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Archive for November 16th, 2009

Kiffin Steps Up

Posted by Brett Kincaid on November 16, 2009

Headed Down a Bad Path

I must admit that I’m a bit surprised.  Tennessee head coach Lane Kiffin permanently dismissed two players, including Nu’Keese Richardson, for their alleged roles in an armed robbery last week in Knoxville.  A third player, safety Janzen Jackson, remains suspended as the investigation continues into his possible role in the same incident.

Kiffin decided to do the right thing, which I must admit surprises the hell out of me.

“Clearly, their actions have no place in our program,” coach Lane Kiffin said Monday.

As you may remember, Richardson was the central figure in a recruiting war with Florida that led to Kiffin’s eventualy reprimand by the SEC for falsely accusing Urban Meyer of illegal recruiting tactics.

 

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Ain’t That Right?, Lamar? Atkins Gets Pickled

Posted by Adam Butler on November 16, 2009

and Lamar heads back into the Arkansas 3 A High School Football playoffs, which had been suspended by a Pope County Judge last week.  Details of the controversy surrounding the decision(s) can be found here.

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Pete Carroll is a Hypocrite’s Hypocrite.

Posted by Adam Butler on November 16, 2009

In case you missed it, his squad got torched by Stanford in the Coliseum Saturday and gave up the most points in school history, losing 55-21.  It appears that Petey is a bit peeved because Jim Harbaugh, the Stanford Coach, and my new hero, eschewed a good ‘ole PAT when his team scored a touchdown with 6:47 left in the game to go up 48-21 on USC.

Instead, Harbaugh went for a 2-point conversion and  half a hundy (which he eventually got later). It seems Pete didn’t like it.  Well, I say what goes around comes around. 

You see, *I* didn’t really like that in 2006 at Razorback Stadium, Carroll decided to go for a first down by passing the ball on 4th and 4 from the Arkansas 20-yard line with just over 2 minutes left to play in a 30-point USC rout. 

The result?  The Trojans completed a 19-yard pass down to the Arkansas 1 yard line, and scored a touchdown on the next play to make the score ………drumroll………….50-14.

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Arkansas/LSU Gametime Set

Posted by Adam Butler on November 16, 2009

lsu moonNaturally, the Hogs finally get a night game……in Death Valley, where the Tigers are historically a much tougher team at night.

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More (National) Love for Rotnei Clarke

Posted by Adam Butler on November 16, 2009

rotnei 2CBS

ESPN

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Week 12 Select Seventeen

Posted by Brett Kincaid on November 16, 2009

Annnnnnnnnnnnnd I’m back.  Here’s a public service announcement from good ol’ Uncle BK:  Don’t get H1N1.  More on that later…

As you can expect the top of the charts did not change much.  TCU made up some ground on Florida in the points, but the Gators hold on to the #3 spot this week.  It is hard to argue they should jump any of the other unbeatens, but TCU looked very good in beating a legit Top 20 team.  Boise St. looked strong again, and Cincinnati just keeps on rollin’ along.  It’ll never happen, but look for the calls to have a college football playoff to grow even louder this year.  Now that important political states like Texas and Ohio are involved, you could actually see some movement from Congress if both TCU and Cincy end up unbeaten.

Rank Team Points
1 Alabama (4) 114
2 Texas (2) 113
3 Florida (1) 106
4 TCU 99
5 Cincinnati 91
6 Boise St. 84
7 Geogia Tech 75
8 Pittsburgh 71
9 Ohio St. 64
10 LSU 53
11 Oregon 43
12 Oklahoma St. 35
13 Stanford 32
14 Iowa 23
15 Wisconsin 21
16 Penn St. 20
17 Virginia Tech 9

Others receiving votes:  Clemson 5, Miami 5, BYU 4, Oregon St. 4

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UA’s Rotnei Clarke Named

Posted by Adam Butler on November 16, 2009

rotnei

"Quick--get in there--the golfer and the football player are in--we need help."

SEC Player of the Week.  I guess that’s what happens when you drop 51 points and 13 treys–even if it is on Acorn, errrrrr Alcorn, State.

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Dear Charlie Weiss:

Posted by Adam Butler on November 16, 2009

This is not a vote of confidence.  For those of you who are unaware of FlightAware, it’s a handy dandy website that alloweissws planes to be tracked.  In recent years, it has been the biggest arrow in the quiver of coach-hating super sleuth fans who want to get a heads up on the behind-the-scenes mechanations of a coaching search, even as schools deny one is occuring.

Point of Clarification: I don’t know that the Golden Domers’ plane was headed anywhere, just yet.  But, the fact they have blocked tracking could suggest some activity in the near future.  Rumored names on their wish list are OU’s Bob Stoops, and of course, Tim Tebow’s life partner coach, Urban Meyer.

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