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Post by ahoyadad on Jan 10, 2011 9:59:59 GMT -5
With 3 open dates on the schedule (no Marist, Davidson or Sacred Heart from 2010), are there any "rumors" on who we might pick up?
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Post by DFW HOYA on Jan 10, 2011 10:24:49 GMT -5
It's likely that all of these are on 2011, just that the schools have not confirmed as such.
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Post by ahoyadad on Jan 10, 2011 10:46:00 GMT -5
OK. With only 3 of the 8 games on the schedule at home hopefuly Sacred Heart and Davidson will travel to DC giving us 5. Hey...they would get to play on the MSF!!!
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Post by Lurking Dog on Feb 15, 2011 20:06:09 GMT -5
No official announcements...but 9/3 is home v. Davidson and 9/24 is at Marist.
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Post by hoyabound on Feb 19, 2011 17:24:54 GMT -5
4 home games and 7 away games? HINT HINT....our HOME facility is an embarrassment, when will GU do something about this?
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Post by DFW HOYA on Feb 19, 2011 19:04:03 GMT -5
A few thoughts on the schedule, little of it good:
1. Some of this is the PL's fault, some Georgetown's. Unlike other conferences that allow September to non-conference games and commit October and November for conference games, the PL maintains wider deference to allow its schools (read=Leh, Laf, HC, Colgate) access onto the compressed Ivy schedule. Teams like Georgetown therefore had a situation last year where they had all but completed its conference season while Lehigh's first PL game was in mid-October. Because Georgetown still isn't in the Ivy rotation after 10 years, it's the odd man out.
2. Georgetown has fallen victim to a number of series interruptions and/or cancellations in recent years which leads to imlabances in home games. Two years ago, it lost Howard, ODU, and Richmond in one season, if they had all stayed 2011 would be a much different story. This season, it traded a return home game with Sacred Heart for a one time road game with Howard. It can't negotiate with many teams because the MSF is not compelling for opponents. Thankfully, it has not resorted to "selling" PL home games directly to opponents, though it allowed Yale to get 4 home games (and three straight) in a 6 game series.
3. Fairly or unfairly, the knock is that Georgetown's scheduling strategy is not to play too far "up". Fordham opens this season vs UConn, Holy Cross plays UMass, and GU plays, um, Davidson. There is not the institutional interest (and frankly, not the fan demand) to push for a harder schedule. The remaining choices are low level NEC and Pioneer teams that draw marginal interest.
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Post by eb59 on Feb 27, 2011 10:38:41 GMT -5
Happy to see the season opens with two night games, this will hopefully help drive attendence! Also, three confirmed Ivy's in 2012 is a nice positive schedule improvement!
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Post by derhoya on Mar 2, 2011 9:05:52 GMT -5
www.guhoyas.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/022511aaa.html(per DFW's website) 2011 Schedule 09/03: DAVIDSON 09/10: LAFAYETTE 09/17: at Yale 09/24: at Marist 10/01: at Bucknell 10/08: at Wagner 10/15: at Howard 10/22: COLGATE (HC) 10/29: at Holy Cross 11/05: FORDHAM 11/12: at Lehigh only having 4 home games blows. pure and simple. 'Gate as homecoming - mid season for that matter - will be tough. the quick start from last year bought Kelly et al another year - it will be interesting how 2011 begins. Any word on spring ball and when it starts??? It normally began around this time.From Article: "Georgetown football will begin spring practice on Tuesday, March 22 in preparation for the 2011 season. The spring will conclude with the team's annual banquet on Saturday April 16, followed the Blue & Gray Spring Game. " seems like 25 days to have 15 practices is a pretty tight schedule...
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Post by hoyahopeful on Mar 8, 2011 14:29:35 GMT -5
A thought occurred to me as I looked over the schedule. Three of these games are within a very reasonable travel distance from New York City. Those would be Marist, Yale (both by train) and Wagner. I would think that the New York area is fertile ground for fund raising from the many alumni in that area. And with a little imagination those games could be leveraged as opportunities to connect with potential contributors. Of course, people are much more likely to support winners (or even teams that go .500).
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