January 2nd, 2009

Schutt Football Teams with West Virginia

by Steve in General

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Schutt Football Teams with West Virginia for Successful Season which Ends in Car Care Bowl WinBy The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — During four seasons at West Virginia, Pat White made comeback victories and bowl success routine.

His grand finale had an added dimension. The most prolific running quarterback of all time in college football had the best passing game of his career, cementing his status as one of the best players in school history and perhaps showing he can take his game to the pros.

White threw for 332 yards in his final college game, including the winning 20-yard touchdown pass to Alric Arnett midway through the fourth quarter in West Virginia’s 31-30 victory over North Carolina on Saturday in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.

White, a senior, was voted most valuable player of a bowl game for the third consecutive season and finished 4-0 in postseason games, helping West Virginia (9-4) end its season on a positive note.

“I’m sitting by the greatest winner in college football today,” West Virginia coach Bill Stewart said of White. “He’s the greatest to ever wear the old gold and blue.”

Hakeem Nicks caught eight passes for 217 yards and three first-half touchdowns for the Tar Heels (8-5), who were playing in their first bowl game since 2004.

“It’s disappointing to lose this game, but I’m very proud of this football team and the strides we’ve made,” said North Carolina coach Butch Davis, whose team was 4-8 last year.

The teams combined for six touchdowns — five covering 25 yards or more — in the first 20 minutes. White completed 14 of his first 15 passes.

North Carolina routinely put eight men on the line of scrimmage in an effort to stop White. He gained 55 yards, finishing with 4,480 in his career. White completed 26 of 32 passes with three touchdowns and was intercepted once.

After West Virginia’s J.T. Thomas recovered Shaun Draughn’s fumble at the Mountaineers’ 30, White threw a 41-yard pass over the middle to Jock Sanders, picked up 9 yards on a running play and then fired a pass between two defenders to Arnett for the go-ahead touchdown with 7:14 left.

“Knowing that this is the last time I’m going to put on this uniform, I definitely wanted to go out on top,” White said. “We accomplished that.”

White was the MVP in a 48-28 victory over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl in January and in a 38-35 triumph over Georgia Tech in the 2007 Gator Bowl.

The comeback tainted a remarkable day by the 6-foot-1, 210-pound Nicks, a junior who reportedly could turn pro.

“I told the defensive coaches, ‘My God, we have nobody that can cover him,’ ” Stewart said.

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Schutt Gloves

by Steve in Events

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Schutt Gloves Catch the Motor City Bowl by StormCentral Michigan players were outfitted with the new Schutt DNA Red/ION Red/DNA Black/ION Black gloves for bowl game battle

Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Rusty Smith threw for 306 yards and two touchdowns, as the Florida Atlantic Owls capped their season with a 24-21 win over the Central Michigan Chippewas in the Motor City Bowl.

Smith was 20-of-35 passing and earned the game’s MVP award for the Owls (7-6), who won six of their final seven games to finish the season with a winning record. Cortez Gent caught seven passes for 98 yards and a score, while Chris Bonner added 85 yards receiving and a touchdown in the win, only the second bowl victory in Florida Atlantic school history.

Jamari Grant recorded 70 yards on five receptions, and Charles Pierre was the leading rusher with 77 yards on 16 carries.

Dan LeFevour completed 28-of-40 passes for 253 yards, two touchdowns and an interception for Central Michigan (8-5), which lost its second straight Motor City Bowl in its third consecutive appearance. Antonio Brown had 11 receptions for 92 yards and a score, while Kito Poblah had 60 yards, a touchdown and a two-point conversion on six catches.

LeFevour also garnered 56 yards on the ground on 14 carries in the loss for the Chippewas.

With the game tied, 10-10, at halftime, the Owls went ahead midway through the third quarter, as Smith hit Bonner for a 52-yard touchdown pass to cap an eight-play drive.

Andrew Aguila’s 33-yard field goal pulled the Chippewas to within four points with five minutes left in the third.

Central Michigan had a chance to go in front early in the fourth, but a three- and-out gave the ball back to the Owls, who capitalized on their opportunity.

Starting at its own 30, Florida Atlantic drove for a touchdown in nine plays, as Smith found Gent from 18 yards out for a 24-13 lead with just over 10 minutes to play.

The Chippewas drove all the way down to the Owls’ one-yard line on their next drive, but facing a 4th-and-goal from the six, LeFevour’s pass was knocked down in the end zone with a little over five minutes to go.

Florida Atlantic could do nothing with the ball and punted from its own end zone. Central Michigan took over at the Owls’ 34 and scored five plays later on Brown’s 15-yard touchdown reception.

A penalty moved the Chippewas back to the eight-yard line on the two-point conversion attempt, but LeFevour found Poblah in the back of the end zone to make it 24-21 with 3:09 remaining.

Central Michigan was unable to come up with the onsides kick attempt, and the Owls took over at the opposing 41. The offense was able to run out the remainder of the clock to secure the victory.

Florida Atlantic got on the board first. After each team went three-and-out to start the game, the Owls put together a six-play, 66-yard drive that ended when Smith ran into the end zone from one yard out midway through the opening period.

The Chippewas came back to tie it, marching 75 yards down the field in eight plays. LeFevour’s five-yard pass to Poblah capped the drive early in the second quarter.

Central Michigan took a 10-7 lead with 9 1/2 minutes left in the half on Aguila’s 34-yard field goal.

The Owls forged a 10-10 tie before halftime, as Ross Gornall nailed a 36-yard field goal in the first attempt of his career.

Game Notes

Friday’s game marked the first time the two schools have met…Florida Atlantic’s only other bowl victory came in the 2007 New Orleans Bowl, a 44-27 victory over Memphis…Central Michigan’s only bowl victory was in the 2006 Motor City Bowl, a 31-14 win over Middle Tennessee…The Owls have never lost a bowl game

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September 24th, 2008

Schutt Wins Best New Product of 2008

by admin in News

The Best

Schutt Sports, the worlds leading maker of football helmets and faceguards, won the prestigious Best New Product of 2008 from the National Athletic Trainers Association. The ION 4DTM football helmet, the game’s best performing helmet, won the award for the Best New Sports Equipment and Apparel category for 2008, beating out  competitors like Riddell® and Xenith.

The award was voted on by membership of the NATA and attendees at this year’s NATA Convention held in St. Louis.

“The athletic trainers are a notoriously tough crowd to please and they should be,” said Dave Rossi, of  Schutt Sports.  “After all, the safety of the players is in their hands, so I’m glad they’re extremely diligent about what new equipment they’ll put on players. The fact that they voted the ION 4DTM the Best New Product for 2008 is a tribute to our entire ION team and something we’re very proud of.”

The ION 4DTM features design and engineering never before utilized in a football helmet. The helmet uses SKYDEX2TM TPU Cushioning, a cushioning system that absorbs up to 55% more force from impact than its top competitor. In addition, the ION 4DTM also features the Energy Wedge Faceguard, a completely new design that acts as a shock absorber for direct frontal impacts to the helmet.

“All of the athletic trainers we talked to were blown away by the advanced design of the ION 4DTM,” said JC Wingo, Executive Director of Football Development at Schutt. “The goal of any athletic trainer is simple: do everything they can to keep their players as safe as possible and the ION 4DTM helps them do that better by as much as 55%.”

The SKYDEX2TM TPU Cushioning inside the ION 4DTM is the latest generation of advanced padding first introduced by Schutt in 2003. The new Energy Wedge faceguard on the ION 4DTM adds yet another wall of protection developed by the Schutt team.

“Our designers were able to incorporate technology and features that do more to protect players from the force of impacts than other helmets,” said Rossi. “Instead of measuring how hard a player just got hit, we focused on preventing as much of that force as possible from actually hitting a player. We also spent a great deal of effort creating a helmet that performs its best at temperatures consistent game-like conditions, not at room temperature like most helmets. In our mind, those are better places to focus our efforts and this vote of confidence from the NATA membership shows we’re on the right track.”

Sales of the ION 4DTM have far outpaced expectations in its first year, said Rossi. Along with the ION 4DTM, Schutt also introduced the AiR XPTM - a helmet featuring much of the same technology as the ION 4DTM, except in a traditional helmet shell. A third helmet, the DNA Pro, was also updated with the new SKYDEX2TM TPU Cushioning and all three helmets have youth versions available.

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