Monthly Archives: January 2011

Envy and jealousy, hubba hubba edition

I got a chuckle out of this line from Andy Staples: … Last year, I asked college football recruits to be more careful about what they posted on Facebook. What happens in the rural Mississippi strip club on an official … Continue reading

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Today’s PSA – another edition of what makes America great

It’s two in the morning and you need some cheap beer? Not to worry, Walgreens has you covered. If anybody’s tried Big Flats 1901, please share the experience in the comments.

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Two out of three ain’t bad.

Demographics, baby: What do individuals with post-graduate degrees, Republicans and Southerners have in common? According to a survey by Harris Interactive Inc., those are the three top demographics for college football fans. … College football was least popular with Easterners, … Continue reading

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Are you experienced?

Phil Steele’s got his 2011 returning starters chart posted here. Vanderbilt is the most experienced team in the country.  Auburn returns fewer starters than any other school, and by a wide margin. Somehow I doubt any of that would matter … Continue reading

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That ain’t no way to run a railroad.

A final note related to my two previous posts: … Tereshinski says one factor that hasn’t gotten much notice is that because of construction, the team has been moved to a different weight room, and for the previous 18 months … Continue reading

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It’s real… and it’s spectacular.

Check out Gentry Estes’ photo tour of the Butts-Mehre renovation. All I can say is wow.  No wonder recruits are paying attention to Richt this year.

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“We are training for football.”

Ordinarily, I’d brush quotes like this off as typical Georgia offseason sunshine pumping… “I look at it this way,” Tereshinski said. “When December comes, I want to be able to sit in my chair and say I did everything I … Continue reading

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Wednesday morning buffet

It takes all kinds of things to fill a buffet. This may be the most inane criticism of Gene Chizik you’ll ever read. According to the Harris Poll, college football continues to hold steady as the third most popular sport … Continue reading

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Sometimes, it’s more than the Jimmies and Joes.

A depressing chart, via Doc Saturday: If you need it spelled out, here’s what Matt observes: … But that still doesn’t change the bigger picture: Those 13 schools alone have consistently produced a majority of the top five in the … Continue reading

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There’s oversigning… and then there’s really oversigning.

This is interesting: … The point of all this NLI talk is to show 2009-48 is not just a toothless rule, it really doesn’t limit oversigning at all. Bylaws 13.9.2.3 and 15.5.1.10.1 only limit NLIs to 28. The number of … Continue reading

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