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Honestly, I was a huge college football and basketball fan but my interest has certainly waned as "paying the athletes" issue has risen. Just out of curiosity: Why is that? The money generated by these sports has been huge for decades now, and a number of people related to the largest rev...

HGK wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 7:17 pm Don’t go bad on Doc. He is always balanced and obviously missed the header on the thread

Doc is still reeling from that Hopkins chokejob on Sunday.

Division 3, but...Salisbury this year was undefeated this year with a 41 game winning streak and the odds-on favorite to another d3 title, but were stunned at home by Washington & Lee in the quarters. One of the biggest upsets in d3 lax history.

The granddaddy of them all is Cornell 78, which lost the title game to Hop, ending a 3-season 42-game winning streak that included 2 undefeated national championships in 76 and 77. https://cornellbigred.com/news/2018/4/11/big-red-bios-the-streak.aspx I'd add: Lost to a Hopkins team they beat handil...

Petro, Starsia, and Desko were all fired. All had multiple championships. I don’t think any of those fan bases regret making a move. Both Starsia and Desko were let go after fairly significant controversies, no? Though in the case of Starsia at least, the on-field woes seemed to weigh much more hea...

Can Opener wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 4:34 pm First class move by CNU giving Cabrini guys a standing ovation as they walked off the field for the last time. Makes you feel good about the future of this sport and all of these young men.
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Thanks for posting that...

Should the NFL go to a system where, after the season , each division plays a post season tournament where 1 plays 4 and 2 plays 3 and the winners play to see who makes the playoffs? When the lacrosse playoffs start generating the kind of revenue that the NFL playoffs do, or even the kind of revenu...

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bearlaxfan wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 6:52 pm Terry Foy has Penn in, FWIW.

I'd like to see Penn get that last AL bid. There should be some consequences for a tournament beat down like PSU was handed yesterday.

Some would say 18-11 is quite the beatdown, too.

Terry Foy has Penn in, FWIW. I'm not sure who would grab that last at-large over Penn, to be honest. They certainly have a deserving resume. He posed the issue as Penn/Penn State Wow. I didn't realize he had Penn State out. I figured PSU bricked the game against Michigan, assuming they were already...

Terry Foy has Penn in, FWIW. I'm not sure who would grab that last at-large over Penn, to be honest. They certainly have a deserving resume. He posed the issue as Penn/Penn State Wow. I didn't realize he had Penn State out. I figured PSU bricked the game against Michigan, assuming they were already...

bearlaxfan wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 6:52 pm Terry Foy has Penn in, FWIW.

I'm not sure who would grab that last at-large over Penn, to be honest. They certainly have a deserving resume.

Both the Union and RPI broadcast teams are exceptional, in both football and lacrosse.

Congrats to RPI. Would love to see them win it all this year.

Nice to see Ithaca getting some love on the regional rankings.

For the life of me, I can't figure how #10 Ithaca @ 15-1 is three slots below #7 William Smith @ 15-2 in the national poll when Ithaca annihilated WS 16-4 less than a month ago and when both teams have similar SoS.

faircornell wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 10:46 pm One wonders if PSU should have taken their foot off the gas at some point vs UMD and saved some energy for their next game.

One wonders what the game against Michigan might have looked like if Penn State had put any effort into it whatsoever.

It hurts to watch teams like Denver and JHU and PSU lay complete eggs in the league tourneys with no risk of losing a bid and have those putrid efforts in somewhat meaningless games cost Cornell a bid. Couldn't agree more. I understand the NCAA wanting to create some end of season drama but if ther...

Well, the bracket isn't set yet. They are position to be the last at large team depending on the results of Georgetown/Villanova, Michigan/PSU and maybe even Penn/Princeton? I think the Michigan/PSU game is most consequential (Michigan wins and they're likely out), and the results of the other game...

Great season for the Big Red. Sorry to see it possibly end this way. Hats off to Penn for a well executed game. +1 Disappointing result tonight. You just had a feeling at the time that the Denver result was going to loom large. A great season; sorry if it ends this. Good luck to Princeton and Penn.

Mr3Putt wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 7:49 pm Explain to me why Yales RPI is high? The look like a HS team

Do you need us to explain the RPI formula? It's a mathematical formula. You do realize troll-driven snarkiness doesn't factor in at all, right?

laf also has Cornell in top 8 selection-wise, but updated prior to the conclusion of the last B1G game last night. But I think all that changes if they don't win tonight. Even with a win tonight, a Michigan win in the Big 10 tourney could render the Ivy League a one-bid league, as shocking as that ...

laxfan1313 wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 5:14 am And Knust wasn't the goalie last time.

But Tully wasn't the reason we didn't win that game.