Daily Archives: August 6, 2010
Kiffin watch: not the legacy they had in mind, but a legacy nevertheless
Somehow, this surprises me not in the least: … The first source said Tennessee expects to receive a letter of inquiry from the NCAA in the near future. As part of a broadened inquiry, the NCAA is expected to interview … Continue reading
Consistency, thy name is Adelson.
I thought you guys might get a kick out of Andrea Adelson’s ESPN.com post about the coaches poll top 25, or at least this excerpt: Overrated: Florida, Texas, Virginia Tech. We listed reasons for the over-ranking of Florida and Texas. … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football, Media Punditry/Foibles
Maybe the problem is that Jacksonville isn’t far enough away.
Phil Steele notes that Georgia has the second-best road record in all of college football over the past decade.
Filed under Georgia Football, Phil Steele Makes My Eyes Water
Interesting choice of words
In reflecting on Chris Rainey’s good-riddance-to-last-year’s-bad-attitude-Gators comment, Chris Low writes this: … OK, maybe it is a cliché. But in the Gators’ case, they genuinely believe it. They also believe that last year’s team, as good as it was and … Continue reading
Cracking the case wide open
No doubt you’ve heard about certain enterprising Georgia fans getting caught bypassing the normal process for obtaining tickets to the October 2nd game against Colorado. Note that I typed “enterprising”, not “bright”. (h/t The Wiz of Odds) Dave Plati, spokesman … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football
Friday morning buffet
Varied, if not necessarily nutritious. It’s good to know that the Dawgs found something humorous about last year’s game in Knoxville, since I didn’t. On top of everything else, Mike Hamilton evidently has no fashion sense. Julio Jones overrated? Hey, … Continue reading
First week lines
CFN has the betting lines for the first week of the season. Here are a few numbers of interest: Georgia is a 25.5 point favorite over ULaLa (by the way, when did they start referring to themselves simply as “Louisiana”?). … Continue reading
Filed under College Football
Preseason Coaches Poll: throwing darts against the wall
It’s the usual grab bag that comes from lazy thinking and no real world results to base an analysis on: 2010 preseason poll Rank Team (first-place votes) 2009 record Points Final 2009 rank 1. Alabama (55) 14-0 1,469 1 2. … Continue reading
Filed under College Football, Mumme Poll
