an acceptable social distance from each other. There is currently no indication on the RPIathletics website that any scheduled football games have been cancelled or postponed.

On the other hand, as Tony/Troy pointed out, if RPI can't play a football game scheduled for the second weekend in October, I can't imagine that the hockey team would be able to play any games that early, either.
 
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Waite21 said:
The way I read the e-mail, it said that the traditional reunion and homecoming celebration was being postponed. It did not specifically say that the football game scheduled for that weekend was being postponed or cancelled.

I'm Class of '70, so this would be the big year for my class to have a reunion. Considering that my classmates and I are all septuagenarians and thus in the high risk category for catching the virus, it seems to me that the single worst thing RPI could do in terms of putting a large number of people at risk of being infected with the virus would be to bring us all back to campus for a football game, a class dinner, and all the other group-gathering-type festivities normally associated with reunion and homecoming. I can understand why the very first thing RPI would decide to postpone or cancel would be the reunion and homecoming celebration.

Trying to be as optimistic as possible, I can see a possibility that they could go ahead with football games or other types of sporting events this fall, with a limited audience consisting of students and other younger people who aren't so high risk, as long as they remain at an acceptable social distance from each other. There is currently no indication on the RPIathletics website that any scheduled football games have been cancelled or postponed.

On the other hand, as Tony/Troy pointed out, if RPI can't play a football game scheduled for the second weekend in October, I can't imagine that the hockey team would be able to play any games that early, either.
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Emails and text messages went out to a couple sports teams saying that currently the plan is still to continue athletic competition in the fall
 
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