GIGAFAN99
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Feb 9, 2009 21:59:04 GMT -5
I know the guys can't get up for a must-win game at home but for the love of all that is Hoya, this is Syracuse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jesus, get up for this game. We have had some bad years but we went 16-15 Pops' last full year and still lost in OT to a ranked Syracuse team. JT quit mid-season the next year and two weeks later we lost by 2. Our first year without JT, we beat them at the Garden; the first #8 to beat a #1 at the BET. The 13-15 season we lost on a miracle 3. The next year. New coach, new system, we lost by a shoe size.
Yes we already have a win this year. But that was before we lost our swagger. The point is, when the Hoyas are having tough times, somehow they know this means something. We don't always win, but damn it the Hoyas fight.
If this doesn't get these guys up I don't know what will. Seriously Hoyas, Boe-@#$%^&-heim up!
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SirSaxa
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Post by SirSaxa on Feb 9, 2009 22:03:35 GMT -5
I know the guys can't get up for a must-win game at home but for the love of all that is Hoya, this is Syracuse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jesus, get up for this game. We have had some bad years but we went 16-15 Pops' last full year and still lost in OT to a ranked Syracuse team. JT quit mid-season the next year and two weeks later we lost by 2. Our first year without JT, we beat them at the Garden; the first #8 to beat a #1 at the BET. The 13-15 season we lost on a miracle 3. The next year. New coach, new system, we lost by a shoe size. Yes we already have a win this year. But that was before we lost our swagger. The point is, when the Hoyas are having tough times, somehow they know this means something. We don't always win, but damn it the Hoyas fight. If this doesn't get these guys up I don't know what will. Seriously Hoyas, @#$ Boe-@#$%^&-heim up! Did we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!?!/ NOOOOO!!!! Go GigaFan! These guys have a whole week to prepare for syracuse and their zone, and to stew about how poorly they've played lately. IF they have ANY pride at all, they will come out and blast the 'Cuse!
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RBHoya
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Post by RBHoya on Feb 9, 2009 22:12:27 GMT -5
Cuse has lost 4 of their last 5 and could make it 5 of their last 6 after they travel to UConn on Wednesday. It will be a big game for them too.
As bad as things have been, if we win this game we're right back in the thick of it.
We know we are capable of beating this team. We already pretty well handled them once this year. Won't be easy but it can be done again.
It's a tough place to play. But we have an entire week to prepare.
Just come out swingin. Play ball, have fun, compete, take it to them. It's a very tough game... but it IS winable.
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Post by daytonahoya31 on Feb 9, 2009 22:20:06 GMT -5
This will be an NCAA play-out game.
I know it seems bleak right now, but we have four games against very quality opponents. Winning two of them, plus the three extremely winnable games will be enough to get us in.
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RBHoya
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Post by RBHoya on Feb 9, 2009 23:06:11 GMT -5
This will be an NCAA play-out game. I know it seems bleak right now, but we have four games against very quality opponents. Winning two of them, plus the three extremely winnable games will be enough to get us in. Exactly. As bad as the Cinci debacle was, if we win at Cuse Saturday it is erased. If we win at Cuse, we've got to beat USF, SJU, Depaul (not easy but doable) and win ONE of either home with MU, home with UL or @ Villanova. We hung with Marquette for the first 25 minutes at their place, I think we can hang with them for 40 minutes at our place. And call me crazy but I'm far from sold on Villanova yet. And, of course, there's always the BET to prove ourselves. I know most people are not optimistic, that's understandable. But I hope the team can shake off all the crap these past few weeks and realize that they're going into a huge game against our biggest rival--a rival who by the way we KNOW WE CAN BEAT. So... hopefully they come out fired up. All the games recently are important, but if we can find a way to win this game it would be HUGE. Just win, forget everything else that's happened before and JUST WIN.
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royski
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Post by royski on Feb 10, 2009 0:51:03 GMT -5
It's a turnaround game or its the end of the season. No in between. This is what a rivalry is all about.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Feb 10, 2009 10:56:31 GMT -5
All that REALLY matters is that my life will be much, much easier up here in upstate NY if we can sweep the Orangeboys. Begiining to right the ship would be nice, too.
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lichoya68
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Post by lichoya68 on Feb 10, 2009 12:20:11 GMT -5
MUST HAVE THIS BUT NEED ALOT MORE AND THOSE TOP FIVE TO HANDLE OUR FIVE SIX AND SEVEN LOSS BROTHERS AND THEN WE CAN DO IT SO BEAT CUSE the long journey begins with one step ONE BIG STEP ON SAT YUP ONE BIG STEP... baby steps now NECESSARY yup one by one
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vcjack
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Post by vcjack on Feb 10, 2009 12:29:09 GMT -5
Do or die, that simple
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Feb 10, 2009 12:32:06 GMT -5
I would just like some sign that the team recongizes this. It amazed me that we could come out flat versus Cincy. It cost us the game (amongst other things).
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Feb 10, 2009 17:15:10 GMT -5
Scary one. More than any other Georgetown team (and that's going a bit) that I can recall, we're playing to our opponents' levels. Add to that, we don't take adversity (bad calls, boneheaded plays, etc.) very well, especially, in the second half of games. I think we'll come out ready for this one and hopefully this team has learned that a lack of focus compounds the short-lived adversity that happens in every game and makes it more than it should. I expect it to be close and hope our guys pull this one out. Big, big game. Go Hoyas!!
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Nevada Hoya
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Feb 10, 2009 23:23:31 GMT -5
This is the chance all Hoya fans dream of: the chance to sweep the home and home series this year with the cuse. Like The Ohio State beating Michigan or UCLA beating USC or vice versa, this can make the season for us. Of course, it would be nice if we beat them and go on to the tournament. One step at a time and just beat the cuse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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paranoya
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Post by paranoya on Feb 11, 2009 4:50:12 GMT -5
After the Cincy game I made this pledge to a room full of reporters:
"You will never see any fan in the entire country who will cheer harder than I will cheer the rest of the season, and you will not see someone cheer this team as hard as I will cheer everybody for the rest of the season, and you will never see a fan cheer harder than I will the rest of the season. God Bless."
It worked for Tebow, it has to work for us.
Giga reminded me that we should get some of those motivational quotes going like we did before last year's Cuse game, those things were funny and are exactly what this board needs right now.
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RDF
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Post by RDF on Feb 11, 2009 11:40:28 GMT -5
I'll be honest--how do you expect to get up for this game when the past 2 teams--which were among the best III has had have been run off the Carrier Dome court--only to have to fight back to make the game respectable. In case of Final Four team--it was an off night--and their last of year--in case of last year--it was the "rock bottom" moment of season--poor play and 2nd Half they snapped out of it and got back to good basketball.
This team? Do you honestly think they are tough enough should Cuse come out and hit them with a 20-6 run or something like we've seen past 2 years? I think it's a team that has proven it could likely lose by 50 to someone before they'd answer the bell when challenged. They have a chance to prove me--and other doubters wrong-but I dont' see the toughness or commitment to playing together that is going to be required to win in the Carrier Dome and against teams remaining on schedule--and yes I'm including USF and SJU--who will fight hard and compete for 40 minutes despite shortcomings. Heck--Hoyas suck against USF anyways---that team gives them fits--so this year it's going to be a very difficult game. I see one more opportunity at a win and that is in an ugly game over DePaul--which will be closer then it should be due to the selfish and ignorant play we see when the team gets a lead. To some guys--points matter more then winning and it shows in their play.
All I can say--you want to have people fired up around here--hope the team shows some effort and fight and you'll see it but for me this year's team is the most devoid of toughness and commitment to playing together that I've seen since I've been a fan. I think they are 5 individuals playing-and some are trying to change that--others could care less and want to do it "my way" instead the RIGHT way.
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the_way
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Post by the_way on Feb 11, 2009 16:17:18 GMT -5
1. We need to beat Syracuse because well....its Syracuse. There is nothing better than beating Syaracuse, then beating them on the home floor in that dome.
2. We need a win against a semi-respectable team. to get something started. Rutgers was horrible. And you can see that based on the way we played Cincy.
3. More than likely, UCONN will beat Syracuse and will be desperate when we play them. But the pressure will still be more on us as a team. And we haven't handled adversity well all year.
4. Beating Syracuse is a start, but its not impressive in the grand scheme of things. In the big picture, we need a clean slate. And it can start here if we serioulsy wantt to make a move down the stretch.
5. If we lose this game by a decisive margin, it will be damaging to our already fragile team. I don' t know if we will recover.
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seaweed
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Post by seaweed on Feb 11, 2009 16:58:22 GMT -5
I totaled a car on Rt 84 near Hartford.
I spun around once or twice, hit a few guard rails and came to rest looking straight down the off ramp. Since I didn't hit anything that might sue me, I drove down the off ramp and spewed oil and vital automobile fluids into the parking lot of some corpraquarium that I limped into.
At first I felt bad that I was making a mess out of these people's parking lot, dropping oil, antifreeze, diesel and chrome as I came to rest in the corner.
Then I noticed it was the offices of Carrier Corp.
Sweet! I figured if they can drop millions to put their name on that ugly dome, they can wipe my as.. uh, clean up my mess.
Moral of the story - if you must nearly kill yourself through the cataclysmic lose of a prized antique auto, at least mess up somebody somehow affiliated with SU in the process and it will make the experience somehow OK.
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paranoya
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Post by paranoya on Feb 11, 2009 17:51:49 GMT -5
Let me tell you how I get up for this game, I was born into a Georgetown family in the DC area and have attended games since I was born. Since I was little I was raised to hate Cuse and MD (despite my mom's family being big time fans) and have always gotten up for the Cuse game. I also graduated in '05 so all of you "wah wah let me wallow in self pity students and fans" need to stop their whining because my class was the first in since the early 70's to not make the NCAAs my whole 4 years. I attended school during the nadir of our basketball history so if I am still rooting you should be too, maybe some of you dont know how bad we were but stop taking this team for granted. Even if we have a disappointing whole season, much less stretch of games, JT3's programs have earned our respect and trust, not saying we cant criticize, but until he fully deconstructs all he helped to resurrect I will not be lagging in my faith. So stop the BS and get on board if you're a fan and let's get riled up for our rival who we OWNED earlier THIS YEAR instead of being like "wah wah wah wah I don't know why you guys are getting excited for our rival because I would rather act like these 18-21 year old kids owe me something more".
THIS IS HOW I GET UP FOR THIS GAME AND IF YOU CANT THEN PLEASE STOP BEING OUR FAN, IT'S FREAKING CUSE, IN MY FAMILY THAT PASSES AS ENOUGH REASON TO GET UP, SO GET ON THE BANDWAGON OR HOP OFF NOW.
I never thought I would have to explain that on a Gtown message board. "how do you get excited to play CUSE?" UNBELIEVABLE.
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Feb 11, 2009 18:18:48 GMT -5
Take the stuff I have been coughing up all week. Combine it with....well, to put it politely, what's been coming out of the other end all week. Add orange dye and sprinkle with evil flakes.
That, in a nutshell, is Syracuse.
WIN THIS $*%^**# GAME!!!!!
Jessie....bring the Harlem! Dajuan....bring the Charm City Nuttage! Everyone else....just bring it!
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Feb 12, 2009 12:14:57 GMT -5
For those of you who remember the Dome Ranger - I killed him, after a Hoya victory at the Dome. The Saltine Warrior? Ditto. I would like to watch the juice drain out of Otto the Orange as he expires in a Marshall Street alley. We must win this game.
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Hoya06
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Post by Hoya06 on Feb 12, 2009 12:19:09 GMT -5
I think we need a little Sapp vs Devendorf, a la Varitek vs A-rod '04.
Not that I encourage fighting or poor sportsmanship, but the team needs a rallying point.
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