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Post by hchoops on Sept 26, 2022 10:06:59 GMT -5
Thanks, Ky. Good work as usual.. Advantage over Harvard ? I hate to give you more work, but what are Harvard’s punting stats ?
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Post by HC92 on Sept 26, 2022 10:19:54 GMT -5
It was making me sick the way the Colgate announcers were fawning over the Colgate punter who did not have a great game. At one point, Haughney was back to punt and they said something about him trying to do his best impression of the Colgate punter. What???
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Post by hchoops on Sept 26, 2022 10:27:17 GMT -5
The only thing worse than those two clowns was the horrendous production
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 26, 2022 10:30:49 GMT -5
Looking at stats from last year's game v. Harvard, Sluka had his worst game of the year. 4/16 passing, 2 picks, 30 yds rushing. Siderman (who played a lot) also had a pick and we lost a fumble as well. Total yardage was 368/254 which would usually indicate a much closer, low scoring game. I think we can expect Harvard to focus on stopping the run; Sluka needs to pass like he did in first three games, and definitely not like he performed against Colgate. And Harvard's pass defense appears to be lacking. P.S. No mention of HC in Sunday Globe, although UMass and Harvard were covered. Shaughnessy should throw his weight around, if he ever goes into the newsroom anymore now that it's in a downtown high rise. Might have young people as sports editors who think Holy Cross is D-3.
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Post by cruskater31 on Sept 26, 2022 10:41:45 GMT -5
Looking at stats from last year's game v. Harvard, Sluka had his worst game of the year. 4/16 passing, 2 picks, 30 yds rushing. Siderman (who played a lot) also had a pick and we lost a fumble as well. Total yardage was 368/254 which would usually indicate a much closer, low scoring game. I think we can expect Harvard to focus on stopping the run; Sluka needs to pass like he did in first three games, and definitely not like he performed against Colgate. And Harvard's pass defense appears to be lacking. P.S. No mention of HC in Sunday Globe, although UMass and Harvard were covered. Shaughnessy should throw his weight around, if he ever goes into the newsroom anymore now that it's in a downtown high rise. Might have young people as sports editors who think Holy Cross is D-3. Even the Herald hasn't had much beyond a score. Scrolling through the news articles on their "College Sports" page, you have to go back to August and the Holy Cross preview to find anything on us (beyond a score and box score recap). I don't mind this. I am sure Tim Murphy will have the Harvard squad well-prepared, but I think the Hahvahd fans might look past us. Perhaps a W against our ancient foe will catch the attention of both the Globe and Herald.
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Post by sader1970 on Sept 26, 2022 10:45:57 GMT -5
And Patrick is a super young man too!
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 26, 2022 10:47:41 GMT -5
Boston Herald: one reporter, one hundred on-line ads all pushing the actual news article out of the way and making your screen jump until you have a headache and give up.
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Post by bfoley82 on Sept 26, 2022 10:52:48 GMT -5
Shaughnessy should throw his weight around, if he ever goes into the newsroom anymore now that it's in a downtown high rise. Might have young people as sports editors who think Holy Cross is D-3. Even the Herald hasn't had much beyond a score. Scrolling through the news articles on their "College Sports" page, you have to go back to August and the Holy Cross preview to find anything on us (beyond a score and box score recap). I don't mind this. I am sure Tim Murphy will have the Harvard squad well-prepared, but I think the Hahvahd fans might look past us. Perhaps a W against our ancient foe will catch the attention of both the Globe and Herald. The Boston papers don't cover anything outside of 128 anymore.
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Sept 26, 2022 10:55:49 GMT -5
Two highly ranked undefeated teams; game in Boston. If the Globe and Herald don't do a special preview and game story for this, there's something rotten in the state of Denmark.
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Post by cruskater31 on Sept 26, 2022 11:05:30 GMT -5
Even the Herald hasn't had much beyond a score. Scrolling through the news articles on their "College Sports" page, you have to go back to August and the Holy Cross preview to find anything on us (beyond a score and box score recap). I don't mind this. I am sure Tim Murphy will have the Harvard squad well-prepared, but I think the Hahvahd fans might look past us. Perhaps a W against our ancient foe will catch the attention of both the Globe and Herald. The Boston papers don't cover anything outside of 128 anymore. Even UMass barely gets coverage, but I do see a few stories here and there. There will probably be a write-up on our hockey "exhibition" vs. BC
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Post by hcpride on Sept 26, 2022 11:08:10 GMT -5
Merrimack at Harvard (OT Harvard win) had about 11K official attendance two weeks ago. Night game and MA schools. It’d be great if we could top that.
Long range weather is looking good. 🤞
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Sept 26, 2022 11:22:29 GMT -5
Thanks, Ky. Good work as usual.. Advantage over Harvard ? I hate to give you more work, but what are Harvard’s punting stats ? Tasko of Harvard has punted 16 times for 647 yards and no touchbacks, The opponents have returned 8 of those punts for 72 yards 647 Yards Less: 0 yards for touchbacks Less 72 yards for returns 575 yards on 16 punts= 35.9 Net yards per punt Big advantage to Holy Cross I have to guess that Tasko does not get as much height on his punts as Haughney with half of Harvard's punts being returned and for a good average Can't tell a lot about Harvard's return team as Harvard's opponents have not gotten any distance on their punts Harvard opponents have punted 18 times for 610 yards with no touchbacks. Harvard returned 4 of the punts for 37 yards 610 yards less: 0 yards for touchbacks less 37 yards for returns 573 yards on 18 punts = 31.8 yards net per punt Harvard will face a very different punter in Haughney
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 26, 2022 11:58:25 GMT -5
Only if he has to punt.
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Post by purplehaze on Sept 26, 2022 14:13:00 GMT -5
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Post by kaftan12 on Sept 26, 2022 14:29:49 GMT -5
Some pretty solid throws on this film. Have not heard are we 100% healthy on defense this week?
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Post by sader1970 on Sept 26, 2022 14:33:09 GMT -5
“ About 2 minutes of highlights from their game at Brown”
Well, really only about a minute and then another minute of post game chanting (singing?).😂
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Post by newfieguy74 on Sept 26, 2022 14:35:41 GMT -5
The Boston papers don't cover anything outside of 128 anymore. Even UMass barely gets coverage, but I do see a few stories here and there. There will probably be a write-up on our hockey "exhibition" vs. BC The Boston papers don't cover college football, except for BC, because they don't think people in MA care about it. I think they're largely right.
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Post by crusader12 on Sept 26, 2022 14:50:41 GMT -5
Looking at stats from last year's game v. Harvard, Sluka had his worst game of the year. 4/16 passing, 2 picks, 30 yds rushing. Siderman (who played a lot) also had a pick and we lost a fumble as well. Total yardage was 368/254 which would usually indicate a much closer, low scoring game. I think we can expect Harvard to focus on stopping the run; Sluka needs to pass like he did in first three games, and definitely not like he performed against Colgate. And Harvard's pass defense appears to be lacking. P.S. No mention of HC in Sunday Globe, although UMass and Harvard were covered. Shaughnessy should throw his weight around, if he ever goes into the newsroom anymore now that it's in a downtown high rise. Might have young people as sports editors who think Holy Cross is D-3. Shaughnessy aka "The Goat Man" does not like Holy Cross despite his degree.
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Sept 26, 2022 14:51:08 GMT -5
The way things are going with the Boston pro teams, the papers may not have much else about which to write.
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Post by Ignutz on Sept 26, 2022 14:57:33 GMT -5
Two highly ranked undefeated teams; game in Boston. If the Globe and Herald don't do a special preview and game story for this, there's something rotten in the state of Denmark. Oh, they will. But only because it's Harvard. If it were undefeated top-ten HC vs. undefeated top-twenty Anyone-else in Eastern New England, there would be crickets.
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Post by sader1970 on Sept 26, 2022 14:57:54 GMT -5
Explanation, please. I know what "GOAT" means but not in connection with Shaughnessy. Does he think he's a GOAT writer or is he claiming credit for creating the term or something entirely different? Does he own a goat farm?
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Post by hchoops on Sept 26, 2022 15:04:28 GMT -5
Shaughnessy should throw his weight around, if he ever goes into the newsroom anymore now that it's in a downtown high rise. Might have young people as sports editors who think Holy Cross is D-3. Shaughnessy aka "The Goat Man" does not like Holy Cross despite his degree. Maybe you know more, but he certainly seemed to like it when he came for the showing of Purple Reign before the pandemic in January 2020. Plus he is a current donor to the HC Fund
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Sept 26, 2022 16:12:16 GMT -5
Two highly ranked undefeated teams; game in Boston. If the Globe and Herald don't do a special preview and game story for this, there's something rotten in the state of Denmark. Oh, they will. But only because it's Harvard. If it were undefeated top-ten HC vs. undefeated top-twenty Anyone-else in Eastern New England, there would be crickets. The digital version of the Globe did pick up an AP story of the HC/Colgate game on Saturday. Didn't run it in the print version.
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Post by hc2020 on Sept 26, 2022 17:32:49 GMT -5
Boston has been and always will be a pro-sports team town. Even when Flutie was having his Heisman Trophy season, the coverage of that BC football was less than stellar. Now, the Sunday sports pages are about half as big as they used to be 10-15 years ago.
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Post by efg72 on Sept 26, 2022 17:43:47 GMT -5
That is the newspaper business Some good and bad writers and no investment in coverage
For those over 30 who love sports coverage this stinks
News reporting is criminal
I look at obits each day and pray I and loved ones aren’t there, otherwise newspapers are at best a joke at push narratives that make me confused about the world I live in as it is about a false reality
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