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Date Posted: 01:19:17pm 12/12/05 Mon,
Author: campion109
Subject: We Need a Win in the WORST way...

okay, Fordham has already dropped games to Siena and Iona (and SFU) but is coming off a HUGE win at Virginia. It goes without saying that this is a game that we MUST win, period. Why?

1) It's our last game before exams, need to build some momentum.
2) Payback for last year's shellacking in da Bronx (what was it a 30-0 run or something like that).
3) Show that we can bounce back from a heartbreaker (Loyola) and a blowout (Georgetown).
4) Put a W in the column at HOME.

Even though this is a regional game of interest, my guess is that the student section is empty and we get nary 2,500 for the game. That being said, we need to win this one in the worst way. I will go out there and say that this game will stand as the turning point for our season. If we drop this one, our confidence may be so low, we may have a season similar to Siena's last year or Loyola two years back.

I, for one, think it's payback time for last year....

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[> Re: We Need a Win in the WORST way... -- Frank F, 06:53:05pm 12/12/05 Mon, [1]

Any team thats 1-6 needs a win in the worst way. Whats the point?

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[> [> Re: We Need a Win in the WORST way... -- campion109, 07:06:03am 12/13/05 Tue, [1]

that all is not lost... yet. that's my point.

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[> [> [> Re: We Need a Win in the WORST way... -- Clam Jammer, 07:32:53am 12/13/05 Tue, [1]

The game is important because we need to rebound from a bad performance where we were dominated, a demoralizing loss, and we got to be hungry for a a home win. The players pride is as stake, but they know full well that they are going to have to win this game without all their horses.

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[> Re: We Need a Win in the WORST way... -- Observer, 09:30:52am 12/13/05 Tue, [1]

Fairfield is jinxed when it comes to playing Fordham. Don't know what the series numbers are, but it's one-sided in Fordham's favor. It shouldn't be that lopsided.

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[> [> Re: We Need a Win in the WORST way... -- Frank F, 09:37:35am 12/13/05 Tue, [1]

Fordham has always had our number. Last year they absolutely destroyed us ... however, I wouldn't be surprised if we won this game in a close one.

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[> [> [> Re: We Need a Win in the WORST way... -- Running Man, 11:08:49am 12/13/05 Tue, [1]

We do have a history of losing to this school. I remember the last time we faced Fordham at Alumni Hall. At the time the Rams were something like 1 and 23 and they beat us. A fiftiesh Fordham guy was seated across from me and his face was beet red, he was so excited. I expected a visit from the paramedics before the end of the game. I thought that he was going to croak.

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[> [> [> [> Re: We Need a Win in the WORST way... -- Stagman, 11:52:32am 12/13/05 Tue, [1]

I hate to say it, but I think someone did die once during a Fordham/Fairfield game. Wasn't it the grandmother of one of the players?

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: We Need a Win in the WORST way... -- VAT, 12:57:11pm 12/13/05 Tue, [1]

I believe it was Troy Bradford's relative.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Re: We Need a Win in the WORST way... -- Running Man, 02:04:56pm 12/13/05 Tue, [1]

Vat, you are correct.

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[> [> [> Re: We Need a Win in the WORST way... -- Observer, 01:05:05pm 12/13/05 Tue, [1]

Troy Bradford's grandmother. They stopped the game and had to resume it at Rose Hill, in a doubleheader of sorts. I believe that Fordham won both games by the same score.

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[> [> [> [> Re: We Need a Win in the WORST way... -- Running Man, 02:07:03pm 12/13/05 Tue, [1]

A male spectator died in the stands some years before that.

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