Monthly Archives: April 2010
Some Mumme Poll notes
I thought I might provide you with a few updates as Tidefan and I do some offseason tweaking to the Mumme Poll. I don’t know if anyone has noticed, but the site has been taken down temporarily so that Tidefan … Continue reading
Filed under Mumme Poll
Monday morning buffet
College football’s dead period has begun in earnest. You need to eat to keep your strength up: This may be the dumbest conference expansion/realignment speculation piece I’ve read yet, as it completely ignores the primary motivation behind any (potential) movement … Continue reading
The SEC and the NFL draft
If you want to understand why the SEC dominates the NFL draft as it does now… – The SEC had 49 players selected in the 2010 NFL Draft. The number represents the most SEC players ever taken in the NFL … Continue reading
Filed under It's Not Easy Being A Mid-Major, Recruiting, SEC Football
Blame it on the triple-option.
If we’re supposed to take it as gospel that Demaryius Thomas’ draft status is guaranteed to make Paul Johnson’s quest to recruit top-flight wide receiving talent to the Flats easier, what then are we supposed to conclude from Jonathan Dwyer’s … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Tech Football, Recruiting
Spring QBs in the SEC
David Paschall has a good post-spring round-up of the SEC’s quarterbacking situation here. Running through it, I couldn’t help but draw a few off the cuff observations: Amazingly enough, there was only one school which had (1) a returning starter … Continue reading
Filed under SEC Football
“Alabama is coming off a national championship. Why would I change my schedule to accommodate them?”
I know it’s hard to believe, but some of the other conference kids don’t want to play ball with the Tide.
Filed under SEC Football
Getting what you pay for: Paul Tagliabue’s Big East mission
Paul Tagliabue has been enlisted by the Big East as an unpaid consultant to help the conference negotiate its next football TV contract. Since it would no doubt help if the Big East wasn’t reduced to road kill by the … Continue reading
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Filed under Big East Football, Big Ten Football
Yellow-tinged delusions of grandeur
If you like grandiose pronouncements from the Georgia Tech fan base, here’s the best one I’ve seen since we were assured by a blogger a few years back that Morgan Burnett’s commitment to Tech meant that “… the whole dynamic … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Tech Football, Recruiting
It’s not so much about assigning blame as it is looking to turn the corner.
I really like this: Here are 3 pieces of coaching advice that have had a major impact on my coaching career. #1 The dirtiest words in coaching are We talked about it. Players don’t learn from talking they learn from well … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football
He’ll handle “dadgum”, and it’s going to be a big deal.
I gotta tell you, if this is the best Corch Meyers is going to be able to come up with to generate feigned outrage in Jacksonville this year… sheesh.
Filed under Georgia Football, Urban Meyer Points and Stares
