Scrimmagin, Roadtrippin, Kyle Rowley Dominating, and Other Monday Sips

by Rodger Sherman on Aug 23, 2010 9:26 AM CDT in Sips

I can't feel my blogging face.

So, news: I'm sure I've said it before, but I'm going to Vanderbilt. School for us NU students doesn't start until about September 20th - I'm showing up about the 15th - and that leaves me with two weeks where none of my high school friends will be in New York. I would kill for any excuse to do anything interesting. Driving 1000 miles for a football game is a gift, not a burden. Problem is, I'm from New York. I take the subway everywhere. The one thing of many nobody from out of town understands is that nobody from New York needs to drive, ever. I'd say about half of my friends have driver's licenses. Until last Tuesday, I didn't have one. But then I took my test, and now, I have one. So me and two of my bros are going to hit the road Friday afternoon and check in Monday night, and somewhere in between we're going to drive 2000 miles and see a football game. Coverage of NU's opener on this site will therefore be live and in person, and therefore, hazy/awesome as all hell.
Secondly, and less importantly, I'll be out of town and the majority of internet range from this Wednesday to next Wednesday. But never fear, I've written/am writing posts for every weekday and several for some days next week, even if I won't be in town, and they'll be appearing every day at noon. Enjoy.
That fancy NU football scrimmage was Saturday. I couldn't go, because I don't live anyplace in the vicinity of Kenosha, Wisc., but it doesn't sound like anybody missed much in terms of our starters, as they apparently didn't play much. HTP was there, which is good, and LTP's man on the scene noted that Lee Coleman and Charles Brown dropped a lot of passes, which seems to be Lee Coleman and Charles Brown's collective M.O. Sounds like the Watkinsurgency is still going strong, Venric Mark and Adonis Smith might be able to contribute ASAP, and we need a name for Trevor Siemien to go along with the Cult of Persanality and Watkinsurgency. I nominate the SieMillien Man March.
Kyle Rowley was never much of a great passer before he transferred to Saint Mary's. Which is why the news took me especially by surprise that he threw nine touchdowns in the Arena Bowl while leading the Spokane Shock to victory. He must have been the least mobile quarterback in Arena history. Also, didn't the Arena League fold? Either way, congrats to Kyle for fighting through the adversity, switching sports, and winning a championship. Never saw it coming. (Hat tip to Loretta.)
Yesterday, the women's soccer team beat DePaul 2-0... starting the fall athletic season! Damn, that went slowly and painfully.
Brian Peters' preseason blogs have been great. I particularly enjoyed the tidbit that Jared Carpenter enjoys singing rap music with his name inserted in whenever he can, because I've never heard him speak, but have heard him do that. I'm also intrigued by players on our team having mullets.

That's all for now. Join the Siemillien Man March with me.(Or come up with a better idea.)

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It's a different Kyle Rowley

http://www.spokaneshock.com/team/roster/index.html?player_id=175

Or maybe I’m just not in on the joke.

by wildcat88 on Aug 23, 2010 9:50 AM CDT reply actions

well aware

there’s also a kyle rowley who plays football for michigan state. i just really enjoy the concept of a 7-foot-tall trinidadian man throwing nine touchdowns.

by Rodger Sherman on Aug 23, 2010 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions

A tad jealous to those who get to go to the Vandy game. All I can hang my hat on right now (and let’s be honest, all I can think about right now) is Meet the Team Night and seeing the new unis in person.

That and lows in the 50s a couple of days this week. FIFTIES. Football is a comin’, folks.

by NUHighlights on Aug 23, 2010 10:03 AM CDT reply actions

Vandy road trip

I’ll be going down to the Vandy game too, along with about 30 other NUMB folk. You should tailgate with us.

Good luck driving down to Tennessee on a new driver’s license, it should be interesting. If you were coming out of Evanston most of the drive would be through middle of nowhere Illinois, where the only driving difficulty is not falling asleep from boredom and driving off into the corn or soybean fields. On the East Coast you’ll have to deal with stuff like traffic, buildings, population, and elevation changes bigger than overpasses which are unheard of in the Midwest.

by Batman42 on Aug 23, 2010 10:39 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

Monsanto could make a little extra money on the side if they sold soybean field insurance to drivers in case they did pass out from the boredom. Or perhaps genetically modify the crops to inflate as bumpers when they detect an incoming car.

Driving through central Illinois is bad, but when you get near the southern border, it opens up a bit. There are actually trees down there. And possibly more than one gas station every 30 minutes.

by NUHighlights on Aug 23, 2010 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions

I'm not as familiar with southern Illinois

But I know the stretch from suburban Chicago to Chambana like the back of my hand from making the trip 3-4 times a year in high school for various band things. For instance, when you see a sign for an adult superstore on the east side of the road, you know you’re 30 minutes out from U of I.

by Batman42 on Aug 23, 2010 10:59 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions

I drove through southern Illinois once on my way to New Orleans and it actually doesn’t look like Illinois when you get close to the border. Pleasantly surprising.

But yeah, going from Chicago down to Chambana is by far my least favorite drive. The drive to West Lafayette has trees, birds, some streams, and the occasional elevation change. The drive to U of I requires, to paraphrase Lewis Black, one to slit their own wrists just to see color.

by NUHighlights on Aug 23, 2010 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions

my theory

if you can drive on the fdr drive – the highway on the east side of manhattan – you can drive literally anywhere in the world. therefore, i can drive anywhere in the world.
however, i do fear that i will get pulled over for speeding while cruising through the south in my friends car with new york plates, and i have to pull out my temporary license, which, if i’m not mistaken, was the first scene in “deliverance”.

by Rodger Sherman on Aug 23, 2010 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions

there’s definitely tougher places to drive than FDR drive, but I think you’ll be good in Nashville

by Loretta8 on Aug 23, 2010 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions

i mean

in terms of traffic/other drivers/random turns in random places/cabs.

by Rodger Sherman on Aug 23, 2010 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions

You've never been to Indonesia...

and I also doubt you would fall asleep and cross three lanes of traffic due to boredom, either. I’ve been to both of those places, although I admit I’ve never been to NYC and never plan on driving there.

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by jhodges on Aug 24, 2010 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions

QB names

Hopefully there will be a redshirt year to work on these. The best I have for Trevor Siemian (assuming it’s pronounced like “see me in”) is The Sie Monster. Not my best work.

I’m much more fond of “Sugar Kain” Colter.

by Batman42 on Aug 23, 2010 10:48 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

note

what i like about the cult of persanality/watkinsurgency is that they’re not names for the players, but rather for the mass of people who think they should be our starting quarterback.

also, the potential for kain colter, aka the kain train, is unlimited.

by Rodger Sherman on Aug 23, 2010 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions

apparently it's "simian"

i had assumed it was “see-me-in” too, but looking it up reveals chad down below is more correct.

by Rodger Sherman on Aug 23, 2010 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Nicknames....

I think Watkinsurgency is brilliant, by the way…

So for Siemien, playing off the fact that it’s close to simian (aka related to monkeys), we could go in so many different directions:

Trevor “Apeshit” Siemien?
Trevor “King Kong” Siemien?
Trevor “The Evolution” Siemien?
Trevor" “The Missing Link” Siemien?

There’s also almost surely a truly offensive nickname referencing Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), but I’m not sure that we want to go that deep into pure evil….

by Chadnudj on Aug 23, 2010 11:19 AM CDT reply actions