> > As much a part of day-to-day lives that College Hockey is for many of > us, for most folks it just doesn't exist. > Sad, but true. After growing up in Boston, living and breathing hockey, then relocating to Dallas found ot just how little people in the south know or care about hockey for the most part. Sure there are pockets of transplanted northerns who gather at the odd sports bars, also owned by northerners, to watch NHL games or college tournaments. But, for the most part the sport is considered an oddity to be watched every four years between the bobsledding and the luge competition. Newspaper coverage of the NHL consists of daily final scores and standings with a once a week filler blurb from the AP if there's room. College hockey in the news, surely you jest? Not a peep. TV coverage, aside from the satelite coverage, consists of whenever Home Sports Entertainment desides to fill in som dead airspace with something a bit more unusual than Australian rules football, rodeos, and bass fishing tournaments. HSE is owned by the guy that owns the NJ Devils so we get a stray Devils home game every now and then. Here's the extent of College Hockey on HSE. One night this week they advertised a tape delay of the Beanpot final, that was scheduled for 11pm, at which time I tuned in only to hear them announce that the game would be "joined in progress at the conclusion of our match". The "match" in this instance was partners ping-pong. I KID YOU NOT! The TAPE DELAY of the Beanpot was later JOINED IN PROGRESS after the ping-pong games. Talk about someone being SERIOUSLY pissed off. I found myself cursing the TV, HSE, ping-pong, Dallas, Texass, and anything else that popped into my head. Finally I calmed down, accepted the reality that few people here give a shit about hockey, and dialed into my system. There, in the safety of my home, I was able to relax, read this groups postings (along with rsh on the net), and enjoyed some hockey talk. Thanks. -bill -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William J. Beaulac Systems Support Specialist Convex Computer Corporation Technical Assistance Center 3000 Waterview Parkway Email: [log in to unmask] P.O. Box 833851 m/s TAC Phone: 800-952-0379 Richardson, Tx. 75083-3851 Fax : 214-497-4560 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------