Wednesday News and Notes: Bowden on Spurrier, Succop the Starter for KC, and UNC-USC Likely Off for 2010
by Gamecock Man on Jul 28, 2009 10:56 PM EDT
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Bobby Bowden had some interesting things to say about Steve Spurrier in a recent interview. Bowden's main point? Spurrier just needs to find his quarterback. On the one hand, Bowden is undoubtedly right; Blake Mitchell and Chris Smelley have hardly been on a par with Shane Matthews and Danny Wuerfull, and the results have been predictable. On the other hand, though, it would be fair to say that the offensive problems have been more pervasive than simply lacking a good quarterback. Getting good running backs and an effective line are certainly part of the problem. Still, it's interesting to see what Spurrier's old nemesis has to say about him, even if it's a bit bizarre to read Bowden, who has done less with more relative to Spurrier, talk about why Spurrier can't get it done anymore.
Now that their former FG kicker has been waived, the Kansas City Chiefs appear to have chosen Ryan Succop to be their man in 2009. Apparently he's not so irrelevant after all.
The home leg of the UNC-USC series that started in 2007 and was supposed to come back around in 2010 appears to be off for the time being. Now that they're apparently going to take on LSU in the Georgia Dome to open 2010, the Tar Heels are wary of keeping us on their schedule. This has me wondering why we couldn't get something together with the city of Atlanta to play in one of these season kickoffs against the Heels. My guess is that the people organizing the series are looking for high-profile SEC teams like LSU and 'Bama. At any rate, you have to wonder how Heels fans feel about this. They're now looking down the barrel of a likely beatdown when many of them might have preferred an opportunity to get a little revenge against us.
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Regarding Ga Dome Games
To give some more background on these games….The Atlanta Sports Council want this game to be like a BCS game at the beginning of the year. The Chick Fil A Bowl wanted the BCS to expand and include them, but that isn’t likely to happen anytime soon, so the ASC decided to put on a blockbuster game the first Saturday to grab everyone’s attention.
I know they were trying to get Auburn-UCLA, GT-UCLA, and GT-Notre Dame for the next couple of years but none have panned out yet. UGA and GT(especially GT) want to be in this game, but the ASC is a little hesitant because they want to sell hotel rooms and restaurant bills. UGA and GT don’t like other area teams coming in for a high profile and getting their name out there with the local recruits.
Alabama really wants to be playing in this game as much as possible. Saban wants Atlanta to be his 2nd recruiting base after the state of Alabama. I know South Carolina recruits a fair amount in Ga too, but you are probably right in that they are looking for more “national” teams for this game. Hopefully this didn’t put you to sleep.
by accsecblog on Aug 2, 2009 12:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No, that didn't put me to sleep. It's really interesting, actually.
So, the game isn’t always going to be ACC vs. SEC?
We do recruit in Atlanta and Georgia in general and would probably love to get into this game. However, I’m sure the ASC would rather have LSU, ‘Bama, etc. It’s certainly smart of Saban to try to get into it. Even if Saban dominates Auburn on the recruiting trail in Alabama, he’ll still lose a lot of recruits to the Tigers, so he needs to expand to recruit out of state to keep up with Florida and even LSU.
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