Georgetown vs. Brown Discussion Thread

[Admin]

A reminder that video coverage of the GU-Brown game from GUHoyas.com will be $9.95. Audio will be available for free from WGTB, and the Brown radio link from the front page.

[thebin]

I think you meant to say that "video" coverage will be $9.95.

[derhoya]

I'll watch from the beer truck!

[98hoya]

Any word on Kempf? I think if he's in, we've got a great shot in this one. I caught a bit of Brown-Harvard and Brown (despite losing to Harvard) appeared to be a better squad than we've faced.

[Problem of Dog]

Well, for some perspective, Yale got their doors blown off by Cornell last week, and Princeton was the worst team in the Ivy League last year, so this should be a good test.

Brown beat Holy Cross 24-21 in week one.

[98hoya]

Brown's RB, Spiro Theodosi, is very good and has a nice story. He missed last 2 years with knee injuries, considered quitting, but wanted to come back as a senior. Harvard couldn't stop him (and unfortunately for Brown, their D was even worse at stopping Harvard).

Brown's good - my guess is they'll finish #2 or at worst, #3, in the Ivy (behind Harvard and maybe Cornell).

[Problem of Dog]

When did Cornell get any good? I would've though Penn would be decent this year.

[nychoya3]

Cornell's QB (Matthews) is a future pro. Big, athletic, good arm.

[thebin]

Sept 26, 2012 16:07:01 GMT -5 @98hoya said:

Any word on Kempf? I think if he's in, we've got a great shot in this one. I caught a bit of Brown-Harvard and Brown (despite losing to Harvard) appeared to be a better squad than we've faced.

There is no doubt that Brown is the best of the three ivies we've faced this year and now our 2 game advantage over Ivies at week 3 for us (we start the season earlier) is pretty much negated. That's why I felt after letting the Yale game go Princeton was a must win. Toughest game of the season so far without a doubt.

[thebin]

Sept 27, 2012 10:35:40 GMT -5 Problem of Dog said:

When did Cornell get any good? I would've though Penn would be decent this year.

The answer is they got good about three weeks ago. They crushed Yale somethin' awful.

[thebin]

My $10 "video" has been frozen for literally 10 of the last 20 minutes. Awesome job GU.

[eb59]

Yep - Total joke, I'm getting about 30 sec of video every 5 mins. Just so typical of the GU athletic dept and anything that it gets associated with - Half A$$ and on the cheap!

[hoyaparents]

I spent over 20 years in the broadcasting business, at a time when the technology was over telephone lines.

This is not rocket science.

I suggest we buy the future broadcast rights to the games, and produce the games ourselves.

[thebin]

Totally unwatchable. Bang up job Athletic Dept following the nationally televised win vs Princeton....Homecoming vs another Ivy when interest in the gfootball has never been higher and the video feed is TOTALLY broken? You know you are still responsbile even if you outsource the feed to some crap outlet. We don't blame them Lee Reed....we blame you.

[eb59]

At least I had the pleasure to watch a few seconds of the half time dance squad - just awesome stuff!!! Really, can't they just get a cover band or something that people might enjoy, the 15 person rag tag troop of dancers that can't even dance on the 50 yard line b/c we have a bleacher that is not an even 80 or 100 yards. Every time I see games at this place it just makes me so disgusted with the school and AD for allowing something so pathetic at such an incredible institution!!!!!!!!

[thebin]

I hear you eb59. I love GU but am constantly embarassed that the university allows such an undignified facility to sit in the heart of campus. Literally the worst division 1 stadium in the country and worse than almost every single d3 stadium I've ever seen to boot.

[thebin]

www3.hsc.edu/throughthesegates/stories/everettstadium.html

Hampden-Sidney plays d3 football. The school literally has 1/10th the endowment of GU as well as 1/6th the undergrad student body we have but evidently they also have a modicum of pride in their facilities.

This stadium holds 1800 people and is 100 times the facility that the "MSF" is.

[eb59]

It's like the university has no pride in itself - honestly, what if I lived in a really nice neighborhood and spent a lot for my house but just decided that I didn't want to spend money on the front yard, so I kept it a dirt pit for 10 years. I would be considered a loser with no Pride in myself or my home. I get that they don't want to spend money, but really you just have to have Pride in yourself and your "home" and provide an environment becoming a top tier university. The dirt pit is a discrace it's been there for 10 years, its totally unacceptable and I am so sad that the school so apathetic that it finds this and the past 10 years acceptable!!!!!!

[thebin]

The MSF is definitely an old rusted impala up on cinder boxes in the front yard of a multi-million dollar mansion. And all of Harvard's DC alumni are going to be queuing in line for the port-a-johns in two years time regretting that they ever thought GU was a worthy opponent.

The boys have done the hard part on the field: they have turned around a program that is extremely under-funded relative to the Patriot and Ivy league. The least the school can do is give them a facility worthy of their efforts.

[eb59]

"The Dirt Pit" - fitting and much more catchy than the MSF in my honest opinion!