2008 Woodie Awards
BURNING QUESTIONS Meet senior linebacker Victor Doman
Issue date: 11/30/07 Section: Sports
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Senior linebacker Victor Doman had one tackle in last year's Mid-American Conference Championship Game. This season, he'll be playing a little more as the Chippewas look to defend their title. Senior reporter Daniel Monson talked to Doman about his experience at CMU and what's in store for his future.
DM: You scored the first touchdown of your career last season against Akron. Is that one of the memories you will remember the most about your career?
VD: Everybody likes getting in the end zone, but I'm less of a personal accolade-type guy. But that was awesome, it was a great feeling overall because I had a lot of family there who got excited about it. It put us up 21-0, so it was definitely a highlight of my personal career.
DM: When you look back to four years ago, did you ever think you were going to be playing for back-to-back MAC Championships?
VD: I've always never looked that far ahead. I've always looked at it one play at a time. Looking that far-scale is just amazing to me, it's a little too big for me to comprehend. I'm more of a small-scale guy.
DM: What's it like taking the field at an NFL Stadium like Ford Field?
VD: It's amazing. You're not crammed up in a locker room that's big enough for a basketball team. Especially with the amount of people there, just to have a home game with over 40,000 people essentially, is just an absolutely great atmosphere.
DM: You were a walk-on early on in your career. How tough is it to be a walk-on in a big program like Central's?
VD: It's extremely difficult, just because you're not given the same opportunities. You're given less opportunities to show what you have. It's a game where experience wins at the time, and if you're not given that chance to develop, it hinders you a lot, but if you put the work it, anybody can do it.
DM: You made the move to linebacker from fullback in the middle of last season. What was that transition like and which one do you like better?
VD: I was on the offense for four years, so I kind of lost all my instincts on defense. It's stuff you can't really learn without experience, like leverage angles and tackling. It's been a little bit of a struggle getting back, but I'm having a blast this year. I love playing linebacker. I played last year, but I was just out there running around with my head cut off, I didn't know what I was doing really.
DM: What are your plans after you graduate in the spring?
VD: I'll have a Bachelor's of Science in mathematics, and I'm probably going to get my teaching certificate. I'll probably end up going to another school - Wayne State or Eastern (Michigan) to get it.
DM: You scored the first touchdown of your career last season against Akron. Is that one of the memories you will remember the most about your career?
VD: Everybody likes getting in the end zone, but I'm less of a personal accolade-type guy. But that was awesome, it was a great feeling overall because I had a lot of family there who got excited about it. It put us up 21-0, so it was definitely a highlight of my personal career.
DM: When you look back to four years ago, did you ever think you were going to be playing for back-to-back MAC Championships?
VD: I've always never looked that far ahead. I've always looked at it one play at a time. Looking that far-scale is just amazing to me, it's a little too big for me to comprehend. I'm more of a small-scale guy.
DM: What's it like taking the field at an NFL Stadium like Ford Field?
VD: It's amazing. You're not crammed up in a locker room that's big enough for a basketball team. Especially with the amount of people there, just to have a home game with over 40,000 people essentially, is just an absolutely great atmosphere.
DM: You were a walk-on early on in your career. How tough is it to be a walk-on in a big program like Central's?
VD: It's extremely difficult, just because you're not given the same opportunities. You're given less opportunities to show what you have. It's a game where experience wins at the time, and if you're not given that chance to develop, it hinders you a lot, but if you put the work it, anybody can do it.
DM: You made the move to linebacker from fullback in the middle of last season. What was that transition like and which one do you like better?
VD: I was on the offense for four years, so I kind of lost all my instincts on defense. It's stuff you can't really learn without experience, like leverage angles and tackling. It's been a little bit of a struggle getting back, but I'm having a blast this year. I love playing linebacker. I played last year, but I was just out there running around with my head cut off, I didn't know what I was doing really.
DM: What are your plans after you graduate in the spring?
VD: I'll have a Bachelor's of Science in mathematics, and I'm probably going to get my teaching certificate. I'll probably end up going to another school - Wayne State or Eastern (Michigan) to get it.
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