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Post by bostonhoya05 on Feb 21, 2007 13:10:17 GMT -5
Surely to be an unpopular post, but I've always been a cautious optimist with this team...
We need to show up tonight from the opening whistle or Hoya fans around the nation are going to be shaking their heads around 8:45 wondering how we could possibly be in a hole to the last place team in our conference.
Let's get it done.
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Post by guru on Feb 21, 2007 13:11:37 GMT -5
No
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Post by miamihoya on Feb 21, 2007 13:15:56 GMT -5
that game never happened
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Post by SaxaCD on Feb 21, 2007 13:16:05 GMT -5
Not me, either. I'm having Louisville flashbacks. |
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Post by pkhoya03 on Feb 21, 2007 13:17:32 GMT -5
I'm there with you, Boston. But having been at the Hilltop during the early 2000s, I always feel that way about every game.
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Post by FLHoya on Feb 21, 2007 13:24:51 GMT -5
Heck, I was at that stupid game...and no.
Honestly, when was the last time this year's team didn't show up for a game?
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Post by SFHoya99 on Feb 21, 2007 13:25:12 GMT -5
Old Dominion?
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Post by TBird41 on Feb 21, 2007 13:26:50 GMT -5
Oregon?
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Post by coloradohoya on Feb 21, 2007 13:29:15 GMT -5
I'm having flaskbacks to our earlier game against Cincy...but that's about it.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 21, 2007 13:38:01 GMT -5
Besides the fact that both teams are/were in last place, I don't really see the connection.
USF was a team that played us closely the first time around. Cincy is not. USF was the last game of the year, a game we absolutely needed to win if we wanted a first round BET bye. UC is not.
It does remind me, though, of the Notre Dame, Louisville, & Marquette games in that they could maybe be trap games if the team isn't focused that night. How did those games turn out for us?
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Post by VictorSkyPage on Feb 21, 2007 13:39:28 GMT -5
It does remind me, though, of the Notre Dame, Louisville, & Marquette games in that they could maybe be trap games if the team isn't focused that night. How did those games turn out for us? my thoughts exactly.. the Hoyas are focused.. eyes on the prize as they say.. Morpheus won't allow a let down |
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Post by bubbrubbhoya on Feb 21, 2007 13:43:39 GMT -5
Heck, I was at that stupid game...and no. Honestly, when was the last time this year's team didn't show up for a game? ODU. The team showed up big time to the Oregon game. The only problem is that they left after the halftime whistle. This team is so good that any game (other than PITT-stain, I guess) can be considered a trap game. I think it's always good to be cautious, especially for those of us who were at GU during the Fist-of-Death Era, but this team has earned my faith that it'll show up to the arena every night. |
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Post by Big Dog on Feb 21, 2007 14:06:13 GMT -5
The main difference is that this team is superior to last year's and far more consistent. Also, as desperate as they might be, Cincy won't carry with it the same desperation that USF had knowing it was their final chance for a first Big East win last season.
I'm not saying it can't happen that we get upset, and Cincy can be a tricky place to play (when was the last time the Hoyas played there?), but Pomeroy has been right on the money with everything lately (Marquette's skid, our winning streak, MSU over Wisconsin last night, Indiana over Wisconsin last month, etc.), and he gives us a 92% chance of winning. I'd say that's about right.
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Post by FOTP on Feb 21, 2007 14:12:07 GMT -5
Eh...Vegas has the Hoyas favored by 10.5 on the road....I go with Vegas...
Knock them out early boys!
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Post by Big Dog on Feb 21, 2007 14:15:25 GMT -5
We've got a streak of eight covers and one push going (http://www.covers.com/articles/articles.aspx?theArt=130551&t=0). Cincy was the only push. Let's see if they can match it tonight.
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Post by aggypryd on Feb 21, 2007 14:17:01 GMT -5
'Guarded Optimism' until we cut down the nets in April...
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Post by FOTP on Feb 21, 2007 14:21:26 GMT -5
Vegas has been off on us this year...thank goodness. Maybe coming around now, but I still think they struggle with how to place us.
This seems fair. We won by 15 the last time and you get 4 points for being the home team.
GO Hoyas! Keep covering!
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Post by hoyatables on Feb 21, 2007 14:46:03 GMT -5
Hey, the events that took place following both USF games were not that bad . . . I'm just sayin . . .
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Post by haydenmac on Feb 21, 2007 14:50:22 GMT -5
Heck, I was at that stupid game...and no. Honestly, when was the last time this year's team didn't show up for a game? I will NEVER wear pink to a georgetown game EVER again. |
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Post by GUJook97 on Feb 21, 2007 14:50:50 GMT -5
I understand the guarded optimism, you cant help but feel that way when you are dealing with college athletes. They are, after all, still maturing and can slip up and lose focus from time to time.
That said, I dont see too many parallels with USF. USF was/is a developing program, that had never won a BE game, that was playing their last game at home for the season. UC is a once mighty program, that is already won this year and that probably doesnt care too much about being 2-10 vs 1-11. I think if we jump out early, UC and their fans probably wont care too much about being "in" this game.
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