The quarterback. What does it mean to be a quarterback? Does it mean “guy who throws the ball”? I mean, technically, yes. The quarterback gets the snap and dictates what the next action will be. But what about the essence of the man who is the quarterback? This is the guy who will be the…
According to the NCAA, just over one million high school students play football for their respective schools each fall. But the number of those players that actually move on to a higher level of competition is incredibly miniscule. Some 73,660 athletes competed in all levels of NCAA football in the 2015 season — the most…
For many, Thanksgiving is a time of celebration, and the members of the Concordia College wrestling team went into Thanksgiving break with some early season success to compliment their holiday cheer. The Cobbers opened their season with a 22-18 win over Minnesota State University Moorhead on Nov. 14, then placed seven wrestlers in the top-four…
After finally winning a Best Bet last week, it’s time for me to make picks based on zero football knowledge! This week I will be making my picks based on one simple question: which team has the best jerseys? (Shoutout to Erik Manning). As you will read in the rest of my picks this week,…
Though the team success of the Concordia College swimming and diving team has been limited by its roster size over the last few seasons, a number of individuals and relay teams have managed to set records for the Cobbers. Between 2016 and 2017, seven school records were broken. Although only one of those record setters,…
On Friday, Nov. 3, 12 Concordia students piled into one of two vehicles for an eight-hour drive to Milwaukee — but that wasn’t the beginning of their story. Less than a week earlier, Moshe Mukori—a sophomore from Harare, Zimbabwe—got approval from the school to bring his club handball team on the trip to Wisconsin for…
This past Saturday, Nov. 11, the Cobber football team lost 10-3 to the St. John’s Johnnies in the last regular season game of the year. The game was a must-win for both teams if they wanted to extend their seasons. Both teams had lost to the University of St. Thomas earlier in the season, leaving…
The basketball teams have taken over Memorial Auditorium, and the volleyball team has wrapped up their 2017 season. They played their last game of the season on Saturday, Oct. 28, finishing the match with a 3-1 loss to the College of Saint Benedict. The volleyball team finished the season 7-15 overall and 4-7 in conference play,…
The art of losing. It is really quite a skill. The Browns have been so bad for so long that it’s not even really funny any more. It’s mostly just sad. Cleveland is looking at controlling the first overall pick in the draft for the second straight year. Although this team is flush with young…
Women Hockey and Halloween go together like ice cream and pumpkin pie? For the first time in five years, Concordia opened its hockey season in the month of October when it hosted Northland College for a weekend series Oct. 27-28. Despite a dominant performance from the Cobbers—led by the top line of Amanda Flemming, Tori…