What a year this promises to be in the NCAA it’s left me pondering the NCAA rankings and my thoughts on wagering. When composing this piece about the best quarterbacks who will grace our college football fields this year, I continually changed my mind. I had a look at the wageronsports.com website to see what the site recommend, but I was still unsure as to who would come out top dog. I finally settled on three quarterbacks who I...
Tennessee’s bowl hopes (3-2) took a hit this weekend after QB Tyler Bray suffered a broken right thumb in Saturday’s loss to SEC rival Georgia 20-12. Bray broke his thumb late in the fourth quarter when his hand hit a defender’s helmet during a throw. Bray’s injury will sideline the gunslinger for at least six-weeks creating a void at the quarterback position. The Volunteers, who have yet to win a conference game, will miss Bray’s stellar services as he...
College football is an incredibly difficult game to master. With the speed, strength and complexity of the schemes, it’s unreasonable to expect a first-year player to make an immediate impact. But, when a freshman or JUCO transfer can productively fill a position of need, it can catapult his team to a different level. Before last season, few college football fans knew about Cam Newton — a year later, Auburn is the defending national champion and Carolina Panthers fans are...
First it was DE Derrick Lott who found himself in a sling after running his scooter into a wall and injuring his right leg. Now, UGA 5-star linebacker Ray Drew crashed his scooter on Sunday suffering a sprained shoulder sidelining the young super star. Yesterday, Drew was riding home from church when he wiped out on his scooter. As a result, he suffered a sprained shoulder injury. After treatment at St. Mary’s Hospital, he was listed as day-to-day according to...
UGA’s Derrick Lott will unfortunately miss the start of preseason camp after he was sidelined from a motor scooter accident last weekend. At approximately 3:35 pm, Lott was driving his scooter to an on-campus parking lot when he inadvertently scraped the side of the Butts-Mehre building with his leg causing his injury. As a result of the impact, Lott sustained a deep laceration on his right calf. He underwent surgery at St. Mary’s Hospital and doctors were optimistic that...
For once, the microscope is not on the Georgia football team but rather the faculty and guests. According to UGA police, seven football players were subjected to theft during the school’s Football Faculty Appreciation Day. Jamal Allen, Kenarious Gate, Abry Jones, Jordan Love, Rhett McGowan, Alex Ogletree and Shawn Williams all fell victim. Over $1,300 worth of electronic devices were stolen out of their lockers to include iPhones and iPods. Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall is home to the football players...
Georgia’s 2010 leading rusher, Washaun Ealey, has been indefinitely suspended from the team for disciplinary matters. Ealey’s punishment stems from skipping out on a punishment run last week. Georgia has not dismissed Ealey, however, the talented tailback is not permitted to use the team’s facilities or attend any team activities. Sources say Ealey is still enrolled in classes, but rumors of transfering are starting to surface. Ealey is no stranger to suspension as last season he was scratched from the home...
With football recruiting in full swing, coaches better freshen up on the NCAA’s strict and complicated set of bylaws regarding what you can and cannot do. The minutiae of compliance rules is so ridiculous and impossible to follow that it’s no wonder coaches from virtually every program inadvertently flirt with some sort of secondary violation. To give you an example, last year Mark Richt inadvertently called a potential recruit when he accidentally dialed the wrong number on his cell...
