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Post by Ignutz on Nov 9, 2021 9:46:02 GMT -5
We win 30-28 on a walk off 52 yd FG by Ng after two dumb penalties back us up. Hits crossbar and bounces over. Half of the Fordham fans storm field thinking it didnt make it over the bar, only to realize the Crusader victory. Total pandemonium. Make it a 57-yarder - to break the all-time PL record.
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Nov 9, 2021 10:06:34 GMT -5
Post by hchoops on Nov 9, 2021 10:06:34 GMT -5
The Weather Channel has a 24% chance of rain and a 68% chance of a HC victory. Well, you nailed one of those. TWC down to 17%.
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Post by longsuffering on Nov 9, 2021 11:26:14 GMT -5
The Weather Channel has a 24% chance of rain and a 68% chance of a HC victory. Doppler weather says cloudy with a 100% chance of meatballs on Arthur Avenue.
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Post by blockofgranite on Nov 9, 2021 11:48:45 GMT -5
thanks for checking in, blockofgranite, and please know that you are welcome at any time thank you. I'm getting a kick out of the predictions!
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Nov 9, 2021 12:40:50 GMT -5
Post by mm67 on Nov 9, 2021 12:40:50 GMT -5
thanks for checking in, blockofgranite, and please know that you are welcome at any time thank you. I'm getting a kick out of the predictions! And, what do our Jesuit brothers on Rose Hill have to say. Obviously, both teams will do their talking on the playing field. --- From proud HC alum but from an FU family( the prep, college ,law school and grad school.) Is it Arthur Street or Arthur Avenue?
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Nov 9, 2021 12:49:43 GMT -5
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Post by joe on Nov 9, 2021 12:49:43 GMT -5
HC down 10 at the half but wins by 10.
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Nov 9, 2021 12:52:29 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Nov 9, 2021 12:52:29 GMT -5
thank you. I'm getting a kick out of the predictions! And, what do our Jesuit brothers on Rose Hill have to say. Obviously, both teams will do their talking on the playing field. --- From proud HC alum but from an FU family( the prep, college ,law school and grad school.) Is it Arthur Street or Arthur Avenue? Arthur Avenue. The Italian restaurant row in Worcester is Shrewsbury Street, got them mixed up, fixed it Thanks. Federal Hill in Providence, the North End in Boston, etc.,you can't be a great city without good Italian Restaurants. You could have bragging rights in Saturday.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Nov 9, 2021 12:58:55 GMT -5
I still haven't found out if our 49 point outburst in the 2nd half in 2019 was some kind of NCAA record.
Has any college team (in any division) ever finished a game with MORE than 49 points after being shutout at half-time?
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Post by blockofgranite on Nov 9, 2021 14:36:55 GMT -5
thank you. I'm getting a kick out of the predictions! And, what do our Jesuit brothers on Rose Hill have to say. Obviously, both teams will do their talking on the playing field. --- From proud HC alum but from an FU family( the prep, college ,law school and grad school.) Is it Arthur Street or Arthur Avenue? Haha - you must have buried those Fordham roots if you weren't sure if it was street or AVENUE! This is the most pumped up I can remember us being for a game since the Moorhead era. Every Ram fan knows this will be a really, really tough game and accepts we are understandably underdogs. That said, this team has hung together remarkably well through a brutal opening 4 game stretch and has just stepped up when it mattered time after time. Thus, everyone feels good about our talent and it's also the first year where I think most die hards feel the coaching staff has done a great job, particularly with in-game coaching and adjustments. Our strength is our OL which makes this such an amazing matchup given how good your front 7 are. The one lament I think most fans have is that the rough opening schedule likely beat us up too much. We've had tons of injuries and to critical players on both sides of the ball. LB Greenhagen gone for the year, RB Sneed gone for the year. Both captains. Lost NG Coste in the Spring (although he returned under limited action last week). DT Diodato out. Both of those guys all PL. Starting TE Ciccio lost for the season at Nebraska with a broken ankle. The list goes on Overall I think no matter how strong we start we will not be comfortable for one minute given how much your staff has schooled us in the second half of these last few games. It really should be a great one. I hope our D can hold up to your running game. I expect we're going to get a big dose of Skulka. Hope this time we're ready for him as opposed to how much of a game changer it was in the Spring.
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Post by sader1970 on Nov 9, 2021 15:08:34 GMT -5
By definition, football being a contact sport, injuries are part of the game. But your comment above might make a case that it isn't worth playing teams like Nebraska where the likelihood of serious injury might more than offset the $$$$ paid out. I'm fine with HC playing Army, Navy, UMass, UConn, BC but probably not Nebraska, Alabama and the like. At least not yet!
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Nov 9, 2021 16:28:47 GMT -5
By definition, football being a contact sport, injuries are part of the game. But your comment above might make a case that it isn't worth playing teams like Nebraska where the likelihood of serious injury might more than offset the $$$$ paid out. I'm fine with HC playing Army, Navy, UMass, UConn, BC but probably not Nebraska, Alabama and the like. At least not yet! Wheres the data that says playing better teams increase liklihood of injury? Ryan Greenhagen, Fordhams stud LB, had 30 tackles against Nebraska and then suffered season-ending injury against...Lafayette. But I agree I'd rather take a smaller payday to play against teams we have at least a punchers chance against.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Nov 9, 2021 16:41:28 GMT -5
We've had the discussion extensively on this board. I don't believe there's any correlation whatsoever between an increased number of injuries when playing better competition.
When Georgetown was an option team 10-15 years ago, I know that HC (and many other teams, most likely) came away from that game more banged up than they did against much more talented teams.
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Nov 9, 2021 16:41:40 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Nov 9, 2021 16:41:40 GMT -5
I wonder if we win the PL three times in a row if we will be getting any bites from higher FCS schools such as Villanova, Delaware, Bill and Mary?
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Nov 9, 2021 17:58:30 GMT -5
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Post by HC92 on Nov 9, 2021 17:58:30 GMT -5
By definition, football being a contact sport, injuries are part of the game. But your comment above might make a case that it isn't worth playing teams like Nebraska where the likelihood of serious injury might more than offset the $$$$ paid out. I'm fine with HC playing Army, Navy, UMass, UConn, BC but probably not Nebraska, Alabama and the like. At least not yet! Wheres the data that says playing better teams increase liklihood of injury? Ryan Greenhagen, Fordhams stud LB, had 30 tackles against Nebraska and then suffered season-ending injury against...Lafayette. But I agree I'd rather take a smaller payday to play against teams we have at least a punchers chance against. Didn’t realize Greenhagen was out though I am sure there are multiple posts here I missed that say that. Feel badly for him. Definitely makes me feel better about our chances. Like Dobbs, he’s a beast.
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Nov 9, 2021 20:47:43 GMT -5
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Post by cruskater31 on Nov 9, 2021 20:47:43 GMT -5
We want Bama!
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Nov 9, 2021 20:54:42 GMT -5
Post by nycrusader2010 on Nov 9, 2021 20:54:42 GMT -5
I wonder if we win the PL three times in a row if we will be getting any bites from higher FCS schools such as Villanova, Delaware, Bill and Mary? We last played Delaware in 2005, which was a guarantee game down there. It was also a strong effort from a fast-improving Holy Cross team during that era. The issue is all of those schools have to travel to New England already once or twice a year during CAA play. Typically they all try to play local opponents out of conference. UD did travel out to Fargo in 2019 to play North Dakota State.
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Nov 9, 2021 22:17:34 GMT -5
Post by princetoncrusader on Nov 9, 2021 22:17:34 GMT -5
Way back in the early 1980s, when Princeton cancelled it's long-running series with Rutgers, one of the reasons cited by administrators at PU was that the Tigers had 5 or 6 players who suffered serious injuries, according to an article in the NYT. Have not seen any official studies on this issue, but it makes sense if bigger, faster FBS are colliding with smaller FCS players.
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Nov 9, 2021 22:45:57 GMT -5
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Nov 9, 2021 22:45:57 GMT -5
We’ve been through this so many times.
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Nov 9, 2021 23:10:40 GMT -5
Post by purplehaze on Nov 9, 2021 23:10:40 GMT -5
Princeton's talent now is lightyears ahead of where they were in the 1980's ! they had a game scheduled with Rutgers for the 2020 season that was not played - they would have had a very good shot to win that game
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Nov 10, 2021 0:34:34 GMT -5
Post by bfoley82 on Nov 10, 2021 0:34:34 GMT -5
We've had the discussion extensively on this board. I don't believe there's any correlation whatsoever between an increased number of injuries when playing better competition. When Georgetown was an option team 10-15 years ago, I know that HC (and many other teams, most likely) came away from that game more banged up than they did against much more talented teams. The only correlation is playing an option team creating injuries with the chop blocking style....
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Post by mm67 on Nov 10, 2021 7:15:04 GMT -5
HC has an opportunity for a Jesuit "Bifecta." A win against BC on Friday night followed by a victory in the Bx. on Saturday. GoCrossGo.
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Post by rgs318 on Nov 10, 2021 7:17:28 GMT -5
mm67...I admire your optimism and I like the way you think.
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Post by timholycross on Nov 10, 2021 7:55:26 GMT -5
thank you. I'm getting a kick out of the predictions! And, what do our Jesuit brothers on Rose Hill have to say. Obviously, both teams will do their talking on the playing field. --- From proud HC alum but from an FU family( the prep, college ,law school and grad school.) Is it Arthur Street or Arthur Avenue? Is it as good as Atwell Avenue, or is it Atwells?
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Nov 10, 2021 8:06:28 GMT -5
Post by timholycross on Nov 10, 2021 8:06:28 GMT -5
Way back in the early 1980s, when Princeton cancelled it's long-running series with Rutgers, one of the reasons cited by administrators at PU was that the Tigers had 5 or 6 players who suffered serious injuries, according to an article in the NYT. Have not seen any official studies on this issue, but it makes sense if bigger, faster FBS are colliding with smaller FCS players. We had a receiver get hurt pretty bad in the BC game in 1981 (which HC almost won). Big hit, legal (at least at the time, don't know it would have met the "defenseless receiver" criteria of today. Kind of a freak play, the kid got a ruptured spleen and he was lucky Dr. Walsh figured it out almost immediately (ambulance took the kid a way in a jiffy and he was ok). Really didn't think level of play was that much of a factor on that one. But in 1983, a receiver ran a short pattern in the flat, stationary, a recipe for disaster; and Steve DeOssie absolutely buried the guy. Again, maybe today it would have been a penalty but nothing wrong w/what he did at the time. Something you just can't do against a bigger and faster team. Kid missed the playoffs, which hurt an already depleted squad.
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Nov 10, 2021 8:20:36 GMT -5
Post by alum on Nov 10, 2021 8:20:36 GMT -5
Way back in the early 1980s, when Princeton cancelled it's long-running series with Rutgers, one of the reasons cited by administrators at PU was that the Tigers had 5 or 6 players who suffered serious injuries, according to an article in the NYT. Have not seen any official studies on this issue, but it makes sense if bigger, faster FBS are colliding with smaller FCS players. We had a receiver get hurt pretty bad in the BC game in 1981 (which HC almost won). Big hit, legal (at least at the time, don't know it would have met the "defenseless receiver" criteria of today. Kind of a freak play, the kid got a ruptured spleen and he was lucky Dr. Walsh figured it out almost immediately (ambulance took the kid a way in a jiffy and he was ok). Really didn't think level of play was that much of a factor on that one. But in 1983, a receiver ran a short pattern in the flat, stationary, a recipe for disaster; and Steve DeOssie absolutely buried the guy. Again, maybe today it would have been a penalty but nothing wrong w/what he did at the time. Something you just can't do against a bigger and faster team. Kid missed the playoffs, which hurt an already depleted squad.Gary Quinlan if I recall correctly.
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