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Post by trimster on Feb 8, 2020 17:02:49 GMT -5
I would have told Merrimack that we will play you as soon as we get into Hockey East. They could help us in that, if not, tell them to go pound sand. We should not be playing in a 3500 seat stadium. I'm sure we got paid a good amount for the Navy & Syracuse games to help pay some of our football program expenses. Georgetown “stadium?”
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Post by matunuck on Feb 8, 2020 17:29:42 GMT -5
If we had scheduled Merrimack and still had no FBS games on the horizon, I’d be really annoyed. I’m just happy we have FBS games now in the mix instead of going down the dead-end path to oblivion we were on.
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Post by timholycross on Feb 8, 2020 17:58:31 GMT -5
There's something to be said for playing in a small place that's filled up. Should raise their game a bit.
I agree with the next post and promise to post no more to this thread!
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Post by Ignutz on Feb 8, 2020 19:27:43 GMT -5
How/why is this discussion STILL going on??
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Post by thecrossisback on Feb 8, 2020 21:55:34 GMT -5
How/why is this discussion STILL going on?? Because why not? What else is there to discuss? I will say that there will be more HC fans at the Merrimack game than Merrimack fans.
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Post by HC92 on Feb 8, 2020 22:52:33 GMT -5
How/why is this discussion STILL going on?? Basketball team is having a very bad season. .
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Post by Ignutz on Feb 9, 2020 7:20:54 GMT -5
How/why is this discussion STILL going on?? Basketball team is having a very bad season. . And with that, based on my extensive overnight research, we have analyzed this topic from every conceivable angle.
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Post by matunuck on Feb 9, 2020 8:54:37 GMT -5
Don’t click into the thread if you don’t want to read it any more. Pretty simple.
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 9, 2020 15:23:04 GMT -5
If this is the end, I enjoyed all twenty-six pages of the discussion.
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Post by sarasota on Feb 9, 2020 16:06:43 GMT -5
I cable my laptop into a HDTV in the master bedroom every night, and, reading Crosssports, as I drift off to the land across the river, my final thoughts are of.......The Corps.....And The Corps.......And The Corps....... Oops, wrong school. Sorry.
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Post by Ignutz on Feb 9, 2020 19:56:09 GMT -5
Don’t click into the thread if you don’t want to read it any more. Pretty simple. Agreed 100%, but it’s like blue-lights on the side of the highway - hard to not check out what’s going on. You know it’s likely nothing, but without even realizing it, you’re slowing down to take a peek.
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 9, 2020 23:57:53 GMT -5
I cable my laptop into a HDTV in the master bedroom every night, and, reading Crosssports, as I drift off to the land across the river, my final thoughts are of.......The Corps.....And The Corps.......And The Corps....... Oops, wrong school. Sorry. Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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Post by jkh67 on Feb 11, 2020 20:48:38 GMT -5
I haven't followed this thread for some time now, so it's likely that the answer to my question was posted earlier. To wit, assuming playing Merrimack is a good idea (an idea with which I profoundly disagree), why is the game being played at their place and not at Fitton!?!
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Post by HC92 on Feb 11, 2020 20:51:55 GMT -5
I haven't followed this thread for some time now, so it's likely that the answer to my question was posted earlier. To wit, assuming playing Merrimack is a good idea (an idea with which I profoundly disagree), why is the game being played at their place and not at Fitton!?! 1. We need a home game next year. or 2. We’re getting a home hockey game out of it. .
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Post by Crucis#1 on Feb 11, 2020 21:33:11 GMT -5
I haven't followed this thread for some time now, so it's likely that the answer to my question was posted earlier. To wit, assuming playing Merrimack is a good idea (an idea with which I profoundly disagree), why is the game being played at their place and not at Fitton!?! 1. We need a home game next year. or 2. We’re getting a home hockey game out of it. . Eight of 11 games to be played within the Commonwealth. Scheduling Merrimack in North Andover is a close trip that does not require overnight travel. Also, with scheduling D1 Merrimack, one or possibly two fewer class days missed. Seems positive from an academic standpoint.
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 11, 2020 22:20:53 GMT -5
HC has a core of loyal fans. Not huge, but loyal. Playing at Merrimack gives them the opportunity to go to a nearby game at a school we haven't played in FB and where most of our fans have never been. A good excuse to take a short ride on a nice day to kick off another drive to the NCAA tournament. TGfFB! (Thank God for Football!)
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Post by HCFC45 on Feb 12, 2020 1:03:23 GMT -5
Has anyone ever thought that we needed the game and they said OK we will play you but you will have to come to us!
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 12, 2020 2:15:39 GMT -5
Has anyone ever thought that we needed the game and they said OK we will play you but you will have to come to us! I get the feeling the game worked for both teams and then being so geographically close they collaboratively figured out which team needed the home game to balance their schedule. With Assumption and Merrimack being traditional league mates, I bet Coach Chesney works well with the Warriors Football program.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 12, 2020 7:30:33 GMT -5
IMO, the argument against Merrimack is that the game won't boost HC's strength-of-schedule index value when it comes to awarding byes in the FCS playoffs, assuming HC wins the PL.
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Post by hcpride on Feb 12, 2020 8:50:19 GMT -5
/\ /\ Amongst other assumptions, doesn't that depend on how well Merrimack does...and we don't know yet. (I guess CAA and some NEC teams could make that sort of argument v scheduling PL teams...)
(But it is certainly true in general that if we play and beat an ultimately lesser ranked opponent it is not as helpful as playing and beating an ultimately higher ranked opponent.)
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Post by nhteamer on Feb 12, 2020 8:52:21 GMT -5
1. We need a home game next year. or 2. We’re getting a home hockey game out of it. . Eight of 11 games to be played within the Commonwealth. Scheduling Merrimack in North Andover is a close trip that does not require overnight travel. Also, with scheduling D1 Merrimack, one or possibly two less class days missed. Seems positive from an academic standpoint. fewer
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Post by Crucis#1 on Feb 12, 2020 11:24:45 GMT -5
Grammatically you are correct according to current usage. The statement stands with fewer class days missed than traveling beyond the Commonwealth.
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Post by HC92 on Feb 12, 2020 11:51:52 GMT -5
IMO, the argument against Merrimack is that the game won't boost HC's strength-of-schedule index value when it comes to awarding byes in the FCS playoffs, assuming HC wins the PL. Pickings were slim. If the choice is one fewer game or a road win against Merrimack, I assume that’s at least neutral for seeding purposes. If we lose, that’s another story. Merrimack lost by 7 to Lehigh and by 7 to Bryant last year. It’s not like they’re going to be a cakewalk.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 12, 2020 13:44:58 GMT -5
/\ /\ Amongst other assumptions, doesn't that depend on how well Merrimack does...and we don't know yet. (I guess CAA and some NEC teams could make that sort of argument v scheduling PL teams...)
(But it is certainly true in general that if we play and beat an ultimately lesser ranked opponent it is not as helpful as playing and beating an ultimately higher ranked opponent.) My concern about Merrimack is that they will not be playing a full conference schedule in 2020, so its hard to judge how competitive they are in the NEC. And its possible that schools like Virginia at Lynchburg, or Mayville State, will again be on their 2020 slate. Any wins that Merrimack has over such opponents are discounted. But if Merrimack is competitive / very competitive against JMU and UNH, that should boost perceptions of Merrimack in the eyes of those doing the seeding. On the other hand, if JMU and UNH blow out Merrimack by 40-50 points, and HC ekes out a 7 point victory, that would not boost HC when it came to a 'strength of schedule' calculus. Harvard lost fairly badly to Pioneer League champion San Diego. If hypothetically the Ivies were allowed to play post-season, and Harvard won the Ivy title, that loss to San Diego may not have diminished perceptions of Harvard all that much. San Diego was a good team, losing to Northern Iowa by 17-3 in the playoffs.\
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Feb 12, 2020 15:30:23 GMT -5
I think we need to go into Merrimack with a view to getting the season off to a good start by thumping our opponents, trying some different offensive and defensive schemes if the coaches want, and giving multiple players a chance to show what they can do.
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