Posted by ccv
on May 16, 2012
in Alabama, BCS, Business and Sports, Coaching, College football, Les Miles, LSU, SEC
Nick Saban skeptical of Steve Spurrier’s proposal to count only division games toward division championships
FLORENCE, Ala. — One week after LSU coach Les Miles voiced his support for Steve Spurrier’s proposal for the SEC to choose division champions based exclusively on division record, Nick Saban politely did the opposite.
Speaking to reporters before Tuesday’s Crimson Caravan stop at the Marriott Shoals Hotel & Spa in Florence, Saban said he understood the South Carolina coach’s logic behind his opinion, but couldn’t get behind an idea that essentially eliminated the importance of cross-divisional games.
“I just think that’s one of those things that’s not always going to be controlled,” Saban said. “It’s not manipulated with who you play. We have a rotation, we have to go through it.
read more: al.com
Posted by ccv
on May 11, 2012
in College baseball, Les Miles, LSU, NCAA, Paul Mainieri
How to win the West?
LSU has won its four Southeastern Conference home series, and if it wins its final one against Vanderbilt beginning Friday night, it will clinch the Western Division.
The Tigers (38-11, 16-8 SEC) have a four-game lead over second-place Arkansas and Mississippi State and would win a tiebreaker with both by virtue of having beaten them in head-to-head series.
LSU has taken a step-by-step approach to put itself in this position. The Tigers began conference play by taking two out of three against Mississippi State. In subsequent home series, they swept Arkansas and Alabama and taken two out of three from Georgia.
Read more: theadvocate.com
Posted by ccv
on May 7, 2012
in Alabama, Arkansas, Bob Stoops, Bret Bielema, Business and Sports, College football, Lane Kiffin, Les Miles, LSU, Pac-12, USC Trojans
Tigers, Trojans, Tide exit spring practice atop Power Rankings
Other than deciding how to split the money, the most difficult task facing conference commissioners in the next few months is devising the system that will select the teams that play in the upcoming playoff. Do they keep the current BCS ranking system? Do they follow the model of the NCAA basketball and baseball tournaments and empanel a selection committee? Do they develop an entirely new ranking formula?
Read more: si.com
Posted by ccv
on April 17, 2012
in Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, College football, Derek Dooley, ESPN, Florida, Georgia, Hugh Freeze, Kentucky, Kevin Sumlin, Les Miles, LSU, Mark Richt, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Mizzou
Position U. pass catchers: A look at the 2012 draft
While the number of wide receivers drafted basically has held steady over the past five drafts, the number of tight ends has changed drastically.
There have been between 28 and 35 wide receivers selected in each of the past five drafts. But just 12 tight ends were selected last season, a drop-off of eight from 2010 and seven from ’09. Indeed, while there were 55 tight ends drafted from 2008-10, there were just 12 selected in both ’11 and ’07.
Interestingly, though, while there were 35 wide receivers drafted in 2008, there weren’t any first-rounders; that was the first draft without a wide receiver taken in the first round since 1990. Meanwhile, there was no tight end drafted in the first round last year; that was the first time that had happened since 1999.
Read more: sports.yahoo.com
Posted by ccv
on April 13, 2012
in Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Bobby Petrino, College football, Dan Mullen, Derek Dooley, Florida, Hugh Freeze, Kentucky, Kevin Sumlin, Les Miles, LSU, Mark Richt, Mike Slive, Mississippi State, Mizzou, Ole Miss, SEC
Bobby Petrino: How Arkansas firing will affect recruiting vs. SEC rivals
Ole Miss and Missouri are two SEC football programs that often go head-to-head with Arkansas on the recruiting trail.
Coaches from both schools aren’t sure how Bobby Petrino’s firing will impact the competition with Arkansas for future recruits.
“I think it’s too early to tell,” Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze told the AJC. “I think Arkansas has had some tremendous years recruiting and they have great facilities. I’m not confident enough to say we have a great advantage now. Now I think it could be an advantage but certainly they could go get another great coach in there, which I’m sure they will. Then [Petrino’s firing] would be over in the minds of recruits very fast … so it’s kind of hard for me to say on that.”
read more: blogs.ajc.com
Posted by ccv
on April 13, 2012
in Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Bobby Petrino, Business and Sports, Florida, Gene Chizik, Georgia, Hugh Freeze, Jimbo Fisher, Kentucky, Les Miles, LSU, Mark Richt, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Mizzou, NCAA, SEC
SEC programs, law enforcement have long history
The Bobby Petrino saga has drawn attention to an often overlooked aspect of big-time college football: The relationship between coaches and the police who handle security for them.
Around the Southeastern Conference, providing sideline security for SEC programs is considered coveted duty. Some officers travel to away games, a cost paid for mostly by the schools. It can range from volunteer duty to part of the officer’s regular schedule.
Arkansas State Police Capt. Lance King, who provided security for Petrino at Razorback games, got the call from the coach when he wrecked his motorcycle.
Posted by ccv
on April 11, 2012
in Arkansas, Bobby Petrino, ESPN, fanaticism, Jessica Dorrell, Les Miles, LSU, Mississippi State, Nick Saban
Arkansas had no choice but to fire Petrino
Once you get past the emotional side that says Bobby Petrino just got run over by the karma train, once you get past the misguided Arkansas fans who started a Facebook page in support of their morally bankrupt coach and carried signs such as, “What’s wrong with scoring in the offseason?” this much is clear: Arkansas had no choice.
Bobby Petrino went 21-5 last season as a football coach in the SEC last season. He’s out of a job. What does that tell you?
read more: ajc.com
Posted by ccv
on April 5, 2012
in College football, Les Miles, LSU, SEC
‘Humbled’ Honey Badger ready for more
BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU’s Tyrann Mathieu emerged as one of college football’s biggest stars last season.
As a rule, stars are typically branded with nicknames, and Mathieu had a catchy one — the Honey Badger.
He also had a knack for making game-changing plays and made enough of them that he earned a trip to New York City as a Heisman Trophy finalist, not to mention consensus All-America honors, in leading the Tigers to a 13-1 record and BCS runner-up finish.
But when Mathieu reflects on what was truly a remarkable sophomore season, he uses words like “humbled” and “disappointment” and “hungry.”
Read more: espn.com
Posted by ccv
on April 4, 2012
in College football, Les Miles, LSU, Mike Slive, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, SEC
POT BROWNIES, DA’RICK GARCIA, AND THE SEC EAST’S DESCENT IN TO AWFULNESS
The SEC East is like the younger, drug-addled underachieving brother of a Rhodes Scholar. The Billy Beer of SEC football.
While the SEC West gets stronger every year and racks up title after title, the SEC East continues to fall all over itself with incompetence. At this point the SEC East coaches are like bad reality TV characters, the Desperate Housewives of the (mostly) eastern time zone.
Read more: outkickthecoverage.com
Posted by ccv
on April 4, 2012
in Les Miles, LSU, SEC
LSU’s Morris Claiborne’s low score on the Wonderlic test shouldn’t hurt him
Word leaked out this morning that LSU defensive back Morris Claiborne scored a 4 out of 50 on the Wonderlic test, but in this post from ESPN’s Pat Yasinskas, it shouldn’t hurt him in this month’s NFL draft. (Read the full story here).
Yasinskas quotes Mel Kiper, Jr. talking about with the position he plays, the test isn’t that important.
Rumors are that a team interested in Claiborne leaked the information in hopes he would drop to them in the draft.
Read more: nola.com
