Monthly Archives: April 2009
“Nobody dodges BCS teams quite like the Big 12.”
For those of you who can’t understand how Pac-10 teams generally put up credible SOS numbers each year, the Wiz has some information to share. ********************************************************************* UPDATE: ESPN.com’s Ted Miller thinks the admiration for its OOC schedule and five bucks … Continue reading
Filed under College Football
Lost opportunities
Is it just me, or does it seem like we’ve entered the golden age of negative recruiting possibilities in the SEC? Oversigning at Alabama. The gypsy at Arkansas. New head coaches who were bad head coaches at their last stops. … Continue reading
Filed under Recruiting, The Evil Genius, The Glass is Half Fulmer
Thursday morning buffet
Caffeine… I need caffeine. We love football in the South, example #43296: “The average spring game attendance in the SEC was 37,936. Georgia drew 42,458, one of five schools that set spring game records.” Jamar Hornsby remains in legal limbo … Continue reading
It is better to have hobnailed and won, then never to have hobnailed at all.
Welcome home, Verron Haynes. I heard him interviewed on one of the local sports radio shows yesterday afternoon and it was fun to hear him talk about how life has blessed him. After all, he’s a guy who started a … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football
A second neutral site game? Makes no sense.
Paul and Kyle have already taken this prospect down a few notches… Georgia has talked about playing a regular-season game at the Georgia Dome in 2010, but Richt downplayed the chances of a deal being struck. “It’s really more of … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football, Nick Saban Rules
Even at the AJ-C, nature abhors a vacuum.
Give Jeff Schultz credit. Terence Moore is gone, so somebody’s got to step up at the AJ-C sports page and carry on with teh stupid. Schultz contributed this beaut yesterday. … Now, I know there’s not always a correlation between … Continue reading
Filed under Media Punditry/Foibles
Somebody needs a hug.
Seriously, how does a fan base get to be this bitter and obsessed about a rival program?
Filed under Georgia Tech Football
Message to NCAA: you can’t beat Twitter, you can only hope to contain it.
Birds do it. Even this guy does it now. Tweets, that is. … New accounts on Twitter, a burgeoning social networking service, have been started by Illinois coach Ron Zook, USC’s Pete Carroll, Notre Dame’s Charlie Weis and Tennessee’s Lane … Continue reading
Filed under Science Marches Onward, The NCAA
Is the Pac-10 structurally flawed?
Tom Dienhart posted something about Southern Cal that made me think (yes, there’s a first time for everything, it seems). Take a look at this chart he compiled: Most draft picks since 2005 USC: 43 Ohio State: 30 Oklahoma: 29 … Continue reading
Filed under College Football, Pac-12 Football
Tuesday morning buffet
You know the drill. See ‘ya, Terence Moore. Don’t let the door hit you in the arse on the way out. You know, this is one badass ride. I can understand why they’d want tinted windows. No waiver for Richt … Continue reading
