NEWS
11/14/09 4:43pm
Rocky ride for Riddle in the first quarter
Elon junior quarterback Scott Riddle threw three interceptions in the first quarter of today's game.
Elon junior quarterback Scott Riddle threw three interceptions in the first quarter of today's game.
Coming into today’s game, both senior wide receiver Terrell Hudgins and ASU senior quarterback Armanti Edwards have been highly targeted. Hudgins virtually seems to have every SoCon receiving record and this season has made his presence known on the national level breaking several records.
Looking out into Rhodes Stadium, it may be difficult to believe that this is a home game for the Phoenix. Appalachian State brings fans, and they bring a lot of them. Not only are there fans present, but they are loud and supportive of their team. This morning ASU fans were tailgating as early as 9 a.m., and probably even earlier.
Last week against Western Carolina Elon started the game with a 44-yard pass from junior quarterback Scott Riddle to senior wide receiver Terrell Hudgins to start the game. Today, the Elon offense went back to Hudgins on the first play again once again.
Today's matchup between No. 6 Elon and No. 7/8 Appalachian State is one of the biggest in conference history.
It's some sort of combination of broken-heartedness, a level of maturity, growing and some struggle that lies beneath the eleven tracks I recently downloaded from iTunes.
Sam Calvert The average age of an NFL starting quarterback is 28. Nine starting quarterbacks out of the 32 teams in the NFL are 25 years old or less. At the same time, nine are 30 years old or more. Of the nine that are 25 or less, two are only 21 years of age (Matthew Stafford of the Detriot Lions and Josh Freeman of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and one is 22 years of age (Mark Sanchez of the New York Jets.) There are only six wins among these three quarterbacks, and four of them go to the eldest, Sanchez. With these facts presented, let me just pose a question: Would you entrust the title of CEO of a Fortune 500 company to a 21 year old, or even a 28 year old? According to Forbes, the average age of a CEO in 2001 was 48.8 years, with the average of 45.2 years old in the field information technology being one of the younger averages. If we accept these figures to be true, then the answer to my question is no. And yet we put these quarterbacks in a leadership position very similar to that of a CEO, but with one minor caveat-- millions of people are watching these men do their jobs each and every Sunday. The pressure is enormous, and yet these are men who are barely out of college. Even the starters who we consider veterans, who have been around for a while, are not that old. Take Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers, for example. He is only 27 years old, and yet he has been playing in the NFL for six years. Since he was 21! And the "old players," conversely, are not very old. Often I hear people talk about Donovan McNabb of the Philadelphia Eagles and Matt Hasselbeck of the Seattle Seahawks, using phrases such as "He's getting too old" and "He's seen better days." These two men are 32 and 34 respectively. By Forbes' standards, these men are not even old enough to be expected to be the CEO of a company, and yet they are already "too old" to lead their team. It is also no coincidence that some of the best teams in the league are led by older quarterbacks. The only two teams left undefeated at this point in the season are the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints. Peyton Manning of the Colts and Drew Brees of the Saints are 33 and 30 years of age, respectively. Tom Brady is considered by some to be the greatest quarterback in the league right now, and he's 32 years old. The Minnesota Vikings only have one loss, and their quarterback, Brett Favre, is 40 years old. While much of this has to do with athletic ability and its direct association with age, we still need to remember that these quarterbacks are just kids in most respects. When Jay Cutler of the Chicago Bears had his debacle with the Denver Broncos and their head coach, Josh McDaniels, Cutler was made out to be a "cry baby" and "selfish." While these things may have been true, we must remember that he is only 26 years old! By society's standards, he still has a lot of growing up to do, and his behavior might have been dismissed as a guy in his mid-twenties, not quite mature and wise enough to handle himself in that situation. But since he is the starting quarterback of a team that millions of people watch on a week-to-week basis, he is held in a different light and expected to behave perfectly every time. I do not foresee the average age of the starting quarterback getting any younger in the coming years, but I do think that we should keep in mind that these players are really only 10 years into adulthood. It's a reality check-- one that is much needed in this age of pressure on sports franchises to compete at the highest level possible.
On the first play of the game, Elon junior quarterback Scott Riddle completed a 44-yard pass to senior wide receiver Terrell Hudgins.
Elon senior wide receiver Terrell Hudgins needs 34 yards to tie the record for the most career receiving yards in the FCS.
Indie light-weight band Local Native's album Gorilla Manor is a must hear for all souls. From violin tuning chords to shallow drum beats, the tracks featured on the album lack the repetitive sound that leads to the listener boredom which is caused by many indie albums. Gorilla Manner provides a break from grungy punk and indistinguishable ramble that can often be labeled under indie-rock.
Pam Richter The fall classic will begin tonight at Yankee Stadium in a highly anticipated matchup between two of baseball's powerhouses. The Phillies will come into the series as the defending World Champions, where as the Yankees will be attempting to end their supposed, championship drought.
In the first half of the Elon football game against Chattanooga, senior wide receiver Terrell Hudgins had three touchdown receptions for a total of 48 yards.
This season, Elon has overpowered its opponents in the first quarter. So far, the team has outscored its opponents 65-17 in the first quarter.
On Oct. 18, 2008, Elon defeated UT Chattanooga 43-7. This year's matchup between the two teams will most-likely be a closer contest.
Over the past few weeks the White House has asked other news organizations to disregard programing and statements made by Fox News.
As of late I find my television set tuned to the repetitively monotonous channel known as "The TV Guide channel." Despite the extremely annoying programming located above the scrolling channel list, I continue to switch to a channel that merely shows what is on other channels.
Both the Elon Phoenix and The Citadel Bulldogs possess a strong presence in their wide receiver positions, with seniors Terrell Hudgins and Andre Roberts, respectively.
There are several new people in Elon's press box donning NFL logos for today's Elon vs. The Citadel football game.
The Nobel Peace Prize Well apparently anyone can win it, even if his or her so called "accomplishments" are represented only in a phrase and not by action.
And I'll be the first to admit it. I was never fond of his books, his characters on SNL were amusing, but never gratuitously hilarious, and I thought that the same warmed-over smarmy attitude would be ill fit for the Senate, regardless of whether he won the election fairly or not. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txx4EpMXX4M] Which he didn't, by the way, if you agree with Bill O'Riley. But Franken has done a fabulous job winning over, starting with his solid line of questioning with Justice Sonia Sotomayor (though it was a bit cheesy), continuing with his excellent filmed debate with his own constituents regarding health care, in which he only revealed his pretentious liberal side a few times, and then subsequently apologized for it while defending his viewpoint and perhaps swaying a few opponents. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCNs7Zpqo98] Watch this, it's pretty enlightening.
