Monthly Archives: March 2010
Perhaps somebody’s meds need adjusting.
Corch Meyers has put an Orlando Sentinel beat writer on double secret probation for being a very bad man. “You’ll be out of practice — you understand that? — if you do that again,” said Meyer, while a couple of … Continue reading
Filed under Urban Meyer Points and Stares
‘Cause I got high, ’cause I got high, ’cause I got high…
You’ve gotta love this: … One NFL head coach told me this week that in this era of some states decriminalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes, he has interviewed potential draft picks who didn’t even seem to recognize their marijuana smoking … Continue reading
Filed under Crime and Punishment, The Body Is A Temple
Wednesday brunch buffet
Lots of menu items today. Nick Williams is pumped, pumped I tell you, about the 3-4: “I like it. I am excited. I love it,” he said. “This defense… I love this defense. You play; it’s simple; you let loose. … Continue reading
A sentimental fool am I…
It’s the same old song, indeed. With the SEC East as open as it has been since the league split into divisions in 1992, Spurrier knows the Gamecocks finally have a real chance to break the Florida-Georgia-Tennessee triumvirate that has … Continue reading
Filed under The Evil Genius
Logic gaps and bracket creep
A common theme that runs among commenters here who favor a football playoff and think that my concerns about an extended playoff are overblown is that there’s no rational reason for a college postseason to expand beyond a manageable handful … Continue reading
Filed under BCS/Playoffs, It's Just Bidness
The Anderson move
I confess that this decision caught me by surprise: New Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham has stressed several times that he doesn’t need a gargantuan body to play nose in his 3-4 scheme. He’s got one anyway. Bulldogs head coach … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football
I guess we aren’t the only ones who noticed.
Proof that it doesn’t always take a trained eye to offer an accurate critique: I sat down and watched the defense, broken up into groups by position, go through a few drills. Lakatos was teaching how to attack the ball … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football
A couple of spring practice notes
On the defensive side, something I mentioned previously as a good reason for Rodney Garner to stay in Athens – the opportunity to expand his coaching experience by learning to coach in a 3-4 scheme – appears to have some … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football
“Right now we’re on the menu.”
The mid-major football program that I root for to break into the next level is TCU. Gary Patterson is this sane, rational man who recognizes that the best way for a program like his to make it big is to … Continue reading
Filed under It's Not Easy Being A Mid-Major
They keep pulling me back in.
I know some of you probably groan internally when you see another BCS post at GTP, but really, what am I supposed to do when I see this posted at EDSBS? Gosh, Seth, when you put it that brilliantly, obviously … Continue reading
Filed under BCS/Playoffs
