National Collegiate Dodgeball Association

Most of you who will read this article have probably already listened to the most recent Average Joe’s Podcast. For those of you who haven’t, I’m sure you’ve already heard about most, if not all of the inflammatory comments I made during said podcast. Before I go any further, this is not an apology for what I said, this is me realizing I could have used a better set of words and tones to get my point across. If you are still upset with my comments after this I won’t argue with that, but I made the realization that even I didn’t mean for things to come across the way that they did. Continue reading “Clarifying my Own Brash Opinions”

Alright everyone if you are reading this let me say welcome to my first attempt at blogging a live event. I am here at Kent State with CMU, MSU, SVSU, and UK visiting the host school for an all day dodgeball affair. I am here to get the scores of the matches to you as quickly as possibly, while helping ref, do shot clock, and other things. If you want to keep up with me please bear with me if I take a while to get scores up, I am not sure how long these games will take. Other than that, here we go! Continue reading “Summit Street Slugfest: As Close to Live Scoring as Possible”

In the second part of our coverage of the NDL’s World Dodgeball Championship from last month, I sat down with former CMU dodgeballer and NCDA alum Mike McCarthy. Mike was one of the six dodgeballers that comprised an all-star team of current and formers players. He recounted his experience from that weekend and explained what it was like to play NDL dodgeball. Continue reading “The NCDA at the NDL’s World Dodgeball Championship: Part 2”

Dodgeball is back this weekend people! Kent State, last year’s #1 seed at Nationals, is hosting the first tournament of the year, hoping to get off to a fast start. They’ve got plenty of stiff competition coming to town with the 2013 runner-up Michigan State, 2012 National Champion Saginaw Valley State, 2011 National Champion Central Michigan, and powerhouse Kentucky coming to town. For those wondering who to pick to win this tournament, I’ll be listing plenty of reasons for you to pick any of the teams above. I’ll even tell you my personal prediction. Continue reading “Kent State Tournament Preview & Prediction *UPDATED*”

Last year was a bit of a surprise year for the Ohio State Buckeyes. The team was very young, and very inexperienced in NCDA play. Seemingly out of nowhere, the Buckeyes showed up to Sunday at nationals and gave host Kentucky the game of their lives in the second round. I recently talked with head boss man Ryan Carlton to ask him about his team, his expectations, and his dancing abilities. Continue reading “2013-14 Season Preview: Ohio State”