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 Posted: 22.02.2009 Post subject: ation meetings and practice, you can add another three hours |
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| Laramie, WY (SportsNetwork.com) - Aqeel Quinn finished with 14 points as San Diego State pulled away from No. 25 Wyoming during the second half for a 60-52 victory on Wednesday. Trey Kell scored 12 points and Winston Shepard totaled 10 points and six rebounds for the Aztecs (13-4, 3-1 MWC), who have won six of their last seven games. Larry Nance Jr. had 19 points and eight boards, while Josh Adams supplied 14 points and five rebounds for the Cowboys (15-3, 4-1), who had their seven-game winning streak come to an end. San Diego State went ahead 19-14 with 6:12 to play in the first half after Shepard supplied seven points during a 9-2 spurt. Adams scored with a jumper and Charles Hankerson Jr. hit back-to-back treys to give Wyoming a 22-21 lead with 2:15 left in the first half. Malik Pope drained a 3-pointer and made two free throws for the Aztecs, but Nances jumper with 21 seconds to play as San Diego State held a 26-24 lead at halftime. Nances dunk got Wyoming within 33-32 less than five minutes into the second half, but Quinn was good from beyond the arc to start an 11-2 burst that featured consecutive treys from Kell and Dakarai Allen for a 44-34 lead with 12:04 to go. After an Adams layup, San Diego State ran its lead up to 12 points on a Shepard jumper and a pair of Kell free throws. Trailing by eight points with 1:20 to play, Riley Grabau was fouled while attempting a 3-pointer and made each of the ensuing free throws for Wyoming, making it a 51-46 game. Kell made six of San Diego States nine successful free throws down the stretch as the Aztecs held on for the win. Game Notes The Cowboys were playing in their first ranked game since 1988 ... San Diego State is now 6-2 during the regular season against AP-Top 25 teams since the beginning of last season ... The home team had won the previous four games in the series ... Wyoming head coach Larry Shyatt coached his 300th game ... 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Most recently, San Francisco played at Green Bay in the Wild Card round on Jan. 5 and that one was well played and the best team on that day won. When it was first announced that New York as a city and New Jersey as a specific location would hold a Super Bowl many did cringe, myself included. But when it comes to the many amenities needed such as hotel rooms, meeting facilities, football fields, transportation networks then the area involved will provide anything needed. When the game was played in Jacksonville and Indianapolis I thought the magnitude of the event stretched the ability of the city to hold the event. I will say this though. The 2013 Grey Cup held in Regina, Saskatchewan did have a couple of days where the weather personally made me hesitate to be involved, but those were days of minus-16 and evenings of minus-26 celsius. Yes, if it gets that cold it will take away from the game as many are not conditioned for that type of challenge. Once the week starts on Monday it is mildly amazing how well and efficiently the Super Bowl is run. Everything is on time and I mean everything. If a player or coach is to appear, they are there. And for those in demand it is demanding. If a normal day is between eight and nine hours including preparation meetings and practice, you can add another three hours for media and their desires. That is especially true for the stars. The players on the back end of the roster by Thursday are not in demand and its time to read the paper or relax if you can. The people at the front end of the roster are always in demand. Monday it is for a select few, Tuesday is for everybody as traditional "Media Day" is the priority and Wednesday and Thursday the location switches to each teams hotels.dddddddddddd By Thursday every question has been asked and you do sense that its time to move on. On Friday and Saturday it all tapers down in a dramatic way with only single players and head coaches available. The actual best meeting of the week is Friday at 11:30am. That is the "State of the League" address with the commissioner Roger Goodell and you do get a sense of what is working, what needs improvement and the timeline of future events for 2014. It also marks the presentation for NFL Player of the Year which recognizes the standard of excellence both on and off the field. So from Monday to Friday it is an odd week, a promotional week for anything and everything related to the NFL and the Super Bowl itself. It is true that many go to be seen and heard but come Saturday it changes to football. Outside of game day, Saturday is an explosion of anticipation. Everything that could be said has been said and just about everybody is over-saturated with predictions, thoughts and evaluations. It is time to play the game, not so much because it is close to February 2, just because enough is enough it terms of talk. Its time to play. Game day is special. We as a group always go early and take it all in and just watch people from everywhere interact. Well depending on weather, maybe we wont go too early this year. As much as I like the game I am fascinated by the halftime show. From our high altitude vantage point it is impressive how they get thousands of people on the field in a disciplined and short period of time. When the game is over it is controlled chaos as everyone either wants to leave the stadium, stay in the stadium or get on the field. And basically thats the week. A lot of hurry up and wait, then done, mess it up, followed by get ready to do it again tomorrow. It is part event, part celebration, part celebrity status recognition and in the end a championship football game. With the No. 1 seed in the AFC playing the No. 1 seed in the NFC it is difficult to argue that we will find the best team in the end. But there is a lot to be experienced before that conclusive moment. Including some guaranteed cold weather. ' ' ' |
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