2008 Woodie Awards
The Sports Guy
Issue date: 11/18/04 Section: Sports
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The Sports Guy has given far too much credit, and has given the benefit of the doubt too many times to the Red Hawk football team. The season is over for them, and the
so-called favorites to win the conference ended losing four of the last six games. The Sports Guy says they can name themselves E.T. because it's time to phone home.
First, The Sports Guy turns his head when they drop two straight conference games and sat at .500. They were the defending conference champs, and began the season with two pre-season All-Americans; of course they can turn the season around, right? The Sports Guy was about as wrong as a fat man in a two-piece bathing suit.
Overall the team finished 4-4 with a 2-4 New Jersey Athletic Conference record -- this after a season in which they lost only two games, won the conference and advanced to the second round in the playoffs.
They had a chance to salvage a winning season last Saturday in their final home game, but Rowan quarterback Mike Orihel and the rest of the Rowan team would hear nothing of it. The Red Hawks received a 42 - 14 drubbing, and finish the season in fourth place. Ironically last season's championship team was picked to finish fourth last season, but finished first.
The Sports Guy can only think of one word to describe the Red Hawk football team: Mediocre. They finished at the middle of the pack in almost every statistical category this season, won some games by a landslide, but failed to beat any conference foe with a winning record, and lost every close game this season.
The Sports Guy is not saying they need to go home crying about their season, don't get him wrong. But The Sports Guy knows that Eugene Vick didn't expect to rush for 500 fewer yards this season than the one prior, and the team certainly planned on finishing better than 4-4. The Sports Guy is about as disappointed as a kid without presents on Christmas. Too bad, so sad, better luck next year.
The Sports Guy has nothing but words of praise for the gutsy women's soccer team. This is a team that's earned 10 shutouts, knocked off TCNJ, won two consecutive games on penalty kicks, and advanced to the second round of the playoffs. The Cinderella team has been hanging by a moment all season long, and riding the play of excellent defense.
The Sports Guy takes his hat off to Head Coach Eileen Blair, and the rest of the women's soccer team for a season well-played, and for leaving their hearts and everything else out on the field!
The Bonehead of the Week has to go to whoever is in charge of this Bowl Championship Series mess right now. If Oklahoma, Auburn, and Southern California all win their last two games, then one team is going to get shafted, and it just isn't fair. The only real way to pick a true national champion is to have a playoff system to determine who the best of the best is. All of this strength of schedule and margin of victory crap is about as ridiculous as P.Diddy with a mohawk. Till next time, this is The Sports Guy.
so-called favorites to win the conference ended losing four of the last six games. The Sports Guy says they can name themselves E.T. because it's time to phone home.
First, The Sports Guy turns his head when they drop two straight conference games and sat at .500. They were the defending conference champs, and began the season with two pre-season All-Americans; of course they can turn the season around, right? The Sports Guy was about as wrong as a fat man in a two-piece bathing suit.
Overall the team finished 4-4 with a 2-4 New Jersey Athletic Conference record -- this after a season in which they lost only two games, won the conference and advanced to the second round in the playoffs.
They had a chance to salvage a winning season last Saturday in their final home game, but Rowan quarterback Mike Orihel and the rest of the Rowan team would hear nothing of it. The Red Hawks received a 42 - 14 drubbing, and finish the season in fourth place. Ironically last season's championship team was picked to finish fourth last season, but finished first.
The Sports Guy can only think of one word to describe the Red Hawk football team: Mediocre. They finished at the middle of the pack in almost every statistical category this season, won some games by a landslide, but failed to beat any conference foe with a winning record, and lost every close game this season.
The Sports Guy is not saying they need to go home crying about their season, don't get him wrong. But The Sports Guy knows that Eugene Vick didn't expect to rush for 500 fewer yards this season than the one prior, and the team certainly planned on finishing better than 4-4. The Sports Guy is about as disappointed as a kid without presents on Christmas. Too bad, so sad, better luck next year.
The Sports Guy has nothing but words of praise for the gutsy women's soccer team. This is a team that's earned 10 shutouts, knocked off TCNJ, won two consecutive games on penalty kicks, and advanced to the second round of the playoffs. The Cinderella team has been hanging by a moment all season long, and riding the play of excellent defense.
The Sports Guy takes his hat off to Head Coach Eileen Blair, and the rest of the women's soccer team for a season well-played, and for leaving their hearts and everything else out on the field!
The Bonehead of the Week has to go to whoever is in charge of this Bowl Championship Series mess right now. If Oklahoma, Auburn, and Southern California all win their last two games, then one team is going to get shafted, and it just isn't fair. The only real way to pick a true national champion is to have a playoff system to determine who the best of the best is. All of this strength of schedule and margin of victory crap is about as ridiculous as P.Diddy with a mohawk. Till next time, this is The Sports Guy.