Saturday, December 11, 2010

PRONOUNCED "CAESAR":  This blog, as you've probably noticed by now, doesn't actually care about Division I-AA football (or that it's been renamed), even when it comes to the hometown titans of Villanova.  Nor would we be writing about today's upset playoff win of Appalachian State merely to highlight that senior wide receiver Matt Szczur scored touchdowns via rushing, receiving and passing all within that same game (and in one half).

But add to that this story:  Szczur is also a baseball prospect.  Last season, years after having been encouraged by his football coach to be tested, he found out he was a 1-in-60,000 stem cell match for a toddler suffering from leukemia and sacrificed ten baseball games last season to donate the necessary bone marrow.  After the season, he became a fifth round draft pick of the Chicago Cubs, and had a 960 OPS in low-A ball this summer. "Anybody can go out there and play football or baseball," Szczur said, "but there's not too many people who get a chance to save a life."

I understand someone else won the Heisman.

5 comments:

  1. girard3110:34 PM

    Great story. My jaw dropped when I heard it. He also said he would rather play football. I think some team could find a place for a Wes Welker type.

    Also -- check out the story about Wisconsin's QB, I believe his name is Tolzein, and he became so close to a kid with cancer at the University hospital, the family kind of adopted him.

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  2. Stevie10:55 PM

    I'm a Wisconsin alum & huge fan, and yeah, the Jaxson Hinkens-Scott Tolzien story is pretty touching. Hinkens calls Tolzien and J.J. Watts, a defensive lineman, each week to give them advice on what to do in their next game.

    Thanks for the links, Adam.

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  4. kevbo nobo7:22 AM

    Nice story.

    Last couple years these games have been fun.

    Villanova womens water polo is criminally under covered.

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