SEC Headlines – 7/26/10 Part One
July 26th, 2010 11:19 AM║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
1. This fall, Bill Curry will lead fledgling Georgia State in Bryant-Denny Stadium to face Alabama. Here’s a recap of Curry’s time on the other sideline.
2. The target on Alabama’s back can’t get much bigger.
3. The best defensive line in the SEC belongs to Ole Miss, according to ESPN.com’s Chris Low.
4. It seems we’ve started something. Several writers have now put out their own rankings of SEC coaches’ “performances” at Media Days last week… including this fine effort.
5. You’ve probably never heard of Kurt Schmidt, but he plays an important role on Arkansas’ football staff.
6. Les Miles is sending the LSU faithful an optimistic, hopeful message.
7. Miles’ seat is warm heading into 2010 and there’s nothing unusual about that in the SEC.
8. The University of Mississippi can now say, “Thanks a million!” to Eli Manning.
9. Houston Nutt said last week that he wasn’t pursuing Jeremiah Masoli. Now that Raymond Cotton has transferred — and left UM with just two scholarship QBs — the former Oregon star (and criminal) is an option after all.
10. The NCAA is trying to shut down basketball’s shady Pump brothers. Their ChampSearch firm reportedly helped to pair Tennessee with Bruce Pearl.
11. In the end, the salvation — for now — of the Big 12 prevented the SEC from landing Texas A&M and Oklahoma. Here’s a bit more on how Dan Beebe helped keep his league together.
More to come…
