2 days away

The question of the week, should I place a wager on the USC/ Auburn game. 14 points is a pretty nice spread, the people in Vegas must have been out of the country last when these two teams met last year. Here is a little run down of there offensive and Defense lines. If anything stands out just let me know.

Offensive

LT- King Dunlap (6-9 321 Jr.)
LG- Ben Grubbs (6-3 314 Sr. )
C Joe Cope ( 6-1 272 Sr.)
RG Tim Duckworth ( 6-4, 310 Sr.)
RT Jonathan Palmer (6-5 318 sr)

Defense

DE Marquies Gunn (6-4 268 Sr,)
NG Josh Thompson (6-0 295 Jr.)
DT Sen’Derrick Marks (6-4 287 RFr.)
DE Quentin Groves ( 6-4 254 JR.)

Check out King Dunlap and his back up Oscar Gonzalez ( 6-7 294 RFr.) Who our the Cocks team is going to get past those two guys.

You knew it was going to happen

Congrats Mr. Rice, even thought it was against FAU. We can build on it for this Thursday

SEC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK SIDNEY RICE Wide Receiver SOUTH CAROLINA 6-4 • 202 • Sophomore Gaffney, S.C. (HS)
Rice caught nine passes for 161 yards and an SEC-record-tying five touchdown in South Carolina's 45-6 win over Florida Atlantic.
Rice's touchdown catches were for 23, 21, 8, 41 and 19 yards.
Rice came out of the game with over 10 minutes remaining in the third quarter.
His 30 points scored in a game ties for fourth in the SEC record books.
In just 15 collegiate games, Rice has caught 18 TD passes.

Swing and a miss...

Ryder Cup....or should it be called the European Cup?
Even with Tiger Woods getting to pick his partner and finishing with a winning record for the first time in the Ryder Cup, it still didn't change the outcome from two years ago.

Europe 18½, United States 9½.

You would think the US would dominate in Golf but it is not the case in this format. Euro has won 6 out of the last 8 and has held the trophy since 1999.

So what needs to be done to stop the slide....

• Ditch the selection system. Instead of depending on the PGA of America's dumb point-scoring formula and two captain's picks, let the next captain pick all 12 members of the U.S. team. Lehman's two wild-card choices, Stewart Cink and Scott Verplank, won two of the 3½ points earned by the Americans on Sunday. Together, they accounted for nearly half of U.S.'s total points. Paul Azinger is the favorite to become the next U.S. captain for the next go round in 2008.

Any thoughts???

Monday Sports Talk

Here is some more talk of coach's on the hot seat.....let's look at the ACC. We already talked about Bowden at FSU (son Jeff will get de-moted before they fire or "retire" ol' poppy Bowden.) So with the standardized 12-game NCAA schedule, we can now say the college football season is 25 percent complete and after three games it's apparent this will be an offseason with a high rate of turnover in ACC coaches.
In the most trouble:
---Larry Coker (Miami) -- The guy who said college football is a house of ill repute and the coaches are just the piano players was talking about men like Coker. Great guy who lost three of his last four games, including the most lopsided bowl defeat in school history. Has won once in the last six against a Division I opponent.
---John Bunting (North Carolina) -- Progress has been microscopic. A big win over Miami, another here and there, but nothing so far to indicate the big rock has been pushed all the way up the hill. Lop-sided loss to Klempson did not help him...
---Chuck Amato (North Carolina State) -- Good early speed but it got old all of a sudden. The patent leather red shoes and ridiculous sun glasses are fine when you're winning, they make you look silly when can't establish your program in the top third of the conference. The win vs. BC helped him but it is a long season.....
---I'm guessing Terry Bowden resurfaces at an ACC school next year. His father and brother both mentioned how they think Terry should return at this summer's ACC preseason media fest and they said it in a way that lacked a certain spontaneity you would expect in an unscripted observation.

Comments?? (Also that is a actual pic from the Clemson game this past weekend. Word.)

College Football Talk for the Weekend...

Kevin Kolb (pronounced "cob") is the QB at Houston. He is my sleeper pick thus far in the season. It all depends on if he can lead his team to a "W" against OSU and Miami. If so, move over Andre Ware and let's go ahead and start counting the ballots. His career statistics are insane -- 10,035 passing yards; 60 touchdowns; 60-percent completion percentage; 10,632 yards of total offense. He has claimed nearly every school passing record, joining David Klingler and Heisman Trophy winner Andre Ware as program legends.

Who else is in the running thus far for the Heisman you ask? ESPN is saying....

• Chris Leak, QB at Fla
• Ted Ginn, WR at 'The' Ohio State
• Adrian Peterson, RB, Okla
• Steve Slaton, RB, WVU
• Troy Smith, RB, WVU
• Brady Quinn, QB, ND

SO who has your vote thus far in the season or any other sleepers???

This weekend...

Go Tarheels....or as this blog likes to say "anyone but Clemson."

P.S. check out the gold teeth....or is that a "grill"

Once again

It seems like I posted this last year. That is right basebal's collegel fall ball has started up and Ray has the top recruiting class once again. If anybody would like to go on Sunday’s to watch the scrimmages just give me a call. Here is the article


Columbia, S.C. - The University of South Carolina baseball's incoming recruiting class has been named No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball's annual top recruiting class rankings as announced late Thursday evening. This is the third time in the last four years that the Carolina Baseball program has earned the top honor.
This year's 14 newcomers at Carolina include four players selected in this year's MLB Draft; Nick Fuller (3rd Round/Tampa Bay/RHP), Lonnie Chisenhall (11th round/Pittsburgh/INF), Jay Brown (18th round/Tampa Bay/RHP) and Sam Dyson (19th round/Washington/RHP).
Fuller was the second highest high school draft choice from the 2006 MLB Draft to decide on college baseball instead of pro baseball. The Georgia native was one of the top high school pitching prospects in the country with his slider ranked as the second best breaking ball pitch in high school last year by Baseball America. Chisenhall recently received the Louisville Slugger/BCA Player of the Year from the state of North Carolina, earned second team HS All-American team honors from Baseball America and was a two-time All-State selection at West Carteret HS. Brown comes to Carolina following two seasons at Young Harris College in Georgia. Brown played for Cotuit in the Cape Cod League this summer and was named to the All-Star team for the Western Division. Dyson pitched for Jesuit HS in Tampa, Fla. and earned Collegiate Baseball HS All-American honors last season as a senior in high school.
The other Gamecock newcomers include: two-time NC All-State selection Parker Bangs (C), SC All-State pitcher Blake Cooper (RHP), member of Region X champions at Spartanburg Methodist College, Jordan Costner (RHP) and Nic Godwin (RHP), two-time SC All-State selection Evan Goldberg (OF), 2006 NJCAA honorable mention All-American pitcher Curtis Johnson (RHP), 2005 MLB Draft selection Travis Jones (2B/OF) two-time SC All-State performer Chris Love (INF), SC All-Region star Sam Mahoney (C), and FCCAA All-Southern Conference pitcher Sean Wideberg (RHP).

Hot Seat

Well we all remember fire Ron Zook and how the websites popped up every where. Well guess what there is a new website http://www.retirecoachbowden.com/ That is right, the great Florida State has a website talking about firing Bobby Bowden. Times are changing.

Also on the agenda today, Mark Richt has a clause in his contract that he can leave UGA to coach Miami if the job comes open, no questions asked. How crazy would that be if he left the Dawgs for the Canes.

Times are changing.

A Salute...

Real Men of Genius

Today Budweiser salutes you - Mr. Gamecock Football Player Arrest Fixer Guy!

So busy, so busy all of the time. Every month you're back, back like "cooked crack."

Your undying efforts keep shady Gamecock football players out of the Pokey, and in Five Points after midnight where they belong.

Sucker punch that bouncer and run, you skinny hillbilly lookin boy.

Waston, Newton, Pinkins, Thompson, Watson, Telfort, Turman, Mitchell, Watson, and Watson all needed your help.

Ooohhh, just to name a few. And you're not through.

Whether it's another DUI, smoking marijuana, stolen laptops, hurting young women, or fights in Five Points with bouncers or the Student Body President.

Smack! Yeah b!tch, that's how we get down, how we get down.

Without you, Syvelle Newton would be in jail and couldn't start for Mitchell, now that he's been arrested. And you even got those charges dropped already - wow.

Ouch! Hot potatoes; drop them fast, drop them fast!

You get what you need by pressuring folks effectively - behind the scenes.

Ooohh. No one really knows what you do, but Cock lovers all thank you.

That's why we salute you, Mr. Gamecock Football Player Arrest Fixer Guy!