OT: Carson-Newman vs. Grand Valley
ESPN (and Pam Ward. ugh) are in Allendale, Where my GVSU Lakers are playing the Carson-Newman Eagles in the national semifinals.
Grand Valley, after a 9-1 regular season earned a no. 3 seed in the playoffs. Their only loss came in GLIAC conference play to Hillsdale college. GVSU avenged that loss in the first round of the playoffs.
Things you should know about GVSU:
Head coach Chuck Martin took over the helm after Brian Kelly left for Central Michigan
Starting RB James Berezic is hurt, but his backup is P.T. Gates, who broke Reggie Bush's San Diego County rushing records and originally signed a LOI to play at Colorado.
Senior QB Brad Iciek won GLIAC Offensive Back of the year. His TD-INT ratio is insane
GVSU currently leads 10-7, and is knocking on the door
Game is on ESPN right now
EDIT: 17-7 GVSU
December 5th, 2009 at 7:20 PM ^
most of their players get into serious trouble before ever stepping on campus...that is why they have no other options.
December 6th, 2009 at 12:13 AM ^
Okso going to WMU, im fairly close to gvsu. Thecampus is not that nice (for those of you saying it is). It is literally in the middle of a farm field, nothing around, bland, boring, ugly. And about the gvsu rb story, he got caught drinking, the cops asked him and his friends to line up for a breath test he booked it out of there. They found him lying down in a swamp marsh area behind the apartments he was drinking in. He is not the sharpest tool in the shed, but alas is still a tool.
December 6th, 2009 at 12:22 AM ^
That is not the story. It wasn't from drinking
December 6th, 2009 at 12:42 AM ^
Yes, the scuffle with the cop started from drinking. The police were randomly sweeping the neighborhood, and guess who answered the door to talk to the cops? Jimmah Berezik
http://www.topix.com/forum/city/grand-rapids-mi/T7LOL8RJ0RSRO90B9#comme…
December 6th, 2009 at 12:45 AM ^
Oh, I guess you're right. Last night I heard something else from someone close to the situation. My bad
December 6th, 2009 at 12:45 AM ^
Oh, I guess you're right. Last night I heard something else from someone close to the situation. My bad
December 6th, 2009 at 12:26 AM ^
GVSU has a very nice campus. Sure, Allendale is a nothing town, but the campus, you know, where the college is actually located, is very nice. Sure, some of the older buildings are kind of funny-looking, but you have that at any college. I guarantee you know almost nothing about the college itself and probably haven't spent more than 5 seconds on the campus.
Also, I'm really surprised to see someone from Western ripping on any other school's campus/city.
December 6th, 2009 at 12:33 AM ^
Ha I never said that Kalamazoo was a prime spot to put a university, but you can't beat one of the top schools for aviation. I have been on the campus before, and you're right it's definetley me being ignorant, but I rather disliked it, it is very bland.
December 6th, 2009 at 12:45 AM ^
I went to Grand Valley so I am definitely biased, but I guess I don't understand how the campus is "very bland." It seems just as fine a campus as any other. GVSU is putting forth a huge effort to expand and improve the area and I think they are doing a great job.
December 6th, 2009 at 1:49 AM ^
Now if only they can get the money from the state to build the new library...
December 6th, 2009 at 12:18 PM ^
Hate to bring this topic back to the top but you do know that we are living in the year 2009 right? FWIW everything that I have heard around campus has been that it was due to a failed drug test...
December 6th, 2009 at 1:23 PM ^
Yes I know the year is 2009, I was showing the link to people who did not believe the story I posted was true.
December 6th, 2009 at 3:09 PM ^
That is what I heard also