Cardinal Football eNewsletter 2012 Season / Volume 1
Parent Club Insider - What’s New for 2012 UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – The SVSU Cardinal Football Parents Club is proud to announce that we are again affiliated with the Cardinal Athletic Club. Membership in the Parents Club includes Fan Level membership in the Cardinal Athletic Club. Fan Level membership will allow Parent Club members access to two reserved, seat-back stadium seats in the 50-yard line section (first come first served). You will also receive a Cardinal Athletic Club membership card and decal. Parents who wish to receive hospitality passes to the Cardinal Athletic Club tent and a club bag-chair can increase their membership level to $200. The $200 membership allows them to enjoy food and beverages in the hospitality tent at each home game and reserved parking pass for Lot R (near the fitness center). The Parent Club membership will also entitle you and your family to the following benefits: One free copy of the 2012 Official SVSU Travel Guide. This Travel Guide will assist to “Make Every Game a Home Game” as it outlines travel routes to all games and highlights lodging accommodations. (The Travel Guide has already been uploaded to our website; every member can access the Travel Guide using your password at SVSUParentsClub.com and click on the Travel Guide link on the right hand side of the page). Receive the Parent Club’s weekly eNewsletter publication during the season. The eNewsletter will be available for viewing or downloading by going to our new website (SVSUParentsClub.com). We will send out a weekly email reminder to all Parent Club email addresses when the eNewsletter is posted. The eNewsletter is normally available for viewing each Wednesday afternoon during the season. Your membership password will be required to view the eNewsletter on our website. The eNewsletter is the foundation of any “scrapbooking” done by family and friends. One free copy of the 2012 Season Photo DVD. The 2011 edition had over 1,500 photos on it! This will be available for distribution to all members at the 2012 Football Banquet. This is a tremendous value! Source: SVSU Cardinal Football Parents Club / Contact Us at SVSUParentsClub.com if you have any feedback.
Ronnie Lark, Tim Hogue hope to be thunder and lightning out of Saginaw Valley State backfield KOCHVILLE TWP. — Ronnie Lark and Tim Hogue are ready for their close-up. Asked to pose for a photo at Wednesday's Saginaw Valley State media day, Hogue took off his sunglasses, and the two decided on a back-to-back pose, looking sideways at the camera with game faces on. And with the camera fixed on them, Hogue had some advice for the photographer. "I don't think we need the flash," Hogue said. There's no shortage of confidence, or flash, for SVSU's running back duo. After a 2011 season in which both were limited by injuries, there are high expectations for the two, both internally and externally, heading into the team's Sept. 1 opener against Valdosta State. "If we can keep these guys healthy, I think the sky's the limit for them," SVSU coach Jim Collins said. Lark had a breakout season on an otherwise disappointing team in 2010, recording 989 rushing yards, 89.9 per game, and 1,096 all purpose yards. He entered last season expecting more of the same, before an ankle injury in the second game limited him to 80 fewer carries and 500 fewer yards while he played the entire season hurt. And when he was on the field, Lark found his ankle wouldn't allow him to run in his usual style. "It definitely limited my carries a lot," Lark said. "I couldn't run the style that I wanted to. I could only run straight, I couldn't cut." Hogue, a transfer from Ferris State, entered the season listed as a wideout and kick returner. But with Lark limited, he soon found himself thrust into a key role in the backfield. He finished as the team's leading rusher, 664 yards on 105 carries while missing the playoff game with an injury. Now, both are 100 percent recovered heading into next week's opener, and have spent plenty of time talking about the potential they hold as a healthy duo. 2
"The potential with me and Ronnie being healthy at all times is pretty limitless," Hogue said. "When we're at practice and we're both healthy at the same time, it's like the offense just flows and flows and flows. Lark, a Flint Powers graduate, went as far to invoke Mark Ingram, the fellow Flint native and 2009 Heisman Trophy winner. Together with Trent Richardson, the duo was one of college football's best 1-2 punches in the Alabama backfield in 2009 and 2010. "I know me and (Hogue) are going to do great things like those two did," Lark said. A consistent running attack could was one thing the productive SVSU offense lacked at times. The Cardinals finished fourth in the GLIAC in total offense last year, despite having the third-worst rushing offense, in terms of yards per game. They hope to change that with two runners who can rack up the yards in different ways. Lark is more of a power runner, but isn't without agility, too. Hogue, three inches and 20 pounds smaller, and can use his speed and quickness to beat defenders on the outside. Collins said having two strong backs could help break in an offensive line that is replacing two experienced starters. "Good running backs, you don't have to block things perfectly with good running backs," Collins said. "They'll make a guy miss, they'll break a tackle, and so that's what we need." And Lark and Hogue have little doubt about their abilities to break tackles, make guys miss, and everything more running backs do. "Ronnie's more so the power back, he's the thunder to come and beat you down," Hogue said. "And then they just throw me in there, the lightning, to take it there with quick speed. Hit them fast, hit them hard. "That's pretty much how it's going to be this year." Source: http://www.mlive.com/cardinals/index.ssf/2012/08/ronnie_lark_tim_hogue_hope_to.html
Going to the Game? Send Us Your Photos! If you are going to the Valdosta State game or any other game please take your camera and send us your photos. We will publish the photos in this publication. Please indicate who is in the photograph (if possible). At the end of the season we will put all the photos from the season on a disc for Parent Club Members. What a great way to preserve the memories! Send all photos to our email address info@SVSUParentsClub@Yahoo.com. 3
Upcoming Game of the Week: Valdosta State Univ. Saginaw Valley State University Cardinals 2012 Ranking: D2Football - 17th 2011 Record: 8-4-0 Conference: GLIAC Head Coach: Jim Collins
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Valdosta State University Blazers 2012 Ranking: AFCA–8th/D2-13th 2011 Record: 6-4-0 Conference: Gulf South Conf. Head Coach: David Dean
The game scheduled on Saturday, September 1, 2012 will be the first meeting between SVSU and Valdosta State on the gridiron. Saginaw Swami’s Prediction: SVSU 24 – Valdosta State 21; Swami says “Saginaw Valley will start the season with a big win! Valdosta starts the game strong but the Cardinal defense takes over while the offense grinds the clock in a close thriller!”
SVSU Athletics to Charge for Football Parking in 2012 UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State University Athletic Department announced today (July 31) that they will begin charging spectators for parking at football games beginning in the fall. Fans attending football games this fall can expect to pay $5.00 for cars and $10.00 for buses and motor homes when parking in lots D, E, F, K and L. Lot C will continue to be reserved for students and Lot R will be reserved for members of the Cardinal Athletic Club. All lots will open three hours prior to the start of each home game. Source: http://athletics.svsu.edu/news/Parking
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Website Address: Email Address: President: Treasurer: Webmaster:
SVSU Cardinal Football Parents Club 1950 Worcester Drive Oxford, MI 48371 SVSUParentsClub.com info@SVSUParentsClub@Yahoo.com Susie Lixey Frank Roller Frankie Roller (SVSU Class of 2011/5 year SVSU team mgr)
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SVSU Cardinal Football Parents Club 2012 Fundraisers The Parents Club is proud to announce two fundraisers scheduled for the 2012 season to directly fund The Cardinal Football program. Below are the highlights of each fundraiser: SVSU Football Decals
SVSU Football decals will be available for purchase prior to every home game. Look for the Parent Club banner just inside the main gate one hour prior to kickoff. Decals are exact die-cut and are perfect for any surface (car window, car bumper, interior/exterior walls, etc) with a six year minimum life (to survive all weather conditions / fade resistance). The decals cost:
$5 each or 5 for $20 With all proceeds going to the SVSU Cardinal Football program Anyone interested in assisting us in selling decals please send us an email at info@SVSUParentsClub.com.
SVSU Media Day Photos
SVSU Media Day Photos are now available for purchase. Simply go to our website (SVSUParentsClub.com) and click on the picture order form link on the right side of the home page. To view the actual photos go to the Schoelles Photography link on the right side of our home page. All proceeds go to the SVSU Cardinal Football program. Special thanks go out to Paul Schoelles (proud grandfather of Michael Albrecht, #3, WR, JR) for his time and effort in supporting Cardinal Football!
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