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GSC COACH SAYS TEAM KNOWS HOW TO WIN - Even Football is High-Tech |
| (09/07/2006) |
| By Drew Moody drew@wvmountainsun.com Despite a disappointing loss last Saturday, Pioneer Head Football Coach Alan Fiddler has plenty of reasons to feel good about the 2006 season. The team has won 14 of its past 19 games. Eight offensive starters, and six defensive starters returned from last year. "The guys know how to win; that'll help," Fiddler said. That winning feeling lasted most of Saturday's game. Glenville State College led Johnson C. Smith University until the waning minutes of the final quarter. Johnson C. Smith scored with just over 3 minutes left in the fourth quarter to make it 23-20. Although Glenville had led most of the game, the team couldn't find the end zone again in the final minutes. It's early in the season. Coach Fiddler runs a highly disciplined program. At practice sessions players aren't fooling around. They're serious. One day they may be lifting weights, performing field drills or scrimmaging. Other days smaller groups may watch films of either their previous scrimmage, or the opposing team. Beyond the game scoreboard, and the final tally which determines who wins, even football has gone high tech. It's not the same game it used to be... even 10 or 15 years ago. Look back longer than that and you're talking the "dark ages" by comparison. And just when you thought there was some facet of life computers hadn't touched, well, keep looking. A competitive college football program in 2006 is nearly dependent on digital imaging and high-tech software. The college has a $25,000 state-of-the-art digital two camera video system, complete with software to put identifier codes on all plays... Read the rest of the story at wvmountainsun.com
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