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Monday Musings
Call him the comeback kid. Against the odds, Gene Chizik looks to have landed his third consecutive top 10 recruiting class. It may have taken three days beyond signing day to get there, but Auburn coaches have done the seemingly impossible. With the signing of five-star offensive linemen Jordan...
BlogPoll Preseason College Football Top 25 Rankings: Why Limit Ourselves to Looking Ahead to 2012?
(Author’s Note: The rankings following the jump are intended in jest. Bring your sense of humor with you. You have been warned.) Our good friend (and soon-to-be conference coeval) Bill Connelly, of whom I made mention earlier today after he gave Mark Richt the credit due him (and thereby almost...
2011 College Football Final BlogPoll Top 25: The Top Five
We’re clear on the ground rules. We’ve identified the also-rans. We’ve counted down from No. 25 to No. 16, and from No. 15 to No. 6. All that now remains, therefore, is for me to unveil the whole poll and explain the top five. Here now, I give you my final 2011 BlogPoll ballot, which has been set...
Talking Points: Saban Angry, Cowbell Dirges, and Acting Like You've Just Eaten Lunch
BREAKING: NICK SABAN ANGRY. SEC institution presidents are expected to vote on measures to curb oversigning today in Destin. In related news, Nick Saban "blamed the media for making oversigning an issue." According to GVX, he did this "angrily," which of course means he was breathing and awake. But...
Talking Points: Slaughtered by Association, Loopholing by Necessity
PIGS, HOGS, AND OVERSIGNING. Yeah, SEC coaches unanimously voted yesterday against changing the current cap on signing 28 players, but the SEC's presidents and chancellors wear suits more often and therefore have the final say on Friday and will get it wrong. Dooley is okay with closing some of...
Vol Villains Round One: Nick Saban vs. Urban Meyer
The carriers of the modern flame in Tennessee's two biggest rivalries, and they are incredibly good at it. The two top SEC coaches in the last decade have cast aside good and bad Tennessee teams en route to their championships. They have all of the success of Steve Spurrier with none of the...
Along the Links: Ohio State Football Recruiting 3/01
Spanning the 'net to give you a constant variety of recruiting news. The thrill of commitments and the agony of reject. The human drama of high school competition. This is ATO's, Along the Links! SEC Coaches Defend 'Oversigning' - WSJ.comCoaches at some of the nation's top college-football...
On the South Carolina Gamecocks, Lorenzo Mauldin, and Oversigning
The topic of oversigning has lately become a major talking point is discussions of college football. Oversigning, in short, occurs when a program signs more recruits than it has room for under the hard cap on 85 total scholarship players with the understanding that it will have to eliminate some...
Bob Stoops Gets A Nice Raise
Tulsa World: The combined salary of Oklahoma's 10 coaches for the 2011 football season will be nearly $7 million. The salaries, tabulated outside of any incentive bonuses, range from head coach Bob Stoops' $4.875 million to the $240,000 earned by new tight ends/tackles coach Bruce Kittle. First...
The Shotgun/Throwdown: Thursday (2/17/11) Edition
Welcome, By-Godders, to the Shotgun/Throwdown, WVU's nationally recognized best place for sports links, information, sophomoric humor and daily distractions. We're being brought to you today by Monty Python's Holy Ail, because it's just a flesh wound, your mother was a hamster and your father...
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