SEC East Headlines – 1/28/10
January 28th, 2010 ║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Tags: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
1. Can Tim Tebow play quarterback in the NFL? Depends on who you ask.
2. A Senior Bowl official said Tebow didn’t have strep throat… but Tebow says he does. (I bet his teammates really appreciate him playing with them… and potentially passing it on to them.)
3. Alex Tyus poured in 23 points to lead Florida past Georgia 87-71 in Gainesville last night.
4. Tyus has become a steady third-option for the Gators.
5. Trey Thompkins scored 24 for Georgia, but the Bulldogs still fell to 1-4 in the SEC.
6. Fired Kentucky defensive line coach Rick Petri has been hired to the same position at Miami. Talk about landing on your feet.
7. John Calipari says Tuesday’s loss to South Carolina was “a great lesson” for his young team.
8. Carolina’s Darrin Horn says that DeMarcus “Slugger” Cousins is “unguardable.”
9. Calipari is looking for a consistent level of effort from this Wildcats.
10. Here are five reasons why Carolina toppled Kentucky.
11. Everyone is throwing praise — and rightfully so — toward Devan Downey.
12. This writer believes USC had better focus on the rest of its schedule… not the win over UK.
13. From an NCAA tourney standpoint, the Cocks don’t have much going for them OTHER than the Kentucky win.
14. Bruce Pearl believes the momentum shifted in last night’s 85-76 loss to Vanderbilt when Tennessee’s JP Prince was T’d up for hanging on the rim post-dunk.
15. Aside from that technical, Prince actually had his most complete game of the season.
16. Vandy’s 5-0 SEC start is its best since 1966… and ‘Dore fans can thank hot-shooting Jermaine Beal.
17. The win leaves Vanderbilt alone in first place in the SEC East.
18. This writer says Kevin Stallings has the best team in the SEC… and that Tennessee might have disrupted its chemistry by bringing back Cameron Tatum and Melvin Goins.
19. Experience and depth have been key to VU’s hot start.
