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Friday, April 16, 2010

Bring Back the Glory


Things are looking up for the BGSU Hockey team as they just acquired a new head coach… and he came from one of the best hockey programs around; Miami University.
Chris Bergeron was named BGSU’s seventh head coach of Hockey on Sunday April 12, 2010.Bergeron comes from a ten year assistant coaching job at Miami.

Bergeron is just in time for the Bring Back the Glory Campaign. This campaign is set up to do just what it says; bring back the glory of hockey to BGSU. For all students that attend BGSU, it is known that hockey has such a rich tradition here, but with a losing team the tradition has been fading.

The campaign is raising money to upgrade the facilities, add more scholarships and put more money into the faculty. An estimated $4 million is going into the ice arena alone to upgrade the compressors, chillers and infrastructure.

Bergeron made a comment to the BGSU’s athletic director stating, “I’m very excited to be a part of putting Bowling Green back where it belongs in the hockey world. My family and I are looking forward to becoming part of the Bowling Green community. What excites me the most, though, is seeing how hungry everyone is to make Bowling Green hockey successful again -- from Dr. Cartwright to Greg Christopher to everyone I talked to during the interview process.”

It’s good to see that he understands the Bowling Green fans are literally hungry for a decent hockey team. My only hope is that he can keep the rich tradition alive for more seasons to come.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Large Ben Causing Trouble

I know he didn’t play here… nor is he liked here (at least by me and all of Cleveland) I really, really want to comment on the creep named Big Ben. This is relevant because he’s from around here, Findlay to be specific. And I want to throw out on the table, from the people that knew him in high school, let’s just say he was not their favorite person.

First and foremost, dude’s a creep. He let his position go straight to his head and everyone can totally tell. If you haven’t heard (because you’re living in a box or something) Ben Roethlisberger was accused of sexually assaulting a college female in Georgia. This is not the first time these sorts of accusations have arrived, and I think that should tell us something.

It has recently been confirmed that Roethlisberger will not be criminally charged with anything having to do with the allegations, which is bull. But the NFL commissioner isn’t going to let him off that easy. Tuesday morning Large Ben was in the comish’s office discussing the situation and whether or not there will be a punishment on behalf of the NFL.

Further than that, if the commissioner doesn’t discipline Ben, the Steelers still have the right to. According to those in Findlay and Pittsburg, Roethlisberger’s stuff is just sitting on the shelves. A lot of people are disappointed in him and want to let him know that he really needs to get his stuff together.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

BGSU Motorsports Club


I had the chance to get out and talk with a few of the guys from the Motorsports club on Tuesday. I intern at Fox Toledo and one of the sports guys was really interested in what this club got into. He asked me to come out and help him shoot a story on it, and it was very amusing.

These are not small, little kids getting into go-carts. These are almost fully grown men who build and rebuild go-carts to race competitively with. I wish I could have taken the video from Fox because you almost have to see it to believe it.

This is a club team, so they don’t receive any funding for their carts and all they can do is rely on sponsorship from those in the area. Certain cars have certain sponsors and amongst that list are Argo-Hytos, Lifeformations and South Side 6.

The mission statement of this club is “to develop and promote clean and renewable energy technologies in a motorsports setting” and the main goals are to “bring motorsports competition to the BGSU, develop, implement, and showcase clean energy systems and encourage fun, safe, and competitive competition.”

From what I gathered, this team has nine cars that are running and put into competition. They have an advisor, Anthony Palumbo and a co-ed team. They kept asking me to join because they need more girls!

This club seems to have a lot of fun with what they do and they are always looking for more drivers and supporters. If you’re at all interested, check out their website at http://www.bgsu.edu/studentlife/organizations/motorsports/ms_home.html

Mid-American Conference Map

For those who need to brush up before next season, I put together a map of the schools within the MAC conference. This will help in trying to find the place... or to just know who we're up against.


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Sunday, April 4, 2010

A Familiar Name on SI.com

New England Patriot’s wide receiver Wes Walker has some pull on Sports Illustrated’s online community. While looking through his 2010 Watch List, I happened to stumble upon a familiar name…

“9. Freddie Barnes, WR, Bowling Green -- Barnes is another prospect overlooked by those who determine the combine invite list, but he had a solid week at the East-West Shrine Game and was a proven collegiate performer, with a mind-boggling, NCAA-record setting 155 catches in 2009. But his issue is speed. He didn't run well at his pro day, posting times in the 4.6-4.7 range, and is more of a possession-type receiver than home run threat. "He hasn't run well, but he was so productive you can't ignore him,'' one scout said."He's very instinctive, and even at the tail end of the draft, I can see him doing something in the league.''”

Walker played for Texas Tech but was undrafted in 2004. He ended up being added to the San Diego Chargers’ roster for the 2004 season and has been a successful professional football player since. After one season with the Chargers, Walker moved on to play two seasons with the Miami Dolphins. Finally walker started with the Patriots in 2007 and is currently still there.

Barnes was disappointed with his performance at the 2010 Combine at the Doyt, saying his legs felt heavy and he had been performing a lot better in doors. But he stays positive that the scout will take into account his performances during the season, under the pressure.

Women's Softball Couldn't Win the Golden Egg on Easter


Easter Sunday, the Falcons played host to Eastern Michigan University… and looking at the stats you would think the girls would have gone home happy.

The Falcons out-hit the Eagles 6-3, freshman Paige Berger smashed her seventh career homer while scoring both runs and the defense held the Eagles scoreless for five of the seven innings. So why did the score of 5-2 add an “L” to the Falcon’s column?

After a slow start, the top of the third was started off by three runs from the Eagles. BG was unable to answer those runs offensively but they were able to hold off more runs from EMU until the fifth inning, ending in a 5-0 score with the Eagles on top.

Due to two errors, too close together; Berger was able to reach home… twice. First off a wild pitch to Susan Sontag and then an error on the shortstop from a hit off Zada Lines, Berger was able to score both the runs.

Rootstown native, Paige Berger is only a freshman and is already making her mark on the Falcons’ softball team. With the best batting average on the team at .306, she has seven homeruns, fourteen RBI’s and a recorded fifteen hits.

After the weekend, the Bowling Green State University women’s softball team is currently 6-12 overall, and tied at two in the MAC.

The Bowling Green Falcons will be back in competition when they travel to take on the Irish at Notre Dame Wednesday, April 7th. The first pitch is at 5pm.