Category: Georgetown Hoyas
G'Town Looks to Execute Ivy Upset
The Yale Bowl. Nearly 94 years of college football history. More than 64,000 people on hand. The Bulldogs’ season-opener. Can a road game get much tougher than that?
Add Yale’s 17-3 record over the past two seasons to the equation and you realize exa… more »
Yale Football Finally Starting
The time has come.
With teams across the nation a couple weeks into their seasons, the football team begins its 136th season against Georgetown (1-1) on Saturday at The Yale Bowl.
This will be just the second meeting between the two schools. The f… more »
CT Stars Head Home to Shine Hoyas
In retrospect, it would be so easy to view former Pop Warner teammates Keerome Lawrence and Enico Jones as a package deal, a limited time 2-for-1 special for Georgetown football coach Kevin Kelly.
The reality is a significantly different story.
Ke… more »
Yale Motivated By 2007 Loss To Harvard
NEW HAVEN - — For some at Yale, the sting of the season-ending loss to Harvard faded in weeks. Others have held on to it a bit longer.
"Getting over it?" left guard Stephen Morse said. "I don't know if I really have."
The burden for Yale is that t… more »
On the Road, Hoya Offense Falls by the Wayside
Defense Stays Stout in League Opener.
In the Hoyas’ sole night game of the season, Lafayette turned the lights out on the Hoya offense and capitalized on significant Georgetown miscues to tally a 24-6 victory in Easton, Pa.
In the Patriot League o… more »
Bye Week Won't Mean Additional Rest for Lafayette
The Leopards will work harder before facing Penn Sept. 27.
Football teams often welcome an in-season bye week. A time to heal. A time to take a breath. A time to prepare for what lies ahead, but at a more leisurely pace.
For Lafayette, which won i… more »
Leopards Not Sharp in PL Debut
A 2-0 start: Team has plenty to work on after win over Hoyas.
Frank Tavani said Rob Curley is a voracious film watcher.
Well, the Lafayette quarterback will have plenty to watch today – and he may not like all of it.
The quarterback did some go… more »
Hoyas Make Good Use of the Internet
I wonder how many athletes were denied the opportunity to play at the highest possible level simply because coaches never came calling.
When I was in high school, one of a coach’s best pipelines consisted of former players who maintained their intere… more »
Georgetown Looks to Continue Winning Ways
Georgetown is close to meeting outsiders’ low expectations for 2008.
In fact, even ESPN.com’s Bill Simmons let the world know what he thinks of the Hoyas in his latest column about the New England Patriots’ chances without the injured Tom Brady.
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A Fan’s Eye View of the First Ever D.C. Cup
When Tropical Storm Hanna left the D.C. area this weekend, she did so in style. After a long, gray day filled with constant rain, the Sunday sky was blue and cloudless. There was nothing to impede the midday sun from lighting up Howard University’s Gree… more »
Georgetown Coach Kelly's Not Alone in his Thoughts
Hoyas coach has a lot in common with Lafayette's Tavani.
Kevin Kelly is in only his third season as head football coach at Georgetown. But if you're thinking that makes him relatively inexperienced, think again.
Kelly epitomizes the journeyman con… more »
Building a D.C. Crosstown Rivalry
Bison, Hoyas to meet for first time Saturday.
The Metrobus pulls away from the stop just outside the gates of Georgetown University. From high on a hilltop where Gothic steeples and bell towers lord over the shores of the Potomac River, the bus snake… more »
Sports Sermon: First Annual D.C. Cup
As a freshman in Harbin Hall who couldn’t see anything but the football field outside of my dorm room window, I would probably have been considered a shoe-in to attend the 2006/2007 season opener against Holy Cross. I didn’t—I slept in. For me, a footba… more »
For Georgetown, Latest No. 35 Keeps Spirit Alive
The sweltering heat and grueling workouts were starting to take a toll on the football team as the end of summer practices neared.
“Guys were tired, sore, hurting — we had a bad day at practice on the second to last day,” senior defensive lineman Ant… more »
Marquee Players Return for '08 Patriot League Encore
Holy Cross quarterback Dominic Randolph was named the Patriot League's Offensive Player of the Year last fall after becoming the all-time leader in passing yards and total offense per game.
He completed 297 of 482 passes for 3,604 yards and 30 touchd… more »