SEC West Headlines – 3/1/10
March 1st, 2010 11:14 AM║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss
1. Nick Saban helped turn cornerback Kareem Jackson into a solid NFL prospect.
2. Jackson and fellow former Tide cornerback Javier Arenas may be small, but they both have fans in the scouting/draft analysis game.
3. Here’s more on the combine performance of former Auburn running back Ben Tate.
4. Antonio Coleman says scouts feel he’s “too small to play defensive end, too big to play linebacker.”
5. It was a good combine AND a bad combine for former Arkansas lineman Mitch Petrus.
6. Les Miles is tinkering with everything from starting jobs to practice schedules this spring.
7. There are 10 items of utmost urgency in Baton Rouge.
8. On the job just three days, is new tight ends coach Steve Ensminger ready for spring practice?
9. Thanks to tie-breakers, Mississippi State has already wrapped up the #1 West seed in the SEC tournament.
10. Some MSU fans don’t believe Jarvis Varnado got enough recognition for his shot-blocking record. (In truth, the record only dates back to the mid-1980s when shot blocks first started to be tallied officially.)
11. This writer believes the Bulldogs will definitely be in the NCAA Tournament with two wins this week (against Auburn and Tennessee).
12. Dexter McCluster was a Top 10 back in terms of vertical leap, bench press and the 40-yard dash.
13. Ole Miss’ tournament chances aren’t completely dead yet.
14. The Rebels are hurt by the fact that they’re 0-4 against MSU, Florida and Tennessee.
15. This writer won’t have many friends in Oxford after Rebel fans read this piece. Ouch.
16. Who was the SEC’s receiver of the decade?
