Get well soon, Charlie Davies

Get well soon, Charlie Davies

Friday, October 26, 2007

Hmm. A new #1 moment perhaps? Just maybe...

So, last night I went to BC women's hockey vs. UNH, where we were appropriately thumped (4-1). But the most jubilant moment EVER occurred just a few hours later as Matt Ryan rallied the football team to a ridiculous, improbable 14-10 win at Lane Stadium. Quite simply, it was the most delirious I have ever been in my life, going from complete and utter heartbreak and shock to absolute glee and pandemonium in a matter of minutes. The only parallel to it was Game 4 of the ALCS in 2004, but at the time I didn't think we could actually win the series, it was just nice to win the game. This was... well... incredible.

After the win, the dorms emptied out in celebration, and my friend Grant led the celebration as he brought his trumpet with him. Fans followed us all the way down to Lower as Grant played 'For Boston' and 'Shipping Up to Boston.' I really can't describe it in words. You had to be there.

Monday, October 22, 2007

G13: Disgrace - BC Men's Hockey 0, North Dakota 0

How embarrassing. 2 blackouts. 2 fog delays. The game was stopped after 2 periods due to unplayable ice conditions.

A very entertaining, hard hitting, high-tempo game was halted at 0-0. All because the dopes in our athletic department didn't address this problem the 9212412124121 other times they were faced with it.

I'm in a much better mood now, a few days later, but I was quite pissed at the time.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

G12: BC Women's Hockey 3, Colgate 0

Brush yer teeth.

BC played a fine game tonight against Colgate to score the win in their home opener.

Fardelmann tallied a goal tonight, which is nice to see. Hopefully she can legitimately become part of the Patty Kaz picture. You never know.

Another shutout for Molly Schaus. Nice.

Men's hockey got off to a frustrating start tonight with a fluky own goal loss in overtime to Michigan. We take on RPI at 5:30 tomorrow.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

One more thing.

I forgot to mention that I went to the Harvard-Brown football game a few weeks ago - the first night game at Harvard Stadium. Good times were had by all.

The stadium is very uncomfortable (big slab o' concrete) but the place is just overflowing with charm and history, and Ivy League sports are fun. The atmosphere reminded me of big-time H.S. sports.

Harvard won an exciting game that was a shootout in the first half and a defensive struggle in the 2nd half. Harvard's win gave me free Roggie's because my tossa friend Grant bet on Brown.



Sunday, October 7, 2007

Catching up

Not many postings lately.

To catch up, since my last post -

BC men's soccer vs. Yale (scoreless tie, 2OT)
BC football vs. Army (win)
BC football vs. UMass (win)
BC football vs. Bowling Green (win)
BC women's hockey @ RPI (win, in overtime)

Nothing too exciting, really, other than the ridiculous 31 point outburst in the 2nd quarter against Bowling Green... wow.

Wasted an entire day watching BC win a crappy hockey game at RPI. But a win's a win.

My first 'road trip review' of the year:
Troy, New York - don't go there.

Although the games have been mostly blah, from the macro perspective, it's been a VERY exciting start to the year:

Most importantly,
Football #4 (WHAT?!?! Jags kicks ass.)

But also -
Men's Hockey #2
Women's Hockey #8
Men's Soccer #6
Women's Soccer #9, undefeated!
Field Hockey #10

Let's keep it rolling. I want some kind of national championship this year. C'mon! I BELIEVE!

THIS WEEK:
Football goes to Notre Dame (Saturday, obviously). Men's Hockey gets started with the IceBreaker out in Minnesota (Friday & Saturday). Women's Soccer @ Miami and @ FSU (Thursday and Sunday). Men's Soccer @ Brown (Wednesday). Women's Hockey's home opener against Colgate (Friday) before heading off to Quinnipiac (Saturday). Field Hockey vs. NU (Saturday).

The Trophy Case: BC's honors during my years at school

  • Men's Basketball
  • 2006 - Commonwealth Classic Winner
  • 2008 - Commonwealth Classic Winner
  • Women's Basketball
  • 2008 - Caribbean Challenge Winners
  • 2008 - Blue Sky Classic Winners
  • Sailing:
  • 2008 - ICSA Women's National Champions
  • 2008 - ICSA Co-Ed National Champions
  • Football:
  • 2006 - Meineke Car Care Bowl Winner
  • 2007 - Ireland Trophy
  • 2007 - ACC Atlantic Division Champions
  • 2007 - Champs Sports Bowl Winner
  • 2008 - Ireland Trophy
  • 2008 - ACC Atlantic Division Champions
  • Men's Soccer:
  • 2007 - ACC Regular Season Champions
  • 2007 - ACC Tournament Champions
  • Women's Soccer:
  • 2006 - Sweet Sixteen
  • 2008 - Sweet Sixteen
  • Women's Hockey:
  • 2007 - Beanpot Champions
  • 2007 - Frozen Four
  • 2009 - Beanpot Champions
  • Men's Hockey:
  • 2007 - Hockey East Tournament Champions
  • 2007 - Frozen Four
  • 2007 - Mariucci Classic Champions
  • 2008 - Beanpot Champions
  • 2008 - Hockey East Tournament Champions
  • 2008 - Frozen Four
  • 2008 - National Champions

Games I Attended in '07-'08

  • Overall: 51-30-11 + 12 non BC + spring football = 105 games
  • Home: 40-25-6 + spring game
  • Away: 4-5-5
  • Neutral: 7-0
  • Non-BC NCAA Games: 12
  • Men's Hockey: 13-6-5
  • Women's BBall: 8-2
  • Football: 6-1 + spring game
  • Baseball: 5-1
  • Softball: 4-0
  • Men's BBall: 6-4
  • Women's Hockey: 8-11-5
  • Men's Soccer: 1-2-1
  • Field Hockey: 0-1
  • Women's Soccer: 0-1

Stadiums/Fields Seen 07-08

  • Total: 20
  • Conte Forum [BC] - (49)
  • Alumni Stadium [BC] - (8)
  • TD Banknorth Garden - (7)
  • Shea Field, Baseball [BC] - (6)
  • Newton Soccer Field [BC] - (6)
  • Walter Brown Arena [BU] - (4)
  • Shea Field, Softball [BC] - (4)
  • Matthews Arena [NU] - (3)
  • DCU Center [Worcester] - (3)
  • Schneider Arena [PC] - (2)
  • Ridder Arena [Minnesota] - (2)
  • UConn Hockey Arena [Conn] - (2)
  • Agganis Arena [BU] - (2)
  • Tsongas Arena [UML] - (1)
  • Whittemore Center [UNH] - (1)
  • Mariucci Arena [Minnesota] - (1)
  • Bright Arena [Harvard] - (1)
  • Harvard Stadium [Harvard] - (1)
  • Newton Field Hockey [BC] - (1)
  • Houston Field House [RPI] - (1)

Games I attended in 06-07

  • OVERALL 67-27-3 = 97 games
  • Football 6-0
  • M Hockey 17-6-1
  • M Basketball 14-4
  • W Hockey 13-6-2
  • W Basketball 6-3
  • Softball 3-1
  • W Soccer 3-1
  • M Soccer 3-1
  • Baseball 2-4
  • W Lax 0-1

Best Moments

  • Men's Hockey, 4/12/08 - National Champs.
  • Football, 10/26/07 - BC rallies with two touchdowns in the last 2:11 to win at Virginia Tech and maintain their #2 ranking. Students spill out of the dorms and have an impromptu celebration all over campus. What a night. WOW.
  • Men's Hockey, 3/30/08 - BC scores 3 goals in 1:58 to come from an 0-2 deficit to a 3-2 lead late in the 2nd against Miami in the NCAA regional final.
  • Men's Hockey, 3/30/08 - Joe Whitney's ridiculous diving goal sends BC to the Frozen Four, beating Miami 4-3 in OT.
  • Men's Hockey, 3/21/08 - Benn Ferriero's 3OT goal caps a comeback against UNH in the Hockey East semifinals at the Garden.
  • Men's Hockey, 2/11/08 - Nick Petrecki's OT goal wins the Beanpot for BC!
  • Football, 9/1/07 - BC scores a touchdown to tie the game at 21 right before half time against Wake. BC wins 38-28
  • Men's Hockey, 11/30/07 - BU goalie Karson Gillespie gets sent to the box by Benedetto for a swan dive... piss-your-pants laughter follows
  • Men's Hockey, 3/15/08 - Nate Gerbe's amazing penalty shot goal makes it 4-0 BC over PC in Game 2 of the HE QFs
  • Men's Hockey, 2/4/08 - Gerbe slays BU in overtime
  • Men's Hockey, 3/22/08 - BC cruises to another Hockey East title, beating UVM 4-0
  • Men's Hockey, 3/29/08 - BC gets past the Gophers 5-2 in the NCAA tournament.
  • Men's Hockey, 3/15/08 - BC sweeps the Friars with a pair of 5-1 wins in the HE QFs to advance to the TD Banknorth Garden.
  • Women's Hockey, 2/29/08 - Eagles top PC 4-2 in the season's penultimate game to keep their playoff hopes alive. Stack with the ENG to ice it with 4 seconds left.
  • Women's Hockey, 1/4/07 - BC kills off a 5-on-3, Lindsay Wright aka CANADA scores a sick goal, and BC upsets #4 SLU 5-2
  • Women's Basketball, 1/6/07 - BC stuns NC State with a thrilling 1 point come-from-behind victory
  • Men's Soccer, 11/9/07 - BC clinches ACC reg. season title with a win at home against VT.
  • Women's Hockey, 01/12/08 - MN native Allie Thunstrom's goal with 1:30 to go gives BC a tie @ #4 Minnesota
  • Men's Hockey, 3/14/08 - BC blitzes Providence early and often en route to 5-1 win in Game 1 of HE QFs at BC
  • Men's Basketball, 12/23/07 - Tyrese Rice knocks down a floater with less than 5 seconds to play to give BC the 57-55 win over Northeastern.
  • Men's Hockey, 1/19/08 - Carl Sneep's goal in the 3rd ties BU 2-2; pandemonium in the student section
  • Football, 11/24/07 - BC finally snaps the long losing streak against the U.
  • Women's Hockey, 2/10/08 - BC's Stack scores in the 2nd to tie UNH 1-1. We lost, but that was a great moment.
  • Women's Basketball, 12/31/07 - Picco nails back to back three pointers as BC wins a thriller against NU
  • Baseball, 5/13/08 - BC rallies from big early deficit to beat UConn.
  • Softball, 3/26/08 - Fence Girl crashes into the fence, Thunstrom scores winning run, BC downs HC 4-3
  • Women's Hockey, 11/29/07 - A clutch goal with under a minute remaining by Stack gives BC a much needed point @ UConn
  • Women's Hockey, 3/15/08 - UNH tops St. Lawrence 3-2 in OT to give Hockey East a representative in the Frozen Four.
  • Men's Hockey, 11/30/07 - BC explodes for a 3-0 1st period lead en route to a 6-2 win over BU
  • Football, 10/7/07 - BC scores 31 points in the 2nd quarter against Bowling Green and rolls to 55-24 win - up to #4 in the country!

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