Tony Buffa wrote: >Finally, the hockey content .... can anyone out there tell me why the heck >the RPI team seems to be the most inconsistent team on the face of the >earth this season? The season record reads like WWLLWWLWLWLWLWWLW >etc..... are they having injuries, mixing lines, meeting up and down >opponents, or ..... I expect them to lose at Vermont and win at >Dartmouth this weekend, which means they will probably due the opposite!! I have felt that RPI was "the most inconsistent team on the face of the earth" every year that I have followed them (and that is only four years less than Tony), but having been flamed earlier this year when I indicated a similar thought (after the loss to Army), I had second thoughts. Yes, RPI does seem to lose a lot of games that it should on paper win and win a lot of games that on paper it should lose, but so do other teams. Hockey is a low scoring game which means that one fluke goal can often make a difference, and also a hot goalie very often makes the difference between a win and a loss. P.S. My vote for most inconsistent team this year is UMass. Ralph Baer RPI '68, '70, '74