> One particular Lynah cheer that always gives me a chuckle is the "Screw BU" > cheer. No matter what team Cornell plays against, you'll hear this one > numerous times during the game. After a lead-in by the pep band, the crowd > will chant something like "Screw BU, Harvard too!", or "Screw BU, Clarkson > too!", dependent on who we are skating against. The funny part is that we > haven't been in the same conference with BU since ECAC and Hockey East > split, many years ago. And we rarely play them, but it doesn't matter...we > have to get that dig in. I can only assume we used to have a pretty healthy > rivalry with BU in the "old days". > > Craig Bloom > Cornell '93 > 1996 IVY CHAMPS! > 1996 ECAC CHAMPS! "Healthy rivalry" puts it mildly. Between the mid sixties and 1980 or so, the vast majority of the ECAC titles were won by either the Red or the Terriers. In that streach, both ran off four straight titles (ECAC record) and won a couple others. In addition, the teams each collected national titles, and since this was in the days of a four team tourney, getting the ECAC title was sometimes the harder part. Of all the teams lost to HE in 1984, from a Cornell fan's perspective, BU was the team most missed. Hopefully, with the additional NC games allowed for the Ivy teams, BU can continue to appear on the Cornell schedule, and with the improvements in the team, the games will once again be hard fought encounters. William Sangrey Cornell '83&'94 Let's Go RED!!! (My first Lynah game was in 1970, so I saw part of the rivalry, but am thin on some details.) HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.