Empire 8

[JQV]

Caz, you see the new Bomber unis online?  Ithacan has a photo gallery.  I dig them.  Good work by Coach Mullins.

[Caz Bombers]

Caz, you see the new Bomber unis online?  Ithacan has a photo gallery.  I dig them.  Good work by Coach Mullins.

Gray?  We look like a Georgetown intramural team in those photos, I guess it goes along with the women looking like Georgia Tech.

Blue.  Gold.  This is not a difficult concept.

[gobombers15]

Caz, you see the new Bomber unis online?  Ithacan has a photo gallery.  I dig them.  Good work by Coach Mullins.

Gray?  We look like a Georgetown intramural team in those photos, I guess it goes along with the women looking like Georgia Tech.

Blue.  Gold.  This is not a difficult concept.

They were mentioning the new unis at the beginning of the Utica game. I really think our basketball team is turning into the Oregon of D1 football. Over the past three seasons, I think we have had about 9 jersey combos (new home, road, alternates each year). Not sure what's going on with the Silver jerseys. Silver? I wonder if they kept the banana yellow ones for their alternates this season. God, I'm just waiting for them to wear a red jersey to celebrate Valentine's Day, at this point.

[JQV]

1. You guys are both crazy.  The greys are awesome.

2.  If they go back to the yellows, then number 52 aint going to have a shirt.  Not going to tell you how I know that.

3. Best new uni story at IC.  Freshman year we are dressing for pictures or the first game or something.  Whatever it was, the new roadies were coming straight out of the box.  Somebody asks El-Amin John Lyons, why he wasn't wearing 23 that season.  Lyons looks at this jersey and says it is 23.  Yeah, 23 on the front, 32 on the back.  Had to send those unis back.

[gobombers15]

Just looked at the play-by-play from the RIT/Naz game the other night. Looks like it was a hell of a game. A lot of runs and momentum swings. In a microcosm of what Naz basketball is, the Golden Flyers were up and down all night. Naz led by 19 points with 6 minutes left in the 1st half. With 15 minutes left in the second half, the game was tied. With 1:20 remaining in the game, Naz led by six and couldn't hold it. With :04 seconds left, they led by 2 and couldn't end it in regulation. That team must take years of their fans' lives. But that's Naz basketball for you.

[Caz Bombers]

Naz has fans?  Are we sure about that, GB15?

Also don't forget about green jerseys for St. Patrick's Day.  Maybe we'll have to leave that to Team George Val and/or the Mighty Palozzis.

[with age comes?]

Bamm- you are going to be impressed by Carson.  He's slimmed down and spins almost like Bacon.  His foul shot though looks worse than Bacon's.  If fact it may rival that Petinella kids for all ugly. I know this is cruel but both of them make Shaq's tosses look pretty good. But I do want to sing Carson's praises, he may be one the most improved ballplayers I've seen in d-3 this year.  He truly has become a player to be concerned about.  Uses his size well in establishing low post position and hustles his       a- - off for every rebound.  Also the freshman class impressed me when I saw them (best class I've seen in the last 5 years).  Will be awaiting your comments with baited breath because I'm not from Ithaca and I do respect you opinion!!!   

[gobombers15]

Bamm- you are going to be impressed by Carson.  He's slimmed down and spins almost like Bacon.  His foul shot though looks worse than Bacon's.  If fact it may rival that Petinella kids for all ugly. I know this is cruel but both of them make Shaq's tosses look pretty good. But I do want to sing Carson's praises, he may be one the most improved ballplayers I've seen in d-3 this year.  He truly has become a player to be concerned about.  Uses his size well in establishing low post position and hustles his       a- - off for every rebound.  Also the freshman class impressed me when I saw them (best class I've seen in the last 5 years).  Will be awaiting your comments with baited breath because I'm not from Ithaca and I do respect you opinion!!!   

Don't think he was referring to Ithaca fans.

[bombersquadron]

1. You guys are both crazy.  The greys are awesome.

2.  If they go back to the yellows, then number 52 aint going to have a shirt.  Not going to tell you how I know that.

3. Best new uni story at IC.  Freshman year we are dressing for pictures or the first game or something.  Whatever it was, the new roadies were coming straight out of the box.  Somebody asks El-Amin John Lyons, why he wasn't wearing 23 that season.  Lyons looks at this jersey and says it is 23.  Yeah, 23 on the front, 32 on the back.  Had to send those unis back.

He is right the grey unis are great. Ithaca still has yellow unis, although i think the ones they were for alternate now are more gold then banana, but i have seen those banana ones, never in action. Ithaca also got new blue unis from nike a few years back, the #23 jersey in that set also had 32 printed on the back, which meant Brian Joe had to wear 14 when the blue unis were worn and 23 with white or gold. The greys are the best unis Ithaca has by far, even though the nike blue's are a personal favorite, no one else liked them they were took long, people had to roll their waste band over a few times in order to play.

Big game for Ithaca, it will be exciting to see how they do on the road vs Stevens this early in the season, it is a big test.

Also a big weekend as the RIT and Naz travel to Utica/Hartwick.

[with age comes?]

Certainly didn't mean you bombers! You are witty and insightful and I miss your banter with the HAWK!!  Wherefore art thou o HAWK, you kept me so amused...

[bamm]

Bamm- you are going to be impressed by Carson.  He's slimmed down and spins almost like Bacon.  His foul shot though looks worse than Bacon's.  If fact it may rival that Petinella kids for all ugly. I know this is cruel but both of them make Shaq's tosses look pretty good. But I do want to sing Carson's praises, he may be one the most improved ballplayers I've seen in d-3 this year.  He truly has become a player to be concerned about.  Uses his size well in establishing low post position and hustles his       a- - off for every rebound.  Also the freshman class impressed me when I saw them (best class I've seen in the last 5 years).  Will be awaiting your comments with baited breath because I'm not from Ithaca and I do respect you opinion!!!   

Don't think he was referring to Ithaca fans.

With age --- thanks for the compliment.  Between Gethers, the freshman, and Carson's improvement, there's a lot I look forward to seeing.  With my "insight" comment, I was certainly just trying to be a little self-deprecating and funny, which I think everyone sort of got. 

I really have nothing to compare Carson's foul shot to.  It's incredible. 

[gobombers15]

Fisher back in the W column with an 86-74 win over D'Youville. Beigel goes off for 28 pts, 15 rebs, 5 assts, 3 blks, 2 stls. Matt Newman has his second solid game in a row, scoring 17. Ozell Franklin starts in the absence of Baltz (is he hurt?) and pours in 11.

Here's what I'd guess the early lines are this weekend:

FRIDAY

Elmira (+24.5) at Stevens
RIT (-7.5) at Hartwick
Naz (-4) at Utica

SATURDAY

RIT (pick) at Utica
Fisher (-14.5) at Alfred

SUNDAY

Ithaca (+8.5) at Stevens

[gobombers15]

The E8 site is reporting that Stevens barely got by Elmira, 62-59. That score can't be right. I do not know a possible scenario that could make such a score correct. The Stevens bus crashed on their way to a home game and a bunch of mini-Stevens' players had to play instead, a la the mini Ditka's? Even so, I would have still predicted a 15pt win for the mini-Ducks. Must be a misprint.

[Caz Bombers]

My favorite Ithaca uniforms was the year or two when the women dressed in the Syracuse '03 style.  I think I just got GB15 teary-eyed mentioning Syracuse 2003.

[maxpower]

The E8 site is reporting that Stevens barely got by Elmira, 62-59. That score can't be right. I do not know a possible scenario that could make such a score correct. The Stevens bus crashed on their way to a home game and a bunch of mini-Stevens' players had to play instead, a la the mini Ditka's? Even so, I would have still predicted a 15pt win for the mini-Ducks. Must be a misprint.

The score's right, GB, the Stevens website has it up, and they call it a "hard-fought" victory.