Past years this would be big news that Rocky Mount had beaten Fike in Tennis but Tuesday the Lady Gryphons Tennis teams disposed of Fike 8-1. They are now 5-2 overall and 2-1 in the Big East. Their loss was to Nash Central who by far and away is the top team in the league.
Soccer beat Webb on Monday 2-1 for their second win of the season. They stand at 2-4-1 at this point which is a far cry from the past few seasons. You have to remember soccer lost two of the greatest players ever in Matt Williams and Andrew Morales. Speaking of Andrew he is of course a freshman playing for Duke this year and he has started all five of Dukes games getting two assists. He has played more minutes than any other Blue Devil so far. That must show you Andrews ability to make others around him better players has been noticed by Duke's coach John Kerr. If you by chance catch Duke on TV Andrew wears #7. So far Duke is only 1-4 on the season.
The Lady Gryphon volleyball team stands on top of the standings today as they knocked of Fike at home yesterday in three straight games. This is the best they have played all year. The reason they lead the league is Nash Central knocked off Northern Nash to give the Lady Knights their first loss in conference. Rocky Mount has the southern part of their schedule for the rest of the week. Today that are at Southern Vance and Thursday at Southern Nash.
Yesterday we compared all the Big East football teams at what they have done so far and what does it tell us to date. This week Rocky Mount host Rose. Rose will come in 2-2 after having lost to New Bern last week 44-41
Hunt will play host to Fike in a non conference game. We said yesterday that Hunt's non conference opponents were 2-13 over all while if you add Fike one and three record to it Hunt non conference sure has been easy. The shoe on the other foot Fike can add Hunt's 4-0 record to it's schedule and they are 13-6. The big question will that translate into conference wins for Fike or losses for Hunt?
Nash Central will get a test this week as they play New Bern. New Bern is three and one. Southern Nash meets South Granville who is 2-2.
Northern Nash already having played a schedule where the teams have a winning record still have Laney and Tarboro on the road. Both of those teams are a combined 7-0 heading into Friday night.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Big East Football Shining Again ?
We have almost finish the non conference portion of the high school football schedule if you look at the early returns it looks like somebody from the Big East is going to play for the Eastern final football championship again this year. Hunt, Nash Central and Southern Nash are all 4-0. Rocky Mount is a step behind at 3-0-1. Northern Nash and Fike have both gotten wins so far in non conference play but can we really make head and tails of what has happened in the league so far?
Hunt is off to an impressive start but their four victims so far this year have a combined record of 2-13. So can we really say at this point that Hunt looks as if they are going to repeat as conference champs? Have they played a strong enough non conference schedule to prepare them for conference play?
Nash Central is scorching their foes to the tune of 45 points a game. Their scheduled opponents have a combined record of 5-10. We must ask the same question are they ready for Big East play? Most every school plays the same non conference schedule every year. If a team is down this year it is not Nash Centrals's fault. Does it help them get ready for conference if their non conference games are blow outs?
Southern Nash is also 4-0 so far and look a here. Their scheduled non conference teams are just 4-10. You do have to consider that the Big three in the conference have put four losses each to every one they have played but even then they still have losing records.
Rocky Mount the surprise most improved team this year their teams are only 4-9-1 overall. This brings up the question has anybody with the impressive records really beaten any body so far. All of the unbeatens have a combined 19-0-1 record but other than Nash Central's win over Tarboro who has anybody beaten?
Looking even deeper Northern Nash is 1-2 so far and their scheduled three teams are a combined 6-5. Does that tell you any thing? Northern has only allowed 30 points in three games and regardless of being high powered or not they will be hard to score on.
Even Fike who stands at 1-3 their foes are 9-6 on the year. So here we go again. Is Fike all that bad even though their record is 1-3? Probably not!
So I must ask the question, have we caught a year when all of the conference heavy weights are playing non conference teams that are all down and out? Do the undefeated teams have to worry about Northern and Fike when they play either because they are battle tested more than the others? Could be, I really don't think anybody is going undefeated through conference play and there is a good chance that every body will win at least one. If that happens two losses might tie for first and if that happens there might be a three way tie at the top. Then the luck of the draw just might be the answer of who gets the home games and the easiest road the the Eastern Finals.
Hunt is off to an impressive start but their four victims so far this year have a combined record of 2-13. So can we really say at this point that Hunt looks as if they are going to repeat as conference champs? Have they played a strong enough non conference schedule to prepare them for conference play?
Nash Central is scorching their foes to the tune of 45 points a game. Their scheduled opponents have a combined record of 5-10. We must ask the same question are they ready for Big East play? Most every school plays the same non conference schedule every year. If a team is down this year it is not Nash Centrals's fault. Does it help them get ready for conference if their non conference games are blow outs?
Southern Nash is also 4-0 so far and look a here. Their scheduled non conference teams are just 4-10. You do have to consider that the Big three in the conference have put four losses each to every one they have played but even then they still have losing records.
Rocky Mount the surprise most improved team this year their teams are only 4-9-1 overall. This brings up the question has anybody with the impressive records really beaten any body so far. All of the unbeatens have a combined 19-0-1 record but other than Nash Central's win over Tarboro who has anybody beaten?
Looking even deeper Northern Nash is 1-2 so far and their scheduled three teams are a combined 6-5. Does that tell you any thing? Northern has only allowed 30 points in three games and regardless of being high powered or not they will be hard to score on.
Even Fike who stands at 1-3 their foes are 9-6 on the year. So here we go again. Is Fike all that bad even though their record is 1-3? Probably not!
So I must ask the question, have we caught a year when all of the conference heavy weights are playing non conference teams that are all down and out? Do the undefeated teams have to worry about Northern and Fike when they play either because they are battle tested more than the others? Could be, I really don't think anybody is going undefeated through conference play and there is a good chance that every body will win at least one. If that happens two losses might tie for first and if that happens there might be a three way tie at the top. Then the luck of the draw just might be the answer of who gets the home games and the easiest road the the Eastern Finals.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Monday Morning QB
I don't know about you but if Wake Forest doesn't give Jim Grobe a lifetime job they are crazy. He finds a way to make his team competitive every week.
There is something about Forsyth County that State just can't play in. That's five straight trips that the Deacs have beaten the Pack in Winston. You can say all you want but Mike Glennon showed he can quarterback he needs receivers to stay on their feet.
The Tar Heels have two wins and I don't know yet whether I can tell you anything about the Heels yet. Did you notice there was a lot of empty seats yesterday compare to the home opener.
ECU played well but just came up short. Seems that they can't get the offense and defense to play together the same game.
The Futures tour had their Tour Championship this Week in Muddy Albany N Y. Cousin Lauren shot 71,72, 68 to finish 17th. She finished 29th on tour for the year after last year finishing 95th on her first full year on the tour. If she jumps as much next year she just might hit top ten and win her LPGA tour card.
Former Rocky Mount Gryphon Keith Strickland caught a touchdown pass on his old stomping ground Gryphon Stadium in Elizabeth City States big win in the Down East Classic.
Former Gryphon Senior red shirt left tackle Kendall Noble help lead Norfolk State to a lead over West Virginia in the first half Saturday in Morgantown West Virginia. Unfortunately for Kendall and NSU West Virginia decided to come back and play the second half and scorched the Spartans for 52 points.
Last Tuesday night at Northwest Halifax and Weldon played the Labor day weekend game since it had been rained out that Friday. Northwest Halifax leading 26-0 in the second quarter when a shoving match turn into both benches clearing. When everything was settled six players on one team and five on the other had been tossed out. The coaches not the refs decided to stop the game with Northwest Halifax winning an going to 3-0. Friday the NCHSAA kicked both teams out of this years playoffs as no team can be eligible for the playoff if they have at least three players fighting for the entire year.
Have you heard this. The Fike game with Northside Jacksonville had to be moved to Jacksonville because Hurricane Irene damaged the light poles at Fike. The poles were deemed dangerous and the field cannot even have a day game until all the poles are taken down and replaced because they might fall. Musco Lighting from Iowa has been to Wilson and hopes to have new light in two to three weeks.
Finally from what I have seen so far you had better be ready to play Rocky Mount. I don't think they can win the conference but they sure could keep somebody else from winning it. M J Gainey who has been sick the last couple of weeks caught two touchdown passes and the offense just runs smoother when he's blocking and catching touchdowns.
There is something about Forsyth County that State just can't play in. That's five straight trips that the Deacs have beaten the Pack in Winston. You can say all you want but Mike Glennon showed he can quarterback he needs receivers to stay on their feet.
The Tar Heels have two wins and I don't know yet whether I can tell you anything about the Heels yet. Did you notice there was a lot of empty seats yesterday compare to the home opener.
ECU played well but just came up short. Seems that they can't get the offense and defense to play together the same game.
The Futures tour had their Tour Championship this Week in Muddy Albany N Y. Cousin Lauren shot 71,72, 68 to finish 17th. She finished 29th on tour for the year after last year finishing 95th on her first full year on the tour. If she jumps as much next year she just might hit top ten and win her LPGA tour card.
Former Rocky Mount Gryphon Keith Strickland caught a touchdown pass on his old stomping ground Gryphon Stadium in Elizabeth City States big win in the Down East Classic.
Former Gryphon Senior red shirt left tackle Kendall Noble help lead Norfolk State to a lead over West Virginia in the first half Saturday in Morgantown West Virginia. Unfortunately for Kendall and NSU West Virginia decided to come back and play the second half and scorched the Spartans for 52 points.
Last Tuesday night at Northwest Halifax and Weldon played the Labor day weekend game since it had been rained out that Friday. Northwest Halifax leading 26-0 in the second quarter when a shoving match turn into both benches clearing. When everything was settled six players on one team and five on the other had been tossed out. The coaches not the refs decided to stop the game with Northwest Halifax winning an going to 3-0. Friday the NCHSAA kicked both teams out of this years playoffs as no team can be eligible for the playoff if they have at least three players fighting for the entire year.
Have you heard this. The Fike game with Northside Jacksonville had to be moved to Jacksonville because Hurricane Irene damaged the light poles at Fike. The poles were deemed dangerous and the field cannot even have a day game until all the poles are taken down and replaced because they might fall. Musco Lighting from Iowa has been to Wilson and hopes to have new light in two to three weeks.
Finally from what I have seen so far you had better be ready to play Rocky Mount. I don't think they can win the conference but they sure could keep somebody else from winning it. M J Gainey who has been sick the last couple of weeks caught two touchdown passes and the offense just runs smoother when he's blocking and catching touchdowns.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Today Is a Day of Remembrance
There are just some days that mean more than sports and today is one of those:
Ten years ago today all Americans were glued to a TV if they could get near one and watched war as it raged right in the heartland of America and right in front of our eyes. War had come to America. We sat astonished, amazed that such a tall structure could tumble, and most of all we were all mad. Then another symbol of our freedom the Pentagon had been hit.
Oddly enough I have never been up in the Twin Towers or the Pentagon so to speak. I walked in the lobby of the South Tower once and chose not to go to the viewing tower because of time. I have been on the Subway in Washington and one of the stops was the Pentagon. When you look at the Subway stop and the sign says Pentagon it sent chills over my body.
Our lives have changed since that day ten years ago. We go through a metal detector just to go to a high school game. That may not come directly from 9/11 but it tells of a society where there is no discipline. You have to go early to an airport to make sure you can get on your flight on time. That is a small price to pay when there are those willing to kill you just because they don’t like what America stands for.
We hear all the time about people who are upset at the way they are treated while trying to get on a plane. I don’t understand those that are upset. They would be suing if their plane got bombed and they survived. We live in luxury, even today’s Americans who are labeled as being people of poverty live better than middle class Americans did fifty years ago.
We as Americans have to realize that we are lucky people to be able to live this way. We should thank God every day for what he has given us and we should want to do everything we can to keep it. If it means going through a metal detector or being frisked at an airport we must endure to keep our freedom.
Endure you bet we need to. We cannot let those who hate us make us want to hide in our living room in order to stay safe. If you can afford it you should be able to move freely where ever you want to as long as you don’t violate someone else’s rights.
Whenever there is a Natural Disaster like flooding from HurricaneFloyd or from the recent wind damage from Hurricane Irene we all came together to help our neighbors. We did the same just after 9/11. We became a nation that sang God Bless America. We were proud to be American.
Ten years have passed and most have forgotten the words of God Bless America. We are worried about the government stopping the monthly checks that they give to me. We have over spent in all this luxury at home and watched the government become a give-a-way plan.
Today of all days is a day to tighten our belts and go to a memorial service, get out in the public and show those who hate us that they can never defeat us. We are in similar circumstances as England was when Hitler bombed them in 1940. We must join together and fight for our freedom. Sometimes fighting just is a simple walking down the street. America’s Main street will do today.
Ten years ago today all Americans were glued to a TV if they could get near one and watched war as it raged right in the heartland of America and right in front of our eyes. War had come to America. We sat astonished, amazed that such a tall structure could tumble, and most of all we were all mad. Then another symbol of our freedom the Pentagon had been hit.
Oddly enough I have never been up in the Twin Towers or the Pentagon so to speak. I walked in the lobby of the South Tower once and chose not to go to the viewing tower because of time. I have been on the Subway in Washington and one of the stops was the Pentagon. When you look at the Subway stop and the sign says Pentagon it sent chills over my body.
Our lives have changed since that day ten years ago. We go through a metal detector just to go to a high school game. That may not come directly from 9/11 but it tells of a society where there is no discipline. You have to go early to an airport to make sure you can get on your flight on time. That is a small price to pay when there are those willing to kill you just because they don’t like what America stands for.
We hear all the time about people who are upset at the way they are treated while trying to get on a plane. I don’t understand those that are upset. They would be suing if their plane got bombed and they survived. We live in luxury, even today’s Americans who are labeled as being people of poverty live better than middle class Americans did fifty years ago.
We as Americans have to realize that we are lucky people to be able to live this way. We should thank God every day for what he has given us and we should want to do everything we can to keep it. If it means going through a metal detector or being frisked at an airport we must endure to keep our freedom.
Endure you bet we need to. We cannot let those who hate us make us want to hide in our living room in order to stay safe. If you can afford it you should be able to move freely where ever you want to as long as you don’t violate someone else’s rights.
Whenever there is a Natural Disaster like flooding from Hurricane
Ten years have passed and most have forgotten the words of God Bless America. We are worried about the government stopping the monthly checks that they give to me. We have over spent in all this luxury at home and watched the government become a give-a-way plan.
Today of all days is a day to tighten our belts and go to a memorial service, get out in the public and show those who hate us that they can never defeat us. We are in similar circumstances as England was when Hitler bombed them in 1940. We must join together and fight for our freedom. Sometimes fighting just is a simple walking down the street. America’s Main street will do today.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
All Nash County Schools Win
The first time this year all four public high schools have won in the same night as Northern Nash visits the winners column for the time as they shut out South Central 21-0 This is the same South Central team that just a couple of weeks ago hung 46 on Greenville Rose even though they lost. A big win the the Knights on the home turf. Or should I say at Nash Central. Death Valley on the campus at Northern Nash had no power so the game was shifted to Nash Central. You might remember that has now happened twice within the last ten years as Northern has played at Nash Central. I think in 2002 the Knights crushed Rocky Mount when the Gryphons had to play their home games at the Dawg Pound following Hurricane Floyd.
Nash Central traveled to Ahoskie to take on the Bears and the final score is NC 61- HC 21. The Bulldog defense gets a couple of scores in the fourth quarter to make the wide difference as it was. There is possible bad news for the Bulldogs as Bulldog quarterback Jalen Hendricks was a target for the Bears defense as they had several late hit penalties in which on one of them Hendricks came away with a sprained ankle and did not play in the second half. Sure does seem as if they didn't need him anyway.
After a couple of very impressive wins Southern Nash has found the goal line hard to cross the last two weeks. The good news for them as their defense has stopped their opposition enough for Firebird wins. Friday night Roanoke Rapids gave the Firebirds all they wanted as SN scored once in the second half while RR did not. Firebirds 14 Yellow Jackets 7.
Rocky Mount finally got to look inside the locker room at The Sports Complex for the first time this year and they like the feeling of playing at home. Mason Hines rushed for 171 yards and scored once and MJ Gainey caught two touchdown passes as the Gryphons beat SouthWest Edgecome 34-14. SouthWest did not get a first down on their own until midway of the third quarter. A fumble recovery touchdown by the Cougars looked as if that was all the Cougars could get until a late fourth quarter drive got themselves an offensive touchdown.
Tarboro at North Edgecombe, it doesn't matter where they play. Tonight in Leggett and about the same score as always. Tarboro 46 North Edgecombe 6
Hunt paid a visit to Beddingfield and of course this is the same Bruin team that shutout Northern and almost best Southern Nash. Friday night it was all Hunt as the Warriors win 46-8.
Big game in Winston Salem today at State plays Wake. Carolina host The State University of New Jersey Rutgers just after noon. There will be a fever pitched crowd in Greenville as ECU host Virginia Tech and right here in Rocky Mount Livingston and Elizabeth City State will play in front of about ten thousand fans as they collide in the Down East Viking Classic.
Nash Central traveled to Ahoskie to take on the Bears and the final score is NC 61- HC 21. The Bulldog defense gets a couple of scores in the fourth quarter to make the wide difference as it was. There is possible bad news for the Bulldogs as Bulldog quarterback Jalen Hendricks was a target for the Bears defense as they had several late hit penalties in which on one of them Hendricks came away with a sprained ankle and did not play in the second half. Sure does seem as if they didn't need him anyway.
After a couple of very impressive wins Southern Nash has found the goal line hard to cross the last two weeks. The good news for them as their defense has stopped their opposition enough for Firebird wins. Friday night Roanoke Rapids gave the Firebirds all they wanted as SN scored once in the second half while RR did not. Firebirds 14 Yellow Jackets 7.
Rocky Mount finally got to look inside the locker room at The Sports Complex for the first time this year and they like the feeling of playing at home. Mason Hines rushed for 171 yards and scored once and MJ Gainey caught two touchdown passes as the Gryphons beat SouthWest Edgecome 34-14. SouthWest did not get a first down on their own until midway of the third quarter. A fumble recovery touchdown by the Cougars looked as if that was all the Cougars could get until a late fourth quarter drive got themselves an offensive touchdown.
Tarboro at North Edgecombe, it doesn't matter where they play. Tonight in Leggett and about the same score as always. Tarboro 46 North Edgecombe 6
Hunt paid a visit to Beddingfield and of course this is the same Bruin team that shutout Northern and almost best Southern Nash. Friday night it was all Hunt as the Warriors win 46-8.
Big game in Winston Salem today at State plays Wake. Carolina host The State University of New Jersey Rutgers just after noon. There will be a fever pitched crowd in Greenville as ECU host Virginia Tech and right here in Rocky Mount Livingston and Elizabeth City State will play in front of about ten thousand fans as they collide in the Down East Viking Classic.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Where Is My Nitroglycerin Pills?
When you have a child that is a senior in high school and she is the manager of the volleyball team you wind up going to the games to support her efforts as she keeps score of the games. Thursday night I witnessed with about another 100 people maybe the best volley ball game that I have ever seen. I admit I haven't seen all that many but this one will have to go on my top ten best games that I have ever witnessed.
Rocky Mount traveled to Hunt to take on a Hunt squad who found themselves desperate to win after losing Tuesday to Northern Nash. Hunt has been Rocky Mount's biggest pain in the butt the last two years for Tab Wilcox and the Lady Gryphons. Wilcox's first two seasons at Rocky Mount has gone unbeaten in the regular season only to lose to Hunt both years in the Conference tournament.
Northern Nash disposed of Southern Nash Thursday 3-0 and waited to sit back and see if they would sit a top the conference by themselves by dark. Hunt opened the first game and clipped RM 25-13 in a game that Rocky Mount could not get enough serves across the net. Game two Rocky Mount charged back to tie at one game a piece winning 25-14 Game three Hunt dominated like the first set and won 25-14.
Tab Wilcox and the Lady Gryphons are faced with their first loss with Wilcox as the Gryphon coach in conference play going on three years. Late in game four Rocky Mount spurted to the lead to win the game 25-18 to set up the fifth game tiebreaker.
Game five RM jumped to a 3-0 lead only to see Hunt tie the game at 4 all. From that point on everyone in the place needed first aid in a hot gym and the agony that everyone there would have to endure. Tied at 13-13 with one team needing to win by two Rocky Mount got that shot leading 14-13 only to see Hunt escape on a point RM was sure they would win.
The score was tied at every point 15-15,16-16, 17-17, 18-18, 19-19, 20-20, 21-21, 22-22, 23-23, 24-24, 25-25, 26-26, 27-27, 28-28, 29-29, 30-30. Both sides traded chances to win at any time. 34 points were scored without one side or the other leading by two. Whether they were players coaches or fans this one was knocking ten minutes off our lives at every point. Finally a Hunt kill at the net went long and Rocky Mount finally took advantage to win their third point in a row the first time that had happened since 13-13. Rocky Mount 32- Hunt 30.
Regardless of which side you were cheering for both sides gave a tremendous effort. Both sides had several chances to win on their serves but some how the other side survived. You know you have seen a great one when it is over and all the fans for both sides give all the players a standing ovation.
Rocky Mount prevails 32-30. Hunt won the serving part of the game but Hunt had no answer for Tia Hudgins when she was at the net. Both sides won points on sheer hustle and then on others silly mistakes. Quite frankly I am wore out.
Tennis also played at Hunt today and they were able to win 6-3 but the final score was not determined until dark.
Time for Friday night football.
Tarboro is on the road at North Edgecombe and a real quirk in the schedule. Tarboro's Hurricane rain game with Northern Nash which got postponed until the 23rd puts Tarboro on the road for the first four games this year.
Fike is home to Jacksonville Northside. Hunt travels to take on cross county rival Beddingfield. South Central travels to Northern as the Knights get back into action after a week off. Southern Nash travels to Roanoke Rapids. Nash Central heads to Ahoskie to meet Hertford County. SouthWest Edgecombe travels to Rocky Mount.
I am scheduled to do TV for WHIG-TV tonight that is of course if I had recovered from that Volley Ball game by then. Where are my pills?.
Rocky Mount traveled to Hunt to take on a Hunt squad who found themselves desperate to win after losing Tuesday to Northern Nash. Hunt has been Rocky Mount's biggest pain in the butt the last two years for Tab Wilcox and the Lady Gryphons. Wilcox's first two seasons at Rocky Mount has gone unbeaten in the regular season only to lose to Hunt both years in the Conference tournament.
Northern Nash disposed of Southern Nash Thursday 3-0 and waited to sit back and see if they would sit a top the conference by themselves by dark. Hunt opened the first game and clipped RM 25-13 in a game that Rocky Mount could not get enough serves across the net. Game two Rocky Mount charged back to tie at one game a piece winning 25-14 Game three Hunt dominated like the first set and won 25-14.
Tab Wilcox and the Lady Gryphons are faced with their first loss with Wilcox as the Gryphon coach in conference play going on three years. Late in game four Rocky Mount spurted to the lead to win the game 25-18 to set up the fifth game tiebreaker.
Game five RM jumped to a 3-0 lead only to see Hunt tie the game at 4 all. From that point on everyone in the place needed first aid in a hot gym and the agony that everyone there would have to endure. Tied at 13-13 with one team needing to win by two Rocky Mount got that shot leading 14-13 only to see Hunt escape on a point RM was sure they would win.
The score was tied at every point 15-15,16-16, 17-17, 18-18, 19-19, 20-20, 21-21, 22-22, 23-23, 24-24, 25-25, 26-26, 27-27, 28-28, 29-29, 30-30. Both sides traded chances to win at any time. 34 points were scored without one side or the other leading by two. Whether they were players coaches or fans this one was knocking ten minutes off our lives at every point. Finally a Hunt kill at the net went long and Rocky Mount finally took advantage to win their third point in a row the first time that had happened since 13-13. Rocky Mount 32- Hunt 30.
Regardless of which side you were cheering for both sides gave a tremendous effort. Both sides had several chances to win on their serves but some how the other side survived. You know you have seen a great one when it is over and all the fans for both sides give all the players a standing ovation.
Rocky Mount prevails 32-30. Hunt won the serving part of the game but Hunt had no answer for Tia Hudgins when she was at the net. Both sides won points on sheer hustle and then on others silly mistakes. Quite frankly I am wore out.
Tennis also played at Hunt today and they were able to win 6-3 but the final score was not determined until dark.
Time for Friday night football.
Tarboro is on the road at North Edgecombe and a real quirk in the schedule. Tarboro's Hurricane rain game with Northern Nash which got postponed until the 23rd puts Tarboro on the road for the first four games this year.
Fike is home to Jacksonville Northside. Hunt travels to take on cross county rival Beddingfield. South Central travels to Northern as the Knights get back into action after a week off. Southern Nash travels to Roanoke Rapids. Nash Central heads to Ahoskie to meet Hertford County. SouthWest Edgecombe travels to Rocky Mount.
I am scheduled to do TV for WHIG-TV tonight that is of course if I had recovered from that Volley Ball game by then. Where are my pills?.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
What Does It Take To Make NFL?
If you haven't heard by now Shaun Draughn was cut by the Redskins Saturday and he is the last player from the Twin Counties that still had a shot to make and NFL Roster. This leave Julius Peppers as the only Twin County player in the NFL. Is being all pro your only chance to make one of the big clubs?
Last year the greatest pass receiver in the history of college football went undrafted. Why wouldn't anyone not even take a chance on Terrell Hudgins in the sixth round? He had only 4.624 speed in the forty yard dash. That could easily beat 99.97 per cent of all people in Nash County but not in the NFL. Dallas brought him in as a free agent but free agents are easy to cut. You don't have to pay them any more once they are gone like a contract player. Once the lock out was over Hudgins never got a call this summer from any NFLteam .
Stephan Virgil who right here on this web site was named the Top Gryphon player of the first ten years of Gryphon football in this decade. He couldn't make it. Sometimes timing has every thing to do with it. Virgil who injured his knee his senior year at Virginia Tech never quite got back to 100% when his chance came last year. Even playing in the World football championships this summer a call never came this year from any NFLteam .
Travis Cobb a backup player for B W Holt at wide Receiver blossomed at Junior College enough that the University of Arizona grabbed Cobb for two years. Cobb teammates with both Hudgins and Virgil at Rocky Mount was a kickoff return specialist at Arizona and even had a touchdown return on National TV. His speed got him into the camp of theChicago Bears . His speed was not enough and the Bears cut him early.
Shaun Draughn played both offense and defense in Tarboro and at Carolina. I think that is one reason Shaun made it all the way to the last day before being cut. He had a real shot at being on the special teams as who knows the reason why but the Redskins went in a different direction.
If there were a minor league system all four of our area players would still be looking at the lower minor leagues in hopes of one day making the big time. The only true minor league system for the NFL is college football and all four have aged out. They may still wait for the phone ring but every day there is a new player just finishing college waiting to take their place in the waiting line.
Last year the greatest pass receiver in the history of college football went undrafted. Why wouldn't anyone not even take a chance on Terrell Hudgins in the sixth round? He had only 4.624 speed in the forty yard dash. That could easily beat 99.97 per cent of all people in Nash County but not in the NFL. Dallas brought him in as a free agent but free agents are easy to cut. You don't have to pay them any more once they are gone like a contract player. Once the lock out was over Hudgins never got a call this summer from any NFL
Stephan Virgil who right here on this web site was named the Top Gryphon player of the first ten years of Gryphon football in this decade. He couldn't make it. Sometimes timing has every thing to do with it. Virgil who injured his knee his senior year at Virginia Tech never quite got back to 100% when his chance came last year. Even playing in the World football championships this summer a call never came this year from any NFL
Travis Cobb a backup player for B W Holt at wide Receiver blossomed at Junior College enough that the University of Arizona grabbed Cobb for two years. Cobb teammates with both Hudgins and Virgil at Rocky Mount was a kickoff return specialist at Arizona and even had a touchdown return on National TV. His speed got him into the camp of the
Shaun Draughn played both offense and defense in Tarboro and at Carolina. I think that is one reason Shaun made it all the way to the last day before being cut. He had a real shot at being on the special teams as who knows the reason why but the Redskins went in a different direction.
If there were a minor league system all four of our area players would still be looking at the lower minor leagues in hopes of one day making the big time. The only true minor league system for the NFL is college football and all four have aged out. They may still wait for the phone ring but every day there is a new player just finishing college waiting to take their place in the waiting line.
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