Saturday, October 13, 2012

Hoya Midnight Madness 2012--A Digital View

     I have always said that Life Begins with Hoya Midnight Madness.  It seems very early this year being on October 12th!  Although I had planned for months to attend, a bad bout of the flu has stranded me at home to watch on HD TV.  Furthermore, with the Yankees playing the Orioles, and the Nationals facing the defending World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals on the same evening, there are quite a few great sporting events in the Bronx, and the DMV.  It pains me that I had to miss both the Hoya Midnight Madness and the Nats--Cards game as I had access to tickets for both.  A ticket to that classic game with Baltimore in the Bronx would have been great also.
     So this year my Midnight Madness experience has been through ESPNU HD, and social media, i.e. twitter, facebook, youtube, and pinterest.  As I tweeted earlier, my Hoya Spirit is in McDonough.  Now the countdown to my trip to the Carrier Classic in Jax, FL and the battle with the University of Florida. The last time I saw my beloved Hoyas face the Gators was in that heartbreaking loss to the eventual national champion Florida in the Metrodome in Minnesota.  It is hard to believe that was 6 years ago.  Anyway thanks to FLHoya for covering Midnight Madness and carrying on the legacy of Generation Burton!
     This will indeed be a strange year in the Big East.  We have had lots of turnover and change, but the eventual departure of Syracuse, Notre Dame, Pitt, etc. will be strange.  I am watching the ESPN coverage and cannot help but feel that the egos of these sportscasters has gotten way out of control--Where have you gone Bobby Knight!  Coach Knight would laugh at the premature analyses.  Georgetown will have some very exciting games this November and December--Florida, UCLA, possibly Indiana, Tennessee.  I cannot wait for the season to start.  Look for me in Jax, and for Syracuse's last game in the Big East at Verizon Center.  I know Syracuse's heart is in the ACC, but we are Georgetown and we are the founding school of the Big East Conference!  That game will be an old fashioned war!
     I hope to see many of you around the world this year.  Remember arrive early, and wear Gray!
How I wish I was on the Hilltop tonight to see those thunder dunks by Jabril Trawick and the Hoyas!
Enjoy this video: Hoya Midnight Madness 2012.
     My friends almost consider it sacrilege when I discuss baseball, especially on this venue.  However, I do want to acknowledge the great season the Washington Nationals had.  After last night's heart-breaking loss I do not want to jump on the bandwagon with the second guessing of Strassburg.  I do not believe in moral victories, but do recognize that it been has been 40 years since DC had a baseball team, and some players like Frank Howard, and Aurelio Rodriguez to get excited about.  DC is a Redskins town, a basketball town, and a growing soccer town, but now we have baseball again in the Nation's Capitol!

Hoya Saxa!  We are Georgetown!

Dr. Thomas A. Wong
Hoya Hoop Club Vice President--Communications
Proud Member of Generation Ewing