Minnesota Vikings Crush the Atlanta Falcons

Vikings Push for what may be the biggest win of the year

Coming into the game Sunday, spirits were high because the Minnesota Viking's first round draft pick, Teddy Bridgewater was set to start and could turn the whole season around and hopefully show he could be a franchise player.

There's no doubt that the Vikings were saddened and embarrassed about the Adrian Peterson child abuse scandal but Head Coach Mike Zimmer made it apparent that they weren't going to let that be a team focus anymore and that the Vikings organization still has a lot to play for. 

Mike Zimmer also made it known that he still has nothing but love for their future Hall of Fame running back, in that of Adrian Peterson. He said, "have no doubt I still love Adrian, I feel for him that he's going through this, because I think he's one of my guys. I believe in this situation, where everything is, this is the right way to go. 

As for the game this past weekend vs a potent Atlanta Falcons, the Vikings exploded with offense led by rookie QB Teddy Bridgewater. He went 19/30 in the air for 317 yards. He was accompanied by Peterson's backup Matt Asiata who played a phenomenal game rushing for 80 yards with 3 touchdowns. For the receiving core, Jarius Wright led the way with 132 yards on 8 catches but didn't find the end-zone. 

The Vikings just rallied together and played their tails off to a team that has just put a whooping on Tampa Bay, routing them 56-14 on Monday Night Football. 

Zimmer believes that the sharing of Adrian Peterson's pregame text message with the team helped boost their confidence and outlook to the game they were about to play. In the post-game interviews Zimmer expressed that, "the words that Adrian texted were very deep, One thing the players took away from that message was, play each down like it's your last, because you never know when it's going to be your last opportunity." Mike Zimmer  I think the guys got that message pretty well, with the 41-28 victory of the Atlanta Falcons.

LS 

Fordham Football Retails All Cups

Fordham University Football traveled to Worester, Massachusetts this weekend to take on a good Holy Cross team that gave a dog fight last year. 

Last year, Holy Cross went up early on the Rams leading them 17-0 going into halftime. But Fordham Head coach , Joe Moorhead always preaches when the tough gets going , real players show what they're made of and rely on their fundamentals and effort. 

Fordham came out of the lockeroom with high energy and brought the score within a touchdown. The defense made a couple of great stops, that including a crucial interception by Senior Levon Williams. 

Fordham's offense came out and took the team home, lead by Senior Qb Mike Nebrich. 

September 27th 2014, the Rams came out with lots of energy driving the ball, but had to settle for a field goal. 

The defense made back to back three and outs and help the office create some buzz and begin to run up the score board going in to halftime with the lead 17-3. 

Coming out of the half, Fordham's high powered offense scored 14, and the defense throttled Holy Cross only allowing a score. Fordham's offense led by freshman sensation Chase Edmonds and sophomore workhorse Kendall Pearcy they pounded the ball and would help set up two more Nebrich touchdowns to Sr Brian Wetzel, Sr Marcus Jones who stepped in for Senior All American WR Sam Ajala , Sr Dan Light and Nebrich taking one in himself. 

This wasn't the Rams best game on an execution level, but it was a great way to open league play and earn the first Patriot League game since 2009, due to conference sanctions. They were given sanctions because Fordham was the first to award full scholarships to their athletes which came with a huge price. Fordham was ineligible for a Patriot League title until this season. 

Consequently, Fordham had to battle tough non-conference games for 4 years and try to win out year after year before reaching the quarter finals of the FCS Playoffs this past year. 

With the win this past weekend, Fordham Football has now retained all rivalry cup games, that being "The Liberty  & Ram -Crusader Cup"

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Farewell to Captain

Its beyond redundant to address how good of a player Derek Jeter is and was at his prime era throughout Major League Baseball. 

Derek Jeter, drafted straight out of high school as a young stud, making his debut in 1995 , now 40 years old, announced earlier this year via Facebook, that this would be his final season and sent Yankees' fans and the sports world into a media frenzy and a bit of a whirlwind. For the Yankees Organization, Derek Jeter has been one of their most consistent and most influential players to ever set foot on the diamond. In his 20 MLB seasons, Jeter is the all-time leader in hits, stolen bases, at bats and the number of total games played. 

In the majority public opinion, the word accolade is a small way to describe his lifetime career achievements. His honors include  five Gold Glove Awards, five Silver Slugger Awards, two Hank Aaron Awards, 14 All Star Selections and a Roberto Clemente Award. Jeter is also the all-time MLB leader in hits by a shortstop, and the 28th player to reach 3,000 hits. 

With the mixture of a bunch of injuries and off the field personal reasons, Jeter has decided to call it quits. After resigning for a 1-yr $12-million dollar contract and recording his 1,000 multiple hit game, which only 3 others have done, also becoming the oldest player to have two or more hits in an All-Star Game. 

Tonight marks the finale to a great and extremely successful career from an individual that made it his goal to greatly effect an organization. Jeter, is a man embarked on character and integrity on and off the field; he's a great performer on the field and an even bigger one on off. 

In an interview done with Mens Health , the future Hall of Famer, expressed that "Obviously, you're known for what you do," says Jeter. "But you still want to be known as a good person. You're a person a lot longer before and after you're a professional athlete. People always say to me, 'Your image is this, your image is that.' Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person. That's what I worry about."--

The farewell to "Captain" will take place tonight and will have a guaranteed standing ovation, with some smiles, tears and waves of emotion to a great player in that of Derek Jeter. 

LS

Fordham Football Honors With Another Win

NY, it's not really a state known for football, besides large powerhouses like Syracuse, Buffalo, and Hofstra but there's a couple of collegiate local teams that have had a great standing tradition to honor and commemorate a great cause, not only for the sake of a cross-city rivalry but on a national level. 

Despite the proximity and long football histories, Fordham and Columbia only met three times in the 100 years from 1890 until 1991 (1890, 1902, and a Division III Fordham team was fielded in 1972), with Columbia shutting out Fordham each time. However, for 35 of those years the Rams did not have a Division 1 team to field against the Lions. 

Fordham withdrew its football program in 1954 citing financial issues, until 1970 when it was re-introduced at the Division III level. Fordham didnt play D1 football again until 1989. Fordham won the fourth meeting, in 1991, 20-16.

"The Liberty Cup"

The origin of the "Liberty Cup" was established by Columbia University and Fordham University after the 10th meeting of the teams. The game followed the devastating attacks of September 11th in New York City. 

Multiple schools cancelled their games that weekend, but Fordham and Columbia wanted to express a great American feeling of resilience and toughness. The schools decided against playing on Sept. 15, but later in the season agreed to meet on Thanksgiving Day (November 22, 2001). Fordham thumped Columbia 41-10 before a sold out  crowd of 7,000 fans. 

Fordham and Columbia have played yearly since 2000. The Liberty Cup game now opens Columbia's season; it's usually the third game on Fordham's schedule. As of the 2014 meeting, Fordham leads the series 9-4.

September 20th 2014, Fordham got after Columbia again with a dominate 49-7 victory, which handed Columbia its first loss of its 2014-15 season. 

For Fordham, the offense usually creates headlines in the past matches but this time defense showed what it's really capable of. Fordham's defense stoned Columbia, holding them  to just 165 yards of total offense, which 82 of those coming in the fourth quarter, and nine total first downs. Columbia made it past the 50 yard line once  in the first 57:30 before going on a late scoring drive to prevent the shutout by Fordham. 

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Ray Rice Exposed

During the off season of this past year, Baltimore Ravens All-Pro Running back Ray Rice was reportedly arrested for domestic abuse of his fiance, now wife, Janay Palmer during an altercation in Atlantic City. 

 After the Ravens and Rice addressed the matter it seemed like Ray Rice got off a little too easy. Rice was only suspended for the first two games of the 2014 season. To some, two games seems very light for the serious issue of domestic battery. NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, has admitted he messed up and didn't handle the issue properly. He felt that he didn't have too much to go off of besides the police reports. 

So he did what he thought was reasonable at the time by only giving a Rice a suspension. Goodell didn't undo the damage he did to himself and his brand with his original and weak sanctions for Rice, but he did admit to making a mistake like this in front of his sport, and in front of the country. 

With the media and fans demanding more punishment for Ray Rice's actions, it seems like the releasing of the TMZ video was perfectly timed in some sense. It leaves many people to wonder why we just were exposed to video today? This whole Rice case is a media frenzy and nightmare for the NFL because they had no other option than to cut an All-Pro, Superbowl Champion Ray Rice. 

Rice, 27, whom just reached terms with the Ravens for a 5-yr/$40 million contract is out of a job, out of the NFL and stuck at a cross roads. Just after the Baltimore Ravens terminated his contract, NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell decided that he was suspending Ray Rice indefinitely. 

To make matters worse, for most players stricken from the NFL or out of a job, they tend to turn to the Canadian Football League. Although, for Ray Rice, he is out of luck. CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon, released a statement saying,"he informed CFL teams that they will be honoring the NFL's suspension of Ray Rice." 

LS

Next Artist to Take Off!

It seems as if your from Toronto or any city in Canada your one hell of an musical artist. Over the last couple of years, there has been some extremely talented artist from the country of Canada. 

Stemming from the musical genius Drake, a keen mixture of rapping and singing ability, his music has become the pure identity of Hip-Hop/ R& B. With the help of rap giants like Lil Wayne and Birdman, Drake has had 4 EP albums, sold over 5 million records, and earned numerous accolades including a Grammy. Seeing with his genius and great ear for talent he has created his own music label OVO Sound branched from the famous Cash Money Records. 

OVO Sound has some very gifted artist signed the up and rising "The Weeknd, the new face for modern R&B, Majid Jordan, OG Ron C , OB O'Brien, I LoveMakonnen and the person I believe is next to take off! PARTYNEXTDOOR.

Jahron Anthony Brathwaite,  AKA "PARTYNEXTDOOR" from Ontario,Canada is a artist who has been around but wasn't in the spotlight because of his similar sound to other artist of this era but after his debut album, " PARTYNEXTDOOR Two" a mixture of soulful vocals, dope electronic beats, infused with R&B and deep quotable lyrics and the incorporation of a story to tell. PARTYNEXTDOOR's album is filled with a track list of songs that will be radio hits and songs that will indeed top the charts. 

PARTYNEXTDOOR also appeared on several of  Drake's tracks, "Own It" & "Come Thru" on his third EP album and Billboard Chart topping album, "Nothing Was The Same"

In my opinion, I believe he's done a great job of distorting the line between singing and rapping, which has allowed him to create his own sound and possibly a new genre of music. He waited for the perfect time to release some great artwork to am era of music lovers looking for a new sound to get away from the same old same old Chris Brown's and Trey Songs. 

He's on his way to a breakout in the music industry and social spotlight. If you don't already believe the hype, I'd advise you to download his mix tapes and purchase his debut album, "PARTYNEXTDOOR TWO" He's a very impressive artist from the OVO Sound Label, whom will soon take over the music charts. The hit radio single, "Recognize ft Drake" has created his buzz and put his music all out on the platform of success. Check him out!

 LS