Weekend Recap

I hope everybody had a good weekend. Week 2 of college football was in many ways even wilder than the first weekend.

Georgetown's offensive output dropped dramatically in a 28-7 loss to Lafayette in the Patriot League opener for both squads. Lafayette stormed to a 21-0 halftime lead and safely put the game out of reach when Leopards' DB Michael Quaterman picked off Hoya QB Matt Bassuener and raced 34 yards the other way to make the score 28-0.

Despite the 0-2 (0-1) conference start, Georgetown hosts a most interesting opponent this weekend at the Multi-Sport Facility (MSF) on campus -- Yale. This is the first meeting ever between these two fine academic institutions. Yale is coming off an 8-2 season that included an Ivy League championship. Despite the fact that the Ivies do not play in the Football Championship Series playoff system, the league is generally an excellent one at football's smaller echelon.

Even though Georgetown has already logged two games in this young season, for Yale, this is the opener and only one of two non-conference games the Bulldogs will play (the other against Patriot League power Holy Cross).

Needless to say, a win for Georgetown here would be huge for the program and for our efforts to match the Ivies' performance on the gridiron.

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Meanwhile, down in College Station, the Aggies needed 47 points and three overtimes to top a resilient and tough Fresno State squad 47-45 in a game that featured frantic rallies, fans passing out in heat and mass exoduses to the North End Zone . The Aggies sacrificed a 19-0 lead to Fresno State and overcame a near-death blow in the overtime period to beat the Bulldogs. Human Robeast Jorvorskie Lane blasted through Fresno State for 121 yards and four scores to overcome the Bulldogs' upset bid at Kyle Field.

Depending on your point of view, Texas A&M is either still struggling mightily to throw the football or has deliberately thrown that segment of the playbook overboard. Naturally, the Aggies don't care about this, they got the win, that's all that matters. This week's opponent, Louisiana-Monroe, should be victims through the air and the ground. However, with Miami up on Sept. 20, the Aggies need to show more in the vertical department.