Interview with Danny Woodhead - Only Player to Rush for More than 2700 Yards in A Season

Danny Woodhead plays tailback for the Chadron State Eagles in Division II. Woodhead set the single season record for rushing for all NCAA divisions this season, rushing for a total of 2756 yards on 344 carries, becoming the first player to ever rush for more than 2700 yards in a season. He averaged eight yards per carry, averaged 212 yards per game and scored 34 touchdowns on the group. Add to that another 403 yards in receiving with four touchdowns, and you have a whopping total of 3,159 yards. His 38 total touchdowns lead Division II in scoring. Danny Woodhead - More stats than can be mentioned in a caption. (Source: AFCA)Chadron State had a very good season, undefeated going into the Division II playoffs. They beat West Texas A&M, then lost the following week to perennial powerhouse Northwest Missouri State, 28-21. Northwest Missouri State beat Bloomsburg to advance to the Division II national title game.
I got the chance to talk with Woodhead before he headed to Alabama as a finalist for the Harlon Hill trophy, which is given to the top player in Division II. The award will be presented this Friday, December 15th. Danny has since been placed on the American Football Coaches Association and Daktronics Division II All-American Teams.
Here's the interview with Danny:
CN: You had sixteen carries for sixteen yards in the Northwest Missouri game, what happened to you guys?
DW: I don't think anything happened to us, they played such a good game. Their front four is amazing and they have some very good linebackers also. They tried to take our running game away, so when they did that we were able to throw the ball. We were able to hurt them throwing the ball, and that's how I got into the game was by receiving.
CN: How many total purpose yards did you have?
DW: I think just under 100.
CN: You ran for more yardage this year than anyone has in the history of college football. What does that statement mean to you?
DW: It's an honor just to be mentioned with some of the names that have quite a bit of yardage up in that area. I don't know if it's really hit me. I guess individual statistics aren't really that big a deal to me. It is an honor to be mentioned in the same breath as all those other running backs.
CN: You're one of three finalists for the Harlon Hill trophy, which is like winning the Heisman in Division II. What would it mean to win it?
DW: I don't know if it would really mean that much to myself. More than anything it would mean a lot to Chadron, the community, maybe to North Platte (his hometown). Especially to my offensive lineman because they take pride in what they do, they're a big part of the rushing yards. I really think they'd love to see me win it along with the rest of my teammates. Myself, if I win it, that would be a great honor. It'd be exciting, but it's not something that I'm going up for, that I have to get. I'm just having fun with playing football right now, if the award comes, great, if not, then I'm still going to be a happy guy.
CN: How would you compare Division I to Division II football?
DW: I don't know if you really can because the depth in DI is a lot better. The talent level is higher also. You also have to take into consideration that the people on your team are going to be at a higher level also. People are always asking me - what if you played against Division I talent. You really can't say because you don't know. I don't even care to know what I'd be doing in Division I. That really doesn't affect me, I'm just happy with where I'm at. I love my teammates, I love my coaches. That's just something that's hard to compare - you really can't.
CN: I suppose you get asked this a lot - why did you pick Chadron State?
DW: They wanted me. There weren't a lot of schools that really wanted me. I don't know if they were afraid of my size or whatever (Woodhead is 5'9", 200 lbs). There weren't any Division I schools that really wanted me. That was something from the beginning of the recruiting process that I wanted to do is that I wanted to go to a school that wanted me. I didn't want to just have me like it, I wanted them to like me also.
CN: So nobody at Nebraska ever tried to recruit you?
DW:No, not really. I think I got maybe one phone call. I guess they weren't interested.
CN: Were you interested in them?
DW: When I was younger, I was a diehard Nebraska fan. That was a dream for any Nebraska kid to go play football for them. I would have wanted to go there, but that's not how it worked out and I'm happy where I'm at.
CN: Don Beebe came from Chadron, right, so the next obvious question is what about the NFL?
DW: You know, I'm only a junior, I still got another year left and when the times comes to make a decision on that, that's when I'll decide. You ask any college football player that - if they want a chance to go to the next level, but right now that's really not in my mind. When the time comes, I'll go through that process if it happens.
CN:What are you majoring in?
DW: Middle school math and physical education.
CN: So, let's say the NFL doesn't work out, you're looking at teaching?
DW: Teaching and coaching.
CN: Any consideration at all about leaving Chadron?
DW: No. Not at all. I love it here. The guys here are great, so are the coaches. The coaches are awesome.
CN:Thanks for your time, Danny, I might seek you out next year. Good luck with the Harlon Hill trophy.
DW: All right, no problem.
I'll continue to follow Woodhead's career at Chadron State and perhaps the NFL.

http://www.cornnation.com/story/2006/12/13/223034/52

Talia Balsam, George Clooney, Michelle Pfeiffer

Hollywood actress Michelle Pfeiffer's bet with George Clooney that he will never marry again currently stands at 100,000 dollars (49,000 pounds, 71,000 euros), she said in an interview to be shown Friday.
"I bet him he would get married and he keeps inflating the bet from 100 dollars to 100,000 dollars," Pfeiffer told the Tonight with Jonathan Ross programme on BBC television.
"I still think he will, he's a handsome devil."
Clooney, 46, is one of Hollywood's leading men and most eligible bachelors who is currently on screen in Britain in the film "Michael Clayton".
He has said that Pfeiffer, who starred opposite him in the 1996 film "One Fine Day", and Nicole Kidman each made a 10,000-dollar bet that he would be married and have children by the year 2000.
Clooney married Talia Balsam in 1989. The couple divorced three years later.

Talia BalsamFilmography

Cake Eaters - ( - Cast / 2007 / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )

Cut and Dry - ( / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )

All The King's Men - ( Lucy Stark / 2006 / Released / )

Little Manhattan - ( Jackie Telesco / 2005 / Released / )

Emmett's Mark - ( Suzanne / 2001 / Released / )

Camp Stories - ( Mary / 1997 / Released / )

Coldblooded - ( Jean Alexander / 1995 / Released / )

Homicidal Impulse - ( Emma / 1992 / Released / )

Trust Me - ( Catherine Walker / 1989 / Released / )

In the Mood - ( Judy Cusimano / 1987 / Released / )

Private Investigations - ( Jenny Fox / 1987 / Released / )

The Kindred - ( Sharon Raymond / 1987 / Released / F/M Entertainment )

Crawlspace - ( Lori Bancroft / 1986 / Released / Empire Entertainment Company )

The Supernaturals - ( Private Angela Lejune / 1986 / Released / Republic Entertainment International ) Mass Appeal - ( Liz Dolson / 1984 / Released / )

Sunnyside - ( Ann Rosario / 1979 / Released / AIP )

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Naegleria fowleri is a free-living thermotolerant amoeba in the phylum Sarcomastigophora that is distributed worldwide, mainly in warm aquatic environments. It has also been isolated in soil and sewage. It cannot tolerate nor has been isolated from seawater.
It exists in trophozoite and cyst forms and in a transient flagellate stage. N fowleri is the etiologic agent of primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), which is a rare and usually fatal disease.

Carter and Fowler, for whom N fowleri is named, reported the first cases of PAM in 1965 in Australia, although these 4 cases were initially mistakenly attributed to Acanthamoeba infections.

Most patients with PAM have a history of water exposure that includes swimming or diving through a body of fresh water. In arid climates, cases have arisen from the inhalation of cysts. Trophozoites or cysts, which give rise to trophozoites after they excyst, penetrate the nasal mucosa and ascend along the olfactory nerves after phagocytosis by sustentacular cells of the neuroepithelium and pass through the cribriform plate to invade brain tissue with resultant purulent meningitis and encephalitis.
The organism produces its pathologic effects by its aggressive phagocytic activity and by the diffusion of phospholipases, neuraminidases, and other cytologic enzymes, which results in diffuse hemorrhage and necrosis of brain tissue.
Focal myocarditis with neutrophilic infiltrates and no visible amoebae has been reported, but its significance is still questionable.

In the US: Although isolation of N fowleri from the nares of asymptomatic individuals is reported, PAM itself is rare; only 31 cases were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 1989-2002.

The risk of infection has been estimated at one case per 2.6 million exposures. Internationally: Approximately 200 cases of PAM have been reported worldwide, with some well-publicized outbreaks related to a single source. Most cases occur during the warm summer months in individuals who swam in freshwater pools or lakes.

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The gridiron playoff hunt is on
Thursday, 04 October 2007

Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page plavers covering up the ball after an onside kick by Hillsboro last Friday. The Burros onside kicked it a few times against the Spartans, including the first kick-off of the game. The Spartans lost 30-14 and look to get back on track. (Matt Blumkin/VCTR)

By Matt Blumkin
Valley City Times-Record


The Hi-Liners (2-4, 1-3) will need a win over the Firebirds (5-1, 3-1) on Friday in order to keep their fading playoff hopes alive. It won’t be easy as the Firebirds come in ranked No. 2 in Class AA.
“They run the football like crazy, and they get their big yards off the run,” Hi-Liners coach Scott Roehrich said. “They got two big tackles that they love to run behind, and we’re going to have to control that off-tackle play and get after it when they run.”


The Firebirds also have two strong running backs in Sean Ballard and Casey Byrum to tangle with. The defensive challenges won’t end there, either.
“They’ve got some big-play capability on their wide receivers, too,” Roehrich said. “We’ve got to make sure that we don’t give up a big play that way, too.”
The Hi-Liners won’t change their defensive scheme significantly, but they’ll need to change one season-long habit – giving up third-down plays. It has hurt the Hi-Liners in getting poor field position for their offense and ball control.
“We’ve played pretty good defense, we just can’t get off the field on third-down,” Roehrich said.
When they do get their defense off the field, the Hi-Liners’ offense will have to tangle with an aggressive Firebirds defense, which allows 7.2 points per game.
“We have to make sure that we keep them from pursuing so hard to the ball, so we’ll have to try and use the misdirection when we can,” Roehrich said.
“We’ve also got to be able to throw the ball because they really come after you,” he added. “We have some kids that we think are tough to play man to man.”


FSHP (5-1, 4-1) at Wyndmere-Lidgerwood (5-1, 4-1)
Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page could not stop the high-powered Hillsboro running game in a 30-14 loss last Friday.
It put the Burros (7-0, 5-0) in the driver’s seat for first nine-man Region 2. Now the Spartans will duke it out with the Wyndmere-Lidgerwood Warriors for a claim on second-place.
In addition, the Spartans will have to find an answer for the Warriors’ running game.
Warriors senior quarterback Zach Puetz will run with the ball, and he has senior running back Chris McKay to hand off to.
“We can’t allow Wyndmere to have long drives and wear our defense down,” Kainz said. “We have to do a much better job controlling the line of scrimmage against Wyndmere than we did against Hillsboro.”
Wyndmere-Lidgerwood also gave the Burros a closer game in a 21-20 loss earlier in the season, the Warriors’ lone loss of the season.
“We need to a get ahead of Wyndmere and force them to play from behind,” Kainz said.
The Hope-Page half of the co-op also has some history with Wyndmere. The last time Hope-Page made the playoffs was a quarterfinal loss to the Warriors.
“It should be a good game,” Kainz said.

LaMoure-LM (5-1, 2-1) at Lisbon (6-1, 3-0)
LaMoure-Litchville-Marion can’t afford the same series of plays they had against North Sargent-Milnor to happen again at Lisbon on Friday.
“In our first seven plays, we snapped the ball over our heads on a punt, we fumbled, and we threw an interception,” Loboes coach Greg Hermes said about his team’s 30-19 loss to the Bobcats last Friday. “They came to play and we did not.”
Lisbon, however, pulled off a dramatic 23-22 win over Linton-HMB last Friday. The Broncos scored a late rushing touchdown to win the game and stay unbeaten in Class A Region 1.
The Loboes will look to get back into a share of first place if they can hand the Broncos their first loss since losing 12-6 to Valley City in their second game of the season.

Maple Valley-Enderlin (0-6, 0-3) at Linton (4-2, 2-1)
The Maple Valley-Enderlin Falcons will enter Friday’s game at Linton as confident as ever after falling shy to Kindred, 27-20.
“I think we will be all right,” Falcons coach Brett Kaupan said. “They are not as big as they were last year.”
In addition, Linton-HMB is coming off a heart-breaking 23-22 loss to Lisbon from last Friday. The Lions got beat on a late rushing touchdown by the Broncos.
The Lions like to run the football, and they can open up the passing game with their quarterback and tight ends.
“We need to get pressure on him (the quarterback) so that he can’t throw to his tight ends,” Kaupan said.
Kaupan liked his team’s defensive effort against Kindred. The Vikings didn’t score on offense in the second half, but they got kick off return for a touchdown, which secured the win.

N. Cass (2-4, 1-4) at BCN (0-6, 0-5)
The Bison know well not to be deceived by Northern Cass’s 1-4 region record.
“They’re playing everyone tough,” BCN Bison coach Dale Undem said. “They’re a good solid team.”
Northern Cass running back Blake Osmon will be a challenge for the Bison to stop.
“We need to limit his yards,” Undem said.

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WASHINGTON - Jeri Thompson, wife of GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson, shakes off the "trophy wife" label critics have tagged her with for being 24 years younger than her husband.
"It's hard not to be defensive," she told People magazine in her first solo interview. "To think back on how hard you've worked, and all anybody thinks about is that you're a trophy wife."
In a story for Monday's issue, Thompson said: "I almost think they had to fabricate that trophy-wife stuff because there's nothing interesting to say."
Jeri Thompson is a Naperville, Ill., native who has worked for the Republican National Committee, on Capitol Hill, and at a public relations-lobbying firm.
Thompson, 41, says she met her future husband at a Nashville supermarket on July 4, 1996, a few years before she moved to Washington. To hear her tell it, the then-U.S. senator from Tennessee was standing in line with a can of beanie weenies and half a premade tuna fish sandwich.
"I looked at him and just said, 'I'm so sorry,'" Thompson says, adding that he carried her groceries to the car, and she invited him to a friend's party that night.
Years later, she tells People: "I was never an older-man-dater kind of girl before."
They married in June 2002, and have a daughter, Hayden, who turns 4 in October, and a son, Samuel, approaching 1.

source: http://news.yahoo.com/