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Post by hcpride on May 24, 2023 9:30:14 GMT -5
Hate groups targeting the Catholic Church and its members is nothing new. Catholic passivity in response to this hate is sadly nothing new either.
Perhaps the commissioner of MLB will reprimand/discipline the LA Dodgers for actively promoting hate. (He is, after all, the fella who was very very sensitive to faux voter issues in Georgia a couple of years ago).
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Post by hcpride on May 24, 2023 4:57:13 GMT -5
When asked about the incoming group, BC said its large, 35, to replace the 4th & 5th Covid yr seniors in 2 yrs & important that they adjust to the program culture starting in the summer. Speaking of 5th years, any indication from Coach Chesney as to whether he thinks we’ll move to 5th year non-medical redshirts once all the Covid 5th years move thru the program? Clock is ticking as Sluka’s year group is the last of the Covid 5th years. (Don’t see a realistic run at the national championship without non-medical 5th years.)
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Post by hcpride on May 22, 2023 17:06:35 GMT -5
Not so sure if that's been the case this century... There is a math component to this sort of thing. It could very well be that a good percentage of the students who applied to HC applied to BC. But, looking from the BC end and its much larger number of applicants, perhaps a relatively small percentage of BC applicants also applied to HC. Does that make any sense because I may have confused myself while typing? (Note, USN&WR lists - - in alphabetical order - BC's top 4 cross applicants as Georgetown, Northeastern, Notre Dame. and University of Virginia. Almost identical to the list you note.) Cross-application rankings are often misleading, as these are often a function of number of enrolled undergraduates. Northeastern had 92,000 applications for the class of 2026, and its right behind Villanova as #3 in BC's cross applicant rankings., To my way of thinking, there are major, major differences between what BC offers, program-wise, and what NU offers. BC had about 36,500 applications, BostU 80,000+. Tufts 35,000. Also, I daresay most of the cross-applicant institutions ranked with BC have significantly higher yields, suggesting BC is a safety school for them. What does surprise me is that Fordham doesn't make it onto BC's list. Colgate's stats regarding acceptance rate v yield would be a bit puzzling if you didn't know their major cross-applicants. Acceptance rate / Yield rate American 41% / 22% Bucknell 33% / 27% Colgate 12% / 32% Lehigh 36% / 27% ---------------- BC 17% / 35% Davidson 17% / 50% Richmond 24% / 24% As long as Colgate correctly predicts yield, the actual number (within reason) is essentially meaningless to them.
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Post by hcpride on May 22, 2023 14:53:49 GMT -5
Yield rates for the class of 2026 have started coming out, though not for HC Acceptance rate / Yield rateBC 17% / 35% According to this document, HC is no longer among the schools with the most cross-applications to BC, which some people outside of New England might have assumed. As for its yield, they are likely going to lose to most of the schools who are cross-applicant peers. www.bc.edu/content/dam/bc1/offices/irp/ir/CURRENT%20Comparison%20Lists%20October%202022.pdfNot so sure if that's been the case this century... There is a math component to this sort of thing. It could very well be that a good percentage of the students who applied to HC applied to BC. But, looking from the BC end and its much larger number of applicants, perhaps a relatively small percentage of BC applicants also applied to HC. Does that make any sense because I may have confused myself while typing? (Note, USN&WR lists - - in alphabetical order - BC's top 4 cross applicants as Georgetown, Northeastern, Notre Dame. and University of Virginia. Almost identical to the list you note.)
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Post by hcpride on May 22, 2023 12:51:15 GMT -5
Yield rates for the class of 2026 have started coming out, though not for HC Acceptance rate / Yield rateAmerican 41% / 22% Bucknell 33% / 27% Colgate 12% / 32% Lehigh 36% / 27% ---------------- BC 17% / 35% Davidson 17% / 50% Richmond 24% / 24% As long as a school accurately predicts it’s approximate yield I don’t think the particular yield (within reason) matters much. It is when we see large misfires that things can get (very) problematic. Two very simple ways to raise yield would be raising ED admissions and selecting for ‘demonstrated interest’ RD.
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Post by hcpride on May 22, 2023 9:42:00 GMT -5
“As a grad transfer he can play next season without penalty.” I did see that. I was more questioning the reliability of a fan site twitter account. The guy who posted that may or may not be aware of Spencer's academic status. Maybe Rutgers is a school that lets you show up for one year if you have enough credits and get a Rutgers degree. I'm still stuck in a 20th century mindset and don't blindly accept twitter reports as gospel truth without some information to gage the reliability of the source. Heck, even on a prestigious platform like Crossports, I sometimes question posters if they're posting fact or speculation I wouldn't blindly accept front page accounts as gospel truth from New York Post or New York Times. So I share your skepticism of all sorts of reports. Note "immediate" entry: 247sports.com/Season/2023-Basketball/TransferPortal/?eligibility=immediate
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Post by hcpride on May 21, 2023 11:36:46 GMT -5
Did he graduate? As pointed out in other threads, many schools don't let you get a degree if you only attend for one year “As a grad transfer he can play next season without penalty.”
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Post by hcpride on May 21, 2023 5:48:32 GMT -5
Some might remember Cam as a good player at Loyola. He had a very good season at Rutgers. Now apparently in the portal. Interesting article on his second portal move:
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Post by hcpride on May 20, 2023 14:23:48 GMT -5
Also doubt the story, but he did letter in baseball, lax and track & field- all spring sports- at Manhasset I knew his track coach and he told me Jim played lax but coaches made extensive efforts to get him into baseball games (sometimes after a shortened lax practice and sometimes just a handful of innings) and track events (sometimes immediately after lax practice, sometimes after a few innings, and sometimes on Saturdays). Manhasset’s athletic fields and track are essentially on top of each other BTW. And he was ‘great’ at all 3. Manhasset was extraordinarily supportive of Jim Brown and Jim always publicly thanked the community.
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Post by hcpride on May 20, 2023 7:35:00 GMT -5
While there are all sorts of metrics to measure athletic greatness I do think of Jim Thorpe and Jim Brown as the top US male athletes of all time.
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Post by hcpride on May 20, 2023 6:17:18 GMT -5
One reason for continued and routine anti-Catholic bigotry/bias is that some Catholics accept it and/or explain it away.
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Post by hcpride on May 19, 2023 16:11:37 GMT -5
When Newsday was ranking the greatest male athletes to grow up on Long Island they suggested Brown should occupy the first three spots. That's how much greater he was than the other guys (and those other guys include Yaz, John Mackey, Julius Erving, Craig Biggio, etc.). Speaking of Yaz, I think he broke one of Jim Brown's LI basketball scoring records.
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Post by hcpride on May 19, 2023 7:20:04 GMT -5
Offer #50 Qayvier Johnson Edge DE 6’3 210 New Haven, CT Offers - Ivy, CAA, PL, NEC. Top offers: UCONN, Yale, Princeton Gotta wonder if our staff sees a kid recruited by Princeton and Yale and makes the offer but is sorta looking much more realistically at other recruiting options for the position. We've generally found a successful niche, IMHO, in out-recruiting CAA, NEC, other PL, occasionally MAC and an overlooked gem now and again. Not all the time, of course, but a generally successful strategy that has accumulated a roster as good or better than the best CAA (and NEC and Ivy and other PL) teams. Who would have imagined that five years ago?
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Post by hcpride on May 18, 2023 21:03:06 GMT -5
Holy Cross is charging the roster of this $563,000 team about $2.5 million per year in tuition, room and board, fees, etc. Impressive ROI. But they could get 2.5 million and have zero expenses for a baseball team....I think they can find 35 more general students to add to campus that will pay in full. Good point. The sports teams at HC aren’t money makers. That’s one reason why some of us question the wisdom of a small-ish school having such a wide selection of D-1 sports.
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Post by hcpride on May 18, 2023 15:45:13 GMT -5
Coach Wheelright left a nice roster of players for Coach Carter.
Coach Carter certainly improved it (perhaps most significantly by winning the recruit battle v BC for QB Pete Muldoon who was a frosh on the bench for that ‘81 game).
Interestingly, as our losing margins significantly widened in subsequent BC games a few mistaken alums thought our team was getting worse. Nope, quite the contrary. But BC was improving like crazy.
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Post by hcpride on May 18, 2023 12:28:22 GMT -5
Well put. They very well may beat BC again. Duke and NC State are home games that would be very nice upsets. But that's all, folks. They are not becoming a powerhouse independent; those really don't exist any more save ND. I don’t see any evidence they want to be an independent national contender. Seems to be a general acceptance in Storrs that MAC-level is where they belong (not MAC, MAC-level) in football with Big East for everything else. At this point that means football independent. Of course, personally I think they (and UMass) should be CAA in football playing us every other year. There are probably a few delusional types who want BIG-12 or ACC or Notre Dame Independent.
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Post by hcpride on May 18, 2023 9:04:10 GMT -5
Well put. They very well may beat BC again. Duke and NC State are home games that would be very nice upsets. You picked the wrong New England team to beat BC. Two New England teams can’t beat BC the same year?
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Post by hcpride on May 18, 2023 7:45:36 GMT -5
I think we saw in 2022 within a win or two just what Uconn football can become w/o joining a conference. Well put. They very well may beat BC again. Duke and NC State are home games that would be very nice upsets. Interesting that one writer (knowing they may be foolishly tempted into a FBS football conference) suggests now is the time for a different move: “ Just spitballing here, but the guess is that UConn fans would prefer following the Villanova model (a basketball-first school with a successful FCS football program) to another aspirational football voyage that undermines the hoops foundation. “I think [UConn athletic director] Dave Benedict would be one of the most unpopular guys ever in the state,” says one Big East administrator. “The fans loving being back in the Big East.” “ www.si.com/.amp/college/2023/05/16/uconn-football-glory-basketball-big-12-realignment
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Post by hcpride on May 18, 2023 7:36:23 GMT -5
I think we saw in 2022 within a win or two just what Uconn football can become w/o joining a conference. Well put. They very well may beat BC again. Duke and NC State are home games that would be very nice upsets.
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Post by hcpride on May 16, 2023 10:08:58 GMT -5
Beat BC twice after losing his first game against them, 59-6. Not only that, but the 1979 and 1980 games against the Eagles could have also been HC victories. And in 1981 Coach Carter had a close loss (28-24) to BC using players Coach Wheelright had recruited. (After that BC/Flutie really took off).
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Post by hcpride on May 15, 2023 10:30:59 GMT -5
Loyola edged Stony Brook and Julie Creo yday in Balt. 9-8 - now face no.1 nationally ranked Northwestern in the quarters PL men and women having a very good showing so far Jolie Creo (HC ‘22) had 0 goals and 1 assist in the two NCAA tournament games for Stony Brook. Her brother Gavin is a very good senior on a very good high school team (Chaminade) and is heading to Richmond.
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Post by hcpride on May 14, 2023 7:29:15 GMT -5
Maryland was seeded 3rd in the BIG-10 tourney, was blown out 14-5 by Michigan in the BIG-10 tournament final, somehow (past reputation?) got a 4-seed, and was outplayed at the start v Army. Turned out to be a very close game to the surprise of nobody.
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Post by hcpride on May 14, 2023 5:53:38 GMT -5
Balanced scoring by Army in the 16-15 win. Early in the season Loyola beat (then #1) Maryland.
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Post by hcpride on May 13, 2023 12:12:11 GMT -5
Jolie Creo (HC ‘22) scored 2 goals and 3 assists for Stony Brook as her team won 19-4 in the CAA Championship today. Which means she’ll get to play in the NCAA’s. Jolie led us in scoring every year for each of her 4 years at Holy Cross. She is fifth on a good Stony Brook team with 38 points. (They have been better in past seasons) Jolie (0 goals, 1 assist) and her new team (Stony Brook) won 12-8 yesterday so they play Loyola at 2 on Sunday. A team she knows well. Should be a close one - this is not one of Stony Brook’s loaded teams.
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Post by hcpride on May 13, 2023 11:57:21 GMT -5
Since it looks like St. John's is on our schedule next season, can report that Pitino continues to have success in restocking his roster - just got the Ivy POY Jordan Dingle from Penn - among his '11' portal commits this one might be the best (they better generate a lot of income with what ex coach Anderson sued them for - $46 mill !!) Dingle still exploring NBA too though...however hopefully (as an SJU fan) he doesn't grade better than a 2nd rounder and he decides to take whatever NIL $ he is getting in Jamaica instead Probably hoping NYC/Big East exposure + consistently tougher competition may (if all goes well) get him into the NBA 1st round. He may be getting some pro feedback as to his game during this pre draft period so he’ll have some stuff to work on personally while playing for Pitino.
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