Nothing against the lacrosse team but there's a ton going on this time of year and it's hard to move pieces to watch games and replays and then take time to argue about them with those who were there, saw the games live etc. There's also the fact that 13 games and 245 pages in we've pretty much covered things over and over and there isn't much media coverage to generate new things to discuss. We know that certain players are maddeningly inconsistent and the staff will play them until the season is over because they flash in the practices or whatever. Last week was a bad loss, but we're in the mix for the big ten and will for sure play in the ncaa tournament. It's a question of on what terms.51percentcorn wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 1:02 pm Boy pretty quiet around here - little nervous perhaps? Ernie just got the notes up which seems a little late too. Hopefully the team is angry and confident after letting one slip away. It's no secret Ohio State has not played that well on the road and they struggle to score against what would be considered upper echelon teams: 8 against UNC (was a W however)/6 against UVA/13 against Cornell slightly misleading Cornell led 16-10 with 9 minute left/3 against Notre Dame/11 against Rutgers/9 against Penn State/11 against Maryland - 61 goals in those 7 games - averaging under 9 goals a game. Seems pretty clear - get to 13. Of course easier said than done - must do better on face-offs and they are not easy to guard with 7 guys netting 9 goals or more though Shean/Myers and Borda are a little top heavy (Myers and Borda were high school teammates of Marcille BTW).
The shame of the Penn State game - could have had a realistic chance of sewing up the #1 seed if Rutgers defeats MD in New Jersey
Tried to do scenarios if Hopkins wins on Saturday but the tables turned out like crap - suffice to say I think we are Wolverine and Scarlet Knight fans for a day
A win saturday pretty much guarantees playing at home in the first round but does not get you the bye to the semis
University finally woke up-even for a brief moment and started showcasing some of its lacrosse lore in media form with some zimmerman talking to the kiddos. This is years overdue. Now that corona is over, even to certain areas of society, maybe they can start producing positive unifying things about the school and world for alumni and students like this again.
https://twitter.com/jhumenslacrosse
The big ten got a new commissioner. No idea what this means for us or lacrosse but looks like he's a long island guy who went to Haverford so at least some familiarity with the sport and us.