Cuse game "motivator" for current students

[FLHoya]

Go look at this for about a nanosecond and think about how much you want to win on Saturday:

www.thehoya.com/sports/022404/enlarge1.cfm

And once you get done breaking stuff, bring that emotion with you on Saturday...when that game and that streak come to die.

[CAHoya07]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! HOW COULD YOU!!!!!

Seeing that picture has ruined an otherwise beautiful day for me. Now all I can think about is running across the court at some point on Saturday and knocking McNamara the f out with a swift roundhouse kick to the dome.

[JimmyHoya]

Nobody "normally shoots" like that, Gerry. I hate you and your family and I wish them hell.

Sexy uni's though.

[3GenerationHoya]

somehow i knew that was going in. and my mind kept flashing back to that shot during the 2nd half of the Duke game this year - as though Gerry would show up out of nowhere and somehow throw in a rediculous shot to destroy everything i hold dear. stupid orange.

but yeah, those uni's were awesome.

[3GenerationHoya]

also, didn't we have a foul to give during that possession?

I seem to recall second-guessing something along those lines. If that's true, I am apparently still second guessing the coaching...

[Joe Hoya]

Go to hell.

And no, we had six team fouls, so no foul to give.

[RBHoya]

flhoya said:

Go look at this for about a nanosecond and think about how much you want to win on Saturday:

www.thehoya.com/sports/022404/enlarge1.cfm

And once you get done breaking stuff, bring that emotion with you on Saturday...when that game and that streak come to die.

[sarcasm]What's the significance of that photo?[/sarcasm]

Most people in my Generation--the JTIII/Kurt shirt Generation--don't really have the same bubbling anger towards 'Cuse and GMac because we weren't here for that. Hoya Blue has been putting in a lot of work trying to build the rivalry and get people as pumped up to beat Syracuse as they were to beat Duke, but we're not quite there yet. I'd venture to guess that probably half of the people in the student section saturday wouldn't have any idea what to make of that picture, because we have a pretty high freshman/sophomore concentration and most of them don't know the story there.

The mere sight of the photo is probably enough to pump up the other half of the student section though.

[ilovescruggs]

Look, who cares about the streak...at the end of the day Syracuse has to face a simple reality: Their mascot is a fruit.

[Frank Black]

ANd think of it this way: If we had won that game maybe Esh would have survived. I wouldn't have changed a thing about the 03-04 season because doing so would risk not getting JTIII.

[YB]

Like I said, convicts wear orange. Orange is also the color of nuclear waste. Thank God our mascot is noble and fearsome.

[SirSaxa]

Orange you glad you didn't go to Syracuse?

[Boz]

rbhoya said:

[sarcasm]What's the significance of that photo?[/sarcasm]

Most people in my Generation--the JTIII/Kurt shirt Generation--don't really have the same bubbling anger towards 'Cuse and GMac because we weren't here for that. Hoya Blue has been putting in a lot of work trying to build the rivalry and get people as pumped up to beat Syracuse as they were to beat Duke, but we're not quite there yet. I'd venture to guess that probably half of the people in the student section saturday wouldn't have any idea what to make of that picture, because we have a pretty high freshman/sophomore concentration and most of them don't know the story there.

The mere sight of the photo is probably enough to pump up the other half of the student section though.

Then learn your history dammit! Stupid kids today!

Just kidding. But seriously, this hatred has a lot to do with tradition. If Syracuse was just another team we played each year, what the hell kind of fun is that?

Lesson one in hating the Orange. Each of the following names should make you want to projectile vomit:

Pearl Washington
Sherman Douglas
Rony Seikaly
Hakeem "Over The Back" Warrick
Billy Owens
Stevie Thompson
John Wallace (with an H)
Derrick Coleman
Etan Thomas
Jason Hart
Lawrence Moten
Louis Orr
Danny Schayes
Carmelo Anthony
Leo Rautins
Adrian Autry
Conrad McRae
Greg Monroe
Tony Scott
Preston Shumpert
Howard Triche
Derek Brower
LeRon Ellis
Andre Hawkins
Mike Hopkins (yes, even Mike Hopkins)
Bernie Fine
and of course, Mr. Magoo.

And that's just to name a few. Now get to work. If it helps, say each of the names out loud and follow that by drinking some ipecac syrup.

[fsohoya]

Awww, geeez! I just puked.

Thanks, Boz. Now my keyboard is a disgusting mess.

[FrazierFanatic]

Can't anyone dig up a picture of Charles Smith dribbling throught he entire SU team for a buzzer beater layup at the Dome? Or GRiles's last-minute 3-ball as a freshman to stick a dagger in the Orangeboys? Or Michael Jackson's incredible 30 point night at the Dome as a freshman in the mid-80's to shut up a screaming, snarling, then-NCAA record crowd? Let's get this party started!! HOYA SAXA!!

[ephoya04]

That game was during parent's weekend my senior year, and I was at that game with my parents I remember that shot even my mom who isn't what you would call a basketball eficianado was in utter disbelief...bad memories

[RockawayHoya]

Thankfully the only thing I broke was the plastic spoon I was using to eat my Wendy's chili. Damn you, FL.

Students, you better be prepared to bring the ruckus on Saturday.

[bostonhoya05]

Unfortunately, I have a motivator a little more recent:
www.thehoya.com/sports/011805/sports1.cfm

Let's get them back...