These days with computers computing team ratings and how they are expected to finish rest of the season the early returns are in and Highschoolot.com is projecting all six boys basketball teams from the Big East will make the state playoffs. How can they even consider that and the answer has to be everyone in the league has an overall winning record. Right now the only team not over 500 on the year is Northern Nash and they very well just might win the regular season title. The projections show Hunt as the four seed, Fike 11th,Northern Nash 21st, Nash Central 24th, Southern Nash 26th and Rocky Mount 28th. So tonight's action could shift some of those seeding around but as long as a team doesn't go rest of the season without a win everyone has a chance to make the playoffs.
The magic continues for the red hot Knights of Northern Nash. Northern held a three point half time lead gave it away to trail 50-44 after three quarters. Like they have done the last three weeks Northern's confidence down the stretch they think they are going to win and they have gone to Fike and scored with less than five second left to beat Fike 64-63. Northern if they beat Rocky Mount Friday will win the top seed in the Big East Tournament since they have beaten Hunt both times they played this season.
Hunt had their mid season discipline issues which they seemed to have clear up and tonight you could not convince Nash Central that Hunt has any issues Hunt swamps Nash Central 64-44 setting up their game Friday night with Fike that if Hunt wins they might get the top seed pending Northern Nash's outcome with Rocky Mount.
Rocky Mount still has a shot at third in the Big East standings after beating Southern Nash 78-73. Rocky Mount needs to beat Northern and hope Hunt beats Fike and they could secure third having beaten Fike in both games during the season. Southern loses their fourth conference game in a row and drop down to a tie for fifth with Nash Central so they meet Friday playing for last place after each was just tied for first three games back.
Five of the six girls teams look secure. Northern Nash is going to be either first or second along with Eastern Wayne who is also undefeated. Hunt will be seeded 12th, Rocky Mount 20th, Nash Central 27th and Fike gets in at 31 so they are on the edge of falling out so let's see who improved their seeding and who is a bubble team now.
You had to expect to finally find somebody that was going to try to hold the ball on Northern Nash. The have beaten everyone in conference by an average of 23 points so tonight Fike takes their time when attacking on offense and at the end of the first quarter Northern only led 5-2. It was 12-6 at the half and by games end Fike has been as close as anybody but still no cigar as Northern Nash wins number 20 without a defeat as they beat Fike at Fike 35-27. It is the lowest scoring output of the season for Northern but it's a win.
Hunt if they can keep winning are looking at a home game in the first round and they get'er done beating Nash Central 49-35. Both Fike and Nash Central even though the computers are showing them in right now they need a win Friday or a win next week in the conference tournament.
Rocky Mount girls clinched third beating Southern Nash 64-47. Rocky Mount best Fike in both matches this year so if they both finish 5-5 Rocky Mount get the third seed.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Monday, February 9, 2015
Nash Central Names Their Man
Having not won a football game in over two seasons Nash Central has taken their time in order to pick the right man for the job to bring Bulldog football back to respectability. Their pick is a BW Holt protege from the era when Holt at Rocky Mount. Today Nash Central has named Chris Lee as the new head football coach of the Bulldogs.
Lee spent six years on the staff of BW Holt and served as head JV football coach. He ran the offense while now Gryphon Baseball coach Kent Cox ran the defense. Their six years together under the Holt regime the JV team at Rocky Mount won 54 games while losing but 5.
Any coach worth his salt and hoping one day to be a head coach has to make decisions. Lee having applied at Louisburg High thinking that Holt would never leave Rocky Mount took the job and has spent six years at Louisburg posting a 36-35 record. Little did he know that in less than six months Holt would leave Rocky Mount and if still at Rocky Mount a real possibility that he would have been the leading candidate. Lee still attends church in Red Oak and has many friends and family in the area.
Many in our area today are in mourning, with the loss of former UNC basketball coach Dean Smith. Many of the ways to play the game of basketball are on display every time you watch a game can be attributed to Dean Smith.
Team huddles at the foul before foul shots, diving on the floor going for loose balls, pointing at the passer after you made a basket from an assist from your teammate. The main one was the college time clock. Yes the famed four corners which Rocky Mount's Phil Ford ran to perfection can be see coming from Coach Smith. Not because they just stood and held the ball because the Tar Heels scored so easily from it. During the height of the four corners North Carolina always lead the nation in scoring and today with a time clock scoring is way down to those four corner days.
Throughout my career I interviewed many famous coaches but Dean Smith was not one of them and I only met him once in my life. I use to work for a gentleman that when you enter the Smith Center has his name is on that plaque where donors who gave money to build the Smith Center.
He had eight ticket on the eighth row across from the Carolina bench. Those eight seats stretched from the midcourt to the foul line He also gave me his parking pass which at the Smith Center there are not many parking spots close to the entrance. His pass was on the left side on the hill beside the Smith Center. As we unloaded my mini-van about an hour an a half before a game with Clemson we were trying to figure out how to get down the hill and a gentleman who had parked two spaces beyond where we were standing goes by and it is Dean Smith. We spoke and as we walked down the hill together, he was wearing a Carolina warm up suit had idle chit chat about the weather. I didn't want to lay on him an interview as we walked and hour and half before a game.
We went toward the main entrance and he went in a side door but as we were walking in I said to my wife Pat that he didn't have his own private parking space either in the building or right beside a private door. I have always thought since that day maybe 25 years ago Dean Smith didn't consider himself special.
He just thought of himself as a teacher and coach.
Lee spent six years on the staff of BW Holt and served as head JV football coach. He ran the offense while now Gryphon Baseball coach Kent Cox ran the defense. Their six years together under the Holt regime the JV team at Rocky Mount won 54 games while losing but 5.
Any coach worth his salt and hoping one day to be a head coach has to make decisions. Lee having applied at Louisburg High thinking that Holt would never leave Rocky Mount took the job and has spent six years at Louisburg posting a 36-35 record. Little did he know that in less than six months Holt would leave Rocky Mount and if still at Rocky Mount a real possibility that he would have been the leading candidate. Lee still attends church in Red Oak and has many friends and family in the area.
Many in our area today are in mourning, with the loss of former UNC basketball coach Dean Smith. Many of the ways to play the game of basketball are on display every time you watch a game can be attributed to Dean Smith.
Team huddles at the foul before foul shots, diving on the floor going for loose balls, pointing at the passer after you made a basket from an assist from your teammate. The main one was the college time clock. Yes the famed four corners which Rocky Mount's Phil Ford ran to perfection can be see coming from Coach Smith. Not because they just stood and held the ball because the Tar Heels scored so easily from it. During the height of the four corners North Carolina always lead the nation in scoring and today with a time clock scoring is way down to those four corner days.
Throughout my career I interviewed many famous coaches but Dean Smith was not one of them and I only met him once in my life. I use to work for a gentleman that when you enter the Smith Center has his name is on that plaque where donors who gave money to build the Smith Center.
He had eight ticket on the eighth row across from the Carolina bench. Those eight seats stretched from the midcourt to the foul line He also gave me his parking pass which at the Smith Center there are not many parking spots close to the entrance. His pass was on the left side on the hill beside the Smith Center. As we unloaded my mini-van about an hour an a half before a game with Clemson we were trying to figure out how to get down the hill and a gentleman who had parked two spaces beyond where we were standing goes by and it is Dean Smith. We spoke and as we walked down the hill together, he was wearing a Carolina warm up suit had idle chit chat about the weather. I didn't want to lay on him an interview as we walked and hour and half before a game.
We went toward the main entrance and he went in a side door but as we were walking in I said to my wife Pat that he didn't have his own private parking space either in the building or right beside a private door. I have always thought since that day maybe 25 years ago Dean Smith didn't consider himself special.
He just thought of himself as a teacher and coach.
The Finish Line Is Clearer
There was that outrageous possibility that after Friday night's action the boys Big East basketball could have been heading into the last week with a six way tie for first or last depending on your view at all teams 4-4.
Some normalcy resulted in Friday's action as all the 4-3 teams beat the 3-4 teams so as we head to the final week of the regular season for the first time this year we know that Rocky Mount, Nash Central and Southern Nash cannot win first. How do we know that? Three teams are tied at 5-3 and Tuesday Northern Nash Fike play each other and then on Friday Fike and Hunt play. Somewhere along the way at least one team has to be 6-4 or better eliminating RM, NC and SN from first. We head this week for the first time knowing that teams when they line up this week will be playing for position for the tournament and just maybe for any playoff hope.
Rocky Mount 3-5 10-7 @ Southern Nash 3-5 11-10: Rocky Mount at one point was 2-1 in the league but has lost four of last five. Southern was 3-2 and just 10 days ago looked like best team in the league. There is a very good chance the loser of this game fails to make the playoffs. Would it be right to say this will be a dog fight?
Northern Nash 5-3 8-11 @ Fike 5-3 15-5: This is the Tuesday game for first place. One of these two will be no worse than a tie for first depending on the Hunt outcome. Northern has won 5 of 6 and is this week lead team as being the best team in the league. Fike has the league's best over all record. This game still leaves the loser in jeopardy of falling back into the second division.
Hunt 5-3 13-8 @ Nash Central 3-5 12-9: Hunt seems to get the easy game of the night as they watch
Northern Nash and Fike fight it out at Fike. A victory by Hunt and they for sure play for the top seed Friday pending the Fike /Northern Nash outcome.
Rocky Mount girls 4-4 9-8 @ Southern Nash 0-8 0-21. Facing Northern Nash Friday this is the game the Lady Gryphons can clinch 3rd in league play if they can count on help from Northern Nash. Southern playing Rocky Mount and Nash Central this week is last hope for a victory during regular season.
Northern Nash 8-0 19-0 @ Fike 4-4 9-12: an undefeated regular season will have to happen will have to happen with the final two games of the season on the road and it starts at Fike. Northern gets both the 4-4 teams battling for playoff position.
Hunt 6-2 16-5 @ Nash Central 2-6 11-9: Don't look now but one of the best women's basketball teams besides those named Eastern Wayne and Northern Nash is Hunt. Right now Nash Central is a bubble team at best standing fifth in the league.
Some normalcy resulted in Friday's action as all the 4-3 teams beat the 3-4 teams so as we head to the final week of the regular season for the first time this year we know that Rocky Mount, Nash Central and Southern Nash cannot win first. How do we know that? Three teams are tied at 5-3 and Tuesday Northern Nash Fike play each other and then on Friday Fike and Hunt play. Somewhere along the way at least one team has to be 6-4 or better eliminating RM, NC and SN from first. We head this week for the first time knowing that teams when they line up this week will be playing for position for the tournament and just maybe for any playoff hope.
Rocky Mount 3-5 10-7 @ Southern Nash 3-5 11-10: Rocky Mount at one point was 2-1 in the league but has lost four of last five. Southern was 3-2 and just 10 days ago looked like best team in the league. There is a very good chance the loser of this game fails to make the playoffs. Would it be right to say this will be a dog fight?
Northern Nash 5-3 8-11 @ Fike 5-3 15-5: This is the Tuesday game for first place. One of these two will be no worse than a tie for first depending on the Hunt outcome. Northern has won 5 of 6 and is this week lead team as being the best team in the league. Fike has the league's best over all record. This game still leaves the loser in jeopardy of falling back into the second division.
Hunt 5-3 13-8 @ Nash Central 3-5 12-9: Hunt seems to get the easy game of the night as they watch
Northern Nash and Fike fight it out at Fike. A victory by Hunt and they for sure play for the top seed Friday pending the Fike /Northern Nash outcome.
Rocky Mount girls 4-4 9-8 @ Southern Nash 0-8 0-21. Facing Northern Nash Friday this is the game the Lady Gryphons can clinch 3rd in league play if they can count on help from Northern Nash. Southern playing Rocky Mount and Nash Central this week is last hope for a victory during regular season.
Northern Nash 8-0 19-0 @ Fike 4-4 9-12: an undefeated regular season will have to happen will have to happen with the final two games of the season on the road and it starts at Fike. Northern gets both the 4-4 teams battling for playoff position.
Hunt 6-2 16-5 @ Nash Central 2-6 11-9: Don't look now but one of the best women's basketball teams besides those named Eastern Wayne and Northern Nash is Hunt. Right now Nash Central is a bubble team at best standing fifth in the league.
Sunday, February 8, 2015
American Proud
When athletes play sports in high school in many cases many of us have no idea what might be in the future of those athletes. We are proud when we see them on future playing fields either in college and for the rare few play professional sports. There are times when some of those athletes do non-athletic actions that even though this is a sports blog those actions are hard to ignore.
Today I am proud to be an American with the action of one former Rocky Mount Gryphon Jeremiah Parvin. Parvin played football and baseball and graduated from RMSH in the late nineties and went on to Davidson College. Once a college graduate Parvin enlisted in the U S Air Force.
Officers Candidate school and flight school and Parvin was assigned to fly the A10C The Warhog. October 28th 2008 now serving a tour of duty in Afghanistan Captain Jeremiah "Bull" Parvin along with his wing support Lieutenant Cavasos were circling their area of responsibility when a call came that six marines were pinned down under heavy fire with injuries. There was no way to get other ground troops to the area so the Warhogs were sent 320 miles or about an hour flight to help support the marines.
The area the marines were pinned down was not on any map at Parvin's disposal plus extreme weather and low cloud cover didn't make finding the marines easy in the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan. The marines on the ground were able to help Parvin to find them once he was over head. He could tell through gun fire that the marines were under heavy attack
Flying low Parvin turned on his A-10 Overt exterior lights to help distinguish who was enemy and who was friendly. This also gave the enemy and easy target to shoot at and for over two hours engaged hostile action. During the battle with the attention now on shooting down the A-10's the marines were able to escape to safety. During the battle Parvin destroyed many enemy positions with some as close as forty yards from the marines.
Once the battle was over Parvin's team return to base which was more than a hours flight away. Parvin turned in a normal routine report. Since 2008 Parvin has flown some 280 hours of combat in the war zones and 83 sorties. Those marines saved by Parvin's crew did not think that that mission was your every day run of the mill action.
This past January 29th Parvin now stationed at Moody Air Force base Georgia and now a Major was presented with the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor for his action on that night of October 28th 2008 saving the lives of those six marines. The DFC with Valor was presented by Major General H. D. Polumbo Jr. the commander of the US Ninth Air Force.
His wife Vanessa and father Joe were there along with many others stationed at Moody AFB but also there was USMC Master Gunnery Sargent Richard Wells who was one of the six marines saved that night. Wells stated that it was the first time in his life that he thought 'this is it, we are all going to die, we're not going to make it out of this'''. If it wasn't for him I would not be here today"'.
I have never met Major Parvin and probably never will but as an American who is proud of what our country stands for I am proud of his action while standing for that belief. We have so many people serving our country and doing us proud and to think he is from Rocky Mount and on top of that a Gryphon. Major Jeremiah "Bull" Parvin THANK YOU!!!!.
If you would like to read the story you can go to http://globalaviationreport.com/2015/01/30distinguished-flying-cross-with-valor-a-10c-pilo... just google Major Jeremiah Parvin and there are many accounts of the ceremony and there is one that you can watch the presentation. How wonderful this modern world of computers has taken us to we can watch almost anything happening in the world.
Today I am proud to be an American with the action of one former Rocky Mount Gryphon Jeremiah Parvin. Parvin played football and baseball and graduated from RMSH in the late nineties and went on to Davidson College. Once a college graduate Parvin enlisted in the U S Air Force.
Officers Candidate school and flight school and Parvin was assigned to fly the A10C The Warhog. October 28th 2008 now serving a tour of duty in Afghanistan Captain Jeremiah "Bull" Parvin along with his wing support Lieutenant Cavasos were circling their area of responsibility when a call came that six marines were pinned down under heavy fire with injuries. There was no way to get other ground troops to the area so the Warhogs were sent 320 miles or about an hour flight to help support the marines.
The area the marines were pinned down was not on any map at Parvin's disposal plus extreme weather and low cloud cover didn't make finding the marines easy in the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan. The marines on the ground were able to help Parvin to find them once he was over head. He could tell through gun fire that the marines were under heavy attack
Flying low Parvin turned on his A-10 Overt exterior lights to help distinguish who was enemy and who was friendly. This also gave the enemy and easy target to shoot at and for over two hours engaged hostile action. During the battle with the attention now on shooting down the A-10's the marines were able to escape to safety. During the battle Parvin destroyed many enemy positions with some as close as forty yards from the marines.
Once the battle was over Parvin's team return to base which was more than a hours flight away. Parvin turned in a normal routine report. Since 2008 Parvin has flown some 280 hours of combat in the war zones and 83 sorties. Those marines saved by Parvin's crew did not think that that mission was your every day run of the mill action.
This past January 29th Parvin now stationed at Moody Air Force base Georgia and now a Major was presented with the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor for his action on that night of October 28th 2008 saving the lives of those six marines. The DFC with Valor was presented by Major General H. D. Polumbo Jr. the commander of the US Ninth Air Force.
His wife Vanessa and father Joe were there along with many others stationed at Moody AFB but also there was USMC Master Gunnery Sargent Richard Wells who was one of the six marines saved that night. Wells stated that it was the first time in his life that he thought 'this is it, we are all going to die, we're not going to make it out of this'''. If it wasn't for him I would not be here today"'.
I have never met Major Parvin and probably never will but as an American who is proud of what our country stands for I am proud of his action while standing for that belief. We have so many people serving our country and doing us proud and to think he is from Rocky Mount and on top of that a Gryphon. Major Jeremiah "Bull" Parvin THANK YOU!!!!.
If you would like to read the story you can go to http://globalaviationreport.com/2015/01/30distinguished-flying-cross-with-valor-a-10c-pilo... just google Major Jeremiah Parvin and there are many accounts of the ceremony and there is one that you can watch the presentation. How wonderful this modern world of computers has taken us to we can watch almost anything happening in the world.
Friday, February 6, 2015
Gryphons Lose Again At Home
The Rocky Mount Gryphons are treading on unknown territory as they have played four home conference basketball game and now they have lost three of them as tonight Fike takes down the Gryphons 80-77. The Warroirs Myquan Gooding led the Golden Demons with 27 as he was the leading scorer in the night.
Rocky Mount got 23 from Isaiah Alston, 16 from future Fayetteville State Bronco football player Broderick Caudle and 13 from Thomas Cooper. Fike ups their conference record to 5-3 while Rocky Mount dips to 3-5
Tonight one of the teams tied at the top stopped the bleeding as Hunt took down Southern who continues to slide. Hunt 59 Southern Nash 52. Hunt continues to hold on to first upping their conference play to 5-3 and Southern who has now lost three in a row drops to 3-5.
The hottest team in the Big East is Northern Nash as they torched Nash Central 80-58 and by doing so stay in the three way tie for first. With a 5-3 record. Northern started out the season losing their first two games but have now won five out of six. Nash Central falls into the three way tie for last at 3-5.
It was a battle for third as 4-3 Fike traveled to 3-4 Rocky Mount and the Lady Gryphons have little trouble with Fike and are now tied for third at 4-4 but the Gryphons hold the tie breaker after Rocky Mount wins 62-35.
Tamara Harper threw down 25 for the Gryphons followed by 15 from Keyanna Spivey. In a losing effort Rebecca Langley led Fike with14
The Lady Knights of Northern Nash keep on with their winning ways. Again tonight they beat another conference foe by more than 20. The 60-37 score propels the Lady Knights to 19-0 on the season and 8-0 in Big East and the regular season top seed in the upcoming Big East Tournament. Nash Central has slowly. been fading toward the bottom of the Big East and they fall to 2-6 and 11-10 overall.
Tonight in the battle of the teams with the best records they all played the teams with the worse records and for the first time this year the team with the winning records beat the teams with the most losses.
Rocky Mount got 23 from Isaiah Alston, 16 from future Fayetteville State Bronco football player Broderick Caudle and 13 from Thomas Cooper. Fike ups their conference record to 5-3 while Rocky Mount dips to 3-5
Tonight one of the teams tied at the top stopped the bleeding as Hunt took down Southern who continues to slide. Hunt 59 Southern Nash 52. Hunt continues to hold on to first upping their conference play to 5-3 and Southern who has now lost three in a row drops to 3-5.
The hottest team in the Big East is Northern Nash as they torched Nash Central 80-58 and by doing so stay in the three way tie for first. With a 5-3 record. Northern started out the season losing their first two games but have now won five out of six. Nash Central falls into the three way tie for last at 3-5.
It was a battle for third as 4-3 Fike traveled to 3-4 Rocky Mount and the Lady Gryphons have little trouble with Fike and are now tied for third at 4-4 but the Gryphons hold the tie breaker after Rocky Mount wins 62-35.
Tamara Harper threw down 25 for the Gryphons followed by 15 from Keyanna Spivey. In a losing effort Rebecca Langley led Fike with14
The Lady Knights of Northern Nash keep on with their winning ways. Again tonight they beat another conference foe by more than 20. The 60-37 score propels the Lady Knights to 19-0 on the season and 8-0 in Big East and the regular season top seed in the upcoming Big East Tournament. Nash Central has slowly. been fading toward the bottom of the Big East and they fall to 2-6 and 11-10 overall.
Tonight in the battle of the teams with the best records they all played the teams with the worse records and for the first time this year the team with the winning records beat the teams with the most losses.
Gryphons Fall In Third Round
Thursday night the Rocky Mount Gryphons 29-2 wrestling team lost in the third round in Union Pines to Swansboro 43-3 by a score of 36-33. Rocky Mount finishes the duel portion of the schedule 29-3 on the year. Fourth Round Swansboro lost to Morehead 30-25 so Morehead will play for the team title Saturday.
Notes on the Super Bowl
I would have to put SB 49 in top five all time. I would also have to rate the final offensive play by the Seahawks as the biggest blunder since Jackie Smith dropped a wide open touchdown pass in the end zone that would have had the Cowboys beating Pittsburgh back in the 70's.
It was not a bad pass at all, in fact when you see the replay from the camera in the upper deck on the same side of the field. I am sure Russell Wilson thought he had a touchdown as he is letting the ball go. The defender played the ball about as well as any defender could or ever has. In fact he defended the play so well even if it was caught the receiver would have been down short of the goal line with the clock running.
I find no fault in the pass itself. I find fault in the decision to throw in the first place. You just made five yards on a run from the six yard line with twenty seconds to play and a time out in your pocket. Just maybe the best running back in the league to carry the ball. If I am scare of time running out on me I surely would have run pass action making New England think is he running or not then let Russell roll with the ball making the defense decide whether to go get Wilson or play the pass. If the pass is covered Wilson could have tossed it in the stands and it is third down if he can't run it in..
I was pulling for the Seahawks because of three N C State players who play for the Hawks. There is one part of the Seahawk team that I don't care one thing for and that is the mouthing off. I do believe that the Seahawk defense thought they had the game won when with three minutes left in the third they led by 10. Sherman got in front of a sideline camera and mouthed off which since I am old school I hate to see in any player.
I think this game is the perfect game for when the quarterback gets too much credit when they win. Tom Brady was 37-50 in the game for 328 yards. I charted throughout the game the length of his passes and of the 50 he attempted 40 never went ten yards beyond the line of scrimmage. 18 never went over the line of scrimmage before being caught.
The MVP from the game should have been one of those scat receivers who caught the ball three yards across the line and ran 15 yards before being tackled. That brings up another point. Seattle had a ten point lead and their so called best defense in football gave up two scores in the fourth quarter. Why so many yards after the catch from those scat back receivers?
Just maybe that elbow injury from Sherman. Shoulder from another and even one going down in the first quarter. A knee from one who got hurt in practice on Friday. Add all that up and the Seahawks secondary was not as great as they are suppose to be. Can't blame the Patriots from exposing a weakness in doing what they had to do to win. My prediction last week was based on injuries to the Hawks secondary and to me lies the winning factor. Not that Brady proved to be the greatest quarterback of all time as the media this week has proclaimed.
So football can be put to bed until the draft or the Combine or until you turn the TV on a sports channel. Football is 365 days a year now.
Notes on the Super Bowl
I would have to put SB 49 in top five all time. I would also have to rate the final offensive play by the Seahawks as the biggest blunder since Jackie Smith dropped a wide open touchdown pass in the end zone that would have had the Cowboys beating Pittsburgh back in the 70's.
It was not a bad pass at all, in fact when you see the replay from the camera in the upper deck on the same side of the field. I am sure Russell Wilson thought he had a touchdown as he is letting the ball go. The defender played the ball about as well as any defender could or ever has. In fact he defended the play so well even if it was caught the receiver would have been down short of the goal line with the clock running.
I find no fault in the pass itself. I find fault in the decision to throw in the first place. You just made five yards on a run from the six yard line with twenty seconds to play and a time out in your pocket. Just maybe the best running back in the league to carry the ball. If I am scare of time running out on me I surely would have run pass action making New England think is he running or not then let Russell roll with the ball making the defense decide whether to go get Wilson or play the pass. If the pass is covered Wilson could have tossed it in the stands and it is third down if he can't run it in..
I was pulling for the Seahawks because of three N C State players who play for the Hawks. There is one part of the Seahawk team that I don't care one thing for and that is the mouthing off. I do believe that the Seahawk defense thought they had the game won when with three minutes left in the third they led by 10. Sherman got in front of a sideline camera and mouthed off which since I am old school I hate to see in any player.
I think this game is the perfect game for when the quarterback gets too much credit when they win. Tom Brady was 37-50 in the game for 328 yards. I charted throughout the game the length of his passes and of the 50 he attempted 40 never went ten yards beyond the line of scrimmage. 18 never went over the line of scrimmage before being caught.
The MVP from the game should have been one of those scat receivers who caught the ball three yards across the line and ran 15 yards before being tackled. That brings up another point. Seattle had a ten point lead and their so called best defense in football gave up two scores in the fourth quarter. Why so many yards after the catch from those scat back receivers?
Just maybe that elbow injury from Sherman. Shoulder from another and even one going down in the first quarter. A knee from one who got hurt in practice on Friday. Add all that up and the Seahawks secondary was not as great as they are suppose to be. Can't blame the Patriots from exposing a weakness in doing what they had to do to win. My prediction last week was based on injuries to the Hawks secondary and to me lies the winning factor. Not that Brady proved to be the greatest quarterback of all time as the media this week has proclaimed.
So football can be put to bed until the draft or the Combine or until you turn the TV on a sports channel. Football is 365 days a year now.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Is It possible?
If you are one of the people who is trying to figure out who is really the best team in Big East boys basketball I have a scenario for you that could make this basketball season unreal. Friday night all the 4-3 teams play all the 3-4 teams and there is a chance and the way this season has gone a real possibility that all six could be tied after Friday at 4-4. All six are fighting for the playoff spots and here is where in playoffs all these 4-4 scenes hurt the league.
Playoff seeding are based on overall record when ever the top team in the conference matches up with other number one seeds. The Big East will be the only conference where the league winner will have three conferences losses. Remember that is as of right now and the conference winner as of right now will be lucky if they don't have four losses. So the Big East will get the worse seeding in every case. There are six conferences in the east so the best the Big East Champions will get is a 6th seed and when you do second -third-fourth they will always be last when compared with others. If four teams are guaranteed to be in the playoffs and the fifth place is hoping overall record gets them in it may not happen this year.
Fike 4-3 13-5 @ Rocky Mount 3-4 10-6: Rocky Mount torched Fike by 19 at Fike the first time around. The Gryphons have been granted a reprieve after knocking off Hunt to get back in the playoff race. After playing four of last five on the road get two out of last three at home. They need to protect home court better than they have so far.
Hunt 4-3 12-8 @ Southern Nash 3-4 11-9: Hunt has personnel issues while Southern has ball handling faults. Southern started out well but has tailed off lately. As close as this race is nobody can afford a loss now because one now may eliminate you from the playoff picture.
Nash Central 3-4 12-8 @ Northern Nash 4-3 7-11: This game is the only 4-3 team at home. Northern is peaking at right time while lately Nash Central has sputtered. Northern is only team in league with losing record but they are also the hottest. No one can afford to lose game which is all of them now.
Nash Central Girls 2-5 11-9 @ Northern Nash 7-0 18-0: The playoffs are fading for Nash Central. Nothing could work better for them other than whipping the BIG DOG. Northern needs to maintain their work ethic priming for the playoffs.
Fike 4-3 9-9 @ Rocky Mount 3-4 8-8: This is a seedings matchup. Third on the line. These two are evenly match. Could be a dog fight.
Hunt 5-2 15-5 @ Southern Nash 0-7 0-20: Southern is at the point where you know they would like for the season to end. That's good news for Hunt trying to hold second plus not getting too far behind Northern just in case disaster strikes the Knights.
*** Final Note today, Look for an announcement soon on the new football coach at Nash Central.***
Playoff seeding are based on overall record when ever the top team in the conference matches up with other number one seeds. The Big East will be the only conference where the league winner will have three conferences losses. Remember that is as of right now and the conference winner as of right now will be lucky if they don't have four losses. So the Big East will get the worse seeding in every case. There are six conferences in the east so the best the Big East Champions will get is a 6th seed and when you do second -third-fourth they will always be last when compared with others. If four teams are guaranteed to be in the playoffs and the fifth place is hoping overall record gets them in it may not happen this year.
Fike 4-3 13-5 @ Rocky Mount 3-4 10-6: Rocky Mount torched Fike by 19 at Fike the first time around. The Gryphons have been granted a reprieve after knocking off Hunt to get back in the playoff race. After playing four of last five on the road get two out of last three at home. They need to protect home court better than they have so far.
Hunt 4-3 12-8 @ Southern Nash 3-4 11-9: Hunt has personnel issues while Southern has ball handling faults. Southern started out well but has tailed off lately. As close as this race is nobody can afford a loss now because one now may eliminate you from the playoff picture.
Nash Central 3-4 12-8 @ Northern Nash 4-3 7-11: This game is the only 4-3 team at home. Northern is peaking at right time while lately Nash Central has sputtered. Northern is only team in league with losing record but they are also the hottest. No one can afford to lose game which is all of them now.
Nash Central Girls 2-5 11-9 @ Northern Nash 7-0 18-0: The playoffs are fading for Nash Central. Nothing could work better for them other than whipping the BIG DOG. Northern needs to maintain their work ethic priming for the playoffs.
Fike 4-3 9-9 @ Rocky Mount 3-4 8-8: This is a seedings matchup. Third on the line. These two are evenly match. Could be a dog fight.
Hunt 5-2 15-5 @ Southern Nash 0-7 0-20: Southern is at the point where you know they would like for the season to end. That's good news for Hunt trying to hold second plus not getting too far behind Northern just in case disaster strikes the Knights.
*** Final Note today, Look for an announcement soon on the new football coach at Nash Central.***
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