Friday, October 3, 2008
A Behrend water polo player shoots for a goal.
Water Polo
update
Behrend Men
REBOUND FROM
LAST WEEK’S LOSS
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International.
With two back-to-back matches, the Behrend
team must have prepared by some type of physical
warm-up or psychological preparing scheme, right?
"Actually, we had a barbeque," recalls Yaegal.
who would score two goals for Behrend in the sec
ond match of the night. “We played frisbee and
grilled some burgers; we just tried to stay as loose as
possible."
While the team still entered the game with the
right mindset, the players knew that staying loose
between the two games was the best way to enter
their matchup.
The Behrend Men's Water Polo team is scheduled
to take their yearly trip to California this weekend,
where they will engage teams in conference play.
An annual occurance, this year’s trip will have the
team driving to Buffalo and taking a flight to
California. The pools in California's water polo
matches are slightly larger than Behrend's, by regu
lation in the state's play. To prepare, the Lions are
swimming extra distances in practices and getting
used to more endurance play.
With sights set on a successful run at the champi
onship, the men's team has a successful program to
work from. Ranked fourteenth nationally amongst
all-academic teams in 2006, a list including Penn
State University and Harvard, the program has its
sights set high for the remainder of their season.
Behrend Intramurals in full swing
by Connor Sattely
managing editor
Cisso6o@psu.edu
This time of year, Intramurals Coordinator Rob
Wittman is a very busy man.
Over half of Penn State's on-campus students par
ticipated in intramurals last year. After only a month
and a half of the program, the number of students
turning out to participate is steadily growing, and
most sports are even more popular than they were
last year.
Ultimate Frisbee, which is brand new this year,
has six teams enrolled that are currently engaged in
matches amongst each other. Softball and sand vol
leyball, also in the midst of their season, have expe
rienced leaps in participation. Last year, 25 teams
participated; this season there are already 32 teams
playing.
Flag Football, which is starting now, has many
teams signed up, two of which will consist of stu
dents who didn't have a team to play on.
“Where’s the game
j , ii-appointed to discover that the
game was not televised. The day left many Behrend
students wondering who decides which games are
shown in a town with three sports loyalties.
Gary Drapcho, current sports director of the CBS
affiliate, WSEE-TV, recently sat down with me to
discuss the issue of televised NFL games. Erie is
located in a diverse area for sports fans. Erie, being
centralized between Buffalo, Cleveland and
Pittsburgh, often brings about the question of which
games hold precedence.
"The scenerio is that we have to show Buffalo
Bills away games. We have to show those because
this is considered a Buffalo Bills market,” says
Drapcho. “The NFL has declared Erie to be part of
the Buffalo viewing area because of proximity.
However, not all Buffalo Bills games hold prece
dence over Steeler or Browns games.
"We don’t have to show any of [Bills] games at
Who decides what NFL
GAMES ARE SHOWN IN ERIE?
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"We don't try to make things hard around here."
says Wittman. "I try to make any signups as easy as
possible."
E-mails sent out last week encourage students to
simply reply to the e-mail with their name and a
team name, and they can sign up for almost any-
"Get in the system, get signed up. and you can get
your people organized for the sport before it starts."
says Wittman.
The Behrend Intramurals program also includes
several wildly successful recreational programs.
The “I Lift Weights" club, which is brand new this
year, has had 144 people join. The "KM) Mile" club,
which rewards runners who reach a yearly 100-mile
mark, has 210 individuals participating.
Other sports are finding success as well. Bowling
at Freeway Lanes was capped at 16 teams; some
students were turned away due to space considera
tion. Three-on-three basketball, says Wittman.
already has around 20 teams.
by Sam Curti
sniff writer
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home. We ask for games. When the Bills are play
ing at home, we'll ask for a Steelers game, or we'll
ask for a Browns game, something along those
lines." says Drapcho.
Often times. WSEE is blamed for the inconven
ience of the game scheduling. In reality. WSEE has
little control over which games can be aired.
"The fans always seem to blame the TV station
and never the NFL. when really, it's the NFL that is
behind all of this. [Bills owner] Ralph Wilson won't
give up on Erie being a Buffalo Bills market. If he
ever did that, it would be easy." says Drapcho. " It's
the NFL. not necessarily CBS or WSEE. we just
kind of get caught up in the middle of it. "
WSEE is not obligated to telerise Buffalo Bills
home games because of NFL regulations and
restrictions regarding marketing. "[The NFL] does
n't want home games broadcast, because they was
people to go to the home games. As a matter
of fact, there is another NFL rule that
states if the home game isn't sold out. it
won't be shown in the Buffalo mar
ket. Bills games, we could pick them
up if we want to. But again, we
understand we are in the middle ]
here, so when the Bills play a home
game, we ask for Steelers or Browns
or both." says Drapcho.
All of the games which will he tele
vised in the Erie area are scheduled
before the NFL season starts. When asked if
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With deadlines approaching for the remainder of
fall intramurals, and many sports still available,
Wittman would encourage any student to get
involved with intramurals as soon as possible.
October Intramurals
Deadlines
Sport
Dodgeball
Bowling(full)
3v3 Basketball Oct. 24
4v4 Coed Indoor Soccer Oct. 31
the NFL can change the
schedule anytime
they w,
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edged the
league's
power
sions. "Pretty
they can do is ask
us to show a certain
game. There have been instances in the
we have wanted a Browns game and they havefteeil
bad and the CBS will assign another game to our
market and we have to say ‘Okay, we don't want
that game. We still want the Browns game, we still
want the Steelers game.' We try our best
and we try to get as many games as we
can, kind of equal.”
The WSEE director also
mentioned his releif in being able
to talk about the situation. "It's
nice being able to explain this,
because a lot of people don't
understand." he says. "They
think we are just flipping around,
when there is a lot of marketing
involved.
Register by
Oct. 10
Oct. 24