Weekly Quarterback Club Luncheons Slated to Begin Next Friday, September 3;
Golden Corral to Continue Sponsoring Gus Weber Crusader Player of the Week
SELINSGROVE, (Pa.) -- The Susquehanna University Quarterback Club kicks off its weekly luncheon meetings next Friday, September 3 – one day before the Crusader football team opens its 1999 season at home vs. new Middle Atlantic Conference opponent FDU-Madison. The luncheons will be each Friday beginning at noon in the private dining rooms of the Degenstein Campus Center on the Susquehanna campus.
In a related item, the luncheons will continue to feature the team's weekly Gus Weber Crusader Football Player of the Week, sponsored by the Golden Corral Family Restaurant of Routes 11 and 15 in Shamokin Dam. The award is named in honor of the late Susquehanna President and former Head Football Coach Gustave Weber, who was Susquehanna president for more than 18 years from 1959 through 1977. A collegiate football standout at Wagner College, Weber was an avid Crusader athletics booster who actually served as head football coach for the final two games of 1965.
Golden Corral will once again present $100 each week in the name of the Gus Weber Crusader Player of the Week to that player's favorite charity. This is the third year Golden Corral has sponsored the program – donating $1,400 to charities in its first two seasons. The Player of the Week will be featured each week on WQSU-FM's "Coach's Corner Show," which airs 20 minutes before the station begins its live on-site coverage of Crusader football. He will also be the guest speaker each Friday at Quarterback Club, where former Crusader player and Golden Corral Manager Ron Laniewski, will present him the $100 check for the charity of his choice.
"The commitment by both Ron and The Golden Corral has been greatly appreciated by our program. It's a great motivator for our players, and the money has gone to some great charities over the years" says 10th-year Crusader head coach Steve Briggs.
At the initial luncheon, Briggs will give a scouting report on FDU-Madison and an overview of his 1999 squad, which returns 13 starters (7 off., 5 def., 1 kick spec.) from last year's Conference Commonwealth League co-championship team, which also recorded the program's13th-straight non-losing season. The Crusaders were picked to finish second in the league this season according to the conference preseason coaches' poll.
In addition to Briggs, speakers at the opening meeting will also include the team's tri-captains in defensive end Denny Bowers (Westminster, Md./Westminster H.S.) and halfback Jose Delgado (Allentown/Allentown Central Catholic H.S.), both seniors, and junior free safety Mario Cromartie (Smyrna, Del./Smyrna H.S.).
Other Susquehanna head coaches will also be guest speakers throughout the fall.
The meetings are open to the public and cost $6.50 each week for lunch. Quarterback Club membership for the year is $20. Quarterback Club members receive tickets to the club's annual post-season awards' banquet.
More details concerning the Quarterback Club may be obtained by calling the Susquehanna Athletic Office at (570) 372-4270.
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