FB: Conference of New England

[AUPepBand]

Pep had visited the UMD website and all indications were that the game could be viewed via webcast from that site, unless, God forbid, the UMD site chooses instead to broadcast another Corsair athletic event. Tennis, anyone? 

[AUKaz00]

Pep had visited the UMD website and all indications were that the game could be viewed via webcast from that site, unless, God forbid, the UMD site chooses instead to broadcast another Corsair athletic event. Tennis, anyone? 

So, any chance you can sign us up for a laptop and that conference room in Herrick to watch the game on the plasma?  I've got at least 2 who are interested in getting together and if you spread the word we'd likely have a nice group.

['gro]

I read in kickoff that MIT spends next to nothing on its football program (and that the NEFC in general follows suit). Now I can understand state funded schools being a little stingy with the cash but how can a private school with some serious economic clout like MIT not pump some $$ into the program? Will the new head coach bring some changes to the program?

[gordonmann]

Glad someone read that article.

MIT has broader budget challenges which led it to drop eight sports coming into this sports season.  See this Boston Globe article for more on that.  The part that caught my attention was that the Institute still has 33 sports.  That might make it hard for any one program to push for more resources.

On a lighter note, look at the comments below the article.  Someone posted the following (fake?) fight song verse for MIT:

Cosine, secant, tangent, sine,
3.14159....
Integral radical, square root of three!
Fight-em Fight-em MIT!

['gro]

Glad someone read that article.

MIT has broader budget challenges which led it to drop eight sports coming into this sports season.  See this Boston Globe article for more on that.  The part that caught my attention was that the Institute still has 33 sports.  That might make it hard for any one program to push for more resources.

On a lighter note, look at the comments below the article.  Someone posted the following (fake?) fight song verse for MIT:

Cosine, secant, tangent, sine,
3.14159....
Integral radical, square root of three!
Fight-em Fight-em MIT!

After reading the main page of kickoff that was the first article I read, and it was well done. Very interesting stuff... good work GM. I'll have to read the boston globe article.

Re: fight song
Yeah, that's probably real. RPI's pep band does a few like that.

[AUPepBand]

Pep had visited the UMD website and all indications were that the game could be viewed via webcast from that site, unless, God forbid, the UMD site chooses instead to broadcast another Corsair athletic event. Tennis, anyone? 

So, any chance you can sign us up for a laptop and that conference room in Herrick to watch the game on the plasma?  I've got at least 2 who are interested in getting together and if you spread the word we'd likely have a nice group.

Pep will inquire....

[Boxer7806]

Pep,

chances are the football game will be broadcasted from the website. I'm afraid to say it will not be much of a game with UMASS D losing alot of talent last year including a good RB.

In regards to MIT, GM said it all regarding the Boston Globe article. MIT has the biggest D3 sports program in the country I believe, so cutting 8 sports for them is not what it would be at other schools. NEFC is one conference you won't see to much money spent unfortunately.

[AUPepBand]

Pep,

chances are the football game will be broadcasted from the website. I'm afraid to say it will not be much of a game with UMASS D losing alot of talent last year including a good RB.

In regards to MIT, GM said it all regarding the Boston Globe article. MIT has the biggest D3 sports program in the country I believe, so cutting 8 sports for them is not what it would be at other schools. NEFC is one conference you won't see to much money spent unfortunately.

Pep will be there in person with a 8+/- person band. Will the webcast pick up the noise from the visitors' side of the field? Or, better yet, will the cameras zoom in on the AU Pep Band?

Get the fight song ready!!

On Saxon Warriors!

[AUPepBand]

It's Humpday....are there any UMASS-Dartmouth fans who plan to attend the game Saturday?

[footballguy32]

No Picks this week?

[MITDT]

The actual (official) MIT chant:


e to the u, du dx, e to the x, dx;
cosine, secant, tangent, sine, 3.14159;
integral, radical, mu, dv;
slipstick, sliderule, MIT! Go Tech!

Reference:  http://mitathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-crewhvy/spec-rel/022406aaa.html


MIT students (and most engineers) generally have a pretty self-deprecating sense of humor.

It's probably not appropriate for me to touch the budget questions, but I will say this:  MIT may have a "huge" endowment, but being a leader in many areas of research is an expensive endeavor.  It's amazing how fast resources are consumed, especially given the current economic situation.

[AUKaz00]

Pep had visited the UMD website and all indications were that the game could be viewed via webcast from that site, unless, God forbid, the UMD site chooses instead to broadcast another Corsair athletic event. Tennis, anyone? 

So, any chance you can sign us up for a laptop and that conference room in Herrick to watch the game on the plasma?  I've got at least 2 who are interested in getting together and if you spread the word we'd likely have a nice group.

Pep will inquire....

DCTV delivered on Saturday with a broadcast that was as good as ESPN's coverage of the Stagg Bowl.  Replays, stats and multiple camera angles was more than I expected and not charging $7 for the viewing made it a real treat.  A big thanks from Alfred to everyone who worked so hard to get the broadcast streamed and the whole pep band is rooting for the Corsairs to win out.

[PantherPr1de]

Plymouth State gooes 5 OTs vs. St. Anslem and Curry gets their doors blown off by Bentley and not a word on here about it?

Everyone must have the swine flu I guess.

[lewdogg11]

Plymouth State gooes 5 OTs vs. St. Anslem and Curry gets their doors blown off by Bentley and not a word on here about it?

Everyone must have the swine flu I guess.

St Anselm is terrible.  Bentley is decent.  If you ask me, those 2 games show nothing.  ANY team losing to St. A's is embarrassing.

[dlippiel]

Plymouth State gooes 5 OTs vs. St. Anslem and Curry gets their doors blown off by Bentley and not a word on here about it?

Everyone must have the swine flu I guess.

St Anselm is terrible.  Bentley is decent.  If you ask me, those 2 games show nothing.  ANY team losing to St. A's is embarrassing.

Thought Plymouth would have won that one...