How dedicated ARE college ballers?

[raehl]

So dedicated that they'll set up a field and play in weather like this:

http://www.umass.edu/rso/paintball/events/westpoint/

Check out the link to the pictures at the bottom of the page. Yes, that is 8 inches of snow. Thanks to UMass for the pics, and West Point for putting on yet another college tournament.


Brrr. Cold.


- Chris

[Mossman]

raehl, I don't know if you know as you're not from the area, but I was wondering if to get to that field you have to go through one of those red big azz swinging service gate things, go down a dirt road for a while, and turn to the right?

Anyone from Umass on here?

[darklord]

Bah, Amhurst, party school

I played 2 weeks ago in a forest in worse New England weather than that. Pansies!

[raehl]

Nope...

I havn't been to West Point since the Army-Navy game of like, '89. I live in bumblescrew WI now. I do know that everyone had to go through all of the security to get on campus.

But the field was right on the river right on campus, so I highly doubt there were any dirt roads involved....

- Chris

[Dayspring]

I (PBX Black Cell) played against the Penn State teams at Skirmish's Winter 5-Man. 12"-18" of snow and 10*-20* weather all day.

Yes. They're dedicated.

[Mossman]

raehl i was talking about umass's field (the one with pics on the site).

Ya, i know it's a long shot

[Skoad]

if i had money and an airfield i'd play in the snow too

[demonguy8]

/me hopes the GREAT weather we had this weekend in IL carries over to this weekend for the Spring MICT @ Purdue..
(then again it was 60 the weekend before the last one)


And the answer is VERY... o wait, I get it now a RHETORICAL question!...

and a side note all you NE guys are nuts...im cold just thinking about playing in all that snow..

[Cryer]

I REALLY like that picture with the one guy looking around the empty field in front of that huge stone (castle?) wall... That's awesome.

[PsychoBaller]

Muuhahahaa.......

....cough... my sig... cough....
I was on Rutgers B Squad , and we came in either 5th or 6th. Our last game was def ours, if all of us were not shooting goo from our barrels... (including my SFL w/LX, and my fellow Teammates Angels.

U got a nice picture of Rutgers A about to break though. They most definately rocked house all day.

But it was most definately freezing with that river of icebergs blowing the colder air onto the fields. And too bad they left the paint out in the cold to become so brittle like that, and with 5-6 huge dimples on each.

In anycase, good playing you guys, and I'll see you at Nationals in Chicago (hopefully with fresher paint)

~da baller

[Fred]

If my University had a team...
If I had a paint sponsorship...
If I had an airball field...

I would play every weekend, twice! snow is great to play in IMO, I love it!

---Fred

[raehl]

So start a team at your university.

No one just showed up one day and handed out teams and airball fields ya know.

- Chris

[Quiet]

Raehl

Is there anywhere I can get a list of Universities that have teams. I'd like to put some sort of club together at my uni, it always seems to help get it through to the powers that be here if I can show them that others are doing the same.

Thanks

[PsychoBaller]

Quiet.....

https://www.college-paintball.com

Has all the info you need. Universitys that have PB Clubs, and Rankings, of teams that have attended the NCPA, or NEIC tournaments.

(ooooo Rutgers moved up to 7th place after just one tourny... whooot for me; while we were 14th after the 2001-2002 standings)

~da "moving on up to the winning side" baller

[Fred]

I go to a Jesuit/Mercy university who is ruled by the most uptight bunch of nuns on the planet... plus, we're smack dab in the middle of the upper west side of Detroit, i.e. GHETTO.

A Paintball team will NOT fly here...