DU Pioneers Win NCAA Championship

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     It's the Denver University Pioneers 8th NCAA Hockey championship.

      DU was ranked #1 going into the Frozen Four, and beat #2 Minnesota-Duluth in the CG tonight, in Chicago.

       The Pioneers lost to North Dakota in last year's Frozen Four.

[beuycek]

Apr 8, 2017 23:41:56 GMT -5 DrSchadenfreude said:

     It's the Denver University Pioneers 8th NCAA Hockey championship.

      DU was ranked #1 going into the Frozen Four, and beat #2 Minnesota-Duluth in the CG tonight, in Chicago.

       The Pioneers lost to North Dakota in last year's Frozen Four.

Congrats!

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Be sure to let Mark know about this. I think the northern teams that he wants to play summer baseball should form a separate league. They can start their seasons anytime they want and have a Summer Four championship. It works for hockey so it can work for baseball.

[mscott59]

Apr 9, 2017 8:31:48 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

Be sure to let Mark know about this. I think the northern teams that he wants to play summer baseball should form a separate league. They can start their seasons anytime they want and have a Summer Four championship. It works for hockey so it can work for baseball.

if a lot of southern schools had hockey programs, and had to play their games outdoors...? swing and a miss et

[mscott59]

Apr 8, 2017 23:41:56 GMT -5 DrSchadenfreude said:

     It's the Denver University Pioneers 8th NCAA Hockey championship.

      DU was ranked #1 going into the Frozen Four, and beat #2 Minnesota-Duluth in the CG tonight, in Chicago.

       The Pioneers lost to North Dakota in last year's Frozen Four.

great accomplishment. i watched minn-duluth knock out osu in the playoffs... that was a good club.

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Apr 10, 2017 7:57:34 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

Apr 9, 2017 8:31:48 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

Be sure to let Mark know about this. I think the northern teams that he wants to play summer baseball should form a separate league. They can start their seasons anytime they want and have a Summer Four championship. It works for hockey so it can work for baseball.

if a lot of southern schools had hockey programs, and had to play their games outdoors...? swing and a miss et

You made my point. Southern programs don't play hockey and that is knowing that we have arenas where hockey rinks can be put in and taken out at will for games. Southern programs and many of programs choose not to play hockey. Northern teams who feel slighted by the baseball season could easily opt out. There is no requirement to participate.

Northern baseball programs that don't like the baseball season should form their own league for summer play and crown their own champion. I don't think anyone else in the nation would mind if these teams split off and formed their on alliances. The only negative I can think of is the northern programs would be out of step with MLB, the minor leagues, and the summer leagues so the quality of players who would want to do it could possibly drop. At least it would be a fair season for all who want to participate in college baseball as a later in the year sport. I hope the winner of the first Firecracker Final in late July or early August is tOSU.

[mscott59]

Apr 10, 2017 9:25:31 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

Apr 10, 2017 7:57:34 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

if a lot of southern schools had hockey programs, and had to play their games outdoors...? swing and a miss et

You made my point. Southern programs don't play hockey and that is knowing that we have arenas where hockey rinks can be put in and taken out at will for games. Southern programs and many of programs choose not to play hockey. Northern teams who feel slighted by the baseball season could easily opt out. There is no requirement to participate.

Northern baseball programs that don't like the baseball season should form their own league for summer play and crown their own champion. I don't think anyone else in the nation would mind if these teams split off and formed their on alliances. The only negative I can think of is the northern programs would be out of step with MLB, the minor leagues, and the summer leagues so the quality of players who would want to do it could possibly drop. At least it would be a fair season for all who want to participate in college baseball as a later in the year sport. I hope the winner of the first Firecracker Final in late July or early August is tOSU.

so your answer is northern schools should form their own league. smh. college baseball players commit for at least 3 years. so you're saying the majority should suffer for the minority who have a shot to play pro? wow. do you want to carry that mentality to other college sports? college baseball is just that. college baseball. you tried to make a smart ass comment comparing hockey to baseball and you looked foolish. nothin new there.

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Apr 10, 2017 10:42:09 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

Apr 10, 2017 9:25:31 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

You made my point. Southern programs don't play hockey and that is knowing that we have arenas where hockey rinks can be put in and taken out at will for games. Southern programs and many of programs choose not to play hockey. Northern teams who feel slighted by the baseball season could easily opt out. There is no requirement to participate.

Northern baseball programs that don't like the baseball season should form their own league for summer play and crown their own champion. I don't think anyone else in the nation would mind if these teams split off and formed their on alliances. The only negative I can think of is the northern programs would be out of step with MLB, the minor leagues, and the summer leagues so the quality of players who would want to do it could possibly drop. At least it would be a fair season for all who want to participate in college baseball as a later in the year sport. I hope the winner of the first Firecracker Final in late July or early August is tOSU.

so your answer is northern schools should form their own league. smh. college baseball players commit for at least 3 years. so you're saying the majority should suffer for the minority who have a shot to play pro? wow. do you want to carry that mentality to other college sports? college baseball is just that. college baseball. you tried to make a smart ass comment comparing hockey to baseball and you looked foolish. nothin new there.

Nothing new there is right. You would punish the majority of college baseball programs for the needs of the minority. You are so self centered when it comes to tOSU that you couldn't see the truth if it slapped you in the face. Nope, nothing new there.

[mscott59]

Apr 10, 2017 12:45:40 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

Apr 10, 2017 10:42:09 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

so your answer is northern schools should form their own league. smh. college baseball players commit for at least 3 years. so you're saying the majority should suffer for the minority who have a shot to play pro? wow. do you want to carry that mentality to other college sports? college baseball is just that. college baseball. you tried to make a smart ass comment comparing hockey to baseball and you looked foolish. nothin new there.

Nothing new there is right. You would punish the majority of college baseball programs for the needs of the minority. You are so self centered when it comes to tOSU that you couldn't see the truth if it slapped you in the face. Nope, nothing new there.

punish the majority? now you're shifting from the mlb/minors/summer league argument? lmao. the ncaa has allowed it to happen, not just to tosu (despite your obsession-lmao again. the irony of you calling anyone self-centered says plenty. you wouldn't know objectivity if it was tattooed across your pupils) but to all programs north of the mason dixon line. wasn't always like that, but it is today, which makes college baseball the most unfair playing field of all the varsity sports. now, tell us again how hockey is the same? LMAO

[mscott59]

Apr 10, 2017 15:21:51 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

Apr 10, 2017 12:45:40 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

Nothing new there is right. You would punish the majority of college baseball programs for the needs of the minority. You are so self centered when it comes to tOSU that you couldn't see the truth if it slapped you in the face. Nope, nothing new there.

punish the majority? now you're shifting from the mlb/minors/summer league argument? lmao. the ncaa has allowed it to happen, not just to tosu (despite your obsession-lmao again. the irony of you calling anyone self-centered says plenty. you wouldn't know objectivity if it was tattooed across your pupils) but to all programs north of the mason dixon line. wasn't always like that, but it is today, which makes college baseball the most unfair playing field of all the varsity sports. now, tell us again how hockey is the same? LMAO

probably needs to go to the baseball board, but since your brilliance drew the ludicrous comparison between college hockey and baseball... i wondered... how many non-southern/non-western programs are there in d1? i didn't know so i did some legwork.

by my count there are 299 d-1 programs, with another handful taking steps toward that level. 32 leagues. it looks to me that there are 113 programs not in the spring sun. is that a minority? technically, yes, but that's over 1/3, technically, 37.8% of the total of colleges w/varsity baseball. you may not give a crap about anyone beyond the state of florida, but you should. hell if you just slid the start of the season back two weeks, that would keep nearly 3000 student-athletes from having to go on the road for month, while staying academically eligible, in order to get some games in and stay halfway competitive on a national basis.

alright. my annual baseball rant is now complete for 2017.

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Apr 10, 2017 17:06:13 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

Apr 10, 2017 15:21:51 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

punish the majority? now you're shifting from the mlb/minors/summer league argument? lmao. the ncaa has allowed it to happen, not just to tosu (despite your obsession-lmao again. the irony of you calling anyone self-centered says plenty. you wouldn't know objectivity if it was tattooed across your pupils) but to all programs north of the mason dixon line. wasn't always like that, but it is today, which makes college baseball the most unfair playing field of all the varsity sports. now, tell us again how hockey is the same? LMAO

probably needs to go to the baseball board, but since your brilliance drew the ludicrous comparison between college hockey and baseball... i wondered... how many non-southern/non-western programs are there in d1? i didn't know so i did some legwork.

by my count there are 299 d-1 programs, with another handful taking steps toward that level. 32 leagues. it looks to me that there are 113 programs not in the spring sun. is that a minority? technically, yes, but that's over 1/3, technically, 37.8% of the total of colleges w/varsity baseball. you may not give a crap about anyone beyond the state of florida, but you should. hell if you just slid the start of the season back two weeks, that would keep nearly 3000 student-athletes from having to go on the road for month, while staying academically eligible, in order to get some games in and stay halfway competitive on a national basis.

alright. my annual baseball rant is now complete for 2017.

There will be west coast and east coast programs that will play baseball as it is. If say 30% end up being so disaffected, take that 30% and start your summer league. Your annual rant won't do anything to change the situation as 70% is quite happy with the way things are now.

[mscott59]

Apr 10, 2017 17:28:23 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

Apr 10, 2017 17:06:13 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

probably needs to go to the baseball board, but since your brilliance drew the ludicrous comparison between college hockey and baseball... i wondered... how many non-southern/non-western programs are there in d1? i didn't know so i did some legwork.

by my count there are 299 d-1 programs, with another handful taking steps toward that level. 32 leagues. it looks to me that there are 113 programs not in the spring sun. is that a minority? technically, yes, but that's over 1/3, technically, 37.8% of the total of colleges w/varsity baseball. you may not give a crap about anyone beyond the state of florida, but you should. hell if you just slid the start of the season back two weeks, that would keep nearly 3000 student-athletes from having to go on the road for month, while staying academically eligible, in order to get some games in and stay halfway competitive on a national basis.

alright. my annual baseball rant is now complete for 2017.

There will be west coast and east coast programs that will play baseball as it is. If say 30% end up being so disaffected, take that 30% and start your summer league. Your annual rant won't do anything to change the situation as 70% is quite happy with the way things are now.

37.* is closer to 40% than 30%... but it's clear why you would round down. of course the rest are happy the way it is now. it gives them a significant competitive advantage.

[oujour76]

Apr 11, 2017 8:31:20 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

37.* is closer to 40% than 30%... but it's clear why you would round down. of course the rest are happy the way it is now. it gives them a significant competitive advantage.

Thought you were done with this rant?

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Apr 11, 2017 8:31:20 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

Apr 10, 2017 17:28:23 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

There will be west coast and east coast programs that will play baseball as it is. If say 30% end up being so disaffected, take that 30% and start your summer league. Your annual rant won't do anything to change the situation as 70% is quite happy with the way things are now.

37.* is closer to 40% than 30%... but it's clear why you would round down. of course the rest are happy the way it is now. it gives them a significant competitive advantage.

North of the Mason Dixon line is unacceptable. Nobody in the ACC or PAC 12 will drop out to join the summer league. There will be others in these locations outside of these conferences that won't budge either.

The 70% isn't going to bow further for the 30% regardless of the disadvantage of the 30%. Take your RPI brownie points and win some games at neutral sites. If that isn't good enough, take your 100 teams, if you can get that many, and form your summer league. 

Of course, you'd have to petition the Director's Cup to include a summer sport for the standings, but I don't think the 70% would complain as there are already many sports not played by the majority that count in the rankings process. 

[mscott59]

Apr 11, 2017 8:50:56 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

Apr 11, 2017 8:31:20 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

37.* is closer to 40% than 30%... but it's clear why you would round down. of course the rest are happy the way it is now. it gives them a significant competitive advantage.

North of the Mason Dixon line is unacceptable. Nobody in the ACC or PAC 12 will drop out to join the summer league. There will be others in these locations outside of these conferences that won't budge either.

The 70% isn't going to bow further for the 30% regardless of the disadvantage of the 30%. Take your RPI brownie points and win some games at neutral sites. If that isn't good enough, take your 100 teams, if you can get that many, and form your summer league. 

Of course, you'd have to petition the Director's Cup to include a summer sport for the standings, but I don't think the 70% would complain as there are already many sports not played by the majority that count in the rankings process. 

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!