View Full Version : Virginia vs. Princeton
viewburner
03-08-2006, 07:55 AM
WHOs going to take the Princeton UVA game this Sunday??
Formerlaxdemon
03-08-2006, 09:30 AM
Although I despise them, it is clear that UVa will win this Sunday.
MeRattack
03-08-2006, 09:32 AM
the game of the year will definantly be maryland-uva
wilsontopowell
03-08-2006, 03:57 PM
the game of the year will definantly be maryland-uva
true that, i think virgina wins in this matchup, to strong of an offense
GeneLax
03-08-2006, 04:38 PM
Although I despise them, it is clear that UVa will win this Sunday.
I'm curious, why do you despise them?
stinisonfire
03-08-2006, 05:27 PM
Lax demon, why do you despise Virginia? Did they beat you up and steal your lunch money when you were younger? Or are you just one of those people who dislike one of the top ranked teams?
WHOs going to take the Princeton UVA game this Sunday??
I'm probably going to be there. Look for an asian kid in a green Montgomery Lacrosse cap, although you probably won't see me.
MeRattack
03-08-2006, 05:38 PM
formerlaxdemon stated that he was a diehard navy fan...but i say go hoos
MNM19
03-08-2006, 06:01 PM
UVA
lalalalala
BioPro29
03-08-2006, 06:07 PM
Princeton plays great team defense, but UVA has too much firepower. Also, i don't think Princeton will be able to score much.
Formerlaxdemon
03-08-2006, 07:05 PM
For clarification purposes, my opinion of UVa has naught to do with ability, players, coaches, or anything of that nature. I happen to be a die-hard Navy fan plain and simple. I am not completely biased either. I happen to see UVa as having a powerful team this year that will most likely succeed where they failed last season, and could, though not to my wishes, win the championship if they are able to continue their season the way it has begun. So this is more of a Navy fan who does not like UVa for the sole reason that they are UVa and not Navy. Nothing personal. Just preference. But I remain objective and feel that contrary to a statement I made several months ago regarding Navy, UVa could very well win the title. I have been to several games at Klockner this season, in fact all of them, just to see world class lacrosse being played and admire the team for its ability, not the name. I hope that this clears things up for everyone.
JMlacrosse23
03-08-2006, 08:55 PM
Yeah I'm with you on that one laxdemon. but the difference is you like navy as do I but my top team is UNC. Yes i know UNC isn't the best, they're just my team.
Nbenn
03-08-2006, 09:07 PM
For clarification purposes, my opinion of UVa has naught to do with ability, players, coaches, or anything of that nature. I happen to be a die-hard Navy fan plain and simple. I am not completely biased either. I happen to see UVa as having a powerful team this year that will most likely succeed where they failed last season, and could, though not to my wishes, win the championship if they are able to continue their season the way it has begun. So this is more of a Navy fan who does not like UVa for the sole reason that they are UVa and not Navy. Nothing personal. Just preference. But I remain objective and feel that contrary to a statement I made several months ago regarding Navy, UVa could very well win the title. I have been to several games at Klockner this season, in fact all of them, just to see world class lacrosse being played and admire the team for its ability, not the name. I hope that this clears things up for everyone.
YOU MUST HATE J-HOP THEN!
Formerlaxdemon
03-08-2006, 10:02 PM
Yeah I'm with you on that one laxdemon. but the difference is you like navy as do I but my top team is UNC. Yes i know UNC isn't the best, they're just my team.
Exactly. Come win or loss your favorite team should stay your favorite team. :thumbsup:
TearOWrist
03-08-2006, 11:45 PM
UVA is going to stomp the tigers
cannonslax624
03-09-2006, 06:39 AM
You have a Tigers avatar?
JMlacrosse23
03-09-2006, 01:01 PM
You have a Tigers avatar?
it's not princeton, it's hampden-sydney
Formerlaxdemon
03-09-2006, 07:54 PM
it's not princeton, it's hampden-sydney
I think he was talking about Tearowrist.
cannonslax624
03-11-2006, 04:07 PM
Haha I definitely was refering to TearOwrist, for clarification purposes.
PhilWings24
03-11-2006, 08:43 PM
you guys think that UVa'll win by more or less than 2 goals? i think i'm gonna bet a friend or two or 5 on this game.
and i'll be there, almost definitely. if not i'll be watching it on ESPNU
gfkeeper28
03-12-2006, 11:21 AM
When's it start? 1?
Monzo
03-12-2006, 11:30 AM
I'm pretty sure it's at 2...
Yeah it starts at 2.
Dammit I can't go because my dad has a lot of stuff to do. I'm so pissed :angry:
fenderstrat3578
03-12-2006, 12:48 PM
2pm eastern time, is that 12 or 1 mdwst time
RoxLax30
03-12-2006, 01:43 PM
Does anybody have score of the UVA/PRIN game?
SDS416
03-12-2006, 01:47 PM
Princeton 4 UVA 1 7 minutes left, 2nd quarter
Princeton 4 UVA 1 7 minutes left, 2nd quarter
wtf r u kidding me? Is there any website where I can get updates since I don't have espnu?
SDS416
03-12-2006, 02:31 PM
All tied at 4, 4 minutes left, 3rd quarter
SDS416
03-12-2006, 02:35 PM
UVA 5 Princeton 4 2 minutes left 3rd quarter
JMlacrosse23
03-12-2006, 02:58 PM
whats the score now?
mcourtne
03-12-2006, 03:06 PM
uva 7 princeton 6 29 sec left
truste1
03-12-2006, 03:13 PM
final score?
SDS416
03-12-2006, 03:42 PM
UVA holds off Princeton 7-6, final.
BioPro29
03-12-2006, 04:00 PM
Wow, im suprised Princeton put up that much of a fight. I guess they didn't just get lucky against Hopkins.
I agree with biopro. I didn't expect Princeton to be so strong against Virginia. Thank god they won, I was scared for a few minutes there. Go Wahoos!
truste1
03-12-2006, 04:09 PM
Thank god they won, I was scared for a few minutes there. Go Wahoos!
I was scared too after seeing the first score report. I'm glad they pulled it out.
BioPro29
03-12-2006, 04:17 PM
Im gonna predict a very strong Princeton team the next few years. They have had great recruits recently, and are full of young talent. The tigers are definitely back after last years disappointing season.
Formerlaxdemon
03-12-2006, 04:21 PM
Sounds like what Starsia did versus Navy last year just run the clock and pray that they keep possession. Oh well. If it works for him, it still works. (Go Navy!)
uvalax8
03-12-2006, 04:55 PM
Im gonna predict a very strong Princeton team the next few years. They have had great recruits recently, and are full of young talent. The tigers are definitely back after last years disappointing season.
yea princeton has a great freshman class right now. they got inside lacrosse's # 6 recruit chris peyser out of manhasset who plays defense and he is sick along with more talented players but i was glad uva pulled out in the end. GO WAHOOS!!!!!
fenderstrat3578
03-12-2006, 05:04 PM
first of all...i expected more out of my 'hoos, but happy they won. To me, hopkins is not NEARLY as strong as they are anually expected to be, they really are not so good this year. Princeton held tight and faught hard and must be praised for their efforts. We are yet to see Virginias best lax this season, they are still pretty sloppy.
also, starsia is a good coach, leave him alone
ironmenlax1212
03-12-2006, 05:04 PM
its a good win for Uva im happy they won YEAH HOOOOSS
eastlaxman02
03-12-2006, 05:18 PM
how did u guys think this game would be a blowout i mean what does princton have to do to prove themselves anyway i think this game proved that the tigers r fo real
BioPro29
03-12-2006, 05:22 PM
how did u guys think this game would be a blowout i mean what does princton have to do to prove themselves anyway i think this game proved that the tigers r fo real
They're a young team coming off a poor season (for them at least), and are still trying to fill the void in their offense that was created when Boyle graduated. :read:
jackattack
03-12-2006, 05:43 PM
http://www.lax.com/box_score/10391053031206
i thought virginia won?
truste1
03-12-2006, 05:44 PM
http://www.lax.com/box_score/10391053031206
i thought virginia won?
http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=2249
jackattack
03-12-2006, 05:45 PM
thats really really weird, but i saw on pricentons site that uva won so i guess lax.com was seriosuly wrong
virginialax
03-12-2006, 05:51 PM
UVA did win.
I was there.
And was not having fun until they pulled ahead.
That was scary.
But I did expect a close game.
Formerlaxdemon
03-12-2006, 05:52 PM
first of all...i expected more out of my 'hoos, but happy they won. To me, hopkins is not NEARLY as strong as they are anually expected to be, they really are not so good this year. Princeton held tight and faught hard and must be praised for their efforts. We are yet to see Virginias best lax this season, they are still pretty sloppy.
also, starsia is a good coach, leave him alone
Never said he was a bad coach. In fact, if anything I think he is a very good coach because he does what he needs to in order to win. Doesn't mean I like him though. Respect and affection are totally exclusive terms.
http://www.lax.com/box_score/10391053031206
i thought virginia won?
What's wrong with it? It says Virginia 7 and Princeton 6. Maybe they fixed it.
truste1
03-12-2006, 06:24 PM
What's wrong with it? It says Virginia 7 and Princeton 6. Maybe they fixed it.
Earlier it said 9-8 with Princeton being the winner.
GeneLax
03-12-2006, 08:13 PM
Sounds like what Starsia did versus Navy last year just run the clock and pray that they keep possession. Oh well. If it works for him, it still works. (Go Navy!)
I think you should rethink your comment. Under certain circumstances, ANY coach with half a brain is going to try to keep possession so the other team does not score. If you are ahead near end of the game that's the obvious thing to do.
True it does not always work but that is the right call. And it's not praying you keep possession, it requires skill to do that.
Here are a couple of examples:
In 2002 in the quarterfinals, UVA was ahead of Cuse near the end, and was not able to keep possession. Cuse scored, tied the game and won in overtime. That does not make it a bad call, it was poor UVA execution and very good Cuse play that caused the problem.
The next year, UVA was ahead of Hopkins in the finals and successfully held on to the ball at the end and won. It was pretty obvious that they had worked on this kind of play, and had learned how to execute it extremely well.
In the Navy game, it was obviously the right thing to do and it worked. Since the Navy coach is a good one, I would bet he would do exactly the same thing if put in that position.
To summarize, I think you are totally wrong.
BTW, while we are talking slow downs and keeping possession, how do you feel about Princeton and the fact that they like to slow it down and keep possession almost ALL the time?
elementsk8r070
03-12-2006, 08:55 PM
I was lucky enough to go to the game. I got a pretty good seat where most of the UVA fans were. I was surprised when UVA tied it up so quickly, early in the second quarter.
Also disappointed that they gave out macs and razer pro to a 9 year old for beating 2 other kids at throwing as many balls as they could into an open goal from 20 yards away in 30 seconds.
My friend recorded the game on ESPNU and I was on TV because I'm cool.
Formerlaxdemon
03-12-2006, 09:05 PM
To summarize, I think you are totally wrong.
First off, if you took the time to read my later posting you would see that in my own defense I commend Starsia for being a good coach and doing what needs to be done in order to win, even if it means slowing the game and holding the ball to maintain a lead (close or otherwise).
Secondly, you have been on the Forum for a year and have contributed little to threads. This is not a criticism, but simply my observation. Were you to look at my postings since I had been here you would see that I am not a poster concerned with "flaming," "criticism," or the ever popular "that team sucks" category. In fact, I feel that many would attest that while I remain enthusiastic in my support of teams, I am not so biased to not recognize talent when it exists.
UVa has a very strong team that could very well win the championship. They also have a very skilled and knowledgeable coaching staff that will push their players to their limits and beyond to win. While I may not like it when teams hold the ball, no coach under any circumstance would risk losing a lead.
Before you try and call someone out over what amounts to nothing, try reading into what is being said.
In conclusion, I respect UVa but I do not like them. They might be your team, but they are not my team.
Respect and affection can be exclusive terms.
SDS416
03-12-2006, 10:01 PM
First off, if you took the time to read my later posting you would see that in my own defense I commend Starsia for being a good coach and doing what needs to be done in order to win, even if it means slowing the game and holding the ball to maintain a lead (close or otherwise).
Secondly, you have been on the Forum for a year and have contributed little to threads. This is not a criticism, but simply my observation. Were you to look at my postings since I had been here you would see that I am not a poster concerned with "flaming," "criticism," or the ever popular "that team sucks" category. In fact, I feel that many would attest that while I remain enthusiastic in my support of teams, I am not so biased to not recognize talent when it exists.
UVa has a very strong team that could very well win the championship. They also have a very skilled and knowledgeable coaching staff that will push their players to their limits and beyond to win. While I may not like it when teams hold the ball, no coach under any circumstance would risk losing a lead.
Before you try and call someone out over what amounts to nothing, try reading into what is being said.
In conclusion, I respect UVa but I do not like them. They might be your team, but they are not my team.
Respect and affection can be exclusive terms.
I think a couple of points need to be made:
1. When a devout fan of another team, especially a rival, makes a comment about another team, it can easily be considered to be more than a simple commentary. And to claim otherwise is sheer ignorance. You should expect that your comments, on their face, will be viewed in a slightly different light. You can fake as much neutralness as you wish, but don't expect it to be believed. Over the years Coach Starsia has been criticized for taking the air out of the ball in certain situations and you did nothing more than to play on that, with your comments.
2. You claim to be able to recognize talent and appreciate it, even if you don't care for the team it represents. Fine. Then do so. Without the commentary.
3. Your flaming of another poster is a total joke. You say he contributes nothing but flames and "you suck" posts. Guess what, you just flamed his ***. So, tell me, exactly what did that accomplish other than shooting yourself squarely in the jock with a howitzer?
4. Respect and affection is a fine line. So is respect and hatred. And you seem to draw that line like a drunken soldier on shore leave.
Formerlaxdemon
03-12-2006, 11:13 PM
I think a couple of points need to be made:
1. When a devout fan of another team, especially a rival, makes a comment about another team, it can easily be considered to be more than a simple commentary. And to claim otherwise is sheer ignorance. You should expect that your comments, on their face, will be viewed in a slightly different light. You can fake as much neutralness as you wish, but don't expect it to be believed. Over the years Coach Starsia has been criticized for taking the air out of the ball in certain situations and you did nothing more than to play on that, with your comments.
What is faked? I was being completely honest so I don't see where you can claim otherwise. I don't see you sitting next to me, nor are you anyone I have ever spoken to/with/or about so you obviously lack any inkling of my opinions, stated or otherwise. I am a devout fan of a team other than UVa to be sure, but that didn't stop me from admiring their talent as I did in the Navy vs. UVa Scrimmage thread where I comment how well UVa did and how good their offense was going to be for the season, a prediction that is coming true.
2. You claim to be able to recognize talent and appreciate it, even if you don't care for the team it represents. Fine. Then do so. Without the commentary.
Alright. Not really your place to tell me not to defend my own remarks.
3. Your flaming of another poster is a total joke. You say he contributes nothing but flames and "you suck" posts. Guess what, you just flamed his ***. So, tell me, exactly what did that accomplish other than shooting yourself squarely in the jock with a howitzer?
I do not flame him, the points you raise are things I am saying about myself in point of fact, and I was saying that I DON'T make posts along those lines and that I was hoping that the poster in question might go back and see what I have posted since I have been on here to see where I am coming from if he takes so much offense to my opinion.
4. Respect and affection is a fine line. So is respect and hatred. And you seem to draw that line like a drunken soldier on shore leave.
Thanks for the insult. I really don't care why you decided to throw your 2 cents into the mix, but hey it's your right to do so. I would appreciate it if you read what I wrote before you try and criticize me.
Espositos Chops
03-14-2006, 03:12 PM
how did u guys think this game would be a blowout i mean what does princton have to do to prove themselves anyway i think this game proved that the tigers r fo real
what are you kidding me? the kid had 20 saves - he played out of his mind - had the kid not been on fire, it would have been a blow out.