Lafayette at New Hampshire

[Bogus Megapardus]

For those who asked in the other thread . . . .






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[Lehigh Football Nation]

For those who asked in the other thread . . . .





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This explains everything in regards to Patriot League expansion with Loyola. We needed green to counteract the excess of red and maroon.

[ngineer]

Yes, indeed. Dated my share of ladies from there. Centenary had lots of equestrians, many of them stunning.


You know what they say about horses...

[ngineer]

I kinda liked Grace Hall at Lehigh, too.

The Fieldhouse at St. Joseph's is another old-school facility, though it is vastly upgraded now.

Grace is still there, but now just for wrestling and volleyball. Complete interior renovation. Very little semblance to the old arena, but voted by USA Today several years ago as one of the top ten 'venerable' old athletic arenas still being used in the country.

[RichH2]

Still remember sitting on the floor matside in the snakepit watching Caruso et al. Memorable

[Bogus Megapardus]

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[Sader87]

I too miss the classic days of yore of wrestling:



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[ngineer]

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One of the greatest photos showing how Lehigh's wrestling tradition grew over the decades. Thanks for that photo Bogie, it is a classic. "Back then" you are seeing about 3,500 crammed into Grace. Now, due to fire regulations and renovations, maximum capacity with SRO is about 2200. I think this pic is from the early 1960's...note the number of attendees wearing coat ties!

[Bogus Megapardus]

I think this pic is from the early 1960's...note the number of attendees wearing coat ties!

Versus Penn State 1960. Is RichH2 in there somewhere? xrolleyesx

[ngineer]

Versus Penn State 1960. Is RichH2 in there somewhere? xrolleyesx

Yes, I do see the PSU uniform now that you mention it. I may have watched this on PBS TV back then, growing up outside of Philly, but Rich might have been there.

[carney2]

Alumni Hall, a classic mid century venue. There I saw Bill Bradley sink a jumper at the buzzer to take a Prnceton game to overtime in one of the best games ever played at Alumni. the place was rocking.

As I recall, he shot, missed, got his own rebound, missed again, got the rebound again, and finally put it in. Are you the guy who was blocking my view for much of the game?

[Bogus Megapardus]

Army - Navy

The "other" PL rivalry.

[Kramer]

Army - Navy

The "other" PL rivalry.

Watching this game, and enjoying it. I would enjoy seeing my team, or yours, playing Army and/or Navy. I assume this will be happening in the near future?

[Bogus Megapardus]

Watching this game, and enjoying it. I would enjoy seeing my team, or yours, playing Army and/or Navy. I assume this will be happening in the near future?

From what I gather it was part of the scholarship "deal." PL football will get a regular diet of Army and Navy going forward. Army already is back on Lafayette's schedule in 2016 and 2018.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Army getting trounced in Philly.

[ngineer]

Watching this game, and enjoying it. I would enjoy seeing my team, or yours, playing Army and/or Navy. I assume this will be happening in the near future?

yes, word is that both academies should be showing up regularly on our schedules over the coming years starting in 2015 or 16 going forward.

[Kramer]

yes, word is that both academies should be showing up regularly on our schedules over the coming years starting in 2015 or 16 going forward.

Should be fun.

[DFW HOYA]

Good for those in the league with the ability to attract the Academies to sign a game.

(Not so good for those that will get games with Davidson and Marist instead.)

[RichH2]

I was. Sitting, if I remember 2 or 3 in from the mat opposite the doors. Anyway thats whete we usually sat.Like all frosh,back then, our Gryphon chased us all out for wrestling matches. A NY kid knew zip about wrestling. Got hooked Even when I came back to LU didn't miss any home matches.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Well, I notice that New Hampshire beat Southeastern Louisiana. It was an excellent game too. I thought I'd mention that because this is a UNH thread after all.

[Mattymc727]

Im starting to think that loss at Lehigh was the worse loss in UNH history..... Was Lehigh that much better with their starting QB?

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gosh.... sorry for us non-patriot league idiots...... I meant worst...

[ngineer]

The loss of Bialkowski was huge. Luckily we caught Holy Cross and Colgate while weakend. While I know others may disagree, with BB we'd have been in the playoffs. Our QB play in the big one was poor, but that's the game of football. You are as good as you are at the time and in late September, we were very good. Hopefully, our QB's will be 'up to speed' next year when we visit on September 13.

[ngineer]

I think we need to keep this thread going as it has become the good luck talisman for the Wildcats!

[Bogus Megapardus]

I think we need to keep this thread going as it has become the good luck talisman for the Wildcats!


I was thinking about Towson having to go out and play on that red turf at Eastern Washington. That would be quite a distraction, I think.

But here's my thought - let's say I won the lottery and I gave $50 Million to Georgetown to finish Multi-Sport Field. But as part of the gift, I insisted that they do the turf in gay pride stripes with a huge picture of Barney Frank in the middle. Do you think they'd take the money?

[65 Pard]

As I recall, he shot, missed, got his own rebound, missed again, got the rebound again, and finally put it in. Are you the guy who was blocking my view for much of the game?

Actually I was "studying" and listening to the game on the radio expecting us to lose...When I could stand it no longer, I trotted up to Alumni in time to see the rest of the game from the doorway.

[Pards Rule]

Watching this game, and enjoying it. I would enjoy seeing my team, or yours, playing Army and/or Navy. I assume this will be happening in the near future?

I did too while putting up tree. First time I did so since I can't recall...When did it become "just another game" for the rest of the country and the required viewing elapsed? Around 1976?

[Pards Rule]

From what I gather it was part of the scholarship "deal." PL football will get a regular diet of Army and Navy going forward. Army already is back on Lafayette's schedule in 2016 and 2018.

I assume they are not visiting Easton?

[Bogus Megapardus]

I assume they are not visiting Easton?

The Army/Lafayette games both will be in West Point - on Oct. 15, 2016 and on Oct. 6, 2018.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Pards used to wrestle.








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[ngineer]

Pards used to wrestle.






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So did the Raiders. In fact, even after Lafayette dropped wrestling as an intercollegiate sport in the NCAA, they still had a very good club team coached by a guy named Piper. A real shame they dropped it, considering their location in District XI territory.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Im starting to think that loss at Lehigh was the worse loss in UNH history..... Was Lehigh that much better with their starting QB?

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gosh.... sorry for us non-patriot league idiots...... I meant worst...

Yes. ;)

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Thankfully Tavani won't have to give up the green and gold uniforms in his FOURTH time trying to beat UNH.

Lehigh: 1 try to beat UNH, managed to do so. Lafayette: Four times and counting - still waiting for their first win over the Wildcats ;)

[ngineer]

I assume they are not visiting Easton?

Neither Army or Navy will ever play us on the road. They need their 35,000-40,000 gate. However, love those road trips. Both times going to either the LUAA has arranged for sails up the Chesapeake to Annapolis and sails up the Hudson to West Point. Great times.

[Pards Rule]

Neither Army or Navy will ever play us on the road. They need their 35,000-40,000 gate. However, love those road trips. Both times going to either the LUAA has arranged for sails up the Chesapeake to Annapolis and sails up the Hudson to West Point. Great times.

Yes I went to Annapolis in 1985 and West Point in 1988 and 1990. Time to return to West Point!

[Go...gate]

Ellerson out at Army. The poor guy busted his backside. He deserved better.

I'm not sure Army can ever be competitive in FBS again.

[R3TRO]

Ughhhhhh

[Pards Rule]

Ughhhhhh

Move along now...you have your own thread...

[Bogus Megapardus]

Move along now...you have your own thread...


I protest! This is as much a New Hampshire thread as it is a Lafayette thread. Wildcat Worshipfuling should be welcome here. Besides, it's good to have some pushback as we prepare for our fourth game in a row against New Hampshire. Those guys are really looking like a tough out.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Ughhhhhh

I'm impressed. We now know that there are as many as three words in the average UNH graduate's vocabulary. Who knew? *











* I'd normally reserve this as a Lehigh barb, but you kinda walked into it.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Doesn't this discussion belong on the UNH Lafayette thread?
It would just get buried under discussions of Obamacare, the Mack Brown "resignation," MLB steroid use, Shemp vs. Curly Joe - who was the better 3rd stooge?, your favorite Tea Party congressman, favorite Joe Biden gaffes, Donald Trump the intellectual, and other hot topics of the moment. In other words, it's much better right here.

Obamacare is a noble goal that is padded with excess and has been horribly executed; Brown can afford to resign with the package he gets; Depends on the steroid; Shemp by a long shot; Paul Ryan; "I promise you, the president has a big stick. I promise you;" Trump has the intellectual capacity of an earthworm.

Your turn.

[65 Pard]

The only coach who could out Frankosaurus Tavani was fired today by Army

[Pards Rule]

Fired?!? FIRED!?!? :(

[Bogus Megapardus]

The only coach who could out Frankosaurus Tavani was fired today by Army

His triple options expired.

[ngineer]

Sad to see the situation at Army. Coach can only do with the tools he has.

[Sader87]

Army football is best-suited for the Patriot League moving forward but they are very loathe to admit this.

It will be very interesting to see where the service academies all end up after the next realignment/shift in NCAA football.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Army football is best-suited for the Patriot League moving forward but they are very loathe to admit this.

It will be very interesting to see where the service academies all end up after the next realignment/shift in NCAA football.

Army and Navy will be FBS. Period. And Army and Navy football are not best suited for the PL because of their institutional mission and the use of football in particular in that mission.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Army and Navy will be FBS. Period. And Army and Navy football are not best suited for the PL because of their institutional mission and the use of football in particular in that mission.


I agree. But that institutional mission is not necessarily inconsistent with playing one or two PL or Ivy games each season. Even if playing more than one PL game technically would not count for bowl eligibility, one of the Academies is going to play in the Armed Forces Bowl automatically regardless of "eligibility." For 25 years the PL has provided an accommodating, properly competitive home for all other sports at Army and Navy. The agreement to start scheduling PL football once again (without dropping to FCS) appears to recognize that.

(Now we just have to get them to put the PL logo on their fields and uniforms!)

[ngineer]

Army football is best-suited for the Patriot League moving forward but they are very loathe to admit this.

It will be very interesting to see where the service academies all end up after the next realignment/shift in NCAA football.

the Secretaries of the Army and Navy will never allow their academies to be 'relegated' to a lower status.

[ngineer]

Pards used to wrestle.







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I just realized that this winter is the 70th Anniversary of the last time Lehigh and Lafayette wrestled each other in a dual meet...1943.

[Sader87]

The thing is, I think it's almost to the point where it's almost out of their hands.

BCS football and the service academies will only continue to go in different directions moving forward imo.

[Bogus Megapardus]

The thing is, I think it's almost to the point where it's almost out of their hands.

BCS football and the service academies will only continue to go in different directions moving forward imo.

Even if it becomes the BCS and everyone else, I still think the Academies would want to play a more national schedule. Lots of North Texas, Central Michigan and, of course, Hawaii. I'd love to bring them back home, though.

[DFW HOYA]

Army football is best-suited for the Patriot League moving forward but they are very loathe to admit this.

Unlikely on many levels. Difficult as it may be for some on this board, the PL is not a good fit for everyone.

[Bogus Megapardus]

If the Academies were to play PL football, Georgetown could go ahead and do its blue-haired-step-child ersatz Ivy schedule amongst the (intellectual/emotional/moral) "peers" with whom it so desperately declares constituency. We'd miss ya, but . . . .

[Sader87]

I get the "national mission" of Army/Navy vis a vis football....I just think it's becoming more and more impossible logistically (to recruit, schedule etc) to have a football team at the national FBS level that they can compete in moving forward.

They can continue to schedule a lot of bottom-tier FBS schools but I think that that is a last-ditch effort to remain FBS and ultimately not worth the trouble. We'll see how it plays out over the next decade.

[DFW HOYA]

If the Academies were to play PL football, Georgetown could go ahead and do its blue-haired-step-child ersatz Ivy schedule amongst the (intellectual/emotional/moral) "peers" with whom it so desperately declares constituency. We'd miss ya, but . . . .

Thanks for the support, but hardly surprising.

An elemetn at Lafayette, Lehigh, and Colgate could hardly care anymore if Georgetown is in the PL. These schools have a much in common with Georgetown as South Carolina does with Vanderbilt and like South Carolina, they see it as a win, a nice road trip every other year, and little else. HC and Fordham care, a little. Bucknell, who knows?

Put another way, if the league had to decide between adding Monmouth or keeping Georgetown, but not both, it woudn't be a unanimous call.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Unlikely on many levels. Difficult as it may be for some on this board, the PL is not a good fit for everyone.

True, but it is a very good fit for Army and Navy, both of whom have been PL members for 25 years. You forget that we see these guys week in and week out in basketball, lacrosse, soccer, etc. They are very familiar opponents.

[DFW HOYA]

Army is not joining the PL because no three-star wants to walk the halls of the Pentagon and hear it from an Air Force general that the USAFA can play in the big leagues while Army can't, or that Navy is playing at Notre Dame while Army gets to play at Bucknell.

CBS would certainly not provide the three hours of promotion each December for a couple of I-AA teams, and the days of sold out crowds in Philadelphia would wither away. Notwithstanding, USMA and USNA need a national schedule to recruit nationally.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Army is not joining the PL because no three-star wants to walk the halls of the Pentagon and hear it from an Air Force general that the USAFA can play in the big leagues while Army can't, or that Navy is playing at Notre Dame while Army gets to play at Bucknell.

CBS would certainly not provide the three hours of promotion each December for a couple of I-AA teams, and the days of sold out crowds in Philadelphia would wither away. Notwithstanding, USMA and USNA need a national schedule to recruit nationally.

Or, for that matter, USAFA can play in the "upper quadrant" of FBS while USMA and USNA cannot.

[Sader87]

Again, just playing devil's advocate, but Air Force is not an "upper quadrant" level football program right now, nor is Annapolis.

Navy, to their credit, has hung onto the periphery of FBS football but their overall schedule has had a lot of so-so BCS programs (Indiana, Duke, Wake etc) and a lot of FBS bottom feeders on its docket over the last few years.

Army is just screwed in general....near impossible to recruit to, a losing tradition of about 40+ years now etc etc

The future isn't bright for the service academies and FBS football imo. Now, if there is some sort of upheaval in realignment I might change my thinking.

[Gate83]

Thanks for the support, but hardly surprising.

An elemetn at Lafayette, Lehigh, and Colgate could hardly care anymore if Georgetown is in the PL. These schools have a much in common with Georgetown as South Carolina does with Vanderbilt and like South Carolina, they see it as a win, a nice road trip every other year, and little else. HC and Fordham care, a little. Bucknell, who knows?

Put another way, if the league had to decide between adding Monmouth or keeping Georgetown, but not both, it woudn't be a unanimous call.

Well, the comparison doesn't quite work since Vandy was 8-4 this year, 4-4 in conference, and looks like they're trying...

I'm all for Gtown staying in the Patriot. It's like an annual boondoggle that never disappoints.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Army is not joining the PL because no three-star wants to walk the halls of the Pentagon and hear it from an Air Force general that the USAFA can play in the big leagues while Army can't, or that Navy is playing at Notre Dame while Army gets to play at Bucknell.

CBS would certainly not provide the three hours of promotion each December for a couple of I-AA teams, and the days of sold out crowds in Philadelphia would wither away. Notwithstanding, USMA and USNA need a national schedule to recruit nationally.

Let's say that everything for now remains as it is presently, except that Army and Navy agree to extend their publicized association with the Patriot League to include football, even though they will each play only one PL game a year. For example, the logo goes on the field, the CBS announcers mention the Patriot League, the logo gets printed on the cover of the program, and a patch gets sewn on to the uniforms.

Is it your view that CBS would be so horrified that it would eliminate any association whatsoever with Academy football?

[kdinva]

I thought this game was played 20 days ago.........

[Bogus Megapardus]

I thought this game was played 20 days ago.........

You are incorrect, sir. New Hampshire and Lafayette actually will meet for the fourth consecutive time this weekend.

You're simply going to have to read through the previous 800 or so posts to find out why.

[Bogus Megapardus]

I must have missed this over the summer. Georgetown has chosen to defund, demote, relegate and embarrass its women's rowing program. I don't think they'll be able to take much more of this abuse.

http://www.patriotleague.org/sports/w-rowing/spec-rel/070813aaa.html

xlolx

[Pard4Life]

No question that Army, Navy should remain in FBS, mainly due to tradition. Football is THE sport of this country and the military academies should be playing the sport at the highest level. On that note, they should also be trying to win. If Army was truly committed to winning, they would find a way. You can turn losing programs around, and Army actually has a tradition, but they are going to have to re-adjust their program. Why would you actually have to 'work' while playing football when you can instead be a primma donna god at a school like Oklahoma or Tennessee?

Army should be playing a Notre Dame like schedule, but instead, they have a Troy State like schedule (when they were independent). It's ridiculous their schedule is filled with the compass Michigan schools and Sun Belt teams. It's a national program...

[Sader87]

No question that Army, Navy should remain in FBS, mainly due to tradition. Football is THE sport of this country and the military academies should be playing the sport at the highest level. On that note, they should also be trying to win. If Army was truly committed to winning, they would find a way. You can turn losing programs around, and Army actually has a tradition, but they are going to have to re-adjust their program. Why would you actually have to 'work' while playing football when you can instead be a primma donna god at a school like Oklahoma or Tennessee?

Army should be playing a Notre Dame like schedule, but instead, they have a Troy State like schedule (when they were independent). It's ridiculous their schedule is filled with the compass Michigan schools and Sun Belt teams. It's a national program...


Basically that's my point. They can't compete (much less defeat) anyone outside of the lowest FBS conferences.

I know their "mission" is different but both Army and Navy are really very much like the Ivy League schools....their era of gridiron prominence essentially ended in the early 1960's. The Ivies have realized this, Army and Navy refuse to.

[ngineer]

How many points is UNH giving the 'pards this week?

[Lehigh Football Nation]

The joy of the Lehigh fan reading this thread is the fantasy that UNH is not only beating Lafayette once, in lopsided, overmatched fashion, but that Lafayette is finding new, unique ways of losing every single week, like giving up last-minute touchdowns and failing to convert in the red zone. If Lafayette can lose in the FargoDome with the biggest, baddest team and the biggest, baddest home field advantage ever... what a Christmas present!

Against a team that Lehigh already beat! xlolx

[RichH2]

The real issue here is whether this thread can achieve 100 pages.

[Go...gate]

Let's say that everything for now remains as it is presently, except that Army and Navy agree to extend their publicized association with the Patriot League to include football, even though they will each play only one PL game a year. For example, the logo goes on the field, the CBS announcers mention the Patriot League, the logo gets printed on the cover of the program, and a patch gets sewn on to the uniforms.

Is it your view that CBS would be so horrified that it would eliminate any association whatsoever with Academy football?

Agreed.

[Bogus Megapardus]

How many points is UNH giving the 'pards this week?

I'd say 21 with an over/under of 48. Seems about right.

Pards are improving now that exams are over and the players have scattered home across the country for the holidays.

[Go...gate]

I'd say 21 with an over/under of 48. Seems about right.

Pards are improving now that exams are over and the players have scattered home across the country for the holidays.

Dick Biddle has also had a chance to study up on Tavani's system. Pards by a safety!

[Bogus Megapardus]

Dick Biddle has also had a chance to study up on Tavani's system. Pards by a safety!

With Biddle at LB, the defense will be in shutdown mode. I predict that Biddle will cause nine safeties and that Tavani will rush for a TD plus a 2 point try. 26-5 will be the final after dementia sets in and Frank runs into, and kneels down in, the wrong endzone in the middle of the 4th.

Just a guess, though.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Incomprehensible clutter on page one. Nothing but an east-versus-west cockfight. Can't even find a decent Lehigh thread.

[Bill]

Maybe the Pards can win this week via a rouge :)

[Pard4Life]

What's the market on Dick Biddle bobble-heads now that he has retired?

[Sader87]

Gut feeling....Lafayette finally wins this one this week.

[Pard4Life]

The joy of the Lehigh fan reading this thread is the fantasy that UNH is not only beating Lafayette once, in lopsided, overmatched fashion, but that Lafayette is finding new, unique ways of losing every single week, like giving up last-minute touchdowns and failing to convert in the red zone. If Lafayette can lose in the FargoDome with the biggest, baddest team and the biggest, baddest home field advantage ever... what a Christmas present!

Against a team that Lehigh already beat! xlolx

xeyebrowx

"IT'S ALL ABOUT MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! I MEAN... LEHIGH!"

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Basically that's my point. They can't compete (much less defeat) anyone outside of the lowest FBS conferences.

I know their "mission" is different but both Army and Navy are really very much like the Ivy League schools....their era of gridiron prominence essentially ended in the early 1960's. The Ivies have realized this, Army and Navy refuse to.

Yes but Navy usually wins 8 games per year and is competitive in most of their games.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Gut feeling....Lafayette finally wins this one this week.

My sense as well. Sweet victory, at long last, will be ours.

[Bogus Megapardus]

PHOTOSHOP PHUN






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[Pard4Life]

HA! More appropriate for Bucknell, but post that on this week's NDSU thread.

[Bogus Megapardus]

post that on this week's NDSU thread.

Wouldn't be prudent.

[ngineer]

HA! More appropriate for Bucknell, but post that on this week's NDSU thread.

Absolutely..that is a must!

[Bogus Megapardus]

Here's the copy-and-paste avatar version, sized exactly for AGS, if anyone would like it.





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[No_Skill]

Here's the copy-and-paste avatar version, sized exactly for AGS, if anyone would like it.




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I can't believe nobody has ever done that before. Lol

It's pretty funny. Kudos.

[Pard4Life]

I can't believe nobody has ever done that before. Lol

It's pretty funny. Kudos.

That's a pretty cool Christmas ornament No_Skill... wish I had one of the Lehigh logo with X's over the Hawk's eyes.

[BisonFan02]

I can't believe nobody has ever done that before. Lol

It's pretty funny. Kudos.

No kidding....Hail the Bison! Hail the Bison! With their tails up in the air!.....

[Bogus Megapardus]

wish I had one of the Lehigh logo with X's over the Hawk's eyes.



Brilliant!





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Here's the copy n' paste AGS avatar version.






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[Bogus Megapardus]

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[Lehigh Football Nation]

Finally, MplsBison's avatar is ready.

[Pard4Life]

Brilliant!




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Here's the copy n' paste AGS avatar version.





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NICE! Thanks Bogie!

[Lehigh Football Nation]

NICE! Thanks Bogie!

I guess it is all about us after all... :D

[Bogus Megapardus]

NICE! Thanks Bogie!

I was thinking of adding a bit of drool from the corner of the mouth. Would that be too much detail?

[Pard4Life]

I was thinking of adding a bit of drool from the corner of the mouth. Would that be too much detail?

No... laying in a bead of feathers would look good too. LFN crying in the background would be good.

[ngineer]

I guess it is all about us after all... :D

xthumbsupxxthumbsupx They really cannot get us out of their minds...

[Engineer86]

xthumbsupxxthumbsupx They really cannot get us out of their minds...

Always hoping to keep up with big brother and hoping they can tag along :D

[caribbeanhen]

Here's the copy-and-paste avatar version, sized exactly for AGS, if anyone would like it.




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Thanks, I'll borrow that one for a while

[Bill]

Bogie et al. :

Sorry to see your season end last night - great job this year :)

[Bogus Megapardus]

I guess it is all about us after all... :D


xthumbsupxxthumbsupx They really cannot get us out of their minds...


Always hoping to keep up with big brother and hoping they can tag along :D

Y'all are hoppin for a 'shoppin, aren't ya? xnodx

A picture is worth a thousand words.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Bogie et al. :

Sorry to see your season end last night - great job this year :)

Whaddya mean? We finally beat those guys! It took four games and three uniform changes but UNH finally went down. xsmashx

[Go...gate]

Whaddya mean? We finally beat those guys! It took four games and three uniform changes but UNH finally went down. xsmashx

If at first you don't succeed....

[Bogus Megapardus]

Anyone looking forward to basketball season?





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[Bogus Megapardus]

Since this thread has such expansive limits - -

Congrats and a shout out from ol' Nassau to QB Josh Rosen (#3) and the St. John Bosco Braves on winning the California State H.S. title last night.





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5 star recruit, #1 rated QB in the country - as a junior. Don't let it get to your head or anything, Josh! xcoolx

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Anyone looking oforward to basketball season?





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Considering that the picture comes from Lehigh's epic upset of Duke in the NCAA tournament, I approve this message.

Where's Lafayette's equivalent picture? Oh, wait...

[Bogus Megapardus]

Where's Lafayette's equivalent picture?

After knocking off Lehigh three times in basketball last season, I'm afraid this is the only picture I could find:






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[Engineer86]

Anyone looking forward to basketball season?




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I went to the basketball game last night, and don't you worry, your "big brother" is set well for basketball down the road.

[Bogus Megapardus]

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[ngineer]

I went to the basketball game last night, and don't you worry, your "big brother" is set well for basketball down the road.

Team looked great last night against a decent Quinnipiac squad. Kempton and Chuku beginning to make their presence felt inside. January 5 game with Boston U. will be a great barometer as to the PL.

[Bogus Megapardus]

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL







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[Bill]

Bogus - awesome. Merry Christmas to you and your family too!

[Engineer86]

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL








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Merry Christmas! A great tree Bogie, but to really be a true PL tree, don't you have to have LC and LU at the top of the tree. I mean the league does do everything possible to protect our game xlolxxthumbsupx

[Bogus Megapardus]

Merry Christmas! A great tree Bogie, but to really be a true PL tree, don't you have to have LC and LU at the top of the tree. I mean the league does do everything possible to protect our game xlolxxthumbsupx

Funny you should mention . . . .





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[NoDak 4 Ever]

were there more posts before or after this game?

[Bill]

After! Pretty soon, this thread will be optioned out to NBC as a "thread about nothing" :)

[Sader87]

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL








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And to you and your family as well Bogey!!!!!

In the spirit of Christmas and Christmas Trees, HC's alma mater song which was taken from Oh Tannenbaum:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BRkJCcCYXM

[ngineer]

And to you and your family as well Bogey!!!!!

In the spirit of Christmas and Christmas Trees, HC's alma mater song which was taken from Oh Tannenbaum:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BRkJCcCYXM


What fir???




(;-)

[ngineer]

Merry Christmas to all my PL brothers, as well as all the other AGSers who help make life 'interesting'!

[RichH2]

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL









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Thanks. The same to you and yours and to all of us. As my daughter said this morning It's not whats under the tree that is important rather its who's around the tree. Joyful day to all

[Go...gate]

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL









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Indeed. A Merry Christmas to all of you!

[ColgateTD]

Happy New Year to all posters! Geez....I can't believe the length of this thread......will this still be going on when the first whistle blows in September 2014??

[ngineer]

uh, I can't remember why I called up this thread....

[Go...gate]

Both UNH and the 'Pards are in Crapsville now, but the thread lives on!

[Bogus Megapardus]

Both UNH and the 'Pards are in Crapsville now, but the thread lives on!

No Crapsvilling yet - we finally beat Hew Hampshire after four tries. We still have a game left to play! xnodx

[Engineer86]

No Crapsvilling yet - we finally beat Hew Hampshire after four tries. We still have a game left to play! xnodx

No??? I always thought of Easton as Crapsville.xnodxxlolx

[Bogus Megapardus]

No??? I always thought of Easton as Crapsville.xnodxxlolx


Oh, Easton is Crapsville now? Seriously? I take that as a challenge.




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More on this later, of course . . . xcoolx

[Go...gate]

Getting a head start on #150, eh?

[UNHWildcat18]

Really hope after next season UNH can do another home and home with Holy Cross.

[ngineer]

Oh, Easton is Crapsville now? Seriously? I take that as a challenge.



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More on this later, of course . . . xcoolx

Actually, Bogie you are wrong. The City of Bethlehem STP that you are noting (not the Lehigh Valley's), flow right into the Lehigh River shown immediately to north of the plant. The Lehigh then flows east toward a certain town at the confluence with the Delaware...EASTON...So Easton literally is eating Bethlehem's *****! (;-)

[Bogus Megapardus]

Actually, Bogie you are wrong. The City of Bethlehem STP that you are noting (not the Lehigh Valley's), flow right into the Lehigh River shown immediately to north of the plant. The Lehigh then flows east toward a certain town at the confluence with the Delaware...EASTON...So Easton literally is eating Bethlehem's *****! (;-)

Also Saucon Creek flows north not south but hey . . . enough of this awarenessing already. I claim illiterary license. And a picture is worth at least fifty or so words (in today's market).

Besides, most standard maps display the appropriate nomenclature.






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[Bogus Megapardus]

Also I completely made up "Sewage Generation Facility" and ya went all Judge Judy on me and such. There is no such thing, of course. But if you guys want to own it . . . xrolleyesx

[Bogus Megapardus]

And Eagles vs Saints this weekend . . . LFN is a well-known closet Saints fan.

[RichH2]

Checking in on this thread much like going down a rabbit hole. Cant wait for the Mad Hatter to offer tea

[Lehigh Football Nation]

And Eagles vs Saints this weekend . . . LFN is a well-known closet Saints fan.

This weekend sucks to the Nth degree. If the Saints win, my wife is miserable. If the Eagles win, I'm miserable, and I won't hear the end of it. And either way, the winner is going to get pulverized by the Seahawks.

[65 Pard]

Also I completely made up "Sewage Generation Facility" and ya went all Judge Judy on me and such. There is no such thing, of course. But if you guys want to own it . . . xrolleyesx

Bogie
Absolutely genius

[carney2]

There is absolutely no reason for this post. Just a small step to move it to 900...and then a thousand...and then on into the 2014 season.

[Engineer86]

This weekend sucks to the Nth degree. If the Saints win, my wife is miserable. If the Eagles win, I'm miserable, and I won't hear the end of it. And either way, the winner is going to get pulverized by the Seahawks.

Several things wrong with your post. First, it is always better for the wife to NOT be miserable. Second if the Eagles win, the play the 2 seed and I believe that is so there would at least be another week. The Saints would get the #1 seed though

most importantly, how could a LU grad be a Saints fan?

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Several things wrong with your post. First, it is always better for the wife to NOT be miserable. Second if the Eagles win, the play the 2 seed and I believe that is so there would at least be another week. The Saints would get the #1 seed though

most importantly, how could a LU grad be a Saints fan?

Good points. I think they changed it this year so that they're not reseeded, but I wasn't clear on that after last week's broadcast.

The Saints fan thing is a somewhat long story, but rest assured that my interest dates from the Jim Mora ("We couldn't do diddly poo") era, Dome Patrol, Pat Swilling/Ricky Jackson era. It was tough following the Saints from Lehigh in the pre-Internet era, but SportsCenter helped me through.

[RichH2]

Several things wrong with your post. First, it is always better for the wife to NOT be miserable. Second if the Eagles win, the play the 2 seed and I believe that is so there would at least be another week. The Saints would get the #1 seed though

most importantly, how could a LU grad be a Saints fan?
No,Saints fall into the exception as John Hill was there center for years.

[ngineer]

No,Saints fall into the exception as John Hill was there center for years.

Yes, John spent the majority of his career there after a few years in with NYG. I think he was elected captain for the last number of years there.

[Bogus Megapardus]

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[Twentysix]

891

[Bogus Megapardus]

891






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[Sader87]

867-5309
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[Go...gate]

#894.....

[Lehigh Football Nation]

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A dejected UNH fan after finally losing to the Frankasaurus?

[RichH2]

Only 10 more pages to go.xbowx A worthy quest for the PLxthumbsupx

[65 Pard]

Let's add some trivia to this post
Some teams you may not know were on our schedule in mid century: Kings Point, Tufts, Muhlenberg, Waynesburg, CW Post, Temple, Rutgers, Army, Navy
Others?

[Bisonator]

Wow this thread is kind of sad. xlolx

[Bogus Megapardus]

Wow this thread is kind of sad. xlolx

This thread now has a new purpose. That purpose is to select the most spectacularly "kind-of-sad" posts from NDSU threads that you happen to come across, and re-post them here. That way we can analyze and contrast their comparative lameness in order to examine and peer-review Bisonator's hypothesis - and pass judgment on entire NDSU threads as a whole without reading them as well. Posts by MplsBison and other of the more "celebrated" NDSU scribes count as double; they can (and should) be used to extrapolate viewpoints about NDSU as a whole.

Who would like to start? xcoolx







Oh and . . . uh . . . 899

[Go...gate]

I'll start simply by saying...


900!

[Bill]

Happy New Year, everyone!

[Bogus Megapardus]

Happy New Year to all! And what better way to ring in the new year than to discuss the things that draw us all together - like the failurizing of those inimitable Brown Town Clowns. xblehx I enjoyed reading this newly-minted post, for instance:


Lafayette are a bunch of losers. It took a catastrophic injury for them to beat us. They will not surpass us.

Never has there been a more reasoned, objective assessment of relative strengths and weaknesses, of course. Yet still, I feel something might be missing . . . xconfusedx

So, just when I thought I was going to turn over a new leaf by praising our noble adversary and all the positive things they bring to the league, xlolx it seems my former mission is not quite over. xrolleyesxxrotatehxxnodx

[Bogus Megapardus]

Rather than seeing that Lafayette-New Hampshire thread labor on into the spring . . . .

Challenge accepted. xpopcornx

[RichH2]

This Cracker barrel thread has morphed into a Camelot like quest. What was once a wailing wall for Pard fans:( swerved into a Mad Hatter tea partyxcrazyx and now has become an entity whose identity is not relevant to a topic but solely to its own existence Very Seinfeld. xrolleyesx
Ridiculously addictive. :)

[Lehigh'98]

Happy New Year to all! And what better way to ring in the new year than to discuss the things that draw us all together - like the failurizing of those inimitable Brown Town Clowns. xblehx I enjoyed reading this newly-minted post, for instance:



Never has there been a more reasoned, objective assessment of relative strengths and weaknesses, of course. Yet still, I feel something might be missing . . . xconfusedx

So, just when I thought I was going to turn over a new leaf by praising our noble adversary and all the positive things they bring to the league, xlolx it seems my former mission is not quite over. xrolleyesxxrotatehxxnodx

I did state in that post that I was drunk. Just wanted to start the new year off right.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Fat, drunk and Lehigh is no way to go through life, son. xbeerchugx

[Bogus Megapardus]

Bill O'Brien to the Houston Texans - ya gotta read this:

http://www.pennlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/01/bill_obrien_the_outsider_arriv.html

(Rumor is that some Bucknell guy is going to replace O'Brien in Happy Valley - does Joe Susan take the bait and tag along?)

[Go...gate]

Challenge accepted. xpopcornx

Indeed! xthumbsupx

- - - Updated - - -


Bill O'Brien to the Houston Texans - ya gotta read this:

http://www.pennlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/01/bill_obrien_the_outsider_arriv.html

(Rumor is that some Bucknell guy is going to replace O'Brien in Happy Valley - does Joe Susan take the bait and tag along?)

Schiano, right?

[Bogus Megapardus]

Schiano, right?


♪♫ Sing us a song, you're the Schiano man . . . ♪♫

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Bill O'Brien to the Houston Texans - ya gotta read this:

http://www.pennlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/01/bill_obrien_the_outsider_arriv.html

(Rumor is that some Bucknell guy is going to replace O'Brien in Happy Valley - does Joe Susan take the bait and tag along?)

If Schiano does go to Happy Valley, I wonder very seriously about that happening.

Another name floating around for the Penn State job is Pete Lembo, proving that it's always about Lehigh.

[Go...gate]

If Schiano does go to Happy Valley, I wonder very seriously about that happening.

Another name floating around for the Penn State job is Pete Lembo, proving that it's always about Lehigh.

If PSU wants a class act to who knows how to win, how about one Richard Biddle??

[Franks Tanks]

If Schiano does go to Happy Valley, I wonder very seriously about that happening.

Another name floating around for the Penn State job is Pete Lembo, proving that it's always about Lehigh.

I think you are the only one floating Lembo's name. There is no chance Lembo will get the PSU job right now.

Greg Roman is a strong possibility (former Stanford and current 49er OC). He was reported to have come in 2nd two years ago when O'Brien was hired.

[CFBfan]

If Schiano does go to Happy Valley, I wonder very seriously about that happening.

Another name floating around for the Penn State job is Pete Lembo, proving that it's always about Lehigh.

show us ONE place (other than your post/blog) where Lembo is "being floated"

[carney2]

show us ONE place (other than your post/blog) where Lembo is "being floated"

Pittsburgh media on Jan. 1 and the Allentown Mourning Crawl today. Both mention him as a "short list" guy for the job.

[Franks Tanks]

Pittsburgh media on Jan. 1 and the Allentown Mourning Crawl today. Both mention him as a "short list" guy for the job.

Anything is possible, but I really think that is "mud at the wall" and several higher profile coaches will be interested. Lembo will get a gig at a "big time" school soon, but this isn't it. Lembo didn't get the Wake Forest or UConn job. PSU pays better, and is a much more sought after job despite the sanctions, which are now 1/2 way over.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Pittsburgh media on Jan. 1 and the Allentown Mourning Crawl today. Both mention him as a "short list" guy for the job.

Thanks, proving that this is not a one-man crusade to push him to Happy Valley.

Every fan I know says he's a longshot at best, but his name has come up not a few times in the media.

[CFBfan]

Pittsburgh media on Jan. 1 and the Allentown Mourning Crawl today. Both mention him as a "short list" guy for the job.

thanks carney, i can't imagine that psu is seriously looking at him???

[Pard4Life]

Nah, I don't see Lembo as a PSU candidate. I'd see Lembo as an ideal candidate for a semi-big time program that needs to rebuild. For example, he'd be a good candidate for somewhere like UVA or Purdue. He's not a hot candidate or can't miss...

[Pard4Life]

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL









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Not sure anyone else caught it, but great positioning of the Fordham "F" and "ucknell"

[Pard4Life]

You got the Patriot League Christmas tree all wrong Bogie... it's supposed be



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[Lehigh Football Nation]

You got the Patriot League Christmas tree all wrong Bogie... it's supposed be



#1
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[Pard4Life]

Fixed

I initially had the pound symbol but it just didn't look right. I mean, the tree is usually topped with an angel or star, and the 1 was just more proportional. However, I got a 3D printer for Christmas and printed out my avatar as a Christmas tree ornament that now adorns the top of my tree.

[ngineer]

Nah, I don't see Lembo as a PSU candidate. I'd see Lembo as an ideal candidate for a semi-big time program that needs to rebuild. For example, he'd be a good candidate for somewhere like UVA or Purdue. He's not a hot candidate or can't miss...

Agreed. Pete seems to be the 'turnaround guy', but then he's worn out the welcome. He is very bright and as well as organized and understands the balance with academics. His one shortcoming has been his 'bristly' nature when people have daned to question him. Maybe he's outgrown that with the upward mobility. After all he started out as a HC pretty young.

[Bogus Megapardus]

You got the Patriot League Christmas tree all wrong Bogie... it's supposed be



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Fixed again.

[Bogus Megapardus]

I was unaware, until today, of this offering by the Philadelphia Brewing Company.






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[Lehigh Football Nation]

I was unaware, until today, of this offering by the Philadelphia Brewing Company.





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I saw this in my friendly neighborhood beer store. Have not tried it.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Investigation reveals the presence of some others:





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I can't say for sure, but I believe that neither the MVFC nor the CAA can top this.

[65 Pard]

I think the stadium on the can is Shibe park where the Phila Athletics played baseball.

[Bogus Megapardus]

I think the stadium on the can is Shibe park where the Phila Athletics played baseball.

Yep - On Lehigh Street.


Here's one more -





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Somebody help out with Bucknell, maybe?

[Bogus Megapardus]

I think the stadium on the can is Shibe park where the Phila Athletics played baseball.

For reasons not yet clearly understood, my photo editing software is beckoning me to discover the existence of an "Eau-de-Lehigh" deodorant.

[Pard4Life]

Wow! Pretty cool finds... I thought we could do better than an ale... Lafayette sounds like a wine label.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Wow! Pretty cool finds... I thought we could do better than an ale... Lafayette sounds like a wine label.

I'm sure there's a Lafayette wine somewhere. I'm trying to keep these as close as possible to the origins of our schools. For example the General Lafayette Ale comes from Germantown, PA where the predecessor to Lafayette College was founded. The Colgate Whisky was sold by Colgate as a medicinal during prohibition.








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I like the ale better.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Wow! Pretty cool finds... I thought we could do better than an ale... Lafayette sounds like a wine label.

Seems about right.

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[Bogus Megapardus]

Seems about right.





You should know better than that by now. xsmhx





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[Pard4Life]

Ha... that pretty much sums up wrestling. I knew someone during high school that wrestled... some of the stuff that went on is what one would find in the corners of the internet.

[Bogus Megapardus]

The PL Football Master Collection:






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[Pards Rule]

You should know better than that by now. xsmhx




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haha CLASSIC! Happy New Year!

[Go...gate]

Thanks, Bogus!



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No doubt consumed in mass quantities in Hamilton's beloved Hickey's Tavern (oh lost!).

[ngineer]

I'm sure there's a Lafayette whine somewhere. I'm trying to keep these as close as possible to the origins of our schools. For example the General Lafayette Ale comes from Germantown, PA where the predecessor to Lafayette College was founded. The Colgate Whisky was sold by Colgate as a medicinal during prohibition.










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I like the ale better.

Fixed it for ya! (;-)

Seriously, these are great finds. Almost the entire PL covered with beer or wine labels....Bucknell has to have something out there...maybe with a 'bison' theme...

[ngineer]

I think the stadium on the can is Shibe park where the Phila Athletics played baseball.

Yes. Name changed to Connie Mack Stadium after old Cornelius McGillacudy bit the dust. Phillies played there from late 1930's to 1971 as well.

[Bill]

Thanks, Bogus!


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No doubt consumed in mass quantities in Hamilton's beloved Hickey's Tavern (oh lost!).

Gate - where was Hickey's Tavern? can you paint a picture...say, starting from the "old Stone Jug" ? Not willing to ask my Dad yet :)

[Go...gate]

Gate - where was Hickey's Tavern? can you paint a picture...say, starting from the "old Stone Jug" ? Not willing to ask my Dad yet :)

Just up the block toward Broad Street, between the Hamilton Theater and Crowe's Drug Store. It has been gone for a while, sadly.

Back in the day, on a Friday or Saturday night like tonight (about 0 to -10 degrees), Hamilton specialized in antifreeze consumption at the Jug, Hickey's, Vinny's Randallsville Hotel, the Rathskeller and Tap Room at the Colgate Inn, and a few other watering holes.

[Pards Rule]

Yes. Name changed to Connie Mack Stadium after old Cornelius McGillacudy bit the dust. Phillies played there from late 1930's to 1971 as well.

Indeed and replaced by the ragged but beloved "Vet" (aka Veterans Stadium). True or false: my dad attended first game at Vet and I attended last game there?

[ngineer]

Indeed and replaced by the ragged but beloved "Vet" (aka Veterans Stadium). True or false: my dad attended first game at Vet and I attended last game there?

How old are you? But I'm guessing true. I attended one of the last games at Connie Mack and saw the Phillies stage a 5 run, bottom of the ninth comeback win over the SF Giants, with Tony Taylor hitting a walk off grand slam. Probably only 3-5,000 in the stands at that time as the Phils entered the bottom of the ninth down 4-0. Saw many games at the Vet, but was never sorry to see it go.

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

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Nice work Bogie!! From experience I can vouch that the CAA has a pretty good slate of craft breweries near their football schools:

Maine: Sea Dog (Bangor)
UNH: Smuttynose (Portsmouth)
URI: Newport Storm (Newport)
Stony Brook: Blue Point (Patchogue)
Albany: CH Evans (Albany) and regionally Ommergang (Cooperstown)
Villanova: Manayunk (Philadelphia) and regionally Victory (Downingtown)
Delaware: Iron Hill (Newark) and regionally Dogfish Head (Rehoboth Beach)
Towson: Brewer’s Art (Baltimore)
JMU: Three Brothers Brewing (Harrisonburg)
Richmond: Legend Brewing (Richmond)
W&M: Alewerks Brewing (Williamsburg)
Elon: Red Oak Brewing (Whitsett, NC)

Compiling this list showed me that I have a couple of place to sample in future travels (CH Evans, Three Bros and Red Oak).

[Pards Rule]

How old are you? But I'm guessing true. I attended one of the last games at Connie Mack and saw the Phillies stage a 5 run, bottom of the ninth comeback win over the SF Giants, with Tony Taylor hitting a walk off grand slam. Probably only 3-5,000 in the stands at that time as the Phils entered the bottom of the ninth down 4-0. Saw many games at the Vet, but was never sorry to see it go.

Yes! Most of my true or false are TRUE! 51..

[Go...gate]

What's this I'm hearing about Tavani challenging NDSU to a game? :D

[Pard4Life]

What's this I'm hearing about Tavani challenging NDSU to a game? :D

Are you sure that's not Pards Rule? Because the only thing Tavani needs to challenge is his offensive and game management philosophy.

[Pards Rule]

Are you sure that's not Pards Rule? Because the only thing Tavani needs to challenge is his offensive and game management philosophy.


Hey, I have been clamoring for a rematch. I think we need a couple more years of schollies though! And besides need to get a good used wood chipper too :)

[ngineer]

Nice work Bogie!! From experience I can vouch that the CAA has a pretty good slate of craft breweries near their football schools:

Maine: Sea Dog (Bangor)
UNH: Smuttynose (Portsmouth)
URI: Newport Storm (Newport)
Stony Brook: Blue Point (Patchogue)
Albany: CH Evans (Albany) and regionally Ommergang (Cooperstown)
Villanova: Manayunk (Philadelphia) and regionally Victory (Downingtown)
Delaware: Iron Hill (Newark) and regionally Dogfish Head (Rehoboth Beach)
Towson: Brewer’s Art (Baltimore)
JMU: Three Brothers Brewing (Harrisonburg)
Richmond: Legend Brewing (Richmond)
W&M: Alewerks Brewing (Williamsburg)
Elon: Red Oak Brewing (Whitsett, NC)

Compiling this list showed me that I have a couple of place to sample in future travels (CH Evans, Three Bros and Red Oak).

Regional, yes. But Bogie's list has the actual names of the schools in the labels!

[Bogus Megapardus]

Regional, yes. But Bogie's list has the actual names of the schools in the labels!

That was the point, but I like UNH Alum's list too. Next I'm going to find a historic that was brewed in every PL football locale. I have a pretty good start.

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

Regional, yes. But Bogie's list has the actual names of the schools in the labels!

Agreed, but with all the state and city names in the CAA school names, it is impossible to match. Just offering up some viable, active craft brewers to go along with the Patriot's historical offerings. Here's the best I can come up with (using Google) for the PL:

Holy Cross: Wormtown, Wachusetts and regionally Harpoon
Colgate: Good Nature and regionally Saranac
Fordham: Bronx Brewery and regionally the much more established Brooklyn Brewing
Lafayette: Weyerbacher and Two Rivers
Lehigh: Bethlehem Brew Works and Allentown Brew Works
Bucknell: Bald Eagle, Old Forge and Selin's Grove
Georgetown: 3 Stars, DC Brau, Chocolate City, Capital City and Atlas

I'll have to consult my craft beer guru Henfan because most of these are unknown to me, many are newbies. At least I have some places to try on any future visits to PL football games. Impressed that Good Nature is within a couple of blocks of the Colgate campus!!

[65 Pard]

Our fraternity cook made the best strawberry wine I've ever had

[Bogus Megapardus]

So far in my research I've discovered a widely-distributed "historic" beer brewed at each PL location except Hamilton, NY (including Utica as within Colgate's "location" would make that quite easy, however). Not only that, three historic beer labels and/or logos actually feature depictions of PL colleges.

Hamilton does have an existing modern brewery, however - Good Nature Brewing. In fact all PL locations except Lewisburg have at least one existing modern brewery.

More later . . .

[Bogus Megapardus]

And you Crusader fans - did you know that Worcester's Polar Beverage Co. used to make Whiskey?

[Bogus Megapardus]

Much to my chagrin, the clear leader in this contest (so far) undoubtedly is Lehigh. I can't envision the MVFC or the SoCon topping this:






http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/1550/p274.png

[Go...gate]

So far in my research I've discovered a widely-distributed "historic" beer brewed at each PL location except Hamilton, NY (including Utica as within Colgate's "location" would make that quite easy, however). Not only that, three historic beer labels and/or logos actually feature depictions of PL colleges.

Hamilton does have an existing modern brewery, however - Good Nature Brewing. In fact all PL locations except Lewisburg have at least one existing modern brewery.

More later . . .

Saranac brewery is owned by the Matt family, who previously owned the Utica Club/Matt's brewery in Utica. At least one Matt is a Colgate grad.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Saranac brewery is owned by the Matt family, who previously owned the Utica Club/Matt's brewery in Utica. At least one Matt is a Colgate grad.

When I'm up in the Adirondacks (where I've gone my entire life) I drink nothing but Utica Club a/k/a "Uncle Charlies." The Matt family still owns and brews Utica Club as it has always. Saranac is just a U.C. line extension brewed in the same Utica brewery. I actually have "Schultz and Dooley" mugs.

[Bogus Megapardus]

At some point, however, the Fargo Brewing Company might credit an Honorable Mention here for naming its brew, "Wood Chipper."






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At some point I can (and will) cobble together a fake Fargo Brewing Company label for its new *Farting Bison Hefeweizen.*

[Bogus Megapardus]

I would like to see something like this - CAA vs MVFC to open up the season

What if Opening Day 2014 looked something like this? The CAA vs MFVC challenge

*New Thread Alert* - everyone there seems to think this is a wonderful, novel idea. It's not as if the PL has been squaring off against Ivy to open the Ivy season for the last, say, 30 years or anything like that . . . xsmugx

I was going to chime in there by posting, "but . . . how does this impact Lehigh?" Then I thought better of it.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

*New Thread Alert* - everyone there seems to think this is a wonderful, novel idea. It's not as if the PL has been squaring off against Ivy to open the Ivy season for the last, say, 30 years or anything like that . . . xsmugx

I was going to chime in there by posting, "but . . . how does this impact Lehigh?" Then I thought better of it.

How does this impact Lehigh?

[DFW HOYA]

Much to my chagrin, the clear leader in this contest (so far) undoubtedly is Lehigh. I can't envision the MVFC or the SoCon topping this:

"There goes Old Georgetown, straight for a touchdown..."

http://www.taverntrove.com/beerpics/Old-Georgetown-Beer-Labels-Chr-Heurich-Brewing-Company_66116-1.jpg

[Bogus Megapardus]

"There goes Old Georgetown, straight for a touchdown..."

http://www.taverntrove.com/beerpics/Old-Georgetown-Beer-Labels-Chr-Heurich-Brewing-Company_66116-1.jpg


Indeed, and that's the second beer to feature a a likeness of a PL school on the label - upper left corner of the map. Technically, though, the brewery was in Foggy Bottom not Georgetown. They tore it down to build the Kennedy Center.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Alternate (older) version of the can - showing (presumably) the spires of Healy Hall.







http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/4917/lqs7.png

[Go...gate]

This is terrific. Enjoying getting to know more about our member schools.

[Bogus Megapardus]

This is terrific. Enjoying getting to know more about our member schools.


Except now that I've wasted so much time looking at Gothic architecture, I'm wondering if "gargoyling" is a verb.

[DFW HOYA]

Found one for Fordham:


http://b.vimeocdn.com/ps/629/629900_300.jpg


(Haven't found a Holy Cross beer online. As Rev. Brooks might have put it, they are not in the brewing business.)

[Bogus Megapardus]

Found one for Fordham:


http://b.vimeocdn.com/ps/629/629900_300.jpg


(Haven't found a Holy Cross beer online. As Rev. Brooks might have put it, they are not in the brewing business.)

Look up a few pages in this thread - we've covered this part:





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Now looking at "historic" breweries located in Worcester, Hamilton, Easton, Lewisburg, Bronx, Bethlehem and Washington. (Fordham Brewing Company is in Maryland but it's part of the collage of labels using each school's name.)

[DFW HOYA]

Look up a few pages in this thread - we've covered this part:


A few pages? It's already up to 97!

With a little effort, the Pard fans could keep this rolling right into Yankee Stadium.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Yankee Stadium.

I wonder what kind of beer they'll have. xrolleyesx

[Bill]

Schlitz. It's the one beer to have when you're having more than one!

[Bogus Megapardus]

Q: What nickname did the papers give to the congressional kickback scheme tied to anthracite mining permits in Western New York? xchinscratchx


A: Coalgate. :p

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Except now that I've wasted so much time looking at Gothic architecture, I'm wondering if "gargoyling" is a verb.

Let me effort finding out if gargoyling is a verb.

[Bogus Megapardus]

A few pages? It's already up to 97!


Suggestion - go to your "General Settings" and increase the the number of posts shown on each page to 20 or 30:





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That way you don't have to scroll through so many pages.

[Sader87]

Schlitz. It's the one beer to have when you're having more than one!

Not that Schlitz isn't, but that was Schaefer beer's official lingo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMQHDg6fTZc

[Bill]

Sader

Thanks for that - my memory of the era betrays me!!

[Bogus Megapardus]

The Schaefer beer song has been indelibly drilled into my brain for most of my life. Most people who have studied music possess a well-rehearsed internal mnemonic for each of the standard tonic intervals in western music. The first notes of the Schaefer beer song always has been my mnemonic for a Descending Minor Third (other people might think of the first notes of "Hey Jude" or "Frosty the Snowman" for example). When I look at a piece of music and I see a minor third drop (e.g. "F" to "D") my brain automatically thinks Schaefer beer.







http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/2249/z0jr.png

[Bogus Megapardus]

Reading the other threads so you don't have to . . .

They're now claiming that there are probably five or six teams in the Missouri Valley Football Conference (http://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?150647-I-would-like-to-see-something-like-this-CAA-vs-MVFC-to-open-up-the-season&p=2085261&viewfull=1#post2085261) that are better than New Hampshire. I just love this place, don't you?

[Bogus Megapardus]

Not that Schlitz isn't, but that was Schaefer beer's official lingo.

Ah, the fading art of the true Irish tenor. Those commercials were done back when there were real musicians, not children sitting at computers rendering noise algorithms. You simply cannot recreate this with digital recording software, even if is does seem ancient to some these days:








http://youtu.be/8nrRlXlbWCU




BTW - I believe the Schlitz tagline was, "When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer."

[ngineer]

Except now that I've wasted so much time looking at Gothic architecture, I'm wondering if "gargoyling" is a verb.


Some would say that, that is what we are doing on this thread....

[LehighU11]

Except now that I've wasted so much time looking at Gothic architecture, I'm wondering if "gargoyling" is a verb.

Why yes, "gargoyling" is a verb! For those further removed from the college years than me, here is a demonstration:

http://i.imgur.com/ufXeuN3.jpg

[Bogus Megapardus]

That's some prodigious gargoyling!

OK - which PL town can claim this historic distillery? Photo is circa 1907.






http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8877/90xh.png

[Bogus Megapardus]

More gargoyling. Apparently it exists and it's akin to Tebowing. Who knew?





http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/wake/graphics/auto/gainsford-blog4-3.jpg

[Sader87]

That's some prodigious gargoyling!

OK - which PL town can claim this historic distillery? Photo is circa 1907.





http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8877/90xh.png



Looks a little too rustic to be Worcester/HC...my guess is on one of the Pennsy schools...I'll guess Bucknell.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Looks a little too rustic to be Worcester/HC...my guess is on one of the Pennsy schools...I'll guess Bucknell.

Right you are. Those are workers at the Reish Distillery, located where Bucknell's outdoor fitness and challenge course now sits, along the Buffalo Creek. The distillery claimed a prodigious output in its day.

Now see if you can get this one:





http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/8274/cwfm.png

[Twentysix]

Why yes, "gargoyling" is a verb! For those further removed from the college years than me, here is a demonstration:

http://i.imgur.com/ufXeuN3.jpg

I would crush that keg like a pop can.

[Go...gate]

I wonder what kind of beer they'll have. xrolleyesx

Expensive beer.....

[Go...gate]

Ah, the fading art of the true Irish tenor. Those commercials were done back when there were real musicians, not children sitting at computers rendering noise algorithms. You simply cannot recreate this with digital recording software, even if is does seem ancient to some these days:







http://youtu.be/8nrRlXlbWCU






BTW - I believe the Schlitz tagline was, "When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer."

Also, "you only go around once in life, so you go for the gusto". Another quality tag line.

The Miller Christmas ad (instrumental of "I'll be Home for Christmas") still resonates with me. Beautifully done.

[Bill]

This thread is like the "song that never ends"...and is now dangerously close to 100 pages!

[Bogus Megapardus]

The Miller Christmas ad (instrumental of "I'll be Home for Christmas") still resonates with me. Beautifully done.







http://youtu.be/Ktw4J8kg3SE

[ngineer]

Why yes, "gargoyling" is a verb! For those further removed from the college years than me, here is a demonstration:

http://i.imgur.com/ufXeuN3.jpg

Now that's a keg I could tap...

[Sader87]

Right you are. Those are workers at the Reish Distillery, located where Bucknell's outdoor fitness and challenge course now sits, along the Buffalo Creek. The distillery claimed a prodigious output in its day.

Now see if you can get this one:




http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/8274/cwfm.png



I'll go with Worcester here...just a hunch. My Dad always loved that Miller XMas commercial...it always tugs at the heart-strings when I see it...they used to show it more, haven't seen it broadcast in a few years.

[Apps03]

Much to my chagrin, the clear leader in this contest (so far) undoubtedly is Lehigh. I can't envision the MVFC or the SoCon topping this:




http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/1550/p274.png



That's awesome. Don't think we saw any need for labels for what was being brewed in Boone

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTyaoVpHHIvQLPlvxuL7ggu_D9cq3neF kiNbl8Lt3e53xb3bC_yzg

[Bogus Megapardus]

Don't think we saw any need for labels for what was being brewed in Boone


Modern, state-of-the-art production facilities, Boone, North Carolina:





http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5223/gikk.jpg

[Bogus Megapardus]

I'll go with Worcester here...just a hunch. My Dad always loved that Miller XMas commercial...it always tugs at the heart-strings when I see it...they used to show it more, haven't seen it broadcast in a few years.


You're on a roll, Sader87. The sixth generation of the Crowley family continues to operate Worcester's Polar Beverage Company today. At one time the soft drink makers dabbled in the hard stuff, though.

[RichH2]

100 and still fascinating. Addictive fun. Thanks to all. Bogie ....remarkable tour of the PL

[Mattymc727]

To think when this thread was created, I thought it would get the least amount of discussion at the time....

[Bogus Megapardus]

remarkable tour of the PL

It's nowhere near over. I have many terrific artifacts from each of the PL towns yet to post.

[Bogus Megapardus]

To think when this thread was created, I thought it would get the least amount of discussion at the time....

You didn't think I'd forget you now, did you?





http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5170/9lz1.png






EDIT: #999!

[Bogus Megapardus]

And for post # 1,000, another quiz - which PL football town has the toniest modern brewery and winery (judging by the labels):






http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2198/wacd.png