Monthly Archives: January 2012
Musical palate cleanser, pre-signing day edition
Click here to listen to “Horse Back”, a new 30-minute jam from Neil Young and Crazy Horse. (If you’re a Zuma fan, you’ll thank me.)
Filed under Uncategorized
Is the SEC’s new 25-man cap having an impact?
Sometimes, the devil’s in the details, as Seth Emerson tells us. … But programs also accept early enrollments — such as Georgia did with Keith Marshall and two other recruits earlier this month. Under the old rules, teams had back-counted … Continue reading
Filed under Recruiting, SEC Football
Pay the price.
Welcome to your SEC, where everything other than the air you breathe is monetized. And that which is not expressly permitted is forbidden: … It seems that the 40 or so videos of old Bulldog games I had posted on … Continue reading
Filed under It's Just Bidness, SEC Football
Chasing those stars
One of the more valuable services Matt Hinton provides is his annual reminder that, quite simply, “(t)he better your recruiting rankings by the gurus, the better your chances of winning games, against all classes.” You want an illustration of what … Continue reading
Filed under Recruiting
Hell hath no fury like a momma scorned
Landon Collins’ mom definitely ain’t happy with Nick Saban. Her heart belongs to The Hat. In an interview with a website called MomsTeam.com, Justin expounded on her distaste for the Tide as Collins’ choice, saying that “[Alabama] want[s] to redshirt … Continue reading
Filed under Nick Saban Rules, Recruiting
“Georgia never gave up on him.”
Marc Weiszer hits on something about Georgia’s 2012 recruiting that’s struck me as well. Georgia’s remaining targets include more than its usual share of recruits already on commitment lists at other schools — Sandy Creek receiver JaQuay Williams pledged to … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football, Recruiting
Has the spread stopped spreading in the SEC?
I had a feeling reading Michael Elkon’s comments in response to this post of mine about Auburn’s hire of Scot Loeffler that he had a post of his own coming on the subject, and, sure enough, he did. There’s a … Continue reading
Filed under SEC Football, Strategery And Mechanics
“This class is far below the standards that we have here and what we’ll need here in the future…”
That was Junior’s pronouncement after signing his only recruiting class at Tennessee. Little did he know how prophetic he was. … Kiffin and his staff of relentless recruiters had two months to scramble and assemble a class, and they were … Continue reading
Filed under Because Nothing Sucks Like A Big Orange, Recruiting
Surrender, surrender, but don’t give yourself away…
I would not be doing my job here at GTP if I didn’t take a moment to point out that the Johnson Doctrine died a quiet death this past weekend. I hope you’ll take a minute to join me in … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Tech Football, Recruiting
The center cannot hold.
This strikes me as being a fairly big deal. The NCAA will look this summer at retooling its Division I governance structure amid what some officials say is growing sentiment to further split its top football-playing schools. Now there’s some … Continue reading
Filed under College Football, The NCAA
