Locker
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Post by Locker on Feb 9, 2007 22:07:42 GMT -5
After rewatching the Louisville game, I think the line is justified. I don't know how to put this but we're kind of a big deal.
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Post by wildhoya on Feb 9, 2007 23:03:59 GMT -5
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Post by wildhoya on Feb 9, 2007 23:23:29 GMT -5
Mike Wise on JTII www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/09/AR2007020902184.htmlThose words carried weight because they were backed up by actions. Thompson's seminal watchdog moment came in 1989, when a young, impressionable Alonzo Mourning was befriended by the notorious drug kingpin Rayful Edmond III. "This is a fast city," said John Duren, one of Thompson's first important players in the late 1970s along with Craig Shelton. "When a young kid comes in this city and he's a star -- [Allen] Iverson, Ewing, Alonzo -- the top ballplayer is going to meet the thug, the top drug dealer. They shopped for clothes at the same store and ate at the same restaurant, the old Houston's up on Wisconsin [Avenue]. It was just inevitable." Thompson invited Edmond to his office and lit into him. He told the drug dealer to stay away from his players or suffer the consequences. Edmond, it was said, never associated with a Georgetown player again...."
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PopeJohn2
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Ultimate bailout is yet to come and unavoidable. Uncle Sam gonna pay your debt for you!
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Post by PopeJohn2 on Feb 9, 2007 23:29:06 GMT -5
we have to win tomorrow guys. im seriously.
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Feb 10, 2007 2:41:16 GMT -5
we will win tomorrow guys. im serious.
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HoyaSpirit
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Gotta love Smitty - 1989 Big East Player of the Year
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Post by HoyaSpirit on Feb 10, 2007 4:30:23 GMT -5
Of course, the fact that we feed the trolls doesn't help much. I didn't understand why Marquette was chosen at the beginning of the year for the big 100 celebration, but as it turns out, the timing and matchup makes it THE home game of the year. Lots of alumni will be pouring into town, and I think it's safe to say we can expect a degree of electricity in the Verizon Center similar to what we witnessed on January 21, 2006. I fully expect another huge game from the man, the myth, the legend, Roy Hibbert. Someone may have answered this - I don't have time to read the whole next page - gotta sleep - but I think the reason they chose Marquette is because they don't have a large number of fans who travel or live in DC, and you would expect our 100th anniversary event to be a sell-out (esp. in a year we knew we were going to have a top 20 team) so we would (1) want to have it filled with our fans, and not 1/3rd filled with cuse, nd or conn fans and (2) you get more revenues that way. Home games against major rivals like cuse and uconn usually draw huge numbers anyway. They probably didn't figure on marquette being top 15 and figured they could go from 10k to 20k, whereas a cuse or a uconn would likely be 16k already, so you'd only gain 4k attendance.
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Post by 1984alloveragain on Feb 10, 2007 8:05:47 GMT -5
It also seems to be the closest home game to the actual date of the first game ever in 1907, when we beat Virginia 22-11?
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DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Feb 10, 2007 9:28:25 GMT -5
It also seems to be the closest home game to the actual date of the first game ever in 1907, when we beat Virginia 22-11? Bingo. We have a winner. ;D
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Post by 1984alloveragain on Feb 10, 2007 9:47:06 GMT -5
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Feb 10, 2007 15:35:24 GMT -5
Yo FL check out the amrquette board they ripped you off they ahve a bad DJ thread.
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