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Post by tgo on Oct 23, 2020 19:39:19 GMT -5
I have to say, I supported the university when it decided not to bring students on campus for the fall semester. However, I am positively surprised that some universities were able to successfully open their campuses with very few Covid outbreaks and I see no reason why Georgetown can't steal their playbooks, at least for the undergraduates. Two reasons: 1. Many of the universities with on-campus population have significantly larger campuses. Duke has 3,000 students back on roughly 1,000 acres. The non-medical portion of Georgetown's campus measures 77 acres. 2. The larger reason is that DC's rules make it very difficult, which is why AU, GW, Howard, Catholic, and UDC are all in the same boat. One could argue that it is successful. Last week, DC had 371 reported cases. Wisconsin, roughly 8x in population, had 24,701, including an 18% positive rate at Marquette University. As to the helicopter parents threatening transfers if they don't get their kids on campus...well, call their bluff. Georgetown has many, many more wanting in than asking out. Someone is a helicopter parent is they want their kid to go to college? You are not using that term correctly. I also take issue with #1, how many acres per student do you need in order for it to be "safe" to allow students to live on and and take classes on campus? And a question, the 18% of Marquette students who tested as sick, have any of them been sick enough to need to go to the hospital? I will bet my mortgage payment the number is closer to zero than it is to ten.
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Post by tgo on Sept 16, 2020 20:45:13 GMT -5
I saw a chart posted somewhere else a couple days ago (cant find it now but if anyone else knows where that was let me know) that showed large infection numbers at several schools including Illinois and they all had zero hospitalizations. If no one is getting very sick then why so much hand wringing? It was never about the college students getting sick. It's all about the community spread. They are spreading it to the more vulnerable members of their communities and putting many others at risk. Think about all of the staff at all these universities, some who are working long hours for minimum wage. Does their health not matter? Does the health of their families not matter? And, these kids don't stay on campus. They go to restaurants, shop at grocery stores, and so on and so forth. They are spreading it into the community and the community -- not the college kids -- will suffer as a result. THATS why this matters. It is obvious to those who are at risk and/or elderly that they should stay away from many settings at this time, universities and places where youth are likely to be would be chief among them. College students don't interact with people twice their age or more and those at greater risk due to their health concerns can avoid the college and its students. That is a- infinitely easier for them to accomplish through their own actions than expecting others to change everything about how they live their life and b- a responsibility and burden that should be shouldered by that portion of the population. I agree that everyone, students included, should wear their masks, quarantine themselves when they test positive or feel sick and limit indoor gatherings as much as possible to limit the spread. maybe that is the point of this article and it is lost on me since the focus of it seemed to be how many students were infected. Regardless, if they all get each other sick and none of them get hospitalized then I am not concerned about it.
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Post by tgo on Sept 16, 2020 15:44:54 GMT -5
I saw a chart posted somewhere else a couple days ago (cant find it now but if anyone else knows where that was let me know) that showed large infection numbers at several schools including Illinois and they all had zero hospitalizations. If no one is getting very sick then why so much hand wringing?
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Post by tgo on Aug 14, 2020 13:08:21 GMT -5
Anyone care to share an interesting take away or two or even explain what the fan survey consisted of?
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Post by tgo on Aug 7, 2020 16:31:42 GMT -5
Pretty miserable for my incoming Freshman son, who already lost a good part of his senior year of high school. Seems like the right call to me since a good part of this country is still a mess (can't even keep baseball players safe with all of the resources MLB has). I think DC's new quarantine rules were basically the nail in the coffin. Trying to help him keep it all in perspective - so many people have been impacted by this pandemic in much more devastating ways, including a fellow Hoya classmate and friend who lost her husband. If you look at the anti-science, anti-mask crowd that is far too prevalent, I don't see an end in sight to this... Filo Why doesn't your son take the year off? College, especially at a place like GU, is more about the experience on campus and the things that grow you as a person aside from the academics. Remove that and also lower the quality of the education (no matter how good of a job they do, it wont be the same as being a class and getting to engage in discussion and talking about the subject matter while walking through the halls with your classmates afterwards) so why do it? Especially with the insane price tag but even if it were practically free, why make college only three years for your son? Same question to you DanMcQ and anyone else who has college age kids. Much harder decision if your child is returning instead of being a freshman.
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Post by tgo on Aug 1, 2020 15:51:17 GMT -5
On dawg talk coach Cox talked about how his guys in RI were on campus doing their summer classes and that they would be allowed to practice on day X (dont recall the specifics). Sure hope our guys are doing the same. I looked at the instagram posts from the players on the team just now thinking that someone must be posting about things that tell you where they are but no luck on that front, no recent posts.
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Post by tgo on Jul 30, 2020 11:05:07 GMT -5
is this accurate, that far more people have died from the flu & pneumonia this year than COVID? from the CDC stats Feb 1st to July 11th data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Death-Counts-by-Sex-Age-and-S/9bhg-hcku?fbclid=IwAR1C-DKbS4lQl3rYpDLiZqpsaBHvdso-o1MEiM4YB2Kb7ZAqjatd1bCrkr0US Deaths broken down by age groups, total deaths, deaths from COVID and deaths from Flu/Pneumonia in that same time frame. Under 1 yr - 8,076 total deaths, 11 by COVID, 89 by Flu/Pneumonia 1-4 yr - 1,547 total deaths, 9 COVID, 93 Flu/Pneumonia 5-14 yr - 2,379 total deaths, 16 COVID, 127 Flu/Pneumonia 15-24 yr - 14,810 total deaths, 190 COVID, 351 Flu/Pneumonia 25-34 yr - 30,885 total deaths, 935 COVID, 1,262 Flu/Pneumonia 35-44 yr - 43,783 total deaths, 2,411 COVID, 2,675 Flu/Pneumonia 45-54 yr - 81,840 total deaths, 6,566 COVID, 7,004 Flu/Pneumonia 55-64 yr - 189,744 total deaths, 15,880 COVID, 18,724 Flumonia 65-74 yr - 288,848 total deaths, 27,167 COVID, 31,446 Flumonia 75-84 yr - 355,738 total deaths, 34,399 COVID, 39,454 Flumonia 85 and up - 449,077 total deaths, 42,666 COVID, 44,184 Flumonia No, because there's overlap between the Covid and Pnuemonia deaths since a lot of people who get Covid end up dying from Pnuemonia. It lists it on the same chart. looks to me like there are different columns, one for just covid, just pneumonia, just influenza and then a column that combines two of them and a column that combines all 3, wouldn't that account for the double counts? That still wouldn't explain, however, why there would be 60K deaths from flu & pneumonia for all of 2017 yet 3x as many in just half of 2020 so either there is a problem in the data or I am not reading it right.
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Post by tgo on Jul 30, 2020 2:03:38 GMT -5
is this accurate, that far more people have died from the flu & pneumonia this year than COVID? from the CDC stats Feb 1st to July 11th data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Death-Counts-by-Sex-Age-and-S/9bhg-hcku?fbclid=IwAR1C-DKbS4lQl3rYpDLiZqpsaBHvdso-o1MEiM4YB2Kb7ZAqjatd1bCrkr0US Deaths broken down by age groups, total deaths, deaths from COVID and deaths from Flu/Pneumonia in that same time frame. Under 1 yr - 8,076 total deaths, 11 by COVID, 89 by Flu/Pneumonia 1-4 yr - 1,547 total deaths, 9 COVID, 93 Flu/Pneumonia 5-14 yr - 2,379 total deaths, 16 COVID, 127 Flu/Pneumonia 15-24 yr - 14,810 total deaths, 190 COVID, 351 Flu/Pneumonia 25-34 yr - 30,885 total deaths, 935 COVID, 1,262 Flu/Pneumonia 35-44 yr - 43,783 total deaths, 2,411 COVID, 2,675 Flu/Pneumonia 45-54 yr - 81,840 total deaths, 6,566 COVID, 7,004 Flu/Pneumonia 55-64 yr - 189,744 total deaths, 15,880 COVID, 18,724 Flumonia 65-74 yr - 288,848 total deaths, 27,167 COVID, 31,446 Flumonia 75-84 yr - 355,738 total deaths, 34,399 COVID, 39,454 Flumonia 85 and up - 449,077 total deaths, 42,666 COVID, 44,184 Flumonia
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Post by tgo on Jul 13, 2020 11:49:48 GMT -5
Dave East track "They Wanna Kill You" has a line 1:50 into the song
"September to April, we pumpin', take the summer off May, June, July, August, livin' lawless In Georgetown, I really was recruited by the Hoyas"
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Post by tgo on Jul 12, 2020 13:24:58 GMT -5
I've been told that 60% of the students pay the full tuition freight [/quote] drquigley Do you have a source/link for this stat? I have been told the number is much much smaller but I don't recall seeing the actual numbers on this quoted. I would expect to find the actual numbers in some fundraising appeals from the university.
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Post by tgo on Jul 12, 2020 11:29:57 GMT -5
Was I the only one one who was really put off by the way that Braswell was campaigning for a job? He didn't come off very likable to me. Seemed like he was saying he could bring recruits with him if they would give him the job he wants, makes it sound like he is looking out for himself when he says that instead of looking out for the kids or for GU. Along that note, did i hear him correctly that he coached a team to two championships in three years and then was fired? That is a red flag to me. It could just be new ownership like he said but given the attitude he displayed in other areas, makes me think he would be tough to work with. If I were hiring, I would be really hesitant to bring him on board based on the admittedly limited exposure i had to him through Dawg Talk.
I also didn't like that he bad mouthed his teammates - it is one thing to joke about how player x or y had trouble with something while saying they were a good team mate etc etc but Braswell says that there were only 2 players on his team. That is harsh to the people he lived with and played with. Doesn't take much to soften that considerably while saying the same thing if he goes "I played with a lot of great guys who I love but Mike & I didn't have a lot of help during some of those games" or something like that. He was quick to throw people under the bus...
He also throws out that Tyler Beard needed help with his studies. Whether that is true or not, I don't think he should be blasting that out. Not his place to say it and not the right time and place.
When he started talking about turning down the NIT it lead to him talking about his journey to become a PRO, too bad he didn't touch on how the team felt about turning it down - did Esh involve them in the decision at all? I don't thin so. It was very controversial at the time and i dont think i have ever heard the players opinion that.
I was also really disappointed that Sweetney didn't get a chance to talk. He is one of my favorites all time and I would have really liked to hear his voice on things but he is a quiet guy and Braswell would have had to stop talking for a few seconds for that to have happened.
Last note, I would love to have heard Braswell talk about the NIT game against UVA or Sweets to talk about the marathon against ND. I think a recurring question asking players for their favorite game or best personal performance would be fun and would be something positive to discuss.
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Post by tgo on Mar 24, 2020 10:29:33 GMT -5
A funny story. About a week or two after the LSU game, Coach Magee called Mike into his office. On his desk were more than a dozen letters from people all around the country, that had watched the game on TV. To a person, they were all outraged (and in some cases enraged) that Georgetown allowed "that long-haired hippie" to play basketball for Georgetown. They all swore they would never allow their children to attend such a school as Georgetown. This was 1970, remember. Mike wore long hair because he liked it, and he looked good with it. Mike was as far from a hippie as possible. Mike looked at Coach Magee, shrugged his shoulders and laughed. Finally, the origin story of Hoyatalk.
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Post by tgo on Mar 10, 2020 20:16:00 GMT -5
It appears I now have two extra tickets, section 9 on the baseline, send me a msg if you want them.
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Post by tgo on Mar 10, 2020 20:12:01 GMT -5
Regarding the hysteria, Some perspective from someone whose opinion is more valuable than mine at this link. I am in generally good health and do not have a compromised immune system, I hope to see thousands of similar able bodied people at the Garden tomorrow on Wednesday. I do have two extra tickets, baseline section 9. If there are any hoya fans looking for a good seat let me know.
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Post by tgo on Mar 5, 2020 18:19:41 GMT -5
Who is making the trip to the Garden on Wednesday? MEGAFAN and I will be in attendance for the 23rd time, who is joining us?
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Post by tgo on Mar 4, 2020 20:15:10 GMT -5
anybody find a stream for the game? my tv package doesnt carry any of the channels it is on
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Post by tgo on Jan 28, 2020 21:27:29 GMT -5
anyone have a feed to watch online? my cable package doesnt get cbssn It’s pretty ugly. You probably are better off thanks
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Post by tgo on Jan 28, 2020 21:18:26 GMT -5
anyone have a feed to watch online? my cable package doesnt get cbssn
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Post by tgo on Dec 3, 2019 9:17:22 GMT -5
Nothing like this ever happened before we had a Syracuse guy on the bench.
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Post by tgo on Dec 1, 2019 12:45:39 GMT -5
I found it at
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