SEC West Headlines 3/18/10
March 18th, 2010 ║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
1. When you watch the NCAA tournament you’ll see a lot of players from Alabama… who got away from the Tide and Tigers.
2. Former Auburn tailback Ben Tate won’t be changing his lifestyle until the NFL cash starts pouring in.
3. Have you seen Auburn football’s flashy new website?
4. Bobby Petrino is looking forward to seeing his four running backs compete during spring practice. (Arkansas will do some running from the “pistol” formation this year, too.)
5. Ryan Mallett says he feels great. Despite his healing left foot.
6. Les Miles is hoping Stevan Ridley and Richard Murphy can carry the load at running back for LSU.
7. With Ole Miss students on Spring Break, there wasn’t much enthusiasm surrounding last night’s NIT win over Troy.
8. Terrico White’s 27-point night was a pleasant surprise. “Certainly he has the ability to do that, and we’d like to see it every night,” Andy Kennedy said. “Maybe he’s just not ready to do it every night.”
9. The Rebels looked “looser” last night than they did in the SEC tournament.
10. Dexter McCluster is ready to improve on the 40 time he ran at the NFL combine.
11. Mississippi State fans — many of whom believe MSU gets no respect — love the fact that Rick Stansbury is complaining about the missed lane violation call.
12. As expected, tickets for State’s NIT contest with North Carolina are going fast. “Those teams don’t come to Starkville, that’s just the way it is.”
13. In case you missed it, here’s the crotch punch that Dee Bost took in Tuesday’s Jackson State game.
