Sam Williams News

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer Sunday, November 1st, 2009 at 2:50 pm in Oakland Raiders .

CHEERS to Steve Thompson , Bluffton High School athletic director, and Lutheran Air for delivering the game ball to the 50-yard line in a recent football game against the Southern Wells Raiders.

The Red Raiders improved to 6-2 overall and 3-2 in Division II-AA. PJP dropped to 2-6 and 0-5. Huesman threw touchdown passes to Matthew Oolerich and Mack Ferguson.

Baylor scored touchdowns on each of its six first-half possessions on its way to a 51-7 Division II-AA win over visiting Pope John Paul II Friday night.

Yes, despite a 1-4 record and six-going-on-seven years of losing, there are still some very big egos in Oakland.

After taking on the nation's 66th-ranked team last week when the Pope John Paul II football team faced Ensworth things don't get much easier tonight as the Knights head south to Chattanooga to take on Baylor.

Brown will miss at least four weeks if surgery isn't required, and if it is, he probably will be done for the season.

The Sandhills Patriot football teams swept three games at home this past weekend.

'I had a lot of confidence in our offense to be able to move the ball tonight and that is what we did,'' said Huesman, playing in his first McCallie-Baylor game, and who was only able to toss a mini football with his dad, Russ Huesman, the current Tennessee at Chattanooga head football coach the last time Baylor won in this series and not allowed ...

Staff Photo by Matt Fields-Johnson McCallie fans cheer fro their defense to stop a second quarter drive by Baylor Friday night.

Photo by Wes Shultz Big Game Quarterbacks : Baylor's Jacob Huesman and McCallie's Trent Lusk will lead their teams tonight at Baylor's Heywood Stadium.

Jacob Huesman was magnificent -- running for 168 yards on nine carries and scoring touchdowns on runs of 25, 2, 26 and 71 yards.

The pain of the day is obvious on the faces of Sam Williams and David Nixon on the Raiders' bench during New Orleans' rout.

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer Friday, August 28th, 2009 at 3:47 pm in Oakland Raiders .

Staff Photo by Dan Henry -- Hixson High School's Randy Boyd, 5, dives for yardage while playing against Silverdale Baptist during a football jamboree held at Finley Stadium on Friday.

Show Notes: Raider News: Patriots acquired OLB/DE Derrick Burgess from the Raiders.

Fox Sports commentator Matt Russell looks at our two Toyota Cup television games for Round 19 - Penrith v Canberra and Sydney Roosters v Warriors.

For quite a few years now, many Raider fans have thought that Sam Williams' time with the Raiders would come to an end.

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer Monday, July 6th, 2009 at 10:08 am in Oakland Raiders .

With the exception of Nnamdi Asomugha, the Oakland Raiders Linebackers have been the lone bright spot on dismal defense the past few seasons... Oakland Raiders, Linebacker Edition: Who'll Start at Stronside LB? by Derek Courtney 22 reads Opinion With the exception of Nnamdi Asomugha, the Oakland Raiders Linebackers have been the lone bright spot on ...