Jordan selected for All-American team
By Mary Whitfill Features Editor Nick Jordan, a 165-pound kicker for the Coppell High School varsity football team, has been selected to play in the 2012 U.S. Army All-American bowl. This elite group of ‘All-American’ players will be playing in a game at the Alamodome in San Antonio on January 7, 2012. Fox Sports on MSN.com reported that John Meyers, Director of Strategic Communications, Marketing and Outreach, U.S. Army Accessions Command, said the following: “Nick is a talented athlete whose leadership and teamwork qualities have made him a standout at Coppell High School. Only the strongest wear the Army colors, and Nick possesses similar mental, emotional and physical strengths to Army Strong Soldiers. We are…
Super Bowl commercials
Chase Porter Staff Writer Super Bowl 45, which will be played in about two weeks, is sure to be a great game between the Stealers and Packers. But what if you don’t watch the Super Bowl for the game? For years the Super Bowl has been known for its commercials because it is the biggest advertising platform on earth. The 2010 Super Bowl ads cost for a 30 second spot were around 2.7 million. Seeing how much these spots cost really shows why these companies try and put their most memorable commercials forward. When I say memorable, I actually mean funny because everyone remembers funny ads. Last year, the main ad, which took up a large…
Super Bowl seating outside the stadium
Chase Porter Staff Writer The Super Bowl, which is being played at Cowboys Stadium in the upcoming month has already become sold out. If you want to sit inside the stadium you’re out of luck, but you can still be pretty close to the action. It has been announced that tickets will be sold for 200 dollars a piece to sit on the lawn on the east side of the stadium at game time and view the game on HD TVs. For any people looking into this take this into account. The tickets are 200 dollars to not get into the game. You can watch this game from the comfort of your own home for…
TCU defeats Wisconsin 21-19 in Rose Bowl
Thomas Hair Staff Writer While the rest of the world celebrated the arrival of 2011 on New Year’s Day, the TCU Horned Frogs and their fans were celebrating something else entirely. The Horned Frogs had just capped off a perfect 12-0 season with a victory over the Wisconsin Badgers in ”The Granddaddy of them All“, the historic Rose Bowl Game. Mountain West Champion TCU and Big-10 Champion Wisconsin clashed at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California both hoping to earn their spot among the college football elite and in Rose Bowl history. Ever since the matchup was announced at the end of the regular season, it was one of the most intriguing and heavily discussed of all the bowl games. Experts considered this a very…
BCS system outweighs a playoff for college football
Many critics of the BCS system are pushing for a conversion to a traditional playoff used in every other sport
Highly Anticipated movies to be released
I’m a movie fanatic, if you have not already guessed. Every part about movies interests me. The writing, the producing, even the camera man. He intrigues me for some reason. So for this blog post I thought I would preview my three most anticipated movie releases for 2010. Let’s get started. MOVIE # 1: Green Zone Matt Damon (Bourne Ultimatum) pairs with director Paul Greengrass (Bourne Ultimatum) to bring you an afghan- war scenario where Officer Roy Miller (Damon) stumbles on evidence of several cover up missions that threatened the lives of innocent civilians. Miller now must decide to sweep his knowledge under the rug forever or try to show it to the world. But…
What will the Super Bowl bring to the table this year?
By Wren Culp Staff Writer Video by Corban Rubinson with KCBY The Colts and the Saints battle it out on February 7th to see who will become the champion of the NFL. For Peyton Manning, playing the team that his father tried so hard to turn around will be a little interesting. Manning grew up in the city of New Orleans, watching his dad try to turn the worst team in the league around. The matchup will be interesting to watch, especially considering that Manning and Brees are connected friends. Offensive Advantage: Indianapolis The Colts have offensive weapons that cannot be contained. Peyton Manning is undeniably the best quarterback in the league, and you cannot…
The Pro Bowl
By Wren Culp Staff Writer The NFL is stupid. Not the football part. That’s what fans like I live for. But the Pro Bowl BEFORE the Super Bowl is just a waste of time and takes away emphasis from the important game. The Pro Bowl is a fun and entertaining football game where players relax and just play a friendly game of football. In history, the Pro Bowl has always been after the super bowl, so players who were in the Super Bowl could play in the game. But this year the NFL screwed up. The NFL scheduled the Pro Bowl for this Sunday, January 31st, 2009. The Super Bowl is not until February 7th.