Chapter #47: Rivalries Part 1

What makes a true rivalry?? Obviously someone or team who knock off the other and each with a certain time period it is a week or a year most likely that side wins...then it is a rivalry. This is a relation with sports and how often do we as most of us are a fan of sports see rivalries going on in different types of sports I think to me that's what sports is about not all the time but definitely most.

NFL: I'm not the biggest fan of the NFL but when the playoffs arrive then it's big deal unless I'm looking at the Atlanta Falcons which I try to do each week. Football season just came to a close two weekends ago...getting to those conference battles or division games where pretty much you are playing for something I think are the best games. For one the Redskins and Cowboys this past season had it's moments but when Robert Griffin III (RG3) came into the show in D.C it started to change everything especially with this season the Redskins ended up winning both meetings including the last game of the season on Sunday night which sent Washington to the postseason. Another battle from this season the Ravens and the Steelers from the AFC North where the road teams went into the other's stadium and beat them. That's what have a rival is all about...

NCAA: Obviously, early this week I watch my K-State basketball team play Kansas and once again losing to them on the road in Lawrence again is something that us as students see to far often. KU once again sweeps the season series against the Cats like they did last season follow that up by another road loss big. It seems to me it does not matter the coach or what players that are being put out on the floor it seems that Kansas gets the best of them every time. K-State had the opportunity to put the Big 12 on ice and now find themselves in the dogfight with KU, Oklahoma State and throw Baylor in the mix...what going to happen next in the Big 12 race find out real soon.

MLB: Going back to those division rivalries and now you have interleague play where the American League team plays the National League depending on where it is you have to play within those rules DH or no DH at all. Atlanta/Boston, New York/New York, St. Louis/Kansas City these types games are fun for fans to enjoy and even if you are not a baseball fan different types of games make it interesting. More on this topic in the later chapters to come.

Stay Cool,
EG3

Chapter #46: New Year, Different Start

My bad y'all, haha!! I have been slacking with blogging lately but guess what I'm back and this is my fist blog of the new year and it's in February. Yeah, my hands have been tied up with a busy semester, some switching up in my classes, radio, and most likely a possible trip which could most likely change everything. Running through this in the back of my head this could be the most epic year yet and it just started and we are only in the second month already. Time ticking...this right will once again be the start of another year of blogging my 3rd year of doing this since moving on to Kansas State. Already I have made some moves to benefit myself to make sure that I can do the things that I need to do...I'm working my way back into this a little bit so be patience, haha. That's why this episode is only an intro...also, there will be some mixing it a little bit more at least of right now this spring semester. More on that as I getting to this spring semester. Not just on facebook will be getting these blog posts but I will be posting these to my twitter account as well. Yes, my follower count is growing a little bit now and that audience needs to be informed too, lol. I think that's it for now, more to come throughout the spring semester.

Stay Cool,
EG3

Chapter #45: EG3's Favorite Moments of 2012 #6-8

Alright I'll switch it up a little bit...coming up I've already done number 10 and 9. After a little bit, now it's time to round out my favorite moments 6 thru 10.

EG3 Favorite #8: Road to Ames
Hitting a critical stretch in the season for Kansas State in football where the Wildcats had to go on the road to take on Iowa State and West Virginia in back to back weeks but first it was going up to Ames, Iowa getting ready to do color commentary for this broadcast for the Wildcat 919 station. The night before the game I left Manhattan with Steven and Jake on an rainy night tag along with some of the boys from the Collegian and once we got to Ames...well we were really close to staying in the hotel some 30 minutes away from Ames and saved by a last minute switch to a hotel room that just opened up in Ames. Once we all got there some 7 guys in one tiny small hotel room, haha...yeah you can do the math there. You gotta make the best of a kinda bad situation but us guys like to have fun and talking about sports...which was the night the St. Louis Cardinals came all the way back to beat the Washington Nationals in the division series in DC where at least the Nationals had the best team in the National League and look how that ended up.

Shoutouts:
Steven Seib
Jake Brew
Mark Kern
John Zetmeir
and 2 more guys

EG3 Favorite #7: Fireworks
Back in July while I was still in Manhattan for the summer...for the Fourth of July celebration I went with the Bowman's to Junction City, KS where the Fuller's are located and celebrated a fun night with them. I can stay that the traditions that they do are dangerous fun in a good way; before that I saw their fireworks show. It was once again an great opportunity to hangout with people from the church that I go to and get to know them more.

Shoutouts
Bowman family/Derek Bowman
Fuller Fam/Kenneth and Kylie

EG3 Favorite #6: What's Up West Virginia
That 's about 16 hours...well almost it took us to get to Morgantown, West Virginia for the showdown between K-State/West Virginia. This matchup was downplayed a bit because of the beatdown that Texas Tech gave West Viginia down in Lubbock, TX the week before. Again, I was color commentary for the  game and obviously we left the day before going through at least 7 states in the car. Lucky this game was in primetime, lol. Just going up there and seeing Collin Klein outplay Geno Smith who was in the middle of the Heisman was something else. K-State was on point everything including shutting down Smith which kept the Wildcats at the time undefeated. If they would've lost then we are talking about something else. To this game was the fact that Kansas State and West Virginia met as Big 12 opponents. The way with my own eyes just seeing K-State embrass WVU...I was in complete awe and happy the way that they did it.

Shoutouts
Mark Kern
Steven S.
Mav. McCoy
John Z.

Until next time,
*EG3

Chapter #44 EG3 Favorite (#9): Hanging out in Manhattan

EG3 #9: This favorite moment from the fall semester of 2012 comes from once again earlier in the semester where pretty all of the sports teams for Kansas State like the football team, volleyball, the Men's and Women's basketball teams getting introduce to the city of Manhattan, KS for an event which is called the Purple Power Play on Poyntz...yeah a lot of P's in that tilte. But that's what it's called which was on Poyntz Avenue where fans from not just in the area but outside the state of Kansas who are big fans of K-State get fired up for the upcoming season. It was just great to be out in the environment with some of my staff friends at the Wildcat 91.9 giving tons of items away to some of the students and folks at the events. It was cool being out there and also I felt I was at a carnival or something, haha!!

*EG3

Shoutouts to:
Elijah
Jen
Caitlin
Mary
Jared

Chapter #43: EG3 Favorite (#10) Calling 1st ever Football Game

EG3 #10: Going back early this past semester in September before this epic season by the K-State football team; the semester prior I called my first basketball and baseball games of my radio career and I was really exciting and very anxious to get started with the season. Even though the opponent in Missouri State coming into Manhattan the unknown of myself and this Wildcat team led by Collin Klein which we all knew at least me and K-State country knew the potential of this team coming off a Cotton Bowl lost a season ago to Arkansas, this had a lot players return and ready to take to the next level. At least in the 1st half of the opening game of the season, Missouri State kept things really close and the Cats playing to their level making the game interesting with field goal after field goal. If I remember correctly the game was all tied up going into break and the guys in the booth with that evening were saying up here we close again...meaning that the Wildcats nearing the opening last year to a not so good opponent. But the 2nd half of this game though was totally different with the Cats exploding with big play, after big play. Special Teams was huge with Tramanie Thompson and Tyler Lockett making plays. My excitment in calling this game turned in to just trying to finished at the same time losing my voice after the Jon Hubert run. K-State turned on the jets to defeat Missouri State on opening night. I still think that was a lot of fun...a lot of fun to do. You got to make the most of your oppurtunities and I'm blessed with just a chance to do the game which that would my first out of two games of the season. Ashton Glacier did prove himself the QB of the Missouri State team would came into the kinda trash talking on twitter but that would not be enough as the Wildcats prove they were obviously the better team. Shoutout to Mark Kern color commentary guy for that game we were all laughing and enjoying ourselves.

Shoutouts:
Mark Kern
Chris Harrison
Caleb Jones

*EG3

Chapter #42: Cats' Get Back on Winning Track

West Virginia

The K-State women's volleyball team was back in action again on Wednesday night travel all the way to Morgantown to take on the Mountaineers a few days after the football team lead by Heisman frontrunner Collin Klein just ran through the football team did. And Kansas State took care of business like the football team did by sweeping West Virginia in striaght sets 25-15, 25-16, and 25-19. It is the Wildcats 15th sweep this season led by Lilla Porubek who had a career night with 4 aces. Courtney Traxson continued her excellent play adding in 8 kills. Alex Muff on the defensive side had 6 total blocks and five assists along with it. And, Kaitlynn Pelger had five blocks. Cats' started hot and pretty much never slowed down against West Virginia. Last weekend the Wildcats defeated the Red Raiders and now winners of two striaght games. On Saturday, K-State returns to Ahearn Fieldhouse to take on the Baylor Bears at 7pm. Cats are now 19-3 on year and 6-3 in Big 12 conference play.

EG3

Chapter #41 Kansas State Volleyball : Week #6 Texas

#9 Texas
Last time we left off the Kansas State volleyball was in the middle of an important homestand with on Last Saturday when they took on Texas. Coming into this game, the Longhorns where ranked #9 in the mation coming into a packed house at Ahern but at the end the 'Cats didn't put away Texas in the seconf set and that ended costing them the entire match. Texas sweeped the Kansas State 17-25, 28-30, and 15-25. Texas depth was the key in the match wearing down the Wildcats after playing really hard to win set #2 could not get control of the momentum. Kaitlynn Pelger for K-State had another great great but it wasn't meant to be this time around with 19 kills in the game. Alex Muff and Kuulei Kabalis had good games on the defensive end for the 'Cats. Nest game will be at TCU one of the newset members of the Big 12 on Saturday at 1pm.