Sequitor

As a follow up to my mention of CIRA, CIRA made the news in the business section.
Canadian Internet Regulating Agency (?), is a non profit conglomerate of interested parties in internet safety / promotion. It is well funded and thought to have high integrity ( world wide opinion ).

However, it seems that CIRA wants to control, who controls CIRA. The movement inside CIRA is to curb , general, public participation in the governance of CIRA. Apparently, people off the street can't be trusted b/c they could have an agenda. Therefore, the assumption goes if you run a business you can govern CIRA b/c your business has no agenda contrary to the integrity of CIRA.

Crikey, Thurs at mid-night I didn't even know CIRA existed. Now I'm reading 4 column reports on the governance of CIRA.

Well. Yesterday's game ( the game )wasn't broadcast on ESPN or any big TV station. I don't receive any U.S. cable service so I'm not allowed to watch JHU on ESPN or listen via CBS sports ( a cross border thing ).
I saw a link to " video/stats " on LaxPower - Live Action Game Reports - media services.
Loyola was broadcasting the game locally, on the internet. Got to watch the whole game. Bingo-bango we have a 5 goal lead and the ' dogs haven't scored. Loyola did what Loyola has done all year, they scored goals. in fact they scored 9 goals to Hop's 4. Yepper, tie game and sudden death OT. The buffering went out twice, once in the third 1/4 and yessir, in OT.
I saw the replay, the goalie didn't. Whose goalie , theirs. A pass comes out front. A Canadian throws the ball toward a Bluejay who flicks his stick at it, the ball drops down and rolls in the goal.  So, they played for 63 min and 57 sec and the ball rolls across the goal line. Hop has knocked off one of two undefeated teams and for the second time this year , I think, they've beaten the #1 ranked team ( I'm sure Va was #1 when they lost to Hop ).

And I was thinking while Loyola was scoring goals w/ abandon the last 1/2 of the game. no one is going to give JHU credit for hanging in tough against #1. The story line would be " Bluejays blow another big lead ". With the win the question becomes, who will give the 'dogs credit for coming back from almost oblivion.
Ah such is life.
This is not as Nigel Starling would say " the struggle is the glory " situation. Nigel was a missionary in Africa in the movie " Ghost and the Darkness " ( which I've surely, mentioned previously ). You win / you lose.

Truth be  told, the sportswriters at Inside Lacrosse, have a weekly pool, picking the winners in a set of games. They picked Hop 7 -5 over Loyola. This speaks to the bias, that is perceived, JHU vs other teams.

As Petriemala has said repeatedly ( this is Coach Petro ) " this is Hopkins, there is an expectation among the fans, the team and everyone else, that Hopkins should win ". of course, I bask in the expectation and live and wither with the results.

  Maybe, its just me, but I think Hop wins more close games and blows more leads than any other team, that I notice. Focus ? , since I key on JHU all year. Perhaps other teams feel the same way.
Actually, in the Lacrosse Annual that JHU publishes there is a stat about how many 1 goal games Hop has won. A bunch.

Oh and our Toronto Rock of the NLL won their last game and lock up first place and a game against the Buffalo Bandits. I can't figure which name is worse, " Rock or Bandits " How about the Toronto Hammers or Toronto Smoke ( we are sometimes called the " big smoke ".
Apparently, if you drive south from the higher ground you can see the smog sitting over T.O.
Kind of  " don't drink the water and don't 'eat' the air ".