Auburn to open season against Kansas State

And in Auburn News...

Per Wildcatdaily.com:

An agreement in principle has been reached between Kansas State University and Auburn University to open the 2007 football season at Auburn.

Kansas State associate athletic director Jim Epps confirmed this morning that the game will be played on Sept. 1, and will be televised by ESPN.

No word yet on whether or not Auburn has to provide a return trip.

For Dawg Fans this means the ESPN inventory for Sept. 1st just got a bit more crowded. I still think we're going to have an ESPN or ESPN2 night game against Oklahoma State, and I believe a game between Georgia and Oklahoma State will be a better TV draw than KSU vs. Auburn. I also still think we're kicking off between 6:00 and 8:00 pm.

SEC Non-Conference Games of Interest in 2007:

Alabama vs. Florida State (Jacksonville)
Kansas State at Auburn
USF at Auburn
Oklahoma State at Georgia
Virginia Tech at LSU
Ole Miss at Wake Forest
Missouri at Ole Miss
South Carolina at UNC
Tennessee at Cal
Mississippi State at West Virginia

And of course:

Florida State at Florida
Georgia at Georgia Tech
Clemson at South Carolina
Kentucky vs. Louisville (site?)

PWD

OCC info hat tip - collegefootballresource.com

UT's Lofton looking doubtful for Wednesday

The Nashville Tennessean is reporting that Chris Lofton is "doubtful" for Wednesday's basketball game between the Tennessee Vols and Georgia Bulldogs. Bruce Pearl says:

"We put him through some paces, and he did fine," Pearl said. "But I just don't think he's ready. He's got a pretty good bruise on the bone from where he turned his ankle. Right now, that's what we're dealing with. He's doing everything he can to get back out there, but he's just not ready."

Pearl said Lofton ran a little bit Saturday and did a little more on Monday. He shot some on the side, but didn't do anything with the team.

"He's making good progress," Pearl said. "We'd all love to have him back right away, but we're not going to put Chris in any kind of position to fail or risk further injury. That's just where we are, and we're not treating Chris any differently than we would any other player."

The Macon Telegraph also reports that Lofton isn't looking very likely for the Georgia game.

Update from Chattanooga Free-Press: "He's not ready."

I'm still expecting him to play because this is an absolute must-win for the Vols. However, his absence would be a windfall for Georgia. Anytime you get the chance to face a rival on their home court without the best three point shooter in the country, you have to like your chances.

Regardless, it'll still be a war.

PWD

DeadSpin's Barbaro Tribute

If you read Deadspin, you know about their long history with Barbaro. It's the comedic engine that has no peer. They close the loop with this....

Best. Photoshop. Ever.
PWD

Quick Bulldog Headlines

Basketball Articles:

-- In the Center of it All: Dave Bliss - DawgPost.com
-- Georgia not dawging it - Sporting News
-- Bulldogs worth watching - AJC's Schultz

Football Recruiting:

-- Richt spoke at AJ Harmon's football banquet recently. Harmon is the top ranked junior offensive lineman in the state.
-- MiddleDawg from the DawgRun message board has an interesting take on recruiting season.
-- David Ching of the Columbus-Ledger weighs in on this recruiting class.

PWD

Remember the dingy old NIT Banners in Stegeman?

If you haven't been to Stegeman in the past few years (and judging by attendance the past few years you hadn't), Felton did away with the old stank looking banners. Particularly, the embarrassing NIT banners. I found a great pic of the new stuff over at SicemDawgs.com.

The new banners run along the wall above the old stage/students section. They also have them up for women's hoops and gymnastics.

You may also notice that the 2002 NCAA tourney and 2002 SEC East Co-Champs banners don't show up there. I'm pretty sure that because we had to vacate them due to ColeGate. (BTW -- GT still hangs their NIT banners; which is odd given that they have two final four banners.)

You can see more pics from Sunday's game vs. LSU in their photo library.

PWD

Photos: The Buzzer Beater From Stukes

Iron Chef Tailgate took these from the cheap seats using her snazzy new camera. You need to click to enlarge the pics to really appreciate them. Stukes buzzer beater vs. LSU.











PWD

Basketball: More LSU post-game articles

Image: ABH

More articles on the last second win over the Tigers.

-- Cardiac Canines Do it Again - MaconDawg's Blog
-- Video Highlights - Rivals.com
-- Georgia Sinks LSU at Buzzer - Baton Rouge Advocate
-- Georgia makes LSU pay for late lapses - NOLA.com
-- They did it for Brophy - Dawgsonline
-- Brophy Family Views Thriller - ABH
-- Dawgs Honor Fallen Hero - ABH

PWD

Dawgs move to 5-2 in the SEC

If you had asked me to list the least winnable games on the 2006-2007 schedule before the season, then yesterday's LSU game would've definitely been near the top of my list. To win it, is huge. To win it in such dramatic fashion in the face of such overwhelming distractions surrounding Brophy's Memorial day, is especially huge.

(Stukes hit the game winner. To buy a #14 jersey, click on the image)

The Dawgs are now 5-2 in SEC play. With the tie breakers Georgia currently holds over Vandy and UK, the Bulldogs are in second place in the SEC East. Suddenly the world is full of hope, optimism and trains that run on time. An NCAA tourney bid is now a very, very obtainable goal.

We get the Vols in Knoxville on Wednesday night. SEC road wins are always tough to come by, and this year is no exception. Teams are 9-30 on the road in SEC play this year. The SEC West has won exactly one road game so far, and teams not named Florida are 6-30 on the road.

Dawg hoop fans should keep their eyes on the Tennessee papers for news of Chris Lofton's health. Without Lofton, the trip to Big Orange Country looks very manageable.

The team still has miles of work to do in its half court offensive sets. But we found a way to win, and that's a great thing.

Georgia's Tourney Resume (per RealtimeRPI.com):

-- RPI = 37
-- SOS = 13
-- Vs. RPI Top 50 = 2-4
-- Vs. RPI Top 75 = 6-5
-- WarrenNolan has our RPI at 38.

See Also: Georgia Beats LSU -- Recap Articles

PWD

Recap: Georgia wins against LSU in a thriller

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- The last time Levi Stukes sank a game-winning 3-pointer, the first teammate off the bench to jump in his arms was Kevin Brophy. On the day Georgia honored Brophy, who died in an automobile accident on July 19, Stukes delivered another last-second 3 to lift the Bulldogs to a 57-54 win over No. 21 Louisiana State on Sunday. (more from the AP)

-- Photo Album - georgiadogs.com
-- Georgia remaining schedule - georgiadogs.com
-- Dogs Cap off Special Day - AJC
-- AJC Photos - AJC
-- Did it for Broph - UGAsports.com

PWD

Georgia vs. LSU Preview

Remember. Arrive by 2:45 pm for the Brophy ceremony.

(UPDATED) Articles of interest:

-- Bulldogs Honor Brophy (Feature Story) - AJC
-- The road to Recovery - ABH
-- ESPN.com game preview
-- Ugasports.com preview
-- Georgia looking at NCAA push - Dawgpost.com
-- Beatings not lost on Georgia coach - Baton Rouge Advocate
-- Tigers Seek to Prove Themselves - Baton Rouge Advocate
-- Tigers Try and Break out of Shooting Slump - NOLA.com

Go Dawgs.

Hoops Links of Interest

/>
Do it for Brophy

Chip Towers has an inital salute to Kevin Brophy on the AJC's site. Towers will have a longer piece on Brophy in Sunday's paper. He also reminds everyone:

As you all probably know, there is going to be a tribute BEFORE the game to the late Kevin Brophy, the Australian player who was killed in a car accident in Greensboro last summer. Coach Dennis Felton asked me to ask our readers to please get to the game early as the ceremony will begin several minutes before the scheduled 3:05 p.m. Sunday tipoff. [Felton] suggests being there by 2:45.

The Red & Black has its preview of the LSU game already up. About 1,500 seats still remain for the game Sunday against one of last year's Final Four participants.

Update 1: Georgiadogs.com has an article up about the ceremony to honor Brophy's family.
Update 2: The Game will be televised on LF Sports.

The following promotional events are also scheduled for Sunday’s game vs. LSU:

* All fans are encouraged to wear RED to the game
* Kevin Brophy ceremony is scheduled for pregame
* First 2,000 UGA Students will receive a Georgia Basketball RED OUT t-shirt

Lastly, UGASports.com has video from the UK win.

PWD

See Also: Kevin Brophy Killed in car accident

FireTubbySmith.com

Proving once again that you can never make UK fans happy. Here's a T-shirt for sale on FireTubbySmith.com. Pretty funny actually. Particularly this article about the recent UK stampede.





Remember, FireTubbySmith.com is a very different site than FireTubby.com, which actually supports UK's coach.

PWD

Video: Frank Broyles is just keeping it real

A few weeks ago a web site called "SavetheHogs.com" debuted. That site, combined with a full page ad in an Arkansas paper, called for the resignation of Frank Broyles and Houston Nutt in an effort to save the program from the soap opera that swirls around Nutt, Broyles, Gus Malzahn, Mitch Mustain and the rest of the Springdale Trio.

The SaveTheHogs.com site described a meeting in Dallas of the Arkansas Alumni Association at which Frank Broyles, the athletic director, spoke about the program. Despite the controversy surrounding the program, the site said that Broyles took questions from the crowd.

The web site's description of Broyles' answers about the Soap Opera and the football program were so absurd and inappropriate that one would be tempted to write the entire web site off as the ravings of a loon. Something slightly more credible than FireRonZook.com.

Well...it looks like their info was rock solid.
Broyles' did in fact say that Arkansas had the #8 ranked potential in the SEC, and that most folks tell him that "You will never get a top coach at Arkansas." And there's quite a bit more. See for yourself.

Frank Broyles. A graduate of the Dave Braine School of Sandbagging, Crippling Expectations and Bad Quotes.

That place is a zoo.

PWD

hat tip - EDSBS

Elmo in Flames

Seriously, this has nothing to do with anything. Just something to watch while you're goofing off at lunch.

PWD

ACC Releases 2007 Composite Football Schedule

The ACC's football schedule for next year has been released. Obviously, that means Georgia Tech's schedule for 2007 is also out.

The ACC's schedule brings good news for Georgia Bulldog fans who are hoping for a night game vs. Oklahoma State to open the season. The ACC's schedule shows no overly compelling games that will be televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC for Sept. 1; therefore, ESPN and ESPN2 still have inventory for the season opener at night.

ACC Schedule for Sept. 1:

Wake Forest at Boston College
Connecticut at Duke
Georgia Tech at Notre Dame (NBC)
Villanova at Maryland
Marshall at Miami
James Madison at North Carolina
Central Florida at NC State
Virginia at Wyoming
East Carolina at Virginia Tech

The only quality games on Sept. 1st appear to be Tennessee at Cal (televised as part of the Pac-10's contract), GT at ND (televised as part of the NBC/ND deal) and UGA vs. Oklahoma State. Most of the big name schools are playing cupcakes, directional schools and fictitious state universities that weekend. A kickoff in Athens vs. the Cowboys continues to look like a 6:00-8:00 start time. CBS doesn't televised the SEC on opening weekend due to US Open tennis coverage.

GT's Schedule for 2007:

Sep. 1 at Notre Dame (NBC)
Sep. 8 SAMFORD
Sep. 15 BOSTON COLLEGE
Sep. 22 at Virginia
Sep. 29 CLEMSON
Oct. 6 at Maryland
Oct. 13 at Miami
Oct. 20 ARMY (Bobby Ross returns to BDS)
Nov. 1 VIRGINIA TECH (Thursday, ESPN)
Nov. 10 at Duke
Nov. 17 NORTH CAROLINA
Nov. 24 GEORGIA
*Home Games in All Caps

I'll post some thoughts on Georgia Tech's schedule at a later time.

PWD

Wear Red vs. LSU on Sunday -- Pregame Tribute to Brophy

On Sunday, the men's basketball team will have a special pregame ceremony to remember and pay tribute to Kevin Brophy. Brophy was killed in a car accident this offseason, and his parents and family are in town from Australia for the event.

The game starts at 3:00 pm on Sunday vs. #16 LSU. Also, fans are encouraged to wear for this game. Please remember to arrive early for the pre-game events. This is an extremely big deal, and it's a chance for our program to thank the family of one of fallen Dawgs. Please remind others to get there early and wear red.

Thanks.

Paul Westerdawg

Allen Bailey Eliminates Dawgs from Recruiting Process

Bailey is a stud LB/DE prospect, and he has eliminated Georgia from his list. Anyone trying to downplay his abilities now as badly as UGA appeared to want him until 30 minutes ago is nothing more than a Sour Grapes whiner. He's a talented kid, and the Dawgs would've and still would take him in a heartbeat.

All the grumbling about "We wouldn't promise him that he'd play LB. Everyone else lied to him." That's weak. We appear to have gone hard after him, and we got beat.

As for the bitching about our signing class missing out on 2 or 3 kids this week. Are you freaking kidding me? We have 23 commitments. Most are studs. The ones who are more lightly recruited are at positions where we have extreme need and large numbers. Out of all the kids we most desperately appear to have wanted, we lost two alpha studs in Bailey and Eric Berry. It won't be a Top 10 class because we're signing a kicker and we signed 8+ offensive lineman.

AND because we locked up so many players so early, we're off to a ultra fast start for 2008 already.

If I had the success in my dating life that Coach Richt has on the recruiting trail, I sure as hell wouldn't have time to blog.

PWD

More UGA vs. UK articles of interest

ESPN Bracketology:
-- Dawgs a 9 seed vs. ND first round
It's really nice to see us on a projected bracket again. Hopefully, Tennessee's Lofton can miss a few more games, and Georgia can pull out a win in Knoxville on Jan. 31st. With 9-7 and 10-6 both obtainable in the SEC, Georgia could both work its seed higher and stay on the East Coast for the tourney.

From the Lexington Herald-Leader:
-- Say It Ain't So, Joe
-- Better Then Much Worse
-- Cats Manhandled by Brown
-- Photos from the Game

From the Louisville Courier:
-- Dawgs Top Cats

Others:
-- UK: A Football School -- DawgsOnline
-- The Broken Axle -- FireTubby.com
-- Plenty to Shout About -- ABH
-- Proving to Themselves -- ABH

pwd

Tickets Available: Georgia vs. LSU Basketball

Georgiadogs.com still has a some good tickets left for our game against #21 LSU in Athens this Sunday at 3:00 pm on Lincoln Financial Sports. Based on the size of the crowd vs. UK, this will end up being a sellout.

Additionally, tickets remain for our game against #1 Florida on Wed, Feb. 7. For the rest of our home game tickets, check here.

PWD


Note: These are all tickets available from UGA. They aren't links to my Stubhub.com account.

Takais Brown is More Man Than You'll Ever Be

Image: AJC.com
Brown scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half, and all of his points were from the low post block. I have never seen a Georgia player shoot 10 of 15 from the low block, face rough and tumble double teams and not get a single foul called in his favor.

UK leaned on him, they muscled him, they pushed, they slapped and they prodded. But not once did a Foot Locker Sales Rep blow his whistle and send Brown to the foul line. A game called with more opened minded officiating on Takais' block gives him 4-5 more points. But I digress.

Think back. When was the last time you remember a Georgia front court player scoring 20 points all from the low block with his back to the basket? Steve Thomas, Jonas Hayes, Ant Evans, Jumaine, Zo Hall, etc. I don't remember any of those guys hunkering down on the low block in an SEC game and putting 10 shots in the hole. Much less 18 points in a half.

Brown is a weapon.

Felton said the game plan from the beginning was to get the ball inside to Takais, but we failed miserably at that in the first half. In fact, Felton joked after the game that he threatened bodily harm during halftime to the next player that jacked up a three before passing the ball inside to Takais. (paraphrase)

If we can run the offense through Brown, mix in some nice drives to the basket and some occasional kick out threes, we're a much tougher team to stop. We just can't go 10 minute stretches of forgetting about Brown.

If we keep feeding the beast, he'll keep filling the bucket.

The Georgia Sports Blog salutes Takais Brown. The Grown Ass Man of the Year for UGA Hoops.

See Also:
-- Brown's Brawn -- ABH (Wednesday)

pwd

Dawgs Win: Best Half of Basketball since 2003

Dawgs Skin Cats. Image: Dawgpost.com

The Georgia Bulldogs beat the #25 ranked Kentucky Wildcats 78-68 in overtime on Wednesday in front of a packed and rockin' house.

For the second game in a row, the Dawgs played two completely different halves of basketball. Against Alabama on Saturday, the Bulldogs built a 19 point first half lead before collapsing in the second half. The opposite happened Wednesday night. The Dawgs outscored the Cats 38-16 in the game's final 17 minutes to pull out the victory.

UGA could do virtually nothing right in the first half, and UK punished us for our mistakes. We ended the first half down by 13. I'm not sure what was said at halftime, but to quote Iron Chef Turducken Tailgate, "They certainly didn't sing Kumbaya for 15 minutes." In order to win the game, the Bulldogs had to overcome a 17 point lead by the Wildcats. And the can of whoop ass was opened to make that happen.

Georgia came out with a purpose in the second stanza and played its best half of basketball since the win over Florida in 2003. That was Harrick's last home game.

Quick Thoughts from the Box Score:

-- If Georgia puts together two complete halves of basketball, we can play with almost anyone.

-- Kudos to Felton for pulling the team back together after the crushing implosion in Tuscloosa. Things looked bleak in the first half, but he coached them up in the second.

-- TAKAIS BROWN IS A BEAST. He played a game of "Grown Ass Man Basketball" on the low block unlike anything we've seen in Athens in a looooooooooooooooooooooong time. More on him later.

-- Felton has to do a better job of managing these game winning possession situations. For the second game in a row, we had a possession with under 45 seconds remaining in regulation end without a good shot or a good play. He has to manage the end of the game better than that.

-- Sundiata Gaines is transforming into a really special player. As I told the Truesportsfan blog, Gaines is becoming a hardballer.

"When he's on his game, he provides relentless on the ball defense, exceptional floor leadership, excellent rebounding, a solid shot and very good vision. He still occassionally disappears, but those times are drawing fewer and fewer as he matures."

Gaines scored 16 of his 19 points in the second half. He added 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 0 turnovers. Mike Mercer added 7 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and only 1 turnover. When your backcourt lands 10 assist to 1 turnover, you have to like our chances.

-- After a rocky first half, Terrence Woodbury recovered to score 16 points and snare 7 rebounds.at

-- Georgia outrebounded Kentucky 43-31.

-- Georgia outrebounded, outhustled, outworked, out defensed, out shot and actually out coached Kentucky in this one. We can beat anyone when we turn the ball over 13 times in 45 minutes.

Great win for the Bulldogs. The crowd was amazing. I told my friend that "Coming to the UK basketball game is like coming to church on Easter. It's the one game you never miss no matter what." What a way to build up a crowd for LSU on Sunday!

More articles on the game:

-- Soft Roster Leaves UK Searching for Answers - Mark Schlabach
-- UK Message board Meltdown - CatsPause.com
-- Dawgs Tame Wildcats - Ugasports.com
-- UGA rallies past UK - AJC
-- A reason to believe - Mark Bradley
-- UGA RPI up to #41 with UK Win - Real-Time RPI

PWD

"I hope you watch it over and over"

I once made a video with my friends during the 8th grade. It was a Ninja movie. The special effects were such that only a mother could admire glorious given our primitive technical tools . Had we had access to the internets, Microsoft Movie Maker and the youtubes back then, I would still be humiliated by that piece of cinematography.

With that as a backdrop, I encourage you to check out this slam dunk video montage that DeadSpin unearthed. Don't miss the comments.

We've all been there right? Right????

pwd

uk game tonight

I like our chances. I'm heading over there with eager anticipation. However, today will probably be light day of posting. Check the usual AJC/ABH/recruiting sites for uk preview articles.

Go dawgs. work calls.

pwd

Makes Super Bowl Shuffle Sound Like Rapper's Delight

What do I love the best? The mad rhymes? The edgy synthesizer baseline? The high production values and state-of-the-art split-screens? Oh heck--I love all of it. You'll have to figure out how to get it on your iPod yourself...
See if you can top the 1988 Seminoles.

Dawgnoxious
Bureau Chief
Bad Hip Hop Division

The Butler Did it -- Dawgs Get Football Commitment

Image: Kevin Butler. Athens Banner Herald
Kevin Butler's kid just gave Richt his verbal commitment to punt for the Dawgs (Source: DawgPost.com). Per Drew Butler:

“Coach Richt let me know that they wanted me real bad,” he said. “They know my personality, and they know that I am going to work hard. I think I have the right mindset to handle my father’s legacy and to handle the scholarship offer.”

I know there are some Dawg fans who are troubled by UGA offering a scholarship to a kicker when we've had such success with our walk-on program vs. the scholarship offer to Andy Bailey.

My answer to that is simple. A coach either thinks that a kid is worth a scholarship, or he ain't. Just as many kickers bust out as anyone else. So just because one kid doesn't pan out doesn't mean you write off ever offering another kicker a 'ship. People used to complain that we were offering fullbacks after the success we had with walk-ons like JT Wall, Verron Haynes, etc. That panned out pretty well with Brannon Southerland.

Drew Butler had a scholarship offer from Duke on the table. A scholarship from Duke is worth about $45,000 per year in tuition, books, room and board. When you have the opportunity to get a premium education worth almost $200,000 for free, you have to seriously consider it. If it took a scholarship offer to land him, that means we wanted him pretty bad.

As for the Andy Bailey factor...who cares if Bailey was or wasn't a bust. Not offering another kicker because Bailey didn't pan out is like saying, "We'll never offer another running back because Jasper Sanks was a bust."

Jonathan Kilgo and Brent Kiroauc (sp?) were both offered scholarships out of high school. They worked out fairly well.

Also, it's not like kickers and punters are unimportant. If we had a better backup kicker this year, we would've won two more games. Remember when our punter was Wynn "30 yards after the bounce" Kopp? Donnan offered Kilgo a scholarship after seeing Kopp in action week after week.

If we offered Butler a scholly, it's because he deserved it. We've certainly let other "legacy" kids pass without a scholarship offer under Richt. See Keith McLee's kid up at WVU for one example.

Good move for Richt, and a great move for the Butler family.

PWD

Bruce Pearl goes Topless for Women's Basketball

Dawgnoxious called me last night with one of those, "You ain't gonna believe what's on ESPN right now" moments. Apparently, Bruce Pearl went topless for last night's Tennessee vs. Duke women's basketball game. He painted his chest orange with a big "V" on it as part of a student section group that spelled "Go Vols." Give the guy his props...he knows how to win over the Vol Nation. Pics below. Click to enlarge any of them.







Hat tip to VolsMcFall for the pics. See also:

-- Grin and Bear It - SI.com
-- Well, that's one way to scare of Summitt's recruits - DeadSpin
-- Pearl in Student Section for Lady Vol Game - FoxSports

PWD

Ranking the SEC's Top Coaches

This is a topic that's going around the internets lately. So I'll take my shot. First, let's look at what everyone else is saying about the SEC's top coaches:

Paul Finebaum
College Football Resource
Orange and Blue Hue
Statistically Speaking
DawgSports.com

So what about the Georgia Sports Blog's list? My list is based entirely on "Who would I want coaching one ball game?"

1. Steve Spurrier - He hasn't exactly worked miracles at South Carolina. Holtz won 6 games his last year, and Spurrier won 7 despite playing one more game. Spurrier landed a rare 8th win for the Gamecocks this year. BUT for one game...tell me you wouldn't want him coaching your guys.


"My ego is this big."

2. Nick Saban - His immediate and dominating rebuilding job at LSU was remarkable. At Bama, he won't have sole possession of the in state talent pool. Plus, the entire SEC is tougher now than it was from '00-'04. But he's a whale of a coach.

3. Mark Richt - 61 wins in six years. Two SEC titles and three SEC East Titles for Georgia after 20 years of wandering the wilderness. If the yardstick is "who would I want to coach one game?" Then I'm taking Richt over Meyer unless the other team is the Gators.

4. Urban Meyer - One great season in a BCS conference. The most penalized team in America. It's still awful early to proclaim him a sooper genius.

5. Tommy Tuberville - Twelve years in the SEC and only two seasons with more than 10 wins. However, his program is gaining momentum. Ideally, you play Auburn before noon central time. He's not an early riser.

6. Phil Fulmer - Almost 15 years at Tennessee and only two SEC titles and a national title to show for it. Plus, the longest drought without a BCS bid of any coach who's ever gone there before.

7. Les Miles - Greatest accomplishment at LSU would be holding the program together after Katrina last year. With the wealth of talent on hand when he arrived, what has he really done with it?


Hard to get past this ridiculous image

8. Rich Brooks - 2006 was a great turn around for the Wildcats. Does one year make up for the rest of his entire career?

9. Houston Nutt - The "As the Hawg Turns" saga combined with only four seasons of nine wins or more, and the longest tenure of a BCS coach without a BCS bid give him this slot.

10. Bobby Johnson - Other than Cutler, has Vandy really made much progress?

11. Ed Orgeron - Yaw yaw yaw foobaw.

12. Sly Croom - In three years, he hasn't broken the four win barrier yet. Lost to Maine.

What are your thoughts?

pwd

Hammer Time: Darren McFadden Video

Some comedy to start your day. Funnier now that Malzahn has bolted town.

Orson tipped me off to the creator of this video's YouTube page.

pwd

AJ Green Highlight Video

Most of you guys have probably seen this already. It was linked in the comments section last week, and it has been all over the recruiting message boards. The video shows AJ Green (WR from Summerville, SC) during his junior year of high school.

Green is a rising senior this year, a