Belmont Abbey College Volleyball

For the past 4-5 years, BAC volleyball has been horrible.  Last year their record was like 7-15.  They have came back this year without losing a single person and are now 3rd in conference and playing the # 1 team tonight to maybe move up to 2nd place.  What is the difference in the same exact team with the same exact coach from one year to another?  This happenes all the time.  Did the coach lighten up/tighten up?  Did the team mature?  Are the practices more fundamental and correctly ran?  Is volleyball more fun?  To me, all of those questions had to occur for a team to start being successful.  Obviously it wasnt the team drama, because the same players are back.  All the questions above are a "yes."  The sport was made more fun by the coach, the players matured, the practices are being ran correctly, and all of this, so far, has added up to a successful volleyball  team for Belmont Abbey College for the first time in many years. Good Job Lady Crusaders, keep up the hard work.

http://abbeyathletics.com/sport.asp?sportID=27

Cliff Lee pitching after 8 days rest

Cliff Lee for the Texas Rangers is going to pitch the first game of the World Series against the Giants after an 8 days rest.  The last game he pitched was against the Yankees, 8 days back.  Is this a good decision for the Rangers to make whenever he hasnt been in a game-like situation in 8 days?  This is a world series game and it definitiely counts for everything.  Cliff Lee says, "I was preparing to potentially pitch [Game 7 on Saturday], so I had been on my routine like that, and now obviously I'm pitching the first game," Lee said Sunday. "So, I'm just going to make the adjustment and push it back a couple of days. But, yeah, it's not that big of a deal."  The pitcher seems confident in the coaches' decision.  I believe that if the player feels confident and if the player has been practicing his normal routines, the team will be ok.  I guess the fans and I will see how it goes, Game 1 of the World Series when the Rangers take on the Giants.

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/news/story?id=5724264

Matt Moore coming off the bench for the Win

http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/10/25/matt-moores-response-to-benching-pays-off-for-coach-john-fox-p/

Was benching Matt Moore for a few games the right thing for Fox and the Panthers to do?  After yesterday's play I would say yes!  Matt Morroe, the qb for the Panthers did an excellent job yesterday, October 24th against the 49ers.  His passing game was the best I have seen all year.  (That's not much to say though)  The Panthers and the 49ers had a close game the entire day.  With a minute left, the score was 20 to 20.  The 49ers off the bench QB, threw as interception which put the Panthers and John Kasay in position to kick the field goal. The field goal was good and the Panthers won 23-20.

Another question is asked too.  Did the Panthers only win because the 49ers starting QB was injured and never came back into the game?  Did the 49ers bench QB lose the game?  My opinion is that either way the Panthers pulled out their first win of the season, and Moore seemed to have learned a lot while being benched the other 2 games.

Concussions...Jay Cutler/Bears

Concussions need to be taken very seriously especially in the NFL where hard hits can cause serious injuries.  The Bears QB Cutler sat out of the last game vs the Panthers due to a concussion.  They are hoping he will be back for the next game, but is that even a good idea?   Head injuries are a very serious topic and playing too soon after a concussion can cause an athlete to have brain damage or even be paralyzed.  I guess we will see in the coach starts Cutler in the next game.



http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/news/story?id=5674230

Randy Moss/Patriots Decision to Trade

When playing for the Patriots, Randy Moss was only thrown one pass in an entire game. Moss was traded to the Vikings finally. Now, was Moss and the coach not getting along or did the coach think that passing to Moss was not a good game plan?  Maybe he thought that Mos was covered up by the defense? Is it wrong for the coach to not pass to Moss if they are indeed having problems? It's a hard quesion to address because from an outside source we have no idea what is going on. From other player's interviews, I believe that Moss and the coach wer having problems.  Once there are problems, I think that an oganization or team should get rid of the bad apple ASAP!  Maybe Moss was the bad apple....or is the coach making bad decisions?

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nfl/news/story?id=5655198