This week
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Fri., Oct. 3, @ Paul Short Invitational, Bethlehem, Pa., 1 p.m.
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Sat., Oct. 4, @ George Mason Invitational, Fairfax, TBA
GOLF
Sept. 29-30, VCU Shootout, Hermitage Country Club, 8:45 a.m.
FIELD HOCKEY
Fri., Oct.
Feeling the heat Coaches who need job security
Every year, college football coaches around the country must deal with rumors about their job security because of their team’s performance. While it might be early in the season, the rumor mill never stops. Here is a list of coaches that could be feeling the heat come bowl season and the reasons why.
Sports Briefs
MEN’S CROSS
COUNTRY
The Rams took home their first victory of the season at the Greensboro Invitational, winning for the fourth consecutive year. Senior Jay Wyss (Richmond/J.R. Tucker) won the individual title with a time of 26:15. Wyss finished 15 seconds ahead of the second place finisher.
The Rome report
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
A funny thing happened as the top-ranked USC Trojans marched toward Miami, the site of the BCS National Championship game. The Trojans had to make a pit stop in Corvallis, Oregon to play the Oregon State Beavers. The Beavers season record was 1-2.
‘Choke’ rapes novel it adapts
Sex addict Victor Mancini and his dim witted best friend work at a Colonial Williamsburg knock-off. Victor’s mother lives in a retirement home where he has slept with half of the staff, and the elderly residents treat him as the Second Coming of Christ.
Loaded with sex, religious irreverence, a crazy mother and the protagonist choking on purpose, Chuck Palahniuk crafted his fourth novel, “Choke,” in 2001.