LONG TIME!

It's the offseason so I haven't been updating. Here's a couple stories and my thoughts on them...

1. Alabama forced to forfeit 21 wins.

Not really that big of a deal because this has no effect on the future of the program. Only important thing I can see, especially from a Gator standpoint, is that Urban Meyer's worst loss as Florida's coach is no longer on the books.

2. Lane Kiffin commits about a zillion more recruiting infractions.

Not even going to provide a link for this one because there's too many to link. This guy is so in over his head it's ridiculous. He may be able to put together a good team but I think the only way he is going to be able to do it is by putting UT on probation.

3. Starting Florida CB Janoris Jenkins arrested.

Another Gator arrested for being drunk in a club. He is Florida's best CB (Sorry Joe it's true) and because the charges are all misdemeanors he will miss one maybe two games and be ready by the time Tennessee comes to town.

4. Athlon anoints Gators as preseason #1 team.

No surprise there. What DID surprise me:

• Oklahoma gets #2 over Texas
• Florida State at #15 (too high)
• North Carolina at #19 (too low)
  
• Penn Sate at #7 (not really a surprise but I'd be shocked if they finish the season in the Top 10)

5. Channing Crowder is still awesome.

Looks like Rex Ryan has some scouting to do!


That's it for now. If anything earth shattering happens (please oh please NCAA nail Pete Carrol and the USC Trojans) I'll be back to comment on it. If not it'll probably be a while until my next update.

Only about 2 more months till fall camp begins!

Oh Lane...

Waah, Urban cheated!

Whoops, sorry I'm just an idiot.

So, Lane Kiffin publicly calls Urban Meyer out for a recruiting violation that doesn't even really exist.

Not to mention Kiffin himself has been busted for FIVE recruiting violations in the past month alone.

You're getting in over your head little man.

I calls it as I sees it

Well, well, well... to all the 'Canes fans (ok the one 'Cane fan) who were complaining about my post yesterday, this is from a UM beat writer who has been covering the 'Canes for 14 years:

"…..Young and his wife Lawana are the first people I’ve ever heard of who willingly left south Florida for Oklahoma in the dead of winter.

…..Maybe I’m just being Negative Ned, but it sure seems like the Hurricanes’ football team is in crisis. Not much good has happened since about mid-November.

…..Judging by the Internet message boards, I think we can safely say the honeymoon between UM fans and Randy Shannon is officially over."

You can read the rest of the article here.

Post-Draft Deadline Top 10

Just a quicky because my list changed a little bit. I'll give a more detailed one after spring ball is over. The team's ranking in my previous poll is listed in parenthesis.

1. Florida (1)
2. Oklahoma (3)
3. Texas (2)
4. USC (4)
5. Oklahoma State (7)
6. Virginia Tech (6)
7. Mississippi (10)
8. LSU (9)
9. Ohio State (5)
10. Alabama (NR)

The Raft Is Sinking

So far the off season has looked like this for Miami:

1. Fired offensive coordinator
2. Starting QB decides to transfer (followed by public feud between QB and Shannon)
3. Bryce Brown, Miami's top rated recruit, decides to look elsewhere
4. Defensive coordinator bolts for... Oklahoma State?

The first three are old news by now, but the fourth is a recent development. Bill Young took a defense that gave up 26 PPG and 346 YPG in 2007 and brought those numbers down to 24.2 and 318.

The 'Canes are now in a tough spot with no offensive or defensive coordinator in place and signing day only 2 weeks away. Given the amount of coaches that have turned down coordinator offers from Shannon in the past, there is a decent chance this next batch of Miami recruits will be signing a letter of intent not knowing who is going to be leading their unit.

It Is Done

Lane Kiffin and Tennessee will be able to recruit 'em, now the question is will they be able to coach 'em up? Sorry for all the Tennessee/SEC posts, but one person out of the three or four who reads this blog is a big UT fan (hi Josh).

Pete Carrol Is Still Lame

For all the hype USC has gotten this decade they have exactly one BCS championship and a bunch of blowout victories over hapless Big 10 teams in what is essentially a home game in the Rose Bowl. They have more "hey, we might not have won the national championship, but we were the best team at the end of the season" titles than actual national championship titles. OK I had to rant, on to the real story...

Sam Bradford deciding to come back means that Mark Sanchez probably slides up into the #2 position for QBs in the draft. Naturally, Sanchez decided to bolt for the money. This is a big setback for the Trojans because the offense was expected to carry the team next season. This decision means USC will not be competing for a national championship in 2009 and Pete Carrol is not pleased about that. Carrol took a huge dump on what should have been one of the happiest days in Sanchez's life. You can see what he had to say here.

Here is a nice little snippet of what ol' Petey had to say:

"Mark is going against the grain on this decision and he knows that. He knows that coming out early is a tremendous challenge for a quarterback and the statistics don't back up that it's easy to be successful in the way that he's going about it."