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Archive for April, 2010

The D3 Experience Twitter Updates: 2010-04-29

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

I know it might be weird to say, but knowing that they finally got the guy who killed Darrent Williams makes me feel really good. #
The crippling disadvantage of daylight savings time: you can’t fall asleep when you need to. #
In the science building wearing a wifebeater and working on a midterm. There’s something that’s [...]

Take Your Pick

Monday, April 26th, 2010

Above: Roger Goodell won’t be calling my name anytime soon, although I have met him before. Image via Wikipedia.
Late April is a magical time for football fans worldwide (unless by “football” they mean soccer. For them, late April means practically nothing). Teams, agents, players and unemployed fans with nothing better to do descend upon the [...]

Coach ‘Em Up

Monday, April 19th, 2010

This week will hopefully mark yet another exciting occasion for the Grinnell Football program, as we intend to hire an assistant coach. Since Coach Hawsey’s departure, everyone has been pulling together to make things run more smoothly, but all of our coaches currently have a day job or are coaching a sport that is in-season. [...]

Spring Ballin’

Monday, April 12th, 2010

It’s better than Christmas in July. It’s Christmas in April. For the first time in Grinnell College History (and other grand, capitalized phrases), the football team trotted out to practice… in the spring.
The dark and mysterious grand poo-bahs of the Midwest Conference somehow came to the conclusion that it was finally necessary to allow a “non-traditional [...]

Spring Broken

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

If there is one thing I’ve become particularly unaccustomed to in my time as a Grinnell College Football player, it is rest. My day usually starts at 6 AM and encompasses around 3 hours of working out and 7 hours of destroying my brain capacity with my academic workload.
I’m not one to complain, though. Having [...]