[JordanIB]

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Hideous performance at East Lansing last night by Michigan. 3-1 lead at the end of 1 leads to a 5-3 deficit after 2 and a 7-4 loss. Red hasn't beaten MSU in his last 9 tries (although about half of those are ties). We should not be ranked at all, IMO, but if we win tonight at home we probably still will be. Name recognition can carry the team for now, but it won't save it in the Pairwise Rankings.

Haven't had a bad season since I started following them, this might be it. Given the way sports went here last year, should've happened last year.

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The polls are obviously meaningless. But it has always seemed to me that if a WCHA, HE or CCHA team can put up slightly better than a .500 season with a couple of quality wins, that may be good enough to get high enough in the PWR for a bid.

Living in the ECAC it's a much different story.

I'm excited for tonight. Seeing the Big Red in action up @ Yale. Off to a quick 3-0 start, but with wins vs. UNH and Colgate, Yale is looking like a dangerous team this year. Should be fun!