A great take on Norrell
by Jeff Nusser on Sep 9, 2009 3:19 PM PDT
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PrintI tire of some of Cougfan's stuff sometimes because of the rah-rah nature of a lot of it -- Are you a news site or a booster site? Make up your mind! -- but this piece by Barry Bolton on Kevin Norrell's dismissal is exceptional and worth a read. It's the kind of piece you should pass on to those who aren't WSU fans and are wondering just what they heck is going on in Pullman.
My favorite passage:
Norrell has been in Pullman more than a year now, and he's his own man. And he has a choice to make now.
He can grow up, stick his nose in the books, earn back the trust of his teammates and coaches and go on to greater heights. Or he can play the victim, put on the martyr's hat and leave, loudly beating a path out of town, as some former Cougars have under Wulff after their actions lost them the privilege of playing for and at Washington State.If it's the former, no one will root for him harder than me; most everyone needs a second chance at some point in their life and this could be, when he looks back, the major positive turning point in his life. If it's the latter, that's a shame. Not for Wazzu. For Kevin Norrell.
I could not agree more. Well done, Cougfan.
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Wow..dissapointing
I was looking forward to seeing him play this year…he’s a great receiver..i seriously think that Wulff is going too radical here..i mean a desire to change the way wazzu plays football through banning and kicking some players off the team is good but also has its drawbacks..consider for one: the location, its in the middle of NOWHERE! its pulliman, the place where the craziest parties in the state take place..where the wheat grows and the beer flows. as bad as this sounds that is part of the lure of WSU…….know I am by no means saying that what Norrell did was right or acceptable behavior..but kicking him off the team for it? a few game suspension or even 6 game suspension, with the added hope of having him back at some point this year would be beneficial…what Wullf is gonna be left with is a bunch of great kids who keep there noses clean, but cant play football…mistakes happen, kicking a highly talented player whose been with the team 2 years and has worked hard to get a starting position, is one of the reasons I dislike Wulff, he’s too strict…Doba was the opposite not strict enough…the encouragement to work out and get in shape is not what im talking about when I say too strict, that is neccessary and builds good team chemistry and confidence…all im saying is for the love coach! yes he got a DUI, yes he was too sick to play on saturday and yet if off drinking, and got caught, ppl do stupid stuff when there influenced…Norrell: that was a REAL dumbheaded move, and what should have occurred is watching his starting job get taken for a weeks on the sideline so he can come back and be smarter nad play better..
Well, I think the team answered that one in Grippi's post last night
An excerpt of which you can find here.
Oh, and holy smokes dude — how about some paragraphs? My head hurts now.
haha...yeah sorry Nuss
I just read off a site for the olympian newspaper..that the hawaii-wazzu game would be televised..but limited…and that you could view it if you live in Western Washington on the Universal Sports Network and east of the Cascades on local channels….what channel on direct TV is the universal sports network?
Universal Sports is KING 5.2
If you get a digital over-the-air signal, it’s 5.2. If you have Comcast digital cable, I believe it’s channel 115. (Don’t quote me on that.) On DirecTV it’s 604.
Although, I wouldn't count on it being on the Universal Channel on DirecTV
I’m betting that’s a national broadcast. You’ll probably need to be on Comcast or another regional cable provider to get that local broadcast.
If you don't have an account, here's what it says:
From FSN-NW…
Fox Sports NW is producing the WSU vs. Hawaii tilt but due to a conflict with a Seattle Mariners game, the distribution for the Washington State-Hawaii game throughout the Northwest and Hawaii is on the following channels:
Seattle Area – Universal Sports
Channel 5.2 OTA (over the air)
DirecTV channel 688
Dish Channel 447
Comcast Channel 115
Spokane Area – KHQ, SWX
Yakima Area – KNDO, SWX
Tri-Cities Area – KNDU, SWX
Notes:
—The WSU/Hawaii game will be available on Dish channel 447 and on DirecTV channel 688 in the Seattle area. But those particular channels will be blacked out in the Spokane , Yakima , and Tri-Cities area where viewers can watch it live on KHQ, KNDO, KNDU, SWX.
Via CougFan.com and FSN NW
Essentially if you live in the northwest, you should be able to find the game
If you live out of the northwest, you’re hosed.
hey thats awesome...
but what would the SW Washington, vanoucer area be under…same as the listings for the seattle area…hmmm I dont have any kind of cable myself, so I was just wondering what to tel my budyd to look for to record the game…the columbian paper said that there was no TV..but I think its wrong…
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