Having been at Union during the DIII days and watched from day 1 the
     DI experience, there is a big difference between upsetting a DI school
     (or a weekend sweep) and playing them every week.  I know that was
     definitely Union's experience the first few years.
 
     Anyone who thinks a DIII school can move up to DI with immediate
     success is kidding themselves. History does just not show otherwise.
     Almost without exception every school that has made the jump (from
     either DIII or DII) has taken several years to get their feet under
     them (and usually with expanded budgets also).
 
     And since RIT and Middlebury are getting so much talk, why not
     Plattsburgh, Elmira and Babson?? All have equally strong history as
     the other two.
 
     It does make for good conversation though!
 
 
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Subject: RIT
Author:  [log in to unmask] at Internet-USA
Date:    12/17/98 10:07 AM
 
 
> My personal feeling is that  RIT is ripe for a move up to Division I.
 
If you think RIT is ready to move I guess Middlebury should already be there,
few teams have been as dominate as they have been in the 90's.  I remember
when UVM use to play Middlebury and Norwich every season.  Norwich was
usually the opening game and was a blowout but a physical game (you have to
know the history of the two schools).  Middlebury was usually in
December-January and was always a battle.  Very good games with Vermont
usually winning but I remember an upset in 1990.  The victory came after
Vermont had a few good seasons in a row.  These games were dropped from the
schedule in the early 90's.  Just as Middlebury was becoming a dominate power
in DIII.
 
Too bad these games can't stay on the schedule.  The Middlebury-Vermont games
were usually very good games.  I think Middlebury could finish as high as
maybe 7th or 8th in the ECAC now.  They would get some good wins too! They are
building a new state of the art facility that opens either this season or
next.  It will sit about 4000 I think.  Norwich just finished building their
new digs that is really nice.  It sits about 2500-3000 I think.
 
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