By Steve Wilkins - Special to Pickin' Splinters Think about this. People tell me it is no big deal that the University of Dayton beat Ole Miss in basketball Saturday night. They say the SEC is not a basketball conference, so don’t put stock in the fact that UD has won quite a few in a row over the SEC schools. SEC is all about football baby!!! Well this BCS football … [Read more...] about Could Dayton beat Alabama…in football?
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Base Paths and Masters Field
Courtesy of the Niagara Gazette Dear Mainland Fans – Fifty years of history lines our gridiron here today. Players, cheerleaders, coaches, anyone who’s ever had anything to do with Grand Island High School football will assemble, as many as they can, to say hail and farewell to Masters Field. For fifty years Viking athletes (no problem with THAT nickname) have left their … [Read more...] about Base Paths and Masters Field
Weightman brings focus to Geneva
By Taylor Nigrelli @Nigrelli93 Brian Weightman has never had any doubts about his athleticism. The 6’4 outfielder from Jeannette, Pa., and current junior at St. Bonaventure, was a three-sport athlete at Jeanette High School where he played football with current Oakland Raiders quarterback, Terrelle Pryor. However, while for playing for the Geneva Red Wings in the New … [Read more...] about Weightman brings focus to Geneva
Ten games which could decide the national championship
By Aaron M Smith "Summer is over, now it's fall - just the nicest time of all. " It's a phrase I heard many of times in my youth. While not sure of its origins, I am confident that the person had the relief from summer's heat and the changing colors in leaves in mind when they said it. For me, personally, it has always meant something different - the … [Read more...] about Ten games which could decide the national championship
The O.J. Simpson Standard
By: Breanna Jacobs On October 3, 1995, O.J. Simpson walked free from a Los Angeles County courtroom. The verdict: not guilty. Simpson was tried on two counts of murder following the deaths of his wife and her friend. The evidence did not stand up in court, and the football star walked out into the shining sunlight of innocence. Fast forward ten years, to December of … [Read more...] about The O.J. Simpson Standard