Getsy and Arthur among bowl elite
Posted December 30th, 2005 by mrasor
Football
It's a slow news day around the Zips. So I'll report what I found on ESPN 2's bottom line. In bowl season, Luke Getsy is the second-leading passer. Jabari Arthur is the third-leading receiver.
In other news, it looks like the Browns will fire general manager Phil Savage. As I sat at my desk at the Beacon Journal, I noticed it on ESPN.com. I showed it to Terry Pluto, who was shocked. I'm shocked as well. After finding the gem of the third round in Charlie Frye, Savage is being fired for "philosophical differences in salary-cap management"? Come on.
I've heard this may actually be about Frye, that Savage might not be his biggest fan, while owner Randy Lerner is. That's just hearsay though.
Pluto said Savage seemed a little downtrodden when they spoke yesterday. Who knows.
Maybe the philosophical difference is that Savage wanted the team to stop sucking.
Miscellaneous
My old boy Dan Kadar, editor in chief of the Buchtelite (UA's student paper), wrote a killer story about Fear the Roo gear in the ABJ. It tells a lot of interesting things I didn't know about Fear Gear.
Read it and you'll realize that associate athletic director Mike Waddell is a reporter's dream. You could get an interesting quote out of him about anything.
Reporter: Mike, what do you think about the harvest season in Winchester, Wyo.?
Waddell: The growing season is blowing up like an explosion on the sun. I'd ride that bottle rocket as far as it takes me.
In other miscellany, a CBSportsline columnist says he was wrong when he said there are too many bowl games, in part because of the Akron-Memphis game.
I saw this a few weeks ago but forgot to post it. The bowls give out a prize package to each player. Here's what the Zips got.
December 30th, 2005 at 11:50 am
Bro, you are the media-maven in this town! First again with the Savage scoop, before ABJ or PD have anything online about it.
This news will, if true, be another black-eye for the Browns organization, who just can't seem to gain any momentum. Savage was supposed to be THE GUY to evaluate & bring in talent (though after the Pittsburgh game, some of those skills might be called into question).
If the differences ARE related to the salary cap, let's hope he was on the side of spending LESS than Lerner wanted (ha ha).
December 30th, 2005 at 2:05 pm
ohh those crazy browns, always doing something to shoot themselves in the foot.
That whole "williams rushed for 5 more yards" thing is a pile of crap. how convenient that he needed 5 more yards to break the record. This just further proves how classless Memphis is. First the players making obscene gestures at akron fans now this. Memphis and Detroit can both eat one.
come on womens basketball. 500 turnovers. you can do it.
December 30th, 2005 at 3:03 pm
Wow, this really chaps my ass. The two or three times I talked to Phil he seemed like a good guy and his work speaks for itself.
In more positive news, women's basketball committed 25 turnovers in their last game. good work.
December 30th, 2005 at 3:17 pm
Phil is just a rumor. Just another reason to hate Chris Mortenson.
December 31st, 2005 at 12:29 am
chirs mortenson can eat one.
i think i might make up shirts for the womens basketball team. "500 or bust" with a picture of a ball hitting an empty chair.
December 31st, 2005 at 12:34 am
also, im starting a "Krissy Marco" fan club. she is currently leading the lady zips in turnovers with 40 of the club total 222.
this might be the most amazing number of all time. the lady zips are averaging 186 fans a game. 186. bowl game, 46,000. womens basketball 186. thank you title 9.