Game against Yale

[HOF2013]

12 turnovers first half and we are tied!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jimbo]

Tuned in long enough to see them go from down 13-9 to 15-9. Speed and talent…no match at the moment. 

[dslyank]

Did not see game; but reading inside lax had UA leading or tied for pretty much all of first 35 minutes; before falling apart and/or Yale just turned it up a notch or two?  Inside  also said UA could have been up even more except for 12 first half TO’s like Hof said.

Think/HOPE good early showing gets carried over to Sunday and UA takes care of business against Merrimack. Hope late collapse does not cause UA to be down or play badly in a trap game!

[bob87]

Merrimack is a huge game .

Great danes win would be sole possession of first.  A Merrimack win would be a messy 6 way tie at 4-2

 

[cwdickens]

Where is the thread for today's game?  LOL, place is falling apart.

Time to raise some money for a full-time thread starter.

Edited April 21 by cwdickens
adding amusement

[jimbo]

I watched a good bit of the game. Real chippy. Slow start but hot through 2 and 3. Good win. 

[dslyank]

14 hours ago, jimbo said:

watched a good bit of the game. Real chippy.

Had at least 3 skirmishes. Each time UA got the worse of the penalties assessed, even though it seemed incidents were started by mack [hard to tell because off camera mostly.] Same thing happened last year @ UA and as I recall fight broke out after final whistle. Merrimack two time DII champion before upgrade to DI, seem to be trying to bull their way into next level. I think next year they go back to NorthEast Conference. Good riddance; but would not mind seeing them knock off Bryant next week.

[cwdickens]

2 hours ago, dslyank said:

Had at least 3 skirmishes. Each time UA got the worse of the penalties assessed, even though it seemed incidents were started by mack [hard to tell because off camera mostly.] Same thing happened last year @ UA and as I recall fight broke out after final whistle. Merrimack two time DII champion before upgrade to DI, seem to be trying to bull their way into next level. I think next year they go back to NorthEast Conference. Good riddance; but would not mind seeing them knock off Bryant next week.

Huge skirmish at end of the game last year .... involved University Police, refs, coaches and I believe Vic got involved. So no surprise to me yesterday,

[statefan]

3 hours ago, dslyank said:

 Good riddance

I agree.  I think they go into MAAC next year.  Very poor decision by America East leadership to take them in for these 2 years.

Interesting aspect yesterday was that audio (outside of the announcer) was clearly from the UAlbany section.

[jimbo]

3 hours ago, dslyank said:

Had at least 3 skirmishes. Each time UA got the worse of the penalties assessed, even though it seemed incidents were started by mack [hard to tell because off camera mostly.] Same thing happened last year @ UA and as I recall fight broke out after final whistle. Merrimack two time DII champion before upgrade to DI, seem to be trying to bull their way into next level. I think next year they go back to NorthEast Conference. Good riddance; but would not mind seeing them knock off Bryant next week.

A UA player got laid out on an illegal check about three minutes in. I thought that set the tone. UA absolutely scorched Merrimack on face offs and ground balls. Lots of extra opportunities. 

[cwdickens]

1 hour ago, statefan said:

I agree.  I think they go into MAAC next year.  Very poor decision by America East leadership to take them in for these 2 years.

Interesting aspect yesterday was that audio (outside of the announcer) was clearly from the UAlbany section.

The game announcer acknowledged the UAlbany contingent and their ability to make themselves heard.  Shout out to the moms, dads and families of UAlbany MLAX.