No, that is not the name of a South Texas '50s Latino rock and roll sensation. After a spirited effort by your Hoyas, Georgetown fell short of a superior Yale team 28-14. Standing at 0-3 for the year, Georgetown now faces a Holy Cross squad coming off a 31-28 defeat of Harvard up in Worcester.
Holy Cross is an interesting place, having forfeited its once-prominent athletic standing in both football and basketball to accommodate lowered expectations, much to the lament of notable alumni. Imagine, once upon a time Holy Cross could have been a founding member of the Big East along with Georgetown. Alas, that did not come to pass.
Still, Holy Cross has been something of a legitimate Patriot League power, and the Crusaders have given us mighty fits over the history of the series, where the purple knights have a 12-7 advantage.
Georgetown showed some serious fight against a talent-laden Yale squad, and fell short on a couple of goal-line opportunities that could have turned the game into a highly competitive fight. With Cornell, Penn and the rest of the Patriot League on the schedule, GU has a chance to build on the performance this past weekend.
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It's a short week in Aggieland this time around after Texas A&M dispensed with Louisiana-Monroe in a stout 54-14 victory that served as a nice warmup for this week's
nationally-televised tilt against Miami. This is only the second meeting overall for these two programs and really the first in the modern era. Also, given the fact that this is Miami's last year in the famed, creaky Orange Bowl, I am happy the Aggies finally made it out to South Florida. On the recruiting front, the Hurricanes fiercely pursued current Aggie junior tight end Martellus Bennett. Conversely, UM's Shawnbrey McNeal was an Aggie commit until late in the process, opting for Miami when his life-long favorite squad offered him a scholarship.
The compelling matchup here is A&M's talented offense against Miami's always-tough defense. Despite getting seared for 51 points down at Oklahoma two weeks ago, Miami's defense, led by future NFL star Calais Campbell, has the right mix of speed and power to drive an option-heavy offense like A&M crazy. Despite the sudden return of a passing game at Aggieland in the ULM victory, passing against the Canes will be a tall drink of water.
Clearly this is the biggest A&M game of the young season and, perhaps, one of the most telling of the Franchione era. UM, standing at 2-1 under new head coach Randy Shannon after victories over Marshall and Florida International and a defeat at the hands of OU, is not like the awesome 2001 squad that strolled to a national championship. However, Miami is Miami, and the Canes are always a stiff opponent in the Orange Bowl, where the squad takes on mythical properties.
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