Remember when we told you that the gender of women’s 800 meter world champion Caster Semenya of South Africa was being questioned? Well, those questions have been answered, sort of.
Archive for September 10th, 2009
Gender Bender
Posted by Adam Butler on September 10, 2009
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Punxsutawney Pel?? Ouch. — UPDATE II
Posted by Adam Butler on September 10, 2009
Whether it’s all his fault or not, that’s the moniker our friends at Arkansas Sports 360 gave UA Basketball coach John Pelphrey, who is on the proverbial hot seat, and isn’t doing himself any favors by giving an ESPN reporter an exclusive interview of sorts. thereby alienating the local media.
UPDATE — Coach Pelfrey issued a brief statement today regarding his basketball program. It reads in part:
“We will continue to emphasize to our student-athletes that as members of the Razorback program they have a responsibility to conduct themselves and represent our University and our basketball program in an appropriate manner.”
Continue? Whatever you’re doing, coach, it’s not working.
UPDATE II — Point guard Courtney Forston has thrust himself into the basketball mess. Reports out of Fayetteville now state the the sophomore could face discipline for a Twitter update he posted, possibly referencing the alleged rape of a female student.
“In the Monday post, Fortson wrote: ‘Im gettin it at workouts like a dude who doesnt understand the word no from a drunk girl lol.’”
Disappointment does not come nearly close enough to describe my feelings toward the hoops program right now. Disgust may be more accurate.
Adam and Brett both worked on this piece.
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NFL Preseason Picks
Posted by Brett Kincaid on September 10, 2009
With the NFL season upon us, it only seems fair that we put up some preseason picks. Obviously we focus mostly on the college game, but the NFL season is great for two reasons: 1) Fantasy Football and 2) Gambling. If you are not into one of those things, then you probably have no use for the NFL. I will post my NFL picks for Week 1 tomorrow. For tonight, I’m taking Tennessee and the points.
NFC EAST AFC EAST AFC WILD CARD
*Philadelphia *New England NY Jets @ Houston
Washington *NY Jets Indianapolis @ Pittsburgh
NY Giants Buffalo
Dallas Miami
NFC NORTH AFC NORTH NFC WILD CARD
*Green Bay *Pittsburgh Atlanta @ Seattle
*Minnesota Baltimore Minnesota @ New Orleans
Chicago Cleveland
Detroit Cincinnati
NFC SOUTH AFC SOUTH AFC DIVISIONAL ROUND
*New Orleans *Houston Houston @ New England
*Atlanta *Indianapolis Pittsburgh @ San Diego
Carolina Tennessee
Tampa Bay Jacksonville
NFC WEST AFC WEST NFC DIVISIONAL ROUND
*Seattle *San Diego Seattle @ Green Bay
Arizona Oakland New Orleans @ Philadelphia
St. Louis Kansas City
San Francisco Denver
AFC CONFERENCE FINAL
New England @ San Diego
NFC CONFERENCE FINAL
New Orleans @ Green Bay
SUPER BOWL
San Diego v. Green Bay
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BlogHawgs.com Week 2 Picks
Posted by Brett Kincaid on September 10, 2009
| Road | Home | Line | Adam | Brett |
| Clemson | Georgia Tech | GTU -4.5 | Ga Tech | Ga Tech |
| BK Says: The Georgia Tech triple-option is hard to stop. Dwyer could enter the Heisman race with Bradford out. | ||||
| Georgia Tech 31, Clemson 20 | ||||
| North Carolina | Connecticut | UNC -3.5 | UNC | U Conn |
| BK Says: I love home ‘dogs. North Carolina won ugly at home while U Conn grinded on the road for a win in Week 1. | ||||
| Connecticut 28, North Carolina 20 | ||||
| Iowa | Iowa St. | Iowa -7 | Iowa | Iowa St. |
| BK Says: Iowa looks very shaky. Iowa St. pulled out a win last week and has home field advantage. | ||||
| Iowa St. 17, Iowa 12 | ||||
| Syracuse | Penn St. | PSU -28 | Penn St. | Syracuse |
| BK Says: Greg Paulus put his team on his back last week and almost won. PSU has a hard time covering big spreads at home. | ||||
| Penn St. 41, Syracuse 14 | ||||
| Arkansas St. | Nebraska | NU -24 | Nebraska | Arkansas St. |
| BK Says: Arkansas St. starters can play at this level. Nebraska will win by 15. | ||||
| Nebraska 40, Arkansas St. 20 | ||||
| Notre Dame | Michigan | ND -4.5 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame |
| BK Says: Notre Dame looked dominant against Nevada. | ||||
| Notre Dame 38, Michigan 17 | ||||
| TCU | Virginia | TCU -12 | TCU | TCU |
| BK Says: UVA lost to Bill & Mary last week. TCU has a suffocating defense. | ||||
| TCU 24, Virginia 3 | ||||
| Houston | Oklahoma St. | OSU -15.5 | Houston | Houston |
| BK Says: Classic letdown game. OSU likely wins (not a dead solid lock) in a shootout. | ||||
| Oklahoma St. 38, Houston 31 | ||||
| Vanderbilt | LSU | LSU -14 | LSU | Vandy |
| BK Says: I love Vanderbilt early, especially after watching Locker eat up the LSU defense last week. | ||||
| LSU 27, Vandy 20 | ||||
| South Carolina | Georgia | UGA -7.5 | Georgia | So Carolina |
| BK Says: It is tempting to take UGA at home, but South Carolina’s defense looked tremendous last week. | ||||
| South Carolina 17, Georgia 13 | ||||
| USC | Ohio St. | USC -6 | USC | Ohio St. |
| BK Says: I just can’t take a freshman QB on the road. Give me a good OSU team at home getting points. | ||||
| Ohio St. 31, USC 28 | ||||
| UCLA | Tennessee | UT -9 | UCLA | UCLA |
| BK Says: Toughest game to pick for me this week. Smells like a close game, so I’ll take the points. | ||||
| Tennessee 28, UCLA 20 | ||||
| Mississippi St. | Auburn | AU -14.5 | Miss St. | Auburn |
| BK Says: Auburn’s defense looked like a Gene Chizik defense last week. I’ll lay the points as Auburn looks to make a statement. | ||||
| Auburn 31, Miss. St. 10 | ||||
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Sports Page
Posted by Brett Kincaid on September 10, 2009
The NFL season kicks off tonight with Tennessee traveling to defending world champion Pittsburgh. The trendy “final four” preseason picks are New England, San Diego, Philadelphia, and Green Bay.
Clemson and Georgia Tech kick off the college football weekend in a key ACC battle.
American teen sensation Melanie Oudin saw her magical run at Flushing Meadows come to an end last night in the quarterfinals.
St. Louis showed why it’s the class of the National League yesterday as Adam Wainwright picked up his 18th win, and Albert Pujols homered twice.
Boston rallied to knock off Baltimore while Texas kept up the heat by sweeping Cleveland.
The Denver Broncos must be trying to prove that they are (all of a sudden) the worst run franchise in the NFL. What the hell happened?
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SEC Links
Posted by Brett Kincaid on September 10, 2009
Willy Robinson likes his new perspective from the sideline during Razorback games.
The Arkansas passing game has reached new heights.
Alabama is looking for different ways to get Terry Grant on the field.
Here are some early game notes for this weekend’s conference opener between Mississippi State and Auburn.
Rennie Curran believes the Bulldog season is on the line this week when they face South Carolina.
Mississippi continues to battle a flu bug that has ripped through the team.
Tennessee center Josh McNeil refuses to quit on his season, coming back to the field just 2 weeks after knee surgery.
Expect to see a more diverse Florida defense this week against Troy.
LSU coach Les Miles is not too concerned about his defense. The head coach believes blown assignments led to 5 big plays that kept Washington in the game.
Vanderbilt maintained its reputation as the least-penalized team in the SEC. Only 3 yellow flags were thrown last week, and just 1 was called on a starter.
Special teams problems are not unique to Arkansas. South Carolina needs to fine tune its kicking game before this weekend.
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Morning News
Posted by Brett Kincaid on September 10, 2009
As we reported, followed, drove into the ground yesterday, county officials will not charge three U of A student athletes with sexual assault based on a lack of evidence. Everyone seems to agree that they are guilty of being utterly reckless.
The Arkansas Lottery Commission (finally) heard proposals about how to address gambling addiction. I bet it doesn’t work. Bwhahahahaha
With only six days to go, workers on both sides continue to push on the Fayetteville millage election.
North Little Rock police are investigating a murder in broad daylight.
Sen. Lincoln’s colleagues have announced that she will chair the Senate Ag Committee. Washington Democrats definitely do not wan to lose this two-term incumbent.
President Obama delivered an impassioned speech last night, urging the Congress to work together to pass a massive overhaul of the health care system.
The President received high marks from voters last night. The bad news for him: President Clinton received a similar bounce.
Rep. Joe Wilson (R – SC) tried to steal the show last night by yelling at the President. I won’t go all high and mighty like a number of people have. Suffice it to say, everyone expects a certain amount of decorum in the House. Rep. Wilson failed to meet that expectation. He also broke House rules.
Another GOPer has a mistress, forcing his resignation from the Californis State Assembly. Do they hand out mistresses once you join the Republican Party?
In the real news of the day, Ellen DeGeneres will take over for Paula Abdul on this season’s “American Idol”.
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