Coach Clark's Key to the Game: Randolph-Macon

Thank You For Sharing 100

To the Sharing 100 Contributors:

Thank you for your participation, contribution, and for playing a special part in sharing our 100th win! During the Randolph-Macon game on November 7th, in front of the press box area, there will be a booth where contributors can pick up your “I Shared in 100” hat. There will also be a chance at this time for others who have not donated to join the campaign and there is always room to support this celebration of the Eagle Football family either in person or online with the Development Office.

Also, I would like to invite you to a tailgate at Stone Station before and especially after our last home game vs. Catholic University on November 14th. There will be food provided and a fun atmosphere with the chance to celebrate, and come together as fans, teammates, and coaches once again. I will challenge the 2009 squad to make sure their final home regular season home game meeting is front of the victory bell. I would love for you to congregate with us outside of Memorial Hall as the tradition hopefully continues. If we manage game day business, we will open the Hall to give former players another tug on the bell to commemorate a special victory in your era or of your choice. If you plan on attending the tailgate and celebrating with us, please send me an email at mclark@bridgewater.edu or to my assistant at tmt003@eagles.bridgewater.edu so that we can get a head count before the big day.

It is the sharing of these wins that gives them such great value!

Sincerely,

Coach Michael Clark

Coach Clark's Key to the Game: Washington and Lee

Post-100th Victory Update

Saturday was a great day to be a fan or an offensive coach in our 38-34 victory at Emory and Henry. As I know, people are well aware it marked the 100th win that we have shared in my time here at BC. I have tried to state all along that the wrong pronoun is used when describing this event. It is not “my” or “his” but rather “we” or “ours”. The real value in those games is that they are shared events that will have great value to a lot of individuals on a lot of levels. On a personal note I would like to thank all of the players, coaches, and support people who have helped along the way. It has been a great ride, and it was a good milestone to hit in the final year of Dr. Stone’s leadership as it was Dr. Stone had the vision that excellence in football was possible for Bridgewater College. Personally, my brother was at the game and he and my father attended our initial victory against Western Maryland in September of 1996. My Dad passed on in 1999, and Joe D would have kept travelling to Virginia from Cincinnati over the next month if necessary to share the event, but I am grateful that the 09’ squad made a second trip for him and his wife unnecessary. When I returned home from church on Sunday morning my two daughters were there from Northern Virginia to celebrate a late breakfast before I left for work. All of my family have been great fans and donors to BC football, and I guess maybe I have turned in a small way into my Dad who had a family rally around his seasons.

The win will cost my wife and I a $1,000.00 and I am proud to contribute to the “Sharing 100” Campaign. I cannot put a dollar value on the return this program and the people in it have given to me. Although the real value is not just in the winning, I hope those who enjoyed it, will give back to jump-start the next generation of football players to help get us back to the national level. We are going to put together a gathering around the last home game on November 14th versus Catholic University to pull former players and coaches back to campus to celebrate this event. Watch the web-site for details, and from the bottom of my heart thanks to the players, former coaches, support people, and fans who have shared and have equal claim to these wins. Go BC.

Coach Clark

P.S. – I grade every call that the officials make on Saturday’s and 75% of them were accurate. The call on Tyler Beiler going out of bounds was the correct call as well as the contact on the punt return at the end of the game. They might miss a few calls here and there, but they are human beings and a most of the crucial calls were correct.

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Coach Clark's Key to the Game: Emory & Henry