‘Baro’ Breaks it Down

By John Baranowsky, athletic correspondent
Posted on November 15, 2007

Well, I think it is safe to say that the Dukes took care of business this past Saturday at William & Mary. I could tell all week that it was going to be a great offensive showing for us, and it most definitely was. 

Once again the offensive line was controlling the line of scrimmage, which gave Rodney Landers, Antoinne Bolton and Griff Yancy plenty of room to show their speed.

One of the more interesting plays of the game came on our second kickoff when David Stannard successfully kicked an onside kick to himself and recovered it. That allowed us to punch another score in and really take control of the game.

Overall, defensively, we played pretty solid. Their QB is a good one and made a few plays here and there, but nothing ever really got us worried. With constant pressure by Sam Daniels, Quintrel Thomas, Arthur Moats, JD Skolnitski, Hassan Abdul-Wahid and Dominique White the D-line really had Phillips running for his life most of the night. It is going to take that same kind of pressure to beat Towson this weekend. 

After the game you could tell the rest of the guys were psyched about the big win, but Coach Matthews made sure to remind us that we had another “playoff” game coming up this weekend at home.

I think it is very clear that if we win this weekend, we will be in the playoffs. Aside from that, the only thing on my mind is beating Towson. Once we do that we can worry about who we will play next. One thing is for sure I love Thanksgiving, mainly because of the excessive amounts of food, but I would much rather be playing football. With a win this Saturday my wish will most certainly come to fruition.

John Baranowsky is a senior economics major and starting defensive tackle.