Monthly Archives: March 2010
Oh, them.
I find it hard to believe that the NCAA hasn’t faced this problem yet (h/t Smart Football): The N.F.L. is so intent on preventing teams from resting their starters in late-season games that it plans to schedule only division games … Continue reading
Filed under BCS/Playoffs
Friday morning buffet
A few things to nibble on at the end of the working week: I notice that any time an academic suggests how to reform college athletics, it always involves the athletic guys’ salaries. Does it seem like Tim Tebow exercises … Continue reading
A well-respected man
Nice little exchange from Bruce Feldman’s chat yesterday: Taylor (State College, PA) Everyone keeps focusing on UGA’s new defensive coaches Grantham, Belin, and Lakatos and ask how they will preform next year. But how do you think the offensive coaches … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football
Maddening Madness talk
It’s getting to the point where pundits and bloggers aren’t even bothering to try to make sense about the consequences of an extended tourney. Here’s my man Joe at Coaches Hot Seat Blog: Please, if you are going to celebrate … Continue reading
Filed under BCS/Playoffs
Derek the Gardener.
Tennessee is losing its best returning offensive lineman, who decided to leave the program. That means the Vols will be starting five new offensive linemen this season. Meanwhile, former über recruit Bryce Brown is at practice. Not in practice, at … Continue reading
Filed under Because Nothing Sucks Like A Big Orange
Random thought on quarterbacks in the SEC East
Much has already been made of the fact that the division isn’t exactly loaded with experienced talent at the QB position. But after seeing this blurb today, If dealing with a bundle of banged up Gators through the first few … Continue reading
Filed under SEC Football
The Meyer blowup: we’re back to the M word again.
In the end, it’s all about the GPOOE™, as Chris Low explains to us: … Meyer and the whole Florida offensive staff are probably a little sensitive about the way Tebow’s mechanics and delivery have been picked apart by NFL … Continue reading
Filed under Recruiting, Urban Meyer Points and Stares
A work in progress
As excited as I’ve gotten over the quotes we’ve all seen about what’s going on with the defense, it’s worth tempering that with the realization that this is a major undertaking Grantham faces. First off, there are the obvious personnel … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football
Thursday morning buffet
A few nuggets worth sampling: Even I’m a little surprised by the results of this poll. Maybe they really do like the bowl experience. The OBC is working without a net at the quarterback position this season. What’s in a … Continue reading
Lacking in sympathy
Even in a story about some fairly outrageous political wankery – and it’s hard to see how you can describe an attempt to leverage football recruits to influence the state legislature to reappoint a university trustee as anything else – … Continue reading
Filed under Political Wankery, The Evil Genius
