Gettysburg looks for second upset
From today's Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA):
Gettysburg looks for second upset
Friday, October 14, 2005
BY ROXANNE B. MOSES of The Patriot-News
After a gutsy upset of McDaniel last week the Gettysburg College football team could really make things interesting when it travels to Johns Hopkins tonight.
The Bullets (2-3, 1-0) will take aim at the unbeaten Blue Jays (5-0, 2-0) in a Centennial Conference matchup at 7 tonight in Baltimore.
The return of coach Barry Streeter to the sidelines and the emergence of running back Tom Sturges has put the Bullets right back into the heart of the conference race.
Sturges, the sophomore from Connecticut, leads the Centennial with 699 rushing yards and has four touchdowns on 137 carries this season.
No. 2 in the conference statistics is T.J. Lyons of Johns Hopkins, who has gained 449 yards and scored four touchdowns on 80 carries.
And while the top two rushers in the Centennial Conference grind it out, this game will also pit the conference's top offense, Gettysburg's phat Spread Wing, against Hopkins' top-ranked defense.
Tops against the run, the Blue Jays have allowed just 102.0 rushing yards and two touchdowns in five games.
"We have to be able to sustain drives and we have to be able to stay on the field," Streeter said in his weekly release.
"Their defense is outstanding so it's going to be a great challenge to us. And we have to play physically and with passion. If we're able to do that, it gives us a chance."
Gettysburg looks for second upset
Friday, October 14, 2005
BY ROXANNE B. MOSES of The Patriot-News
After a gutsy upset of McDaniel last week the Gettysburg College football team could really make things interesting when it travels to Johns Hopkins tonight.
The Bullets (2-3, 1-0) will take aim at the unbeaten Blue Jays (5-0, 2-0) in a Centennial Conference matchup at 7 tonight in Baltimore.
The return of coach Barry Streeter to the sidelines and the emergence of running back Tom Sturges has put the Bullets right back into the heart of the conference race.
Sturges, the sophomore from Connecticut, leads the Centennial with 699 rushing yards and has four touchdowns on 137 carries this season.
No. 2 in the conference statistics is T.J. Lyons of Johns Hopkins, who has gained 449 yards and scored four touchdowns on 80 carries.
And while the top two rushers in the Centennial Conference grind it out, this game will also pit the conference's top offense, Gettysburg's phat Spread Wing, against Hopkins' top-ranked defense.
Tops against the run, the Blue Jays have allowed just 102.0 rushing yards and two touchdowns in five games.
"We have to be able to sustain drives and we have to be able to stay on the field," Streeter said in his weekly release.
"Their defense is outstanding so it's going to be a great challenge to us. And we have to play physically and with passion. If we're able to do that, it gives us a chance."
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