Roughing the Kicker?

Normally, I don't blog about sports, but I have to vent this somewhere.

If you watched the Cowboys debacle Sunday, you may have been scratching your head at the last play. A Cardinals player very clearly ran into the Cowboys kicker as his leg was in the act of kicking. I have seen roughing calls for far less contact than that. That should have been a 15 yard penalty against the Cardinals and an automatic first down for the Cowboys.

Speaking of football, last week marked the 92nd anniversary of the most lopsided beating ever administered in college football. Georgia Tech beat Cumberland College 222-0 on October 7, 1916. You can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Cumberland_vs._Georgia_Tech_football_game

Cumberland has apparently gotten over it. They have a web page devoted to what they call, "The Game of the Century". From that page, here is the only known picture taken during the game.

This gives us an excellent opportunity to discuss Wikipedia. Some educators absolutely hate it, but I take a more moderate approach. DO NOT USE WIKIPEDIA AS A PRIMARY SOURCE FOR ANY PAPER YOU ARE TURNING IN FOR CREDIT. Was that clear enough? I use Wikipedia as a starting place. I use it to get facts about something I already know but need to confirm, or as a source for RELIABLE sources through the references section at the bottom of each page. I know that you have grown up with the 'net, but not all web pages are created equally. The THS librarians have an excellent list of databases to which the school subscribes that are available to you at no cost. See your librarian for more details. They'll help you read more about it.