SPORTS
STORM CENTER COLUMN: Big 12 needs to be legitimate
Let’s talk about football.
Sure, I could gloat about the fact the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Dallas Cowboys 33-10 at AT&T Stadium on Thursday afternoon.
But, I don’t gloat – especially knowing the Eagles and Cowboys will play each other again in early December in Philadelphia.
The NFC East is far from settled, in my opinion.
But, let’s get to the heart of the matter – the first-year college football playoff system.
The sports editor has heard from local fans they think both Texas Christian and Baylor are getting slighted from playoff committee.
Sorry, but I don’t buy it.
Weigh the facts.
Baylor mounted an incredible comeback to defeat Texas Christian on a sweltering mid-October afternoon at McLane Stadium in Waco. The Bears scored 24 fourth-quarter points to beat the Horned Frogs 61-58.
In turn, and part of the vicious circle of college football, West Virginia defeated Baylor 41-27 one week later up in Morgantown, W.Va. The Mountaineers scored the game’s final 14 points to prevail.
And finally, in the Big 12 (which is in reality a 10-team league); there is no conference championship game as there was when there were actually 12 schools.
So, I’m sorry, TCU head coach Gary Patterson and Baylor coach Art Briles, but I don’t buy the line every school plays each other so that determines “One True Champion.”
That’s the rhetorical narrative the Big 12 has tried to sell all of its supporters since going to a 10-team league. The Big 12 has been trying to tread water for years. Read more from this column in the weekend edition of The Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
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Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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