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(Commentary) Towards the end of last season I developed an idea as it relates to Georgetown football for next season. Now that it is the off-season, it is time for this idea to germinate and see if it can take root. The idea was born out of discussions about poor attendance at the home games. Win-loss record notwithstanding, the per game average at Harbin Field for home games is not what Coach Benson had in mind for increasing school spirit and is clearly not what the university has in mind with constructing the Mutli-Sport facility. There are a lot of anecdotal reasons for poor turnout but a lot of Georgetown students simply have no frame of reference about why attending a football game is part of their college experience. Kehoe Field and the opponents of the past do not provide any context. Alumni exposure is not much better. When I hear a local alumnus in my area go into the same old story every year about "We're so bad we play that deaf school", it makes me cringe. I suspect that 95% of Georgetown students and alumni have never even seen a football game on another college campus, and until the Multi-Sport facility gets completed, they will have almost no exposure to the value of a college football game as a part of campus life. Out of sight, out of mind. We have an opportunity to change that. ![]()
I would like to propose that the Gridiron Club, Hoyas Unlimited, and the Alumni Association work on a coordinated University-wide promotion, tentatively titled "Ivy Football Weekend", to bring together students and alumni from throughout the Northeast to travel to Ithaca for the game next October. I'm not talking about ten or fifteen folks, but hundreds. Maybe even more. The mission statement for "Ivy Football Weekend" is as follows: "To engage the Georgetown community in a show of support, fellowship and school spirit, on behalf of the University and its football team, on the campus of an Ivy League institution." Primary components would include:
Secondary components would include:
![]() The overall goals of the event are:
I was listening to a story last year from a GU athletic official that when the Hoyas made the 1970 NIT in basketball, they had over 50 buses departing from the McDonough parking lot with students and fans. Few of us could imagine it today. But if they never go, how will they ever know? Comments, suggestions, and thoughts welcome. Let's get a few people intersted in getting out the word and enjoying some college football this fall.
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