derek-dooley Stories - Team Speed Kills
Tennessee Might Be Unbalanced Just The Right Way to Beat Georgia
After two games, it looked like Georgia's projected defensive renaissance for this year was not meant to be. Boise State clinically dissected it throughout the opener, and South Carolina beat the Bulldogs in a shootout in the second game. A couple games later, it's not looking quite so bad. Boise...
SEC Coaches React to Texas A&M News
With the news of Texas A&M's letter of conditional resignation from the Big 12 coming right as the SEC coaches teleconference began, it gave reporters the chance to get their initial reactions largely without them being crafted by lawyers or PR people. Here is what each had to say about the...
Tennessee Dismisses Janzen Jackson
In a remarkable reversal, Tennessee has dismissed star safety Janzen Jackson. The school included this carefully crafted statement from Derek Dooley: "Our program has devoted a tremendous amount of energy, resources, support, and care in an effort to help Janzen manage his personal challenges,"...
Year2 Brand SEC Picks: 2011 Edition
See here for last year's picks and here for the evaluation of them. Timing is everything in college football. It's going to be a major theme of my picks this year, as there are some outcomes that I don't think make that much sense in any other light. Honestly, I don't really like this set of picks....
Top Ten Teams: Who Is Likeliest to End Unranked?
Last year, I ranked the top 10 teams of the preseason Coaches' Poll in order of who I thought was likeliest to end the season unranked. It went pretty well, all things considered. The reason it works is because since 2002, roughly two preseason top 10 teams per year have ended the season unranked....
SEC Media Days 2011: Derek Dooley's Late Questioner Speaks
Maybe it gave Derek Dooley a brief flashback when he was approaching the end of his press conference and the microphone for the final question was handed to your humble correspondent. "You had a couple of games last year that ended peculiarly," the question began, at which point Dooley cut it...
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