Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Christmas Wish List

By Mark Siefert

I’m not a greedy person. I really don’t ask for much but I’m officially announcing my wish list for Christmas, SXU Athletics style. It’s getting close to that time of year when everyone is putting out Christmas ads; children are writing their letters to Santa, and every little one is making that list and checking it twice. I understand for all you traditionalists that this is coming out before Christmas, but hey, it just gives you all more time to fulfill my wishes.

  1. I know asking for wins is a bit juvenile, but I’m not naïve enough to say that I’m never juvenile. So I want wins, football and basketball, as many wins as you can give me.
  2. Next, I want fans. Cheering, loud, body-painted, screaming fans. I applaud the Cougar Crazies but that is not enough, everyone in attendance make some noise. We are always told to be quiet and not be obnoxious. I say do the opposite for once.
  3. To all athletes: Support your fellow athletes; only you know how much they work because you are doing the same amount of work.
  4. Back to everyone: I want more coverage in the local newspapers. We have been getting tons of TV coverage, but not everyone sees that, so I think we need to be in some of the papers. We are better than Northwestern, UIC, Loyola, and any other small school around and they are all getting coverage. We should be getting an article a week like they are.
  5. I want national recognition, I want a player of the year in the SXU athletic dept. I want to get a high ranking without having to prove it by beating everyone, and most of all I want our tradition to help us get that recognition.
  6. I want as many people to come back this weekend for our HUGE weekend of athletics. I understand that this is Thanksgiving weekend and everyone is going home, but Friday and Saturday there are a total of 6 games. One of those games is to get into the final four of the NAIA Football Playoffs.
Whoever wants to go out and get me all of these things I will be grateful but I will also know all the time and sacrifice you put into it. In this time of Thanksgiving I want to thank all of you who have read my blog, and to all the athletes for the time you put in to your teams, without you I would not have anything to write about.

Stay classy, Cougars.

Mark Siefert is a senior social science major from Crest Hill. He is a member of the baseball team. Consideration for the student bloggers is provided by Saint Xavier University.

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