CU77 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 1:37 pm
joewillie78 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 11:15 am
The April 16th John's Hopkins game , in which I attended with about 15 of my TKE fraternity brothers and a keg of PBR , is still to this day the greatest lacrosse game I ever witnessed. Devastated in the 1st half with the Jay's killing us and over the top joy and celebration with the comeback win to keep the STREAK alive. It took about 3 days to recover from that game.
That game was immortalized by Leroy Neiman:
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/La-Cr ... 5C8990F92D
I was at that game with my dad, who played lax at Dartmouth (1948-51). Growing up in Syracuse, and bleeding Green, we would travel to Ithaca in the Fall when Dartmouth played football away at Cornell - usually a pleasant result with noticeably more W's than L's for the Big Green. We've always been a pretty good thorn in Cornell's football side. One such game there were streakers. Gosh I miss the 70's!
In springtime, the dialogue flipped, and we'd travel to Kopf to catch the nation's premier program (sorry/not sorry Hop!) in action. We also did the same heading to Geneva regularly to watch Hobart dismantle whomever. That spring '77 game vs. Hop was a CHARGED atmosphere. I'm surprised the stated crowd was only 5,000. We'd always sit on the innovative crescent side - good for soaking up rays. Intriguing to learn Neiman was present.
The final thing happening during that time was Roy Simmons Jr. building the incoming juggernaut that would be the Orange which came to prominence as the 80's took flight. Watching games at Coyne Field, standing room and the North hill, was just awesome.
It was great as a kid to have first-hand access to the hero's and legends of the game!