Bison137
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11-13-21 07:44 PM - Post#328374
Home Opener. Penn at Bucknell in Sojka at 2 PM Sunday.
Article on BucknellBison.com: https://bucknellbison.com/news/2021/11/13/mens- bas...
Penn is a team that will be a lot better in January than they are now, with the Ivy League having cancelled basketball last year. They have a a big man who was highly regarded out of HS: Max Lorca-Lloyd: a 6-9 center who had offers from PSU, VCU, Baylor, Cal, UConn, Georgetown, Vandy, OSU, etc. Their top player thus far has likely been 6-3 Jordan Dingle, a SG from Blair Academy who Bucknell recruited a bit while he was in HS. Another key starter for them is Jonah Charles, whose brother, Karl Charles, was a starter for Holy Cross before being expelled.
Penn is viewed as a very slight favorite.
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Bison89
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11-14-21 10:50 AM - Post#328391
In response to Bison137
I was thinking about driving to Lewisburg last night with Mrs. Bison89, but due to the Penn State football game, hotels from Shamokin Dam to Williamsport were much more than normal. We ended up doing a bike ride and going out to a nice restaurant in AC instead. ESPN+ makes it easy to watch games at home.
GO BISON!
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HuskyColonial
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11-14-21 03:07 PM - Post#328405
In response to Bison89
ESPN+ is actually awesome considering the cost. It’s got TONS of programming and is high quality.
What was that awful basketball service the PL used for hoops a few years ago?
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MrPhillie
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11-14-21 03:22 PM - Post#328408
In response to HuskyColonial
So much for masks required in Sojka. 50-75% of student section is maskless. And not one word will be said.
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BisonRoadWarrior
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11-14-21 03:30 PM - Post#328409
In response to HuskyColonial
ESPN+ is actually awesome considering the cost. It’s got TONS of programming and is high quality.
What was that awful basketball service the PL used for hoops a few years ago?
Stadium, which started decent and grew relentlessly worse.
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Bison137
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11-14-21 03:49 PM - Post#328419
In response to BisonRoadWarrior
Ugly first half I am not at all optimistic.
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MrPhillie
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11-14-21 04:22 PM - Post#328437
In response to Bison137
If Funk wasn’t shooting out of his mind this would be a runaway for Penn. Also, why does Donahue wear his mask the entire game but Davis thinks he doesn’t have to?
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HuskyColonial
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11-14-21 05:01 PM - Post#328473
In response to MrPhillie
If they’re both vaccinated why are either wearing a mask in an arena full of vaccinated people? Maybe he feels less performative in his post-pandemic protocols?
I don’t really care because the team sucks.
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MrPhillie
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11-14-21 05:32 PM - Post#328480
In response to HuskyColonial
I’m not saying I agree is he’s should be masked, it every other coach from both teams wore masks because that is the rule. Except Davis thinks he’s special and doesn’t apply to him. Also Bucknell is a joke, making paying customers wear masks and allowing an entire student section to be mask free. Either have the mask rule for all or not.
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HuskyColonial
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11-14-21 09:32 PM - Post#328515
In response to MrPhillie
I understand now. I’m sorry I was short with you. Davis will doubtless be kept for a couple more years and I’ll just say it, he sucks. An improved roster, better recruiting, etc. wouldn’t make a difference. We all know but SHHHHHH…..people won’t log on if you’re negative.
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BisonRoadWarrior
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11-16-21 04:52 PM - Post#328627
In response to HuskyColonial
- The Psycho of Sojka Said:
Keeping this section away from politics all I will say is Bucknell put out a statement saying everyone would have to mask at ALL events vaccinated or not status. I’m not sure how ND gets the “Get out of Jail free card” on that. He is still a spectator like anyone else in that arena. Not only would he have broke Bucknell’s own rule/statement that was sent out, but if the Patriot League as a whole did the same he broke that as well.
He is not "a spectator like anyone else." Per Bucknell policy, "Active participants in the competition are not required to wear face coverings on the team bench or playing surface. The definition of an Active participant includes student-athletes and the head coach."
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BisonRoadWarrior
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11-16-21 05:07 PM - Post#328628
In response to BisonRoadWarrior
Going forward, note that mask rules are set by each school, so you'll see different mask behaviors depending on where we're playing, even within the Patriot League.
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Bison54
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11-16-21 06:59 PM - Post#328634
In response to BisonRoadWarrior
He did wear a mask in the post-game interview, as the policy would seem to require.
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MrPhillie
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11-16-21 07:57 PM - Post#328638
In response to Bison54
Criticism of Davis is apparently unjust. I guess I figured every staff member on his own bench and every staff member on opponent bench wore masks throughout, but Davis thumbing his nose at that is perfectly acceptable behavior. Please. I’d rather someone do the right thing rather than the thing that is technically allowed.
And I’m pretty sure the student section are spectators. Bucknell completely dropped the ball in not enforcing their own policy.
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The Psycho of Sojka
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11-16-21 08:15 PM - Post#328642
In response to BisonRoadWarrior
I hope my thread doesn’t offend you because it seems you don’t like posting under that topic. You know it saves you a few steps without copying and pasting each time. 
Edited by The Psycho of Sojka on 11-16-21 08:16 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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jkrun80
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11-16-21 09:51 PM - Post#328666
In response to The Psycho of Sojka
Penn 85
Lafayette 57
Fire Fran!
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bison63
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11-18-21 08:59 AM - Post#328855
In response to jkrun80
Lol!
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HuskyColonial
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12-13-21 09:52 PM - Post#331336
In response to bison63
Lasalle beat Penn by 2. This could be another long 2 hours on Saturday.
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Scotty-14
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12-14-21 12:03 PM - Post#331360
In response to HuskyColonial
PENN seems to have had some unlucky injuries and has fallen off the cliff a bit in the last two weeks. La Salle will certainly be a better shot at victory than our next game in VA
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