October 1, 2007
Around the horn with Craig Dewalt
By CRAIG DEWALT
Staff Reporter
CAD2BI@PSU.EDU
AROUND THE HORN
With Craig Dewalt
Hello and welcome back
for the second season of Around
the Horn with Craig Dewalt. In
case you don’t know the rules;
I prepare a series of questions
and ask four contestants for their
responses. The four contestants
will give their answers and be
scored with pluses and minuses. If
a comment is really good they can
receive up to three pluses. If their
comment is downright awful they
can receive up to three minuses. If
their answer is so terrible I will shut
them up by putting them on mute.
After each question one person will
be eliminated. The winner will
then get their time to shine in the
“Moment of Fame” section. Here is
the second round of questions:
All of the wide receiver
stars have performed well
early, but which wide
receiver will have the best
season?
Buy or sell? The
Appalachian State victory
over Michigan was more
embarrassing than the
Yankees allowing the Red
Sox to come back from
a 3-0 deficit in the 2004
ALCS
With Manning being the
clear-cut favorite for #1
Fantasy QB, who will
be the #2 ranked fantasy
quarterback?
QUESTION 1
Sarver: “I know I am
probably going to never
hear the end of this answer
but I have to go with my
gut feeling and say Reggie
Wayne (-). This man is
the most underrated wide
receiver in the league
because he’s ranked under
Marvin Harrison (++).
However this will be the
year that Reggie Wayne
rules the NFL in most of
the categories (-). Plus he
will lead my fantasy team
to the playoffs.”
(0 points)
Carroll: “After this
weekend I think Ocho
Cinco made it obvious that
he will be atop the leader
boards at the end of the
season (+). Right now he
is the only clear number
1 receiver with a real QB
(-). TO has the problem of
Tony Romo, Harrison has
Wayne on the other side
and Randy Moss has about
12 other receivers in NE to
contend with for catches
(++)•”
(2 points)
Aumiller: “Chad Johnson.
As much as it may be by
his mouth, or just to piss
off the NFL in general, the
guy is motivated more than
ever this year (+). Not too
mention he has one of
the top QB’s in the league
throwing him the ball (+).
He gets the yards, the
TD’s, and can beat any
comer in the league (+).
Plain and simple.”
(3 points)
McComas: “Chad
Johnson, for three reasons
First, he has an offense
that can help him out.
Rudi Johnson can open
up the passing game for
Carson Palmer who can
deliver the ball accurately
(+). In addition, T.J.
Houshmandzadeh will
prevent double-teams on
“Ocho Cinco.” (+) The
second reason is that
during the off-season
Johnson asked opposing
defensive backs to
critique his game. He
learned that when a play
THE CAPITAL TIMES
was designated to go to
him he would tighten
his gloves at the line of
scrimmage. Johnson fixed
this giveaway and now the
defense no longer has that
advantage (++). The third
and final reason is that
Johnson has motivation.
He has publicly announced
that he has celebrations for
each game, which would
give him 16 touchdowns
on the year and therefore,
most likely, making him
the highest scoring wide
receiver (+).”
(5 points)
Comments
“Sarver,
Wayne isn’t
even the #1
on his team,
how can
he be #1 in
the league.
He’ll have
a solid year,
but I don’t
think he’ll
compete
with the likes
of Chad,
T. 0., Steve
Smith, or
Randy Moss,
Sarver...act
like a dead
groundhog
and hit the
road.
QUESTION 2
Carroll
“I’m going
to go out
on a limb
and sell this
one (-). At
least 5 of
Michigan’s
defensive
starters from
last year
are playing
on Sunday
now, and
Appalachian
State has
been a
perennial
stand out
team in
the 1-AA
rankings
(++). 1 may
be the only
one old
enough to
remember
Randy Moss
tearing up 1-
A teams with
Marshall
when they
were playing
and winning
in 1-AA
(++). That being said
I believe the Red Sox’s
comeback in ’O4 was one
of the greatest upsets in
history, barring of course
Villanova winning their
title in NCAA troumy (+).”
(4 points)
Aumiller: “BUYING App
State. Even though App
State shouldn’t have been
taken lightly (Back-to-
Back 1-AA Champs have
to be doing something
right), Michigan was #5
in the country (+). They
scheduled ASU for a tune
up game (+). The big 3
seniors (Henne, Hart, and
Long) came back to play
one more year to beat Ohio
State and win a National
title (or at least a bowl
game) (+). Hopefully for
them, the Big Ten will
showcase some slower
players to make their
defense look better and
Michigan will have a nice
.500 6-6 record.”
(3 points)
McComas: “I am buying
this embarrassment. The
Red Sox come back was
impressive, but they were a
playoff team
(+), which means they
were pretty darn good
during the regular season.
Appalachian State isn’t
even in the same league
as Michigan. They are a
1-AA school, not 1-A (+).
In addition, Michigan was
ranked #5 in the country
and playing at “The Big
House.” (+) Not only
was Appalachian State’s
victory a bigger upset,
it was the greatest of all
time.”
(3 points)
My Comments: “After
researching Mr. Carroll’s
argument, 1 commend
him for his answer. The
Yankees lost 4 consecutive
to their arch rival which is
a complete joke,
especially when the
left half of your infield
makes more money then
Wal-Mart in a given
year. Aumiller, you and
Carrol] may be tied, but
I’m advancing Carroll
here since he won the
question.”
QUESTION 3
Carroll: “Obviously not
McNabb, he made me sick
on MNF against the awful
Redskins (++). I thinks its
almost a toss
up between Palmer and
Brady (+). They both have
the line and tools around
them to be clearly ahead
of the rest of the NFL,
though I will have to
give the edge to Palmer
since Cincy’s D will have
Palmer throwing late in
games to win them while
Belicheat and Brady will
be running out the clock
most Sunday afternoons in
starting in the third quarter
(++)•”
(5 points)
McComas: “You have to
go
with Tom Brady (-). Brady
has consistently been one
of the best quarterbacks
in the league. He always
throws for over 3,000
yards and 20 touchdowns,
while throwing under 15
icComas
interceptions. The scary
thing, he has done this
without any good wide
receivers or a dominant
running back (++). While
I’m not going to say that
Lawrence Maroney is a
dominant running back,
he may provide more
consistency in the running
game. More importantly,
look at the arsenal Brady
has at wide receiver
this year. Randy Moss,
Dante Stallworth and
Wes Welker. He has two
#1 ’s and a third who can
produce each game (-).
The speed on the outside
with Moss and Stallworth
will be hard for any team
to contend with. And hey,
need an end zone target?
I’m pretty sure Moss can
out jump a lot of comers,
especially in the AFC East
(++)•”
(2 points)
My Comments: “Carroll,
you won this edition on
this question. Palmer was
awesome last year and
wasn’t fully recovered
from getting von
Oelhoffened.
I cannot credit Brady
anything since the
MOMENT OF FAME
ew barver
cheating acquisitions.
Palmer is going to put
up monster numbers this
year. Carroll..once again,
awesome job. McComas
great rookie debut.
Aumiller and Sarver you
just didn’t have it. Your
winner, Matt Carroll
Carroll: “I’d like to sound
off today and recognize
not just myself with my
brilliant sports
knowledge but all the
other student athletes hear
at The Capital College on
their amazing efforts on
bringing our campus into
NCAA D-111. This year
will be a year of many first
and I challenge all of you
readers to get out there
and
support your athletic
representatives.”