Monthly Archives: April 2011
Sometimes, Gator ethics remind me of jumbo shrimp.
Now this sounds like the Florida Way we’ve all come to know and love over the years: … My inner moral code says two-game suspensions for Martin and Johnson, and then six games for Jenkins (half the season). BUT, I … Continue reading
Filed under Crime and Punishment, Gators, Gators...
A jury of their peers
At least the panel conducting the Fiesta Bowl investigation won’t have to waste any time on introductions. I wonder who’s paying for lunch. All of which isn’t to say that the Fiesta Bowl folks aren’t in full-blown scramble mode.
Filed under It's Just Bidness, The NCAA
Unfortunately for some, old times there are not forgotten.
If I were a coach paid to recruit athletes to play at a university in Mississippi, I’d wince every time I heard the words “according to a survey by Public Policy Polling”. Because my peers on the recruiting trail wouldn’t … Continue reading
Filed under Recruiting, SEC Football
In case you’re wondering how good a quarterback Connor Shaw is…
… the answer is not good enough. (h/t Joe Schad) If I’m Stephen Garcia, I’m going out tonight to celebrate.
Filed under 'Cock Envy
Chinese water torture
If you’re an Ohio State fan, it’s not so much that you’re learning anything new, it’s just that the steady drip of information will drive you mad.
Filed under Big Ten Football, The NCAA
“When comes to the game, I have to be a dog. I have to destroy people.”
This should get you pumped up. Maybe not as much as Todd Grantham is, but pumped up nevertheless.
Filed under Georgia Football
This could be our year, took a long time to come.
Remember getting razzed by Tennessee and Florida fans about how Georgia’s success in the early part of the Richt era wasn’t predicated so much on Georgia’s excellence so much as the decline of the rest of the SEC East? I … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football, SEC Football
“Any kind of playoff would diminish the regular season and would end the bowls as we know them.”
Nothing like overplaying your rhetorical hand there, Bill Hancock. No conference commissioner has ever uttered anything that stupid. Warts and all, the BCS title game is a playoff, last time I checked. And Mike Slive doesn’t seem to be too … Continue reading
Filed under BCS/Playoffs
“We’re seeing so much throw, throw, throw that it’s kind of hard to learn.”
Talk about your feature turning into a bug: the offense and defense they’re now running at West Virginia are both exotic enough to have affected training in spring practice. Take this quote from the defensive coordinator: “It’s OK if you’re … Continue reading
Filed under Big East Football, Strategery And Mechanics
Ray Drew unleashes his inner crank.
… Drew said Daniels is one of his country favorites, along with Willie Nelson, Tim McGraw and Garth Brooks. “I know a good bit of country; it’s some of my favorite music to listen to,” he said. “I listen to … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football
