2008 Woodie Awards
Sports
Spread offense vs the front seven
In the first of two parts, The BG News dissects the Falcon offense against No. 25 Pittsburgh's defense
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On Saturday, the most intriguing matchup at Heinz Field could be BG's offense against Pitt's defense. Last year, the Falcons' spread system accounted for a plethora of points - 30.2 per game - and a total of 45 touchdowns. Quarterback Tyler Sheehan had an experienced line in front of him, and a myriad of options at the running back and receiver positions to get the ball to.
Hard-working Williams takes over as assistant hockey coach
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Scott Paluch knows Dennis Williams never stops working. That's why BG's head hockey coach hired Williams in early July to replace former Assistant Coach Doug Schueller. Schueller became the head coach at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minn. on May 16.
Van De Walle to coach U.S. sitting team
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Most seasons coach Denise Van De Walle and the Falcons are in the hunt for a MAC championship, but on September 2 Van De Walle will head to Beijing for another kind of title, Paralympic Gold. Van De Walle has been part of the US national sitting team since the team began in 2003.
Former Cincinnati QB Mauk loses appeal for another year of eligibility
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CINCINNATI - Quarterback Ben Mauk lost his latest appeal to the NCAA for another year of eligibility yesterday, leaving him with one final chance to play for Cincinnati. After a couple of days of mixed signals, the NCAA told the former Bearcats' quarterback that it had turned him down for the fourth time.
Network Operations Center to run MLB instant replay
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NEW YORK - Baseball's replay central is an 18-by-24 foot room on the fifth floor of a former baking factory in Manhattan's Meatpacking District that's crammed with so many computers and television screens that it looks like NASA's Mission Control. Five monitors stretch across the top of the wall, and beneath are eight, 46-inch screens split into two rows.
