SubscribeThe most well respected and also the oldest national cup competition in the world, the FA Cup was fist held in 1872. As of now it is open to 600 clubs in levels which range till 11 of the football pyramid. The first official football tournament which was held in the Summer Olympics of 1908 saw the United Kingdom national football team winning a gold medal, though the teams then competed under separate names of Ireland and Great Britain. Chelsea and Arsenal were the first clubs in the world to feature shirt numbers on the jerseys that they sported in a match on 25th August 1928. The way to the participation of England in the World Cup was paved by the decision of the Football Association to end their boycott with the FIFA in 1946. An elite league of 22 clubs which replaced the old football League First Division as England’s highest division, the FA Premier League was created by the Football Association in 1992. In an attempt to make sure that the football scoring is fair, an attempt was made to introduce electronic media following the disallowed goal by Frank Lampard in the 2010 World Cup.
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A New Year’s Day Travesty: No Rose Bowl on Jan. 1
The powers-that-be in college football released the 2011-2012 bowl schedule on Friday.
Usually, the occasion is a non-event. But not this year. And here’s why: According to this farce of a schedule, the Rose Bowl–the single greatest event of the football calendar year–will not be played on New Year’s Day this season.
That’s right, folks. Because New Year’s Day falls on a Sunday, and because some people in this country actually enjoy that drudgery they call the “National Football League” (motto: “Where we pretend to care about our fans.”), the traditional New Year’s Day bowl games, including The Grandaddy Of Them All, will be moved. The Rose Bowl will played on Jan. 2, along with the Chick-fil-A, TicketCity, Outback, Capital One and Gator Bowls.
Meanwhile, the Allstate Sugar Bowl will be played on Jan. 3 (does nobody else find it utterly ridiculous that a game as important as the Sugar Bowl has been relegated to a dreary January Tuesday?), the Orange Bowl will be played on Jan. 4, and the Fiesta Bowl be played on Jan. 5.
Two Penn State players invited to NFL Combine
Two of those players are Evan Royster and Stefen Wisniewski, the lone representatives from Penn State. The Nittany Lions, who finished 7-6, had 18 seniors on the 2010 squad; they didn’t have any players forfeit their eligibility and enter the draft as an underclassman.
The NFL Combine will be held from Feb. 23-March 1.
Wisniewski was a first-team 2010 All-Big Ten selection by the coaches, and a second-team member on the media’s All-Big Ten team. After playing at center as a junior, Wisniewski moved back to his natural position of right guard last year. He did play some center again against Indiana when starter Doug Klopacz went down with an ankle injury.
Wisniewski will work out Feb. 26 with the offensive linemen, tight ends, place kickers, punters and long-snappers.
As a senior, Royster ran for 1,014 yards, becoming the first Nittany Lion to record three 1,000-yard season; it was his third straight season topping 1,000 yards. Royster contemplated leaving for the NFL after his junior season. His draft stock undoubtedly dropped after a down senior campaign.
Royster will work out the Feb. 27 with the running backs, quarterbacks and receivers. There may not be a more important drill for Royster than the 40-yard dash. There are serious questions surrounding Royster’s top-end speed.
Ohio State has nine invitees, most among Big Ten teams and tied for second most overall. North Carolina leads all schools with 12 players.
Here’s the number of invitees for all Big Ten teams:
Illinois – 3
Indiana – 3
Iowa – 8
Michigan – 2
Michigan State – 4
Minnesota – 0
Nebraska – 9
Northwestern – 0
Ohio State – 9
Penn State – 2
Purdue – 2
Wisconsin – 7
CV weathers the storm, beats Central Mountain in PIAA Class AAA Team Wrestling Championships
It’s happened time and time again. A young team crumbles under the bright Giant Center lights.
Not this time.
Not Cumberland Valley.
Apparently, there is no stage too big for these young Eagles. Not even with Central Mountain, the third-place team from a year ago, standing across the mat in the second round of the PIAA Class AAA Team Wrestling Championships.
The Eagles stuck to the game plan. They saved bonus points, won where they were supposed to and stole the toss ups to upend the Wildcats 30-25 and collect their 18th state tournament dual-meet victory.
“They are rolling right now, and it was just a great team effort,” CV head coach Dave Heckard said. “Things really came together for us, and we really started gelling late in the season.
“This is a good group, and I’m really proud of where they are right now.”
Where the Eagles (16-4) are is in today’s quarterfinal round opposite Council Rock South (17-2), a 43-23 winner over Kiski Area. The Class AAA quarterfinals will begin at 2 p.m.
This wasn’t just a wrestlers’ win. Too often, coaches don’t get credit for moves during the match, but Heckard and his staff deserve a ton for making the right moves with the lineup to get the desired match-ups for victory.
Dennis Zaitsev scored a huge win at 189 by hitting a takedown with 20 seconds left to slip by Blaze Buckwalter at 189. Mick Straub (215) and Alex Wolfe (112) also scored decision to bring CV to within 12-9 of the Wildcats after six matches.
Then came the moves. And the kids made the coaches look like geniuses.
Seldom used Paul Zambito came in at 119 and had a five-point third period to score a 9-8 comeback win over Chad Reese. Kevin Novick bumped up to 125 and majored Troy Rupert 10-2, and Jon Brigham gave up 10 pounds and still managed a 4-2 victory over Joey Miller at 130 to give the Eagles a 19-12 cushion.
“That was a big move,” Heckard said. “Our coaching staff realized early on that we could make a move and get the matches that we wanted there.
“They weren’t going to be easy matches, but it benefited us. Our staff picked that up right away and did a great job.”
Dillon Gavlock (135) decisioned Travis Hench. The Eagles stormed back at 140, when thumper T.C. Warner handled Logan Struble 16-1 in 5:20.
The match was in doubt after Brian Brill (145) hit a major and CV’s Boe Barrick had to default at 152 due to an ankle injury — he was only down 2-1 at the time — to Tyler Buckwalter. That put the Wildcats out front 25-24 with one match to go.
And CV’s David Miller in the hole.
“We had a good match-up there,” Heckard said. “Regardless, we had to a win at either 152 or 160. Even though it was a good match up, it’s still pressure going out there and winning that much.”
Miller made it look easy.
He scored with a takedown early for a 2-0 first period lead. In the second, Miller escaped and there was a flurry that the CV senior won with a headlock and pin in 2:44 as the Eagles faithful erupted out of their seats.
“I knew I had to win,” Miller said. “Opportunity sprung itself, there was an opening and I took it. It felt good with the crowd going crazy and getting one for the team.”