Post by 50yardfan on Aug 16, 2010 10:35:35 GMT -5
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The Orioles have struggled to get their 2010 season off the ground, but another Baltimore group had a high-flying campaign with E.J. Nemeth leading the formation.
"Baltimore loves a winner, and they love football, and we were able to give them both," said Nemeth, the former Notre Dame High standout who led the Baltimore Mariners to a 16-0 record and the American Indoor Football Association championship.
"We developed quite a fan base. The local television stations and the Baltimore Sun followed us. We were very successful, and luckily the Orioles aren't doing so well."
In his second year in Baltimore, Nemeth quarterbacked the Mariners to a dream season, capped last month with the AIFA championship. Nemeth, who bounced around a little after graduating from ND in 2001, landed in Baltimore where he holds the Mariner records for passing yards and passing touchdowns. He attended two colleges -- first Sacred Heart and then King's -- and says he later kept his football playing career alive in places such as Reading, Pa., San Angelo, Texas and Anchorage, Alaska.
Franchise representatives say Nemeth emerged as a leader this season for a Baltimore team whose goals included winning a championship in front of a packed house. Finding his niche, Nemeth was a big factor in the Mariners' perfect season that culminated in a 57-42 win over Wyoming Cavalry before a record crowd of 6,075.
He's not finished being a part of the building process in Baltimore as he works in the construction of dormitories on the Towson University campus while he finishes a degree there that he hopes will land him a job in education.
"I want to teach in high school and coach, probably football and wrestling," said Nemeth, who was an all-star in both at Notre Dame.
His football career began as a youngster who chose football over soccer in Hamilton Township. Along with Chappy Moore and John McKenna at Notre Dame, he counts his first coach, Bill Morgan in the Hamilton Football League, among those who have had a big impact in his life.
"I was born in Massachusetts, and there wasn't youth football there, so I played soccer," Nemeth said.
"My first year down here (in Hamilton) I played soccer, but I didn't want to do it anymore after that. I've always been drawn to football; it's my first love, and wrestling was a close second."
The Orioles have struggled to get their 2010 season off the ground, but another Baltimore group had a high-flying campaign with E.J. Nemeth leading the formation.
"Baltimore loves a winner, and they love football, and we were able to give them both," said Nemeth, the former Notre Dame High standout who led the Baltimore Mariners to a 16-0 record and the American Indoor Football Association championship.
"We developed quite a fan base. The local television stations and the Baltimore Sun followed us. We were very successful, and luckily the Orioles aren't doing so well."
In his second year in Baltimore, Nemeth quarterbacked the Mariners to a dream season, capped last month with the AIFA championship. Nemeth, who bounced around a little after graduating from ND in 2001, landed in Baltimore where he holds the Mariner records for passing yards and passing touchdowns. He attended two colleges -- first Sacred Heart and then King's -- and says he later kept his football playing career alive in places such as Reading, Pa., San Angelo, Texas and Anchorage, Alaska.
Franchise representatives say Nemeth emerged as a leader this season for a Baltimore team whose goals included winning a championship in front of a packed house. Finding his niche, Nemeth was a big factor in the Mariners' perfect season that culminated in a 57-42 win over Wyoming Cavalry before a record crowd of 6,075.
He's not finished being a part of the building process in Baltimore as he works in the construction of dormitories on the Towson University campus while he finishes a degree there that he hopes will land him a job in education.
"I want to teach in high school and coach, probably football and wrestling," said Nemeth, who was an all-star in both at Notre Dame.
His football career began as a youngster who chose football over soccer in Hamilton Township. Along with Chappy Moore and John McKenna at Notre Dame, he counts his first coach, Bill Morgan in the Hamilton Football League, among those who have had a big impact in his life.
"I was born in Massachusetts, and there wasn't youth football there, so I played soccer," Nemeth said.
"My first year down here (in Hamilton) I played soccer, but I didn't want to do it anymore after that. I've always been drawn to football; it's my first love, and wrestling was a close second."