Monthly Archives: February 2010
“I worry every single time the phone rings.”
Oregon football: it’s like speed dating and the Fulmer Cup got together and had a baby.
Filed under Crime and Punishment
This year’s model at quarterback
Tebow, McCoy and Bradford are gone. Matt Hayes gives us a list of the five quarterbacks in line to be the next big thing. I don’t know – there’s plenty of potential and a couple of very good system QBs … Continue reading
Filed under College Football
The recruiting chicken and the success egg – or is it the other way around?
If you don’t read Bill Connolly’s Varsity Numbers on the Football Outsiders site, shame on you. (It’s linked, in case you’re looking.) He’s one of the best out there on the statistical analysis front, he writes well and he’s got … Continue reading
Filed under Recruiting, Stats Geek!
SEC coaching economics
I notice that Auburn just gave Gus Malzahn a big raise that makes him the highest paid offensive coordinator in the SEC at $500,000 per year. That’s interesting to me for two reasons. First, while that’s a sum that’s nothing … Continue reading
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One down, one to go in Gainesville
Hitting women is contemptible, but doing so when you’re on scholarship at a program that’s oversigned is really, really stupid as well.
Filed under Crime and Punishment, Gators, Gators...
Music to my ears
Yes, God knows talk is cheap, but I still love hearing stuff like this from the new coaches (in this case, Warren Belin): “We’re going to coach all our linebackers, Coach Grantham and I both, we’re going to work on … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football
It’s been a while.
The saddest thing about this chart isn’t that Georgia’s listed in fourth place on it. Championship chasms Here’s a list of teams that have waited the longest between national championships. This list only includes teams that have won multiple championships. … Continue reading
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In the take this for what it’s worth department…
Spring practice doesn’t get underway until March 4th, so if you’re looking for some nuggets or tidbits to tide you over until then, the best I’ve got are a couple of comments from Coach Richt last night: “It’s going good,” … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football
Friday morning buffet
There’s always something worth nibbling on… Dez Bryant has a future in politics: “I lied, which everybody knows that I lied, but I also did tell the truth…” And I’m sure signing with Eugene Parker was a mere coincidence, Dez. … Continue reading
Damn. Just, damn.
I couldn’t bring myself to post yesterday on the tragedy that is Rajaan Bennett’s senseless death because I felt inadequate in being able to express something meaningful about the random perversity of human nature, particularly in the context of a … Continue reading
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