Odds and Ends
So, a few little updates here and there for Falcon sports.
BG MBB will play Georgia State in the Sun Belt-MAC Challenge, which has been extended through 28-29. This is a good thing for us...some of the coaches don't like the game being in the middle of the conference season, but if you look back, BG used to play non-conference games all the time during MAC play. Georgia State will be tough to get a line on that early in the year...they fired their coach last year after going 10-22. He has been replaced by Jon Cremins, former Vanderbilt assistant and nephew of Bobby Cremins.
There's an addition to the football roster. His name is JayT Jackson, and he plays DB, a position always in need of numbers. He's from Columbus, Georgia. He went to Garden City CC, where he played all 10 games in his one year there. He had 22 tackles, including some impactful plays. He went to Georgia State where he played in six games over two years, then to La. Tech where he played in 11 with 4 tackles total.
Welcome to the Falcons, JayT.
In the meantime, July first came and went, making it Sacramento State day for those who celebrate.
Here's a trivia question. Obviously, Sacramento is in the state capital. What founding member of the MAC was also located in a state capital?
So what do we know about them?
They are the Hornets.
Their mascot is "Herky the Hornet" and has been for 70 years. There's a lot of folklore about where the name came from. The Hornet was selected over the elk, which was not considered aggressive enough.
- Tom Hanks (did not actually graduate).
- Lester Holt
- Joan Lunden
- This guy:
- Joseph DeAngelo, the Golden State Killer.
- Buck Martinez
- About 22 NFL players, plus Ricky Ray, CFL Hall-of-Famer.
- Ryan Coogler
- David Hodo, the construction worker in the Village People
- Bobby McFerrin (attended five universities)
- An adult film star, a Playmate of the month, and a girlfriend of H. Hefner.
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