Friday, October 9, 2009

Thoughts on the Northern Colorado football game

by Allison Whited, Vanguard staff

I'm going to continue my new tradition of providing personal commentary about the week's football game in a very relaxed way. I apologize for missing last week, but it was a hectic weekend with family coming in.

At the two practices I was able to attend this week, there was a different tone than that of weeks past. It was as if everyone had a chip on his shoulder, which I suppose they really should.

Offensive coordinator Jim Craft was ripping into his guys for a variety of reasons, mostly I think, because of some poor execution and failed follow-through.

One of the more interesting things I saw was a skirmish between receiver Ray Fry and defensive back Daniel Kinney. Fry was angry about a hit Kinney put on a receiver along the sidelines, and he definitely let Kinney know about it. 


In the end, they had to be separated and I noticed Fry missing from practice the next day.
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Hockey Fight Friday

Sometimes weekends just need a good kick-start to get them going. Other times, they need vintage footage of one of the best parts of hockey--the fights.

So, to help start your weekend off with a BANG, POW and a KA-BLAM-O, here's a classic brawl from the 1989 NHL playoffs between goalie Ron Hextall and Chris Chelios.

And remember kids, goalies are to be feared! There is something inherently wrong with a person that allows others to shoot hard rubber pucks at them for 60 minutes.