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Date Posted: 12/ 5/15 5:24:20pm Sat
Author: The Future
Subject: Re: Interstate 81
In reply to: jb'74 's message, "Interstate 81" on 12/ 4/15 10:21:02pm Fri

Great post, jb'74.

I'm a big fan of everything Colgate right now.

A roar from the valley, there is no sweeter sound.

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[> Re: Interstate 81 -- JimLu72, 12/ 5/15 5:55:33pm Sat

>Plus or minus 10 days on the December calendar, twelve
>years ago, our 2003 team was in the finals in 1AA
>versus Delaware (God do I hate Delaware) in the finals
>of the Playoff system that we are in this weekend. You
>all remember the game, and we who were there in
>Chattanooga that night felt a positive vibe when it
>started to snow before the kickoff. Well, we know how
>that ended up, but what an amazing run prior to that
>loss(20-0, with a fabulous group of players, coaches,
>fans and parents). I flew down to Nashville for that
>game from CT with my daughter ('Gate 05) and rented a
>car to head on to the game(because we were ferrying
>back three of her classmates to destinations in NJ and
>NY after the hoped for victory). The bittersweet
>return was tough, as was the post-loss reception at
>the "Chattanooga Choo-Choo Hotel" (I kid you not)that
>we all stayed at, but the turnout and bonding by
>alumni was inspiring. Ten of my frat brothers
>tail-gaited together before that game (KDR, great
>brats from Steve M.). I will never forget parent Al
>Muschel (father of OL Mark, who climbed to the last
>row of the Kerrdome with a megaphone before every home
>game in that win streak) leading the room in a
>restorative post-loss cheer. I also remember closing
>the hotel bar with Dave Lake (great WR '75) and Henry
>White '78 (arguably the most talented RB ever at
>Gate...just look at his #'s). My point is, we are a
>tiny institution with remarkable people who converge
>in a lovely little Town in upstate NY, who all move
>on, do reasonably well, send their kids back, and all
>stay united decades later. We all are linked, and
>nothing preserves that link like 'Gate football.(The
>same vibe was present in the stands in the rain in NH
>last Saturday).The image that I am continually drawn
>to since seeing our match-up with JMU is the fact that
>my rental car return trip on I-81 after Delaware in
>2003 virtually split the uprights off the JMU campus,
>and I would love to see our 2015 Red Raiders leave
>that locale in triumph.
Congrats from the folks formerly known as the Engineers.


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