Football and basketball are overlapping once again, o.k., o.k.….football never really ends in the SEC, and here are a few random items that cause me to stop and think.
What has happened to the mystique of Vanderbilt’s home court advantage in basketball?
Why does Ole Miss Coach Houston Nutt always seem to sign so many more players than he needs? Is it a reflection of the quality of people he goes after?
Can new Mississippi State football coach Dan Mullen find an outfit that will look good on game day?
Why would Mike Anderson leave Missouri and head to Alabama to coach basketball?
Is South Carolina a good basketball team?
Is Lane Kiffin a spoiled brat or Steve Spurrier 2.0?
Will the Vols find a QB for next season among the three who could not get it done last year?
Is Les Miles a genius or the luckiest guy in the coaching business?
Why do Mark Richt’s assistant coaches stick around when there is more money at other schools?
What would Urban Meyer’s record at Florida be without Tim Tebow?
Is Kentucky underachieving or just not all that talented in basketball this year?
Where does Kentucky football go from the end of December until the first of September?
Just how good is the LSU basketball team this year?
Is Starkville aptly named?
Can Alabama generate a running game without Andre Smith?
Is it possible everyone has underestimated Wayne Chizik?
How many days until we kick football off again?
What is on your mind? E-mail us at gary@secmatchups.com and share your thoughts.
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Odds and Ends
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Each week we offer quite a bit of content and reading all of it is really difficult…We don’t even get to read all of the news we want. That said I want to use this opportunity to direct you to a few items that you won’t want to miss. They are interesting and probably of interest to you as a college football fan. By the way, if you have ideas for what we can do to make the site better send me an e-mail so we can give your suggestion proper consideration. Thanks and enjoy the items below.
Each week we offer quite a bit of content and reading all of it is really difficult…We don’t even get to read all of the news we want. That said I want to use this opportunity to direct you to a few items that you won’t want to miss. They are interesting and probably of interest to you as a college football fan. By the way, if you have ideas for what we can do to make the site better send me an e-mail so we can give your suggestion proper consideration. Thanks and enjoy the items below.
Pep talks
Scott Cacciola from the Memphis Commercial Appeal did a couple of great articles about what goes on in the locker room at halftime when coaches make their speeches. One is titled “The inspired locker room talk can be a game-breaker ... or not.” And can be found at this link: http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/oct/15/halftime-confidential/ while another has a video link you can use to hear Bear Bryant make one of his famous speeches. The title of the article is “Bryant was a master of halftime talks” and is at this link: http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/oct/15/bryant-was-a-master-of-halftime-talks/.
Everybody out
Jere Longman from the New York Times has an interesting article about the A-11 offense which takes advantage of a high school rule loop hole that creates an offense where every player on the field is a potential eligible receiver. This offense has been described as watching basketball on grass and the natural evolution of the spread offense. Read this interesting article at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/sports/football/17offense.html.
Be careful what you wish for
Every fan that is clamoring for the scalp of their coach needs to keep one thing in mind. You will have to hire a new coach and prospective recruits will want to know where the program is heading. For the recruiting question Andy Staples at SI.com has an article at http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/andy_staples/10/16/auburn.tuberville/index.html you will want to read and this one http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2008/oct/17/recruiting-is-key-in-ads-decision-on-coach/ from Dave Hooker of the Knoxville News-Sentinel is also interesting.
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