FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

dc_has_been · August 10, 2008, 11:25:18 AM

I agree about the iphone (calling SaintsFan a D#ck) except the battery is killing me. I was using the gps the other day & it pretty muched used up all the battery in two hours.

USC fans are bandwagon fans who really don't understand the game, so they really don't know the severity to the injury. I remember going to a USC game before they were an above average team & their stadium was half full. This is when they were 9-3 keep in mind. Then they #1 country the stadium was full.

frank uible · August 10, 2008, 12:20:12 PM

PAC-10 fans don't care about football like the Big Ten and SEC fans - I believe that Michigan has had over 100,000 fans in attendance for every home game since 1969.

dc_has_been · August 10, 2008, 05:30:42 PM

Pretty much the whole state of Michigan is committed to their sporting events. U of M is always sold out, MSU too. Even Detroit Lions games are sold out most of the time.

dc_has_been · August 11, 2008, 04:43:51 PM

More about the A-11 offense. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=weinreb/080811&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab4pos1

Adam Sayer · August 11, 2008, 05:21:55 PM

The scrimmage went very well. We scored 2 TD's and Wyoming scored 2 TD's and a FG. Overall we rushed 21 times for 156 yards. Keep in mind my center is 170 pounds, my right guard is 5'6" and my left guard is a hockey player who has never played football...and Wyoming is a very solid football program. I was more than pleased.

SaintsFAN · August 12, 2008, 08:46:32 AM

maybe you guys should scrimmage the Bengals. The tackling or lack thereof is going to kill them again this year. How do you knock a WR's helmet off but don't get him to the ground..??

Go Irish

dc_has_been · August 13, 2008, 04:07:02 PM

Here is some exciting news (for dc folk), DC is going to have a new athletic website that will launch on or before September 1. The site will be, www.defianceathletics.com.

cave2bens · August 13, 2008, 05:27:03 PM

Quote from: dc_has_been on August 13, 2008, 04:07:02 PM
Here is some exciting news (for dc folk), DC is going to have a new athletic website that will launch on or before September 1. The site will be, www.defianceathletics.com.

I'm so distressed, Has_Been, being denied the "DTO" logo and the picture of our classmates' offspring striking a McMaster pose for six months' running.

SaintsFAN · August 15, 2008, 07:29:44 AM

annnndddd.....typical for anything Defiance-related...it doesn't work.

*Yes, I know Brad said September 1st...but I couldn't resist the zing!

Happy Football Season everyone (most of you, at least)

topics:

jock itch outbreak at USC (I thought dirty Leinart graduated?)

Ben Mauk suing the NC Double Azzholes for an injuction

Thomas More's stellar recruiting class that has even some MSJ grads taking notice (Hilvert owned Cincy this off-season)

My ex-wife rumored to have gotten married 5 years and a day after my initial "plank walk" (haha....SUCKER!!)

That should be enough...MAKE it a great Friday.

wally_wabash · August 15, 2008, 03:54:26 PM

Quote from: frank uible on August 10, 2008, 12:20:12 PM
PAC-10 fans don't care about football like the Big Ten and SEC fans - I believe that Michigan has had over 100,000 fans in attendance for every home game since 1969.

True, but I don't think (outside of a game vs. tOSU), that the Big House ever gets as loud as Autzen Stadium does. Duck fans go nuts on gameday.

USC fans? Can you blame them for not packing the stadium when the team isn't great? They're in L.A. They have tons of options for entertainment. In other places (Ann Arbor, Columbus, Gainesville, Knoxville, etc.), the college football team is the only draw. I'm not a USC apologist by any means, but come on. There's just way more legitimate competition for the entertainment dollar in Los Angeles than there is in other college towns.

SaintsFAN · August 16, 2008, 11:55:40 AM

fellas...a sad day at Huntingdon College today.

Adam Sayer · August 16, 2008, 08:26:43 PM

You hear about more and more kids dying from practice the last few years than you did back in the late 90's and before and I wonder if it's because kids now are so out of shape that when they finally start doing something in the heat, their bodies cant take it. Even the ones who are calimed to be in "great shape" having health problems and/or dying because between October and August, they sit around playing Madden or textmessaging their friends. Though they may make it a couple weeks without problems, at some point, their bodies hit a wall because they're not out riding their bikes, running around in the creeks, playing backyard football/baseball/basketball, etc. during the summer.

I remember being a punk freshman during the summer running around at night ringing people's doorbell's and running. We didn't have a car, we walked everywhere and ring and ran just to make nights interesting...I discovered beer my sophomore year

It's sad, but in my opinion is clear evidence that this country needs to focus more on Physical Education, promotion of sports, healthy living, etc. You can search the internet and find how much $$$ obese people cost the economy.

frank uible · August 16, 2008, 10:35:16 PM

Annually the American Football Coaches Association tabulates and reports fatalities directly and indirectly related to football for sandlot, pro and semipro, high school and college during the years 1931-2007. See the 2008 AFCA annual convention proceedings. A quick perusal of these tabulations indicates the following difference in sandlot and high school direct and indirect football deaths between the 1990s and the 2000s: the 1990s (106 deaths for ten years) and the 2000s (101 deaths for eight years).

Adam Sayer · August 17, 2008, 09:26:27 AM

1931-2007 is the lifespan of the great Bill Walsh. Odd coincidence.

Adam Sayer · August 17, 2008, 09:41:26 AM

Another big reason is the increased consumption of pop and sugary drinks loaded with caffiene and other crap like Monster, red bull, etc. Even gatorade and vitamin water is loaded with sugar. I was watching a program that stated back in the 50's and 60's, drinking pop and eating ice cream was a luxary. Kids drank water, ice tea, or lemonade. Sometimes it doesn't matter if a kid is running and working out and may appear to be in good shape. If he's going home and crushing Mt. Dew's after practice he's gonna be dehydrated and his body isn't going to be able to take a multiple 2-3 hour practices in 92 degree heat. We all know proper hydration is required for body heat regulation. These kids put the pads on, which makes everything hotter, run, get dehydrated faster, and get sick or die from heat stroke. It all is a direct reflection of the lifestyle kids and young adults live.