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Yes it can! In today's Times-Union http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story...wsdate=1/1/2004 Q turned an ankle vs. Wagner, didn't practice Wed., and may not play vs. UMBC. Also, Pipikis may apply for a waiver to redshirt, even though he's played more than twenty percent of the games this year.

Since he was hurt before Dec. 28, can Pipikis redshirt? You wouldn't think we'd need him, but if we have injuries like this again next year ...

Yes it was upstairs for 55-60 people, some of them spilling out into the hallway. Don O. said he had to move people out of the way to get into his office.

A stat not in the paper's box score is that PU had only nine turnovers to Albany's 27. The only reason UA led at the half is the Waves shooting 20% in the first. They went to a press in the second to turn the game around.

Janis Pipikis was on crutches at UMass. He fell and injured an MCL at practice Saturday. Supposed to have an MRI Monday, the same day as Jamar's surgery. Still no Hughes sighting. Danes fell behind 21-5 , basically played UMass even the rest of the way, never behind by more than 19, cut it to 5 in the first half, no closer than 11 in the second half. Albany women beat FIU, play Pepperdine tomorrow at 7:00 for the Fun 'n Sun title.

I like that the 19-18 win was in overtime - reminds me of some of our other wins in the last couple years.

We open at Hofstra on a Thursday night (Sept. 2 before Labor Day?) The Fordham schedule says they are at Albany Sept. 11 at 6 pm We are at Brown on Sept. 18 A post on the I-AA board confirms we play @Lehigh on October 2 The return game at Fordham is Nov. 19, 2005 Only once do I remember a preliminary schedule being released earlier than April. Albany doesn't like to release schedules until the signed contract is in hand (the holdup last year). And the Northeast Conference doesn't release the league schedule until Memorial Day. All you can do is check expected opponents and piece the schedule together yourself.

Wrong by about 19 years. This photo was in the 1972 yearbook, and I'm pretty sure that's me just off the left shoulder of the Albany player (Dave Welchons, maybe? statefan might know).

Since Fordham seats 7,000 and they averaged less than 5K last year, they're in no position to offer money for home games or demand 2-for-1 deals.

Over on the Don Hansen forum, "danefan" said Fordham is a home game this year in week 2. I don't know his source. Hofstra will be here in 2005 in what I heard was at least a five-year deal (possibly three-for-two)

In fact, all spring sports schedules have been posted on their U web pages Besides road games at Hopkins, UMass, and Syracuse, we're trying two night lacrosse games at University Field vs. Yale and Bing 2004 Schedule All Times Eastern Record: 0-0 (AE 0-0) MARCH 6 Sat. Manhattan TBA 9 Tue. at Johns Hopkins 3:00 13 Sat. at Delaware 1:00 16 Tue. at Massachusetts 3:00 21 Sun. Drexel TBA 27 Sat. at Quinnipiac* 1:00 APRIL 3 Sat. at UMBC* 1:00 10 Sat. Stony Brook* 1:00 14 Wed. Yale(University Field) 7:00 17 Sat. Vermont* 1:00 21 Wed. at Hartford* 7:00 23 Fri. at Syracuse(Carrier Dome) 7:30 MAY 1 Sat. Binghamton*(University Field) 7:00 5 Wed. America East Semifinals TBA 8 Sat. America East Championship TBA *America East Conference Opponent

No, the pep band should start practice in August (if it's made of staff and alumni) and get their act together during football season. Arrange for a sound system if necessary for outdoors. $iena debuted a pep band at their last game.

Also, Alicia Learn's double-double earns her co-POW

Although we probably should go for 'Purple and Gold' http://www.albany.edu/main/features/2003/0...s/fightsong.mp3 I'm afraid we might not manage much more than sounding the Charge or Boola Boola. But there are recordings of other college fight songs at http://www.netheaduniversity.com/fightsongs.htm 'Three Blind Mice' might work at times too.

Just the box with lineups and stats. In the "Data", Hughes is still out for "family reasons", and Brian DiP. says he might not play until late this month or early January

Attendance tonight 2,512. Even with both baseline bleachers in use, you'd just need a few hundred more to fill in the gaps in the reserved seat section and reach a critical mass where going to a game is an EVENT - a tipping point where a student would be more likely to be asked why he's NOT going to a game, instead of why he is. OTOH, maybe a lot just decided not to travel to NYC and LI for the weekend with the storm tomorrow. Too bad the game wasn't an artistic success, an excrutiating, grinding trial with lots of fouls and turnovers, but a W's better than an L

No, it's Q! St. Hilaire had 13 pts, 14 rbs, many of them offensive. Iati had 16 Jamar Wilson played 34 minutes! 13 pts, radio said he had good moves but was a little slower so far, rusty, and didn't get his usual 4-5 rebounds. Despite spotting Colgate an 8-0 start and a 14-2 start in the 2nd half, Albany still had a 3-pointer to tie at the end. A pretty good effort, but way too many turnovers, rookie mistakes

Well, it's a month before the conference season starts, I'd give him that long. In another story in today's Troy Record, Mari Warner's back on the bench (for 'Burgh HS)

Albany has four NEC first-stringers (OPOY Jones, Gudmundsen, LaRoche, Parks), five second. NEC Release Also, Central Connecticut's coach was fired a week before Thanksgiving New Britain Herald

If you missed the beginning, you didn't miss much, because not for the first time, the broadcast on 980 didn't start until midway thru the first half. At least Iati only had one turnover, let's hope he starts shooting better when he starts playing in smaller gyms (2-8, including several airballs)

Brown quote: " I didn't want to be on SportsCenter tonight watching one of Page's skyline dunks" From the Pittsburgh papers: Post-Gazette Tribune-Review

From the other Pittsburgh paper, mostly on how Brown almost went to Pitt: Tribune-Review

The dance team has been around for a few years, in fact there are at least two teams. The call for pep band volunteers now on the University homepage is calling for alumni and staff as well as students "Because the students leave for the holidays when there are the most number of home games". That's a problem at most schools that schedule a five week break after finals. Both to fill the bleachers and for tactical reasons the pep band should sit behind the visitor's bench.

Chad Wysocki of Hoosick Falls is taking an official visit to UAlbany next week. I missed most of last week's HS semis on Time-Warner. Does anybody feel he might be a QB solution? I don't think any other Division I colleges are recruiting him, although he's gotten D-II and D-III looks.

If you connect the RACC to the PE building, it would also ease the bathroom situation for football, along with the overcrowding of the gym during foul-weather halftimes. Entrance from the parking lot could be for season ticket holders, plus any advance sales and will-calls. If handicap access is required, you don't have to have a ramp, you could put in an electric lift. A bigger problem is that especially during doubleheaders you'd have to keep those areas clear as emergency exits - the exits we have now already limit the crowd to 4,538 (from the fire marshal's sign) even though there are a lot more seats. It's not fair to chartwell's to say they never have hot chocolate at the start of a football game; I distinctly remember a game last year when they did. Unfortunately they didn't have any cups at the time. Knowing the Pounds' food preference, I'm surprised they didn't suggest Ford's Franks, even if they don't have them with Sauers' Kraut.