http://georgetownhoyas.blogdrive.com/ georgetownhoyas Thu, 04 May 2006 15:00:05 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. http://georgetownhoyas.blogdrive.com/archive/4.html Thu, 04 May 2006 22:36:56 GMT The NCAA approved several new guidelines Thursday in an effort to close a loophole that some believe has allowed certain academically unqualified high school athletes, including a Georgetown basketball player, to participate in collegiate sports. In recent months, some news sources from around the country have reported that some small preparatory high schools are inflating their students’ grades so that the students can meet NCAA standards and matriculate at major universities. The new measures passed by the NCAA’s board of directors, which will take effect this fall, permit NCAA officials... (more) http://georgetownhoyas.blogdrive.com/comments?id=4 http://georgetownhoyas.blogdrive.com/archive/3.html Sat, 11 Mar 2006 04:18:19 GMT The Georgetown Tigers advanced to the finals of the Mid-South Conference Tournament after handing the University of the Cumberlands an 80-68 loss. The Tigers improved to a 25-6 overall record after winning the regular season title with a 7-3 conference record. Now, the No. 1 seeded Tigers will face the third seed Campbellsville University in Saturday’s championship game at 4:00 p.m. at the Southeast Exposition Center in Pikeville, Ky. Georgetown jumped out to an early 9-0 start against the Cumberlands, but both teams struggled through the first half committing 12 and 14 turnovers... (more) http://georgetownhoyas.blogdrive.com/comments?id=3 http://georgetownhoyas.blogdrive.com/archive/2.html Sat, 11 Mar 2006 04:17:52 GMT Jack The Bulldog Georgetown's nickname is a Hoya, but its mascot is a bulldog. This bulldog is known as Jack, but many other dogs through the years have been a part of Georgetown teams. Among the earliest mascots was a terrier named Stubby, whose name is largely unfamiliar today but was perhaps the most famous dog of his generation. According to the Associated Press, the legend of Stubby started in at the Yale Bowl in 1916, when the mongrel wandered onto the field as the Connecticut National Guard was training for war. When the 102nd Infantry Regiment went overseas to fight in World War I,... (more) http://georgetownhoyas.blogdrive.com/comments?id=2 http://georgetownhoyas.blogdrive.com/archive/1.html Sat, 11 Mar 2006 04:16:41 GMT Georgetown Colors: Blue & Gray Georgetown's colors are blue and gray. The colors were selected in 1876 by the Georgetown College Boat Club (the original crew team) in honor of Georgetown students and alumni who wore the Union blue and Confederate gray in the Civil War. As recounted in a history of the crew by Lawrence H. Cooke, distinctive colors were important in watching crew races, since fans on shore wanted to know their team's location in the race. Harvard's crimson and Penn's red and blue were already well known, but Georgetown had no such colors to call its own. A student... (more) http://georgetownhoyas.blogdrive.com/comments?id=1