Archive: March 30, 2008 - April 5, 2008
Watching from Foxborough
The Harvard-Cornell game on CN8 is being played at Gillette Stadium. The Good News: The football lines at Gillette Stadium are barely visible on television. The kind of bad news: The soccer lines are very visible. Overall, though, if this is how it looks for the Final Four, it will...
By Christian Swezey | April 5, 2008; 1:13 PM ET | Comments (2)
Navy-UMd Links
Navy Insider Dick Long is still on vacation. Apparently he brought his laptop...We'll get to that below, as well as a little other business from there. We also are trying to find out whether Travis Reed will play against Hopkins. Also--an assist to Lax Swami, with a hockey assist to...
By Christian Swezey | April 5, 2008; 12:09 PM ET | Comments (0)
This is the day...
"Your life will surely change," sang Matt Johnson and 1980s band The The. And so it is for lacrosse fans. CN8 is broadcasting two games--Harvard vs Cornell at noon and Georgetown at Fairfield at 2 p.m. Over on ESPNU, UVa-UNC is on at 4 and Hopkins-Duke is on at 6....
By Christian Swezey | April 5, 2008; 11:46 AM ET | Comments (0)
Maryland's Leading Scorer Suspended
Freshman attackman Travis Reed, Maryland's leading scorer with 18 goals and 5 assists, has been suspended indefinitely following a violation of team rules, Maryland officials announced tonight. Freshman Brett Weiss will start in his place....
By Christian Swezey | April 4, 2008; 7:38 PM ET | Comments (0)
Statistic for Tonight
11-5 Combined score by which Maryland led Georgetown, North Carolina and Virginia at the end of the first quarter (5-2 vs the Hoyas, 3-2 vs UNC and 3-1 vs UVa). Getting the early lead has helped the Terrapins be like a boa constrictor to their opponents: They get the early...
By Christian Swezey | April 4, 2008; 3:57 PM ET | Comments (0)
If You're Watching...
Navy at Maryland Tonight, 8 p.m., Byrd Stadium Tickets: $8 adult, $5 student. Parking: Free Records: Midshipmen 8-2, Terrapins 7-2 What to watch if you're a casual fan Both teams use three midfield lines, which is relatively rare in Division I lacrosse. Maryland's third midfield features senior Will Dalton (#31),...
By Christian Swezey | April 4, 2008; 3:41 PM ET | Comments (0)
MPT Tonight
As Cica notes in a comment on the Gameday Links page, Maryland Public Television is airing a documentary on the Morgan State lacrosse team. "Morgan Lacrosse Story" airs at 10 p.m., probably right when the Navy-Maryland game on ESPNU is ending. Barring any weather delays...or overtime...or any number of commercials...
By Christian Swezey | April 4, 2008; 3:00 PM ET | Comments (0)
TFBO2F's Scouting Report: Navy at Maryland
Navy Insider Dick Long is on vacation. But he filed a scouting report for the game tonight and is offering to file a post-game report, too. That's dedication. On Maryland Fear the Turtle? Absolutely. Maryland has a very balanced and dangerous team. Their freshmen attackmen should be hesitant and naive....
By Christian Swezey | April 4, 2008; 10:51 AM ET | Comments (4)
Gameday Links
Patrick Stevens at the Washington Times writes about a pair of sophomore midfielders for Navy. The Washington Post spends some time in the outdoors with Georgetown faceoff man Dan Vinson. The Baltimore Sun thinks Maryland freshman attackman Travis Reed is just dreamy. Ron Snyder in the Baltimore Examiner takes an...
By Christian Swezey | April 4, 2008; 10:44 AM ET | Comments (1)
Virginia Insider
Dave Curry, our Virginia Insider, spent the weekend convinced that Javier Bardem's ruthless character in "No Country for Old Men" must've played defense for Maryland. Curry was an assistant coach at Virginia when it won the national title in 2003; he also was an all-American midfielder there and played on...
By Christian Swezey | April 3, 2008; 10:34 AM ET | Comments (1)
Speaking of High School Lacrosse...
Jeff Nelson has given us a preview of the Spalding at St. Mary's-Annapolis game on Thursday in Annapolis. Players are not the only ones who matriculate from junior varsity to varsity. Consider first-year Spalding coach Zack Burke. The Cavaliers (4-0) are ranked No. 10 entering a game against No. 1...
By Christian Swezey | April 2, 2008; 5:15 PM ET | Comments (0)
Front Page of today's Metro Section...
A very interesting and well-researched story about why lacrosse is not offered at the high school level in Prince George's and Charles counties. It reminds TFBO2F how rare it is to play Division I lacrosse after having played for a club team, i.e. non-varsity team, in high school. The most...
By Christian Swezey | April 2, 2008; 10:07 AM ET | Comments (2)
He Stops Shots, and Serves Them
After becoming the all-time leader in saves for Marymount last Saturday, senior Alex Hammer headed straight for a bar. Only he wasn't there to celebrate. Hammer, the starting goalkeeper for the Saints, also works four nights a week as a bartender in Georgetown. An example of his schedule came following...
By Christian Swezey | April 2, 2008; 7:32 AM ET | Comments (0)
Over at Laxpower...
On the Division I men'sforums, a fan called "Flubber" (hope his last name isn't "Lang") has a pretty good take on Hopkins's problems. It all comes down to a lack of fire and productivity. I haven't seen these guys play up to their potential since the first half against Princeton,...
By Christian Swezey | April 1, 2008; 1:33 PM ET | Comments (2)
Question of the Week
Are football lines on a field enough of a distraction for a TFBO2F reader to stop watching a televised lacrosse game? Someone mentioned to TFB02F that they stopped watching a game broadcast from Cornell last week because the lines were too distracting. We felt the same way about the Loyola-Syracuse...
By Christian Swezey | April 1, 2008; 1:14 PM ET | Comments (4)
Today's Games
Mount St Mary's at Georgetown Multi-Sport Field, 3:45 p.m. Tickets: $8 adults, $5 youths 14-under (Georgetown students are admitted for free). Parking: Less than $5, assuming the lot isn't full. Records: Mountaineers 1-5, Hoyas 5-2. Two-Minute Primer on Mount St Mary's: Its losses are to No. 3 Maryland, No. 4...
By Christian Swezey | April 1, 2008; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (0)
In Case You've Forgotten
To borrow a line from the Georgetown students' basketball t-shirts. A reminder of what Johns Hopkins looked like in its run to the national title last year. Needless to say, the body language is a lot different from what was on display in the North Carolina game on Saturday. The...
By Christian Swezey | March 31, 2008; 11:08 AM ET | Comments (0)
What's Wrong With Hopkins?
A look at a few things that TFBO2F has noticed about the Blue Jays in their four-game losing streak. Many of these are culled from conversations with the lacrosse cognoscetti over the past couple weeks, plus having watched three of the games either in person or on tape (thanks to...
By Christian Swezey | March 31, 2008; 9:41 AM ET | Comments (5)
The Lighter Side
We will examine Johns Hopkins's four-game losing streak, among other things, in Week That Was, Part II. That's coming later today. For now, we think Hopkins fans can use a little mirth. When TFBO2F is feeling down, we turn to the great philosopher, "Blackadder." "This is a crisis. A large...
By Christian Swezey | March 31, 2008; 7:45 AM ET | Comments (1)
Week That Was, Part I
TFBO2F was enjoying the Merseyside Derby between Liverpool and Everton on BBC Five Live. But now that Alan Green is annoucing the last 22 minutes of the first half, we figured we'd do some work rather than listen to his anti-Man United screeds. (Though he is good on "606.") Quote...
By Christian Swezey | March 30, 2008; 12:40 PM ET | Comments (1)
