TexasTerror
September 25th, 2006, 06:31 PM
I have a co-worker clamouring for a Marques Colston jersey. I asked, do you know where he went to school and they knew, Hofstra. I, of course, reminded them that Hofstra was a proud I-AA institution!
Colston is one very popular Saints player. Heard of Joe Horn? This co-worker even told me that Colston was close in catching up with Horn as her favorite member of the Saints. I have heard nothing but good things about the former I-AA star. I'm looking forward to watching him tonight and of course, seeing what he can do the rest of his career.
Always nice to see a I-AA star making good at the next level, especially someone who was pretty close to being Mr Irrelevant. Pick #252 and now he is definitely worthy of some accolades. Keep it Colston!
==============
Pride of the Saints
Former Hofstra star Colston is catching on in New Orleans
BY TOM ROCK
Newsday Staff Writer
September 24, 2006
Hours before he plays in a game, long before the fans begin to drift through the gates, Marques Colston goes for a walk. He takes just a few minutes to stroll the field, get adjusted to the light, take in the smells and absorb some of the atmosphere. It's just one of the ways the wide receiver from Hofstra settles himself with the fact that he is about to play in an NFL stadium, those places he had always seen on television.
He did it before his first game two weeks ago at Cleveland Browns Stadium. He did it last week at historic Lambeau Field in Green Bay. And sometime tonight, he'll emerge from the dressing room of the New Orleans Saints and step onto the field at the Superdome.
It's a building, like the others he has played in this season, that he has seen on television. But the last time he saw images from the Superdome, they weren't of football players. They were the heart-tugging visuals of people pushed to the precipice of death, some of whom plunged over the other side. Survivors of last summer's Hurricane Katrina sought refuge in the humongous edifice, only to have it turn into a desert island in the middle of a flood-covered city. No food, no water and, in many instances, no hope.
When Colston walks the field tonight, before the Saints host the Falcons in a game that holds an importance in the city that is far loftier than football, the dome will be empty of fans. But it will be filled with the souls of those who last filled the multi-colored Mardi Gras seats, who watched the roof open to the elements, who came looking for help and found none.
http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/ny-spsunspec174905192sep24,0,2021434.story?coll=ny-sports-headlines
Colston is one very popular Saints player. Heard of Joe Horn? This co-worker even told me that Colston was close in catching up with Horn as her favorite member of the Saints. I have heard nothing but good things about the former I-AA star. I'm looking forward to watching him tonight and of course, seeing what he can do the rest of his career.
Always nice to see a I-AA star making good at the next level, especially someone who was pretty close to being Mr Irrelevant. Pick #252 and now he is definitely worthy of some accolades. Keep it Colston!
==============
Pride of the Saints
Former Hofstra star Colston is catching on in New Orleans
BY TOM ROCK
Newsday Staff Writer
September 24, 2006
Hours before he plays in a game, long before the fans begin to drift through the gates, Marques Colston goes for a walk. He takes just a few minutes to stroll the field, get adjusted to the light, take in the smells and absorb some of the atmosphere. It's just one of the ways the wide receiver from Hofstra settles himself with the fact that he is about to play in an NFL stadium, those places he had always seen on television.
He did it before his first game two weeks ago at Cleveland Browns Stadium. He did it last week at historic Lambeau Field in Green Bay. And sometime tonight, he'll emerge from the dressing room of the New Orleans Saints and step onto the field at the Superdome.
It's a building, like the others he has played in this season, that he has seen on television. But the last time he saw images from the Superdome, they weren't of football players. They were the heart-tugging visuals of people pushed to the precipice of death, some of whom plunged over the other side. Survivors of last summer's Hurricane Katrina sought refuge in the humongous edifice, only to have it turn into a desert island in the middle of a flood-covered city. No food, no water and, in many instances, no hope.
When Colston walks the field tonight, before the Saints host the Falcons in a game that holds an importance in the city that is far loftier than football, the dome will be empty of fans. But it will be filled with the souls of those who last filled the multi-colored Mardi Gras seats, who watched the roof open to the elements, who came looking for help and found none.
http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/ny-spsunspec174905192sep24,0,2021434.story?coll=ny-sports-headlines