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Oscar Robertson is unquestionably the Hall of Famer whose legacy changed the most due to being traded after the age of 30. For 10 seasons with the Cincinnati Royals, Oscar was the 60's dominant PG, won 7 assist titles and 1 scoring title, averaged a triple-double in '62, and generally put up ridiculous stats (averaged 29-9-10 during his decade in Cincy). However, his legacy as a "winner" was highly suspect at that point: The Royals won only 2 total playoff series in those 10 years (1 each in '63 and '64) and had completely missed the playoffs in '68, '69, and '70 (while playing beside Jerry Lucas ... yikes!). In that final season, Bob Cousy was the coach and butted heads with Oscar, eventually deciding to trade away the face of the franchise instead of paying him the large contract he was asking for. It didn't look good that the winningest starting PG in the history of the NBA (6 titles for Cousy) didn't think the Royals could win with Oscar.
On April 21, 1970, one day after the Bucks' season ended in a 36-point blowout to the Knicks in Game 5 of the ECF, the Royals traded Oscar to the Bucks for 1-time All-Star Flynn Robinson and a rookie who had just spent 2 years in the Army. Those two went on to inconsequentially short careers after the trade, but 31-year-old Oscar's change of scenery was about to have a huge impact on how history viewed him. That's because he teamed up with the decade's dominant player, Lew Alcindor (Kareem), and SF Bobby Dandridge (the 70's most criminally underrated star), and the Bucks absolutely wrecked the league on the way to a 66-16 record and the 1971 title. It should be noted that the Bucks easily beat the Lakers 4-1 in the WCF because both West & Baylor were out with injuries, and the Bucks only had to top the 42-40 Bullets in the Finals who were playing without injured HOF star Gus Johnson (18 ppg, 17 rpg on the season). Oscar was on the decline, but still averaged 18-5-9 in the playoffs for Milwaukee, and forever will be known as both the first player to average a triple-double and a champion (which is very different than the reputation he had before the trade). He played 3 more seasons with the Bucks before retiring in 1974.

Oscar Robertson is unquestionably the Hall of Famer whose legacy changed the most due to being traded after the age of 30. For 10 seasons with the Cincinnati Royals, Oscar was the 60's dominant PG, won 7 assist titles and 1 scoring title, averaged a triple-double in '61-62, and generally put up ridiculous stats (averaged 29-9-10 during his decade in Cincy). However, his legacy as a "winner" was highly suspect at that point: The Royals won only 2 total playoff series in those 10 years (1 each in '63 and '64) and had completely missed the playoffs in '68, '69, and '70. In that final season, Bob Cousy was the coach and generally butted heads with Oscar, eventually deciding to trade away the face of the franchise instead of paying him the large contract he was asking for. It didn't look good that the winningest starting PG in the history of the NBA (6 titles for Cousy) didn't think the Royals could win with Oscar.
On April 21, 1970, the Royals traded Oscar to the Bucks for All-Star Flynn Robinson (22-3-6) and a rookie who had just spent 2 years in the Army. Those two went on to inconsequentially short careers after the trade, but 31-year-old Oscar's change of scenery was about to have a huge impact on how history viewed him. That's because he teamed up with the decade's dominant player Lew Alcindor (Kareem) and SF Bobby Dandridge (the 70's most criminally underrated star), and the Bucks absolutely wrecked the league on the way to a 66-16 record and the 1971 title. It should be noted that the Bucks easily beat the Lakers 4-1 in the WCF because both West & Baylor were out with injuries, and the Bucks only had to top the 42-40 Bullets in the Finals who were playing without injured HOF star Gus Johnson (18 ppg, 17 rpg on the season). Oscar was on the decline, but still averaged 18-5-9 in the playoffs for Milwaukee, and forever will be known as both the first player to average a triple-double and a champion (which is very different than the reputation he had before the trade). He played 3 more seasons with the Bucks before retiring in 1974.

Bowling Green State University (BGSU)
Western Collegiate Hockey Association
Year Founded: 1910
Location: Bowling Green, Ohio
Total Attendance: 45,614 for 2014-15
Nickname: The Falcons. The University opened in 1914 as Bowling Green State Normal School (Normal Schools were what they used to call colleges that were opened primarily to train teachers). In those early years, BG teams went by unofficial names like The Normals, The Teachers or The Pedagogues. For reasons still unknown to this day, it was decided that a new nickname was needed. In 1927, the program was dubbed The Falcons. Supposedly, it was chosen because it fit BG athletes' image as small but powerful, and complemented the school's orange and brown color scheme.
Live Mascot: Freddie Falcon. A guy in a falcon costume. Yep. Freddie debuted in 1950, the brainchild of a fraternity looking to increase school spirit. In 1966, the monster demanded a bride, and thus Frieda Falcon was created. Their most storied tradition is their ceremonial beheading to the horror of thousands of stunned onlookers at the end of their lifespan.
Unofficial Mascot: A spirit group has nearly risen to the level of mascot at Bowling Green. Originally handpicked by the university president himself in 1946, SICSIC are part-BGSU superfans, part-secret society. No one outside of the group knows the significance of the name, or the identities of the six current members. SICSIC members’ identities are to remain concealed to all, under penalty of expulsion. You can expect to see “the secret six”, always in uniform, at all BG sporting events, adorning the campus with decorative signs, and anything else they deem fit to make life on campus a little brighter.
Fight Song: The school’s official fight song is Forward Falcons. But since it contains too many actual, real words, everyone just ignores it and sings Ay Ziggy Zoomba instead.
Arena: The 5000-seat BGSU Ice Arena. Built 50 years ago, it has been the Falcons’ home for their entire existence. Also contains ice sheets for a surprisingly active curling community.
Town Information: Bowling Green is a flat, windy, cold, tiny, wonderful town. Essentially a small Toledo suburb that happens to have a thriving Division I university in the middle of it. It is best known for BGSU, for being the hometown of figure skating legend Scott Hamilton, and for being the flattest, plainest piece of drained swampland you’ve ever seen. It’s named that because it looks like a 12 square mile area to play lawn bowling in.
The highlight of the city’s event calendar is the Black Swamp Arts Festival. Bowling Green can nearly double in population for the three days that it's held. Main Street closes down, and artists from around the country come to sell their wares. Four live music stages add to the atmosphere, which has a bit of a carnival feel to it. If you’ve ever wondered what fried gator tastes like, you know where to go.
In a lot of ways, BG contains the best of small town America, and of academia as well. Its nutrient-rich land makes it perfect for farmland. And farms are unavoidable in Bowling Green. Then, by contrast, it is also a progressive leader in Ohio. In addition to the bustling college campus, the city is home to the first utility-sized wind farm in the state. Residents can choose to have their homes powered by green energy if they like. Bowling Green was one of the first cities in the state to outlaw LGBT discrimination. The campus and the city are famously in tune too, with very little of the class-based, so-called “Town-Gown” tensions that can pit communities against the colleges they host. In Bowling Green, it would be perfectly reasonable to move onto campus, get an education, then graduate, move a mile or two down the road, start a family and live for the rest of your life.
Don’t worry, there are plenty of bars, too.
First Season: The Falcons have had collegiate hockey in some form since the early 1960s. They became a full-fledged NCAA program in 1969.
All-time Record: 778-707-117
Championships: 1984
Frozen Four Appearances: 1978, 1984
Tournament Appearances: 9 (Most recent: 1990)
Conference Titles:
CCHA Regular Season Championships: 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987
CCHA Tournament Championships: 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1988
Rivals
Miami University
Unfortunately, Bowling Green lacks strong rivalries. This is mostly due to their traditional rivals (The University of Toledo, and to a lesser extent, Kent State and Akron) not having varsity hockey programs. In fact, BG's rivals may not agree that the rivalries even exist.
Their main rivals, however, are the Miami RedHawks. They have several similarities, including the size of their schools. Both are public schools with about 20,000 students. They are both Division I universities in suburban, small-ish towns. They play in the Mid-American Conference in all other sports. There are also geographic similarities (granted they’re across the state from each other in a state that’s bigger than you think. But, hey, it’s hockey in football country. Beggars can’t be choosers).
They are quite familiar with one another. They were each members of the now-defunct Central Collegiate Hockey Association for decades. They played regularly against each other for 33 years. Bowling Green won the regular season CCHA championship seven times, and Miami four times. Bowling Green leads the all-time series 57-47-8. More interesting however, is their recent head-to-head stats. The pair played two games against each other last season, with each team winning one.
Recent seasons have been kinder to the RedHawks. While BGSU has only recently come out of a decade-long tailspin, Miami has turned into an unlikely powerhouse. They have become a fixture in the NCAA tournament. Miami qualified eight straight times from 2006-2013, very nearly winning a national championship in the process. Since 2000, the RedHawks are 30-7-3 against BG. Miami’s newfound success, coupled with its move to the new and arguably more prestigious National Collegiate Hockey Conference leaves the future of this rivalry in question.
Ohio State University
By virtue of being two of the three CCHA teams from Ohio, Bowling Green and Ohio State also share a rivalry. They have been playing each other for decades, as they were among the four founding members of the CCHA. While in just about every other respect, OSU dwarfs BGSU, this rivalry is surprisingly competitive. They split the season series last year, 1-1.
Bowling Green has had more historical success, however. While both teams hover around a .500 win percentage all-time, The Buckeyes have won one CCHA championship to BG’s seven. The Falcons lead the all-time series 95-74-9
Similar to their relationship with Miami, the 2013 conference realignment threatens this rivalry, as Ohio State now plays in the Big Ten.
Other Rivals
Through sheer familiarity, Bowling Green shares lesser rivalries with all of the CCHA refugees now in the WCHA. This includes the University of Alaska, Ferris State University, Lake Superior State University, Michigan Tech, and Northern Michigan University.
Most notable from that list is probably Lake Superior, who has been in the same conference as Bowling Green since 1972, longer than anyone else. Both also saw periods of success in the 1970s and 80s, with Lake Superior winning three NCAA championships. Their first, in 1988, was a little after BG’s lone championship. Last season, The Lakers beat Bowling Green once and lost once, as is apparently required of all of their rivals.
2014-2015 Season
Record: 23-11-5 (17-8-3)
Coach: Chris Bergeron
2014-2015 Roster
Big moments:

• WCHA Playoffs: Defeating Northern Michigan in two straight games to advance in the first round of the WCHA playoffs was probably the most electrifying moment of the season. Bowling Green overcame an early deficit to win in overtime in game one. The Falcons forced overtime with less than two minutes remaining. Finally, the team was lifted by a game winning goal from freshman Tyler Spezia. The team’s impressive penalty kill unit was on display, surviving a two man disadvantage for an entire minute. Bowling Green trailed early in game two as well, before scoring four unanswered, putting the series to bed early in the third period. Northern Michigan went 0 for 2 on the power play.
  
• BGSU Defeats Miami: A few months earlier, Bowling Green opened the season at home against the rival Miami RedHawks. Miami, nationally ranked and riding a decade’s worth of BG victories, may not have expected much from the upstarts in orange and brown. Bowling Green used that to their advantage, as the Falcons took the game 3-2. Bowling Green took an early 2-0 lead, before Miami pulled one back about halfway through the contest. Sophomore Kevin Dufour put the game out of reach midway through the third with his second of the game. Miami's power play was shut out, a sign of things to come. The teams would meet again two days later in Oxford, a 3-2 victory for Miami this time. Even so, the Falcons would ride the momentum of that early upset to a largely successful season.
  

Season Summary:
In 2014-2015, The Falcons looked to build off of the momentum of their first winning season in nine years. And build they did. They went from 18-15-6 the previous year to 23-11-5, once again finishing third in their new conference.
Finally free of the Big Ten teams that often dominated the CCHA, one might think that Bowling Green’s improvement could be attributed to a weaker conference schedule. That does not appear to be the case, though. They did about as well in their conference schedule as out of conference, going 17-8-3. By comparison, they only lost two regular season games out of conference, to Ohio State and Miami respectively.
The team gained recognition on the national stage for the first time in a very long time. Mid-season, they appeared in the UCHO.com rankings for the first time in about seven years. They bounced around the UCHO and USA Today rankings all season, making it as high as 6th in both polls. The season also saw their most successful postseason run in 25 years, arguably. In the WCHA playoff first round, BG swept Northern Michigan in two games to become one of the final four teams in the conference playoffs, entering a stage of the tournament known as the Final Five, for obvious reasons that are totally clear to everyone. BG’s season ended at the hands of Michigan Tech, who were ranked fourth in the nation at the time, by a score of 5-2. They finished the season ranked 18th by UCHO, and just out of the rankings of the 15-team USA Today poll. The Falcons were the last team out of the NCAA tournament, with eventual champions Providence making the dance over them by .0001 RPI percentage points.
2015-2016 Season
Schedule
Drafted Players:

• Mark Friedman, D, Sophomore, 2014 (3rd round, 86th pick, Philadelphia Flyers)
  
• Ryan Bednard, G, Commit, 2015 (7th round, 206th pick, Florida Panthers)
  

Key Games:

• Oct. 9 @ Ohio State: BG opens its regular season in Columbus against former CCHA rival Ohio State, who may be having some trouble adjusting to the Big Ten.
  
• Nov. 13 & 14 @ Michigan Tech: Bowling Green heads to Houghton, seeking revenge for their Final Five defeat at the hands of the Huskies a few months ago. Michigan Tech finished the season ranked ninth in the country, so this could be one of their toughest challenges all year.
  
• Dec. 4 & 5 vs. Minnesota State: The Falcons will put its new-found momentum to the test against the defending WCHA regular season and playoff champions. Bowling Green hasn’t forgotten that Minnesota State emphatically ended their NCAA tournament hopes in the Final Five two seasons ago, by the way.
  

Players to Watch:

• Brandon Hawkins, Forward, Sophomore: Bowling Green’s most valuable player for the 2014-15 season. He led the team with 16 goals and 30 points as a freshman. That total was enough to make him the top-scoring freshman in his conference, and eighth overall. The Michigan native earned honors as a member of the WCHA’s all-rookie team. Also a standout in junior hockey, he was the 2012-13 NAHL rookie of the year.
  
• Mark Friedman, Defense, Sophomore: The only Falcon with ties to the NHL. Friedman was drafted in the third round of the 2014 NHL draft by the Philadelphia Flyers. He was the highest drafted WCHA player that year. Another player coming off an incredible freshman season, he shared BG’s rookie of the year award with Hawkins, and joined him on the WCHA all-rookie team. He led the team in blocked shots. Friedman is also known to contribute on offense, with an impressive 19 points last year. His 17 assists put him in a tie for the most on the team.
  
• Tommy Burke, Goaltender, Senior: Statistically speaking, Tommy Burke is an absolute monster. When he is allowed to get into a groove, Bowling Green wins. It really is that simple. Burke recorded 30 saves on four occasions last season. All four were wins. His 2.11 goals against average last season is the best ever for a BG goalie. His 0.920 save percentage last year wasn’t bad either, the second best in program history. His mere 10 power play goals against were a huge factor in the Falcons’ penalty kill, the second best in the country. With his senior year coming up, and with a supporting cast rapidly maturing around him, Burke is expected to go out on a high note.
  

BGSU History
Greatest Players:

• Rob Blake, Defense: The Stanley Cup winning defenseman and Hockey Hall of Famer played in Bowling Green from 1987 to 1990. He was an All-American and a Hobey Baker Award finalist in his time there. A productive defender from the very beginning, Blake recorded 59 points in 42 games in his last college season. Blake’s laundry list of accomplishments also include an Olympic Gold Medal, taking over the captaincy of the LA Kings from Wayne Gretzky, having his number 4 retired in Los Angeles, moving to Colorado and breaking whatever gypsy’s curse befell Ray Bourque, and perhaps most importantly, making a cameo appearance in Mike Myers’s seminal piece The Love Guru.
  
• Brian Holzinger, Center: While never exactly a household name in the pros, Holzinger is probably the most successful player in BG hockey history. Playing from 1991-1995, Holzinger had a senior season for the ages. He scored 32 goals and 66 points, putting him within spitting distance of the top in both categories, all while up against stars like Brendan Morrison and Martin St. Louis. He led the team to second place in the still very relevant CCHA, yet still missed out on an NCAA tournament berth. That year he was named CCHA player of the year, first team All-CCHA, and All-American. Most importantly, he won hockey’s Heisman, the Hobey Baker Award. He remains the only BGSU alum and only Ohioan to win it. Holzinger joined the Sabres soon after, and was a part of their late-90s Stanley Cup runs. Several injuries, including a nasty leg break, probably hampered his development into a star scorer. He finished his career in the early 2000s as a journeyman, playing with three teams in quick succession and retiring with Columbus in 2004. His professional accomplishments include winning the Calder Cup as the AHL’s champion, and recording 238 points in 11 NHL seasons.
  
• Dan Bylsma, Right Wing: “Disco Dan” Bylsma was a useful hand on the ice in the NCAA and NHL, but has truly shined behind the bench. He put up good numbers for BG from 1988, until 1992. His greatest college accomplishments were probably scoring a 5 on 3 shorthanded goal, and getting drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in his freshman year. He never played for the Jets, however. He was signed by the Los Angeles Kings after college, and played the role of a defensive-minded forward most of his career. He bounced between the IHL, AHL, and NHL, putting up 62 points in the big leagues and ending his eleven-year professional career in the Anaheim Mighty Ducks system. That was also where he began his coaching career. He became assistant coach of the AHL’s Cincinnati Mighty Ducks soon after retiring. Bylsma moved to Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania in 2008 for his first head coaching job, with the AHL’s Penguins affiliate. He was soon promoted to Pittsburgh, relieving the underachieving Michel Therrien in 2009. He was supposed to just be an interim coach, but it was there that he finally proved to be a star. It seems that he just the spark that Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin needed as they were nearing their primes. The team did a complete 180, going from a team struggling to make the playoffs to 18-3-4 in his first 25 games. They made the playoffs, and went on to upset the Detroit Red Wings and win the Pens’ first Stanley Cup since 1992. He became the fastest coach in NHL history to win 200 games. Within five years, he was the winningest coach in Penguins history. He was named coach of the United States National Team for the Sochi Olympics. However, in 2014, after proving unable to make a serious challenge for a second Cup, and after a front office shakeup, Bylsma was fired. Without an actual job, he remained on Pittsburgh's payroll, living the dream until this offseason. He was recently hired on as head coach of the Buffalo Sabres, looking to turn around another rebuilding franchise.
  
• Ken Morrow and Mark Wells: Honorable mentions must go to the two players that won the 1980 Olympic Gold Medal in hockey while students at BGSU. These two were an important part of the “Miracle on Ice” in Lake Placid, New York. In that Olympic tournament, a ragtag group of college kids that had practically just met beat a professional, experienced Soviet Union team that was LITERALLY A PART OF THE RED ARMY during the Cold War, in what is considered by many to be the greatest upset in sports history. Morrow was the 1979 CCHA player of the year, and a regular in the NHL throughout the 1980s. First with the Islanders, he was the first player to win the Stanley Cup and a gold medal in the same year. He now works as a scout for the Isles, and was recently inducted into their hall of fame. Wells’s professional career consisted of playing for several minor league teams in the span of two years. A rare degenerative spinal disease later kept him from any line of work. He now dabbles as a motivational speaker, a fitting job for a man that beat a deadly illness and might have had a hand in defeating communism. Against doctor’s orders, he played one shift in a Miracle on Ice reunion game in 2002.
  

Greatest Coaches:

• Jerry York, 342-248-31: 1979-1994. The coach that won Bowling Green a National Championship. His 15 seasons in charge nearly doubles the tenure of any other BG coach. In nine of those seasons, the team won 20 games or more. The Falcons have not made an NCAA tournament, or won a conference championship since he left. He moved back to his alma mater, Boston College, in 1994. He coaches there to this day, with great success. The winningest coach in college hockey history.
  
• Ron Mason, 160-63-6: 1973-1979. The only other Bowling Green coach to win a conference championship or make the NCAA tournament. He won two CCHA regular season titles, and two conference tournament championships in his six seasons. His .712 win percentage is easily the best in BGSU history. After his tenure in Ohio, he went on to coach Michigan State for 22 years. He was the winningest coach in college hockey history until Jerry York recently took that honor from him.
  
• Jack Vivian, 68-53-8: 1969-1973. BGSU’s first hockey coach. Apart from York and Mason, the only other Bowling Green coach with a winning record. Much more than a coach, he was a scout for the New York Islanders throughout their glory years in the 1970s. More recently, he founded a consulting company where he has saved dozens of old, seemingly doomed hockey arenas. Starting in 2009, he’s been doing the same for his old hockey program. When informed that several higher-ups at the university favored disbanding the team, he told the university president “that won’t happen as long as I’m alive. I’ll fight that to my grave”. He was instrumental in Bowling Green’s hugely successful Bring Back the Glory campaign that saved the program. His lobbying efforts, as well as a substantial monetary donation, have ensured that BG hockey will survive for decades to come.
  

Greatest Games:
March 24, 1984: BGSU def. University of Minnesota-Duluth 5-4 (4OT): The biggest moment in all of Bowling Green athletic history is their 1984 National Championship win in Lake Placid, New York. Four years after the famed “Miracle on Ice” took place, Bowling Green pulled a miracle of its own in the same rink. An at-large entrant into the tourney, and an underdog nearly the entire way through, the Falcons overcame a three-goal first game deficit to beat Boston University 5-1 in overtime to make the Frozen Four (the first round of the tournament used to work UEFA Champions League-style. They played two games, the team with the most aggregate goals advancing). Probably the second greatest game in Bowling Green hockey history. BG squeaked past Ron Mason’s Michigan State 2-1 in the national semifinal. Probably the third greatest game in Bowling Green hockey history.
They went on to face the first-ranked University of Minnesota-Duluth, the team that was controversially chosen over BGSU as the final entrant in the NCAA tournament the year before. The Bulldogs took a commanding lead mid-game, and BG had to score two goals in the final seven minutes of regulation to force overtime.
The game-tying goal was one of the strangest plays in NCAA hockey history. Considering the stakes involved, it should be a lot more famous. The Falcons dumped the puck into the UMD zone. The referee later admitted that he should have called for icing, but play continued regardless. Duluth’s goaltender made his way behind the net, preparing to corral the puck. However, against all reason and physics, the puck wildly caromed off of the end boards, straight in front of the net. BG center John Samanski was there for an easy tap-in, equalizing with 1:47 to play.
UMD dominated the extra periods in terms of shots and possession. In the final stages, however, momentum was shifting. The Bulldogs were victims of a few unlucky deflections and mental mistakes as play slogged further on. In the end, a dead-tired Bowling Green team used a beautiful pass and deke to take advantage of an even more dead-tired Minnesota-Duluth in quadruple overtime, 5-4, to win the championship. The game went 97 minutes and 11 seconds, the longest NCAA championship game in history, and still one of the longest college hockey games ever. It is the university’s only national championship.
Closing School and City Information
City Population: 31,384 as of 2012.
School History:
Bowling Green State Normal School was founded in 1910, as a result of a public campaign decrying the need for professional development of teachers and a state-sponsored higher learning institution in Northwest Ohio. Bowling Green was chosen for its infrastructure, sanitary conditions, and its status as a “dry” town (no alcohol sales). The city changed their tune on that last one pretty quick.
The school opened its doors in 1914. Its first class of 35 certified teachers graduated in 1915. After about ten years as a college solely for teachers, it slowly began expanding into other disciplines. In 1929, it achieved the status of college, and was renamed Bowling Green State College. The newly-christened BGSC had its very existence challenged during the Great Depression, when low enrollment numbers nearly led the Ohio government to turn the school’s facilities into a mental health institution. A large, city-wide campaign changed the legislature’s mind. In 1935 the college became a university, and changed its name to Bowling Green State University. It only grew from there, adding master’s programs and an endowment fund.
The next several decades led to further steady growth. World War II and its aftermath saw the introduction of several more colleges, residential buildings, and men in significant numbers for the first time. In 1968, the university opened BGSU Firelands, a satellite campus about 50 miles east of the main campus on the shores of Lake Erie.
More recently, BGSU has been in a state of rapid change. This decade has seen new sports complexes, academic buildings, dormitories, arts centers, health buildings, dining halls, and the like. It has been renovated to such an extent that the campus can look foreign compared to the old days of 2010, even. Even with so much done in the last few years, the change shows no signs of slowing down.
Its academic credentials are being applauded on a national stage as well. It last ranked 173rd in US News & World Report’s list of top colleges, and ranked in the top 5 in terms of overachieving relative to its expected graduation rate.
Traditions:
Bowling Green’s success on the ice and passionate fans have earned it the honor of best hockey city in Ohio, and 18th best in the country. This passion is on display at every Falcons game when:

• During the visiting team introduction, students bring newspapers and hold them in front of their faces. It both serves as an insult to the away team, and as the only way to sell newspapers on a college campus at this point. Fans only interrupt their reading to shout out “Who’s he? Nobody!” as each name is called.
  
• After a power play, once the announcer states the away team is at full strength, fans respond “That’s debatable”.
  
• When a penalty is called on an opposing player, fans wave one of their arms in a circle until the player enters the box, after which they point at him and yell “See ya! Bye-bye! Jackass!”
  
• Note that one or more of these may have been borrowed from the University of Michigan.
  

Local Dining:

• Myles’ Pizza Pub: The best pizza in town. Known for its deep dish, excessive amounts of cheese, and piles of toppings. Until this year, the Myles family also owned the local Dairy Queen, where they made Blizzards that could only be described as “unconscionable”. This is a small. An Honorable Pizza Mention goes to Pagliai's as well.
  
• DiBenedetto’s: Once known as a quick, cheap spaghetti and sub place, and a hockey team hangout. In 2009 or so, the restaurant moved from campus to downtown and became DiBenedetto’s Italian Bistro. It went from a shrine to BG hockey to a fancy, Tuscan-style sit-down affair. While the atmosphere is much more upscale and still very much worth your time, most agree that their spaghetti isn't quite the same anymore. Or maybe that’s just nostalgia talking.
  
• Clazel: In the ever-changing Bowling Green bar landscape, Clazel is one of its few constants. Built in 1926 as a movie theater, this place is as multipurpose as bars come. It is the only place in BG where you can have a beautiful wedding Saturday afternoon, and then make even more decisions you’ll regret when it becomes a full-fledged dance club at night. It still hosts movie screenings at times. It even occasionally plays old-timey movies and cartoons while also acting as a bar. Kind of smells like a dentist’s office. Don’t mention it to them, though. They won’t appreciate it.
  

Random Trivia:
Ohio State has its football dynasty. Akron has its rubber and plight. Toledo has its mountains upon mountains of glass. Bowling Green has its weird urban legends. If you know only one thing about BGSU, it’s probably that Bowling Green is the sexually transmitted disease capital of the United States. But not really, though. The rumor is the result of some flawed methodology. Turns out, there’s a big difference between one in 10 students having chlamydia, and one in 10 students that already suspect they might have chlamydia having chlamydia.
I hope you enjoyed reading the word “chlamydia” that many times.
On a lighter note, a Bowling Green student was convicted of assaulting her roommate with a hot iron in 2005, one day into their college careers. It is a story that has ascended to the status of legend at the university. There's (unofficial) merchandise memorializing it. The details are a bit too gruesome to recount here, but, yeah, read the article.
While not an officially recorded statistic, it's likely that Bowling Green leads the WCHA in ghosts. Most famously, Amanda haunts the school’s Chi Omega sorority house. As the legend goes, she was a student so desperate to join a sorority that she did so posthumously. She is known for terrorizing unauthorized male visitors to the house, and “appearing” in all of Chi Omega's annual composite photos. A space is left for her every year, with one exception. Mysteriously, the photo from that year regularly falls off the wall. Alice is another famous BG ghost. Supposedly a deceased drama student, it is tradition that she be invited to all performances that take place at the school’s theaters.
Academics:
Bowling Green started as a college for aspiring teachers, and still is to a large extent. Bowling Green’s acclaimed College of Education and Human Development has a variety of different majors for teaching. It is still ranked among the top education schools in the country.
The university has raised some eyebrows by being the first (and probably only) college in the world to offer a major in popular culture, and is famous for having its own Pop Culture Library. It is the perfect major for anyone planning to… teach popular culture at BGSU.
Notable Alumni:
The aforementioned Scott Hamilton, Basketball Hall of Famer Nate Thurmond, Cy Young-winning pitcher Orel Hershiser, hockey broadcaster Doc Emrick, sketch comedy pioneer and five time Emmy winner Tim Conway, one of the original bona fide movie stars and Oscar winner Eva Marie Saint, The Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, and actor Christopher Lloyd.
Poet, author, and activist James Baldwin was a BGSU professor for a short time. Toledo native Urban Meyer's first head coaching job was in Bowling Green.
What Is and What Is To Come
The Falcons are coming off a largely successful season, but there is a feeling like there is more to be done. This team will not be satisfied unless it (at least) makes its first NCAA tournament in 25 years.
And that is starting to look more and more attainable as time goes on. The team is not losing any of its top four scorers, its two star players are only now sophomores, and its once-in-a-generation goalie is now a senior. Once Burke graduates, he will be replaced by an NHL draftee that hasn’t even enrolled yet. Clearly, Bowling Green has a team with the tools to be very good for a long time. This a supremely talented group, and they will be a ton of fun to watch if they live up to their potential.
Final Thoughts
What's most interesting about Bowling Green State University is that it exists in a weird little twilight zone. It's in Ohio, but it's practically on the Michigan border. The region's allegiances are a famous point of contention. Nearly all BG students come from those two states, so there's a bit of a mish-mash between Ohio and Michigan culture. That sounds dumb, but there really is a difference. Especially in sports.
Michigan, of course, has Hockeytown, borders Canada, all that. BG adopted much of Michigan's hockey culture as its own. It has a bad NFL team that no one really cares about. The Wolverines can be a great football team, but Michigan's strong suit is hockey. And no one can touch Ohio when it comes to football. The sport was more or less invented there. The hall of fame is there. The sport's first superstar, Jim Thorpe, lived and played there. Its teams dominated early football in both the amateur and professional ranks. The first NFL champions played in Akron. In a couple of Ohio hospitals, all newborn boys are given little plastic footballs. It has a bad NFL team that everyone cares about.
Because of this clash of cultures, you see an identity crisis every once in a while. In about 2008, the football team was fighting atop the MAC, and the hockey team was fighting to even exist. The football stadium was getting some pretty renovations, while the hockey arena was (and still is) held together with bubble gum and blind hope. It was starting to look like it might become a football school, like most universities in the state. The women's basketball team was consistently making the Sweet Sixteen, and they were getting a brand new arena. Who knows, maybe that's their thing now.
This may have all been settled when the Bring Back the Glory campaign proved to be such a success. Famous alumni lobbied for money and attention and saved the program. The school looked like an attractive option for recruits again. They might even get a new arena, or at least some renovations. With a rediscovered sense of optimism, and some wins under their belt, it looks like hockey has once again taken its rightful place at center stage in Bowling Green.
Oh, and it’s worth a mention that BGSU hosts the largest charity event in the state: Dance Marathon. Pretty much the same idea as that one It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode, the weekend-long event has raised millions for children’s hospitals over the last 20 years. It is run entirely by students.
And, finally, Bowling Green's campus features this rock. Interpret it however you like.
Relevant Subreddits:
Check out BGOhio and BGSU for more on the community.
See collegehockey for more college hockey discussion. Probably. And take a look at 60teams60days for more on this series!

Michigan State University (MSU)
Year Founded: 1855
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Total Enrollment: Approximately 50,085 undergraduate and graduate students (as of Fall 2014)
Nickname: Spartans
*The nickname, originally given to the baseball team in 1926, was out of a dislike of the contest-winning nickname (from the ‘Aggies’ for the agricultural program, to ‘The Michigan Staters’). Mr. Alderton, the sports editor of the Lansing State Journal, started using it in headlines, and the rest, as they say is history Source
Conference: Big Ten
Total Attendance: 85,997, (Average per game 5,733, not including 5 neutral site games)
Live Mascot: Sparty
Band: Spartan Brass (for many games, not all)
Fight Song: MSU Fight song lyrics link
On the banks of the Red Cedar, There's a school that's known to all; Its specialty is winning, And those Spartans play good ball; Spartan teams are never beaten, All through the game they'll fight; Fight for the only colors, Green and White. Go right through for MSU, Watch the points keep growing. Spartan teams are bound to win, They're fighting with a vim. Rah! Rah! Rah! See their team is weakening, We're going to win this game. Fight! Fight! Rah! Team, Fight! Victory for MSU.
*Written in 1915, by Francis Irving Lankey, the MSU Fight Song was written in response to Lankey hearing Victors and On, Wisconsin and wanting a fight song for his school. Some minor changes to the lyrics have happened since, (Aggies to Spartans, MAC to MSU).
*When games are against Michigan (See Rival below), two lines are swapped into the Modern version from the old version ‘Go right through for MSU’ becomes ‘Go right through that line of blue’ and ‘See their team is weakening’ becomes ‘Michigan is weakening’
Arena: Munn Ice Arena Interior Exterior
Jerseys: Template
Capacity: 6,470
Opened: 1974
City Information: East Lansing is a city that thrives because the university does. Center around Grand River Avenue, the north edge of campus, you can find a many local bars, restaurants and coffee shops to fill your time before the game.
First Season (Early era): 0-3, 1922
First Season (Modern era): 0-14, 1949-50
All-time Record: 1253-954-143
NCAA Championships: 1966, 1986, 2007
Frozen Four Appearances (Most Recent Year): 11 (2007)
Tournament Appearances (Most Recent Year): 27 (2012)
Conference Titles (Regular Season): 8 (2000-2001)
Conference Titles (Tournament): 13 (2006)
Rival
Michigan (series record 129-156-19)
The rivalry extends from the almost all sport rivalry between the two schools (with noted rivalries in football and basketball as well). Michigan and Michigan State meet at least 4 times a year, thanks to conference play, and and extra game is almost always a part of the Great Lakes Invitational, held at Joe Louis Arena every year in Late December.
Michigan State has not had much recent success against the Wolverines, but the rivalry particularly shined when Ron Mason when Ron Mason was the coach (1979-2002), where Michigan State dominated the Wolverines in the 1980s with a record of 34-14-1.
During the 1990’s, the rivalry remained hot with notable bench clearing brawls and leading up to the “Cold War” at Spartan Stadium on October 6, 2001 with an attendance of 75,544, 103.4% capacity at the time. That game set a then-world record for the largest crowd at an ice hockey game and ended in a 3-3 tie.
In 2010, on December 11, the in-state rivals would meet up again outdoors, where they would re-break the record previously held at Spartan Stadium (since broken at the 2010 IIHF World Championships in Germany) by holding the “Big Chill at the Big House.” The game, held at Michigan Stadium, had an attendance of 104,173 fans, and Michigan took the game, 5-0. This remains the record for the highest attendance at an ice hockey game. (While the 2014 NHL Winter Classic was announced as having an attendance of 105,491 (or even higher), the game was credited with having less than the Big Chill game, and the league has since let the matter go.)
In more recent years, the rivalry has cooled off (recruiting fell under Comley in a post-Mason era), and most recent head coach Tom Anastos has built a more defensive team, and is playing catch up with the still very talented Michigan Wolverines. The rivalry games are still the highest in attendance (excluding neutral site games) and almost always sells out Munn. The two schools also play once a year at Joe Louis Arena to celebrate this heated rivalry. Michigan leads this series 14-10-4.
2014-2015 Season
Record: 17-16-2 (11-7-2)
Coach: Tom Anastos
2014-2015 Roster
Big moments:
Hockey City Classic
Last game against Michigan
Big Ten Tournament
Season Summary
The 2014-2015 season started tough for the Spartans with many split weekends. The Spartans turned it around after losing to Michigan in the GLI Title Game, only losing 4 more games to close out the season with a 17-16-2 record. Two of those losses were to Michigan (One of which was at the Hockey City Classic held in Chicago, Ill. on Soldier Field). But it came down to the last game of the season against Michigan. The Spartans won, 2-1, clinching second place in the Big Ten, and a bye for the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, leaving Michigan in third to play against sixth-seeded Wisconsin in the first round. Michigan State lost the semi-final matchup, of course against Michigan, 4-1.
2015-2016 Season Schedule
Drafted Players on Roster: -Rhett Holland, 2012, ARI (4, 102) -Matt DeBlouw, 2012, CGY (7, 186) -John Draeger, 2012, MIN (3, 68) -Mackenzie Maceachern, 2012, STL (3, 67) -Mason Appleton, 2015, WPG (6, 168)
*Fun Fact: David Bondra was selected 21st overall by Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the 2010 KHL draft
Key Games

• Key Game #1: 11/27 & 11/29 North Dakota
  
• Key Game #2: 1/ 8 Michigan
  
• Key Game #3: 2/6 Michigan
  

Players to Watch

• Jake Hildebrand, G, Senior: Big Ten Player of the Year 2015, Goaltender of the Year, First Team All-Big Ten, First Team All-American, Mike Richter Award Finalist
  
• Michael Ferrentino, F, Senior: Captain and Playmaker. Not afraid to push into where he needs to be.
  
• Mackenzie MacEachern, F, Junior: Incoming point-leader for the team with 26 (11g- 15a) last season (Only Matt Berry was higher with 29, who has since graduated)
  

MSU’s History
Greatest Players:

• Ryan Miller, G: Winner of the Hobey Baker Memorial Award in 2001, finalist in 2002, played three seasons for Michigan State for a record of 73-19-12, including the ‘Cold War’ game at Spartan Stadium.
  
• Kip Miller, F: Winner of the Hobey Baker Memorial Award in 1990, finalist in 1989, played four seasons for Michigan State, from 1986-1990. Kip lead the nation in scoring in both 1989 and 1990, which in 1990 was good for 53 goals and 48 assists, a total of 101 points.
  
• Torey Krug, D: Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalist in 2012, played three seasons for Michigan State. Elected Captain in his sophomore season, was the top-scoring defenseman that year, and CCHA Player of the year in 2012.
  

Also notable: Duncan Keith, Rod Brind'Amour, Justin Abdelkader, Jeff Petry, Drew Miller, Shawn Horcoff
Greatest Coaches:

• Ron Mason, 635-270-69: winningest coach for MSU and held the record for all-time winningest coach in college hockey until 2012, when Jerry York achieved his 925th win. (Mason also started the program at Lake Superior State, with a record of 130- 44-8 and Bowling Green, with a record of 160-63-6). Led MSU to its second national championship in 1986, 10 CCHA tournament championships, seven regular season CCHA titles, 19 NCAA tournament appearances, including seven Frozen Four appearances. In 1994, Mason was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. Mason was named Athletic Director at Michigan State University in 2002, a position which he held until 2008. In 2013, he was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. 7 Frozen Four Appearances, 10-Time Conference Champion, NCAA National Title (1986) -Amo Bessone, 367-427-20: 1951-1979: 2-Time Conference Champion, 3 Frozen Four Appearances, NCAA National Title (1966) -Rick Comley, 186-140-39: 2002-2011: Conference Champion (2006), 5 Frozen Four Appearances, NCAA National Title (2007)

Greatest Games:

• 1st NCAA Title, March 18th 1966, against Clarkson, 6-1 Win: The very first National Title win for MSU’s hockey program, with a blowout win against Clarkson.
  
• Cold War, October 6th 2001, against Michigan, 3-3 Tie: First modern outdoor hockey game, player against bitter rival Michigan University, sets record for all-time attendance at 74,544 filling MSU’s Spartan Stadium (used for football) to 103.4% of its capacity.
  
• Most Recent NCAA Title, April 7th 2007, against Boston College, 3-1 Win: The most recent National Title for MSU, coming in a tight victory against Boston College. Justin Abdelkader wins the Most Outstanding Player Award for his goal and two assists in this game.
  

Closing School and City Information
City Population: 48,579
School History
MSU was founded in February of 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, after the Michigan Constitution of 1850 called for the creation of an agricultural school. Classes began in 1857 with 5 faculty members and 63 male students. The curriculum required more of a scientific study, more than any educational institution in that era. As well as a mandatory three hours of labour per day. The Reorganizational Act of 1861 had just passed giving the newly named State Agricultural College the ability to grant master’s degrees. The Civil War had just started during this time period and many students went to fight for the Union. The college first enrolled women in 1870, however didn’t have female residence halls so women were forced to live with faculty members and their families. In 1949, the State College was given admission into the BIG 10 athletic conference after the University of Chicago dropped out. In 1964, the college officially changed its name to Michigan State University.
Traditions
It is tradition for some alumni and other Spartan fans to have a picture taken with the Spartan statue to mark major life events. During graduation season there is a steady stream of recent graduates and their families posing with the statue. On weekends it is not uncommon to see newlywed couples doing the same. During football games, members of the MSU band often gaurd the statue from any vandalism which is common especially when the Spartans are playing their rival, University of Michigan.
Local Dining:

• Crunchy's - this bar is a popular location for both pre, and post-game. Named one of the top 25 college bars in America, you can order a bucket of your favorite beer, yes literally a bucket! And by bucket, I mean they fill a 2.5 gallon mop bucket full of tap beer.
• Georgio's Pizza - Pizza by the slice at its best. Choose from about 20 different types of pizza including the mac n' cheese pizza, lasagna pizza, and gyro pizza.

Random Trivia:

• “Silver,” the Lone Ranger’s famous horse. Dr. William Wescott, class of ’43, owner of the Westcott Hospital in Detroit and former president of the American Animal Hospital Association, was a senior at MSU and had a job cleaning the stables and doing other chores at MSU’s Veterinary Clinic. For about two weeks, he cared for Silver, exercising him around campus. He does not remember why Silver came to MSU, but he has the photos to prove that he did.
• James Caan, who received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his role as Sonny in 1972’s hit movie, The Godfather, remains one of Hollywood’s best known and most prolific actors. Caan was a walk-on player in 1956 for coach Duffy Daugherty. In 1997, he served as Grand Marshal of MSU’s Homecoming Parade. When asked what position he played, he responded, “Tackling dummy.”

Academics
MSU boasts many world renowned academic programs, most notably they have their own college of law. List of Majors
Notable Alumni:
-Jemele Hill, ESPN Analyst -Pat Foley, Chicago Blackhawks Play-by-Play announcer -Tyler Oakley, YouTube Star - Magic Johnson, NBA Legend - Drayton McClane Jr, Owner of the Houston Astros and director of Wal-Mart - Dan Gilbert, Owner of Cleveland Cavaliers, and president of Quicken Loans
What is and what is to come
After a somewhat average 2014/15 season, the Spartans hope to leave the past in the past and build off of last years experiences in order to improve systems. They still have a very strong defensive team, but still lack in offense. Finishing second in the BIG10 was no fluke, but MSU needs to have better success in playoffs.
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Contributors: spreebiz - (did most of the team info and writing, wouldn't be posted if it wasn't for him/her) Wikipedia and numerous sources msuspartans.com, and The Only Colors on SBNation.com
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/60Teams60Days - For further information about this series Trivia: https://www.houseparty.com/event_favors/download/1437 NathanA01 for his 59 teams/ 59 days post on MSU last year