Somethings Never Change

Last night I went over the the NorthWood/Northridge game at the NorthWood Holiday Tourney. One things has not changed since I can remember, the Northridge student section. As the game went on, the students just got worse and worse. The chants coming from the students were more attacks on NorthWood players than encouraging their own team. Usually they were attacking a certain player in the game. Also the chear "A rope, a tree, hang the referee" came out. Is that really appropreate? I would like to give the NorthWood students alot of credit for not doing the same. NorhtWood kept its integrity and continued to cheer on their team. So I say to the NorthWood students, thank you very much.

I have kept my mouth shut long enough...

So it has been over a month since NorthWood head football coach Rich Dodson retired as the head football coach. So now, the fans here in Nappanee and Wakarusa have had enough time to moarn and get over it. Now it is my turn to speak my mind. First off, it is about time. I was never really a Dodson fan. I will bless you with the reasons why I think this is good for NorthWood as a whole.
1. Dodson had an attitude that NorthWood football was Holier than thou towards other sports at NorthWood. So much so that he would not allow any other sports at NorthWood, or the Captins Club at NorthWood use the logo on the fooball helmets to put on shirts or uniforms.
2. Recent Playoffs. Ok, so NW won state in 2005. Probably the team with the least amount of talent at NW in years. But what about the times we came up short with great tallent. Case and point, this years team. Why in the world did we give up on the passing game in the tournement this year again. esspecaily in semi-state when the star running back is injured. Makes no sense. The passing game worked great durring the regular season.
3. To Dodson, your name is everything. Dont have a popular name, forget playing.

There are my top three reason. Go ahead people, fire away. Let me know why I am wrong.

Bring on the new coach (Maybe bring back someone with the last name of Andrews?)

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