Nobody said you had to have common sense to excel in college sports.
I’m sure Boston College is the only school ever to enable a knucklehead’s drug habit.
This one might be even better.
I don’t know who Dorsey’s agent was, but, jeez, dude, maybe you should have gotten to know your client a little better beforehand.
Filed under General Idiocy
Here’s an interesting clip from last year’s Georgia-Florida game (I know, I know) that does a nice job of setting up the center’s multiple pass protection responsibilities when facing an even defensive front.
https://twitter.com/colecubelic/status/844581169102540800
As pointed out, the center does solid work after snapping the ball, but if you follow the clip all the way through, notice what happens with Atkins after Dillard shifts to take Rochester out of the play with a double-team. End result, the pocket breaks down and Del Rio is forced to move away from Atkins’ rush.
There are several lessons to take from that, but, bottom line, having better personnel than the other guy tends to pay off, even when the other guy blocks just like the coaches drew it up.
Filed under Georgia Football, Strategery And Mechanics
Judging from the emails I’ve received and the comments I’ve seen splashed across the Intertubes, I gather plenty of you have heard the news already about the latest policy change to affect game attendance at Sanford Stadium.
Beginning with the G-Day spring football game, Georgia will implement the SEC’s clear bag policy for athletic events on campus.
The policy will be in effect for all ticketed events beginning in the 2017-18 athletic calendar year.
Bags or purses carrying personal belongings must be clear if patrons are to enter into ticketed events hosted by Sanford Stadium, Stegeman Coliseum or Foley Field. The SEC cites public safety and security measures for the league policy.
Hey, you know if there were valid reasons to criticize Butts-Mehre for enacting fan unfriendly rules, I’d be right there with them, but as Butt indicates in his article, that would be pointing the finger at the wrong Greg. The culprit would be this guy.
In the interest of enhancing existing security measures at games involving Southeastern Conference schools, the SEC will implement a new security policy regulating the size and type of bag that may be carried into all stadiums in which SEC schools host games, beginning with the 2017 football season, it was announced Wednesday.
Although the new conference-wide bag policy will be in effect beginning with the 2017 football season, a number of SEC institutions implemented the policy during the 2016 football season. The policy was approved by a unanimous vote of the league’s athletics directors.
“SEC football stadiums are among the largest venues in the world of sports, so safety and security are issues that must always remain a priority for our events,” said SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. “We believe this policy is an important enhancement to the security measures already put in place by our institutions.”
Fans are encouraged not to bring any types of bags inside SEC stadiums during football games…
That’s nice. Although with all this talk about enhancing security measures and prioritizing safety, I can’t help but wonder what ol’ Greggy thinks about what just came down in the great state of Arkansas — literally on the same day as his shiny new policy.
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson has signed a bill regarding a person’s ability to carry a concealed handgun into various buildings at a public university or college into state law. However, House Bill 1249 will not allow all legal gun owners to carry a gun to a football game in the state of Arkansas.
Football games will be considered a “sensitive area,” which require enhanced training in order to be allowed to carry a gun into a football stadium. The law supposedly trumps any provisions already in place to prevent guns from being allowed on the premises.
“The enhanced level of training is very important, and I am convinced the public will be more safe,” Governor Hutchinson said. “This bill, in my view, reflects the view of the general assembly.”
Shit, I feel safer already. I can’t wait to find out about what kind of enhanced training you can get to learn how to pack heat responsibly in a crowded, emotional, alcohol-laden environment. (Do you have to carry your gun in a clear plastic bag?) I mean, imagine how much more sensibly a moment like this would have evolved with a gun or two in its midst.
That’s a relief. We’ve been plagued with so many of those rascals at college football games lately.
Back on earth, you have to wonder how this is going to sit with Sankey. He may be getting handed his very own bathroom bill problem.
The University of Arkansas, nor the SEC or NCAA, have yet to comment on the law. One source closely connected to the bidding for SEC and NCAA championship events told GN the law will be “a popular topic at the SEC spring meetings” scheduled for late May in Destin, Florida.
Presently, neither the SEC nor NCAA expressly prohibits games from being played at venues where the carrying of concealed weapons is allowed, though it also hadn’t needed to be addressed previously because of laws against it.
According to NCAA’s site selection process policy guide in effect from 2018-19 until 2012-22, however, it seems possible that the law could create an issue.
“The NCAA expects all hosts to have policies in place for crowd control, fan conduct, safety of all participants, and other appropriate guidelines that support the NCAA’s position on sportsmanship and its commitment to operating the finest athletics events in the world,” the document reads. “Each host will be required to submit a safety and security plan upon the awarding of an NCAA championship.”
I sense this is going to work out well. In the meantime, leave those nice Georgia bags you’ve been using for years at home, peeps. It’s for the greater good.
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UPDATE: Oh, well.
Filed under Political Wankery, SEC Football
Nick Saban just hired the former Ole Miss offensive coordinator who had quite the resume against the ‘Bama defense.
While at Ole Miss, Werner helped orchestrate back-to-back upsets over Alabama, beating the Crimson Tide 23-17 in 2014 and 43-37 in 2015. He nearly made it three straight games last season, coaching Ole Miss’ offense to a 24-3 lead. However, a second-half comeback allowed Alabama to leave Oxford, Miss., with a 48-43 victory. The 522 yards Werner’s offense put up against the Tide during last season’s game were the most by any opponent all year.
Once again, Saban stays ahead of the game on the analyst front. I’m guessing he’ll have a few choice nuggets to add for prep against his former program.
Should I bother to point out that Kirby Smart, who certainly faced the brunt of Werner’s game planning in the Tide’s two losses, went hunting for an analyst of his very own and managed to grab the former Minnesota offensive coordinator whose offense managed to finish within fifty-five spots from Ole Miss in offensive yards per play last season. (Even Chaney managed a better finish than that.) Nah, I guess not.
Filed under Nick Saban Rules
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