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Re: Men's Lax selected in Top-20 in Pre-season Poll -- Running Man, 09:27:34am 12/23/05 Fri, [1]
Stagnation, you are absolutely right in your assessment. For years I lived in Wilton, Ct. My kids went to the high school here. Each year the school would unfurl a new state championship lacrosse banner and make a big fuss about it. I always chuckled when this happened. What was rarely mentioned was that all Wilton had to do was to beat New Canaan to win that championship. The sport was not state sanctioned because there were not enough schools participating (you needed at least 25) and those that did participate did not know a lacrosse ball from a soccer ball(Except for Wilton and New Canaan). Contrast that with Cross Country in this state where no fewer than 150 schools field teams. Just telling it like it is. Having said that Good Luck to the Stags.
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Re: Men's Lax selected in Top-20 in Pre-season Poll -- ghostman, 10:04:51am 12/23/05 Fri, [1]
More telling it like it is:
George Carlin says it's not a sport, it's a "faggot college activity".
I like the game, but in pecking order, i'd place it far down the NCAA line.
I'd rank the sports:
1)BCS Leagues Football
2)Basketball
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8)Non-BCS League D-1 football
9)Baseball
10) Everything Else
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Re: Men's Lax selected in Top-20 in Pre-season Poll -- Stagophile, 10:27:10am 12/23/05 Fri, [1]
Nice guys, very nice...we finally have a winning sports program at Fairfield and you decide to knock it down and put it in its proper place. I don't understand the mentality. Maybe we do deserve to have a mediocre athletics programs, afterall we seem to have difficulty embracing success.
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I'm with you Stago -- campion109, 10:56:06am 12/23/05 Fri, [1]
guys - go to a lacrosse game on campus! They're awesome; the students are rowdy, there's tailgating and they get A+ opponents to come to campus. I am with the Phile here, guys. It is a SIGNIFICANT accomplishment for the program, one that the others SHOULD USE as a model of success...
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Re: I'm with you Stago -- FU73, 01:38:45pm 12/23/05 Fri, [1]
ANY Stag sport that gets national recognition should make us all feel proud, not just the team but alumni, students and the school. Who really cares if someone has to "put into perspective" so we can all understand it better? Nationally ranked is still better than not nationally ranked last time I looked. I would guess that a lot of Div 1 Lax teams would like to be Fairfield and beaten the teams that we beat.
Why do the Lax home games get such a rowdy student turnout? Is it that it is "home" on the campus(Alumni Hall vs. AHY), is it more fun because of the tailgating, is it because they are successful, is it more fun and exciting than b-ball for the students, is it just easier for the students to get to? Should the AD, SID and the promtion people looked into all this including the LAX parent's website to find out why and maybe apply this towards b-ball if appicable?
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Re: I'm with you Stago -- JoeStag, 02:04:37pm 12/23/05 Fri, [1]
I think what is signigicant about this Top-20 ranking is that we got it without even playing a game...... thats what happens to Big schools all the time, they get respect. Why did we get this respect????? Certainly from our accomplishments, but also because of the league we play in. We could not have got this type of pre-season recognition if we were still in MAAC Lacrosse.
I would agree that being top 20 in Lacrosse is probably as signifant as being top 100 in Basketball, but that isnt really the point. This Lacrosse team has made major strides over the years, with great accomplishments on the field and strategically positioning themselves in leagues (GWLL and ECAC) to get them in this position. IMO, this league shiftingnhas been a big benefit for the Stags.
And now tht we are in a very good league, we can do what all big schools do in Basketball
- play all the tough games in conference
- schedule easy OOC teams at beginning of the season to build a nice record
- and have recruits come to you door step because you play in a high level league
And this ranking was not just accomplished from last years results, it has been a result of many fine seasons. Just to put this in persepctive of what level the team is at now...... here is aquote from the year 2000 on our Lacrosse team. "Fairfield is currently 28-1 all-time in MAAC play, winning every MAAC title since the league's inception in 1996". I guess that our 28-1 MAAC record was not impressive back in 2000, as we were never in Top-20.
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Student turnout at Lax games -- JoeStag, 02:16:56pm 12/23/05 Fri, [1]
I think students or anybody will show up if its a big game and a meaningfull game.... no matter what the sport. The difference with Lax is that it has played a lot of Big games because they have been good and been playing teams like Notre Dame in critical contests. But students have shown up for Soccer, W-volleyball vs Notre dame a few years ago, and Womes's Hoops senior night for Strumpf and Tapley, and Men's hoop games vs Manhattan and NIT-BC.
On campus surely helps, but Lax also had games last year where they drew 54 and 79 fans.
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