Sprints // 04.28.09
by cocknfire on Apr 28, 2009 1:19 AM EDT
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Day after the Draft. A little bit here and there on the players who went high. Year 2 has your free-agent signings here.
Matthew Stafford rolls out his Top 10 draft-day thoughts for David Letterman. One of the unlisted ones better have been "Can I get another makeover from Maria Sharapova?"
Cornelius Ingram comes to Percy Harvin's defense -- after Harvin is already drafted. Which seems a bit late. In any case, he says the criticisms of Harvin are unfair "to a certain extent." Hooray equivocal endorsements!
Yes, the SEC had the most picks in the NFL Draft -- but the ACC had the second-most. So read into that what you will.
For some, it's already time to look ahead to 2010. Swamp Things has Tim Tebow going in the first round.
You mean to tell me Matthew Stafford and Mark Sanchez will be that much better at the next level than Tebow? I know the throwing motion scares people, but Stafford threw 30 collegiate picks and Sanchez had a decent -- nothing more, nothing less -- one season as a USC starter.
Okay, let's go through this again. You know it makes no sense for Tebow to fall below the first round. I know it makes no sense for Tebow to fall below the first round. This is exactly why Tebow will fall below the first round. These are NFL GMs; nothing they do is rational or sane. Remember: Al Davis will have a pick, and he's just as likely to pick a 1994 Toyota Tercel (great 40 time!) as Tim Tebow.
What did he do, drink after Lane Kiffin? Urban Meyer had some fascinating insights in his latest visit to the Central Florida Gator Club. To wit:
"We want former Gators to come back, but loyalty's a two-way street. If you want to be critical of a player on our team or a coach on our team you can buy a ticket for seat 37F, you're not welcome back in the football office."You're either a Gator or you're not a Gator. It's real simple. For those who are not Gators keep buying tickets, critique, but if you're a real Gator, get to know our players. Let's enjoy the greatest era not just football of Gator athletics."
Urban, a bit of friendly advice: Stop using "greatest" and "era" in the same sentence. It just doesn't work for you.
But wait. There's more.
"We're evaluating Gator clubs, everybody wants to evaluate me. I'm going to evaluate you. We've cut our Gator clubs down because it's very important I'm a father. We want to go to the best.
"For example, I've been to some horrible Gator clubs with a couple hundred people. They hand me a mic like I'm Johnny Carson. We're not going to do that. This is the way it's supposed to look. We're not going to places that aren't very good anymore."
Johnny Carson's got nothing on Urban Meyer. How many national championships did he win? And did Carson look as good in a leather jacket as Meyer does? I thought not.
That's, um, special. Auburn's brilliant new idea -- send all their assistant coaches to the same recruiting stop at once! In a tricked-out limo!
Wow. Just wow. I've seen classier Clemson fans.
Now, I'm no mathematician. But it seems to me that you would have more of a strategic advantage by send each of the seven coaches to different places, no?
I still can't believe that Gene Chizik didn't manage to win a national championship at Iowa State.
What do the Vols and the Tide now have in common? The wrath of Brian Cook. Observe:
Lane Kiffin caused defections at Tennessee are up to a spectacular nine now, which is a lot more folk a lot faster than Rodriguez "ran off," to use the parlance of people who don't know what they're talking about. ...
Relevance to Michigan? Slight. I guess he's taking a lot of heat that might otherwise be directed at Rodriguez.
For those of you who don't remember mgoblog's classic war with Roll Bama Roll, you're far better off than the rest of us. But it started sort of along a similar track -- Rich Rodriguez was taking heat, but Saban wasn't taking heat for this trangression, etc. In any case, Vols fans, I'm sure Todd has plenty of ideas for how to strike back at Brian, if you're so inclined. Granted, I'm not quite as sure that Tennessee fans are as -- what's the word I'm looking for? -- rabid passionate as Alabama fans, so we'll see what happens.
Nick Saban's old programs still fall under his sway. Exhibit A: Phelon Jones. Exhibit B: Michigan State.
Just confirming what you already knew. Larry Munson is headed to the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame. Well, duh.
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exhibit A and B are the same link, just so you know.
by jsholt969 on Apr 28, 2009 2:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Cook's only apparent interest these days...
…is taking as much heat off of Rodriquez as possible (which is a herculean task, so kudos to him on being will to go forward with such an undertaking), facts, reason, relevance, and logic be damned. Is Kiffin foolish for running off QBs not named Crompton? Yes. Is it any of mgo’s business? No. Whenever Cook finally figures out how to keep his sniveling, sanctimonious nose out of other people’s business, I"m sure he’ll be a happier man for it.
by Todd on Apr 28, 2009 12:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
T. Kyle King defends Urban Meyer, Auburn, and Big Ten criticisms of S.E.C. as Apocalypse nears
It is a rare posting that moves me to defend three things I despise, but this one earned the trifecta.
While I agree that Urban Meyer’s declaration that some guys who actually attended the University of Florida are not Gators smacks of Canadian David Frum’s declaration that actual conservatives are unpatriotic, he makes a fair point that he has a family and has to manage his time, even if he was needlessly blunt in making that point.
Rather than visit every Bulldog Club in the state, Mark Richt goes on the "Bulldog Road Tour" to a few large gatherings. A head coach’s time is a precious asset and it’s reasonable for Coach Meyer to guard that time, particularly when it affects his wife and children. I don’t recall Johnny Carson ever holding a microphone, though.
The Auburn limo isn’t bad at all. It has four door logos and four window flags despite having eight doors with eight windows. By S.E.C. standards, that’s positively tame. If anything, that ride is a bit understated, even if (as I am sure is the case) there is a striped orange tail hanging from the trunk.
Finally, as annoyed as I am by MGoBlog’s occasional needless broadsides against the S.E.C., this is entirely benign. While I think his definition of "ran off" is different for Rich Rodriguez than it is for Lane Kiffin, he’s making an apples-to-apples comparison and he’s not doing it to deflect attention away from "snake oil salesman" criticisms directed at Coach Rodriguez from within the Big Ten. As Brian acknowledges, Coach Kiffin is an interesting character and he’s right that it’ll be fun seeing if Junior is the new Steve Spurrier or the new John L. Smith. This isn’t like MGoBlog’s reflexive Armani Bear-baiting; S.E.C. fans have no need to get riled up over this one.
However, I feel the need to iterate that I hate Auburn.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Apr 28, 2009 12:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Actually, I was just seeing if I could get Tennessee fans riled up
We’re heading into the offseason, and we need some entertainment.
Team Speed Kills. All SEC, all the time.
by cocknfire on Apr 28, 2009 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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