Penn State was a pretty big university until the sexual assault scandal towards their throwball club impacted them negatively. I don't think they have ever been the same since considering neutral potential or prospective students. I agree with you that they (PSU) tend to get overrated. Nonetheless, getting to play BC is a pretty big deal, but looking at it, it is an away game for LIU and it is a very early game in the season, which the top universities like BC, BU, Michigan, etc. consider tune-up games until around early to mid-November.
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CrazyEddie20
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Penn State is still a pretty big university. It's a great place to get an education. Unfortunately, there's a culture there that venerated football (and athletics in general) to a level that allowed unspeakable things to happen.
There are only 62 teams in college hockey, and high-profile programs need to fill their schedule. These bottom-feeders getting occasional games against big programs isn't the big deal you think it is.
Meanwhile, two months from the start of the season, it sure looks like Rick "Rubber Stamp" Zombo is having trouble filling a schedule at Lindenwood:
mk80
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Looks more like CHN has not updated that page yetPenn State is still a pretty big university. It's a great place to get an education. Unfortunately, there's a culture there that venerated football (and athletics in general) to a level that allowed unspeakable things to happen.
There are only 62 teams in college hockey, and high-profile programs need to fill their schedule. These bottom-feeders getting occasional games against big programs isn't the big deal you think it is.
Meanwhile, two months from the start of the season, it sure looks like Rick "Rubber Stamp" Zombo is having trouble filling a schedule at Lindenwood:
2023-24 Men's Ice Hockey Schedule - Lindenwood University Athletics
The official 2023-24 Men's Ice Hockey schedule for the Lindenwood University Lions
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CrazyEddie20
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Looks more like CHN has not updated that page yet
2023-24 Men's Ice Hockey Schedule - Lindenwood University Athletics
The official 2023-24 Men's Ice Hockey schedule for the Lindenwood University Lions
Everyone else has released the bulk of their schedule - maybe Rick is just waiting for a rubber stamp again?
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That is the schedule. 28 games, a little shorter compared to last season's 32 (2 of those being the exhibition series with USNTDP). Was going to be 30 with 2 more home games, but the Alaska Nanooks dropped 2 road trips to LU and Providence earlier this summer and scheduled a home series with Stonehill instead.
CrazyEddie20
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Ah, I had to go to Wikipedia to find the full schedule.
Looks like there are about eight winnable games on there: the four against Stonehill, two against Augustana, and two against Long Island.
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Most people check the school athletics website for the most up-to-date team schedule. But I'll give you a pass, Eddie.
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Yeah, it wasn't up there the last time I looked.
At least I'm not dumb enough to think any of these bottom-feeders will be competitive this year. Or next.
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CrazyEddie20
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I thought Pyrrhic victories counted for 2 points in college hockey.
Collect all the points from your pyrrhic victories and send them to Rick to buy a rubber stamp.
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CrazyEddie20
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Hey, the 1993 hockey hair looks great flowing out the back of a CCM HT2 helmet...
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Post that advice in The Rink forum. This is SERIOUS hockey down here in the HFB Underworld.
CrazyEddie20
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It's not whether you win or lose - it's how good you look playing the game.Post that advice in The Rink forum. This is SERIOUS hockey down here in the HFB Underworld.
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As I tend to say many times a year,
“Be sure to check LindenwoodLions.com for all the latest news, scores, and updates regarding your favorite Lindenwood athletic teams. LindenwoodLions.com is your source, for all you need to know about Lindenwood athletics!”
CrazyEddie20
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Does your boss know that you post on message boards while signaling you represent the university?
If not, you should either tell him or better camouflage yourself. There are definitely some ADs and GMs out there who would be highly displeased, even if you didn't reveal any inside information.
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Short answer is yes I have nothing to fear as long as I act responsibly. Same as interacting on any social media or in public. As you point out obviously don’t reveal sensitive or inside information, and carry myself in a responsible manner so that there’s nothing negative that could be attributed to or reflect the place of employment, any programs, etc.
Regarding anything LU I just post pertinent, already public info when discussion calls for it.
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With Le Moyne’s jump to Division I, could hockey and football be on the way? (5 takeaways)
Le Moyne held an on-campus event on Thursday celebrating its choice to move up to Division I.
www.syracuse.com
- Le Moynes moving all sports to DI and AD wants to bring hockey to the school. The current AD was an executive chair at Atlantic Hockey.
- Keene State is making a DIII men's and women's hockey team.
- Simon Fraser still trying to make a DI NCAA program. They are playing seven DI teams this year including Michigan, BU, BC, CC, Robert Morris, Lake Superior, and LIU.
Maryville Adds Competitive Men’s Club Ice Hockey; John Hogan Named Head Coach - Maryville University Athletics
Maryville University announced that it will add a competitive men's club ice hockey team for the 2018-19 academic year. St. Louis native John Hogan has been named
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- Maryville would consider a DI move if the club is successful enough.
Between the Lines: Midseason Report
We're at the traditional halfway point of the season, so it's time to reflect on what's been (even though it's not really halfway yet for a lot of teams). It used to be that many teams...
- Missouri-Kansas City is looking to also consider DI hockey, which would be interesting for a future Summit Conference.
- UPenn trying to resurrect its DI programme by 2025 with endowment money used to upgrade its hockey arena. Supposedly the plan was to be ACHA DI by 2020, which never happened.
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There has been no talk of this locally. Simon Fraser just shut down its football program (raising a huge hue and cry) and the university still lacks basic facilities - no on-campus rink, for example - for a hockey program. The current hockey team plays in the BCIHL, against teams without varsity standing, with a lot of ex Junior B players. None of this screams NCAA-ready.
I have no earthly idea why they keep sending the club to get badly outmatched by NCAA teams. Delusions of grandeur, maybe. But they're nowhere close to being ready to start an NCAA program.
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With Le Moyne’s jump to Division I, could hockey and football be on the way? (5 takeaways)
Le Moyne held an on-campus event on Thursday celebrating its choice to move up to Division I.
- Le Moynes moving all sports to DI and AD wants to bring hockey to the school. The current AD was an executive chair at Atlantic Hockey.
- Keene State is making a DIII men's and women's hockey team.
- Simon Fraser still trying to make a DI NCAA program. They are playing seven DI teams this year including Michigan, BU, BC, CC, Robert Morris, Lake Superior, and LIU.
Maryville Adds Competitive Men’s Club Ice Hockey; John Hogan Named Head Coach - Maryville University Athletics
Maryville University announced that it will add a competitive men's club ice hockey team for the 2018-19 academic year. St. Louis native John Hogan has been named
- Maryville would consider a DI move if the club is successful enough.
Between the Lines: Midseason Report
We're at the traditional halfway point of the season, so it's time to reflect on what's been (even though it's not really halfway yet for a lot of teams). It used to be that many teams...www.collegehockeynews.com
- Missouri-Kansas City is looking to also consider DI hockey, which would be interesting for a future Summit Conference.
- UPenn trying to resurrect its DI programme by 2025 with endowment money used to upgrade its hockey arena. Supposedly the plan was to be ACHA DI by 2020, which never happened.
LeMoyne is in better financial shape than nearly every other school that has raised the possibility of starting a Division I program. That said, they still don't have a rink, and they'd be hamstrung trying to share the War Memorial with the Crunch or SU's tiny rec rink with the SU Women's team.
Maryville saying, "We'll move to Division I if our club is successful enough" is like saying, "I'm going to turn this parking lot into a golf course because a cow jumped over the moon." What do they mean by success? On-ice success? Financial success? Because one of those is easy in club hockey, and one of those is absolutely impossible.
UMKC has been throwing the idea around for a few years. They're nowhere closer than the first time we heard that. Same with Penn, which has a rink, but it's been falling apart for 30 years.
Here's a prediction: Simon Fraser will lose those seven games by a combined score of 73-6.
There is a Global News video talking about Simon Fraser wanting to go DI.
Considering how many schools we currently have as "we would love to make a DI programme," I am honestly starting to believe that the ones who are building their own arenas are in better shape than the majority of these schools. I give Georgia and Arizona more of a chance going DI than the likes of Illinois, UNLV, Rutgers, or any other of these "we want one" nonsense that we keep seeing.
MeHateHe
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Got a link for that? I just spent 20 minutes on Global's site and found nothing. Lots of stories about how they shuttered their football program, though.
