Archive for September, 2008

New Era in PSAC and Local TV

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

For the first time ever, three local college teams are in the same league when Gannon and Mercyhurst joined the PSAC and so far, it’s worked out great. Gannon, winless on the field in the GLIAC last season, won three of it’s first five games and Mercyhurst is also 3-2, but 2-0 in PSAC [...]

No Tiger, No Football, No Problem

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

I’ve said this before, but I am more of a college football fan than an NFL fan. Don’t get me wrong, I watch the NFL but I just don’t have one team I am truely passionate about. Growing up the shadow of Beaver Stadium at Penn State had something to do with it. [...]

Pleasing the Pollsters

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

It’s a love-hate relationship for any college football fan. THE POLLS. Those weekly rankings that come out and determine the fate of your favorite college football team perhaps in terms of being in a BCS Bowl or perhaps whether or not you have a shot at winning a national championship. There [...]

Impressive Impressions

Monday, September 8th, 2008

It’s only one game, but perhaps that first game always seems to set a trend for the near-future at the very least, if not the rest of the season. The Steelers and Bills were impressive in their opening wins in different ways. Pittsburgh has some weapons on offense and appears to be [...]

Good Start

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

It was nice getting out and about Friday night to cover High School Football once again. No doubt, the most impressive teams in week one were McDowell and Strong Vincent as they posted big wins against quality teams. It is so hard to get your team to be ready on all systems for [...]