Kiss That #4 Ranking Goodbye
Friday, January 30th, 2009Cornell crushed by St. Lawrence tonight, 8-1. Ouch.
Archive for January, 2009
Hockey At Lynah Is Fun; Cornell Seeks To Fix That
Friday, January 30th, 2009The ELyhah Forum features the following Important message to ice hockey ticket holders:
Hello Season Ticket Holders,
Cornell University promotes good sportsmanship and has zero tolerance for any profanity, racial/sexist comments, or other intimidating actions at intercollegiate athletic events. The penalty for violating this policy is expulsion from the game and revocation of season tickets. There are no verbal warnings or second chances given for violation of this policy.
Furthermore, the band will not be permitted to play “Gary Glitter” at Cornell men’s ice hockey games if students continue to chant a profane version of “Rough ‘em up, rough ‘em up, go CU.”
Thank you for your cooperation in promoting good sportsmanship and in creating an inviting atmosphere (no profane language) in Lynah Rink.
I will grant that some of the cheers don’t necessarily put the University’s best face forward. At the same time, coarse cheers at hockey games strike me as a venial sin at worst, and I can’t help feeling that the fact that someone has time to spend on the issue strongly suggests that Day Hall could do with some layoffs as part of the University’s belt-tightening.
Super Bowl 43
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009Pittsburgh is favored by 7 over Arizona; what does the OGS make of this? I still can’t quite get my head around the idea of using the terms “Super Bowl” and “Cardinals” in the same sentence, so I’m having trouble reaching a conclusion on which side I like - I intuitively favor Pittsburgh but wonder if I’m selling Arizona short. There were extended periods of Sunday night’s game - like the last four minutes of the first half - when the Steelers just stacked up enough mental errors to almost lose the game. What say you - which side would you take?
I Am Alive (and with a surfeit of free time)
Monday, January 19th, 2009Notwithstanding my lengthy absence from the OGS, I am alive, and thanks to the ongoing bear market (its still not too late to short financials, incidentally), now have plenty of time to post here without pesky distractions like work. In honor of our numerous graduates of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, I’ll start by linking to an HR-oriented post on the correlation between reining in locker room problems and success in the NFL.
I think the thesis breaks down a bit over the Giants and Plaxico, given how poorly they did in the weeks after he fragged himself, but overall it seems pretty solid.
picks
Thursday, January 1st, 2009Let’s see how we do this year with picks.. I am going to keep track on this site….
Today I am taking Iowa, Clemson and Va Tech…. Let’s keep score and see how we do….
I am only going to publish picks that I really like….