Steve Aponavicius: From BC Superfan To Walk-On Kicking Phenomenon
by Brian Favat on Jan 25, 2012 8:00 AM EST
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Move over, Rudy. Boston College's own walk-on story is now available in paperback.
"Steve Aponavicius, nicknamed Sid Vicious by his Boston College coaches and teammates, never played a game of organized football in his life. Then, he was discovered kicking field goals for fun and walked on to the Eagles' squad. In 2006, he made his unexpected - and perfect-debut. Three years later, BC's Sid Vicious broke all previous records and became the all-time leading scorer on the team that over the years produced stars such as 1984 Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie and 2009 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Matt Ryan. Not since Rudy has a story of a walk-on so inspired the college football world. But with apologies to Notre Dame fans, Rudy only participated in two plays. Sid Vicious defied the odds by walking-on, persevering, and excelling to the delight of all who watched. Here is the story of the unlikeliest of kicking heroes with the tough-to-pronounce last name."
Feel-good story about a Boston College Superfan turned college football place kicker? ...
... A dig at Notre Dame's Rudy? ...
... Endorsed by both Matt Ryan AND Jamie Silva? ...
My copy is in the mail.
If you've already read M.B. Roberts' book on Sid Vicious, leave your thoughts in the comments section.
HT: eagleosprey
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Two plays.
…and he was offside.
The glass half full guy at Heights and Lows.
by bcheights on Jan 25, 2012 9:49 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Steve’s story isn’t the only story from that seaon, of course — I really want to see “Ohliger: The True Story” hitting bookstores soon.
by scj on Jan 25, 2012 9:52 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
my mini review
I went on to Amazon and did a few “peek inside” searches. Safe to say, there is no edge in this book. It is all happy days for Steve Aponavicius. I did searches for Spaz, DeFilippo and Jags and he loves them all. He also has nothing but nice things to say about our oppenents (yes, i did a Clemson and Dabo search). He even seems to love Jon Meterparel. Words such a “drugs”, “steroids” and “drunk” do not appear in the book. “Sex” appears once — in reference to the band the Sex Pistol.
The book is just not fun!
This book is also self-published and apparently — I am guessing — Apo hired a writer to write the book. (I think he could have written this one himself)
The book reminds me of books I used to order in 5th Grade from Scholastic Books — e.g., “The Amazing Mets” – that are breezily written with some hints of drama, but no controversy.
Yes, it is nice Aponavicius published the book, but I don’t see the movie, not even a made-for-TV movie, coming out anytime soon!
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