Houston's Seat "Mild" not Hot, per Schlabach

Houston's seat isn't Hot, but anything less than second in the SEC West and it could warm up, per Mark Schlabach at ESPN.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/preview07/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=2967204

Jim Harris on Teresa Prewett and the Funky Bunch

Jim Harris in his new Arkansas Sports 360 website delves into the latest release of emails from the infamous Teresa Pruitt and her crew, who apparently have little going for them other than their connection to the Nutt family.

What's amazing is how much Diana Nutt is involved in the Funky Bunch's conversations. Case in point, this email apparently sent from Darby to Diana:

"Dana Caldwell is going to be in Fayetteville on Wednesday, June 20 and has planned a happy hour gathering at Hutch’s in Colt Square…He keeps talking about filming some documentary on the football program. Do you know anybody that could go there and try to discreetly listen in on the conversation and take pictures with their cell phone."


http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/sports_article.asp?aID=99103.78576.111223

Ziemba - A Bitter Pill

Lee Ziemba from Rogers has already moved into a starting position on Auburn's offensive line. Barring injury, look for the 6'8", 300 pound Ziemba to be an All American by his junior year.

http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/sports/118664790141820.xml&coll=2

Rough Practice

Doesn't sound like practice went well yesterday, with the Defense not living up to Reggie's expectations and Casey Dick Struggling. McFadden fumbled two more punts, so that's the good news.

http://www.wholehogsports.com/adg/198080/

Defensive Line Moves

Malcolm Sheppard is moving inside, and Chris Wade has taken over at first team DE. This might change when Harrison comes back, but it is a signal that perpetual undeachievers Fred Bledsoe and Marcus Shavers haven't stood out at DL.

http://www.wholehogsports.com/nwat/55909/

RAZORPOD - Week 2

Here's a link to Week 2 of Razorpod. Enjoy, Hog fans.

College Football Announcing Teams

Following is an abbreviated list of the college football announcing teams for the 2007 season - play-by-play man listed first, then color analyst(s), with sideline reporter in parenthesis. ABC/ESPN had a big shake-up in their line-up, while the Big Ten Network is a new addition to the college football landscape. I could not locate Fox Sport Net's announcing teams or TBS'. Please post that information if you come across it in the comments section.

ESPN Saturday Primetime: Mike Patrick and Todd Blackledge (Holly Rowe)
ESPN2 Saturday Primetime: Mark Jones and Bob Davie (Stacey Dales)
ESPN Saturday Afternoon: Dave Pasch and Andre Ware (Erin Andrews)
ESPNU Saturday: Dave Armstrong and Mike Gottfried
ESPN Thursday Primetime: Chris Fowler with Craig James and Doug Flutie (Erin Andrews)
ESPN Friday Primetime: Sean McDonough and Chris Spielman (Rob Stone)
ESPNU Thursday Primetime: Charlie Neal and Jay Walker
ABC Primetime: Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit (Lisa Salters)
ABC Saturday Afternoon No. 1 Team: Brad Nessler with Bob Griese and Paul Maguire (Bonnie Bernstein)
ABC Saturday Afternoon Team: Ron Franklin and Ed Cunningham (Jack Arute)
ABC Saturday Afternoon Team: Dan Fouts and Tim Brant (Todd Harris)
CBS No. 1 Team: Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson (Tracy Wolfson)
CBS No. 2 Team: Craig Bolerjack and Spencer Tillman
Big Ten Network No. 1 Team: Thom Brennaman and Charles Davis
Big Ten Network No. 2 Team: Wayne Larrivee and Chris Martin
Glen Mason will also be a color analyst on the Big Ten Network and his play-by-play partner has not been announced yet.

New Era Option

Get ready to see this in the fall. The question is, how much? And maybe, with this team, should we switch to an option first team?

Mid Major Hoopla

Ivan Maisel writes about the rise of the mid-major (again). Thanks to the Sooners, we'll have to be subjected to this kind of thing for at least another year. Pay careful attention to the illuminaries these mid majors upset in their BCS games - Pittsburgh, Wake Forest, and an unprepared OU team last year.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/preview07/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=2965756

RAZORPOD crew hosts second podcast; makes SEC East Picks

Week 2 of Razorpod will be posted here tomorrow. The topic is the formidable SEC East. Jimmy G appropriately noted, "Every SEC East team could make a bowl game. This division race may be the best in college football." Until then, keep following the blog. Here are the picks:

Patrick Williams
1. Georgia
2. Tennessee
3. South Carolina
4. Florida
5. Kentucky
6. Vandy

Tom Logan
1. South Carolina
2. Florida
3. Georgia
4. Tennessee
5. Kentucky
6. Vandy

Johnny Fayetteville
1. Georgia
2. Tennessee
3. Florida
4. Kentucky
5. South Carolina
6. Vandy

Jimmy G
1. Tennessee
2. Georgia
3. Florida
4. South Carolina
5. Vanderbilt
6. Kentucky