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SU H Back Brisly Estime Significantly Faster Than He Was Last Season (PS; Carlson)
The sophomore, who said he ran a 4.28 hand-timed 40-yard dash time in high school, is even faster this year.
"We all knew he was fast," strength and conditioning coach Will Hicks said. "He really got fast this offseason. He's a really fast kid right now. I'm not supposed to tell you numbers, but he's fast. Faster than last year. Dramatically faster."
Estime's progress has satisfied the coaching staff so thoroughly that Ashton Broyld has been moved full-time to outside receiver and Estime, a true sophomore, is the most experienced player working out at Syracuse's H-back position. He is joined by Corey Winfield, Sean Avant and Corey Cooper.
SU LB Coach Clark Lea on Northwestern Unionization" 'I Feel Like I'm Still Paying Back' (PS; Mink)
Lea coached against Colter in Syracuse's 48-27 loss at Northwestern on Sept. 7 and respects the movement he's taking head on. Lea said the unionization issue and "any conversation that's moving toward improving what we do from an organizational standpoint and a quality of life for student-athletes is worth having."
"I guess at the end of the day, I felt like the people who were making decisions, my coaches, the university presidents, the ADs, so on and so forth on up to the NCAA, I just had trust that they had my best interests in mind," Lea said.
"I would say that's where really my feeling lies. I trusted the fact that the people who were pulling the strings were doing their best to protect me and to help me along, so I never once had an issue."
Future Opponents
Back to Basics for Villanova Football (Philly.com; Kern)
THE SENIORS on Villanova's football team have experienced the bad, the good and the unfulfilled. In 2011, coming off a run to the semifinals of the FCS tournament as the defending national champions, the Wildcats went 2-9. The next year, after being picked to finish eighth in the Colonial Athletic Association, they got back to the playoffs by winning the title. Last season, as the preseason favorite and fifth-ranked team in the country, they lost too many close games against one of the roughest schedules and finished 6-5.
So . . .
"I think maybe last year we looked a little bit too much at the bigger picture," said running back Kevin Monangai, one of those who will be entering his final season. "There was talk about having a national championship-type team, it got in our head and we forgot what it really takes to be that kind of team. There's fundamental stuff that got you to that level in the first place. That could have been the biggest difference between what we should have had and what we ended up with...
Former Players
Steve Gregory Glad He Was on the Good Side of the Butt Fumble Play (PS; Mink)
He also offered a look back at the butt-fumble.
"It was kind of a crazy play," he said.
"I think I was just dropping down for a zone," said Gregory, then a safety for the Pats. "Cover 3, dropping into a weak side of the formation, and he turned it around and went to go hand off to the running back, but somebody went the wrong way, and then I just saw him take off with the ball and try to salvage as much yards as he could.
"So I was just approaching the line to make sure he didn't bounce it outside or anything like that and next thing you know the ball popped out."
His father, a retired New York City police officer and a veteran of Sept. 11, keeps a photograph of the play in his Baldwinsville home. ESPN retired the video clip of the play after spending 40 weeks atop its Worst of the Worst top 10.
Joe Ehrmann Will Speak in Canton as Part of National Crime Victim's Rights Week (Northcountrynow.com)
Author Joe Ehrmann will speak at three events as part of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week about how sports can bring communities together on April 6-7.
Event takes place at SUNY Canton’s Roos House, 34 Cornell Dr. from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on April 6 and from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on April 7.
Ehrmann has been an athlete, educator, author, activist, pastor and coach for more than 25 years.
He was an All-American football player at Syracuse University and was selected to the Syracuse All-Century Football Team. He went on to play professional football for 13 years and was named the Colts “Man of the Year” and was the NFL’s first Ed Block Courage Award winner.
“Coaching for Change: A Game Plan for Life” will be held on Sunday and tackles how sports can bring together the various facets of community through strategic and intentional focus, understanding that physical, academic, social, emotional, moral and civic competency can be accomplished through sports.
SU H Back Brisly Estime Significantly Faster Than He Was Last Season (PS; Carlson)
The sophomore, who said he ran a 4.28 hand-timed 40-yard dash time in high school, is even faster this year.
"We all knew he was fast," strength and conditioning coach Will Hicks said. "He really got fast this offseason. He's a really fast kid right now. I'm not supposed to tell you numbers, but he's fast. Faster than last year. Dramatically faster."
Estime's progress has satisfied the coaching staff so thoroughly that Ashton Broyld has been moved full-time to outside receiver and Estime, a true sophomore, is the most experienced player working out at Syracuse's H-back position. He is joined by Corey Winfield, Sean Avant and Corey Cooper.
SU LB Coach Clark Lea on Northwestern Unionization" 'I Feel Like I'm Still Paying Back' (PS; Mink)
Lea coached against Colter in Syracuse's 48-27 loss at Northwestern on Sept. 7 and respects the movement he's taking head on. Lea said the unionization issue and "any conversation that's moving toward improving what we do from an organizational standpoint and a quality of life for student-athletes is worth having."
"I guess at the end of the day, I felt like the people who were making decisions, my coaches, the university presidents, the ADs, so on and so forth on up to the NCAA, I just had trust that they had my best interests in mind," Lea said.
"I would say that's where really my feeling lies. I trusted the fact that the people who were pulling the strings were doing their best to protect me and to help me along, so I never once had an issue."
Future Opponents
Back to Basics for Villanova Football (Philly.com; Kern)
THE SENIORS on Villanova's football team have experienced the bad, the good and the unfulfilled. In 2011, coming off a run to the semifinals of the FCS tournament as the defending national champions, the Wildcats went 2-9. The next year, after being picked to finish eighth in the Colonial Athletic Association, they got back to the playoffs by winning the title. Last season, as the preseason favorite and fifth-ranked team in the country, they lost too many close games against one of the roughest schedules and finished 6-5.
So . . .
"I think maybe last year we looked a little bit too much at the bigger picture," said running back Kevin Monangai, one of those who will be entering his final season. "There was talk about having a national championship-type team, it got in our head and we forgot what it really takes to be that kind of team. There's fundamental stuff that got you to that level in the first place. That could have been the biggest difference between what we should have had and what we ended up with...
Former Players
Steve Gregory Glad He Was on the Good Side of the Butt Fumble Play (PS; Mink)
He also offered a look back at the butt-fumble.
"It was kind of a crazy play," he said.
"I think I was just dropping down for a zone," said Gregory, then a safety for the Pats. "Cover 3, dropping into a weak side of the formation, and he turned it around and went to go hand off to the running back, but somebody went the wrong way, and then I just saw him take off with the ball and try to salvage as much yards as he could.
"So I was just approaching the line to make sure he didn't bounce it outside or anything like that and next thing you know the ball popped out."
His father, a retired New York City police officer and a veteran of Sept. 11, keeps a photograph of the play in his Baldwinsville home. ESPN retired the video clip of the play after spending 40 weeks atop its Worst of the Worst top 10.
Joe Ehrmann Will Speak in Canton as Part of National Crime Victim's Rights Week (Northcountrynow.com)
Author Joe Ehrmann will speak at three events as part of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week about how sports can bring communities together on April 6-7.
Event takes place at SUNY Canton’s Roos House, 34 Cornell Dr. from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on April 6 and from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on April 7.
Ehrmann has been an athlete, educator, author, activist, pastor and coach for more than 25 years.
He was an All-American football player at Syracuse University and was selected to the Syracuse All-Century Football Team. He went on to play professional football for 13 years and was named the Colts “Man of the Year” and was the NFL’s first Ed Block Courage Award winner.
“Coaching for Change: A Game Plan for Life” will be held on Sunday and tackles how sports can bring together the various facets of community through strategic and intentional focus, understanding that physical, academic, social, emotional, moral and civic competency can be accomplished through sports.
