The Truth Will Surface

This week The NFL Commissioner will have to testify under oath, as the Ray Rice"saga" continues. The comish will be asked several question pertaining to the video leaked by TMZ and when the video was first seen by the league offices. The larger issue at hand though is that of Ray's suspension. The claim Rice and his lawyer are making is that Ray Rice was punishment not once but twice for the same crime. If it is found the Ray Rice was punished twice for the same crime, his suspension could be lifted and he woul be free to play this season if any team would be willing to sign him. I do not stand for domestic violence, but i do believe that the right thing needs to be done in this situation, Ray and his now wife moved on from the sitation, continued the wedding and were looking towards a bright future. Today, they are left made an example of only due to Roger Goodell's  effort to save his own rear end and that of the league.

Royal Company

With the Fall Classic set for the first pitch, it features a team that hasnt made appearance since 1985 and a team looking for thier 3rd tittle in 5 years. The Royals of Kansas althought they haven't made a World Series appearance since 1985, come in in to this years series riding a 13 game post season win streak and are the hottest team in baseball. The Giants are making their third appearance in the last 5 years and also their 3rd tittle. To me, I love seeing teams like Kansas City, who arent featured as a traditon power houses make a run to the tittle. I am not a fan of Dynasties, their needs to be turnover to keep the race interesting each year. 

Rock Football travels to UofM

This past week the Football team here at the university was invited to play a game at "The Big House" at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, MI. They weekend consisted of amazing hospitality, great experiences and memories of a lifetime. Unfortunately the games result was not what was expected as we took the loss to Mercyhurst 45-23. We were able to sty at The Henry Ford Hotel in Dearborn, MI, where the NFL teams who com to town to play the Detroit Lions. It was also nice to see how many students, fans and family made the trip. The support we received from both The Slippery Rock and Michigan communities was beyond what we could have ever expected. Although we took the loss it was a great way for SRU to gain recognition on the National Stage as we received air time on ESPN's College Game Day show. Hopefully with this exposure we can grow as a program and work our way to the top of the National rankings.

Jacksonville- No place for a professional football team

Robert Swartz:

                          This past Sunday the beloved Pittsburgh Steelers traveled south to take on the Jaguars. The game was played to a 17-9 victory for the good guys (Pittsburgh), but how does the league not notice the lack of interest in the football team? EverBank field in Jacksonville went under some renovations this past off season, turning the football stadium into a sort of social club. The new renovations include a pool on the second level of the stadium where fans can party and maybe catch a play or two if they feel like it. Its clear the team wants to take care of the fans and give them a great expirience, but what would happen if they put that much effort into building a winning team? Its time for the partiers in Jacksonville to give the team up to a city where the team will be about winning and results not getting poolside seats to a game.

                              This is not even to mention the massive amount of money dumped into building the worlds largest scoreboard.  scoreboard construction

Its time for the city to start paying the players and getting talent instead of paying laborers and contractors to have a immaculate stadium.

NCAA- Upside Down

                                              Collegiate football at the division 1 level seems to look a bit upside down after this weeks contest. The teams rank 2,3,4,6,8 all went down, This is the first time this has happened since 1990! We are also seeing teams that are very unfamiliar to the top of the polls such as Ole Miss and Mississippi State tied for 3rd and we also saw Arizona go from unranked top number 10 in this weeks poll. This college season is still young and has been nothing short of exciting and it will be interesting to see how the rest of the season will play out.

SportVU- Data of the Futrue

SportVU in the NBA

                     SportVU is a new  technology to the U.S, although it has been used in Europe for soccer and very few MLB teams have tried it. When the NBA tips off October 29, every arena will be equipped with this data collection technology. This technology developed by an Israeli company to collect data, there will be 6 cameras that each take 25 clips be second, which will be over 4 million clips in a 48 min regulation game. This technology is going to help teams with breakdowns such as, Lebron shooting betting on Tuesdays or even as far as to predict who will take the next shot or even where the pass will end up. I think this software is going to change the game by allowing teams to game plan even deeper and get us as fans more exciting less predictable basketball.