But now there is even a more embarrassing situation for an SEC coach. No, it is not an affair. No, it is not a false hiring. No, it isn’t even an NCAA rules violation.
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The Wrong Decision
I am writing today because I am having major issues with the whole Clemson-SC football fight that so many people label a brawl. The decision to not accept a bowl bid by Clemson University was one that isn’t the right thing to do and was more of a pressure type decision that stems from the media.
A look at the BCS’ TV contact compared to other similar entities.
By Sean Quinn
Someone should tell ESPN, CBS and the like, that rivalry weekend isn’t over. The greatest and fiercest rivalry in all the land hasn’t even been played yet, Texas-Texas A&M.
Yes, we know that Michigan already played Ohio State. Compared to the battle for the state of Texas, however, the showdown between the Buckeyes and the Wolverines is a second rate rivalry.
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Spurrier’s Farewell to Florida
As shocking as Spurrier’s abrupt walking away from Florida was, I was not as surprised as to when I heard that he would not make a return to his alma mater next season. With the expected but all too soon firing of Florida’s coach Ron Zook, Spurrier was asked to make a quick decision to be part of a quick fix in Gator Country.
I have always had two ratings: a power rating and a poll-style rating. I rate all 119 teams for both.
Now you ask what the difference is, and I answer it by telling you that the power ratings is the analysis of the team as a whole with a slight emphasis on winning/losing, while the poll is how I think the team really is.
I’ve tried to match wits on the chess board, but my wits are wilting, left withered by years wasting away with a baseball game and a beer.
119 wins over the last five years, six consecutive 20 win seasons, in many expert’s opinion they have the league’s best coach, and seven straight post-season appearances, with the five in the middle being NCAA appearances. Creighton, needless to say, has set the standard in the Valley when looking at the last seven years. On paper, this looks to be the weakest team the Blue Jays have had in some time, but yet it is difficult to pick them any lower than fourth heading into the season. That says alot about the consistency of this program, and how well it is respected around the Valley.
Drake won 12 games last year following years of 11, 12, 14, and 10 wins. They went 7-11 in the league last year and tied for sixth place. So what is causing all the excitement about Drake basketball around Des Moines, Iowa? Two words: Tom Davis. Dr. Tom returned to the sidelines last year, and led a very young team picked ninth in the pre-season polls to that sixth place finish. He brought his full-court press defense, and Drake finished second in the nation in steals at 11.5 spg, and with all five starters, and nearly every key reserve back, Drake is looking forward to getting another step closer to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1971. The fans are jumping on for the ride as well, as attendance was almost 6,000 per game, the highest at Drake since the 92-93 season.
The scoreboard read Georgia Tech 65 Northern Iowa 60. After the initial taste of a loss was gone, the Panther program had to feel good in remembering where it came from, and that now they had given the eventual Nat’l Champion runner-ups all they wanted in the NCAA tournament. No longer was Northern Iowa the team that Valley opponents looked at on the schedule and assumed a couple of wins. After a 12-6 league slate gave them a tie for second place, Northern beat Southwest Missouri State 79-74 in 2OT’s in the Valley final and went dancing for the first time since 1990. The question now is, can it be sustained?