- Furman has turned to two sophomores -- QB Chris Forcier and RB Tersoo Uhaa -- to spark its offense in the second half of the season, writes Mandrallius Robinson of the Greenville News.
- ESPN blogger Chris Low is back with his weekly SEC Hot/Not list. Auburn RB Ben Tate is hot.
- Urban Meyer has suspended linebacker Brandon Spikes for half of Florida's game against Vanderbilt after he gouged the eyes of a Georgia running back last week, writes Jeremy Fowler of the Orlando Sentinel. Weak. The SEC should step in here. It threatens coaches with suspensions for criticizing officials, then let's the Gators get away with a slap on the wrist of Spikes for doing something clearly intentional and unacceptable.
- Mark McCarter of the Huntsville Time agrees with me.
- So does Kevin Blackistone of FanHouse.
- There's an argument out there that Spikes was responding to an eye gouge on Georgia's part. Here's the video. I don't think it's the same.
- Florida players allege cheap shots by Georgia in the game too. Here's video of one on Tim Tebow. It's still not the same. That's a hit. Not a wrestling move like Spikes'.
- Joe Cox will remain Georgia's quarterback, writes David Hale of the Macon Telegraph.
- Low writes that it's unfair to pin all of Georgia's problems on Cox.
- Nick Saban wants quarterback Greg McElroy to throw caution to the wind, writes Ray Melick of the Birmingham News.
- Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin gets name dropped by Lil' Wayne in one of his songs. Let's hope this spawns the same kind of friendship Les Miles and Snoop Dogg have.
- Sports Illustrated's Stewart Mandel writes that it's Texas and the 11 dwarfs in the Big 12, which has fallen off the map after ruling college football's regular season last year.
- Alabama running back Mark Ingram remains at the top of Gene Menez's Heisman watch list.
- Beat writers at the Denver Post are no longer allowed to make predictions about the team's they cover. The argument is that making a prediction could potentially undermine their objectivity on a game. My opinion: there are far bigger problems newspapers should be addressing other than this.
- Harvard is planning on offering a class about the HBO TV show "The Wire," which one professor said “has done more to enhance our understanding of the systemic urban inequality that constrains the lives of the poor than any published study.” In a related note, I would so ace this class. Hat tip to fellow beat writer Andrew Gribble for the link. (Oh, and if you still haven't watched "The Wire," just do it. You can thank me later.)
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Furman's QB is Chris not Tate Forcier...
I should have known that. That is a FACT.
http://www.insidesocal.com/ucla/2009/06/forciers-press-release.html
Is Harvard gonna offer distance learning for that class on "The Wire"? I could use the free A, and I already graduated.
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