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Post by Admin on Oct 25, 2014 7:29:06 GMT -5
Game time at 2:00 pm.
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Post by Problem of Dog on Oct 25, 2014 18:49:53 GMT -5
Not a lot of discussion, huh?
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RusskyHoya
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Post by RusskyHoya on Oct 25, 2014 19:50:08 GMT -5
Everyone still recovering from the tailgate, as usual, I'm sure.
Entertaining, hard-fought game. Hoyas very well could have won, but dropping approximately 93008291238129 passes will not help you overcome a clear talent disparity. Last play of the game was a perfect microcosm of the game: so close, and yet so far.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Oct 27, 2014 15:09:01 GMT -5
Russky, I have told you 3 quadrillion times not to exaggerate.  It would have been a good win for the Hoyas. Too bad. |
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Post by thebin on Oct 28, 2014 10:45:33 GMT -5
I'm actually a bit more worried that DFW's recap after a very close homecoming loss to a top PL team was met with a single sentence recap on this site. A far more passionate and accurate synopsis from him of the program's dire situation can be found on the "Any Given Saturday" IAA board linked to the front page. And yet I'm not sure if any of us could blame him if the failure of the University to support the program with the most basic of resources or follow through on long-ago made promises (stadium) have finally taken their toll on his decades-old enthusiasm and patience.
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Post by Problem of Dog on Oct 28, 2014 18:28:44 GMT -5
I'm actually a bit more worried that DFW's recap after a very close homecoming loss to a top PL team was met with a single sentence recap on this site. A far more passionate and accurate synopsis from him of the program's dire situation can be found on the "Any Given Saturday" IAA board linked to the front page. And yet I'm not sure if any of us could blame him if the failure of the University to support the program with the most basic of resources or follow through on long-ago made promises (stadium) have finally taken their toll on his decades-old enthusiasm and patience. Yeah, the recap was discouraging. But, to be honest, it's time to get over the stadium complaining from him. It's merely a symptom, it's not the disease. |
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thebin
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Post by thebin on Oct 29, 2014 13:15:40 GMT -5
I don't agree at all. If you stop caring about the stadium that means you've just stopped caring about the program. There is no more blatant sign that the university is unwilling to do the absolute minimum required of an FCS Division I college program than the fact that we're still using Porta Johns and temporary rented bleachers in the heart of our campus. I think it would be quite naïve to pretend that the lack of even a nice high school stadium doesn't driveaway scores of recruits before they even consider Georgetown versus the likes of just about any Ivy League school or PL school or increasingly Northeastern conference schools. When you add that to the lack of scholarship money it's a completely untenable situation. But while on one hand the university has never declared its intent to have a scholarship football team, it actually broke ground with great fanfare more than a decade ago to build a stadium for the of the University - not just the fb team. In that way the stadium failure is the original and most fixable of the two massive structural problems overhanging this football program like the sword of Damocles.
By this point the only sane inference to make about the deafening silence on the 10 year old stadium construction is that the program itself could go any minute so why bother? That message speaks quite plainly to fans, donors and most certainly to potential recruits.
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RusskyHoya
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Post by RusskyHoya on Oct 31, 2014 0:58:57 GMT -5
I don't agree at all. If you stop caring about the stadium that means you've just stopped caring about the program. There is no more blatant sign that the university is unwilling to do the absolute minimum required of an FCS Division I college program than the fact that we're still using Porta Johns and temporary rented bleachers in the heart of our campus. I think it would be quite naïve to pretend that the lack of even a nice high school stadium doesn't driveaway scores of recruits before they even consider Georgetown versus the likes of just about any Ivy League school or PL school or increasingly Northeastern conference schools. When you add that to the lack of scholarship money it's a completely untenable situation. But while on one hand the university has never declared its intent to have a scholarship football team, it actually broke ground with great fanfare more than a decade ago to build a stadium for the of the University - not just the fb team. In that way the stadium failure is the original and most fixable of the two massive structural problems overhanging this football program like the sword of Damocles. By this point the only sane inference to make about the deafening silence on the 10 year old stadium construction is that the program itself could go any minute so why bother? That message speaks quite plainly to fans, donors and most certainly to potential recruits. I think there's probably multiple sane inferences to be made... Realistically, the Occam's Razor inference is this: Georgetown Football occupies a rather low spot on the institutional totem pole. Not as low as, say, swimming and field hockey, but fairly low. It is most definitely not going to go away - that would be newsworthy and humiliating to the University. Abolition is far more humiliating than mediocrity/crapulence. The program will have to wait for the rising tide of general financial aid funds to lift its boat, absent some huge donations that no one expects to come. In the meantime, the MSF will happen...in some state... eventually. Just as - per DeGioia - the IAC had to await the completion of the performing arts, business, and science buildings, so too will the MSF have to await the completion of the slew of projects that have turned the campus into a giant construction zone. What the timetable on that is, I have no idea. If anyone here has Brenda Smith's cell number (have we not replaced Blanton yet??), feel free to find that out. I can't imagine they'll want to add to the construction demolition derby; on the other hand, many MSF improvements could be made within the stadium footprint. Once the Thompson Athletic Center does go live, that will certainly improve program attractiveness. No more dressing in McShain Lounge, I presume. High-quality athletic training and weightlifting facilities open to the team, even if the locker room remains in McDonough (but now with more space, since several teams will be moving). Institutional progress is afoot... one just has to remember how low the football program is on the trickle-down benefit list. |
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