Posts tagged “college football”
UGA Drug Bust
ATHENS, Ga. — Five University of Georgia football players were suspended for two games Tuesday after they and a basketball player were charged with misdemeanor drug possession. Football players Tim Jennings, Bryan McClendon, DeMario Minter, Mario Raley and Randall Swoopes, and basketball player Wayne Arnold — all freshmen — were booked and later released from
Gator Recruiting
Gator recruiting hit full stride on Jan. 5, when Chris Leak, the Charlotte Independence quarterback who many consider to be the nation’s top recruit, used halftime of a nationally televised high school all-star game to “invite the best players in the country to join me at Florida and win a national championship.”
With five games involving Top 25 teams Saturday, there was much shuffling in the rankings. The most significant moves were Iowa State cracking the top 10 for the first time at No. 9, and Florida (4-3) dropping out after a run of 209 consecutive polls.
The Gators, 36-7 losers to LSU, had taken over the longest-running poll streak from Nebraska, which fell out three weeks ago after a record run of 348 in a row.
Pro v. College
I think the University of Miami set back its greatest-team-in-college-football-history pursuit a few notches Saturday with an extremely fortunate 28-27 win over Florida State, coming from 13 down to do it. I talked to a few people around the league in the past few days about the top barstool question in the land: Could the
College Blues
Miami dominated. Florida flopped.
Blown Over
I’ve seen SportsCenter nine times tonight and we lose every time.
Countdown to Kickoff
OK…I’m going to the UF v. Miami game and the UF v. Ole Miss. Who else is in? Zook needs all the help he can get!
Time Again
College Football Bowl Season
Zook Takes Over
Florida fans feared that Spurrier’s high-scoring Fun ‘n’ Gun offense would be replaced by something more pedestrian. But Zook calmed their nerves by hiring Marshall offensive coordinator Ed Zaunbrecher. Thundering Herd quarterback Byron Leftwich averaged 352 total yards in Zaunbrecher’s offense, just 2.9 yards behind Grossman, who led the nation. Last December Tennessee manhandled the
Draft Day
I guess the NFL Draft was this weekend. I hadn’t even noticed. It looks like Florida players did pretty well: one first-rounder and three second-rounders …. link via Tara