FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Superfoot Wallace]

The third round has four matches from each weight class going consecutively in Indiana.  Wrestlebacks so to speak on the outter mats and semis in the middle two.

Have to retract, Mater Dei qualified a kid at 145.  145 is by far the toughest weight in wrestling, high school or otherwise.  Mater Dei like the hometown usually sends at least six kids to qualifier night and more often than not eight.

Nice job for your lightweights, Sayer.  How many total matches did your 12 pounder wrestle to get eighth? Three?

Regards,
Lorenzo Neal

[frank uible]

Lorenzo: Happened to recently stumble on some facts which I had forgotten or never knew in the first place. In 1957 Henry Jordan placed second in the UNL weight class in the then one and only NCAA nationals, and Mike Sandusky fourth.

[Adam Sayer]

He went 2-3. He was winning his match to get into the 5th and 6th placement round, 7-5. With about 20-30 seconds left he got taken down and instead of bellying and keeping the score tied, he held on to his head and gave up 2 back points. He doesn't understand when he's giving up points or when he's been taken down. We were yelling for him to belly and he looked at us with a face as if to say, "Why?" I wish he understood the sport and scenarios better and could comprehend what is going on...he'd be a monster.

[SaintsFAN]

Sayer's good friend has resurfaced again...


http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/mar/07/ruff-riders-settle-for-mcm-ex-not-ex-cowboy/

[dc_has_been]

Did Lewis not like the direction of the McMurray b/c he couldn't start for a 0-10 team?  MSJ should have never let him go.   

[Adam Sayer]

Rashon Lewis was like an E. coli infested, giant T-Bone. At first glance, it looks amazing but after you've eaten it, you can't get off the john. I don't wish bad on anyone, so hopefully he's finally learned how to play with people...but old habits are hard to break.

I had the coach from the Kings Comets, Semi-Pro football team ask me to come back to play. There are days when I just think about playing and wish the NCAA would give me a 5th year so I could play again. All of you probably know the feeling. Then I realize how much hard work I had to put in to be successful. I don't think I have the time away from the wedding and coaching to do it or the mental drive.

[Superfoot Wallace]

Sayer,

The King's Comets are hosting this years MCFL All-Star game.  In the past, think the game has had an interleague format with the MOFL providing the opposition.  Pretty sure this year's format is intraleague, but I've been wrong before.  Think my friend's relative is representing from the Louisville Bulls.  Know a handful of the guys that will be donning Indiana Mustang helmets.  Haven't been to King's Island since my table muscle jammed up the over the shoulder restraint harness on the Vortex.  More glad was stuck in it afterwards than ejected midride, but don't think the sight of me beached in that thing inspired confidence in those boarding. 

The OVFL, former incarnation of the MOFL, jumpstarted at least one player with the Odessa franchise in the Intense Football League. 

signed,
Reggie Williams

[SaintsFAN]

All,

I got Sayer to stay out last night and have some adult beverages while clowning around, lady-watching, throwing darts and drinking his white russians. 

The line of the night came after my partner and I had won very convincingly in the first game... "what did you expect, Sayer?  I'm used to winning, I went to Thomas More... you should be used to the losing"

Then after I got bored with it later, I picked a girl to finish the game for me... she hit a double bullseye to clinch the game!  Classic

Sayer -- said girl above ended up going with us to a fine, late-night establishment in Newport...  another classic

[KYGrizzly]

Is this the same type of late night establishment that the city of Newport was the king of back in the 80's?

[SaintsFAN]

indeed it is, KY.... indeed it is.   

[Adam Sayer]

The boys from Norwood love those places...even better than the real ones.

[KYGrizzly]

We would frequently visit those establishments when we were playing in a softball tournament around the Cincy area back in the days.

[Adam Sayer]

This is from an article on ESPN regarding the Spring NFL meetings.

The main rules emphasis will be on player safety at the meetings. The committee will suggest eliminating the bunch formation on onside kicks. During discussions with players and coaches, it became clear that bunching up players on such kicks "are creating matchups that we don't like," McKay admitted.

The committee also wants to eliminate the wedge of three men or more blocking on kick returns.

"Plenty of teams have done it with two-man wedges, some do it with no wedge at all," McKay said.

Any hits to the helmet of defenseless receivers also are being targeted for elimination. Previously, only helmet-to-helmet hits have been outlawed.

"One of things we really focused on this year was player safety rules to eliminate techniques such as helmet-to helmet hits," NFL vice president of operations Ray Anderson said. "What we certainly noticed toward the second half of the season in particular, our violations for helmet-to-helmet hits started to decline. Players were adapting their play..."

Helmet-to-helmet contact on blindside hits also would be eliminated or heavily penalized.

McKay said officials will be encouraged to continue making low hits on quarterbacks and horse-collar tackles points of emphasis.

Though I feel certain measures should be taken to reduce the risk of severe injury (i.e. not hitting with the top of your head), I think people fail to realize that the unfortunate part of playing sports, especially football, is injury. It happens. It is as inevitable as eventually dying. How long will it take for football to become 2-hand touch? It may as well be for the QB. The NFL big wigs need to take off their pampers and grow a pair of onions. Preventing severe injury/death...do what you need to do, but some of this stuff is ridiculous. It is taking away some of the details that made people like Jack Lambert, Jack Tatum, and Dick Butkis, among others, great.

[dc_has_been]

I think we have discussed this a long while back, but guys like you mentioned Sayer, would not survive today's game.  Players continue to get stronger, faster, & bigger which almost forces the game of football to change.   I don't agree with all of the changes, but it is not up to the "NFL big wigs" to try to make everyone happy either.  These are items that the NFL need to address in order to limit injuries, especially ones that can end up w/ severe injury or death.  Also keep in mind they are only meeting about this, none of it is set in stone.
Should the automotive industry stop trying to make safer cars even though cars are still getting bigger & faster?    As time goes on there are different needs of change because the demand is different.

[Adam Sayer]

Anyone have any suggestions for working with sprinters in track? Proper form, technique, or anything else? Though I am now a slender and sexy 235, I was never, EVER, anything close to resembling a sprinter. The only sprinting I did outside of football was running from the cops in the summer after pool hopping.