RIT going D-I

bgbill · Post by **bgbill** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:59 pm

Rochester Institute of Technology has announced that its hockey team will move up to NC$$ Division I. They'll be playing a D-I independent schedule next season, then join the Atlantic Hockey Association for the 2006-2007 season.
RIT's head coach is Wayne Wilson, BG '84.
I hope Wayne and Scott Paluch are discussing schedules for BG vs. RIT.

UK Peregrine · Post by **UK Peregrine** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 7:03 pm

I saw that the other day and thought the same thing about Paluch and Wayne trying to get together for games. Always good to see another D1 hockey program.

bgbill · Post by **bgbill** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 11:29 am

from uscho:
"So far, Wilson says he has 14 Division I games set up. They include pairs of games at Air Force and Robert Morris, a spot in the Quinnipiac tournament, and at least one game at Bowling Green, Colgate and Cornell."
http://www.uscho.com/news/2004/12/16_009430.php

Interesting article, including RIT president's overcoming his reluctance to go D I.

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 4:08 pm

I used to live in Rochester. A couple of thoughts and notes:

-- RIT could be very successful. Rochester is a large market -- bigger than Toledo -- and there are no Division I programs anywhere near there. Also, hockey is popular there. The Rochester Americans go back nearly 50 years in the AHL. And youth hockey is a big deal in the community.

-- This could trigger a sort of arms race in Rochester, home to a bunch of Division III schools: Rochester, St. John Fisher, Nazareth, SUNY Brockport and SUNY Geneseo. Supposedly, all these universities used to have a quiet agreement that none would go Division I. Guess that agreement is out the window.

-- RIT teams also wear brown ("burnt umber") and orange. Guess we won't be alone anymore, at least in hockey.

Falcon Fanatic · Post by **Falcon Fanatic** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 4:23 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:-- RIT teams also wear brown ("burnt umber") and orange. Guess we won't be alone anymore, at least in hockey.

I think I heard that Wayne Wilson had changed the hockey jerseys to orange and BLACK after he got there...

Same excuse as here....costs too much to get brown....

pardonfan · Post by **pardonfan** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 8:41 pm

Falconfanatic,

Nice job signing today at commencement!!! You move those hands fast!

Falcon Fanatic · Post by **Falcon Fanatic** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 12:03 am

thanks! ...Ok, you know me....do I know you??? 8)

Lord_Byron · Post by **Lord_Byron** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:30 am

This is big news here in Rochester. We are the second largest market in the country (after Ft. Lauderdale) without any D1 sports. People are psyched.

I hadn't seen whether the BG game(s) would be here or at BG. All I heard was that there was a verbal agreement to play in 2005-6.

If it's in Rochester, I'll make the pre-game arrangements.

bgbill · Post by **bgbill** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:59 am

Yeah, I'm sure hoping that Rochester will be a regular non-conference game for BG. I'm beginning to learn my way around there, and am finding there's lots of things to do.

NWLB · Post by **NWLB** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 3:15 pm

Very cool. Its a shame Findlay bailed out of D1, we could have founded a new traveling thropy for teams wearing Orange!

Lord_Byron · Post by **Lord_Byron** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 9:15 am

bgbill wrote:Yeah, I'm sure hoping that Rochester will be a regular non-conference game for BG. I'm beginning to learn my way around there, and am finding there's lots of things to do.

Have you tried a Garbage Plate yet?

http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Writeup ... &RefID=218

Next time you're in town, PM or E-mail me and we can get together and clog our arteries.

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 12:33 pm

bgbill wrote:Yeah, I'm sure hoping that Rochester will be a regular non-conference game for BG.

It's RIT, not Rochester. "Rochester" refers to the University of Rochester, a private university that's way more prestigious than RIT (and knows it).

Common football opponents for Rochester are Chicago, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western Reserve, that sort of thing. That gives you an idea how Rochester sees itself.

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 12:38 pm

Lord_Byron wrote:
bgbill wrote:Yeah, I'm sure hoping that Rochester will be a regular non-conference game for BG. I'm beginning to learn my way around there, and am finding there's lots of things to do.
Have you tried a Garbage Plate yet?

http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Writeup ... &RefID=218

Next time you're in town, PM or E-mail me and we can get together and clog our arteries.

Seriously -- anyone who makes the trip to Rochester must try one of these.

bgbill · Post by **bgbill** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 3:38 pm

Haven't been to that place yet. Dinosaur Bones, Jack Astor's, Beale Street,....done those.
I was driving through an area, I think it may have been on Blossom Road, and noticed some interesting sculpture and art work - looked like an old factory was taken over by studios. Know anything about that?
Thanks for the RIT - Rochester advisement.

Lord_Byron · Post by **Lord_Byron** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:06 am

The only place I know with public sculpture is on University avenue near Goodman. They created the "art-walk" there. There are a couple of old buidings that are now artist studios.

If you want to try some good barbecue, almost as good as Dinosaur without the interminable wait for a table, try "Sticky-Lips". It's on Culver near Main Street. In the summer, there's Nola Barbecue on lake avenue right by the beach. You can sit out on the balcony and see the lake, but the barbecue isn't as good as the others.

RIT going D-I

RIT going D-I

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