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The 59th Annual Beanpot Tournament

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Chris_NH said:
I would imagine that sometime this summer BC's football coach will pull Jerry York aside and ask him what the secret is.
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don't understand this, the student turnout at football games is phenomenal. 7000 out of 9000 undergrads attend from an article i read. now some may not stay past halftime:eek::rolleyes:, but they do attend and the % of students who attend is very high, close to the top nationally in this ranking (yes, there are other factors why it's high)


and SteveF, you are right. the students can chant all the old , lame chants all they want if they continue to show up in these numbers. to say i am beyond thrilled by this development is an understatement
 
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sterlippo1 said:
don't understand this, the student turnout at football games is phenomenal. 7000 out of 9000 undergrads attend from an article i read. now some may not stay past halftime:eek::rolleyes:, but they do attend and the % of students who attend is very high, close to the top nationally in this ranking (yes, there are other factors why it's high)
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Oh, I don't mean to imply any negativity toward students, but you're talking about 7,000 people in a 45,000-seat stadium. What I'm most disappointed by are the lack of 'Others' (to revisit a term from the show LOST). The alumni. The people presumably with the means (read: $$$) to attend games both home & away (not to mention Bowls) yet choose not to go. BC suffers from a reputation of 'Not Travelling Well,' and I blame alumni rather than the students (who would surely go if they weren't strapped for cash like most are).
 
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Thiessen'sBetter said:
Regarding chants from Monday, I did appreciate BU's "Sunday school" response to BC's safety school chant.

For next Monday, I know BC bought some of NU's tickets which should make for some entertainment if intoxicated freshman from each school are mixed in the same section.
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Did not know about the "sunday school" chant, but I have to say, that's awesome. Finally, something new and creative from the bu student section. Who'd of thought that would ever happen? :D
 
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defkit said:
I'm probably missing a really obvious recent one, but when was the last time the beanpot provided a BIG upset? It seems to me the tourney has lost that element of it's luster.
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Perhaps 1999, when a really bad BU team knocked off BC in the first round.
 
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Chickens@NU said:
Did not know about the "sunday school" chant, but I have to say, that's awesome. Finally, something new and creative from the bu student section. Who'd of thought that would ever happen? :D
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I believe the BU students chanted that at least last year, too. Perhaps even earlier than that.
 
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Federal League said:
I believe the BU students chanted that at least last year, too. Perhaps even earlier than that.
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They chanted that at Conte before they had their butts handed to them. This year's BU fanboy seems to have a very anti-religious theme to them. My favorite part of that night was hearing a bunch of them taunt BC fans outside of the rink with "pedophile priest" chants. Classy bunch as always. Remember, the consolation game is at 4;30, not 5. Get your facepaint started early if you want to be there on time.
 
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Slasher7 said:
I have a feeling the senior's on this BC team remember that game well, too.
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Agreed, weird in the last 5 Beanpots this will only be the 2nd time we've played them.

Edit: The fanboys definitely do have some anti-religious thing going this year. Nothing like chanting your priests touch you on the way out after losing to your rival for the 4th time in 2 months.
 
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Chris_NH said:
Oh, I don't mean to imply any negativity toward students, but you're talking about 7,000 people in a 45,000-seat stadium. What I'm most disappointed by are the lack of 'Others' (to revisit a term from the show LOST). The alumni. The people presumably with the means (read: $$$) to attend games both home & away (not to mention Bowls) yet choose not to go. BC suffers from a reputation of 'Not Travelling Well,' and I blame alumni rather than the students (who would surely go if they weren't strapped for cash like most are).
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I think the bigger issues with attendance at BC Football is accessability and that goes beyond alumni. If it were easier to go, park, tailgate etc, they would get a lot more casual fans (local people non alumni i mean) at the games. Not sure there is anything that can be done about it given the location and the snotty newton neighbors that raise a stink about anything BC Football related.

claver2010 said:
chanting your priests touch you.
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I dont think that is new this year... actually kind of funny in a very off color sort of way... not a lot of "class" in that chant no... but no less classy than telling other schools they suck etc, which every student section does.

buoldtimer said:
Perhaps 1999, when a really bad BU team knocked off BC in the first round.
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That would be the closest I could think of to a big upset in recent Beanpot history.. even that is over a decade ago... and even so, somehow it never really seems like an upset when BU or BC beat each other, regardless of what they have done to that point in the season.
 
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SkinsFan09 said:
A good team? BC is an irrelevant football program.
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So irrelevant that BC's 54-0 thumping of the NU football team last year allowed the NU administration to realize how bad their football program actually is and caused them to can it!
 
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SkinsFan09 said:
A good team? BC is an irrelevant football program.
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Ahahahahhah. Good one. You sound like a fanboy. They play in a BCS conference, have played in conference championship games recently, have been ranked as high as #2 nationally fairly recently (oh but that didn't count!) and place a lot of good players into the NFL.
 
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TonyTheTiger20 said:
Those two points gave her the all-time BC record.
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Did it count when she scored with...

Oh nevermind ;)

JD said:
Since we're on the topic of the Women's Beanpot, I figured I'd randomly mention that it came to my attention that Phil Kessel has a sister playing at Minnesota. Needless to say I looked her up on the Gopher roster and found a video interview with her. She looks pretty good IMO. I feared she would look like a female version of Phil, but not the case.
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Was wondering where you were going with that one...
 
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bcfan131 said:
So irrelevant that BC's 54-0 thumping of the NU football team last year allowed the NU administration to realize how bad their football program actually is and caused them to can it!
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Yes. Beating a woefully irrelevant and timely cut fotball program doesn't make the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl legitimate now does it? I will say, Matt Ryan turned out to be a very good NFL QB but even he couldn't lead you to a BCS Bowl.
 
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Did you expect me to get offended? I'm a Redskins fan under 30, futility and irrelevance is nothing new to me. NU hockey is what it is.
 
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sterlippo1 said:
here we go again, another old and tired one.:rolleyes:........ask NFL scouts if they feel the BC football program is irrelevant
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BC has produced good players but then so has Marshall and Mississippi Valley State. The ACC is a basketball conference (and BC basketball is a very good program) with two football powers who have taken the decade off (Miami and FSU and you can add GT if you want as they were the best of the best 20 years ago). Anyway, I'm glad you at least defend your football program. Didn't mean to create such a ruckus. Back to arguments about chants in TD Garden.

My definition of relevant probably could be altered since there are so many NCAA FB teams. For example in the NBA, there are never more than say 6 relevant teams. This year - Celtics, Lakers, Heat, Spurs and I guess the Bulls and Thunder...no other teams will be in the Finals come June. Rest of the league is filler.
 
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