| John Higgins
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| Our own Alex Holowczak made this nomination. Mr. Higgins, in the 2006 Grand Prix snooker tournament snookered himself - Higgins could not see a color that he needed to hit without hitting the cushion first - the jump shot is illegal. Now, Higgins could have easily hit the pink of one cushion, but it would have left King – his opponent - an easy red, and Higgins would have lost the frame.
Hence, Higgins tried to hit the green with his shot or yellow, so it would be safe for King's shot. Yet, Higgins missed the color. This results in a foul and 4 points to King. Because Higgins turned down the easier escape in the means of safety, it was also called a "miss". This means that King could choose to make Higgins play the shot again, from the original position.
King did just this for there was no advantage to play the shot he was left. Higgins proceeded to "foul and miss" 12 times in a row, conceding 48 points. This is the World Record for consecutive foul's and a miss in a row. Higgins eventually hit the yellow, by which time he trailed 50-1 in the frame. King went on to win that frame, and led 4-0 before Higgins fought back, but King held out to win by 5 frames to 2. For this choke, John Higgins, the World Number 3 player, is nominated for the weekly Friday Fryer Chair.
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| Peter Forsberg
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| The worse season in the 40 years of the Philadelphia Flyers continues to get worse. Earlier this week, the Flyers lost 8-2 to the Pittsburgh Penguins and then, last night, lost again, to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
During the later stages of the third period of last night’s game, the Flyer’s captain, Peter Forsberg earned himself a two-minute penalty. This caused Forsberg to lose it and go on a screaming match at one of the referees. This screaming match resulted in a 10 minute misconduct penalty. So Forsberg was able to hit the showers early.
You would think that this early shower would allow him to talk about the game and the Flyer’s hopeless play. Forsberg, however, was nowhere to be found after the game. The captain of the team abandoned ship and left his teammates and coaches to explain his absence. Sound familiar? Yes! This is exactly what Eric Lindros did during the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals.
Anyway, we are less than one month into the NHL season. The Flyers general manger, Bobby Clarke, has resigned. The Flyers head coach, Ken Hitchcock, was fired. Now, the Flyers captain, Forsberg, is running away from responsibility. Since this is the last year of Forsberg’s contract, it is likely that he will be traded for prospects as the trading deadline approaches. Personally, the trade will not occur soon enough.
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| West Virginia Mountaineers
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| There has been much talk about a national championship in Division I-A college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers since their dominating performance in the Sugar Bowl last January. West Virginia was 7-0 going into their game last night. West Virginia has the fortune of playing in a very weak Big East Conference. There only tough game on the schedule this year was against Louisville. This matchup occurred last night…and Louisville whipped West Virginia, 44-34.
The loss to Louisville crushed any hope that West Virginia had for playing for the national championship. It also likely cost the team a chance to play in a BCS bowl. So, for this blown opportunity, West Virginia earns a nomination for this week’s Chair.
By the way, can we get a playoff in Division I-A college football already?
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