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February 2, 2010

Ramblin' Reck: On paper, this could be one of the best Super Bowls we’ve ever seen

By Tom Reck The Tribune Star Tue Feb 02, 2010, 12:13 AM EST

Super Bowl Week is here, complete with the up-to-minute media reports from Florida that will not stop until Sunday night.

On paper, this Super Bowl could be one of the best.

You have the top seeds from the AFC and NFC in the big game and two of the best — if not the two best — quarterbacks in the game today.

Indianapolis became the early favorite — at least by the oddsmakers — almost as soon as the Colts defeated the New York Jets. The Colts should remain the favorite until game time following all that pre-game hype and that’s good.

We’ll go with the favorite and say the Colts win it 27-13. And hope it does not jinx the Colts.



• Lions on a roll — Several high school boys basketball teams have been playing well in the Valley in the new year but none better than the Marshall Lions in Illinois.

They have not lost in 2010 and have won eight in a row since losing in the Pizza Hut Wabash Valley Classic.

They won the Little Illini Conference tournament last week for the fourth straight year and for the sixth time in the past eight years.

The Lions averaged 65.7 points in the three tournament games and gave up an average of 41.7.

It was Marshall’s 16th championship in the event and Tom Brannan has been the coach of nine of those champs.

Marshall has road games at Oblong and Edwards County this week and then will take on rival Casey next week. The Warriors are playing well too and were consolation champs in the tournament.

Shakamak is one of the teams faced by the Lions last month and the Lakers have beaten two fellow Class A ranked teams the past two weeks, No. 3 Barr-Reeve last week and White River Valley the previous week.

The Lakers are 3-0 in the Tri-River Conference and meet league rival Clay City this week.



• Tom-Cattin’ It — “Nellie” Bennett coached the Marshall Lions for a long time and can use the thoughts and prayers of his many friends.

He recently suffered a stroke and spent some time in the hospital. Get well, coach.

• Former South Vermillion athlete Jeff Delph has returned to the area as teacher and coach in the SV system. He’s coaching the 7th-grade boys basketball team that recently finished a 17-4 season.

• The Parade Magazine All-America high school football team was announced Sunday. Shakir Bell of Warren Central was the Indiana player on the list.

• Indiana teams again ranked high in the USA Today girls high school basketball poll last week with Ben Davis second and Floyd Central 21st.

Bloomington South was ninth in the boys rankings.

Indianapolis North Central is not ranked but we think the Panthers should be. They recently defeated Lawrence North 99-55 and also whipped Warren Central 82-55.

Lawrence North, meanwhile, also lost to Center Grove — the leader in the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference standings.

Shakamak is one of the teams faced by the Lions last month and the Lakers have beaten two fellow Class A ranked teams the past two weeks, No. 3 Barr-Reeve last week and White River Valley the previous week.

The Lakers are 3-0 in the Tri-River Conference and meet league rival Clay City this week.



Tom Reck may be contacted by telephone at (812) 232-3231, by email at tm_reck@yahoo.com or by mail at 4284 South 5th Street, Apt. 3, Terre Haute, IN 47802.

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Ramblin' Reck

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Assessing the NCAA tournament jumble

  The college men’s basketball schedule is in its final month with Selection Sunday less than four weeks away.
   

  February 14, 2012  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: And now, on to the next beloved winter sport

  The final football game finally has been played, meaning folks in the Valley can concentrate on basketball this week.
   

  February 7, 2012  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Indianapolis is looking mighty good this week

  It’s Super Bowl XLVI week … in Indiana for the first time.
   

  January 31, 2012  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Fox gives TH punter kudos

  The stage is set. It’ll be the New York Giants against the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl that will be played for the first time in Indianapolis.
   

  January 24, 2012  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Big Ten shaken up last week

  It was a very interesting week in men’s college basketball, especially in the Big Ten.
   

  January 17, 2012  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: A fresh round of predictions as the NFL dwindles to 8

  More National Foootball League playoff games are slated this weekend, with the number of postseason teams down to eight following an interesting weekend of wild-card action.
   

  January 10, 2012  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Hile inducted into Hall

  Indiana State grad Amy Lynn Hile will take her place in another Hall of Fame this year.
  Inducted into the ISU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005, the former Sycamore standout has been named as one of the 2011 inductees into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
   

  January 3, 2012  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: It’s time now for some intraleague hoops rivalries

  It’s the final week of 2011 but it is the first week of conference basketball games for most colleges, particularly those in Indiana and Illinois.
   

  December 27, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: A long distance relationship

  Indiana State’s trip out West to play basketball at Boise State brought back memories of one of the trips I made to that city.
   

  December 20, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Indiana Mr. Football still has big decision to make

  Some awards in high school and college football were announced last week.
   

  December 13, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: No dearth of good basketball

  Based on early games, the college basketball season is going to be very interesting for coaches, players and fans, particularly in the Big Ten and Missouri Valley.
   

  December 6, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Big Ten-ACC challenge gets under way tonight

  Conference championship football games and challenge action in basketball will make for a busy week for college teams.
  Wisconsin and Michigan State will meet in the very first Big Ten football championship Saturday at Indianapolis. Kickoff is 8 p.m. and the action will be carried by Fox.
  Michigan State nipped the Badgers in the regular-season contest at East Lansing. We like Wisconsin to win and earn a trip to the Rose Bowl.
  Other games and picks:
  
  SEC — LSU over Georgia on Saturday
  Mid-American — Northern Illinois over Ohio U. on Friday
  Pac-12 — Oregon over UCLA on Friday
  ACC — Virginia Tech over Clemson on Saturday
  Conference USA — Houston over Southern Mississippi on Saturday
  
  Western Kentucky will not play for a championship but the Hilltoppers won seven of their last eight games to finish with a winning mark. That’s the same team that lost to Indiana State, you will recall.
  Meanwhile, the hiring and firing already has begun with Urban Meyer coming out of retirement to accept the job at Ohio State. That was a no-brainer.
  Illinois is bowl-eligible but Ron Zook is out. Ditto for Turner Gill at Kansas and apparently Dennis Erickson at Arizona State.
  In basketball, the first games in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge will be played tonight. The biggie tonight is Duke at Ohio State. Miami of Florida is at Purdue and Illinois plays at Maryland.
  On Wednesday, Indiana is at North Carolina State, Wisconsin is at North Carolina and Michigan State goes to Florida State.
  Indiana State is at Boise State on Saturday for a Missouri Valley-Mountain West Challenge game,
  It was fun and gratifying to be able to watch the Sycamores on national television as they took third in the Old Spice Classic. The team got tons of favorable publicity and comments from the three games.
  And what a game for Jake Odum and his triple-double. Wow.
  I I I
  n White honored — Taylor White of Casey has earned academic all-state honors in Illlinois football.
  White was one of the top players at linebacker and fullback and was one of the captains on the team but did not play as the Warriors lost to Morrison in the Class 2A title tilt.
  He was sidelined by injury in the game against Marshall and underwent surgery.
  The Warriors gave Morrison all it wanted in the final game, concluding another banner season for coach Keith Sinclair and the team.
  Nice work, Warriors.
  I I I
  n Tom-Cattin’ It — Carmel was the only public school to win a prep football championship in Indiana and was impressive in its 54-0 victory over Penn in the 5A finale.
  Other winners — all private schools — were Lafayette Central Catholic in A, Fort Wayne Luers in 2A, Indianapolis Chatard in 3A, and Indianapolis Cathedral in 4A.
  n Sullivan puts its undefeated girls basketball record on the line tonight at West Vigo. Its victory over Terre Haute South last week was its first over the Braves since 1992.
  n Terre Haute North grad Steve Weatherford, now punting for the New York Giants, was featured in a nice story in The New York Times on Monday.
  He was singled out for his conditioning program and called the strongest player pound for pound — at 210 pounds — on the team that met the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football.
  n Jim Rathman died last week at 83.
  He won the Indianapolis 500 in 1960, edging Rodger Ward in a race in which there were a record 29 lead changes.
  Rathman also was runner-up in the race in 1952, 1957 and 1959.
  n Flora has been tabbed by one newspaper as the preseason pick to win the Little Illini Conference boys basketball championship and to make it to the Final Four.
  The Wolves play Marshall, off to a 3-1 start, next week.
  
  Tom Reck may be contacted by telephone at (812) 232-3231, by email at tm_reck@yahoo.com or by mail at 4284 South 5th Street, Apt. 3, Terre Haute, IN 47802.

  November 29, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Sinclair: ‘Never underestimate the heart of a Warrior’

  Casey’s high school football team will have one more week of practice, including a workout early Thanksgiving Day, but the players don’t mind it.
   

  November 22, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: MVC’s quick start brings hope

  Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball teams and others are off to a good start.
  Valley teams were 9-2 in games played through Sunday. Two teams picked up some very nice victories.
   

  November 15, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: ISU’s ranking solid heading into basketball season

  The college football season still has a few weeks to run for most teams, but the basketball season starts for real for a lot of teams this week; a few still have some exhibition contests left on the schedule.
   

  November 8, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Terre Haute native had memorable career at Red Hill

  When Red Hill played its final football game of the season last month in Illinois, it marked the end of an era for a friend of mine and for the high school.
   

  November 1, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Terre Haute jumps several spots in Sporting News’ ratings

  The Sporting News recently released its rankings of best sports cities in the country.
   

  October 25, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Big week brought ISU alumni to Terre Haute in droves

  It was a great weekend in Terre Haute.
  Alumni were back in town for Indiana State’s homecoming, the football team made it great with another victory and the weatherman cooperated with nice fall weather.
   

  October 18, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Unbeaten football seasons on line for Linton, North Central

  We’re down to the final week of the high school football season for teams in Indiana and some really big games mark the schedule in the area.
   

  October 11, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Big college, prep football games scheduled this weekend

  Some big football games are on the schedule this week in both the college and high school ranks.
  In the Missouri Valley Football Conference, Indiana State and Northern Iowa share first place with 2-0 records. They’ll meet Saturday evening in the UniDome.
   

  October 4, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Big Ten openers are here

  Big Ten football teams play their first conference games this week and a big game will top the schedule.
   

  September 27, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Wild card races offer suspense

  Major league baseball is down to its final days, with the final games slated for Sept. 30.
   

  September 20, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Now for a few football landmark… both north and south

  Some milestones were recorded in Indiana high school football games played Friday night.
  n Heritage Hills blanked Pike Central 75-0 for a 3-0 record in Pocket Athletic Conference action at Lincoln City.
   

  September 6, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Labor Day means football, of the college kind

  Labor Day is coming up and that means the start of the college football season for most teams on Saturday.
   

  August 30, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Southwest 7 cleans up in Week 1

  Three Southwest Seven Conference teams were winners last week as Indiana high school football teams opened the 2011 season.
  
  
   

  August 23, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Beginner’s luck?

  Sunday and Monday were good days for first-time winners in some of the major sports events.
   

  August 16, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Schelsky, Bilyeu, Fish conclude big golf weeks in Valley

  Some notes and observations on recent achievements by folks from the area:
   

  August 9, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Week filled with competitive golf, multiple racing events

  Last week was a busy one but a nice one with golf, harness racing and automobile racing on the hot, humid schedule.
   

  August 2, 2011  

• RAMBLIN' RECK: Brickyard 400 a hot item on this week’s racing schedule

  It’s race week again in Indiana and a busy time for golfers in the area too.
   

  July 26, 2011  

• Here’s rooting for some fictional sports characters

  With all these hot days, it’s nice to sit in one’s apartment where it is cooler — not air-conditioned but cooler — and watch some television.

  July 19, 2011  

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