Matchday 23: Villanova comes to town. The same Villanova squad that gave the Hoyas their last home loss some 18 games ago. There are only four home games left this season. I plan on enjoying every second of them before it is time to hit the road in March.
What happened last game?
Leaving Jesse's house I was left wondering if he had switched the game off at the half and put in a tape of the Hoyas circa 2002. No ball movement against the zone, no flashing at the free throw line, too much dribbling agains the press - who were those guys?
Turnovers and the disapperance of Jon Wallace make it tough to win on the road against a quality team.
When the schedule came out for the season I went through each game and put a W or L next to each opponent. They play 29 games and I came up with a record of 25-4. So far they are 19-3 and I have nailed every loss. Sometimes it sucks to be right. I hope I was wrong about that 4th because it will make for a long drive back from the Carrier Dome.
Reasons why I love JT3: "We're a long way from where I want to be. It takes a lot to build a program. I don't want to have a good team. I don't want to have something that's cute and trendy. I want this program to be good, to be the best, forever. That's all encompassing. We are still in the infancy phases, literally and figuratively, of getting to where we want to be.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Saturday, February 9, 2008
longest day ever...
See this is what happens when you do the practical thing instead of listening to your heart. Today has definitely been the longest day of the year and we still have two hours until Hoyas v Cardinals.
You get so used to going to all of the games and then you have to try and find a way to survive until 9pm. It hasn't been easy. Let me give you the rundown:
Started off with some Premiership soccer at little past 7am. Newcastle v Aston Villa and then Sunderland v Wigan. Switch gears to college basketball with a little Notre Dame v Marquette. After rooting against the once again victorious Irish, I had to get out of the house. Clocktower Gold's was my next destination. Some plyometrics and some cardio would surely make the day go quicker right?
WRONG.
Next up I find myself looking at bedding at Target. Yeah I know not real manly but whatever I need some new stuff. Anybody that knows me knows that I never just go and buy something. I have to look at the same product on at least 3 separate occasions before handing over my shiny red visa check card.
Alright finally it is 5pm and I'm at Church. This is guaranteed to take an hour. Ok now I'm walking Rocky around the block and waiting for my pizza to get out of the oven. Nothing better than a Tombstone brah.
Oh great we interrupt your normally schedule Saturday in February to break the killer news that Redskins just gave up on their coaching search and went with the guy they hired over a week ago to run the offense. Pretty normal. At least he has never been a coordinator before. I feel really good about his hire. I bet Zorn will have no problem doing things the way he wants to do them with Snyder around. Awesome.
Alright I'm gonna go eat this silly pizza and catch the game with the Thiems. Jacob is the ultimate good luck charm.
I believe in a thing called Roy.....
Peace Out Homie
You get so used to going to all of the games and then you have to try and find a way to survive until 9pm. It hasn't been easy. Let me give you the rundown:
Started off with some Premiership soccer at little past 7am. Newcastle v Aston Villa and then Sunderland v Wigan. Switch gears to college basketball with a little Notre Dame v Marquette. After rooting against the once again victorious Irish, I had to get out of the house. Clocktower Gold's was my next destination. Some plyometrics and some cardio would surely make the day go quicker right?
WRONG.
Next up I find myself looking at bedding at Target. Yeah I know not real manly but whatever I need some new stuff. Anybody that knows me knows that I never just go and buy something. I have to look at the same product on at least 3 separate occasions before handing over my shiny red visa check card.
Alright finally it is 5pm and I'm at Church. This is guaranteed to take an hour. Ok now I'm walking Rocky around the block and waiting for my pizza to get out of the oven. Nothing better than a Tombstone brah.
Oh great we interrupt your normally schedule Saturday in February to break the killer news that Redskins just gave up on their coaching search and went with the guy they hired over a week ago to run the offense. Pretty normal. At least he has never been a coordinator before. I feel really good about his hire. I bet Zorn will have no problem doing things the way he wants to do them with Snyder around. Awesome.
Alright I'm gonna go eat this silly pizza and catch the game with the Thiems. Jacob is the ultimate good luck charm.
I believe in a thing called Roy.....
Peace Out Homie
Friday, February 8, 2008
Cry Freedom...
From the How didn’t I think of that File: Gilbert Arenas is blogging about a mixed drink that contains two of my all time favorites, Corona and Shark Attacks (well Shirley Temples for the non-Glory Days savvy types). I mean I already love to indulge in another Corona combination – Corona with a shot of Bacardi Limon. Free advice – go easy on them and don’t even think about driving. But back to Gilbert, he calls the beverage the Agent Zero and says it’s really sweet. I plan on trying this fairly soon so don't you go worrying your pretty little head off.
Pretty good timing: If you have to pick one night out of the week to stay later at work, I am going to go out on a limb and bet that Friday is at the bottom of the list. I’m still at work (obviously done since I’m writing you, my devoted readers, before I leave) but its getting pretty damn late. This no meat on Friday deal is already feeling like a house of a thousand daggers. I was thinking of grabbing a quick sandwich before heading off to Gold’s but that’s not an option. Awesome. Yeah a quick check of the fridge here at work showed nothing in the form of Fish Sticks. Seriously what kind(s) of fish composes the stick?
No Freedom for me: My inevitable visit to Freedom Hall isn’t going to occur in 2008 I’m sorry to say. Sometimes you just can’t pull the trigger. The key is making those “sometimes” few and far between. No word yet on the whereabouts of my game watch, but I can tell you this; Town Hall isn’t looking like the winner. Our 19-2 Georgetown Hoyas enter tomorrow night’s clash as a 2.5 point favorite underdog. Keeping the turnovers under control and my main man Jonathan Wallace finding his shot are my keys to the game. I am, of course, counting on Roy to be, well, Roy.
Gooners: No Arsenal tomorrow OR Sunday is really not helping this first weekend without American Football go down any easier. We don’t count the Pro Bowl as “real” football. I think it would be cool if the NFC defense goes out with only 10 on the first play in honor of Sean Taylor. It was cool when the Skins did it on the mainland and it will again be cool from the Island.
Skins Coaching Drama: Maybe Gibbs will come back and save this Titanic. Maybe he was tired of Williams and Saunders and this was the only way he could get rid of them without looking like an ass. He knows Holmgrem from their USC days so perhaps he tipped him off to Zorn being an up and comer. Look I’m grasping here but anything is better than going with reality when it comes to Operation Worst Front Office Ever.
Pretty good timing: If you have to pick one night out of the week to stay later at work, I am going to go out on a limb and bet that Friday is at the bottom of the list. I’m still at work (obviously done since I’m writing you, my devoted readers, before I leave) but its getting pretty damn late. This no meat on Friday deal is already feeling like a house of a thousand daggers. I was thinking of grabbing a quick sandwich before heading off to Gold’s but that’s not an option. Awesome. Yeah a quick check of the fridge here at work showed nothing in the form of Fish Sticks. Seriously what kind(s) of fish composes the stick?
No Freedom for me: My inevitable visit to Freedom Hall isn’t going to occur in 2008 I’m sorry to say. Sometimes you just can’t pull the trigger. The key is making those “sometimes” few and far between. No word yet on the whereabouts of my game watch, but I can tell you this; Town Hall isn’t looking like the winner. Our 19-2 Georgetown Hoyas enter tomorrow night’s clash as a 2.5 point favorite underdog. Keeping the turnovers under control and my main man Jonathan Wallace finding his shot are my keys to the game. I am, of course, counting on Roy to be, well, Roy.
Gooners: No Arsenal tomorrow OR Sunday is really not helping this first weekend without American Football go down any easier. We don’t count the Pro Bowl as “real” football. I think it would be cool if the NFC defense goes out with only 10 on the first play in honor of Sean Taylor. It was cool when the Skins did it on the mainland and it will again be cool from the Island.
Skins Coaching Drama: Maybe Gibbs will come back and save this Titanic. Maybe he was tired of Williams and Saunders and this was the only way he could get rid of them without looking like an ass. He knows Holmgrem from their USC days so perhaps he tipped him off to Zorn being an up and comer. Look I’m grasping here but anything is better than going with reality when it comes to Operation Worst Front Office Ever.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Town Hall or Freedom Hall?
Town Hall vs Freedom Hall.
Now this is a very big decision.
Georgetown plays Louisville at Freedom hall this weekend. Google maps have indicated to me that the drive from my house to Freedom Hall is roughly 9 and a half hours. Game time is 9pm seeing as it how it is the game of the weekend on ESPN. They even decided to send their GameDay crew down there, very nice of them really. So the late tip time doesn't require me to leave my house at some crazy hour.
Now there is obviously another way to get there. A flight to Louisville and a hotel for Saturday night is a little bit more than I would want to spend for a regular season game, knowing that March Madness travel is a little more than 5 weeks away.
What is Town Hall you ask? Well it is a place in DC that the Hoya Hoop Club uses as their away game Headquarters. I really don’t like to watch games out in public but I have this new problem: they suck when I watch from 2003 N Brandywine. From what I understand the place is pretty cool but my source was basing that on the fact that lots of guys went there. Last time I checked that is actually a negative from my perspective.
The wrinkle in this decision isn’t the fact that I would be going to Louisville by myself or the fact that the drive would make my Sunday totally suck. (I decided a long time ago not to let the lack of others stop me from going somewhere I want to go. Obviously I’d rather go with good friends, but sometimes you gotta just go for the gold by yourself. Oh and the drive time would just fly by with the proper amount of effort put into some killer playlists.) The wrinkle is that I need new front brakes pretty soon and that cost will come close to my travel cost.
What is a crazed fan to do? March Madness is looming. Next weekend in Syracuse will be my fifth roadtrip of the season. Should I make it my sixth??? Remember that I have a sweet spot in my heart for places I haven't been to yet. Freedom Hall has yet to make it on my Stadiums/Arenas that I have attended spreadsheet.
Do I have what it takes to make an adult decision and pass on the trip? Will the Peter Pan Syndrome come up and bite me in the ass yet again? That is the Million Dollar Question.
Watch this blog closely for all of your answers.
Now this is a very big decision.
Georgetown plays Louisville at Freedom hall this weekend. Google maps have indicated to me that the drive from my house to Freedom Hall is roughly 9 and a half hours. Game time is 9pm seeing as it how it is the game of the weekend on ESPN. They even decided to send their GameDay crew down there, very nice of them really. So the late tip time doesn't require me to leave my house at some crazy hour.
Now there is obviously another way to get there. A flight to Louisville and a hotel for Saturday night is a little bit more than I would want to spend for a regular season game, knowing that March Madness travel is a little more than 5 weeks away.
What is Town Hall you ask? Well it is a place in DC that the Hoya Hoop Club uses as their away game Headquarters. I really don’t like to watch games out in public but I have this new problem: they suck when I watch from 2003 N Brandywine. From what I understand the place is pretty cool but my source was basing that on the fact that lots of guys went there. Last time I checked that is actually a negative from my perspective.
The wrinkle in this decision isn’t the fact that I would be going to Louisville by myself or the fact that the drive would make my Sunday totally suck. (I decided a long time ago not to let the lack of others stop me from going somewhere I want to go. Obviously I’d rather go with good friends, but sometimes you gotta just go for the gold by yourself. Oh and the drive time would just fly by with the proper amount of effort put into some killer playlists.) The wrinkle is that I need new front brakes pretty soon and that cost will come close to my travel cost.
What is a crazed fan to do? March Madness is looming. Next weekend in Syracuse will be my fifth roadtrip of the season. Should I make it my sixth??? Remember that I have a sweet spot in my heart for places I haven't been to yet. Freedom Hall has yet to make it on my Stadiums/Arenas that I have attended spreadsheet.
Do I have what it takes to make an adult decision and pass on the trip? Will the Peter Pan Syndrome come up and bite me in the ass yet again? That is the Million Dollar Question.
Watch this blog closely for all of your answers.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
no show night at verizon
Look I know it was only South Florida, but last night’s attendance was ridiculous. The blame goes on both the students and the “regular” fans. I shudder to think what it might look like on Wednesday Feb 27 vs St. John’s when the tip time is a very unusual 9pm. I guess the students don't really realize how good they have it. Having personally attended a university with small time basketball, I would hope to see students at a university with big time basketball appreciate it just a tad bit more. Oh well.
The Hoyas played about as well as the crowd showed up. They went down 13-3 in a matter of minutes as they seemed rather disinterested with their lowly opponents. Jonathan Wallace is officially started to scare me, a little. In case you were wondering they came back to win by 10 in an U-G-L-Y affair. Summers scored the first 11 points for the Hoyas as he set a career high with 24. Sapp also had a pretty good night going 3-4 from downtown. Roy changed his undershirt at halftime. I wish I hadn't noticed that but I did. I mean he was wearing a regular t-shirt and then he went with the cutoff. What more can I say?
Ash Wednesday: I think I need to get a playlist of easy listening music or something because when I rolled up to church this afternoon I’m not sure I should have been blasting The Chronic by Dr. Dre. Something about that just isn’t right. Another thing that I have a problem with is leaving Church. I mean we were all just together for an hour trying to learn a little bit about making better moral decisions and possibly thinking a bit more about who you want to be right? Two minutes after it’s all over you have people in the parking lot not letting you out of your space because they are in such a huge hurry. Is it really that hard to be nice so soon after Church? I can see forgetting a few hours down the line because we live in an age where one hour ago might as well have been 10 years ago, but not immediately.
Big East: Hoyas still sit at the top at 9-1 but just a little bit below them are the UConn Huskies (6-3). They have a huge game with Syracuse (6-4) tonight. I really don’t ant to admit I am rooting for the Orange, but let’s just say I wouldn’t be heartbroken if they failed to lose tonight.
National Pride: I am a big fan of people putting their hand over their heart for the National Anthem. Not saying you have to do it, or should do it, but I think its cool. Nothing gets my national pride going like the National Anthem at a US soccer game. Standing in Sam’s Army everybody pretty much sings the Anthem as well. Tonight we have the ultimate “Friendly” as the Yanks take on Mexico. While the game is being played in the states (Houston), I highly doubt US fans will make up anymore than 25%.
I'd like to see Adu get a chance to play at least 45 minutes in the midfield. Not the wing. Can you hear me Bob???
The Hoyas played about as well as the crowd showed up. They went down 13-3 in a matter of minutes as they seemed rather disinterested with their lowly opponents. Jonathan Wallace is officially started to scare me, a little. In case you were wondering they came back to win by 10 in an U-G-L-Y affair. Summers scored the first 11 points for the Hoyas as he set a career high with 24. Sapp also had a pretty good night going 3-4 from downtown. Roy changed his undershirt at halftime. I wish I hadn't noticed that but I did. I mean he was wearing a regular t-shirt and then he went with the cutoff. What more can I say?
Ash Wednesday: I think I need to get a playlist of easy listening music or something because when I rolled up to church this afternoon I’m not sure I should have been blasting The Chronic by Dr. Dre. Something about that just isn’t right. Another thing that I have a problem with is leaving Church. I mean we were all just together for an hour trying to learn a little bit about making better moral decisions and possibly thinking a bit more about who you want to be right? Two minutes after it’s all over you have people in the parking lot not letting you out of your space because they are in such a huge hurry. Is it really that hard to be nice so soon after Church? I can see forgetting a few hours down the line because we live in an age where one hour ago might as well have been 10 years ago, but not immediately.
Big East: Hoyas still sit at the top at 9-1 but just a little bit below them are the UConn Huskies (6-3). They have a huge game with Syracuse (6-4) tonight. I really don’t ant to admit I am rooting for the Orange, but let’s just say I wouldn’t be heartbroken if they failed to lose tonight.
National Pride: I am a big fan of people putting their hand over their heart for the National Anthem. Not saying you have to do it, or should do it, but I think its cool. Nothing gets my national pride going like the National Anthem at a US soccer game. Standing in Sam’s Army everybody pretty much sings the Anthem as well. Tonight we have the ultimate “Friendly” as the Yanks take on Mexico. While the game is being played in the states (Houston), I highly doubt US fans will make up anymore than 25%.
I'd like to see Adu get a chance to play at least 45 minutes in the midfield. Not the wing. Can you hear me Bob???
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
first joe now bobby...
First things first.
Game time is 4 hours away.
Acela Club is 2.5 hours away.
Can you feel it??? Are you ready???
The line: 19.5 point favorites. Seems a bit high to me. I just want to see Wallace hit a few threes, Roy stay out of foul trouble, and Jeremiah to relax on the unforced turnovers. Let's all try and work on our post passing tonight guys. Thanks.
Missing Bobby: Bobby Knight.
How great is that guy? As fate would have it, it looks like I caught Bobby's last game as a Head Coach in the NCAA Tournament. Texas Tech lost to Boston College in the game that preceeded Georgetown v Belmont. While I don't think Knight's style was for everybody, but it seems as though the vast majority of his guys love him. They also seem to be better off for having played for and learned from the man. I like to place more emphasis on what those people around him have to say as opposed to the people who are just judging him from afar.
One last time...show me that game face baby!
Skins Drama: Yeah let's get the defensive coordinator from the Giants. I mean the G-Men won the most recent game. Snyder needs to strike while the iron is hot. I am sure Steve Spagnuolo will mesh in well with a team that already has a defensive coordinator in place. I'm sure that Spagnuolo was the main reason for the Giants win in the Super Bowl. Or maybe he had a great defensive line that put tons of pressure on Brady without having to call a million blitzes.
Nah. It's probably all Spagnuolo. Let's make that hire.
It's not the coach stupid. It's the guys picking the players and calling the shots. All Hail Vinny and Danny Boy.
Game time is 4 hours away.
Acela Club is 2.5 hours away.
Can you feel it??? Are you ready???
The line: 19.5 point favorites. Seems a bit high to me. I just want to see Wallace hit a few threes, Roy stay out of foul trouble, and Jeremiah to relax on the unforced turnovers. Let's all try and work on our post passing tonight guys. Thanks.
Missing Bobby: Bobby Knight.
How great is that guy? As fate would have it, it looks like I caught Bobby's last game as a Head Coach in the NCAA Tournament. Texas Tech lost to Boston College in the game that preceeded Georgetown v Belmont. While I don't think Knight's style was for everybody, but it seems as though the vast majority of his guys love him. They also seem to be better off for having played for and learned from the man. I like to place more emphasis on what those people around him have to say as opposed to the people who are just judging him from afar.
One last time...show me that game face baby!
Skins Drama: Yeah let's get the defensive coordinator from the Giants. I mean the G-Men won the most recent game. Snyder needs to strike while the iron is hot. I am sure Steve Spagnuolo will mesh in well with a team that already has a defensive coordinator in place. I'm sure that Spagnuolo was the main reason for the Giants win in the Super Bowl. Or maybe he had a great defensive line that put tons of pressure on Brady without having to call a million blitzes.
Nah. It's probably all Spagnuolo. Let's make that hire.
It's not the coach stupid. It's the guys picking the players and calling the shots. All Hail Vinny and Danny Boy.
what a beautiful day...
My oh my, what a beautiful day for basketball. Nothing can bring you down on gameday. (Not even the guys who started ripping down siding from the side of my place at 7am. Nope not even those guys could do the trick on a day like this.)
What we have here is another opportunity to extend the lead in the Big East. Another test before the showdown in Louisville this Saturday night at 9pm. Seriously college basketball is the best.
Do you ever look at the person in the car next to you and wonder when they lowered the age limit on driving privilges? Lock city that the girl next to me this morning going through the toll booth wasn't a day over 13. She must have been sitting on multiple phone books.
Around the Big East: Wasn't too impressed with Marquette last night. Not much movement, not much passing. They settle for bad three point shots. They stink. L'ville is finally rounding into the team that we figured they would be.
What the hell is wrong with Villanova??? Man they got crushed by St. Joe's last night. (I swear I didn't secretly pine for Scottie Reynolds last year. It was a different guy. Totally.) I hope they still find themselves in this funk when they roll into town next Monday night for Big Monday at the Verizon Center.
Tailgate Info: Word from MLS is that they absoultely positively will come out with the schedule on Thursday. I really don't like to tempt fate but I really doubt they could screw United fans any worse than they did in 2007. I mean we went from July 14 to September 29 w/o one freaking home game on a Saturday night. Unreal.
Wardrobe: We are going with the lucky outfit today. If it ain't broke don't fix it brah!
What we have here is another opportunity to extend the lead in the Big East. Another test before the showdown in Louisville this Saturday night at 9pm. Seriously college basketball is the best.
Do you ever look at the person in the car next to you and wonder when they lowered the age limit on driving privilges? Lock city that the girl next to me this morning going through the toll booth wasn't a day over 13. She must have been sitting on multiple phone books.
Around the Big East: Wasn't too impressed with Marquette last night. Not much movement, not much passing. They settle for bad three point shots. They stink. L'ville is finally rounding into the team that we figured they would be.
What the hell is wrong with Villanova??? Man they got crushed by St. Joe's last night. (I swear I didn't secretly pine for Scottie Reynolds last year. It was a different guy. Totally.) I hope they still find themselves in this funk when they roll into town next Monday night for Big Monday at the Verizon Center.
Tailgate Info: Word from MLS is that they absoultely positively will come out with the schedule on Thursday. I really don't like to tempt fate but I really doubt they could screw United fans any worse than they did in 2007. I mean we went from July 14 to September 29 w/o one freaking home game on a Saturday night. Unreal.
Wardrobe: We are going with the lucky outfit today. If it ain't broke don't fix it brah!
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