Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Donald Jones achieved a good short term goal last Sunday, he scored a touchdown. More importantly, according to Jones, his Buffalo Bills recorded a very impressive 41-7 road victory at Kansas City. Jones finished the game with three yards on two receptions and was targeted five times.
Jones nearly broke a ...
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Friday, August 19th, 2011
Former Youngstown State star Donald Jones is settling in nicely with the Buffalo Bills. Jones is scorching up the depth charts and will see ample playing time in Buffalo this season. I will be featuring Jones every week during the NFL season to recap what went right in the games, ...
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Friday, July 29th, 2011
Dominque Barnes has signed a free agent contract with the Detroit Lions. The former Youngstown State Wide Receiver grew up in Michigan and will surely flourish in a system needing offense. Barnes always told me he was going to get to the next level, no matter what, so congratulations Dominique ...
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Monday, April 18th, 2011
Kevin Watts is under pressure these days. He can hear his receivers coach, Andre Coleman, in his sleep. Rather than squirm from the subject, Watts was quick to inform me that he respects Coleman and that any criticism he offers, regardless of volume, infliction, or frequency - he grows from ...
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Saturday, February 5th, 2011
I consider myself fortunate to have met some good people both in Youngstown, and nationally. I couldn't get a hold of quite a few of them, but was very happy to reach the ones that I did. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers tee it up tomorrow in Super ...
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Sunday, November 21st, 2010
Youngstown State product, Donald Jones, had his best Sunday as a professional. Jones did some damage and scored his first NFL touchdown in the Bills 49-31 come-from-behind win over the Bengals. Jones finished the game catching five of Ryan Fitzpatrick's passes including a 28-yard touchdown reception. Jones' five catches are ...
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Friday, November 12th, 2010
Favorite Penguin. Not an easy choice with Ross, Blose, Elliott, and Rodemoyer in the category. This was a great bunch of seniors, but one is a future YSU Hall of Famer, one has his name etched in the record books, one scored a touchdown against a 1-A opponent on ...
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Thursday, October 7th, 2010
If I were starting a college football team, I would want four Brandian Ross's in my defensive backfield. Ross, who shares the duty of captain with DL Torrance Nicholson, showed versatility last week in a loss. Ross was asked to slide over to safety to cover for the injured Andre ...
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