And the Captains are....

SuperFan_FutureGrad · Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:02 pm

I apologize if this has been posted elsewhere. Next year, the Falcons will have 5 captains:

Omar Jacobs, QB, RS-JR
Rob Warren, OL, RS-SR
Steve Sanders, WR, RS-SR
Mike Thaler, DL, RS-SR
Teddy Piepkow, LB, SR

I am not sure why they have chosen five this year. I know each player was given three votes.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:58 pm

5 players that ooze leadership. I'm sorta surprised PJ Pope wasn't selected as a captain.

BGGrad01 · Post by **BGGrad01** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 2:22 pm

I can't argue with any of those selections. Hopefully Omar is as good at calling the coin toss as he is at tossing the ball to Chuck and Sanders.

I was kinda surprised that Teddy Piepkow was not the junior captain last year. I think he'll be a great captain.

RossfordFalcon · Post by **RossfordFalcon** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:25 pm

I think those five will look good walking out of the tunnel next year for the coin toss. How long until Wisconson, I can't wait!

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:35 am

JJ95 wrote:I those five will look good walking out of the tunnel next year for the coin toss. How long until Wisconson, I can't wait!

Well, since you asked...

Only 215 days!!!

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:38 am

BGGrad01 wrote:I was kinda surprised that Teddy Piepkow was not the junior captain last year. I think he'll be a great captain.

Is it odd that there are no juniors on the list?

falconman · Post by **falconman** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:52 am

Remember '87 we got two more years of Omar, I know you're probably still in shock of the numbers he put up as a SO. But yes he will be a JR. next year.

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:27 am

falconman wrote:Remember '87 we got two more years of Omar, I know you're probably still in shock of the numbers he put up as a SO. But yes he will be a JR. next year.

Duh. Typical Monday morning post illustrating that I haven't had enough coffee.

FalconKing · Post by **FalconKing** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:38 pm

Falconfreak90 wrote:
JJ95 wrote:I those five will look good walking out of the tunnel next year for the coin toss. How long until Wisconson, I can't wait!
Well, since you asked...

Only 215 days!!!

We really need an aplet on the main page that says something like, "Falconfeak sez: Only 215 days xx hours, xx minutes, & xx seconds till kickoff!"

::Grin::

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:49 pm

FalconKing wrote:
We really need an aplet on the main page that says something like, "Falconfeak sez: Only 215 days xx hours, xx minutes, & xx seconds till kickoff!"

::Grin::

a countdown would be cool, but an applet is not the answer... it drags down page loading time something fierce. There are other ways to do it, I just haven't had any success learning them.

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 1:22 pm

TG1996 wrote:
FalconKing wrote:
We really need an aplet on the main page that says something like, "Falconfeak sez: Only 215 days xx hours, xx minutes, & xx seconds till kickoff!"

::Grin::
a countdown would be cool, but an applet is not the answer... it drags down page loading time something fierce. There are other ways to do it, I just haven't had any success learning them.

We've used simple javascript in the past and it hasn't added too much to the page speed.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 1:33 pm

1987alum wrote: We've used simple javascript in the past and it hasn't added too much to the page speed.

yeah, the javascript one is the way to go, I can just never find the right code.

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 2:41 pm

TG1996 wrote:
1987alum wrote: We've used simple javascript in the past and it hasn't added too much to the page speed.
yeah, the javascript one is the way to go, I can just never find the right code.

TG: Try something like this ....

<script language="JavaScript">
var count = new Date("September 03, 2005 13:00:00");
var timeUp = "Go Falcons\!";

var timerID;
var timerRunning = false;
var today = new Date();
var persec = 0;
var permin = 0;
var perhour = 0;
var perday = 0;
var secsRemain = 0;
var dayRemain = 0;
var minRemain = 0;
var timeRemain = 0;
var expire = 0;

function stopclock (){
if(timerRunning)
clearTimeout(timerID);
timerRunning = false;
}

function startclock () {
stopclock();
showtime();
}

function showtime () {
today = new Date();

persec = 1000;
permin = 60*persec;
perhour = 60*permin;
perday = 24*perhour;

expire = (count.getTime() - today.getTime());

secsRemain = (Math.floor(expire/persec))%60;

minRemain = (Math.floor(expire/permin))%60;

hoursRemain = (Math.floor(expire/perhour))%24;

daysRemain = Math.floor(expire/perday);

if (hoursRemain < 10) hoursRemain = "0" + hoursRemain;
if (minRemain < 10) minRemain = "0" + minRemain;
if (secsRemain < 10) secsRemain = "0" + secsRemain;

timeRemain ='';
timeRemain = daysRemain + ":" + hoursRemain + ":" + minRemain + ":" + secsRemain;

document.clock.face.value = timeRemain;
timerID = setTimeout("showtime()",1*persec);
timerRunning = true;

if (expire <= 0){
document.clock.face.value = timeUp;
stopclock();
}
}
</script>

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:28 pm

Man, you lost me after:

<script language="JavaScript">

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:34 pm

transfer2BGSU wrote:Man, you lost me after:

<script language="JavaScript">

Yeah, it is kind of a Geek-a-pollooza.