JonUA97
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Daneguy and myself (both recovering from a depressing train ride home Thursday night) and 10 of our closest friends (all fans of the furry dane) are in the Crown Plaza downtown right now. See you all at 1pm hoops and if I were a betting man I'd say we will see you at the tailgate.
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I have to agree with Daneguy here (I hate doing that). I knew what I posted earlier this week would set this off but again, knowing how many folks that are admitted to the bar around here, I think that we would all agree that we need to take a breath, let the due process take course and heed the advise of ATL.
As far as when our program became big time, I think it was right around the time they headed down to Delaware and opened a can of Great Dane whoop-ass on the Blue Hens. That put the program on the map for sure.
OT- UAlbany09 check your PM.
Just remember to breathe before you post (I can't belive that I just said that)
See you all for homecoming this weekend!
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Not for nothing and I know that I am going to get smoked from the flames after people read what I am about to say.
Does anyone find it strange that the DA (David Soanes) and the Guilderland Police Chief (Murley), both people might I add could not investigate their way out of a paper bag were able to make an arrest so quickly? I know that the State Police Lab is right next door but even if a kit is done 24 hours is rather rapid turnaround time. I would ask that everyone reserve judgment here of both the accuser and the accused. As mentioned in earlier posts about a Lacrosse program and their problems, I think that the arrest trigger was pulled rather quickly. Let's face it no other reported rape on campus has ever been handled this quickly.
ATL Dane said it best, let's just step back and take a breath. I just have a weird feeling about this one, there is going to be more than meets the eye.
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If I can get over there I'm going to try and put a glass up against the door and I'll report back
Short of that I would not expect to hear much about what is said there. I know that with Admiral Ryan's background, "Loose lips, sinks ships"
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I might be seeing things but did the athletic department lower the price of Reserved Child Season tickets from 50 to 30?
Also I like the 5 game reserved package of Bucknell, VCU, St. Bon, UNH and Bing (BPG). I think $35 dollars ($7 a game) is a good price this could appeal to alot of Alumni who don't live in the area.
Not for nothing the hardcore alumni that live out of the area still get a full season!
But I think that some of my other friends would have considered the $35 package had I not gotten the 4 seats this year.
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College SportsERIK BOLAND'S PICKS
SBU enjoys conference
ERIK BOLAND
October 6, 2006
Last week: 2-2; this season: 16-6.
ALBANY (3-2, 1-0 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE)
AT STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY (1-4, 1-0)
Tomorrow, 2 p.m.
Radio: WUSB (90.1 FM).
The matchup: Albany lost, 23-21, last week at Cornell, but has notched impressive victories against Lehigh, Central Connecticut and, most significantly, Delaware. Albany has been average on offense (16.2 ppg), but is impressive on defense, allowing only 14.4 ppg. Stony Brook, by comparison, is scoring 11.6 ppg and giving up 30.2 ppg. No team was happier than Stony Brook to have conference play begin and it showed in last week's 36-17 victory over previously unbeaten Monmouth. Interesting statistic of the week: Despite its punishing non-conference schedule, Stony Brook is plus-3 in turnover ratio with six turnovers compared to nine for the opposition. Say this for the Seawolves, they are not careless with the ball.
The lowdown: A victory here against the conference's preseason No.1 team on its homecoming day would suddenly push Stony Brook into favorite status to repeat as champions. Why the heck not?
The pick: Stony Brook.
Newsday is a rag of a paper and I value their opinion just above The Star and the National Enquirer.
They are just a bunch of homers!
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I can't agree more with this post. It is clear that Lee has the vision to move this program forward. I must admit the loss of Kermit Hall is huge. I hope that when we find a new President he has the same vision as Lee to take this program forward.
Let's face it, without a conference SBU is going to be in Deep Scoobie Poop. I can't imagine what kind of scheduling nightmare that will be. How many home games are you going to get late in the season in Stony Brook, NY?
Shirley Strum has a different leadership style and she lets her AD push her around (IMHO), there is no way that any sane President would let this happen.
Like Siena...
Stony Brook Still Sucks!
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1) Very good point about Fordie. With a 1A job comes hot coaching prospects. With top end coaching prospects comes top end $alaries, a top 1A staff has about 15 guys all making 6 figures (a good friend of mine is on the staff at Purdue) and that does not include the 500K-1,000,000 the HC makes.. Unfortunatly Albany is cheap. They would not pay big $ to a top end guy and that would lead us down a Buffalo path....we need to be careful with this eventual transition. A top end guy (and I don't mean Chuck Priore....sorry Chuck) will be needed for recruits etc.
2) But as far as student body, location, and local community I think a mid tier 1A team would be a great draw and would do well and more importantly it would be MUCH bigger then Siena hoops. Obviously games with Penn State(Think of that crowd), Syracuse, Army, Rutgers, UCONN, and Buffalo.
Small steps toward a greater goal. We need a respectable facility first.
That should be goal number one.
The draw for a Penn State, SU, Rutgers game would be great but how many people want to sit on a hill?
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Did someone go to the hall of fame area outside the gym area for these stats? lol How has OHS Football done so far this year?1977 Oceanside Conference I Championship on LI... (only title I know of)
only big name player to come out of the Sailors program was LI's own Jay Fiedler (1989)
AND NOW BRENDAN THAT YOU HAVE ME IN A FIX:
BOYS BASKETBALL:
COUNTY CHAMPIONS:
1958-59, 1960-61
BOYS SOCCER:
County Champs:
1958, 1963, 1968 to 1972, 1984, 1992, 1997, 2000
LI Titles in:
1968 to 1971,
SOFTBALL:
COUNTY CHAMPS:
1981, 1995, 1996
BOYS LACROSSE:
COUNTY CHAMPS:
1996
BASEBALL:
LEAGUE CHAMPS:
46,47,49,53,59,60,61, 64,65,71,72,73,79,82, 84,87,88,00,01,04
COUNTY TITLES:
1959,2000,2001,2004
LI TITLES:
2000,2004
State Titles:
2000
If you can not tell, me and b9j are both from Oceanside, NY
Oceanside is known for Baseball and soccer, and they have just built an unbelievable football field now.
This is out of control but if my memory serves me correctly, NYS Class A Baseball Champs 1993 (the year after I graduated) and County Champs in 1997
I don't have all of the records but I will make a trip to the gym sometime this week.
Either way the facility at East Meadow is better than the one at UA.
Must be those high school tax bills we pay down here...
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To bad OHS will always get killed compared to Freeport, Baldwin etc.
GD84 and all Jewish posters on this board happy new year.
Look out for Daneguy and my East Meadow Jets.
#4 in the Long Island Newsday Poll this week.
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DAMMIT! I had a UDel Alum get me tickets and no one wanted to take the trip with me.
Maybe it is better, I could have been "The Mush" if I went.
GREAT DANES DO IT DOGGY STYLE!!!
daneguy04- we should have gone!
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Yes, I got tickets thru the athletic dept. The game is sold out (or, they announced there were only 100 tickets left this morning). Already invited to some UD fans tailgate. Driving down tomorrow. Should be fun
I have a UDel alum hooking me up with tickets but as of right now (11pm Friday) no travel partner.
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IDK if anyone ever goes on this link but according to the UA Online ticket office both Courtside and Chairback Season and Single Tickets are sold out. I'm not sure I ever remember this happening. And the best thing is its only September and the schedule has yet to come out.
2006-07 Men's and Women's Basketball
Season Tickets
Courtside $250 SOLD OUT
Chairback $150 SOLD OUT
Reserved $100
Reserved Child $50*
*Children 12 and under, includes Little Danes Club Membership
2006-07 Men's and Women's Basketball
Gameday Tickets
Courtside $25 SOLD OUT
Chairback $10 SOLD OUT
Reserved $8
Reserved Child $1(Children 12 and Under)
UAlbany Student Tickets are Free with valid ID
I have a hard time believing the woman have sold out, but more power.
So, that means we have 1400+ seats sold already (650 chairbacks on either side, plus about 75 courtside)? That is pretty damned good. Heck, if we can get 1000 students to the games, very doable BTW, and about 700-1000 walk up, also very doable, we should have a near filled barn each game....nice progress.
We SHOULD average 3800 a game....shooting for sellouts. If this team can jell quickly...and the rooks are as good as advertised, a BUCKNELL win would be HUGE for the school; THE Capital District residents are BASKETBALL SAVVY and know the significence of beating a Top 30-35 team like Bucknell.
A loss...would be similar to that of Fordham as far as spirit goes.
I am going to get my old seats back this year but will only be able to make a limited number of games. Most of the weekeday games are going to be out. I just can't get up there and back in time to be at work.
But every weekend and holiday game is fair game.
So if you need 2 for a weekday game. I'm your guy.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (August 31, 2006) -- The University at Albany applicant pool for the 2006-07 calendar year surpassed 18,000—a 12 percent increase in freshmen applications above last year and a record number for UAlbany. From that, the University enrolled 2,350 freshmen to the class of 2010—200 fewer students than last year's record class of 2,556.
The smaller class allowed UAlbany to be more selective in admissions, with an acceptance rate of 55 percent, down from 63 percent. As a result, the class has a higher mean GPA of 89.6, compared to 88.5 last year, with a mean SAT of 1146. The University also received a record 4,710 transfer applications and expects to enroll 1,400 new transfer students this fall. Total enrollment is expected to increase 2.1 percent with a projection of 17,399 combined undergraduate and graduate students.
89.6??? I'd be posting on some other site if that was the case back in my day.
Thankfully those were not the standards when I applied.
I might have wound up at Siena!
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JonUA97
To me the home team and Booing Siena are 2 separate issues.
To me the home team is determined by who's season ticket holders get the good seats. Hopefully, on the next contract it will be changes to a neutral setting like a bowl game or we will get the good seats at least once.
It doesn't matter where the game is to BOO Siena. And with it being their home game, in theory I will have to boo Siena louder to drown out their fans. Well some things work better in theory than in practice, since it had to embarrass them that we outdrew them on their home court last year and had the louder fans even though we lost in OT. I can't wait to see how silent their fans get when we start beating them regularly like we do in almost all other sports.
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Any seat at an Albany game is a good seat.
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Saturday 11/11 Bucknell (H) Confirmed By Buck Website
Friday 11/17 Delaware (H) Confirmed By UD Website
Tuesday 11/21 Sacred Heart (A) Confirmed By SHU Website
Sunday 11/26 UConn (A) Confirmed By UCONN Website
Saturday 12/2 Siena (A) Confirmed By Siena Poster Still waiting on Website
Wednesday 12/6 VCU (H) Confirmed By VCU Website
Saturday 12/9 Brown (H) Confirmed By Website
Tuesday 12/12 Harvard (A) Confirmed By UH Website
Saturday 12/16 St. Bon (H) Confirmed By SBU Website
Friday 12/22 Cornell (A) Confirmed By CU Website
Thursday 12/28 Utah (A) Confirmed By Utah Website
Saturday 12/30 UVSC (A) Confirmed By UVSC Website
So we are just waiting for the Siena game to be announced and then the AE in probably October at this rate. I definitly like what I see, we will have 3 days to prepare for UConn this time, we should be well rested. Imagine how much confidence we would have if we could be (3-0) going in against UConn?
The only thing away about that game is that those dinosaurs will be there with their ugly sweaters.
As far as I'm concerned, it is in ALBANY not Loudenville.
Home game.
BOO SIENA!
HOORAY BEER!
Like a black hole...
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Well my friends of the furry Dane. Apparently we have lost some ground in the Party School rankings.
Accoring to The Princeton Review UAlbany is ranked BELOW UNH at #19.
What happened? UAlbany09? Take some of those youngsters to the bar!
I am shocked and appalled to see that we are outside of the top 3.
Those of us who made the road trip to Philly know what I'm talking about.
There is no party like a Great Dane Party!
As a side note, I'm glad to see that the Catamonts are not getting as high as they used to.
As an edit to a previous post I guess I'm glad that we still make the list.
I know that our beloved President was not so fond of our prior ranking.
Raise a glass to Kermit Hall!
Siena Still Sucks
My plan is to put Everclear, Gatorade, and Red Bull in a Camelback when I go to the Siena game this year. Then, I'm going to try to get into one of those half-time competitions where you do something gay like throw clothes into a laundry bin. But only, I won't be doing that. My goal will be to charge the Siena mascot and beat the crap out of him right on the court in front of 10,000 people. That'll get us back to number 1. "Drunk UAlbany Student Assaults Siena Mascot". Oh yeah.
I'll bring my checkbook so we can post bail....
I'm sure that you could find a lawyer or two hanging around these parts...
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I got the alcohol covered, we get along quite nicely. As for reading, why should I bother when I know that I have you guys to do it for me...my forte with Great Dane hoops is more focused on vulgar chants and mooning the Vermont bus right before the AE championship!!!!!
As heard doing 55 MPH plus coming out of the Exit 24 toll barrier on Saturday March 11th, 2006...
JL: "Hey guys I think that the Catamont bus is right next to us"
SW: "Should I moon them?"
JL with rest of car: "Duh! You have to moon them!"
I guess it would be too much to expect the Mooning guy to get with the "RIF" program. Nor would you expect the guy who encourages the Mooning guy to do so either.
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I had to read it a few times too. Must be something in the Long Island water...
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(and that does not mean that Scott is Still Stupid)
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Well my friends of the furry Dane. Apparently we have lost some ground in the Party School rankings.
Accoring to The Princeton Review UAlbany is ranked BELOW UNH at #19.
What happened? UAlbany09? Take some of those youngsters to the bar!
I am shocked and appalled to see that we are outside of the top 3.
Those of us who made the road trip to Philly know what I'm talking about.
There is no party like a Great Dane Party!
As a side note, I'm glad to see that the Catamonts are not getting as high as they used to.
As an edit to a previous post I guess I'm glad that we still make the list.
I know that our beloved President was not so fond of our prior ranking.
Raise a glass to Kermit Hall!
Siena Still Sucks
Coach Brown/AD Benson Thread
in Winter Sports-Danes Hoops, Track
Posted · Edited by JonUA97
I've been dormant here for quite a while, I must say that I'm not thrilled about this at all but I know that WB will land on his feet.
This however is the last straw for me with MB. I feel like he never made an effort with middle donors and that we were taken for granted as "loyal fans" but our pockets were not deep enough for him. Sad thing is that many members of the Sec 600 crew are now in the position to be giving at a higher level and we are probably going to balk at it.
His public lashing of SM over the TK1 Insta fiasco where he was "compelled to publicly repudiate" SM's statement about the NCAA Monopoly showed what he is about. Matter could have easily been dealt with SM releasing an apology statement that says he was acting rashly and responding emotionally and discussed the matter with internal UA staff. Instead MB grandstanded instead of standing my Marr. FOH MB, low class move.
So for me this was a dead issue a long time ago, but this gong show just solidified it for me and most of 600 crew, We will continue to support teams but it will be limited to one or two hoops games a year and Lax when my kids aren't playing at their respective schools.