Faces In the Crowd

If you are a person who reads Sports Illustrated then you will see in this weeks addition that former Rocky Mount High, 2005 North Carolina High School Athlete of the year and Elon three time football All American Terrell Hudgins has made the faces in the crowd section. It lists all the records he has accomplished since playing college football.

Terrell is also a finalist for FCS Walter Peyton Award which is given to the top FCS football player in the country.

Tonight the Gryphons play host to SouthWest Edgecombe in basketball. Mike Gainey as athletic director has learned over the past six years to not schedule any basketball games on Friday nights while the football playoffs are going on. No telling how many basketball games have been changed the last few years because of a football playoff game on a Friday night


The Heisman Trophy will be given out soon and there is no front runner that is clear cut. What I saw Saturday night the kid from Stanford would not be a bad choice at all.

The Tiger Woods drama this past weekend just shows you how much that the news media has become the National Inquirer. There is no longer let’s make sure we have two sources before we run with a story. Just find any body that will say anything and go with it. My theory is his wife was chasing him with a golf club. What’s yours?

Both Drew Brees and Brett Farve are having their greatest years in pro football. Farve a lifetime 86.3 rating as a quarter back has a 112 rating right now. Brees is closer to a lifetime 90 rating is also has a 112 rating. Old Peyton Manning may well cancel both out and win the MVP again.

When Farve left Green Bay he was replaced by Aaron Rogers. Right now Rogers is third in QB ratings. When Brees left San Diego his spot was taken by Philip Rivers who is fifth in QB ratings and was first last year. Seems like in all four instances Brees, Farve, Rogers and Rivers things have worked out quite well.

The Pirates of ECU should have a full house on Saturday as they host the Houston Cougars in the championship game of Conference-USA. I like playing the championships on somebody’s home field. The place will be sold out unlike the ACC championship game in Tampa which may have 30,000 if they are lucky,

I think BOA Stadium in Charlotte is the only logical choice for the ACC. It is as close to the center of the conference as you can get with out being home field advantage for any body. If you look at Georgia Tech, Clemson, Virginia Tech and the Big Four in North Carolina they are all within a half days ride of Charlotte

Now that everyone has played five college basketball games what have we learned? Duke despite losing last night and Carolina still head the field. State is about where they have been for the past 15 years. Sure looks like Wake is going downhill this year.