My guess is that it's both an attempt at Title IX-esque "balance" (giving the men and women equal shot at the "prime" game times) and a hope that having the men as the lead-in will draw more to the women's games (i.e. "we're here already, let's stick around for game two.")

Quote from: Pat Coleman on February 27, 2014, 08:50:31 AM

Certainly a better chance of getting in the newspapers and on TV at 2 and 4. Not sure what your roads are like in Northeast PA but road conditions are almost certainly better to get home at 6:30 than at 10. If you can't get your students to a conference title game then I don't think it matters what time you set it at.

Sorry, I had to chuckle at this, Pat. Roads in NEPA are one big pothole.

I'm here! Thought I posted the other day, but I don't see it. Oh well.

Now I just have to talk my husband out of going to Baltimore for his birthday on Saturday...

ETA: Don't worry about seeing a lot of SU fans, Scranton. Spring break starts Friday.

Quote from: saratoga on January 11, 2014, 11:08:24 PM

PS...on a much more important note...I just saw that our friend from Susquehanna had a baby a few months back...Congratulations and I hope all is going perfectly well for mom, dad & baby.

Why thank you, 'toga! All is well with the Grovelette. She is sleeping through the night (mostly) so mom and dad are happy.  Hoping to take her over to the SU-Scranton games coming up.

Quote from: NEPAFAN on December 13, 2013, 08:29:48 AM

Quote from: TheGrove on December 13, 2013, 01:10:14 AM

Quote from: NEPAFAN on December 07, 2013, 09:03:37 AM
Grove:

who do you have today Scranton or SU? do you have the little one in a susq onesie yet? Please send you address and I'll send all the Scranton baby gear you can ever want!

The Grovelette has her own Susquehanna cheerleading uniform! It was a big hit at homecoming. 

You will not convert her to purple!

We Scranton folks don't know what homecoming is. At least those of us who weren't around in 1960, but I digress.

Susquehanna had a nice student section crowd at the game, sorry my Royals had to make that run to shut them down though!

When you say nice... do you mean in behavior? Because that will surprise me. They were pretty rowdy when I was still around.

Quote from: NEPAFAN on December 07, 2013, 09:03:37 AM
Grove:

who do you have today Scranton or SU? do you have the little one in a susq onesie yet? Please send you address and I'll send all the Scranton baby gear you can ever want!

The Grovelette has her own Susquehanna cheerleading uniform! It was a big hit at homecoming. 

You will not convert her to purple!

Quote from: gouchersid on November 29, 2013, 04:46:34 PM
In response to The Grove, I did two stints at the Gettysburg Times, the first time ending up as the sports editor and then returning for nine months as sports editor before coming to Goucher. Where did your husband work?

I guessed it might have been there. My husband worked over in Hanover at The Evening Sun. He's also a Baltimore native. Small world. 

Quote from: gouchersid on November 25, 2013, 03:12:49 PM
first time catching up with the Landmark board since last season. I have two responses, both for ronk.

You can't vote for yourself in the preseason coaches poll, so that's why Goucher, picked to finish in last place by all seven other head coaches, received only seven points.

Also, I appreciate you sharing the news about Jim Dooley. Before getting back into sports info., I was the sports editor of a small daily newspaper in south-central Pa. and we covered Jim's teams at Gettysburg H.S. and later at Delone Catholic H.S. He certainly had a knack at getting the most out of what he had to work with. And it was certainly never hard to get a quote out of him!

Best of luck to all the Landmark teams in 2013-14.

If you don't mind me asking, gouchersid, which paper? I'm a south-central Pa. native and my husband used to work at a paper there as well.

F&M
Hopkins
Ursinus
Muhlenberg
Susquehanna ... Gotta be different somehow, might as well show faith in the alma mater.
H-S

Johns Hopkins
Juniata
Gettysburg
Susquehanna
Muhlenberg

Bonus Game:
St. Thomas

I'm not even going to try to be different. 

F&M
Gettysburg
Hopkins
Muhlenberg
Juniata
North Central

F&M
Dickinson
Susquehanna
Muhlenberg
Hopkins
Bonus: UWW

Thanks! I didn't get a chance to check in this week and just assumed last week's would work. At least I got Susquehanna right, although it looks like the rest of y'all did as well. 

Ursinus
F&M
Muhlenberg
Oh heck... Susquehanna
Trinity

F&M
Johns Hopkins
Ursinus
Gettysburg
Muhlenberg
Bonus Game:
Amherst