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OXFORD, Miss. -- A University of Mississippi football player has died after collapsing during the first day of team workouts.
The university says 20-year-old Bennie F. Abram died Friday at a hospital in Oxford. The non-scholarship junior transferred from Itawamba Community College last fall.
Trainers noticed that Abram was having difficulty early Friday shortly after the workout started. Officials say the trainers began first aid and called 911. Abram died several hours later.
Lafayette County Coroner Rocky Kennedy says an autopsy will be performed Saturday. He says there's no foul play involved. The high temperature in Oxford reached 57 degrees Friday.
Coach Houston Nutt called Abram a hard worker and fine young man.
Always sad to hear about things like this. Thoughts with his family and the Ole Miss football program.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- After wrapping up his first season as Tennessee coach, Lane Kiffin promised Volunteers fans that he was "just getting started" in rebuilding the program.
Two weeks later, Kiffin is headed back to succeed mentor Pete Carroll at Southern California, leaving the Vols in a panic to find a new coach.
"I really believe the only place I would have left here to go was ... Southern California," Kiffin said in a brief statement late Tuesday night.
Kippy Brown, whom Kiffin hired on Dec. 17 as an assistant, will be charged with holding the team and what was shaping up to be a top 20 recruiting class together as school officials scramble to find Kiffin's replacement.
Brown previously spent nine years as a Tennessee assistant in between stints in the NFL.
"We have already begun a search for the new head football coach of the Tennessee Volunteers, and we'll complete this process as quickly as possible to put the right person in place to lead our great football program forward in the months and years ahead," said athletic director Mike Hamilton in a statement. Hamilton was in Colorado meeting with a donor when news of Kiffin's departure broke.
Hamilton introduced Kiffin as Tennessee's coach on Dec. 1, 2009, after firing longtime coach Phillip Fulmer and conducting the school's first nationwide search for a coach.
Kiffin, who made $2 million in 2009, owed an $800,000 buyout to Tennessee for leaving early. He told his players about his abrupt departure moments before reading his statement. His father, respected defensive coach Monte Kiffin, and longtime USC assistant Ed Orgeron also will leave Tennessee to join him.
Tennessee students, who were to begin spring semester classes on Wednesday, wasted no time in expressing their anger about Kiffin's hasty departure.
Knoxville fire officials and university police were on campus after Kiffin's announcement as hundreds of students burned mattresses and piles of trash and gathered around the athletic department building in hopes of blocking Kiffin from leaving campus. It was not clear if Kiffin was still on campus at the time.
"I think the students have had kind of a violent reaction to that, and a lot of them are disheartened, upset and feel betrayed that less than a year in that he would be leaving and taking off," Knoxville Fire Department spokesman D.J. Corcoran said.
"The Rock," a giant boulder on campus where students often paint "Happy Birthday" messages, had obscenities directed toward Kiffin. Students tried to enter the room where Kiffin read his statement, holding a sign that read "Go home traitor. It's time," mimicking a campaign the university used to promote Kiffin when he was hired. But the students were turned back before Kiffin talked.
"This was not an easy decision. This is something that happens very quick. We've been here 14 months, and the support has been unbelievable here," Kiffin said. "There's so many people to thank so I'm just going to be real generic and say I'm very thankful to all the Tennessee people and the way that they welcomed myself and my family."
Kiffin went 7-6 in 2009, losing his final game to Virginia Tech in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. Many credited him with revitalizing the program, but he also brought an unwelcome spotlight on the Vols with six minor NCAA violations and disciplinary problems.
During Kiffin's tenure the Volunteers reported violations ranging from mock news conferences for prospects to mentioning recruits by name on the radio and on his Twitter and Facebook accounts.
"I know that I can walk out of here and say this, that we've been here for 14 months and there's not one day I didn't give everything I had to the Tennessee football program," Kiffin said. "We're leaving here 14 months later a lot better team than we were 14 months ago."
-- SI.com
I posted this more for the possible coaches to be hired in Kiffin's place but man, do I get a smile on my face every time I read this stuff and think "Told ya so!" I haven't found anything as far as rumors of who Tennessee is looking at [except Spurrier but that won't happen], but I think now would be a good time to bring someone up from the coordinator or assistant coach position. $2mil is a lot to pay for just one year of mediocrity. Wouldn't want to make the same mistake twice.
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier has been given another year to build the Gamecocks football program.
The university's Board of Trustees approved a one-year contract extension for Spurrier on Monday, taking him through the 2013 season. His salary will remain $1.75 million.
The Gamecocks went 7-5 this season and begin practice Tuesday to play Connecticut in the PapaJohns.com Bowl on Jan. 2 in Birmingham, Ala.
Spurrier says upcoming recruits and the young core of players currently on the team can help him finally achieve his goal of getting South Carolina to the SEC title game for the first time.
Spurrier is 35-27 in five season with the Gamecocks after going 142-40-2 in 15 seasons with Duke and Florida.
-- espn.com
The defense saved him. He'll probably stay mediocre but I'm not ready to see him go.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Top-ranked Florida could be without one of its best pass rushers against No. 2 Alabama in the Southeastern Conference championship game.
Defensive end Carlos Dunlap was arrested early Tuesday and charged with driving under the influence, just days before the biggest game of the season.
"We are aware of the incident and are currently gathering more information," school spokesman Steve McClain said in a statement.
Meyer was expected to address the situation in more detail after practice Tuesday. He could suspend Dunlap for Saturday's game in Atlanta.
Dunlap, a 20-year-old junior from North Charleston, S.C., was arrested at 3:25 a.m. He was released on his own recognizance about six hours later during his initial appearance at the Alachua County Jail. Judge Mary Day Coker admonished Dunlap for underage drinking, and said he cannot possess alcohol, illegal drugs or prescription drugs that are not prescribed for him.
He was told not to drive a motor vehicle without a license, and if caught driving without a license, he would violate the terms of his release. The judge released Dunlap without bond because he has no prior adjudications and no failures to appear in court.
Wearing a jail-issued, green-and-white striped jumpsuit, Dunlap spoke softly when asked questions and always replied "Yes, ma'am," to the judge.
According to Gainesville Police spokesman Keith Kameg, an officer was dispatched to check out reports of a reckless driver near campus. When the officer spotted the car stopped at an intersection, he noticed the red 2000 Chrysler was not moving through several green lights.
The officer found Dunlap slumped over and asleep at the wheel. The officer woke up Dunlap through a cracked window, but he "would only open his eyes momentarily and then fall back asleep," Kameg said.
The officer unlocked the door, put the car in park and turned off the ignition. Dunlap got out and "was very groggy and had difficulty speaking and listening to instructions," Kameg said.
According to police, Dunlap had watery and bloodshot eyes, and there was a smell of alcohol. Dunlap failed a field sobriety test, refused a breath test and was booked.
Dunlap, the defensive MVP of the Bowl Championship Series national title game in January, has started every game this season for the defending champs. He has 35 tackles and is tied for the team lead with seven sacks.
If Kentucky beats Eastern Kentucky today, they will hold the longest winning streak against non-conference teams for the entire NCAA. And people say they're a basketball school.....
Safety Janzen Jackson and receiver Nu'Keese Richardson, two of coach Lane Kiffin's most prized signees from his first recruiting class, were among three Tennessee football players arrested early Thursday morning in Knoxville on charges of attempted armed robbery.
The third player arrested was also a freshman, defensive back Mike Edwards. It was not immediately clear if the players have attorneys.
According to a Knoxville City Police report, the arrests stemmed from an attempted robbery outside a convenience store near campus. A powered pellet gun was recovered in the players' car after they were stopped by police near the Gibbs Hall dormitory on campus, where the Vols' freshman football players live.
At least one of the players arrested was wearing some type of Tennessee gear during the attempted robbery, according to police.
A fourth suspect, a woman alleged to have been driving a car with the three players as passengers, was also arrested.
"At this time we are currently evaluating the circumstances surrounding an incident involving Mike Edwards, Janzen Jackson and Nu'Keese Richardson," Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton said in a prepared statement. "Any decisions or comments regarding their status will not be made until the evaluations are complete."
As recently as Wednesday, during the SEC coaches teleconference, Kiffin had praised his team for not having any off-the-field problems during his tenure and had repeated several times this year that the Vols had been free of any such incidents.
Jackson had started in all but two games this season for the Vols and had emerged as one of the better freshman players in the SEC. He was suspended for last week's Memphis game for what Kiffin said was a violation of team rules. According to two sources, that suspension came on the heels of a failed drug test.
There was some speculation a week ago that Richardson might be considering a transfer when he wasn't at a practice, but Kiffin said there were no issues and that everything was fine. Richardson scored a touchdown in the Vols' 56-28 win over Memphis last week.
Richardson, of Pahokee, Fla., was at the center of Kiffin's dust-up with Florida coach Urban Meyer last February. Richardson had been committed to Florida for some time, but switched to Tennessee on signing day. The next day, at a Tennessee recruiting breakfast, Kiffin made his comments alleging Meyer cheated to get Richardson and still wasn't abe to sign him. Kiffin was reprimanded by the SEC for those comments.
According to the police report, the victims of the robbery were in their car outside a Pilot convenience store, parked next to a Toyota Prius, when a black male approached wearing a hooded sweatshirt, brandishing what appeared to be a handgun, opened the drivers' side door and said "Give me everything you have." A second black male also wearing a hooded sweatshirt then came around to the passenger side of the victims' car, opened it and said, "give us everything you've got."
But when the victims opened their wallets and showed they had no money, a third black male approached the other two and said "we've got to go," and all three got into the Prius and drove away, according to the police report.
Police said when they pulled over the Prius, they found a black air-powered pellet gun and a pair of hooded sweatshirts. Police also said they found a marijuana grinder, which the driver, Marie Montmarquet, said belonged to her, and a baggie containing what appeared to be marijuana in Montmarquet's jacket.
According to police, the victims later identified Edwards and Richardson as the men who had approached them.
Love him, hate him, loathe him, despise him, there's no denying that Lane Kiffin brings a certain middle-school swagger and Eddie Haskell-meets-buzzing-gnat aura to the big boy SEC coaching table.
In particular, Kiffin seems to take great joy -- even if it means going out of his way --- in taking a potshot or four at Urban Meyer and Florida whenever the situation allows. And, this week, the situation has allowed Kiffin to tee it up and take a big ol' whack at the biggest of the big boys.
Again.
Speaking to media earlier today, Kiffin was asked to address two situations involving his BFF Meyer and his BFF's program that have made a coupla headlines this week.
First, Kiffin -- part of the impetus behind new leagues mandates that could have coaches fined/suspended for public shots at SEC officials -- was questioned about Meyer seemingly criticizing officials this afternoon for a hit they didn't call on quarterback Tim Tebow.
His answer?
"Urban Meyer?" Kiffin deadpanned according to the Knoxville News Sentinel. "Criticized the officials, wow, that will be interesting. We'll see."
(Pardon the interruption while we attempt to clean the smarminess and sarcasm off the screen.)
(There. Got it.)
Then, Kiffin was asked about the eye-gouging incident involving UF linebacker Brandon Spikes.
"I did see the rerun," Kiffin said. "It was pretty bad but we'll worry about our team and what we can control. We've got a lot of work to do. Obviously, he'll discipline his team - or not - however he feels."
OK, one more time, CliffsNotes-style:
"It was pretty bad ... he'll discipline his team -- or not ..."
I don't know about you, but I'm getting the feeling that this Meyer-Kiffin tiff ain't going away for quite awhile. Now, once again, where's my popcorn... ---------------------------------------------------------------
In the past I've been of the opinion that Kiffin should just shut it....but damn if he's not right here. And funny.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida coach Urban Meyer believes Southeastern Conference officials missed a late hit on Tim Tebow in Saturday's game against Georgia.
Meyer said Wednesday the crew calling the game should have flagged Bulldogs linebacker Nick Williams for knocking his quarterback to the ground well after he had gotten rid of the football. SEC blog
Meyer sent video of the play to Rogers Redding, the league's coordinator of officials. Meyer declined to reveal what the SEC told him, saying he didn't "want to step out of line."
Last week the SEC changed its discipline policy about coaches publicly criticizing officials, making the punishment either a fine or a suspension and doing away with the reprimands.
SEC associate commissioner Charles Bloom told ESPN on Wednesday that SEC commissioner Mike Slive was traveling. But he is aware of Meyer's comments and reviewing them. Bloom said there would be an announcement made on possible punishment Thursday or Friday.
Meyer told reporters on the weekly SEC conference call the play was directly in front of the referee and should have been penalized. Tebow handed off to running back Jeff Demps, took a few steps to his right and wasn't looking when Williams came unblocked off the right edge and slammed into his chest.
"That should have been a penalty, in my opinion," Meyer said. "Obviously, it should have been. You've got to protect quarterbacks. That's the whole purpose. It's right in front of the referee. I'm not sure how they're going to handle that, but ... that was one of the plays we did send in."
Meyer didn't mention the play until asked about it Wednesday, possibly trying to avoid drawing punishment from the league. He also prefaced his comments by saying he has "great respect" for SEC officials and the way the league handles complaints.
The SEC decided to stop handing out reprimands for ripping officials after three coaches in less than a week were reprimanded last month.
Slive was given full discretion by the league's athletic directors and presidents to hand out the punishment. He will determine the amount of fines and lengths of suspensions on a case-by-case basis.
The SEC's officiating, and public complaints by Tennessee's Lane Kiffin and Mississippi State's Dan Mullen, has drawn plenty of unwanted attention for the league.
An officiating crew was suspended last month after it called penalties the league said were not supported by video evidence in the LSU-Georgia game Oct. 3 and the Arkansas-Florida game Oct. 17. The SEC publicly announced the suspensions, an unprecedented move by the conference.
When told of Meyer's comments Wednesday, Kiffin wondered what would happen to his league counterpart.
"Urban Meyer? Criticized the officials?," Kiffin said. "That will be interesting. We'll see."
Another SEC coach complaining about something. These idiots need to realize calls are missed every game. How many time has Florida benefited from bull**** calls or no calls? Even recently. I mean you could say something to the SEC about it but there is zero need to take it public. It just makes you look like a fool especially when you can't even control your own players. He is lucky the SEC didn't cook up a severe punishment for Spikes unsportsmanlike conduct. No question he was trying to injure someone. Bottom line is maybe you shouldn't complain publicly about things you yourself benefits from.
1 half for trying to gouge someones freaking eye? Meyer was just trying to cover his ass and make it look like he was being proactive so if anyone addresses it he can say "Yep took care of it" 1/2 What a joke.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Top-ranked Florida will be without star linebacker Brandon Spikes for the first half of Saturday's game against Vanderbilt.
Coach Urban Meyer suspended Spikes on Monday, two days after the defensive captain apparently attempted to gouge the eyes of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey in a 41-17 victory.
"I don't condone that," Meyer said. "I understand what goes on on the football [field], but there's no place for that. We're going to suspend Brandon for the first half of the Vanderbilt game. I spoke with him. That's not who he is. That's not who we are. He got caught up in emotion."
Spikes issued a statement apologizing for what he did.
"I accept responsibility for my actions and I accept the consequences of my actions," he said. "I would like to apologize to my team and the coaching staff and Washaun Ealey. Football is a very physical and emotional game, but there is no excuse for my actions."
Meyer's wife mentioned Spikes' actions to him Sunday night, then defensive coordinator Charlie Strong did the same Monday morning. Meyer's said his first reaction was to move on. Then he saw a replay of the incident, which shows Spikes shoving his glove-covered right hand into Ealey's facemask and moving it back and forth.
Meyer then spoke to Spikes and determined he was retaliating after getting his helmet ripped off and eye poked earlier in the game. Meyer also talked to Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive, but Florida officials said it was Meyer's decision to suspend Spikes.
"We understand the game of football," Meyer said. "Some of us have played it. Very emotional things happened in that game in particular that were not good for either side, but the bottom line is we're Florida and he's Brandon Spikes and we expect certain things. He understands."
The SEC issued a statement saying it reviewed and accepted the discipline handed down by Florida.
The Florida-Georgia game was filled with chippy behavior, with pushing, shoving, five personal-foul penalties -- three against Georgia and two against Florida -- and plenty of smack-talking.
Florida coach Urban Meyer got it half right by suspending senior linebacker Brandon Spikes for the first half of this Saturday's game against Vanderbilt.
Officials even gathered Florida quarterback Tim Tebow and Georgia linebacker Marcus Dowtin together in the second quarter and warned them things were getting out of hand.
"I don't think that we did anything in that game that they didn't do," Tebow said Monday. "If you go back and look at it and study it, you can see it in the film, too. It was an intense game, both teams were very passionate about it."
Spikes is fourth on the team with 42 tackles and has three sacks.
He considered entering the NFL draft in January, but decided to return for his senior season in hopes of helping Florida win a third national title in four years.
But he's battled injuries all season. He missed time early in the season because of an Achilles tendon injury, and sat out most of two games because of a strained groin. He played only a series against Arkansas on Oct. 17 and sat out the entire game the following week.
He returned against Georgia and finished with a team-high 10 tackles. He also intercepted a pass and returned it 5 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
"He's very intense and very emotional and very passionate," Tebow said. "I think that's what makes him part of the great player that he is because he brings that fire. People look at him and the defense wants to play for him. The offense, they want to score so it makes it easier on him.
"He brings fire and he brings juice to everybody. Without that, he would not be as great of a player as he is, and he would not be even close to the leader that he is."
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said Alabama used some tape trickery to spot field goals and extra points last weekend and is asking the Southeastern Conference if that is legal.
While reviewing video of the Gamecocks' (No. 24 BCS, No. 23 AP) 20-6 loss, Spurrier said Tuesday he looked like the Crimson Tide holder put a small piece of white tape on the ground to spot PATs and field goals.
"I thought you just had to put it on the ground. But they had a little piece of white tape or something, and I looked at it on tape and I said, 'What's that little piece of white there?'. Then after the guy kicked it he grabbed it and put it back in his pocket," Spurrier said.
SEC officials received a formal complaint from South Carolina officials Tuesday and are looking into the matter, league spokesman Charles Bloom said.
Alabama officials say its coaches have been reminded of the rule on placekicks.
Crimson Tide kicker Leigh Tiffin hit both extra points and field goals of 25 and 35 yards Saturday, while missing a 49-yarder. The senior is 9-of-11 on field goals and 21-of-23 on PATs this season.
Spurrier said he has no idea if the what he thinks happened is legal.
"I've never seen that before," Spurrier said. "But I'm sure they've probably been doing it all year."
The NCAA football rulebook (Rule 6-3; Article 10; subsection d) says:
"Any device or material used to mark the spot of a scrimmage place kick or elevate the ball makes the kick illegal."
The penalty is "illegal kick" and is five yards from the previous spot.
Every year each conference starts out stating that their conference can hold it's own against any other conference. They'll cite Bowl victories and the previous seasons out of conference records.
Last year many pundits insisted that the SEC was "down" because of their poor out of conference record. If last year was a down year then this season must be up. Not just up, but way up. Up with a Saturn V rocket!
Sporting a 20 win vs. 3 losses record thru the first weekend in October, the rest of the country pales in comparison to the SEC.
Not that some of the other conferences don't have winning out of conference records. It's just that on a comparable basis, ALL other conferences can't match up with the SEC.
As for the the three losses, they have come from quality opponents. Georgia lost to Oklahoma State to open the season on the road. Tennessee lost to UCLA at home and Georgia Tech took advantage of the gift giving Mississippi State squad. It appears that all of these teams will go to Bowl games this year. The wins have been sprinkled with some very good teams as well.
To name a few, LSU went on the road to Washington and beat the Huskies. Auburn beat a West Virginia team that has not lost to any other team thus far, and Alabama opened the season with a neutral site victory over a highly ranked Virginia Tech team, that had many people talking about them as national title contenders.
I know there are many reasons why some teams are down this year, ie... a Sam Bradford-less Oklahoma Sooner squad, the real test comes in adversity. How do you react. How well did you recruit, and how well have you coached the backups.
So far, it's been an interesting season. With most teams solidly in conference play, we will have to wait for the Bowl season to see how inter conference match ups pan out.
Florida might not have blown out Tennessee like everyone was expecting, but Gators coach Urban Meyer isn't so sure the Vols' goal was to pull out all the stops to win Saturday's Southeastern Conference spectacle.
Tennessee, a 28-point underdog, lost 23-13 Saturday to No. 1 Florida in Gainesville. The Vols were within a touchdown in the second half and had possession of the ball. Yet Tennessee stuck with an extremely conservative game plan offensively, as coach Lane Kiffin felt it was their only chance to stay close to the Gators.
In looking back at the game, Meyer said Sunday he probably should have opened up the defending national champs' offense. But he said there was no reason to because of the Vols' conservative approach to their own offense.
"When I saw them start handing the ball off, I didn't feel like they were going after the win," Meyer said. "They wanted to shorten the game. I think that was the plan. There are 10 minutes to go and they're not in a no-huddle. It's 23-6 and no urgency [on Tennessee's part].
"The way we lose a game there is throw an interception. Why put yourself in that position? Let's find a way to win the game. [b]We're not trying to impress the pollsters. We're trying to win the game. A lot of it had to do with the way they were playing. It made our life a little easier."
Meyer also said several of his players had been hit by the flu.
Kiffin said Monday that he didn't want to respond to Meyer's comment.
But when asked whether he was worried about the flu hitting Tennessee, Kiffin had this to say: "I don't know. I guess we'll wait and after we're not excited about a performance, we'll tell you everybody was sick."
Tennessee quarterback Jonathan Crompton ended any possibility of a comeback with his second interception of the game and his fifth in the last two weeks.
Crompton might have been the main reason the Vols ran the ball early and often and even in third-and-long situations. He threw three interceptions and fumbled a snap last week against UCLA, and didn't seem a whole lot more comfortable against the Gators.
When the Vols did ask Crompton to pass, they either had him throw screens and quick-hitters, or they rolled him out of the pocket and reduced his number of reads and options.
"We asked him for improvement and we got that," said Kiffin, whose verbal jabs at Meyer and the Gators during the offseason led many to believe Florida would try to run up the score against Tennessee at the Swamp.
Wtf is with Meyers comments on Tennessee's decision to run the ball. Really Meyer? Maybe the reason they were running the ball is because Crompton was blowing it out his ass and the run was the only thing that was working. What a genius Meyer is.
Then he goes on to say how he's not trying to impress the pollsters. Are you serious? Tennessee's defense kept you in check and your making excuses to try and keep your shiny image with the pollsters. I see some excuses. He should have just shut up and drove on but he just has to explain why they didn't blow Tennessee out.
1.Why should we try if they aren't. So Florida blows the doors off of everyone they play to impress the pollsters yet in this game. A conference game. Against Kiffin who was talking smack they decide to pull up? GTFO. You got punched in the mouth by Tennessee and you didn't expect it. If they had any kind of offense Florida's ass was toast.
2.Our players had the flu. Then why did they play? Nothing was said of it before the game. Now suddenly after you take some black eye's from Tennessee's defense it comes into play. After the game is over. You won the game why make excuses? Your number 1 in the country and you played a hard fought game against an "elite" SEC team. Your really worried about the pollsters dropping Tim Tebow yes Tim Tebow not the Gators down to second? Doubt that would happen.
As time goes on, tonights game against La. Tech, will blur in our memories. Oh sure, some things will be remebered. Like the 93 yard touchdown pass from QB Chris Todd to a wide open Terrell Zachery....
Or maybe the true freshman Ontario McCaleb's rushing performance. McCaleb only rushed for 148 yards in an opening game. That feat has not been done since the rookie Bo Jackson did it!....
Or that two Auburn backs had rushing totals over 100 yds. each....
Or that a "New offense" would be unvieled at Jordan-Hare stadium. One many call the spread offense. Compared to the season previously completed forever by the media....
Some might remember that the starting QB from the previous season actually started at wideout, only to score a tochdown from the wildcat QB position....
Others still will remember that the one time defensive coordinator turned head coach had a losing record when Auburn hired him, started his career at Auburn with a big win. A game that had as many questions surrounding it as any in recent history. That same coach also showed tremendous enthusiasm in front of the fans. He typically does not show his emotions publicly, and especially not to the media. To quote the man himself "We like to play it close to the vest".
On September 5th, 2009 Auburn football was forever changed. That the game itself will blur over time is inevitable. This writers opinion is, it will take longer than most.
Just wanted to congratulate UF and their fans here on their resounding 62-3 victory over the mighty Charleston Southern Buccaneers. After watching such a dominating performance in just your first game, I am confident the Gates will run the table and beat the tougher teams on your schedule such as those Owls from Florida International and the Trojans........... of Troy.
Again, I offer my congratulations on a game well played, and please, don't be trapped by FIU. I think this year, they aren't expected to finish last in the Sun Belt.
Hello again everybody, and War Eagle! This month promises to be a glorious one for many Auburn fans. Already half way over, the rumor mill is buzzing with anticipation as to what the Tigers coaching staff has up their collective sleeves. Some say that a big pow-wow of recruits are coming to visit on the 18th, on the order of the Big Cat Weekend. Still others are saying a top notch group of recruits are going to commit at the same time, at Auburn, to Auburn. There is NO official word of course, and those truly close to the program are remaining hush mouthed about it. Still the internet is buzzing with fan's guessing as to the extent of what might happen. We all know July is usually a slow month. It would make perfect sense that this new staff would use the slow news time to expand their recruiting blitz and gain some more national attention. Join in the conversation and let's talk about what you might think will happen. I invite each of you to comment, good or bad.
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