Monthly Archives: February 2009
Misdirection is fine for the triple option.
For some reason, this post about what it means to commit by Michael Carvell at the AJ-C’s recruiting blog was relinked yesterday on the paper’s sports page. I had commented on it when it first appeared because I liked what … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Tech Football
Repetition on a theme
It’s been said before, but it bears repeating, this time by Tony Dungy in yesterday’s New York Times: … With the progress that has been made in terms of diversity in politics, in other collegiate sports and in professional football … Continue reading
Filed under College Football, It's Just Bidness
So how’s that whole “program on the rise” thing working out?
By now, I presume most of you have heard that Georgia signed its nineteenth member of the class of 2009 yesterday, defensive tackle Kwame Geathers. Geathers comes from a distinguished football family and his older brother Robert started for Georgia … Continue reading
Filed under 'Cock Envy, Georgia Football, Recruiting
Peace in our time
So the parties have struck a deal in Lubbock, Texas and Mike Leach is staying on. The school got close to what it wanted on the termination penalty it would be liable for if it were to fire Leach before … Continue reading
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Filed under It's Just Bidness, Mike Leach. Yar!
The Mountain West decides to embrace Satan.
I don’t see how this is going to end well. Mountain West Conference Commissioner Craig Thompson visited Capitol Hill on Thursday, part of a two-day lobbying effort to seek changes in the Bowl Championship Series. Presidents of Mountain West schools … Continue reading
Filed under BCS/Playoffs
Road map to the stars
The Wiz alerted me to this morning’s fantastic time waster: Richard Crout of Map Game Day has his 2009 recruiting maps out. You can see where the recruiting class for a particular school hails from. Or you can see where … Continue reading
Filed under Recruiting, The Blogosphere
Hugo Chavez sez, “¡Vaya, los perros!”
Calm down. It’s not what you think, per Friends of the Program: … the Guaros de Lara football team just so happens to have the same colors and logo as UGA. ******************************************************************** UPDATE: Mr. Gillett takes the ball and runs with … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football
All aboard the Lane Train.
I wish Tennessee people would make up their minds. On the one hand, his AD says Junior doesn’t know what he’s talking about when he claims to be firing assistants and laying off secretarial staff. On the other, this guy … Continue reading
Filed under Don't Mess With Lane Kiffin, Media Punditry/Foibles
More on these tough times
USA Today takes another look at how schools are coping with an economy in free fall. Buried in all the gloom is a pretty good one liner. A recession comes after two consecutive quarters of declining productivity — or, as … Continue reading
Filed under College Football, It's Just Bidness
Leach and TTU: ‘Showdown at the OK Corral’
Mike Leach has a law degree, so maybe it’s natural that he take his case into the court of public opinion, which is what he spent much of yesterday doing. (The Wiz has his appearance on ESPN here.) His record … Continue reading
Filed under It's Just Bidness, Mike Leach. Yar!
