Our Fan Support is Awesome....Some Saying Playoffs

Homecoming weekend was great. We had hundreds of poeple come and watch Ville '08 womp on some Hancock kids. All we heard this week was how Hancocks QB is..but after the 1st quarter, that kid did not want to drop back and pass. Once again, we racked up over 400 yards of offense, and we had individuals like Todd and TYler go over 100 yards. I personally had 171 yards passing with 1 TD, but i also had my first rush TD. And this rushing Td was somethin special for me, but i give credit to my lineman for getting up to the second level and pening it up for me. I ran up the field, spun off a tackler, and i felt myself stumblin towards the endzone, so i dove into the endzone. It was great, i had guys all over, fans going wild. And i got this awesome picture of me in mid-air crossing the touchdown line. We won 41-21, all we wanted to do is make a statement and show what we're made of. Hancock is a bunch of sore losers, after the game they came off the bus and started to talk crap to our players and we almost got in a fight, but coaches came just in time. What else is there to say, we're 3-1 and have a full head of steam going into our league games. Our next opponent is Oxford, whos not very strong, so we're looking for another good game. In the words of WCDO: "Ville's next oppoent is Oxford, which should be another good game for them, looks like this is the team to look for. Somebody may be goin to playoffs....."

HomeComing is Crazy...Lots of Eyes

A Fresh Start Is Exactly What The Doctor Ordered

This week was hell, and i saw it all coming. First let me start with how i found a new respect for water boyt's, seeing that i was one for a week1 I was also the team slave, Ryan get this, carry this, hold this. I was referred too as Wa-wa-wa-ter-er-er-boy all week, mostly by the coaches. But it was also nice to see how practice looks from the outside, and it was fun to watch our backup QB Russ Anderson handle practice. He looked great last game, i honestly thought he would challenge me for my starting spot he did that well. He was the hero of that game, steppin up and makin plays.
But this week i get back, perfect timing for Homecoming, and I have this motivation to get back on the field. And i think thats what i needed, like a fresh start to get my mind right and focused. I feel good going into this practice, and once you start doing practices and the same drills everyday it can get boring and you lose focus. But since i missed a week, i feel like i need to catch up with the guys and keep my spot not only as QB, but as team leader. We're 2-1 and we're looking for a wining streak the next couple weeks. And i think the community knows this, because we get tremendous support from them. We easily had over 50 harpursville people up at UV to watch us on a Friday night. Wow. But we're gonna have more this week, and we do not want to let anyone down. Look for us, we're the Cinderalla team

Time To See What TheTeam is Made Of......

**Seein birdies flyin around** **Feeling like an anvil fell me on me** **Did i catch the license plate number ON THE TRUCK THAT JUST RAN OVER ME!** Yea, thats what was going through my mind after i got smoked in my last game in Watkins Glen. Maybe it was karma, because i had a real bad game and i deserved it? Nahhh, i dont think i did THAT bad......
I got a concussion that game, and I'm still a lil woozy and dazed. So i was forced, not voluntarily, to visit the doctors. By visiting the doctors I knew full well i would be held out for atleast a week....Yup! What do ya know! I'm out of action this week so i can recover, so that means Im going to miss Friday nights game at UV. I was originally bummed out becasue i havent missed a game, let alone a practice. But I'm going to take full advantage of it, and after 2 days of watching practice I have a different view of things. I like seeing how our practice runs and how it looks from the outside looking in, and it gives me a chance to hear what coaches say behind the players back. But I don't do that.... :)
Like i said, i had a bad game, partly because i let the stupid pressure get to me. And it was a high intensity, hard action, fast pace game. It was my first big game, and my nerves were up and my blood was pumping! But i'm glad that i have that big game under my belt. Hopefully it'll only take one of those, so i can relax and get back to normal....hopefully

Rockstar Status is Nice, But There's a Long Way To Go

Yes the articles in the paper, the clips on the TV, and the headlines are all nice...really nice. But i can't let myself get caught up with all that jazz, no matter how nice it is. I can't explain how nice this is too have my family members call and congratulate me. And going to school to have the teachers do the same, and younger football members keep telling me how good i did. "Hey Ryan remeber when you threw that touchdown???".... yea i've been getting that all week ha. But that's in my past now, and now i have this drive in me to put up the same stats every week. But stress comes along with that drive, pressure to put the same numbers or better every week. I'm trying hard to not let that get too me, im gonna saty humble about it. But sure enough after i throw another TD, im gonna be escatic for the team and myself. And all this attention brought to us is good, because most people have to take double look to see that they read the paper right. But thats only week 1, and we all know its gonna get tougher.
We had a real nice week of practiced,relaxed and confident. But still smash-mouth, because we all know we have a golden chance to do well. Watkins Glen is this week, well tmrw night, and there a better team but still beatable. And i also have a real nice oppurtunity to put up some good stats. Well that prety much sums it up. See ya in the papers!

School started...but thats isn't what is on my mind

ok. woo hoo, school starts. everyone looks good in their new clothes, their new shoes. Constant flash of the cameras becasue mom's all over are taking first day of school pictures. All that is over once the last bell rings, now its time to put on our smelly practice jerseys. Dirty pants. And cruddy spikes....It's practice time.

Nevermind the fact that Coach Curtis gives us 7 minutes to go from all fresh and clean to football pads, its game week! We practiced really hard this week, and it shows because we've done less conditioning! Our intensity has been thru the roof and we are really focused on our first game of the season against Livingston Manor. We have a golden opportunity to not only have a winning season, but make playoffs! Its suppose to rain, like massive, and a bunch of guys are all excited about it. But as a QB, im short of enthusiastic. Those other guys dont have to touch the ball every play! Ha they don't understand

We should win this game, but you gotta play every game like your opponent is the State Champs! Funny thing i said that, seeing that we actually play the state champs this year ha. But nonetheless, we are excited to hit the snot out of another team. Best advice this week: Whoever is in a different color jersey.. beat the living s*%t out of them! That should send a message, right?