Here’s a great video I found on Arkansas’ Wild Hog formation . Razorback’s offensive coordinator David Lee explains how they utilize Heisman runner up Darren McFadden.
Court Upholds Missouri Law Limiting Prisoner Appeals
December 27, 2007 By
A federal appeals court has upheld Missouri’s law that limits the rights of prisoners to appeal sentences if the prisoners became fugitives after conviction and before sentencing.
Convicted killer Alan Echols was on the lam for eight years before he was caught in 1999 and sentenced to life in prison. He’d been convicted of stabbing a man 60 times, killing him in Kansas City in 1990.
Echols had claimed the escape law is enforced arbitrarily. The State Court of Appeals rejected that argument and now a federal court has upheld a judge who refused to hear a further appeal.
Rams Receive End Of Season Awards
December 27, 2007 By
The Rams handed out team awards yesterday. Defensive lineman Adam Carriker, who was the 13th overall pick in the draft was named Ram’s rookie of the year.
"Carriker’s been outstanding, more than you could really count on because we had to project him inside, when he played defensive end in college. He came in a started right from the get go at nose. We played him some in the three-technique. In one game we played him equal reps at three positions from nose guard, to three-technique to the (defensive) end. That’s asking a lot of a rookie. Two of the last three games he’s been one of the nominees for the player of the week on defense. That shows that he’s developing a becoming exactly what we’re looking for." Commented Rams head coach Scott Linehan.
Corey Chavous wins the sportsmanship award for the second year in a row and linebacker Will Witherspoon wins the team’s most valuable player award. The awards are voted on by the players. Linehan agreed with the player’s choice of Witherspoon. "It’s well deserved. Will’s a guy that since he’s been here, has proved at a position that he didn’t play a whole lot. Being his first year at middle linebacker, he played great at the beginning of last season. As the year went on he had his ups and downs. This year he seems like more of a consistent player from the start of the season to where we are now. It says a lot about how his teammates see him and how they view his impact on our team. It’s exciting to know that he is going to be probably that much better even a year from now."
Blues Shut Out By Detroit
December 27, 2007 By
The St. Louis Blues lost to Detroit 5-0. This was the second time in six days Detroit visited St. Louis.
The game had a playoff type atmosphere early in the game as the 19,000 plus fans were cheering and chanting anit-Detroit cheers even before the game started, but Detroit built a 4-0 lead midway through the game and by the end of the second period, fans were booing.
Goalie Manny Legace said he was the worst player on the ice giving up four goals on sixteen shots. Red Wings defenseman Nikolas Lidstrom, who just signed a two year extension with Detroit scored the first goal of the game.
(Photo courtesy of Bill Greenblatt, UPI)
19 year old rookie David Perron scratched from the game for missing his flight back from Quebec over the Christmas break.
