My predicted conference champions: SEC: Alabama Pac-10: Stanford Big Ten: Ohio State ACC: Miami Big 12: Texas Big East: Cincinnati Mountain West: TCU WAC: Boise State CUSA: Houston MAC: Temple Sunbelt: Middle Tennessee State
Read moreMorning Buzz
The SEC, which has its three-day media day circus this week, announced its preseason all-league team today. FIRST-TEAM Offense Pos. Name School Ht. Wt. Class Hometown QB Ryan Mallett Arkansas 6-6 238 Jr. Texarkana, Ark. RB Mark Ingram Alabama 5-10 215 Jr. Flint, Mich. RB Derrick Locke Kentucky 5-9 190 Sr. Hugo, Okla. WR A.J. […]
Read moreHeadlinin’: Disgraced Evans officially out at Georgia
Making the morning rounds. • Unhappy trails. To no one’s surprise, Damon Evans appears to be officially out as Georgia athletic director following his tear-filled, panty-wielding DUI arrest with a younger woman in the passenger seat last Wednesday, minutes before the start of a new, $550,000-per-year contract. Evans reportedly met with university lawyers over the […]
Read moreHeadlinin’: Colorado bound for ‘Pac-11’ as expansion dominoes fall
Making the morning rounds. • We don’t know, but we know, you know? Officially, Nebraska regents continue to deny reports of any decisions concerning leaving the Big 12 or joining the Big Ten, mainly on grounds that there hasn’t been an official vote of any kind ahead of Friday’s meeting of the university’s Board of […]
Read moreStewart Mandel: BCS conference pecking-order; more Mailbag
The SEC has produced four straight BCS champs. For that reason alone, it’s still top dog. But can a deep Pac-10 become the king of conferences? Stewart Mandel discusses in the ‘Bag.
Read moreHeadlinin’: Their old SEC home is on Seminoles’ radar, just in case
Making the morning rounds. • Unconquered, but still open to a good deal. The possibility is still "remote" at this point, but the notion of joining an expanding SEC in the coming game of Conference Expansion Dominoes has at least crossed Florida State’s mind, according to coach Jimbo Fisher, who told reporters at the ACC’s […]
Read moreDispatch from Galen: Wear Twins Transferring, Polee Recruiting Follow-up, & Other Hoops Notes
Could the Wear twins follow the path of Alex Stepheson, who left North Carolina to return to Los Angeles to play USC? (Photo Credit: Dailyme.com) View full size photo » I figured since most of the “big shot” bloggers had cool, witty names for their columns and articles, I might try and pretend to be […]
Read moreNow, Not Last Year, Is the Time for the 2005 USC Comparisons
Now, Not Last Year, Is the Time for the 2005 USC Comparisons Year2 over at SB Nation blog Team Speed Kills covering the whole of the SEC proposes an interesting analogy: Alabama 2010 = USC 2005. And, no, not because Carroll’s squad dropped the big game to Texas.
Read moreLane Kiffin on Tim Tebow: ‘Eventually I think that he’ll be a special player like he always has been’
The question directed at USC coach Lane Kiffin was off-topic but not untimely: “What do you think of Tim Tebow’s chances in the NFL?” Kiffin coached in the NFL, of course, and coached against the former Florida quarterback last season in the SEC. Kiffin also recruited Tebow way back when. As Tebow embarks on a […]
Read moreHeadlinin’: Count Notre Dame out of the mix for Big Ten expansion
Making the morning rounds. • Irish need not apply. The Big Ten is playing it cool, taking it slow, keeping its conference expansion cards close to the vest. One card it will not be playing, according to an anonymous source in the Boston Globe: Notre Dame. The Irish "haven’t been in the mix for a […]
Read moreExpansion and the ‘superconference’: A very long love story
The Big Ten and Pac-10 both want to expand — the Big Ten is beginning to sound very, very certain about it — and when they do, certainly you have been made aware by now that Things Will Never Be the Same. If you’ve followed the sport for the last two decades, of course, you’re […]
Read moreHeadlinin’: Dillon Baxter is still Kiffin’s Bush 2.0
Making the morning rounds. • Somebody get that kid’s parents a rent-free house. Hey everybody, check out Southern Cal freshman Dillon Baxter: Wait, wait — actually, that’s former Trojan star Reggie Bush on one of his most famous runs in 2005, in a game against Fresno State in which he set a Pac-10 record with […]
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