Trying to make History

     Old Dominion University's football team is trying to make history this weekend against North Carolina Central who is a very solid team.  The game is already sold out and should be a great, first homecoming game for ODU.  

     No start up program as ever won eight games in their first season ever of play. We can do that this weekend and forever hold our names in the record books for as long as possible. We have worked extremely hard these past couple of months and want to win this game badly more than anything right now. 

     We hope that the "12th Monarch" will be out again and help us at the game this weekend. They have not let us down yet and we hope they are louder than ever this weekend because it is going to be a very tough game. We need all the fans support because they make it frustrating for other teams when they have the ball because they cannot hear anything which causes them to have penalties and miscommunications. 

     Gametime is Saturday at 2p.m. with homecoming festivities throughout the day as well.

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Injuries and More Injuries

     Well, every football team  knows that throughout the season they can expect injuries throughout the season. For us, that is definately the case. We are currently at week ten right now and hurting as a football team right now. The Old Dominion Football team is 7-2 right now and is going to face a good football team this Saturday against North Carolina Central this weekend. They are currently 2-6 right now but their record is deceiving because they have played tough teams this year so far. 

     We must come ready to play this weekend because they certainly will be. Not only must we play perfect football but we must play discipline football because we are a banged up bunch as well. Key injuries up to date are myself, Matt Carrillo (broken thumb, but still playing), A.T. Aeolua (ankle sprain), Ryan Jensen (Back problems) and others to name a few. The key part to our success in the next couple of weeks are the guys on the team who will be able to back up the starters who are injured and to see how good they can perform.  Erik Saylor just recently this week was injured after getting hit extremely hard and "pancaked" by Patrick McNichols. Saylor received a concussion on Wednesday and will be a game time decision this weekend.