No., Team Player Position School 1. Kansas City Luke Joeckel OT Texas A&M Analysis: The Chiefs choose the draft’s premier offensive lineman to protect their new franchise QB Alex Smith. 2. Jacksonville Dee Milliner CB Alabama Analysis: The Jaguars aren’t short on needs, and even QB Blaine Gabbert’s job isn’t safe, but [...]
Gannon University quarterback Liam Nadler calls Brad Rzyczycki a “players’ coach.” “He’ll love you up, yell at you when you need it and then love you up again,” Nadler said. Rzyzcycki, who is technically in his first spring as Gannon head coach after serving under an interim tag until May 3 last year, has gained [...]
Talking to myself about Super Bowl XLVII… Question: You picked the San Francisco 49ers to win. Are you happy the Baltimore Ravens won? Answer: I’m not unhappy about being wrong. I did root for the 49ers because, as a Clevelander, I can’t in good consciousness root for a team that used to be [...]
As numerous media outlets have pointed many times, Super Bowl XLVII is the first Super Bowl to have two brothers facing off against one another as head coaches. While it’s a nice Hollywood ending to what was a great 2012 season, many other storylines will actually shape the outcome of this game. For instance, this [...]
The Gannon University football team saved its best performance for its last game Saturday by routing Long Island University-Post 45-6, giving an optimistic outlook to the offseason for the battle-tested Knights. The Knights tallied 499 yards of offense, forced four turnovers and produced their most points in a game in two years. Redshirt freshman Liam [...]
Abraham Ocasio and coach Brad Rzyczycki can agree there is no such thing as a moral victory. But both conceded that the Gannon University football team’s 38-35 loss to Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-West champion Indiana University of Pennsylvania at Gannon University Field Saturday was close. “At the end of the day a loss is a [...]
Ta’Von Bailey didn’t like what he heard all week. And he and the rest of the Gannon University football team weren’t going to let it go unnoticed. Garnering national attention from outlets such as Yahoo and ESPN, Gannon’s game at Lock Haven University Saturday was thought to represent the end of the Bald Eagles’ record [...]
On coach Brad Rzyczycki’s defense, the “Superman” position, is appropriately named. A free safety position with additional duties of a linebacker, it’s the Gannon University football team’s version of the man of steel. “The name says it all,” said freshman Matt Astorino, who started at the position against Mercyhurst University Oct. 13. “The (free safety) [...]
The Mercyhurst University football team had seen the scenario before. Twice. Both times the Lakers were stunned late by the Gannon University football team. But before 1,560 fans at Gannon University Field Saturday and a television audience on Fox and Root Sports Pittsburgh, the Lakers — and Brandon Brown-Dukes — weren’t about to let their [...]
In a season of firsts for the Gannon University football team, it was a disastrous second half that spelled doom Saturday against Bloomsburg University. Redshirt freshman quarterback Liam Nadler connected on a 7-yard touchdown pass to sophomore receiver Abraham Ocasio on the first drive of the second half to give the Knights a three-point lead. [...]