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Post by hcpride on Apr 23, 2024 18:39:14 GMT -5
Joe P may have had only 2 starts, but both were in highly competitive games, one a high scoring affair vs a good team in Fordham and the other against a Lehigh squad that pressured us until the end. Vs Fordham-20-33 337 yds. 3 touchdowns, 1 Int vs Lehigh- 11-19, 158 yds. 2 TDs, 1 Int. In that game, Jordan ran for 228 yds and 2 TDs on 30 carries Yes, with Joe as starter we defeated Fordham (2-4 PL record) and Lehigh (1-5 PL record). It is true that both games were very close. Joe's arm is certainly up to FCS standards but foot speed is a concern (He was sacked twice in each game and total net rushing for both games was -49).
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Post by hcpride on Apr 23, 2024 11:49:44 GMT -5
Lafayette will go into the '24 season with very little qb depth. their no.2 and 3 qb's have transferred - Ah-Shaun Davis is now at Wagner and Ryan Schuster entered the portal this week (maybe he had a rough spring practice). That leaves DiNoble as their only qb with any experience, although he did impress last season That's true...but Holy Cross has even less depth at QB. DiNobile started all 12 games last year (Pesansky, our only returning QB with any experience, started just 2 games). Ryan Schuster was pretty good a couple of years ago till he got hurt and I'm thinking he was not inclined to be buried behind DiNobile the next couple of years. We offered him out of high school.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 20, 2024 7:01:24 GMT -5
We'll disagree whether recommending a student symposium is tantamount to saying "shut up and go to the library" relative to the matter at hand but, beyond that, we witnessed antisemitism and trespass (not to mention intimidation and a climate of fear) at Columbia. Hence the reasonable request of the college president for the 100 NYPD arrests on campus. That, of course, has nothing to do with lawful public demonstrations (and their value as public expression) writ large. On a happier note, there is some entertainment in reading and hearing the protestor fantasy language regarding 'genocide' and 'apartheid'. Only topped by the inevitable 'Lesbians for Liberation" and Queers for Palestine" spotted in the Columbia protest encampment. Let’s hope those weren't actual Columbia students and/or representative of the learning going on there. I don’t think that Israel’s reaction is genocide, but, as a former soldier, do you think it has become disproportionate? Well, many more Palestinian Gazans than Israelis have been killed in the recent events. (Whether that is due to Hamas' tactics of hiding amongst their own civilians or Israel's callous disregard for Palestinian civilian life is a different question.) The military uses the word proportional (or disproportionate) in a different way. In the context of urban warfare in very densely populated areas the balance of potential military gains versus likelihood of civilian deaths (proportionality) is a particularly involved calculus. I have been part of that routine US decision cycle and believe Israel makes the same sort of analysis. (Certainly, Israel could completely destroy Palestine and kill all the civilians [and Hamas] rather easily if it really wanted to just as it could have refrained from any sort of Gazan incursion/bombing following the slaughter.)
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Post by hcpride on Apr 20, 2024 6:12:09 GMT -5
We'll disagree whether recommending a student symposium is tantamount to saying "shut up and go to the library" relative to the matter at hand but, beyond that, we witnessed antisemitism and trespass (not to mention intimidation and a climate of fear) at Columbia. Hence the reasonable request of the college president for the 100 NYPD arrests on campus.
That, of course, has nothing to do with lawful public demonstrations (and their value as public expression) writ large.
On a happier note, there is some entertainment in reading and hearing the protestor fantasy language regarding 'genocide' and 'apartheid'. Only topped by the inevitable 'Lesbians for Liberation" and Queers for Palestine" spotted in the Columbia protest encampment. Lets hope those weren't actual Columbia students and/or representative of the learning going on there.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 19, 2024 22:24:24 GMT -5
One MAJOR difference between then and Columbia's spectacle (FWIW) is that there are many Jewish students on campus who are subject to the antisemitic chants and signs (and confrontations). A hallmark of the pro-Palestine/anti-Israel crew on the ‘elite’ campuses of late. Longsuffering's point (in bold) is well taken regarding the current issue. Off the topic but I don't think the pro-Palestine/anti-Israel 'protestors' grasp the meaning of their two favorite words ('genocide' and 'apartheid'). One can disagree with the students (antisemitism is wrong) but, “Shut up and go to the library” isn’t the answer. If former hippies who are now investment bankers don’t get that, I’m disappointed. Not sure about your notion of “Shut up and go to the library”. (Longsuffering asked, “Why can't students at an academic institution respond to current events in an academic way by doing research, writing papers with new ideas, holding symposiums etc.?“ That would seem more productive than the tiresome and antisemitic signage and sloganeering in support of Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, etc., etc.)
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Post by hcpride on Apr 19, 2024 17:17:00 GMT -5
Occupy Gaza? Short line for that sign up sheet. Why can't students at an academic institution respond to current events in an academic way by doing research, writing papers with new ideas, holding symposiums etc.? They think they can muscle their administrators but that won't work because administrators like having a job. It is a little before my time, but it is my understanding that in the 1960s and early 1970s the US was engaged in a war in some far away place and people said the same thing about students who protested it. One MAJOR difference between then and Columbia's spectacle (FWIW) is that there are many Jewish students on campus who are subject to the antisemitic chants and signs (and confrontations). A hallmark of the pro-Palestine/anti-Israel crew on the ‘elite’ campuses of late. Longsuffering's point (in bold) is well taken regarding the current issue. Off the topic but I don't think the pro-Palestine/anti-Israel 'protestors' grasp the meaning of their two favorite words ('genocide' and 'apartheid').
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Post by hcpride on Apr 18, 2024 17:15:44 GMT -5
Interesting "Pro Palestinian Campus Encampment" arrests on the lawn earlier today at Columbia...we don't see that sort of pro-Palestinian/Anti Israel activity up on Mount Saint James. New York City police officers in riot gear began making dozens of arrests at Columbia University Thursday afternoon, after school president Minouche Shafik asked for help clearing protesters from a pro-Palestinian encampment.
In a letter sent to the NYPD, Shafik said "the encampment and related disruptions pose a clear and present danger" to the school.
"With great regret, we request the NYPD's help to remove these individuals," Shafik wrote.
The school's student-run newspaper, the Columbia Spectator, reported that "over 100 individuals" were arrested at the "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" beginning around 1 pm. The protest and encampment were organized by activists who want Columbia University to divest from companies that operate in Israel. Protesters also want a cease-fire in Gaza and the creation of a Palestinian state.
The clash at Columbia came a day after the university's leaders, including Shafik, testified before a Congressional hearing in Washington DC that antisemitism was a growing concern.
Columbia trustee Claire Shipman responded to one lawmaker's question, saying "we have a moral crisis on our campus."
www.npr.org/2024/04/18/1245642588/nypd-breaks-up-pro-palestinian-protest-at-columbia-university
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Post by hcpride on Apr 17, 2024 18:07:08 GMT -5
Wonder if he’s surprised that betting on NBA basketball, including his own team (to lose, BTW), is a bad idea. I can’t imagine anyone coming to his defense on this one (with an obvious exception regarding pro forma union appeals).
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Post by hcpride on Apr 15, 2024 8:42:31 GMT -5
This explains the hoards of people on the one working webcam yesterday. I was trying to figure why so many people in the O'Kane circle. They couldn't all be there for a Sunday Mass! The College is very happy with the 16% acceptance rate and I know of one, very highly qualified applicant on the wait list whose older sister recently graduated Summa Cum Laude and a campus leader. The younger sister has excellent grades and a 2 sport athlete. Still waiting. I suspect a woman applying regular decision faced some pretty tough odds this cycle. On the bright side, Holy Cross took 42 off the wait list last year.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 12, 2024 19:45:01 GMT -5
I’ve suggested OJ:Made in America as a documentary for the younger set who can’t quite grasp how riveting the case was for the American public at the time.
On a different note, I’m not at all certain the social scientists have fully explored the reaction of certain groups to the jury’s decision (in the face of the evidence) and long term effects of that reaction.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 12, 2024 12:44:03 GMT -5
Can we be honest about Fitton Field...take away the nostalgia for a minute. And before I catch holy heck...yes I enjoy going to games there. Yes, it has great sighlines. That being said: Accessibility is poor at best for those that need assistance. How long did it take them to put in something as simple as railings for the aisles??? Bathrooms are right out of the 1960s/70s. The locker rooms...enough said. Press box is an absolute joke. Hospitality suite fits about five people. No lights. Parking is only good on perfect weather days. The all metal look is high school at best. It is in serious need of an upgrade. The campus' front door needs help. IMHO it’s a utilitarian and somewhat dilapidated concrete and metal eyesore with no redeeming architectural details. On another front, and as is being discussed on another thread, we are going with a lax doubleheader at Fitton Field on April 20. Perhaps somebody figures the stadium needs more than four or five football games a year.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 12, 2024 3:55:41 GMT -5
Harvard and Caltech are bringing back the standardized test requirement: In explaining its decision to accelerate the return to testing, Harvard cited a study by Opportunity Insights, which found that test scores were a better predictor of academic success in college than high school grades and that they can help admissions officers identify highly talented students from low income groups who might otherwise had gone unnoticed.www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/us/harvard-test-scores-admissions.html
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Post by hcpride on Apr 11, 2024 14:58:02 GMT -5
Tough to ignore the blood trail back to his house, the DNA, the testimony of the limo driver, the cut finger, and his documented previous episodes of beating his ex-wife Nicole. Yet the jury did.
In the civil case justice prevailed.
Continued condolences to the family of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 11, 2024 14:34:05 GMT -5
Also, not to be a cynic, but I think the attention and interest for WBB takes a step back to where it was in pre-Caitlin Clark days. Definitely. Iowa's not setting attendance and viewing records next year. Since the WNBA rarely misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity they won't make the shift to a more mainstream message and catch and ride the CC wave. The comments of a few WNBA vets and alums smack of jealousy regarding CC's current popularity and achievements. That won't help either.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 10, 2024 21:08:55 GMT -5
Women's NCAA final game viewership crushed the Men's final. Men's game - 14+million viewers. Women's game - 18+million viewers. Is this an indication of declining interest in men's college basketball? Or, is this more a leading indicator of the growth of women's basketball? Is this a one off? Or, as I suspect, is men's NCAA March Madness morphing into March Numbness? It is an indication of the growth in interest in women's COLLEGE basketball. Clark-sanity fully translating to the WNBA beyond her first circuit around the league still remains to be seen. I don't want to call it a one-off, but Caitlin captured a national audience like no other women's player ever did. America tends to fall in love with long-range bombing, high volume scorers who lead winning teams. Just like Curry. I think we'll see this year's Women's NCAA viewership matched again in the near future but not necessarily every year. But at least with star power and/or a good rivalry or storyline, you know people will watch. Star power drives the women's tourney when it comes to ratings and interest, and with the men it's all about the upsets and Cinderella stories -- David v. Goliath sells. I feel like if the Final Four ends up being a group of teams you're not that interested in, it can be easy to get jaded of the non-stop basketball. The first weekend is the crown jewel and what make it the best collegiate postseason event and possibly THE best postseason in all of sports. I agree. Fans of Caitlyn Clark and her University of Iowa team won't find much to like in the WNBA. On a number of fronts. As far as the college women's hoops scene goes this might have been a one-off perfect storm led by Caitlyn Clark and some very compelling story lines at some of the other very top basketball schools ( LSU, SC, UConn, Stanford, ND, etc.) resulting in a surge in viewing (a least for some of the games involving these very top schools). We'll see if next year's tournament draws these sorts of viewership numbers.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 10, 2024 8:34:43 GMT -5
I do like our FCS OOC (UNH, URI, BRY, Harvard, Yale) much more than Lafayette's FCS OOC (Monmouth, Marist, Columbia, Stonehill, and SHU).
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Post by hcpride on Apr 8, 2024 15:40:39 GMT -5
Also interesting to see if WNBA (and their veteran players and alums) will wisely bend over backwards to welcome Caitlin Clark and lure more fans to the pro game. There have been a few less-than-welcoming social media comments. I have my doubts as to whether she is a good fit in today's WNBA (not talking playing ability) and not at all sure the WNBA (and their veteran players and alums) realizes her success is their succe$$. I can't imagine intelligent basketball players would be so dense as to dismiss someone who might make them significantly more money. Don't know about the word 'dismiss' but it would be wise for the WNBA, veteran WNBA players, and alums to bend over backwards to be as welcoming as possible to Caitlyn Clark and her fans. Messages like this don't fall into the category of 'bending over backwards": "Reality is coming," Taurasi told ESPN's Scott Van Pelt. "You look superhuman playing against some 18-year-olds but you're going to come play with some grown women that have been playing professional basketball for a long time."www.si.com/college/2024/04/06/diana-taurasi-blunt-message-caitlin-clark-wnba-careerWhy Taurasi thought it was a good idea to single out Cailyn Clark for this sort of comment is beyond me. In these social media times (and one suspects CC's fans are reading social media ) the wise memo to the field might be along the lines of "If you've got nothing good to say...".
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Post by hcpride on Apr 8, 2024 11:13:07 GMT -5
Getting back to NCAA tournament ratings, I don't know how the formula for distributing revenue to leagues or teams Works but hopefully it's a fortunate year for Holy Cross to have played two games in this tournament. ... It will be very interesting to see if this is a ratings blip from Caitlin Clark's publicity that will return to norm in the future, or if this is the start of a trend to greater interest in women's college basketball Also interesting to see if WNBA (and their veteran players and alums) will wisely bend over backwards to welcome Caitlin Clark and lure more fans to the pro game. There have been a few less-than-welcoming social media comments. I have my doubts as to whether she is a good fit in today's WNBA (not talking playing ability) and not at all sure the WNBA (and their veteran players and alums) realizes her success is their succe$$.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 8, 2024 5:58:32 GMT -5
Cardoso was named the MVP on the podium but Holly Rowe interviewed other players but not Cardoso. Wonder why I was struck by that as well...wonder if it was a language issue, but I wold find that a little hard to believe She actually has a very funny (very lively) personality and interviews really well. She was part of the post game interview panel.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 7, 2024 16:34:21 GMT -5
Watching this morning on multiple angles, it was certainly a foul. Too bad, I would have loved to see Bueckers take the shot for the win. I think SC wins the final by 12. 87-75 👍👍
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Post by hcpride on Apr 7, 2024 14:27:24 GMT -5
Since it is on ABC (v ESPN) this game (SC v Iowa) might smash the viewership of Iowa’s previous two games.
Watching the game now, SC’s tall center looks very tall out there in the middle.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 7, 2024 9:52:22 GMT -5
It's funny that all the replays last night showed the upper body view of both players and it really looked like either a player-contact non-foul or if it was a foul it looked the sort that is usually not called at crunch time. Even if it enabled Paige to get open for a last-second bomb. But folks have since got a look at the fuller view (in real time) and looks like Edwards clearly was not set, Edwards' left foot was clearly very outstretched, and Edwards' elbow/shoulder clear collision with the defender - knocking her off of her defense on Paige. And all of that was just six or seven feet from the referee's clear view. Ref doesn't hesitate. (See my twitter post, above.) Off the topic, but as the clip shows this was actually an attempt by Edwards to set two screens on the same defender in about three seconds (AKA re-screen) and that is a very big ask of Edwards given the quick defender. I'm not sure Paige took the best angle because Edwards really had to move/extend out try to block Paige's defender a second time. All true. I would also point out that the shot Bueckers would have had was 26 feet with a hand in her face. I would have loved for her to have the chance, but the odds of making it were probably 10%. Yes, and solid D all game by Iowa. By now Geno and Bueckers have seen the replays but they are not going to throw Edwards under the bus for her foul. Color analyst and UConn grad Rebecca Lobo saw the replays and now seems to think it was the right call by the ref ( www.on3.com/news/iowa-uconn-call-rebecca-lobo-100-percent-was-a-foul-aaliyah-edwards-illegal-screen-final-four-espn/ )
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Post by hcpride on Apr 6, 2024 14:11:06 GMT -5
Looked like a basketball play in real time. I like Paige's response and generally get sick of people blaming the refs, but the call was a tough one to absorb in the moment. Fantastic conditioning of the UConn players. The few who played gave intense defense all night. A great game for WBB. It's funny that all the replays last night showed the upper body view of both players and it really looked like either a player-contact non-foul or if it was a foul it looked the sort that is usually not called at crunch time. Even if it enabled Paige to get open for a last-second bomb. But folks have since got a look at the fuller view (in real time) and looks like Edwards clearly was not set, Edwards' left foot was clearly very outstretched, and Edwards' elbow/shoulder clear collision with the defender - knocking her off of her defense on Paige. And all of that was just six or seven feet from the referee's clear view. Ref doesn't hesitate. (See my twitter post, above.) Off the topic, but as the clip shows this was actually an attempt by Edwards to set two screens on the same defender in about three seconds (AKA re-screen) and that is a very big ask of Edwards given the quick defender. I'm not sure Paige took the best angle because Edwards really had to move/extend out try to block Paige's defender a second time.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 6, 2024 10:14:45 GMT -5
UConn robbed at the end with a phantom offensive foul on Edwards when UConn was one point behind with the ball. Iowa 71-69 Where "blatant" may be too strong of a description, it was clearly a moving screen and not "phantom" in any way.
You can argue whether it should have been called at that moment but certainly not that it was not a foul.
Looks pretty blatant in wider view:
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Post by hcpride on Apr 6, 2024 9:04:08 GMT -5
Last night Bueckers had an OK stat line (17 pts, 3 assists, 4 rebounds) as did Edwards…but 69 points isn’t likely to get it done v Iowa. Geno mentioned that fact a few times after the game.
Did anyone predict Iowa’s Hannah Stuelke as the game’s leading scorer?
Ratings for the semis are an unknown but it seems there was more ‘buzz’ on the women’s side of the tournament than the men’s this year. Thus far.
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