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Subject: Re: Columbia to race for hwt crew national championship tomorrow! Author: Cougar 7 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 18:55:44 06/11/08 Wed In reply to: ungvar 's message, "Columbia to race for hwt crew national championship tomorrow!" on 20:42:44 06/06/08 Fri The "distant 6th place finisher" you mentioned was only two seconds behind the fourth place finisher. How can you disparage Columbia's performance in the finals over a two second difference. Most important, the Columbia Heavyweight Crew was the only Ivy League Crew to qualify for the Grande Final. Clearly, Columbia deserves to be in the Henley Regatta. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Re: Columbia to race for hwt crew national championship tomorrow! Author: internetter [Edit] Date Posted: 19:41:38 06/11/08 Wed Sat, Mar 29 RUTGERS (Collins Cup) V: 1st of 2 Sat, Apr 05 MIT, HOLY CROSS (Alumni Cup)V: 1st of 3 Sat, Apr 12 Princeton, Penn (Childs Cup)V 8: 2nd of 3 Sat, Apr 19 Yale, Penn (Blackwell Cup) V: 1st of 3 Sun, Apr 20 Navy (Maxwell Stevenson Cup - V: 1st of 2 Sat, Apr 26 Boston U., Syracuse V: 1st of 3

[> [> [> Subject: Thanks Internetter! Author: Lion Rooter [Edit] Date Posted: 21:52:12 06/11/08 Wed Well, that just takes the proverbial cake. I have seen some smack tossed our way, but this beats all. We are in the Henley, one of the most prestigious sporting events. Plus it is a great experience for these Columbia Student Athletes. No one can tell what the final outcome will be - so you can surmise that Columbia won't do well, but that remains to be seen. More sour grapes from some posters... a bumper crop in fact. FYI - I posted the "let's not post anymore" during the NCAA baseball tournament. I was disappointed with the overall results, but very proud of our team getting to the tournament at all. How far to other Ivy teams to in say, basketball? Aside from Princeton beating UCLA - lately? It could be that Dr. Murphy's efforts on behalf of Columbia athletics are bearing fruit, and yes, it appears that some people can't stand that. Fellow posters - check the rules on the top of this web site. Show some class! regards, Lion Rooter

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Thanks Internetter! Author: internetter [Edit] Date Posted: 22:26:03 06/11/08 Wed Too bad that the official Ivy website hasn't posted an article on the Henley invitation even though the Columbia AD website has had the release since yesterday. Spec's, which has been updated occasionally, also has nothing on it, both as of 2:30PM, ET, 6/11.

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Thanks Internetter! Author: Cornell Lightweights Too [Edit] Date Posted: 22:34:05 06/11/08 Wed The Cornell lightweights, who reached the finals of Henley two of the last trhee years, are also going for the fourth straight year. They have won three straight IRA national titles, the first program to ever do that.

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Thanks Internetter! Author: internetter [Edit] Date Posted: 22:49:03 06/11/08 Wed Not only does the Ivy site fail to note the BR lights going to Henley but the Cornell AD page, too! Maybe the latter is on vacation since the last story is dated June 2.

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Thanks Internetter! Author: foehi [Edit] Date Posted: 04:31:24 06/12/08 Thu Not to rain on the magnificent accomplishments of the Columbia crew, but there are Ivy boats at Henley every year. It is hardly noteworthy.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Thanks Internetter! Author: cu dad [Edit] Date Posted: 04:52:34 06/12/08 Thu If you can post about Penn's womens lax we'll post about crew.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Thanks Internetter! Author: Roar [Edit] Date Posted: 05:10:08 06/12/08 Thu We should all know by now that Foehi is an incorrigible character who thrives on the reactions he gets from Lion fans. Best to ignore him.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Thanks Internetter! Author: Chet Forte (in defense of foehi) [Edit] Date Posted: 16:59:26 06/12/08 Thu I have seen enormous growth in foehi in recent months. While it is true that his views toward Columbia have in the past bordered on the pathological, I have sensed a sort of cri de coeur about the recent mediocrity of Penn athletics, masked by a rather mild upbraiding of Columbia fans. Progress in some cases comes in small, indeed infantile, steps.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Thanks Internetter! Author: foehi [Edit] Date Posted: 03:06:39 06/13/08 Fri Harumph. What you are sensing is a cri de spleen about Penn athletics which have been not mediocre but crappy lately. Bilski has been in the job too long. New blood is needed. We are becoming Columbiaesque

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Thanks Internetter! Author: CU_88 [Edit] Date Posted: 04:14:40 06/13/08 Fri Don't forget that you hired from Columbia your director of admissions. Roar Quaker Roar.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Thanks Internetter! Author: foehi [Edit] Date Posted: 06:19:07 06/13/08 Fri I will remember this while from the dog's mouth I remove my sock.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Thanks Internetter! Author: Chet Forte (chin up foehi!) [Edit] Date Posted: 16:18:51 06/13/08 Fri You have a lot of real fans out there who feel your pain. And your grace under pressure of late has been a standard to which all of us should be measured.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Thanks Internetter! Author: Sr Punter [Edit] Date Posted: 19:11:03 06/13/08 Fri It's a big deal to those who are participating! Am I correct that in the understanding that the "Ivy" Rowing Champ is usually determined at the Eastern Sprints?

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Thanks Internetter! Author: Princeton Fan [Edit] Date Posted: 19:30:29 06/13/08 Fri We went over this in the thread in which you and I debated whether it made more sense for the winner of the varsity eight race (Yale) or the overall points winner at the NCAA championship (Brown) to be designated "NCAA champion." The "Ivy League champion" is always determined by the varsity eight race at Eastern sprints. If the winner is a non-Ivy team, then the next highest finishing Ivy team is the "Ivy League champion." Furthermore, the nine members of that specific crew, including the cox, are designated "First-Team All-Ivy." The overall points winner at Easterns receives the Rowe Cup but is not called the meet champion. In dual meets, both the "winner" of the meet and the Cup being contested go to the winner of the varsity eight race, not the overal points winner. So the practice of the NCAA meet truly is an outlier.