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Somewhere, Andy Bernard Is Crying To His Banjo

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Sir Hotbod Handsomeface
05/26/09

In reply to Somewhere, Andy Bernard Is Crying To His Banjo
Lacrosse is for douchebags is the new Brady Quinn is gay.
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David Hume
05/26/09

@Sir Hotbod Handsomeface: @xhack: Right on, sirs.

In my experience, the lacrosse crowd was a pickup trucks, chewin' tobacco and going bass fishing after the game crowd.

The only things that were 'popped' were the tabs on Piels tallboys.
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Sir Hotbod Handsomeface
05/26/09

@David Hume: In my lacrosse travels I've seen my share of douchebags, but repeating that point every time a post comes up on the subject is tired and old.

And contrary to popular belief, many non-douchebags play the sport, too. (But acknowledging that will leave many commenters with nothing to say, right?)
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DeepFriar
05/26/09

@Sir Hotbod Handsomeface: If I have to preface every slanderous comment with "in my experience", its not going to be half as funny.

There can be thousands of down-home, good natured kids playing lacrosse, and everyone else will still immediately equate the sport with spoiled Long Island Duke jagoffs.
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Sir Hotbod Handsomeface
05/26/09

@DeepFriar: Feeding the stereotype and repeating overused "jokes" aren't half as funny either.
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DeepFriar
05/26/09

@Sir Hotbod Handsomeface: Overused? Are you sure you're not confusing Deadspin with Jezebel again?
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UpstateUnderdog
05/26/09

In reply to Somewhere, Andy Bernard Is Crying To His Banjo
got ya, college lacrosse is big all over this state.
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Silky John-STON!
05/26/09

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Which of the Gait brothers scored the goal again?
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Sir Hotbod Handsomeface
05/26/09

@Silky John-STON!: Rusty
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Hatey McLife
05/26/09

In reply to Somewhere, Andy Bernard Is Crying To His Banjo
dodge the goalie and sneak in a bouncer.

Usually, privileged white college kids are not happy when this happens, and it ends up costing them a week's allowance to straighten it out.
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Nick
05/26/09

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Soon after, Cody Jamieson scored early in the overtime and, of course, Syracuse won. No way Cornell was going to rally after a failed clear, a missed ground ball, a catch in traffic, an over-the-shoulder pass tipped by a defender right into the stick of the game-winning sniper, who still needed to dodge the goalie and sneak in a bouncer.

That was beautiful.
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MarkKelsosMigraine
05/26/09

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It's Moyer. Twenty seconds left.

This is like my personal play by play of Bill Moyers interviews with Joseph Campbell.
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ArkansasFred
05/26/09

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I liked lacrosse better in the old days, when Jim Brown would say something incendiary about white people at halftime.
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Disco Choo
05/26/09

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Lacrosse: hockey for the gays.

/I can't ice skate.
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Sir Hotbod Handsomeface
05/26/09

@Chris Ethel Berman: So Wayne Gretzky was bisexual? Huh.
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UpstateUnderdog
05/26/09

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The NCAA men's lacrosse champions from Div 1, 2, 3 and even the JuCo national champs are all from NY

Not a good day to be a New Yorker
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ClueHeywood
05/26/09

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Congratulations to Syracuse for winning the JoS A. Bank Cup, presented by Brooks Brothers and Vineyard Vines.
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Doug Dascenzo's Only Fan
05/26/09

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Syracuse was unimpressed by Cornell's ironic "Ithaca is Gorges" shirts.
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Gourmet Spud
05/26/09

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From this day forward, anyone who hangs around the net while the play is downfield shall be referred to as "Orange Picker".
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xhack
05/26/09

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I may be one of the only people who follow both college lacrosse and college hockey but just in case I'm not: anyone else think this was an almost paralell to the Frozen Four championship game?

Heavy favorite steals victory in the last minutes from the underdog.
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SynicVance2.0
05/26/09

@xhack: Two schools no one cares about playing sports that no one cares about on ESPN 2. I see the similarities.

Anybody else think the lacrosse goalie is the most ridiculous position in sports? Honestly, you get a fish net to stop the ball and you have no pads to make yourself wider. I predict there's gonna be an onslaught of really fat lacrosse goalies.
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SwatLax
05/26/09

@SynicVance2.0: Another former college goalie here... wondering how you define "ridiculous?"

If you mean "ridiculously awesome," then I agree. If anything else, then you need to explain yourself.
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SynicVance2.0
05/26/09

@SwatLax: I mean ridiculous as in it's such a tough position that it is comical that they expect someone to stop a shot with a fish net. The goalie's best weapon is a white circle that prevents the offensive player from gettin too close to the net.
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SwatLax
05/26/09

@SynicVance2.0: I don't follow your logic?

What kind of average save percentage would you prefer? The best goalies tend to average around 60-65% at the D1 level - and might save 80% against equal competition when they have a career day. The worst struggle to average 50%.

Is hitting in baseball ridiculous because .300 is a good average? Is shooting a 3-pointer in basketball ridiculous because 63% is a NCAA record?

I'm beyond sarcasm here, back to just being curious. Obviously I'm biased because it was something I put serious time into, but, to me, a great lacrosse save is as entertaining to watch as any plan in sports. So I'm interested if you've really watched much/any lacrosse or seen a good goalie in action.
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DeepFriar
05/26/09

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As a white male of European descent who was raised in Fairfield County, CT and attended a small northeastern liberal arts college - allow me to be the first to say "lacrosse is for douchebags"
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David Hume
05/26/09

@xhack: Rooting for Syracuse in Lax is like rooting for the Roadrunner to beat the Coyote.

I love watching those Acme Rocket Skates malfunction.
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Quake 'n' Shake
05/26/09

@DeepFriar: I never saw a lacrosse game or knew a lacrosse player prior to attending college in Upstate NY. It took me all of 3 days my freshman year to reach the same conclusion.
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UpstateUnderdog
05/26/09

@Quake 'n' Shake: If you don't mind me asking, what school?
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wonderlic---myballs
05/26/09

@DeepFriar: I'm sure all of the douchebaggery you've run into in Fairfield County and a liberal arts school in the northeast are reserved strictly for lax players. Head down to the Loft or Black Bear in SoNo next time you're home.

I see your point, but have run into quite a few total jerkoffs in those capacities you described that didn't have a lacrosse affiliation.
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DeepFriar
05/26/09

@wonderlic---myballs: it's true, the douchebaggery is more a product of the upbringing than the sport of choice. As a douchebag myself, I am well suited to judge.
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Ronnie Woo Woo
05/26/09

@DeepFriar: as a former college lacrosse player, this is a very close-minded statement that tends to be repeated here frequently. I had great times, and have many great friends from those teams to this day. If that makes me a "douche bag"...so be it. Since I played club level for a midwestern University, our teams were not comprised of any priviledged snots. Regardless if it was, the game is a fucking blast to play and watch.
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DeepFriar
05/26/09

@Ronnie Woo Woo: and just to close the thread, I watched the entire second half of this game and was glad it was televised.
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Kid Canada
05/26/09

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Lacrosse is the co-national sport of Canada, and yet I understood next to nothing of No way Cornell was going to rally after a failed clear, a missed ground ball, a catch in traffic, an over-the-shoulder pass tipped by a defender right into the stick of the game-winning sniper, who still needed to dodge the goalie and sneak in a bouncer.
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DeepFriar
05/26/09

@Kid Canada: I just figured he was talking about soccer
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