Monthly Archives: March 2011
The problem with some denials…
In fact, Peterson told Culotta twice that he never even visit the school in College Station, Texas. That would seem to contradict an ESPN report in which Kelly Naqi cites Peterson’s father, Patrick Peterson Sr. as describing his son’s visit … Continue reading
Filed under Recruiting
Crazy little thing called love
Thirteen D-1 football teams played in front of more than a million fans last season. Seven of them were from the SEC.
Filed under College Football, SEC Football
Wave to the cameras.
ESPN has added Georgia’s spring game to its broadcast schedule. By my count, that’s seven SEC teams on the WWL’s spring menu, if you count ESPN3.com. *********************************************************************** UPDATE: And just like that, it’s been removed. Strange.
Filed under ESPN Is The Devil, Georgia Football
A horse of a different color
Michael Elkon asks a question that I’ve asked in one form or fashion many times: How exactly does one sell the four-month college basketball regular season when the Final Four is comprised of: (1) the second-place team in the SEC … Continue reading
Filed under BCS/Playoffs
What is this “law of supply and demand” you speak of?
The next time you hear a college president whine about the rise in coaches’ salaries, remind yourself about Brady Hoke’s contract. Maybe we give the Jimmy Sextons of the world too much credit sometimes.
Filed under It's Just Bidness
Thursday’s scandal buffet: Ain’t No Free
Here’s this morning’s sampler of sleaze: Can a bowl get the death penalty? Matt Hinton and Berry Tramel make good cases for it. Ah, I love the smell of back stage maneuvering in the morning. Paul Westerdawg makes the case … Continue reading
From his lips to God’s ears…
So much for tamping down the Big John Jenkins expectations.
Filed under Georgia Football
If only there were a TMZ rumor about Dez Bryant going to Miami…
Here’s a tip: If you’ll analogize A. J. Green’s receipt of a thousand bucks for selling a jersey to crack cocaine and Dez Bryant getting hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry before the start of his junior year … Continue reading
Filed under The NCAA
Todd Grantham, antidote to happy talk.
From Bulldogs Blog: … Grantham was in midseason mode when asked what the defense needs to do to stop the run better. “Tackle the runner,” Grantham said.
Filed under Georgia Football
College football, go take a shower.
There’s a lot of sleazy business disclosed in the Fiesta Bowl’s Special Committee Report, but this is the specialest of all: For 30 years, John Junker was a glad-handing, canary-blazered shogun of the Fiesta Bowl, the smiling face of that … Continue reading
Filed under It's Just Bidness
