Lafayette at New Hampshire

[Go...gate]

Congratulations to Bogie on post #2000!

[Bogus Megapardus]

Congratulations to Bogie on post #2000!

I didn't realize it but I'm honored.

Still less than Middlebury's 2013 average attendance, though . . . xcoolx

Discuss. xlolx

[RichH2]

An honor well deserved.:) This cracker barrel perhaps explains best the camradarie of PL and that we all talk way too much.xdrunkyxxthumbsupx
Thanks Bogie.

[Mattymc727]

At this point we might as well break the record. whats the longest thread here?

[yorkcountyUNHfan]

At this point we might as well break the record. whats the longest thread here?

I think you have a long way to go

[Pard4Life]

At this point we might as well break the record. whats the longest thread here?

Doesn't that belong to the now banned bikini thread?

[Pard4Life]

Rutgers probably has Middlesex County as its overwhelming fan base and that's it!

New Jersey is definitely Penn State territory, and Notre Dame is everywhere. As for the lesser factions, I'd go with Syracuse too... maybe some Villanova in South Jersey.

I don't think many people care about Princeton, and if they do, they have a larger team that they root for as well.

[carney2]

I missed number 2,000 but a belated congratulations to us.

[Bogus Megapardus]

This cracker barrel perhaps explains best the camaraderie of PL

And our good friends at UNH, too. Don't forget them; this thread is as much their fault as it is ours!

[ngineer]

Not to meander, but I digress; does anyone know how we're doing on funding November here on AGS in honor of OUR Rivalry? People need to pony up if not done already and see Ursus.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Not to meander, but I digress; does anyone know how we're doing on funding November here on AGS in honor of OUR Rivalry? People need to pony up if not done already and see Ursus.

ngineer - I'll PM you on this.

[Go...gate]

Lafayette might have beaten UNH today....

[Bogus Megapardus]

Lafayette might have beaten UNH today....

Robert Morris ≠ New Hampshire. xsmhx

Besides, the Lafayette @ UNH game isn't over yet. We're still only in the 84th quarter.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Wanted to say for posterity that the Lehigh/UNH broadcast on NESN's online stream on YouTube got nearly 5,000 hits, which was the second-most watched item on NESN's YouTube list, outperforming Bruins and Red Sox features, and the Marshall/URI game. Not too shabby.

Like most other things associated with those Nasty-Knickered Numb-Noggins of Notoriety . . . . undeniably shabby, but not too shabby. xnodx

[RichH2]

Like most other things associated with those Nasty-Knickered Numb-Noggins of Notoriety . . . . undeniably shabby, but not too shabby. xnodx

Up to N already,eh,looking forward to Mxthumbsupx

[Bogus Megapardus]

Wanted to say for posterity that the Lehigh/UNH broadcast on NESN's online stream on YouTube got nearly 5,000 hits, which was the second-most watched item on NESN's YouTube list, outperforming Bruins and Red Sox features, and the Marshall/URI game. Not too shabby.

Even more reason why they should have televised the game instead of Duke-Kansas State!!!!

Might I remind everyone that the Lafayette at New Hampshire game WAS televised. No Duke, no K-State. xrotatehx

[Bogus Megapardus]

After all these years, it looks as if coach was right all along . . . you CAN give 110%.





https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bx1mgqNCEAAZ716.jpg

[ngineer]

After all these years, it looks as if coach was right all along . . . you CAN give 110%.




https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bx1mgqNCEAAZ716.jpg



I always wondered which coach came up with line because I know all of us who teed it up heard it.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Any truth to the rumor that the University of New Hampshire and Lafayette College have signed an agreement to keep this thread going for another four years? :D

[ngineer]

Any truth to the rumor that the University of New Hampshire and Lafayette College have signed an agreement to keep this thread going for another four years? :D

Spent a week checking and no validity to the rumor. It's just meandering stream of conscious wandering through the ethernet...

[Bogus Megapardus]

Spent a week checking and no validity to the rumor. It's just meandering stream of conscious wandering through the ethernet...

I think it's simply andering. There's no "me" in this thread. It's an equal opportunity stream of collective consciousnesses.

[Go...gate]

Any truth to the rumor that the University of New Hampshire and Lafayette College have signed an agreement to keep this thread going for another four years? :D

Sounds like a plan to me....

[Bill]

Bogie

What "coal mines of NJ" are you referencing?

[Bogus Megapardus]

What "coal mines of NJ" are you referencing?

There are none. Merely an arcane pop culture reference, as usual.





https://www.americarisingpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/GrimesEuropeanModel.gif

[Bill]

Zoolander? Darn it.

I'm usually all over the Ben Stiller-type movies, too.

I will reflect on this for a moment and move on. xthumbsupx

[carney2]

Any truth to the rumor that the University of New Hampshire and Lafayette College have signed an agreement to keep this thread going for another four years? :D

I point out that it's been around 3 weeks since the 2,000th post. This thing is slowing down.

[Mattymc727]

I will start contributing more for the UNH side, we have been lacking. God knows the Patriot league guys aren't.....

[Mattymc727]

I like you patriot guys.... But youre crazy...

http://youtu.be/sFW-yxe13lo

[Bogus Megapardus]

I like you patriot guys.... But youre crazy...

http://youtu.be/sFW-yxe13lo

Yeah, but barbers in Durham still charge extra for mullets. And the demand remains high.

Also it's much too late to come up with a shop-worn "indoor plumbing" joke so I'll just leave it at that. http://forums.animparadise.com/images/smilies/mullet.gif

[Bogus Megapardus]

I hear that New Hampshire might have won today - in somewhat of a convincing fashion. True? :p

[Go...gate]

How can they beat anyone else? They are still playing Lafayette!

[Bogus Megapardus]

How can they beat anyone else? They are still playing Lafayette!

You know how the local middle school teams come out and play a 10-minute mini-game during halftime at PL basketball games? It's kind of the same thing but with helmets and pads.

[Pards Rule]

Hey its been a week -any snow up there?

[Go...gate]

Not yet, from what I understand. Still a nice Fall.

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

AFAIK, only some traces of snow at the high peaks of the Presidentials.

[heath]

since it's 150 this year and most now have their tickets in hand, when does the 1st thread start,leading up to the game? Real soon I hope, need some entertainment

[Bogus Megapardus]

since it's 150 this year and most now have their tickets in hand, when does the 1st thread start,leading up to the game? Real soon I hope, need some entertainment

Have patience. It would be somewhat unseemly to have all of our L-L #150 puffery outpace the teams' combined records at this point. xrolleyesx

[heath]

Have patience. It would be somewhat unseemly to have all of our L-L #150 puffery outpace the teams' combined records at this point. xrolleyesx
You are correct, just needed a distraction from the season. How about next week?xnodx

[ngineer]

Have patience. It would be somewhat unseemly to have all of our L-L #150 puffery outpace the teams' combined records at this point. xrolleyesx

Great new avatar!

[Bogus Megapardus]

Great new avatar!

Of course . . . I certainly don't mean to suggest anything concerning the nature of the Johnnies that should be viewed as unseemly or (forgive me) politically incorrect; I'm just honoring the Crimson side with a reference to the fabulously-worded inscription above the principal entrance portal to their historic venue. xcoolx

[ngineer]

Since the Leotards are going to be in New England this weekend, perhaps they can go over to Durham on Sunday and have a redux on this thread?

[Bogus Megapardus]

Amongst the many features and programs during L-L #150 weekend be an available tour of (and associated lecture about) New York City movable bridge infrastructure. Once again, the Pards pull out all the stops. Nirvana for civil engineering nerds. Gotta love it!



Since the Leotards are going to be in New England this weekend, perhaps they can go over to Durham on Sunday and have a redux on this thread?

Have they a fixed-trunnion bascule or a thrust-plate viaduct in Strafford County?

[yorkcountyUNHfan]

FactsOverviewThrough truss bridge over Piscatiqua River on US 1LocationPortsmouth (http://bridgehunter.com/category/city/portsmouth-new-hampshire/), Rockingham County (http://bridgehunter.com/nh/rockingham/), New Hampshire (http://bridgehunter.com/nh/), and York County (http://bridgehunter.com/me/york/), Maine (http://bridgehunter.com/me/)StatusOpenHistoryBuilt 2012-13, Opened August? 2013DesignThrough trussApproximate latitude, longitude+43.07989, -70.75255 (decimal degrees)
43°04'48" N, 70°45'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")Approximate UTM coordinates19/357336/4771177 (zone/easting/northing)Inventory numberBH 62361 (Bridgehunter.com ID)


Close?

[Bogus Megapardus]

FactsOverviewThrough truss bridge over Piscatiqua River on US 1LocationPortsmouth (http://bridgehunter.com/category/city/portsmouth-new-hampshire/), Rockingham County (http://bridgehunter.com/nh/rockingham/), New Hampshire (http://bridgehunter.com/nh/), and York County (http://bridgehunter.com/me/york/), Maine (http://bridgehunter.com/me/)StatusOpenHistoryBuilt 2012-13, Opened August? 2013DesignThrough trussApproximate latitude, longitude+43.07989, -70.75255 (decimal degrees)
43°04'48" N, 70°45'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")Approximate UTM coordinates19/357336/4771177 (zone/easting/northing)Inventory numberBH 62361 (Bridgehunter.com ID)


Close?

The Piscatiqua River through-truss definitely counts, but I understand it has been closed and, shamefully, that it will be euthanized. :(




EDIT: The nearby Sarah Mildred Long Bridge is a thing of beauty as well. It combines both a double lift truss (for the roadway) and a jack-and-retract plate underneath (for the railway). A fascinating design. I'm aware of no other like it.





http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00009tIjwS8XQQ4/t/200/I00009tIjwS8XQQ4.jpg

[yorkcountyUNHfan]

The Piscatiqua River through-truss definitely counts, but I understand it has been closed and, shamefully, that it will be euthanized. :(




EDIT: The nearby Sarah Mildred Long Bridge is a thing of beauty as well. It combines both a double lift truss (for the roadway) and a jack-and-retract plate underneath (for the railway). A fascinating design. I'm aware of no other like it.




http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00009tIjwS8XQQ4/t/200/I00009tIjwS8XQQ4.jpg






The Memorial is re-built and back open....any time you come up to see UNH, Portsmouth is the place to stay
Construction to rebuild the Sarah Long starts in a few months

[Go...gate]

The Piscatiqua River through-truss definitely counts, but I understand it has been closed and, shamefully, that it will be euthanized. :(




EDIT: The nearby Sarah Mildred Long Bridge is a thing of beauty as well. It combines both a double lift truss (for the roadway) and a jack-and-retract plate underneath (for the railway). A fascinating design. I'm aware of no other like it.




http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00009tIjwS8XQQ4/t/200/I00009tIjwS8XQQ4.jpg




Jack-and-retract, eh?

[Bogus Megapardus]

I noticed that the Rutgers guy has returned to AGS, this time looking for a game with Monmouth U rather than with Princeton. One reason for this could be that the Rutgers - Princeton series throughout history almost always was played at Princeton. Perhaps Rutgers now has discovered that protocol is unlikely to change.

Since we're at it, I note that New Hampshire won soundly at Rutgers soundly in 2004; I'd imagine that the next game ought to be in Durham. The seventy-two game home-and-home Lafayette - Rutgers series last was played in New Brunswick so any continuation of that rivalry necessarily ought to begin in Easton.

[Mattymc727]

For you PL guys, news that Holy Cross will be the home opener for the new UNH stadium in 2016:

http://www.unhwildcats.com/sports/blog/2014-15/releases/52

[Bogus Megapardus]

For you PL guys, news that Holy Cross will be the home opener for the new UNH stadium in 2016:

http://www.unhwildcats.com/sports/blog/2014-15/releases/52

New Hampshire's AD seems to have a positive view about continuing to schedule PL games, for which we are grateful. Particularly compelling is his use of a genre-specifying definite article in combination with pluralization of our member's identities. We feel extra-special now.

[Bogus Megapardus]

For you PL guys, news that Holy Cross will be the home opener for the new UNH stadium in 2016

Also I predict that this will be a very Manly Contest. Will it be cold enough?

[Bill]

For you PL guys, news that Holy Cross will be the home opener for the new UNH stadium in 2016:

http://www.unhwildcats.com/sports/blog/2014-15/releases/52

What makes you think PL guys would be lurking around an 11 month old thread resembling the workings of a Seinfeld mini-series? :D

[Bill]

for all Manly Men out there:


http://youtu.be/5CU1m57cRao

[heath]

Since this is a LC UNH thread
Will UNH win the CAA
Will LC finish above .500
Does the 150 still have the same pizzaz?

[Pard4Life]

Since this is a LC UNH thread
Will UNH win the CAA
Will LC finish above .500
Does the 150 still have the same pizzaz?

Yes, L-L will still have same pizzaz because 40,000 of the 48,000 of the friends and alumni who bought tickets do not care about either football team 51 weeks of the year.

[heath]

Yes, L-L will still have same pizzaz because 40,000 of the 48,000 of the friends and alumni who bought tickets do not care about either football team 51 weeks of the year.
I'm thinking the best part of that day will be the bus trip to the city with open barxdrunkyx

[Bogus Megapardus]

Since this is a LC UNH thread
Will UNH win the CAA
Will LC finish above .500
Does the 150 still have the same pizzaz?

I think Villanova will win the CAA. New Hampshire certainly will get an at-large bid. The only question is if New Hampshire will get a bye (which it should). I'm convinced that New Hampshire will be a final four team.

Lafayette should finish 6-5 or 7-4, with a loss to Harvard and possibly to one of the remaining four PL opponents (hopefully not to Lehigh).

L-L #150 has the pizzaz of being L-L-#150. FCS schools don't sell out Yankee Stadium without having something going for them. Regrettably the game won't hold a PL championship or an at-large bid on the line; either would give the game some push in an ordinary season no matter where it was played. This is more like Army-Navy or Harvard-Yale. It's a significant milestone in the history of college football even without any national implications. The fans of the two schools know that. They turn out in emphatic droves every year no matter what the records of the two schools. This is just the same game we play every year - times three. We're accustomed to it and the size and enthusiasm of the crowd won't really be that much different. Just a few jitters on both sides during the first couple of possessions, that's all.

The New Hampshire - Lafayette game will continue unabated immediately afterwards, with the Wildcats first and goal at the seven, and up by a mere fourteen touchdowns. We still can win it, though . . .





EDIT: The refs just picked up the Unmanly Conduct flag against the Pards, so New Hampshire will have to start at the Pards' 22.

[CHIP72]

IMO, one of the big questions for L-L 150 is what the ticket prices on the secondary market will be like the week before and morning of the game. With neither team likely to be playing for the Patriot League title and/or Division I-AA playoff berth (unusually - thankfully that scenario has been uncommon in recent years), will people who hoarded, I mean bought tickets for the game be selling them off in droves due to one or both teams' mediocre or poor seasons, or will ticket demand (and prices) remain high on the secondary resale market due to the fact L-L 150 is a first of its kind event in the lengthy and storied history of the rivalry? That will be very interesting to see. For whatever it is worth, I know ticket prices for the Devils/Rangers Stadium Series NHL game at Yankee Stadium back in January significantly plunged in the 24 hours before the game, especially the morning of the game. Some of the specifics with L-L 150 are different than for that hockey game, but some are similar too.

On a related side note, I'll refrain from a diatribe about the national sports media's much, much higher focus on the Harvard/Yale rivalry compared to the Lafayette/Lehigh rivalry, despite the fact they are very comparable historically-speaking and L-L has been played more times.

[Go...gate]

For you PL guys, news that Holy Cross will be the home opener for the new UNH stadium in 2016:

http://www.unhwildcats.com/sports/blog/2014-15/releases/52

How can UNH do this? They will still be playing Lafayette!

[Bogus Megapardus]

How can UNH do this? They will still be playing Lafayette!

The league office already has worked this out. The Crusaders will be permitted to don maroon jerseys in order to spell the Lafayette side for a bit. Just this once.

[Bogus Megapardus]

On a related side note, I'll refrain from a diatribe about the national sports media's much, much higher focus on the Harvard/Yale rivalry compared to the Lafayette/Lehigh rivalry, despite the fact they are very comparable historically-speaking and L-L has been played more times.

We like to let them believe they're just as important. Noblesse oblige, you know . . . xcoolx

[ngineer]

IMO, one of the big questions for L-L 150 is what the ticket prices on the secondary market will be like the week before and morning of the game. With neither team likely to be playing for the Patriot League title and/or Division I-AA playoff berth (unusually - thankfully that scenario has been uncommon in recent years), will people who hoarded, I mean bought tickets for the game be selling them off in droves due to one or both teams' mediocre or poor seasons, or will ticket demand (and prices) remain high on the secondary resale market due to the fact L-L 150 is a first of its kind event in the lengthy and storied history of the rivalry? That will be very interesting to see. For whatever it is worth, I know ticket prices for the Devils/Rangers Stadium Series NHL game at Yankee Stadium back in January significantly plunged in the 24 hours before the game, especially the morning of the game. Some of the specifics with L-L 150 are different than for that hockey game, but some are similar too.

On a related side note, I'll refrain from a diatribe about the national sports media's much, much higher focus on the Harvard/Yale rivalry compared to the Lafayette/Lehigh rivalry, despite the fact they are very comparable historically-speaking and L-L has been played more times.



Tickets will be snapped up if sold. Lehigh has a waiting list of almost 16,000. Spoke with LU's director of marketing today. People with tickets should have no problem selling if they want.

- - - Updated - - -


IMO, one of the big questions for L-L 150 is what the ticket prices on the secondary market will be like the week before and morning of the game. With neither team likely to be playing for the Patriot League title and/or Division I-AA playoff berth (unusually - thankfully that scenario has been uncommon in recent years), will people who hoarded, I mean bought tickets for the game be selling them off in droves due to one or both teams' mediocre or poor seasons, or will ticket demand (and prices) remain high on the secondary resale market due to the fact L-L 150 is a first of its kind event in the lengthy and storied history of the rivalry? That will be very interesting to see. For whatever it is worth, I know ticket prices for the Devils/Rangers Stadium Series NHL game at Yankee Stadium back in January significantly plunged in the 24 hours before the game, especially the morning of the game. Some of the specifics with L-L 150 are different than for that hockey game, but some are similar too.

On a related side note, I'll refrain from a diatribe about the national sports media's much, much higher focus on the Harvard/Yale rivalry compared to the Lafayette/Lehigh rivalry, despite the fact they are very comparable historically-speaking and L-L has been played more times.



Tickets will be snapped up if sold. Lehigh has a waiting list of almost 16,000. Spoke with LU's director of marketing today. People with tickets should have no problem selling if they want.

[Pards Rule]

Wow - 16000?!?! Anybody know how many are waitlisted on the Pard side?

[CHIP72]

I'm sure the Lafayette wait list number is also pretty big if Lehigh's is 16K. On a related side note, think about that wait list number ngineer cited - if it is accurate, that is roughly equal to the capacity at Goodman Stadium, and Lehigh already is pretty much guaranteed to have more fans at L-L 150 than Goodman Stadium can hold. Obviously the latter point is also true with Lafayette and Fisher Stadium.

Regardless of the outcome and regardless whether I get inside Yankee Stadium on 11/22, what I really want to see is L-L 150 set a new attendance record for a college football game at Yankee Stadium III*.

*I consider the "original" Yankee Stadium to be two different stadiums - YS1 was the 1923-1973 version, while YS2 was the 1976-2008 version.

[Bogus Megapardus]

They're going to want to do this again next year if this keeps up. Please no . . . once is enough.

[CHIP72]

They're going to want to do this again next year if this keeps up. Please no . . . once is enough.

Maybe they can do something for 160 or some other milestone number game, provided Lehigh and Lafayette agree that the "home" team for 160 doesn't lose out on a true home game for either 159 or 161 (i.e. Lehigh hosts 159, neutral site for 160, Lafayette hosts 161) as is the case with Lafayette with 150 & 151. I agree you can't have L-L at neutral sites too often; that would be bad for the students and other fans at both schools who wouldn't be able to see the rivalry game in their team's home stadium.

[Pards Rule]

I'm sure the Lafayette wait list number is also pretty big if Lehigh's is 16K. On a related side note, think about that wait list number ngineer cited - if it is accurate, that is roughly equal to the capacity at Goodman Stadium, and Lehigh already is pretty much guaranteed to have more fans at L-L 150 than Goodman Stadium can hold. Obviously the latter point is also true with Lafayette and Fisher Stadium.

Regardless of the outcome and regardless whether I get inside Yankee Stadium on 11/22, what I really want to see is L-L 150 set a new attendance record for a college football game at Yankee Stadium III*.

*I consider the "original" Yankee Stadium to be two different stadiums - YS1 was the 1923-1973 version, while YS2 was the 1976-2008 version.

Remember when the Giants had to play at Yale Bowl in 1973 as it was being renovated? I watched that Eagles -Giants game on TV.

[Pards Rule]

Maybe they can do something for 160 or some other milestone number game, provided Lehigh and Lafayette agree that the "home" team for 160 doesn't lose out on a true home game for either 159 or 161 (i.e. Lehigh hosts 159, neutral site for 160, Lafayette hosts 161) as is the case with Lafayette with 150 & 151. I agree you can't have L-L at neutral sites too often; that would be bad for the students and other fans at both schools who wouldn't be able to see the rivalry game in their team's home stadium.

A milestone is a milestone..hard to compete with 150...Maybe 175? I recall 125 at the new brand new Goodman Stadium 25 years ago in 1989 barely raised an eyebrow. I do recall the sudden cheers at halftime as I was shielded from view in the concession stand line and stepped out of line to see what the commotion was at halftime....there it was: a snow squall moving across the stadium. And then again early in the third, no accumulation. Pards won big that year!

[Bill]

I do recall the sudden cheers at halftime as I was shielded from view in the concession stand line and stepped out of line to see what the commotion was at halftime....there it was: a snow squall moving across the stadium.

I was on the field that year...first (and only) time I have ever actually smelled alcohol coming off of the crowd on our way out to the field. It was borderline nauseating!

[CHIP72]

Remember when the Giants had to play at Yale Bowl in 1973 as it was being renovated? I watched that Eagles -Giants game on TV.

I might have watched it, but I was probably being rocked by one of my parents and/or eating some Gerber's while I was doing so. xlolx

[Gater]

I have some very important information about this game that I'm going to share with all of you in three months.

[Bogus Megapardus]

I have some very important information about this game that I'm going to share with all of you in three months.


Maybe you should put that off and wait for a break in the action - say the end of the first quarter?

[ngineer]

Also makes one wonder if they do decide to go 'neutral' again (as opposed to 'native') that the game be held at the Linc or the Meadowlands. I would hope to be around for 175--I'll be 87, and it should be my 68th 'Game'.

[ngineer]

What's this sucker doing on page 3??

[Gater]

88 more days until I blow the lid off of this game.

[heath]

UNH #1, guess the playoff win against Lafayette made them realize they had the talent to get there. Next question is, Can a 2-8 team beat a 4-6 team after a bye? Lehigh will have the home field advantage,but will all those fans go home disappointed?

[LehighU11]

I didn't see a game on the schedule for Lafayette this weekend. Are they playing the 150th edition of LC-UNH tomorrow?

[Pards Rule]

I didn't see a game on the schedule for Lafayette this weekend. Are they playing the 150th edition of LC-UNH tomorrow?

Of course! Blogged about by the mysteriously disappearing Bogus Megapardus!

[LehighU11]

I heard that UNH is scrimmaging Lafayette at Fisher Field on Saturday. Any truth to this?

[Gater]

I read the same thing but it's my understanding that it will be at Fitton Field. Classy move by Holy Cross.

[Pards Rule]

I read the same thing but it's my understanding that it will be at Fitton Field. Classy move by Holy Cross.

I know I always liked the Saders for their good sportsmanship!

[Pard4Life]

Holy Cross will forget they had a football team given the way hoops has started. If they play and beat BC, they don't have to worry about the Big East anymore.

[Go...gate]

Of course! Blogged about by the mysteriously disappearing Bogus Megapardus!

Any sign of our esteemed colleague?

[Pards Rule]

Any sign of our esteemed colleague?


Still MIA!! This is really of concern, particularly silence after the historic #150 win

[Sitting Bull]

This has to be the most narcissistic thread ever.

[Lehigh'98]

Happy 1st birthday to this thread!!

[ngineer]

xbeerchugxxbeerchugxxbeerchugxxbeerchugxxbeerchugx xbeerchugxxbeerchugxxbeerchugxxbeerchugxxbeerchugx

[LehighU11]

This has to be the most narcissistic thread ever.

All of the posters involved in this thread only want to know how this affects Lehigh. UNH and LC don't matter.

[Lehigh'98]

All of the posters involved in this thread only want to know how this affects Lehigh. UNH and LC don't matter.

Didn't Lehigh win this matchup anyway?

[carney2]

All of the posters involved in this thread only want to know how this affects Lehigh.

My basset hound bit the UPS delivery guy. She hates brown.

[ngineer]

Hey, Carney, Brown has "done a lot for you, lately."

[Pards Rule]

One year ago today I flew to Boston to drive to NH!

[Gater]

Do it again, Pards! Keep this thread alive!!!

[Go...gate]

Can we keep it going for another year?

- - - Updated - - -

Has Bogie gone the way of Marky D. Lafayette on the VoyForums PL board?

[carney2]

Hey, Carney, Brown has "done a lot for you, lately."

Keep it coming, you Diaperloads.

[Pard4Life]

Still gotta hand it to PR. We knew we were walking into a buzz saw and he went anyway.

[Pards Rule]

Still gotta hand it to PR. We knew we were walking into a buzz saw and he went anyway.

Thanks! Yes, anything for the Pards. That trip cost me like $600 too! It was one year ago today exactly, I think starting at noon, me and the Pard were sitting at Cowell Stadium on freezing aluminum seats! 30 degree for the high. Thank God it was at least sunny with no wind!

[Engineer86]

Who won this game? Is Lafayette still in it?

[Pard4Life]

11 years ago today... Colgate was slaughtered by Delaware in the NC game. The nadir of PL football.

[RichH2]

question is whether UNH will win today eo advance to play Pards

[Pards Rule]

question is whether UNH will win today eo advance to play Pards


Aye, UNH couldnt do it...It would have been nice to see them in Frisco! GO Pards!

[ngineer]

Does the Wildcats' loss mean this thread has to continue another year?

[NY Crusader 2010]

Did Lafayette score yet?

[RichH2]

Does the Wildcats' loss mean this thread has to continue another year?
At least one more :)

[Go...gate]

Are Lafayette and New Hampshire playing in basketball this year?

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

Are Lafayette and New Hampshire playing in basketball this year?

Haven't played in basketball since 1983, only three games played, 1978 and 1982 were the other games. Pards lead the series 2-1 with all the games played in Easton.

[ngineer]

Haven't played in basketball since 1983, only three games played, 1978 and 1982 were the other games. Pards lead the series 2-1 with all the games played in Easton.

Gym in the same condition as Cowell?

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

Gym in the same condition as Cowell?

Lundholm Gym was opened during the mid 60's compared to the 30's for Cowell. In the last decade Lundholm got a new floor, lights and bleachers, but it is still a glorified HS facility. Not much outrage when the MBB program last had a winning season in 1994-95 and has only had eight winning seasons since WWII!! MBB at UNH is so far behind Football and Ice Hockey at UNH that I'm not sure it is even viewed as the #3 sport at UNH. And even with the reduced capacity because the new bleachers had to meet ADA requirements, there hasn't been a sell out since that 94-95 season. But nothing about Lundholm would have justified all games being played in Easton back in 79-83. I did notice the games there were often bundled with another road game, like at Rutgers, so it might have been UNH's choice.

[Pard4Life]

Wow... you sound like Dartmouth basketball with regard to the indifference on campus. Maybe it's a UNH thing...

Hasn't Maine been to the tourney?

[KPSUL]

Does the Wildcats' loss mean this thread has to continue another year?

No, actually Lafayette must win the the FCS National Championship before this superfluous thread is retired.

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

Wow... you sound like Dartmouth basketball with regard to the indifference on campus. Maybe it's a UNH thing...

Hasn't Maine been to the tourney?

No, neither UNH or Maine has been to the NCAA Tournament in MBB. Maine has lost the conference championship game four times IIRC. UNH has never played in a conference championship game in MBB. The Wildcats and Black Bears haven't been D-I as long as the five schools (Northwestern, Army, W&M, St. Francis NY, The Citadel) singled out for not having made the NCAA Tournament, but are part of a group of long time D-I schools to never make the tourney. UNH and Maine have been considered D-I in hoop since 1962 and are usually the next two schools mentioned after that group of five.

http://thesportsarsenal.com/2014/02/26/schools-that-have-never-made-the-ncaa-tournament-the-2014-edition/

An example of the bad karma associated with MBB at UNH is the America East Tournament a few years ago. The Wildcats are playing the #1 seed and heavy favorite Binghamton team in the semi-finals at Albany. This was the Binghamton team that got the NCAA sanctions and their AD fired. UNH is down one point with 13.5 seconds left, taking the ball out of bounds on the side at the end they're shooting at. In my mind they inbound and make or miss a shot at the buzzer. Nope, they not only throw away the inbounds pass, but do it in such a way that allows Binghamton to go down court and dunk! And of course the ensuing inbounds pass was stolen and they fouled leading to a five point loss. Arguably, this historically is the worst D-I MBB program in the country.

[Mattymc727]

No, neither UNH or Maine has been to the NCAA Tournament in MBB. Maine has lost the conference championship game four times IIRC. UNH has never played in a conference championship game in MBB. The Wildcats and Black Bears haven't been D-I as long as the five schools (Northwestern, Army, W&M, St. Francis NY, The Citadel) singled out for not having made the NCAA Tournament, but are part of a group of long time D-I schools to never make the tourney. UNH and Maine have been considered D-I in hoop since 1962 and are usually the next two schools mentioned after that group of five.

http://thesportsarsenal.com/2014/02/26/schools-that-have-never-made-the-ncaa-tournament-the-2014-edition/

An example of the bad karma associated with MBB at UNH is the America East Tournament a few years ago. The Wildcats are playing the #1 seed and heavy favorite Binghamton team in the semi-finals at Albany. This was the Binghamton team that got the NCAA sanctions and their AD fired. UNH is down one point with 13.5 seconds left, taking the ball out of bounds on the side at the end they're shooting at. In my mind they inbound and make or miss a shot at the buzzer. Nope, they not only throw away the inbounds pass, but do it in such a way that allows Binghamton to go down court and dunk! And of course the ensuing inbounds pass was stolen and they fouled leading to a five point loss. Arguably, this historically is the worst D-I MBB program in the country.

Interestingly enough, there are a few of the nations top prep school basketball programs right here in NH (Tilton/New Hampton). Obviously none of those kids play at UNH.

[carney2]

Does the Wildcats' loss mean this thread has to continue another year?

The Pards took some time off to perform a Sh!#bird lobotomy, known now as The Bronx Massacre, but yes, this thread will live forever.

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

UNH has had one sellout for MBB since 1994-5, but it was at the Whittemore Center (ice hockey facility) not Lundholm Gym in 2001. When the San Antonio Spurs Matt Bonner from Concord, NH played for the Florida Gators, UNH had a two for one deal that gave Matt a Homecoming Game. Attendance was 7,272 which at the time was the largest crowd to watch a basketball game in the state of NH. Not sure if a Celtics exhibition game at the Verizon Center in Manchester ever beat that figure? The attached picture of the Whittemore Center is not from the Florida Game. The second picture is Lundholm Gym.

[Ivytalk]

There should be a Philosophy 300 course on why this thread still exists. If it ever did exist.

[Pard4Life]

There should be a Philosophy 300 course on why this thread still exists. If it ever did exist.

It doesn't exist because it was never a game.

[Pard4Life]

It's almost worth it for UNH to cut corners and offer recruits money, and do other nefarious things. I mean, what exactly are sanctions going to do to UNH basketball? Call up John Callipari and boom: UNH to the F4! Five years later, it never happened, officially, though.

[Franks Tanks]

It's almost worth it for UNH to cut corners and offer recruits money, and do other nefarious things. I mean, what exactly are sanctions going to do to UNH basketball? Call up John Callipari and boom: UNH to the F4! Five years later, it never happened, officially, though.

How about Jim Harrick? That guy will get the job done and leave a wake of destruction.

I looked it up, his last year at Georgia was 2003, and he had a show cause penalty until 2011! I was surprised to learn that Jim is 76 years old however.

[SingForever]

How dumb can you get?

[Gordon Shumway]

Arguably, this historically is the worst D-I MBB program in the country.

Here is a little known historical fact about UNH MBB. If there was ever a team that might have succeeded, it was the Freshman team of the 1965-66 season. That team was undefeated, and featured a starting lineup with Carlton Fisk (yes that Carlton Fisk), and Jeff Bannister, who later competed for the U.S. Decathlon team in the 1972 Olympics in Munich. As I recall, that team regularly exceeded the 100 point plateau. Of course, with the snakebit history of UNH MBB, four of the starters on that team flunked out of school (how many schools would let that happen xlolx). Right after that Fisk signed with the Red Sox, Bannister re-enrolled a year later, but focused on track and never played BB again. A third flunkee starter from that team also re-enrolled a year later, and became a good friend of mine as we shared several classes. He also never played BB again at UNH.

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

Here is a little known historical fact about UNH MBB. If there was ever a team that might have succeeded, it was the Freshman team of the 1965-66 season. That team was undefeated, and featured a starting lineup with Carlton Fisk (yes that Carlton Fisk), and Jeff Bannister, who later competed for the U.S. Decathlon team in the 1972 Olympics in Munich. As I recall, that team regularly exceeded the 100 point plateau. Of course, with the snakebit history of UNH MBB, four of the starters on that team flunked out of school (how many schools would let that happen xlolx). Right after that Fisk signed with the Red Sox, Bannister re-enrolled a year later, but focused on track and never played BB again. A third flunkee starter from that team also re-enrolled a year later, and became a good friend of mine as we shared several classes. He also never played BB again at UNH.

Not that it changes the point you're making, because it is sad when one of your best ever basketball teams might be a freshman squad, but Jeff Bannister did play hoop again at UNH. I saw him play my freshman year (1968-69) and just checked a media guide and a couple of box scores in a scrapbook to verify my memories. The Media Guide listed him as a player during 1967-69, but I can only vouch for 1968-69. I have the article and box score from the Hartford Courant for both UConn games that year, Bannister scored double digits in both games. After that he did indeed concentrate on track and IIRC he was the US #1 guy in Decathlon in those '72 Olympics.

Upperclassmen in my dorm during my Freshman year told stories about how people went to those freshmen games, how high scoring they were and then left before the varsity game began. FWIW, they said that freshmen team won every game except an OT loss to Rhode Island where both teams scored in the hundreds! These same guys stopped me when I was on my way to a home game in early December '68 against UConn. They explained to me that "we don't go to basketball games at UNH, we go to hockey games"! That's how negative the basketball culture has been at UNH. I went to the hoop game regardless and was rewarded with a win over the Huskies.

[Gordon Shumway]

My bad on the Jeff Bannister playing days. I was just going from memory, and don't have any recollection of him playing again. That probably shouldn't be surprising, as I was one of those that didn't go to BB games very often. I went to one game my senior year just to see what all the fuss was about over some guy from UMass name Julius Erving. 20428 I do have many vivid memories of standing in the snow, ice, cold, whatever for a few hours before every hockey game to get in position for the student free-for-all rush into Snively to make sure and get a seat. That was before they split the student season passes in half to regain some order.

[CFBfan]

pretty slow out there, seems like it might be a good time to perpetuate this thread.........

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

Has anyone figured out where Bogie went?????

[Bill]

Memories....All alone in the moonlight...xrotatehx

[RichH2]

He's back somewhat. He posted on Pard board recently.

[Pard4Life]

Has anyone figured out where Bogie went?????

He posted on National Signing Day. He made one post about finding a link to a video or a recruit on the LC board, and then disappeared. I maintain he his undercover as a Lehigh alum, writing a first-person account of the horrors and inhumanity of the experience.

[Catsfan90]

When's the rematch?

[heath]

When's the rematch?
Yes its back! BTW, Bogie has trouble posting depending upon where they push his wheel chair. Some areas do not have internet/phone coverage at the nursing home.xpeacexxpeacex

[carney2]

pretty slow out there, seems like it might be a good time to perpetuate this thread.........

Since Lafayette has pretty much given up football - and anything athletic (not one winning team in any sport in almost 2 years!) - this is now a one sided thread.

[Go...gate]

Not one winning team in men's or women's sports?

[CFBfan]

Since Lafayette has pretty much given up football - and anything athletic (not one winning team in any sport in almost 2 years!) - this is now a one sided thread.

lafayette should drop ALL sports!!!

[ngineer]

lafayette should drop ALL sports!!!

Men's basketball team currently has a winning record. Wrestling team has not had a losing record since 1981....

[Andy]

Carney, what do you mean by "since Lafayette has pretty much given up football" ?

[DFW HOYA]

Since Lafayette has pretty much given up football...

Giving up? For a program that has won multiple PL titles, plays in the best facility in its conference, and got 48,256 at its last game, not too bad at all. Methinks your nightmare is an 80 year old Frank Tavani trying to recruit 18 year olds.

Either that, or the thought of another game at Multi-Sport Field is too much to bear.

[Sader87]

With all due respect, no one has given up on football (or basketball) like Holy Cross has.....

[DFW HOYA]

With all due respect, no one has given up on football (or basketball) like Holy Cross has.....

BC basketball?

[Lehigh Football Nation]

BC basketball?

Not quite enough to get me to snort coffee through my nose in laughter, but close.

[Andy]

Giving up? For a program that has won multiple PL titles, plays in the best facility in its conference, and got 48,256 at its last game, not too bad at all. Methinks your nightmare is an 80 year old Frank Tavani trying to recruit 18 year olds.

Either that, or the thought of another game at Multi-Sport Field is too much to bear.

I know you want more from your alma mater, but for a visitor a stay at Key Bridge, walk to the field, a seat right up close to the action, great restaurants and a stroll through GT makes for an awfully nice away game experience. If you ever got scholarships, look out...

[Fordham]

I know you want more from your alma mater, but for a visitor a stay at Key Bridge, walk to the field, a seat right up close to the action, great restaurants and a stroll through GT makes for an awfully nice away game experience. If you ever got scholarships, look out...
+1

[ngineer]

I know you want more from your alma mater, but for a visitor a stay at Key Bridge, walk to the field, a seat right up close to the action, great restaurants and a stroll through GT makes for an awfully nice away game experience. If you ever got scholarships, look out...

No question G'town could become a monster if it put the some money into the program. I've been saying it for years. School has a lot to offer a recruit...including the highest price tag in the PL.

[carney2]

Carney, what do you mean by "since Lafayette has pretty much given up football" ?

Don't get your knickers in a knot, Andy. Just a half in jest shot at the overall state of athletics at our alma mater.

[Pards Rule]

Hey we got into the round of 64 this year in basketball...No comment on result.

[Sader87]

lol...."it lives!!!" Congrats on winning the PLT.

[carney2]

Giving up? For a program that has won multiple PL titles, plays in the best facility in its conference, and got 48,256 at its last game, not too bad at all. Methinks your nightmare is an 80 year old Frank Tavani trying to recruit 18 year olds.

Either that, or the thought of another game at Multi-Sport Field is too much to bear.

I attended the latest edition of Lafayette @ Multi-Sport. It's not a terrible facility. Just too small and too locked in so that expansion would probably be costly. Great on-campus setting in a dynamic community. I haven't lost hope for you people.

[Go...gate]

It was good to see the Leopards back in the Dance....

[RichH2]

I expect AGS to issue a leather bound limited edition of this thread :):)

[CHIP72]

I know you want more from your alma mater, but for a visitor a stay at Key Bridge, walk to the field, a seat right up close to the action, great restaurants and a stroll through GT makes for an awfully nice away game experience. If you ever got scholarships, look out...

Maybe I'm biased, but even though I think the setting at Multi-Sport Field (and on Georgetown's campus) is good, I think the settings at Lehigh (which I love, even though the seats are set too far back from the field IMO) and at Lafayette (which I like a lot - park on the street a few blocks away in a nice neighborhood, go to a stadium on campus, look at the hills while sitting in a natural half-bowl on the home stands side) are better. Unlike Georgetown, both Lehigh Valley schools actually have room to build a legitimate-sized on their campuses (though Lehigh sort of cheats by using the wide-open South campus a few miles from the main campus). Also, even with its small capacity, parking at Multi-Sport Field is a pain; the garage immediately south of the stadium isn't big enough when there is a capacity crowd.


Hey we got into the round of 64 this year in basketball...No comment on result.

What really stunk was that Villanova played so well in that game and then played horrible against North Carolina State in the next round, probably their second-worst game of the year*, and that made Lafayette's poor showing against the Wildcats look even worse.

*Villanova's worst game was, ironically enough relative to the first quoted comment, at Georgetown (albeit not on Georgetown's campus but at the Verizon Center), a game I attended (and a game in which Villanova was never in it after the first few minutes of the game).

[65 Pard]

Two weeks without a post on this thread is unacceptable

[Mattymc727]

Any word on who won this game? Is it over?

[CHIP72]

Any word on who won this game? Is it over?

This game is an enigma wrapped in a paradox, it is unable to end.

[Go...gate]

One can check out of this thread, but one can never leave.....

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

I thought Pards Rule would have negotiated an OOC home and home series between the Wildcats and Leopards by now!! xnodx :D

UNH has the Crusadahs for four seasons starting in 2016 so he might have to wait until the 20's.

[superman7515]

Just thought it was a travesty this wasn't listed in the OOC FCS regional match ups thread.

[carney2]

Just thought it was a travesty this wasn't listed in the OOC FCS regional match ups thread.

Supey, you really are out of touch. This is not a 2015 game to be played at some time in the future. It is a 2013 game that has not yet reached its conclusion, and, if the gods are willing, it never will.

[Tribe4SF]

Anyone who doubts the chronic lack of adequate mental health care in the Patriot League need only be referred here.

[Lehigh'98]

Anyone who doubts the chronic lack of adequate mental health care in the Patriot League need only be referred here.

We have plenty of room in our asylum for the Tribe!!

[NHwildEcat]

How the hell is this thread still going!!!!

[Go...gate]

What's the score?

[Tribe4SF]

What's the score?

At the rate when I last checked I believe it's now 1035-161.

[Catsfan90]

At the rate when I last checked I believe it's now 1035-161.
Looks like the pards are rallying!

[RichH2]

A bit late for Pards to rally,only 13,074 minutes left.

[Go...gate]

It ain't over 'til it's over.....

[Catsfan90]

It ain't over 'til it's over.....


Any given Saturday.

[Gater]

I'm a little over three weeks away from beginning my unofficial countdown of The Top 1,000 Posts of The Lafayette at New Hampshire Thread.

Once a week for the next 19 years, I'll take you through the highs and lows of each of the top 1,000 posts-- from Pards' Rule's unforgettable post #505, "And I was at all three games in 1981. I still have that 1981 Maine program too!" to LFN's controversial post #1691, "The trouble is Penn, then as now, picks up their ball and goes home when they're beat!"

What post will be #1?

Keep it on this thread to find out!!!

[CHIP72]

Any given Saturday.

Or Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, at least with regard to this thread!

[Catsfan90]

I'm a little over three weeks away from beginning my unofficial countdown of The Top 1,000 Posts of The Lafayette at New Hampshire Thread.

Once a week for the next 19 years, I'll take you through the highs and lows of each of the top 1,000 posts-- from Pards' Rule's unforgettable post #505, "And I was at all three games in 1981. I still have that 1981 Maine program too!" to LFN's controversial post #1691, "The trouble is Penn, then as now, picks up their ball and goes home when they're beat!"

What post will be #1?

Keep it on this thread to find out!!!
Are you going to do a pre-ranking?

[Gater]

Catsfan90, I feel like a fool. You are absolutely right. How can you properly rank The Top 1,000 without first pre-ranking all 2167 posts? I'll tell you what post starts at the bottom of the list. Post 2164. What a disaster.

Look for my pre-ranking in early March and the Top 1,000 sometime in June.

Exciting times here at The Lafayette at New Hampshire Thread!

[Catsfan90]

Catsfan90, I feel like a fool. You are absolutely right. How can you properly rank The Top 1,000 without first pre-ranking all 2167 posts? I'll tell you what post starts at the bottom of the list. Post 2164. What a disaster.

Look for my pre-ranking in early March and the Top 1,000 sometime in June.

Exciting times here at The Lafayette at New Hampshire Thread!
I really like what your doing here! We should contact ESPN about doing a 30 for 30 film about the thread.

[RichH2]

Great idea. One h*ll of a cast of characters.

[Gater]

I talked to ESPN. They're on board.

Here's their idea: The Lafayette at New Hampshire Thread becomes it's own documentary series called 40 for 40 (which I like). It will be a 40 part series of films 40 hours long spread over 40 years about the thread. Chris Berman will host. They said it will start as soon as the game is over.

[Lehigh'98]

Can we name a thread MVP? Bogus Megapardus dominated the first half of this thread, but has since fallen off the face of the earth. I think the MVP should be a more consistent performer.

[RichH2]

Can we name a thread MVP? Bogus Megapardus dominated the first half of this thread, but has since fallen off the face of the earth. I think the MVP should be a more consistent performer.

Dont think so. Bogie is the reason this thread is what it is. That he may have retured does not dminish what he accomplished.

[superman7515]

Most Regressed Poster of the Lafayette at New Hampshire thread has to be Bogus Megapardus.

[KPSUL]

Most Regressed Poster of the Lafayette at New Hampshire thread has to be Bogus Megapardus.

Nice tie-in to what is quickly becoming the "new" most superfluous thread on the site!

[Catsfan90]

So I just checked ESPN and it has UNH listed as having a bye, but last I checked they are playing Lafayette. Does anyone know why it says that?

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[Bogus Megapardus]

So I just checked ESPN and it has UNH listed as having a bye, but last I checked they are playing Lafayette. Does anyone know why it says that?

It could simply be a miscommunication. The reason for the UNH bye this week is to allow for the completion of Lafayette's permanent locker room facilities at the Wildcat's new stadium.

[Gater]

I just talked to KillaBee. He's finished putting in carpet and is now painting. I suggested he put in the carpet after he painted and he responded, "Lafayette wins by 40."

[Catsfan90]

It could simply be a miscommunication. The reason for the UNH bye this week is to allow for the completion of Lafayette's permanent locker room facilities at the Wildcat's new stadium.
Wildcats new stadium? I though it was a dual pard's/ cats stadium? :rolleyes:

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[grizband]

Just noticed this thread started in 2013...well done gentlemen keeping this thread alive!

[Bogus Megapardus]

I just talked to KillaBee. He's finished putting in carpet and is now painting. I suggested he put in the carpet after he painted and he responded, "Lafayette wins by 40."

I hear what you're saying, but it's much too early in the game to make any sort of prediction.

[Pards Rule]

I hear what you're saying, but it's much too early in the game to make any sort of prediction.

Clearly so!

[LeadBolt]

Lafayette College - 1826
New Hampshire - 1866

[Go...gate]

Glad to see this thread back where it belongs....

[Go...gate]

Can we name a thread MVP? Bogus Megapardus dominated the first half of this thread, but has since fallen off the face of the earth. I think the MVP should be a more consistent performer.

I believe that Bogus Megapardus is on the comeback trail!

[Pard4Life]

Lafayette College - 1826
New Hampshire - 1866

Wow. Killa Bee is smarter than we thought. Pards already have 40 on UNH!

[2ram]

this thread's page count is fast approaching the # of points lafayette will have scored on it this year!

[Mattymc727]

I think the winner of this one should be who has the coolest alumnus. Not age of school.

[65 Pard]

I think the winner of this one should be who has the coolest alumnus. Not age of school.

undoubtedly the most prominent of young men without whom the USA as we know it would not exist today.
A remarkable individual

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_Marquis_de_Lafayette

I have awarded him a posthumous Doctor of Letters from LC

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

WTH?!!! LC wasn't even ten years old when the Marquis took his dirt nap! LOL

[Mattymc727]

undoubtedly the most prominent of young men without whom the USA as we know it would not exist today.
A remarkable individual

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_Marquis_de_Lafayette

I have awarded him a posthumous Doctor of Letters from LC

Oh ya, well we have the director of Frozen and the guy from Slapshot!

[UNHWildcat18]

Oh ya, well we have the director of Frozen and the guy from Slapshot!

Ms.Lee was the speaker at my graduation in 2014 and did an amazing job. I assume she will donate to the school after making a gazillion dollars on the frozen franchise.

[KPSUL]

Oh ya, well we have the director of Frozen and the guy from Slapshot!

Michael OntKean, and we are plenty proud of him:

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21480&stc=1

[Go...gate]

Michael OntKean, and we are plenty proud of him:

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21480&stc=1

Slap Shot - part of which was filmed at Colgate!

[Pard4Life]

I think the winner of this one should be who has the coolest alumnus. Not age of school.

In three weeks, it will be World F__in' Champion Joe Maddon!!!!! LC '75! LEGEND!

[carney2]

In three weeks, it will be World F__in' Champion Joe Maddon!!!!! LC '75! LEGEND!

I don't believe Maddon ever graduated. He left after 3 years to pursue his baseball dream. Just imagine how much better off he'd be with that sheepskin.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Lafayette College - 1826
  New Hampshire - 1866
           =3,692


Mathematically, this thread has a long way to go.

[Bogus Megapardus]

I don't believe Maddon ever graduated. He left after 3 years to pursue his baseball dream. Just imagine how much better off he'd be with that sheepskin.

I might be mistaken, but I believe that Lafayette eventually granted Maddon his degree.


EDIT - it appears it was an honorary degree, not a B.S. or an A.B.

http://articles.mcall.com/2010-08-20/sports/mc-baseball-maddon-lafayette-20100820_1_lafayette-s-maroon-club-hall-joe-maddon-pfenning-alumni-center

Maddon played three seasons on College Hill before signing with the Angels.

http://www.goleopards.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/110314aaa.html

“Lafayette was the best thing that ever happened to me,” Maddon told Sports Illustrated.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Former-Coach-Who-Did-Big-Things-Elsewhere challenge, New Hampshire vs. Lafayette edition:

Parke Davis and Jock Sutherland (Lafayette)

vs.

Chip Kelly (New Hampshire)

Others?



NB: "Big Things" means won a national championship, coached a Heisman winner, etc.

[Mattymc727]

George O Leary, who coaches UCF, played at UNH in the 1960s.

He didnt go to UNH, but Dan Mullen, the coach of Mississippi State, is from NH.

[Pards Rule]

I might be mistaken, but I believe that Lafayette eventually granted Maddon his degree.


EDIT - it appears it was an honorary degree, not a B.S. or an A.B.

http://articles.mcall.com/2010-08-20/sports/mc-baseball-maddon-lafayette-20100820_1_lafayette-s-maroon-club-hall-joe-maddon-pfenning-alumni-center

Maddon played three seasons on College Hill before signing with the Angels.

http://www.goleopards.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/110314aaa.html

“Lafayette was the best thing that ever happened to me,” Maddon told Sports Illustrated.

Correct..Lafayette FB page posted a photo with him posing with it last evening after the Cubs won their part of NLDS

[Bogus Megapardus]

George O Leary, who coaches UCF, played at UNH in the 1960s.

He didnt go to UNH, but Dan Mullen, the coach of Mississippi State, is from NH.

Hmm . . . by that logic Lafayette could claim Fielding Yost as well. The legendary Michigan coach played for (but did not coach at) Lafayette. Harvard HC Tim Murphy was a Lafayette assistant. So was former Rams HC/current Giants assistant Steve Spagnuolo. Former Lafayette HC Harry Gamble became GM of the Philadelphia Eagles.

Pards have several players in the College Football Hall of Fame, including Fielding Yost, George Wilson, Frank Schwab, Charles Rinehart and Charlie Berry. Plus, Hall of Famer Herb McCracken won a National Championship for Lafayette in 1926 (as did Hall of Famers Parke Davis in 1896 and Jock Sutherland in 1921).

Lafayette RB David Showell, class of 1951, helped to spearhead the integration of college football.

Boxer Larry Holmes is from Easton; he used to train at (the former) Alumni Gym. Holmes did not play football, but I'll bet he could have played college football. And if we're going to go outside of football, Pete Carril is a Lafayette grad.

[CHIP72]

Hey Bogie, you forgot that Mario Andretti is from less than 10 miles down the road in Nazareth. I bet he could race circles around anyone the New Hampshire Wildcats could offer up!

[Bogus Megapardus]

Hey Bogie, you forgot that Mario Andretti is from less than 10 miles down the road in Nazareth. I bet he could race circles around anyone the New Hampshire Wildcats could offer up!

The Martin Guitar Factory is in Nazareth. It's definitely worth a trip for any visitors to Fisher Field who happen to be guitar players. The Band (rather famously) had a nice visit to the Martin Factory, once upon a time:


I pulled into Nazareth, was feeling 'bout half past dead
I just need some place where I can lay my head.

- The Weight, from The Band's Music From Big Pink, 1968

[Bogus Megapardus]

Also Crayola Crayons are made in Easton. Many Lehigh players learn how to use Crayola Crayons as a substantial portion of their academic curriculum, and some of those Lehigh players come from New Hampshire (the ones who couldn't get in to UNH).



NB: Vibrant, colorful Crayola Crayons have been around since 1903, which coincides with the height of Lafayette football and its three college football national championships. However, Lafayette football in those glory days was played entirely in black and white, and we have the photographs to prove it.

[Bill]

My favorite thing about Easton is not the coloring lessons I received while I was at Lehigh, but rather this:
http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21492&stc=1

I am thankful I can color between the lines right now.

Also - my one of the highlights of traveling to Lehigh was passing through Phillipsburg, NJ (before Route 78 was finished) and passing the legendary "Larry Holmes Commodore Inn" - which was sadly torn down. On that site currently sits a "Raymour & Flannigan" furniture store.

[Bogus Megapardus]

That graphic is much to large and colorful to formulate a reply.

[Bill]

The Martin Guitar Factory is in Nazareth. It's definitely worth a trip for any visitors to Fisher Field who happen to be guitar players. The Band (rather famously) had a nice visit to the Martin Factory, once upon a time:

I pulled into Nazareth, was feeling 'bout half past dead
I just need some place where I can lay my head.

- The Weight, from The Band's Music From Big Pink, 1968

And from the awesome movie "The Last Waltz"
http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21493&stc=1

[Bogus Megapardus]

The members of The Band mostly were from Canada. Canada is very close to New Hampshire.

[Bill]

Wasn't Bob Dylan Canadian? xsmiley_wix

[Bogus Megapardus]

Wasn't Bob Dylan Canadian?

Bob Dylan wrote many of his early folk songs on a Martin Guitar, made in Nazareth. It was a 1949 Martin model 00-17, made entirely from mahogany. Dylan bought it used in 1959. UNH tied Maine in 1959, one of eight tie games in the New Hampshire-Maine series.

Also heavy metal guru Ronnie James Dio was from New Hampshire, though I doubt he ever played a Martin (at least on stage). GG Allin was from New Hampshire, too, but that's a whole 'nother story.

[KPSUL]

This guy went to UNH and played baseball:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m6GHOPrGcs

[KPSUL]

Unless Hemingway or Steinbeck went to Lafayette, You can't touch this UNH grad in the field of literature: John Irving

[Bogus Megapardus]

Unless Hemingway or Steinbeck went to Lafayette, You can't touch this UNH grad in the field of literature: John Irving

Stephen Crane went to Lafayette. I don't think he played football and I doubt he owned a Martin guitar, however.

His writing made a deep impression on twentieth-century writers, most prominent among them Ernest Hemingway. Yet neither Stephen Crane nor Ernest Hemingway came from Canada.

[Bogus Megapardus]

By the way, where is "Old" Hampshire?

[Catsfan90]

By the way, where is "Old" Hampshire?
England lol.

[Bill]

By the way, where is "Old" Hampshire?

Since you asked:http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21494&stc=1

This is the county of Hampshire in the UK. It's home to Southampton Dock...the biggest port of England in WWII. Was bombed pretty regularly then...

Courtesy of google: To the map (by Mason) was added the name Portsmouth, taken from the English town where Captain John Mason was commander of the fort, and the name New Hampshire is that of his own English county of Hampshire. Captain Mason died in 1635, just before his proposed trip to the new country which he never saw.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Captain Mason died in 1635, just before his proposed trip to the new country which he never saw.

I guess Capt. Mason never saw the Wildcats' new stadium, either. Shame. He should have waited.

But if I understand this history correctly, what you're really saying is that "Old Hampshire" might be an excellent name for a fine New England Dark Porter, right?

Capt. Mason could be on the label.


Was bombed pretty regularly then...

As was Capt. Mason, I hear. Hence the libationary tribute.

[Bogus Megapardus]

http://i58.tinypic.com/6iz31v.jpg

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

This guy went to UNH and played baseball:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m6GHOPrGcs


Actually attended as a scholarship basketball player.

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

Wasn't Bob Dylan Canadian? xsmiley_wix

Born in Duluth and moved to Hibbing, Minnesota at age six. Both are a heck of a lot closer to Canada than Durham, NH. :D Believe it or not, but Kevin McHale (NBA player and NBA coach) is also from Hibbing!

[Mattymc727]

Lafayette in a shootout - 56-52

So close!

[Professor Chaos]

Born in Duluth and moved to Hibbing, Minnesota at age six. Both are a heck of a lot closer to Canada than Durham, NH. :D Believe it or not, but Kevin McHale (NBA player and NBA coach) is also from Hibbing!
Hibbing is also where the legit single season home run king Roger Maris was born.

[Bill]

I sense a Bogie photoshop spectacular coming on....maybe something like a sign reading "Welcome to Hibbing, MN. Home of Bob Dylan, Kevin McHale, and Roger Maris" Population 712 - and we're not Canadian"

[Bogus Megapardus]

It's just a guess, of course, but I'd imagine they can put together one heckuva pond 'ockey tournament in Hibbing, once the weather turns right.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

If UNH doesn't have a curling team, they should.

[Bogus Megapardus]

If UNH doesn't have a curling team, they should.

They say it's all in the wrist.



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[KPSUL]

Stephen Crane went to Lafayette. I don't think he played football and I doubt he owned a Martin guitar, however.

His writing made a deep impression on twentieth-century writers, most prominent among them Ernest Hemingway. Yet neither Stephen Crane nor Ernest Hemingway came from Canada.

Oh yah? We have Crane porcelain urinals in the Cowell Stadium men's room!

[Go...gate]

My God, Crane porcelain?? That stuff is even older than I am.

[Bogus Megapardus]

My God, Crane porcelain?? That stuff is even older than I am.

Kirby Hall used the have the real "old school" porcelain down on the lower level (those were the only bathrooms). Kind of like this -




http://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/523804869_628b02e746_m.jpg


Then they did a "renovation" and got rid of them. Big mistake, IMHO.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Before the renovation, Fisher Field's porcelain looked something like this -



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BnxiBNmCUAEslkk.jpg


Not sure if it was "Crane" but they shoulda kept it nonetheless. Keeps the lines shorter. I'm pretty sure Stephen Crane left Lafayette well before Fisher Field was built, though.

[ngineer]

Oh yah? We have Crane porcelain urinals in the Cowell Stadium men's room!

Hmmm. Not the "standard" stuff?

[ngineer]

Before the renovation, Fisher Field's porcelain looked something like this -


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BnxiBNmCUAEslkk.jpg


Not sure if it was "Crane" but they shoulda kept it nonetheless. Keeps the lines shorter. I'm pretty sure Stephen Crane left Lafayette well before Fisher Field was built, though.

Who the heck is going around with a catalog of pics of Lafayette urinal troughs. You 'dump' on us as the 'Brown turds'. Maybe we should start referring to the Leotards as the "Yellow Menace"...sort of a 'stream of consciousness' thing...(;-)

[Bogus Megapardus]

Who the heck is going around with a catalog of pics of Lafayette urinal troughs. You 'dump' on us as the 'Brown turds'. Maybe we should start referring to the Leotards as the "Yellow Menace"...sort of a 'stream of consciousness' thing...(;-)

We poop your colors; you pee our colors.

[Pard4Life]

Fielding Yost played one half at Lafayette and was in school one week. But who is counting?

[Go...gate]

Lehigh's Taylor Stadium was also an interesting ballpark, with its own quirks.

[CHIP72]

Ahh, good to see that TV commercial break has ended.

[Catsfan90]

Ahh, good to see that TV commercial break has ended.
Seriously! If I had to watch Phil Swift try to sell me flex seal one more time.....

[carney2]

Before the renovation, Fisher Field's porcelain looked something like this -


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BnxiBNmCUAEslkk.jpg


Not sure if it was "Crane" but they shoulda kept it nonetheless. Keeps the lines shorter. I'm pretty sure Stephen Crane left Lafayette well before Fisher Field was built, though.

Actually, there were no wall hangings, it was just a trough in the floor. We used to debate who was going to pony up the bucks for a mop to get the facility named after him.

[carney2]

Lehigh's Taylor Stadium was also an interesting ballpark, with its own quirks.

A great place for the occasional riot. Ah, the good olde days.

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

An interesting article from the Smithsonian on a new book related to the Pard's namesake, the Marquis himself!

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-marquis-lafayette-still-americas-best-friend-180957086/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20151102-daily&spMailingID=23894589&spUserID=NzQwNDU1ODkwOTQS1&spJobID=680167480&spReportId=NjgwMTY3NDgwS0

[Bill]

If only that song by Lamb Chop had this kind of staying power :)

[Bogus Megapardus]

Actually, there were no wall hangings, it was just a trough in the floor. We used to debate who was going to pony up the bucks for a mop to get the facility named after him.

Having taken the time to think about it, you're absolutely correct, carney2. There was no porcelain at all. It was just a gutter hewn out of the concrete floor with a rock wall behind it, wasn't it? Lord knows where the drain led to.

[Bogus Megapardus]

If only that song by Lamb Chop had this kind of staying power :)



https://40.media.tumblr.com/bafc7fbf0b4cd7a312f49b054a407a9f/tumblr_mmmbmfRKHU1qmjoyio1_400.jpg

Just focus on this image. It'll all come back to you.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Lehigh's Taylor Stadium was also an interesting ballpark, with its own quirks.

I recall Taylor as both a player and a spectator. But just barely, as to the latter. Except for that freezing cold finale, whenever is was - 1986 I believe.

I also recall the places along 4th street where you could go post-game. Some had polka bands - a curious Bethlehem phenomenon. I don't think Durham ever had downscale local pubs with polka bands but I could be wrong.





http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ARqBJBugL._SX300_.jpg

[KPSUL]

No but we did have downstairs cellar beer rooms with all the ambiance and atmosphere of the NH State Prison Dining Hall where a mug of beer cost 25 cents.

[Go...gate]

I believe that very cold L-L game was at the end of the 1987 season.

It was the last game at Taylor.

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

No but we did have downstairs cellar beer rooms with all the ambiance and atmosphere of the NH State Prison Dining Hall where a mug of beer cost 25 cents.

Ah yes, the infamous Down Under Pub!! Didn't think you were old enough KPSUL to have enjoyed those $.25 mugs of beer! Alas, no live music. They didn't need anything but $.25 beer to attract the masses!! xrotatehx :D The Keg Room was right up there in the ambiance level as well! xdrunkyx

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

I believe that very cold L-L game was at the end of the 1987 season.

It was the last game at Taylor.

The last Saturday of the regular season in 1987 (Nov. 21st) was the coldest football game I've ever attended. It is easy for me to find that day in the UNH Media Guide because it was the only year we finished the season at UConn! IIRC, the wind chills were like -30.

[KPSUL]

Ah yes, the infamous Down Under Pub!! Didn't think you were old enough KPSUL to have enjoyed those $.25 mugs of beer! Alas, no live music. They didn't need anything but $.25 beer to attract the masses!! xrotatehx :D The Keg Room was right up there in the ambiance level as well! xdrunkyx

Yep, been to both, but I spent more evenings at the old Scorpio's, beer was 35 cents but the atmosphere was better.

[carney2]

I recall Taylor as both a player and a spectator. But just barely, as to the latter. Except for that freezing cold finale, whenever is was - 1986 I believe.

Bogie, we train you and we forgive your many faults, but now this. Repeat after me,

LEHIGH IS ODD.

1986. What is wrong with you?!