Apparently T.D. Ierlan is in the process of transferring to Denver, but there are some hoops to jump through--he is not on the roster yet. Seems likely he would have made a difference in the Utah game, where Denver apparently won only 40% of the face offs. Here's hoping he is still not on the roster on Friday.
The Saturday game is Virginia - Towson.
Anish tweeted about preparing for three games this weekend, so it sounds like ESPN is sending the varsity. Hope the weather allows the game to be played at Koskinen, although it would be funny to see them set up outside the fence on the turf fields, with interns holding umbrellas over their heads.
Yes, listing now shows Denver vs Duke at 3:00 PM Friday 2/5 on ACC Network.
https://www.espn.com/watch/schedule/...tDate/20210205
Do we know that they will be doing the game in-person? The remote announcer games seem to be getting much more popular now. As the networks are trying to manage their budgets as well as covid-exposure, I'm guessing that sending announcers to Durham for an early-season lax game is not a high priority.
forecast FWIW is for chance of rain and 55 degrees on Friday...not ideal, but not the worst...
The big news today: Yale has pulled the plug on 2021.
That would explain why Ierlan is looking to transfer. Thankfully we look like we have a couple of good options at X. Not as good as Ierlan (not many are) but with the strength of the rest of our roster, as long as we don't get crushed by him on Friday (assuming he is on the roster by then) we should be ok. Should be a really fun game to watch.
ACCN schedule for February: 16 games, eight men’s and eight women’s.Duke men appear twice, Duke women three times.
https://www.insidelacrosse.com/artic...chedules/57226
ACC coaches picked Duke to come in second in the Conference - Syracuse first.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
According to Inside Lacrosse, they have several AA candidates including the first team goalie and 2 middies but I still have a hard time thinking they can keep up with the endless firepower we should be rolling out this season. BTW, transfer goalie for Duke Mike Adler checks in as second team AA. Also, IL has the top five in the country as 1. Duke 2. Syracuse 3. UVA 4. UNC and 5 MD. That's the top four for the acc and number 5 with an * (why the in the hell did MD leave the acc? Still think it was a bad decision). Oh and ND shows up at 7. Looks like a brutal season in the acc. Some really good teams are going to have some mediocre looking records.
FWIW, I found an article in which Ierlan said he hopes to join Denver's team by March 19 or so...so presumably we won't see him tomorrow.
An excellent game-day read from USLacrosse Magazine.
https://www.uslaxmagazine.com/colleg...ed-its-passion
Let’s do this!