Quote from: Pat Coleman on November 12, 2007, 10:36:43 AM

Quote from: Tonyfromtroy on November 12, 2007, 10:17:02 AM
Obviously the NCAA committee has pegged RPI as a sacrificial lamb to TCNJ. Otherwise, how could anyone explain a second round meeting in THE EAST REGION that would require paying for a plane (on Thanksgiving weekend no less). RPI is over the NCAA 500 mile limit from Mt. Union (507 to be exact) while TCNJ is only 404

This is incorrect. It's 481.8 miles according to the settings used by the NCAA -- MSN MapPoint and shortest possible distance setting.

Pat: While you mat be technically correct, most all normal, lucid humans use the least time setting. That would keep you on major highways or at least driveable, safe roads (mayby even paved ones). But who ever thought NCAA people were normal, lucid humans?

Obviously the NCAA committee has pegged RPI as a sacrificial lamb to TCNJ. Otherwise, how could anyone explain a second round meeting in THE EAST REGION that would require paying for a plane (on Thanksgiving weekend no less). RPI is over the NCAA 500 mile limit from Mt. Union (507 to be exact) while TCNJ is only 404

Obviously the NCAA committee has pegged RPI as a sacrificial lamb to TCNJ. Otherwise, how could anyone explain a second round meeting in THE EAST REGION that would require paying for a plane (on Thanksgiving weekend no less). RPI is over the NCAA 500 mile limit from Mt. Union (507 to be exact) while TCNJ is only 404.

Quote from: Rt Rev J.H. Hobart on October 07, 2007, 10:35:03 PM
SJF and Alfred are looking good on the Top 25.  Both teams have very easy games next week.  Doubt a win will help them much, but a loss to Norwich or Utica, respectively, would hurt them big time.

As for RPI, they are almost in the Top 25, but a bye next week followed by Merchant Marine,  The Rev wonder when they will break the seal.  USMMA ain't exactly a feather in the cap.  So as with SJF and Alfred, a win likely won't have much of an effect, but a loss would be a kick in the pants.

P.S.  One would think that with a bunch of technogeeks RPI would have a killer website.  It sucks.  Click on Football, and there's women's soccer in the Top Stories.  The schedule is buried in a menu on the right side of the screen that you have to scroll down to see.  Don't engineers ever do usability tests?  Sheesh!

Rev: So you think you found a gaping hole in a web site. You did'nt. You only found a spaghetti strainer hole. Go to the school's main page and see if you are smart enough to figure out how to get to the athletic page. This is not an exercise in futlilty. It can actually be done. Further, this hole was pointed out to them back in August. While I know absolutely zero about constructing web sites, I cannot imagine this hole is very hard to fix.

Can't let any discussion of "old time wrestling" pass without a plug the first man of color to play the heel way back when, Sweet Dady Siki (now a singer in a band). We also should never forget the Nazi from Quebec, Hans Schmidt (real name Guy LaRose). At interview time the "manager" (believe it was Wild Red Berry) did all the talking so that Guy's heavy French accent would not give the whole act away. Then there was the man from Moosehead, Maine (no such town in Maine) Moose Cholak (real name Ed-now deceased), who was actually an engineer for the City of Milwaukee in his post wrestling life. Also among my all time favorites were the tag team of Magnificent Maurice and Handsome Johnny Barend, a younger, trimmer Lou Albano as one half of the tag team of The Sicilians and, of course, the greatest heel of all time, the original "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers (real name Herman Rhode) who passed away some years ago.
   From the broadcast position the all time best were the team of Gorilla Monsoon (actually an Ithaca College football and wrestling Hall of Famer under the name of Gino Morella) and Jesse "The Body" Ventura and we all know what he did later.

   Some three decades ago, Union started beating the living tar (or ----) out of NESCAC teams with regularity and they were unceremoniously escorted to the hatch and jettisoned from the conference. Does anyone seriously believe it eventually will be any different (ditto) if Trinity keeps up their present pace. You know what the say about people who ignore history. Basically, it's something along the lines of not being very bright.