Talking points: around the interwebosphere edition
Tennessee
- Walk on Nick Branum is not acting (or being treated like) a walk on.
- Dave Hooker cautions Lane Kiffin not to resort to junior college or a pool of transfers to solve the QB situation.
- Congratulations to John Currie, a 10-year vet of the Tennessee athletic department and Mike Hamilton's top assistant, for landing the job as the new AD at Kansas State.
SEC
- Dr. Saturday continues his contenders series with a look Alabama's chances of winning the 2009 national championship.
- The Rivalry, Esq. continues its partnership with Team Speed Kills to bring us the 6th-best Baker's 10-SEC matchup of the last decade: the 2005 Capital One Bowl between Iowa and LSU, known to the guys at Rivalry, Esq. as the don't drop the baby game.
NCAA
- Nunes Magician has a fantastic interview with Orangemen Head Coach Doug Marrone and still has time to address the Greg Paulus to Syracuse story. Well done, Nunes.
- The NCAA on the Twittering of coaches:
"We view that option on Twitter the same as we view normal e-mails," Cameron Schuh, Associate Director of Public and Media Relations for the NCAA, told ESPN. "It's just you can't post those (direct messages) on your main page.
"We view Twitter as a blog. As long as coaches are on there talking about what they're doing with their day and how their practice went or things like that • not getting into specific terms, that's fine. They can't talk about a person they're recruiting, or they can't use it to talk about their whereabouts on a recruiting trip." - More from Smart Football on Malcolm Gladwell's David vs. Goliath strategies. You know, like Grinnel basketball's philosophy of shooting 100 times per game, playing full court press the entire game, and substituting players every minute.
- Michigan hasn't beaten Ohio State in 2,000 days. Please, no one do the math on Tennessee-Florida.
- Crimson and Cream Machine takes a look at the Big 12's most-intriguing non-conference matchups in 2009.
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Not that I'm one to do math,
and not that 1,699 days, 10 hours and 9 minutes (based on the time stamp of this comment) means anything…
by Hooper on May 15, 2009 9:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
So what you're telling me is that we're not the worst?
now with less meyton panning.
by Pride of the Southland on May 15, 2009 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven't calculated the Army/Navy deficit either.
That’s up to 6 years, IIRC. And I don’t think it’ll end this year.
by Hooper on May 15, 2009 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't read the Hooker article...
But I don’t really have to. I’ll trust CLK and staff to make their own decisions about finding a QB. There is a reason why they are coaches and Hooker is a writer for the Knoxville News Sentinel.
And just to counter his argument (which I am sure probably even brings this up), I present to you a Mr. Jevan Snead and a Mr. Jonathon Crompton. One is a transfer, one is a 5th year senior. You tell me who you’d rather have leading your team.
by rblakeh on May 15, 2009 9:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Likewise,
The Trojans named Aaron Corps, a sophomore, as the starter over transfer Mitch Mustain (among others). So there’s room for this to go either way, but certainly there’s no way to make a blanket statement regarding transfer quarterbacks.
by Hooper on May 15, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep
I just wanted to offer counter arguments to Hooker’s statements. I know there are plenty that go both ways.
by rblakeh on May 15, 2009 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah.
I always get leery of any article that starts along the lines of “Head Coach XXXX should do what I think…”, so I understand where you’re coming from.
by Hooper on May 15, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Especially when that somebody is a sports writer.
I’m really not taking any shots at Hooker here. He’s good at what he does. He wouldn’t want me or CLK to write something that says, “Hooker should never do this in an article…”
by rblakeh on May 15, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So...
Will Joel be taking over for John Currie? And if so, would that change him from his status as the " Jr. Papa" to … I dunno … “the Uncle”?
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by lawvol98 on May 15, 2009 5:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Fifth cousin thrice removed
And only then by fourth marriage.
Then shunned, disinherited, and disdained.
But family is family.
Rocky Top Talk
by Joel on May 15, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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