runrussellrun wrote:
Bucknell had NINE winning seasons in a row, starting in 2005. You sure are making sense, especially having win streakers scheduled against Hopkins that were mentioned. Has Manhatten EVER had a winning season?
Yup. like myself and others have pointed out....Johns Hopkins hasnt driven over the Hudson River for a regular season game, in how long?
But, why you aren't understanding my point, I apologize for not being clear. Cupcakes do NOT exist in Mens Div. I lacrosse. They just don't. Maryland has a starter from Utah. Utah will have a team playing........Its not even the same as it was 5-6 years ago. Cupcake free zone. Is UPENN in the IL top 25? what.....what...they are?
This is an actually insane because Hopkins hasn't played Manhattan in 6 years, but for the sake of argument, I know that cupcakes exist because Manhattan was one of them. Hopkins beat them every single year. Some teams aren't very good. It is the reality of sports. You can try to boost their morale or whatever by saying "there are no easy games" but the fact is that some games are much easier than others. Sometimes teams are expected to win and—I know this is shocking to you—they win! Consistently! That doesn't mean upsets can't or don't ever happen, of course they do.
Penn hasn't made the tournament since 2014. Their records since have been 6-7, 8-7, 7-6, 7-8. They're exactly 28-28 since last making the postseason. Granted, they usually play a hard schedule, but that strikes me as pretty mediocre, no? Not coincidentally, 2014 was also the last time they beat Yale. They are 0-7 against Yale since 2014, including last year's 21-6 drubbing in the first round of the Ivy tournament. In two games combined they lost 33-12 to Yale. So pardon me if I expect Yale to run through the Quakers again in 2019.
All I was saying was that the second half of Yale's schedule is easy, and the numbers back that up. It will be surprising if they win less than 6 of those 7 games. Doesn't mean it CANNOT happen. It means it probably won't. Didn't really think that was controversial.
Your points on Hopkins make no sense. They routinely have one of the toughest schedules in the country year in and year out. I don't know why they don't play Bucknell, but you can't play everyone. My statement about Bucknell was a joke. They're good. (Although they won't be as good this year as they were in 2018). Hop has plenty of quality competition on the schedule already, unlike some other teams who could use a boost in SOS.