SEC Headlines 5/24/2011 – Afternoon Edition
May 24th, 2011 02:54 PM║ Posted By: MrSEC.com ║ Permalink ║ Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
1. SI’s Andy Staples is out with his post-spring Top 25. Oklahoma is his top choice. Six SEC schools make the list.
- #3 – Alabama
- #4 – LSU
- #8 – South Carolina
- #13 – Arkansas
- #18 – Auburn
- #22 – Mississippi State
Both Georgia and Florida, writes Staples, just missed the cut.
2. With those rankings in mind, doesn’t seem a stretch to call South Carolina the best team of the SEC East.
3. Arkansas loses a basketball scholarship.
4. Alabama’s Trent Richardson has a lot of motivation this year.
5. Q and A with incoming Georgia freshman linebacker Ray Drew.
6. Former Georgia kicker Kevin Butler: “Bowl games are everything you think they are…. fun, exciting, a great sense of pride for the University and gifts!”
Extras
7. The next NCAA-sanctioned sport -cheerleading?
8. Want to own a sports team? New York Mets “bleeding cash” - may lose $70 million this year.
9. Some amazing pictures. Looking down at Joplin, Missouri.
10. Stat of the day: Oprah Winfrey has 6.5 million viewers. Judge Judy has 7 million.
