2008 Woodie Awards
One out of two?
By: Matt Majikas
Issue date: 11/10/05 Section: Sports
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This could quite possibly be the most ridiculous rule ever put into place, not just in the history of college sports, but sports all together. Already this sounds like the usual whining and complaining, but quite simply put, what is the SLIAC thinking? What am I so furious about? The fact that the soccer teams play each conference team twice and only one game counts on their conference record. This is not only insanity, but it is ruining the outcome of the season.
Anyone who has any interest in sports on any level whatsoever, should be red faced at the idea that the women's soccer team beat Maryville twice this season, both 1-0 overtime wins, and yet somehow only one of them counted. To take it even further, Westminster Blue Jays fans must have flew off their rockers when they defeated the conference unbeaten Gorloks 1-0 Oct. 5 and had nothing but an overall win to show for it.
To make this experience even more traumatizing for me, a little birdie on my shoulder told me that volleyball is transitioning to this ingenious format next year. Might as well just claw the chalkboard and twist the knife in my back. Are we giving the less talented teams a greater chance of winning a SLIAC title because they get a conference game off? Someone please help me.
Lets say the St. Louis Cardinals were to square off in a four game set with their division rivals the Chicago Cubs. And in this four game series, the Cardinals got out their brooms and swept the Cubs right into the Mississippi. Yet, because Bud Selig had the brilliant idea that only two of these games were National League Central games, the Cardinals only get two divisional wins on their record instead of four. The city of St. Louis would burn to the ground and Bud Selig dolls would be hung in effigy from the highest point of the Arch.
If this carries over into any other sports at Webster, I may have a heart attack at a very young age. To think that a GMC Stadium showdown between Webster and Greenville, where it took extra innings to decide a one run ball game would have no bearing on either team's conference record, makes me sick to my stomach. What if Toni Picerno drains a three pointer with 3.2 seconds left on the clock in the final conference game of the season against Maryville, but no fans went crazy because it was nothing more than an overall win. Absolutely ludicrous.
All I can say to fellow Gorlok fans all over the world is that not only are the athletes being robbed here, but so are we. Unfulfilling is an understatement. This column won't change a thing unfortunately so everybody make sure that when next season's schedules for soccer and volleyball come out that you check which games are asterisked so that you know which ones matter. Bologna.
Anyone who has any interest in sports on any level whatsoever, should be red faced at the idea that the women's soccer team beat Maryville twice this season, both 1-0 overtime wins, and yet somehow only one of them counted. To take it even further, Westminster Blue Jays fans must have flew off their rockers when they defeated the conference unbeaten Gorloks 1-0 Oct. 5 and had nothing but an overall win to show for it.
To make this experience even more traumatizing for me, a little birdie on my shoulder told me that volleyball is transitioning to this ingenious format next year. Might as well just claw the chalkboard and twist the knife in my back. Are we giving the less talented teams a greater chance of winning a SLIAC title because they get a conference game off? Someone please help me.
Lets say the St. Louis Cardinals were to square off in a four game set with their division rivals the Chicago Cubs. And in this four game series, the Cardinals got out their brooms and swept the Cubs right into the Mississippi. Yet, because Bud Selig had the brilliant idea that only two of these games were National League Central games, the Cardinals only get two divisional wins on their record instead of four. The city of St. Louis would burn to the ground and Bud Selig dolls would be hung in effigy from the highest point of the Arch.
If this carries over into any other sports at Webster, I may have a heart attack at a very young age. To think that a GMC Stadium showdown between Webster and Greenville, where it took extra innings to decide a one run ball game would have no bearing on either team's conference record, makes me sick to my stomach. What if Toni Picerno drains a three pointer with 3.2 seconds left on the clock in the final conference game of the season against Maryville, but no fans went crazy because it was nothing more than an overall win. Absolutely ludicrous.
All I can say to fellow Gorlok fans all over the world is that not only are the athletes being robbed here, but so are we. Unfulfilling is an understatement. This column won't change a thing unfortunately so everybody make sure that when next season's schedules for soccer and volleyball come out that you check which games are asterisked so that you know which ones matter. Bologna.