Archive: April 13, 2008 - April 19, 2008
If You're Watching
Johns Hopkins at Navy TV: CBS College Sports Radio: WFED-1050 AM, WNAV-1430 AM, WVIE-1370. Records: Blue Jays 4-5, Midshipmen 9-3 Reasons to Watch *See if Navy can end a 33-year losing streak in the series. *A crowd of 20,000 is possible. *The atmosphere will be something special. The Brigade of...
By Christian Swezey | April 19, 2008; 10:16 AM ET | Comments (0)
Gameday Reading
WaPo has a look at John Hart, a former Marine now playing for Marymount. Our Hopkins-Navy preview was a feature story on Navy sophomore A Tim Paul. It can be found here. Patrick Stevens at WashTimes has a story on Navy senior D Brendan Teague. The Baltimore Sun also looks...
By Christian Swezey | April 19, 2008; 9:49 AM ET | Comments (0)
Keeping it Hot
Former Virginia offensive coordinator Chris Colbeck used to tell his players to "keep the ball hot," as in, keep the ball moving. Pass and cut, pass and cut, don't hold onto the ball for too long. So it is with our Friday morning installment of TFBO2F. "If You're Watching" will...
By Christian Swezey | April 18, 2008; 12:16 PM ET | Comments (0)
First Look at Hopkins-Navy
Today we have insights from a Navy grad and a Hopkins grad on the Hopkins-Navy game Saturday. Oh, these guys also are a pair of Hall of Famers: former Navy midfielder Dick Long and former Hopkins goalie Larry Quinn. We are whimperingly grateful for their contributions and very much hope...
By Christian Swezey | April 17, 2008; 12:20 PM ET | Comments (0)
How the West Has Won
Georgetown Prep plays Delbarton (NJ) on Saturday in Princeton and St. Albans plays at West Genesee (N.Y.) on April 26 in games we always hoped we'd see but were never sure we would. Those rank with Mount Hebron's games against Carthage (NY) a few years ago as a sign that...
By Christian Swezey | April 17, 2008; 10:58 AM ET | Comments (0)
Well Worth the Trip
Navy senior D Jordan DiNola said he and 10 teammates took an RV to the Navy-Notre Dame football game in South Bend last November. Another 15 or so teammates attended the game as well. The significance being that Navy's victory in triple overtime that day ended a 43-year losing streak...
By Christian Swezey | April 17, 2008; 8:38 AM ET | Comments (0)
A Stat for Teams That Have Lost to Duke
Among the teams Duke has beaten by 10 goals or more are Virginia (19-9), Johns Hopkins (17-6), UNC (19-9) and Loyola (21-8). There have been two times where the eventual national champion lost a regular season game by 10 or more goals: In 2004, Syracuse lost to Johns Hopkins, 17-5,...
By Christian Swezey | April 15, 2008; 1:58 PM ET | Comments (0)
What Hopkins Did Different
TFBO2F noticed a few changes in Johns Hopkins in its 10-4 win over Maryland. John Jiloty at Inside Lacrosse has a good piece on this, too. 1.) Hopkins had worked on its clearing game. When they were attempting to clear against Duke, Hopkins looked like Carlito Brigante trying to get...
By Christian Swezey | April 15, 2008; 10:25 AM ET | Comments (0)
Week That Was, Part I
Patrick Stevens has a very interesting note on his blog for the Washington Times. Saturday was the first time that our four local teams--Georgetown, Maryland, Navy and Virginia--had ever lost on the same day. They had lost on the same weekend before, but not the same day. Speaking of lost...
By Christian Swezey | April 14, 2008; 11:24 AM ET | Comments (0)
The Week Ahead
Area Men's Teams (all games on Saturday) Johns Hopkins at Navy Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, noon. Tickets: $8 adult, $5 student. Parking $5 TV: CBS College Sports Massachusetts at Georgetown Multi-Sport Field, 1 p.m. Tickets: $8 adult, $5 students 14-under Parking: On-campus lot off Reservoir Rd. is free on weekends....
By Christian Swezey | April 14, 2008; 10:54 AM ET | Comments (0)
Sunday Links
Credit to Johns Hopkins for several good moves. As Coach Dave Pietramala recounted in his news conference on Saturday, University President William R. Brody attended practice on Friday in a full uniform and spoke to the team, which was in a five-game losing streak. He asked senior captain Eric Zerrlaut...
By Christian Swezey | April 13, 2008; 10:59 AM ET | Comments (0)
