Georgetown - Brown Discussion

[Admin]

1st quarter series:

GU: Five plays, punt to B13 12:43
BU: One play, 87 yard TD pass, untouched to the end zone. B 7-0 12:30
GU: Eight plays, 75 yards, Kearney 1 yd. run. 7-7 8:36
BU: Five plays, 69 yards, 45 yard TD pass. B 14-7 6:17
GU: One play, INT at G15 6:01
BU: One play, INT at G7 5:53
GU: Ten plays to midfield, punt to B9 1:14

End of one, 14-7.

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2nd quarter series:

BU: 12 plays to midfield, punt to G4 10:11
GU: Three and out, punt to G42 8:50
BU: Seven plays, 37 yards, 24 yd. FG. B 17-7 6:19
GU: Three plays, 83 yards, 77 yd. pass to Pygatt. B 17-14 5:02
BU: 17 plays, 60 yards, 33 yd. FG. B 20-14 0:00

Halftime, 20-14

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3rd quarter series:

BU: Five plays to midfield, punt to G18 14:08
GU: Nine plays, Lauter fumble at midfield. 10:02
BU: Four plays, Hoyas stop Bears on 4th and three. 9:18
GU: Thee plays, Lauter INT at B45 8:37
BU: Three and out, punt to G20 6:38
GU: Three and out, punt to B40 5:20
BU: Nine plays, 60 yards, TD. 2 pt conversion no good. B 26-14 1:14

End of 3, 26-14

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4th quarter series:

GU: Three and out, short punt to B39 14:48
BU: Eight plays, punt to G15 11:28
GU: Three plays with a 73 yard TD called back to B25 for an offensive holding penalty just outside end zone. Four more plays, stopped at B15. 9:58
BU: Three and out, punt to G42. 8:23
GU: Three and out, punt to B25. 6:58
BU: Three and out, punt to G48 5:20
GU: Four and out, B45 4:05
BU: Three and out, punt to G10 3:03
GU: 14 plays to B30, incomplete on 4th down. 0:09
BU: One play.

Final, 26-14

[coach98]

I didn't see the game, just the final score. Can someone explain to me how they lost at home to a team playing its first game of the season? Aren't homecoming opponents supposed to be imminently beatable?

[DFW HOYA]

Sept 23, 2024 9:56:41 GMT -5 coach98 said:

I didn't see the game, just the final score. Can someone explain to me how they lost at home to a team playing its first game of the season? Aren't homecoming opponents supposed to be imminently beatable?

In no particular order:

1. Brown went after the Georgetown secondary early: TD passes of 87 and 45 yards in the first seven minutes of the game. Following that, the defense held them to one TD and two field goals.

2. Georgetown's offensive line is beaten up and is down two starters and a valuable reserve from week one. Georgetown can't recruit RB's and teams take advantage. Georgetown rushed for 63 yards in the first quarter, -4 thereafter.

3. QB Danny Lauter is trending downward: two TD, two fumbles and four INT in last two games.

4. Georgetown doesn't schedule down for Homecoming, they simply attach homecoming to a weekend regardless of opponent. It's also not well promoted.

Brown will finish 7th in the Ivy League.

[coach98]

Thanks for the recap. Why can't Georgetown recruit RBs?

[DFW HOYA]

Sept 23, 2024 12:26:01 GMT -5 coach98 said:

Thanks for the recap. Why can't Georgetown recruit RBs?

The running back position is among the most in-demand among college recruiters as opposed to, say, kickers. If you are a Top 250 RB, chances are strong that you receive a full scholarship and will commit at the FBS level. The next tier will settle in the FCS level and they will get scholarship offers, too, including the other Patriot League schools. Georgetown is then competing between Ivy League and a handful of lower tier FCS programs that are offering partial grant support.

If you are academically capable of the Ivies, you're likely on Georgetown's radar, except that those schools beat Georgetown on financial aid across the board. If Harvard or Yale offers a RB, he's going to take it, period. What about the others? Per the Brown web site, "Families with a total annual income equal to or below $125,000, that have typical assets for their income level, may be eligible for funding that covers the full cost of tuition." Its aid includes no loans and does not count home equity as part of calculating need, both of which Georgetown will.

What's left for Georgetown is, in a number of cases, a player that's a little smaller than what the other schools recruit, or maybe a step slower, or one whose high school competition wasn't as strong (e.g, a "Second Team All-County" player instead of a "Second-Team All State".) There are also the intangibles for a recruit that wants to play on a run-intensive team (Georgetown isn't) or one with better facilities, or just wins more. The recruits Georgetown focuses on are good but they are not program changers.

[coach98]

Does fixing this problem mostly come down to money?