FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[victorybell_57]

i think the same was said when mike leonard was named head coach at franklin. they hired him from rival hanover, and said pretty much the same thing. while the stadium was already nice, they needed to improve the weight room (which only took a few years) and really do up the game day atmosphere (which leonard pretty much did with the help of great supporters). the alums were so willing to help in any way that they could (outside of investing for field turf) that he was able to put a team on the field with new uniforms, equipment, gameday atmosphere, and quality recruits in his first year. alums love leonard because:
1.) he is a great face guy for the program
2.) he will spend time with the alums and is sincere
3.) he is tremendous at presenting and selling the FC football program
4.) he is franklin football, and everybody knows that
5.) when you invest in his vision of the program, you'll see a positive return quickly

it sounds like hilvert is the same type of guy, and one that alums will like a lot. it also sounds like this guy had his ducks in a row when he interviewed and stated out clearly what his vision was for the program. i commend him and think they will do very well in their conference very soon.

anybody have an idea how spring has been going over there? offenses, defenses, should they be tough as soon as next year?

[Adam Sayer]

I have nothing on Spring Ball. I talk to guys still playing every now and again, but I don't have the first hand knowledge as I used to. I actually have more knowledge of TMC than I do MSJ...which is kind of bad. But I do know that all the players really like Jim Hilvert, love his new workout regiment, and seem to be buying into his system. Rumor is TMC also got an assistant from Colerain and someone else of mention to coach. I don't remember either's name. SaintsFan, can you confirm?

I still know which side I'll be sitting on come Novemeber though. Sporting the blue and gold, rooting for a TMC butt whoopin.

JPC - The Man, The Myth, The Legend and beach volleyball extraordinaire

[Adam Sayer]

And how about that Cincinnati Reds Boo-Pen. Bronson Arroyo may not have any golden locks left if the Redlegs keep putting up 1 run of support. He is currently 0-2 with a 2.86 ERA (one of the best ERA's in MLB).

Tomorrow is go time, 12:00 noon. I do think Michael Allen (Whitworth) will be drafted. The other big D3 prospect, Trusnick (ONU), will be passed on and will sign as a UFA.

[victorybell_57]

is ken griffey going to have a late career comback and be the man breaking barry bonds soon to be record? it's a shame he got hurt all those years. the man was a stud.

[Superfoot Wallace]

Ken Griffey's high top baseball turf shoes were awesome for football.  Got to try a pair on, but never had the loot to purchase a pair.  Got stuck with the white "buddy" version Nikes from whatever wholesaler. 

Remember the kid from Princeton, running back converted to defensive back, had a pair of them there Griffey's.  The green see through bouncy stuff on bottom complemented the red unis so well.

Loved those "buddy" turf shoes during practice, but were in violation of the black shoe dress code for games. They were so nice, the guy I backed up at end styled them as urban wear. 

And yes frank, urban wear to macleod was going to class barefoot.  Bet I run faster barefoot than you do in them sandals.   

Wasn't willin to paint up my uber-Nikes, so I go to the now defunct, can't remember the name, sporting goods retailer in downtown Springfield and buy a pair of dated Nike turf shoes, circa 1992.  This is in 1996 mind you, so am thinking good deal is in the works.  Bought some other junk too.  Exhausted after practice and being a subpar mathematician to boot, dude charged me ten dollars over the price he quoted on these lowtop Nike turf shoes.  Great shoes, just like the ones the school had been issuing for free back in the day. 

Anyway, show up at practice the next day thinking I am styling.  Turns out the black shoes dress code applies to brand name as well.  Not really an issue as am only brand concious about power tools and chainsaws in particular: Stihl, Husqvarna, Dewalt and Craftsman, in that order.  Just a little upset at the fact had to turn a nice looking pair of Nikes into what look like a pair of officials shoes by marking the swoosh out with black marker because Reebok was supplying our cleats.      Use the word supplying losely as we had to pay for them.

Bought the Reebok high top screw ins just not the turf shoes.  Best pair of cleats owned to date, well maybe the Nikes I've got right now are a little better.  But be darned if the dog didn't chew them up on first sight.

In the meantime, every other pair of screw in cleats I've owned have shredded like string cheese.  Underarmours, too narrow, ripped out the side in less than five uses, darn Flintstone feet.  Adidas, best playing cleat, broke the metal and plastic plate on the bottom in half, darn power cleans and one legged squats.

Still have a pair of Reebok molds, same line as the ones from college, only the Emmit Smith version with the zip up spat, probably the fastest of all, but fastly approaching status as deck shoes as they play just as well on turf as grass these days.

Sorry for the ramble, just brought up Griffey and thats what sprung out of the cuckoo clock I call a noggin.
 
signed,
Marion Motley's Chuck Taylor's

[Superfoot Wallace]

Okay, okay, so maybe Milwaukee makes a good sawzall.

signed,
The Brewers and Doumit

[frank uible]

50 years ago a very good pair of kangaroo skin, black high tops with screw-in , nylon, steel tipped cleats were tough to beat - light, flexible, strong, supporting and traction creating. Probably cost prohibitive today.

[Superfoot Wallace]

Had a pair of high top Converse that I bought during my freshman year of high school.  Wasn't real knowledgeable about materials and grade as the upper was made out of nylon.  Really tore the feet up.

First pair of football cleats, eighth grade, were leather low top Converse screw ins.  Just to show what a Dilbert I was even back then, thought the Cheerleaders shoes with the replaceable color swatches next to the Converse chevron were much more stylish than the gray on white deals Coach Blocher engineered for us.  Caught too much flack about wearing my Adidas Copas from the early soccer days to not follow suit and buy a pair of foootball as opposed to futbol cleats.  Though am afraid did have team colored shoe laces.

At risk of infuriating Victory, Laura Davies was probably upset with the outcome of the Liverpool-Chelsea match yesterday.

That freshman year, bought the Converse because Coach Bill called my Pumas basketball shoes.  No self respecting grappler should stand for such an insinuation.  While the swimmers were fish, at least they weren't basketball players.  Too bad came down with the brain pain freshman year, as never found out whether those Converse were worth a darn once broken in, they were just like the ones the brothers playing guard and tackle had, albeit in black as opposed to white, just like my gui.  Think theirs were leather, and should probably know given the usual persepctive

Didn't own another pair of screw ins until those Reeboks.  To tickle my fancy for style, at least those had 88 embroidered on the heel, so they could be customized to reflect the number on the jersey.

signed,
Haselrig

[Adam Sayer]

I used to play in Pony's. The style in 1991 (I was in 4th grade playing pee-wee) were the Nike Land Sharks. I was poor so Pony's had to do.

[FCC Approved Bland Name]

Just popped on to say hello.  All's well at TMC.  Spring practices are done, good news on the stadium came in, lots of hard work being done, recruiting is going well, and the alumni are getting the fever.  The staff gets along very well and we have a core of good players who have bought in.  I'll be curious to see these PAC schools up close to see what needs to be done to compete for the bid.  Since we open with Hanover you'll be able to get a sense of where we are come September.  It's a new offense and new defense so I can't predict anything (not that I would anyway).  It's so hard to tell without pads anyway.  I really like Trevor Stellman our QB.  He's very smart, focused, and can make all the throws.  Health will be a huge factor until we get some recruits in the system.

SaintsFan: The meeting was very good.  It focused mainly on one neighbor with about 75 objections which ate up 90% of the discussion but it was great to see the drawings on display and the committment from the school.  This has been in the works for quite a while but the stars are aligning.  Sister Stallmeyer has been great.  She seems to see the entire picture without a bias for or against sports.  TMC is lucky to have her in place at this time.  They are handling this the right way.  I simply would have sent in a video of Hilvert and his cut off finger to Extreme Home Makeover and tried to work a sympathy plea to Ty and the design team for our crappy unplayable field. 

[victorybell_57]

those old cleats would have been glorious to wear. i was always stuck with a pair of 50 dolllar nike screw ins. once they broke in, they were awesome, but always lacked the simple black style of the old school.

i like how theobald used to get the all blacks and spat them up for games as a panther, glad he is a grizzly man now. he is so much less athletic, but much more beautiful in about 240 lbs at 5'7.

draft saturday, any last minute thoughts? i will be drinking a lot of beer and eating an amazing amount of pizza and wings. i am fat, but i love it. god i do love it so.

[Adam Sayer]

Today's the day. Everything is set so no last minute rearrangements tomorrow. The couch is brushed, the blanket is ready to be unfolded, and cooler near the recliner is ready to be filled with the beer and ice. All I need is ESPN tomorrow for Pick number 1...til I fall asleep.

The NFL Draft is a National Holiday. We should get a 3-day weekend for it. There's a lot of mental preparation needed and I find I'm having a hard time focusing today. I'm looking forward on Day 2 seeing a D3 name called.

Signed,
The Prestige

[Adam Sayer]

I think I see TMC starting 11 Freshmen next year, preparing for the 10-0 run in 2010. 

[SaintsFAN]

Not me.  My team here at work won an all expenses paid afternoon of golf and evening of dinner, beverages and gambling at Belterra.   I'll watch a bit, and then roll down 71 to Racers and then over to Belterra.  

[Superfoot Wallace]

Only allowing breakfast meat and eggs twice a week right now.  Started about two months ago.  Once during the week and once on the weekends.  In their stead have a bowl of Cheerios or Special K with a banana.  The potassium in the banana helps to regulate the two cups of coffee in the morning to keep the energy levels from spiking.

Was always told to eat bananas and fish before tests, turns out the science says it heals brain lesions and promotes coherent thought, maybe should look into that more.     Have probably eaten more seafood this year than the rest of my lifetime combined.

Tried taking Gingko Biloba for a few weeks when the diet first changed, but am so damn sensitive that I couldn't control how hyperactive it made me.  Makes for great awareness in group sport, but think it might have me trying the crusher on guys that bench press twice as much as me on the mat.  Kersplatt!

Anyway, have dropped better than 15 pounds per weigh ins last night.  That's little more than a stone for you limeys and  little less than 7 kilos for the Bulgarians and Canucks.  The digital scale kept bouncing back and forth between 250.5 and 251.5 depending on which thigh I was scratching.   

Guess could always attribute the weight loss to cutting back on the pork rinds with Crisco for dipping sauce.  I'm so fat I wash myself with a rag on a stick.

Seriously though, have switched from calcium carbonate to calcium citrate and the zinc uptake is monumental.  The carbonate impedes renewal of what growth plates we have left.  Getting the zinc from blueskinned fruits: grapes, blueberries, blackberries etc...  Works real well with the Glucosamine, MSM, Chondroitin and Collagen liquid.  That stuff is a miracle drug.  If you're sulphur intolerant just try the caplets with Glucosamine only.  Those with any type of aches and pains should know about this stuff.  Nectar, just pure nectar.

Cut refined sugar almost completely out of the diet, and since the increase in fruit uptake, the stuff almost makes me gag.  Surprisingly, appreciation for a good beer has magnified ten fold.

signed,
Wylers (because I'm too cheap for Koolaid)