Open Mike By Michael Wilson The Valdosta State Blazers are the face for Division II. If you don’t believe it check out Katie Thomas’ article in The New York Times this past Monday.  Well to be more precise, Ronnye Nelson, VSU’s junior running back, is the face of Division II. He appeared as one of [...]

Spectator Tasters By Michael Wilson and Ashley George This week we were in the mood for some good ol’ southern barbeque, so we headed on down to the Smokin’ Pig. This is a little farther off campus than we usually go. It’s over on 4228 North Valdosta Road right by the Cass Burch Dealership and [...]

Michael Wilson Sports Editor mhwilson@valdosta.edu  Silly boys, kicks are for girls. That is the case, anyway, for the Valdosta State University Athletics program.  VSU’s President Patrick Schloss and Herb Reinhard, athletic director, announced the addition of women’s soccer to the athletic program at a press conference Wednesday in the UC theatre.   The team will be [...]

  By: Ashley George and Michael Wilson   This week we decided to jazz it up and we headed over to Flavor of New Orleans at 205 N. Ashley St. It’s a small restaurant and bar downtown that tries to bring the feel of eating outside on the streets of New Orleans to Valdosta. They [...]

Michael Wilson Sports Editor mhwilson@valdosta.edu The Valdosta football Blazers have developed an early season case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. They started the season with an ugly loss at home to Newberry and then put together one of the more complete games of total domination when Southern Arkansas University rode into Titletown.  The proof [...]

Spectator Tasters By Michael Wilson and Ashley George This week we didn’t travel far from the Spectator office. Actually, we didn’t even get off campus. We headed over to the corner of Brookwood Drive and Patterson Street right by the University Center. There we found a little hot dog stand called The Georgia Dog.  As [...]

Michael Wilson Sports Editor mhwilson@valdosta.edu The Lady Blazers have entered the season on what could best be called a mission. With a 7-2 record to start the season, Head Coach Sia Poyer may have just figured out that special ingredients needed to propel this team past mediocrity. The team has not lost back-to-back games yet [...]

Spectator Tasters By Michael Wilson and Ashley George  This week we decided to switch it up a little bit and head to the new smoothie shop that opened up this summer, The Main Squeeze. This shop is at 1001 Baytree Road and was converted from an old hair salon.  First thing we have to say [...]

Michael Wilson Sports Editor mhwilson@valdosta.edu The season did not start the way it was supposed to, or at least I’m sure that is how Coach David Dean and his players feel. Newberry probably has a slightly different opinion on it.  The fact is that this is Dean’s first home opening loss, and more importantly it [...]

Spectator Tasters By Michael Wilson and Ashley George This summer, a few new restaurants made their way to Valdosta. One of those happened to be Baytree Pizza. This restaurant is basically an Italian pizza bar. It opens at 11 a.m. and stays open till midnight Sunday-Wednsday and till 3 a.m. Thursday-Saturday with entertainment. It’s located [...]

Open Mike Sports Column By: Michael Wilson In Valdosta, winning is a custom, tradition is a way of life, and excellence is always expected. That in mind, the anticipation of good things to come on the football field and the volleyball court are far from unusual. While the Valdosta football Blazers have a history of [...]