Tuesday, August 30, 2011
First Game 2011
The excitement is starting to build. There is always an excitement at the start of a new season that cannot be equalled. This year is special because the Auburn Tigers are the defending National Champions. It is expected that this will be a challenging year with so many starters to replace from last year and a depth chart full of freshmen and sophomores. To top it off, the schedule is daunting. We start with Utah State. It should be fun.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Depth Chart
It's quite a shock to see that McCalebb is ahead of Dyer and that Travante Stallworth is starting at wide receiver. I am glad to see that because I've had my eye on Stallworth for some time. I predict that he will be a star. Otherwise, we see SO many freshmen and sophmores.
OFFENSE
QB: 1. Barrett Trotter, 2. Clint Moseley, 3. Kiehl Frazier
RB: 1. Onterio McCalebb, 2. Mike Dyer, 3. Tre Mason
HB: 1. Philip Lutzenkirchen, 2. Brandon Fulse, 3. Ladarious Phillips
WR: 1. Emory Blake, 2. DeAngelo Benton
WR: 1. Quindarius Carr, 2. Trovon Reed, 3. Quan bray
WR: 1. Travante Stallworth, 2. C.J. Uzomah, 3. Jaylon Denson
LT: Brandon Mosley, 2. Greg Robinson
LG: Jared Cooper, 2. Christian Westerman
C: 1. Reese Dismukes, 2. Blake Burgess, 3. Tunde Fariyike
RG: 1. John Sullen, 2. Eric Mack
RT: 1. Chad Slade, 2. A.J. Green
DEFENSE
LE: 1. Corey Lemonier, 2. Dee Ford, 3. LaDarius Owens.
DT: 1. Jeffrey Whitaker, 2. Angelo Blackson or.Jamar Travis
DT: 1. Kenneth Carter, 2. Devaunte Sigler or Gabe Wright.
RE: 1. Nosa Eguae, 2. Craig Sanders, 3. Justin Delaine
LLB: 1. Jonathan Evans, 2. Justin Garrett
MLB: 1. Jake Holland, 2. Eltoro Freeman
SLB: 1. Daren Bates, 2. Harris Gaston
LCB: 1. Chris Davis, 2. Jonathon Mincy or Robenson Therezie
RCB: 1. T’Sharvan Bell, 2. Ryan White, 3. Jonathan Rose
NB: 1. T’Sharvan Bell, 2. Jermaine Whitehead, 3. Trent Fisher
S: 1. Neiko Thorpe, 2. Erique Florence, 3. Drew Cole
S: 1. Demetruce McNeal, 2. Ryan Smith or Ikeem Means
SPECIAL TEAMS
PR: 1. Trovon Reed or Quan Bray
KR: 1. Quan Bray, 2. Onterio McCalebb, 3. Tre Mason
PK: 1. Cody Parkey, 2. Chris Brooks
P: 1. Steven Clark, 2. Chris Brooks
DS: 1. Josh Harris, 2. Jake Lembe
H: 1. Ryan White, 2. Chris Brooks
OFFENSE
QB: 1. Barrett Trotter, 2. Clint Moseley, 3. Kiehl Frazier
RB: 1. Onterio McCalebb, 2. Mike Dyer, 3. Tre Mason
HB: 1. Philip Lutzenkirchen, 2. Brandon Fulse, 3. Ladarious Phillips
WR: 1. Emory Blake, 2. DeAngelo Benton
WR: 1. Quindarius Carr, 2. Trovon Reed, 3. Quan bray
WR: 1. Travante Stallworth, 2. C.J. Uzomah, 3. Jaylon Denson
LT: Brandon Mosley, 2. Greg Robinson
LG: Jared Cooper, 2. Christian Westerman
C: 1. Reese Dismukes, 2. Blake Burgess, 3. Tunde Fariyike
RG: 1. John Sullen, 2. Eric Mack
RT: 1. Chad Slade, 2. A.J. Green
DEFENSE
LE: 1. Corey Lemonier, 2. Dee Ford, 3. LaDarius Owens.
DT: 1. Jeffrey Whitaker, 2. Angelo Blackson or.Jamar Travis
DT: 1. Kenneth Carter, 2. Devaunte Sigler or Gabe Wright.
RE: 1. Nosa Eguae, 2. Craig Sanders, 3. Justin Delaine
LLB: 1. Jonathan Evans, 2. Justin Garrett
MLB: 1. Jake Holland, 2. Eltoro Freeman
SLB: 1. Daren Bates, 2. Harris Gaston
LCB: 1. Chris Davis, 2. Jonathon Mincy or Robenson Therezie
RCB: 1. T’Sharvan Bell, 2. Ryan White, 3. Jonathan Rose
NB: 1. T’Sharvan Bell, 2. Jermaine Whitehead, 3. Trent Fisher
S: 1. Neiko Thorpe, 2. Erique Florence, 3. Drew Cole
S: 1. Demetruce McNeal, 2. Ryan Smith or Ikeem Means
SPECIAL TEAMS
PR: 1. Trovon Reed or Quan Bray
KR: 1. Quan Bray, 2. Onterio McCalebb, 3. Tre Mason
PK: 1. Cody Parkey, 2. Chris Brooks
P: 1. Steven Clark, 2. Chris Brooks
DS: 1. Josh Harris, 2. Jake Lembe
H: 1. Ryan White, 2. Chris Brooks
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Pelham loses to Hueytown
Last week I saw Pelham beat Tuscaloosa County in the preseason game. Pelham won without throwing a single pass. Pelham won with a scrappy defense. The scrappy defense was again in evidence last night, but it wasn't until the third quarter that the Panthers attempted a pass, and it was obvious why. Pelham cannot throw the football. The QB looks like he can barely throw the ball 10 yards.
Hueytown beats Pelham 34 to 6. The Panther TD was late and meaningless. Despite giving up 34 points, the defense actually played pretty well against a better offense. You can see the potential of Jameis Winston, the Hueytown quarterback who has verbally committed to FSU, but at the same time, he wasn't as dazzling last night as I expected. But he will certainly be a good one if he picks football over baseball.
Literally unable to throw the ball, Pelham is 100% one dimensional. They will be powerless against the powerhouse regional teams. I wouldn't be surprised if Pelham goes 0 and 10. You can run the fullback up the middle only so many times.
Too bad. The next 4 games are away. It's one and done for me watching Pelham football this year. I might go the Hoover-Vestavia game later in the year, but that's it.
Hueytown beats Pelham 34 to 6. The Panther TD was late and meaningless. Despite giving up 34 points, the defense actually played pretty well against a better offense. You can see the potential of Jameis Winston, the Hueytown quarterback who has verbally committed to FSU, but at the same time, he wasn't as dazzling last night as I expected. But he will certainly be a good one if he picks football over baseball.
Literally unable to throw the ball, Pelham is 100% one dimensional. They will be powerless against the powerhouse regional teams. I wouldn't be surprised if Pelham goes 0 and 10. You can run the fullback up the middle only so many times.
Too bad. The next 4 games are away. It's one and done for me watching Pelham football this year. I might go the Hoover-Vestavia game later in the year, but that's it.
NCAA blasts Danny Sheridan, says he had no information for Cam Newton probe
BY Randy Kennedy
26 August 2011
The NCAA released a statement on its website Friday strongly stating that Danny Sheridan provided no new information on the Cam Newton investigation when the organization met with the Mobile native this week.
The statement read, in its entirety: "Danny Sheridan continues to make vague, unsubstantiated claims without backing them up with proof. Contrary to his claims of having an inside source with details on the Auburn investigation, the NCAA has not provided information to Sheridan or anyone else.
"As a matter of due diligence, the NCAA spoke with Sheridan this week to determine if he had any facts pertaining to the investigation. Sheridan, however, did not provide any information to the enforcement staff and certainly did not provide a name. Instead, he unsuccessfully attempted to gather information for his own use."
Sheridan had previously said that he had an NCAA source who had told him of a "bag man" who helped recruit the future Heisman Trophy winner to Auburn.
After having made his claims on Paul Finebaum's radio show, Sheridan was contacted by the NCAA through his attorney, Vince Kilborn.
"I let them know that if they wished to talk to me, I will talk to them on or off the record about subjects of mutual interest," Sheridan had said, referring to the NCAA's request to speak to him. "I have no idea if the allegations against Auburn are true. I only know that what I reported was exactly what I was told."
On Wednesday, after meeting with the NCAA, Sheridan Tweeted: "I had a very pleasant and confidential conversation w/ NCAA this afternoon." Sheridan has not been able to be reached since the NCAA statement, not has he made reference to the statement on Twitter.
Newton's father, Cecil Newton, has admitted trying to get money from Mississippi State in exchange for his son signing with the Bulldogs. The NCAA has never implicated or confirmed that Auburn was a party in its investigation into Newton's recruitment.
26 August 2011
The NCAA released a statement on its website Friday strongly stating that Danny Sheridan provided no new information on the Cam Newton investigation when the organization met with the Mobile native this week.
The statement read, in its entirety: "Danny Sheridan continues to make vague, unsubstantiated claims without backing them up with proof. Contrary to his claims of having an inside source with details on the Auburn investigation, the NCAA has not provided information to Sheridan or anyone else.
"As a matter of due diligence, the NCAA spoke with Sheridan this week to determine if he had any facts pertaining to the investigation. Sheridan, however, did not provide any information to the enforcement staff and certainly did not provide a name. Instead, he unsuccessfully attempted to gather information for his own use."
Sheridan had previously said that he had an NCAA source who had told him of a "bag man" who helped recruit the future Heisman Trophy winner to Auburn.
After having made his claims on Paul Finebaum's radio show, Sheridan was contacted by the NCAA through his attorney, Vince Kilborn.
"I let them know that if they wished to talk to me, I will talk to them on or off the record about subjects of mutual interest," Sheridan had said, referring to the NCAA's request to speak to him. "I have no idea if the allegations against Auburn are true. I only know that what I reported was exactly what I was told."
On Wednesday, after meeting with the NCAA, Sheridan Tweeted: "I had a very pleasant and confidential conversation w/ NCAA this afternoon." Sheridan has not been able to be reached since the NCAA statement, not has he made reference to the statement on Twitter.
Newton's father, Cecil Newton, has admitted trying to get money from Mississippi State in exchange for his son signing with the Bulldogs. The NCAA has never implicated or confirmed that Auburn was a party in its investigation into Newton's recruitment.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Pelham over Tuscaloosa County
Football begins for me with the high preseason games. Tonight I leave in the 4th quarter as Pelham is leading TCounty 34 to 12. The Panthers must have a new coach for they are running a new offense. They are running the modern version of the wishbone. It's fun to watch because I like running the football. I have no idea how good Tuscaloosa County is, but tonight at least it seems that for the first time ever Pelham is playing defense. I would imagine that the Panthers will still be over-matched in their region, but maybe this will be a hustling, scrappy team that will finally play some defense.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Could SEC expansion mean 2 Iron Bowls in one year? Please say it ain't so
BY Kevin Scarbinsky
Birmingham News
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - You have to give the people at the Alabama Republican Party credit. They know how to schedule a speaker.
They managed to line up Texas Gov. Rick Perry to deliver the address at tonight's summer fundraising dinner of the Alabama GOP at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex.
The significance of Perry's visit, at least in the sports world, has nothing to do with his stature as a potential 2012 presidential candidate and everything to do with his status as a Texas A&M graduate and former Aggie yell leader.
With the talk of A&M joining the SEC getting hotter than Alabama asphalt, Perry is going to be speaking down the street from the SEC office.
You can't make this stuff up. You can read too much into it - the Alabama GOP announced Perry's visit June 13 - but you can't make it up.
Will Perry cross the street to visit with SEC commissioner Mike Slive? Will Slive make the move? Or will the commish, in a brilliant attempt at misdirection, be out of town, perhaps on a day trip to College Station?
Short answer, at least on the prospect of a high-level, top-secret get-together: No. SEC spokesman Charles Bloom said that Slive has no plans to meet with Perry today.
Pity, but OK. Will the governor, while on the ground here, deliver a message from his alma mater to its potential new home? Or will he stick to partisan politics and avoid this political football?
Stay tuned because rumors of Texas A&M bolting the Big 12 for the SEC haven't been this hot and heavy since, well, last summer.
Kevin Scarbinsky is a columnist for The Birmingham News. His column is published on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.Perry himself added kerosene to the bonfire Wednesday. He told The Dallas Morning News that "conversations are being had" on the subject. That set off even more public discussion, even though the governor didn't say who was having those private conversations.
Meanwhile, the 12 current members of the SEC and their fans, having been led to believe that regular road trips to College Station are only a matter of time, are left to wonder what this all means for them.
Since the SEC needs two divisions to stage its lucrative football championship game, and the league isn't about to go to unbalanced divisions, A&M would need at least one partner to join the conference, too.
The identity of that partner or partners would help answer a lot of questions, including the most critical of all. How would the divisions break down?
Around here, we have two more questions. Could Alabama and Auburn actually end up in different divisions? And so what if they did?
Depending on which team or teams would join Texas A&M in the SEC, it would make sense, from a geographic and historic standpoint, to shift Auburn to the Eastern Division. The Tigers live farther east than any other member of the SEC West, and they have a longer history against teams in the East. Look at their most frequent opponents among current league members.
1. Georgia (114 games)
2. Mississippi State (84 games)
3. Florida (82 games)
4. Alabama (75 games)
5. Tennessee (51 games)
Three of those five teams - Georgia, Florida and Tennessee - are members of the Eastern Division.
Moving Auburn to the East and keeping Alabama in the West might seem like a good idea, but it would do nothing to ease the simmering tensions between the two programs unless they stopped playing every year.
Sorry, but you can't have an SEC with Alabama and Auburn without them playing every year. Well, maybe you can, but you shouldn't.
The more you study it, the more separating the Tide and Tigers looks like the worst idea for the rivalry since Harvey Updyke decided to drive from Dadeville to Toomer's Corner. Put them in separate divisions, and you make it possible for them to play twice in a single year, in the state championship game and in the SEC Championship Game.
Yikes. This state can barely survive one Iron Bowl every 365 days. Can you imagine two in eight days?
Better for the Tide and Tigers to stay together in the same division, no matter how wide the divide between them. They belong together, even when they can't get along.
Birmingham News
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - You have to give the people at the Alabama Republican Party credit. They know how to schedule a speaker.
They managed to line up Texas Gov. Rick Perry to deliver the address at tonight's summer fundraising dinner of the Alabama GOP at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex.
The significance of Perry's visit, at least in the sports world, has nothing to do with his stature as a potential 2012 presidential candidate and everything to do with his status as a Texas A&M graduate and former Aggie yell leader.
With the talk of A&M joining the SEC getting hotter than Alabama asphalt, Perry is going to be speaking down the street from the SEC office.
You can't make this stuff up. You can read too much into it - the Alabama GOP announced Perry's visit June 13 - but you can't make it up.
Will Perry cross the street to visit with SEC commissioner Mike Slive? Will Slive make the move? Or will the commish, in a brilliant attempt at misdirection, be out of town, perhaps on a day trip to College Station?
Short answer, at least on the prospect of a high-level, top-secret get-together: No. SEC spokesman Charles Bloom said that Slive has no plans to meet with Perry today.
Pity, but OK. Will the governor, while on the ground here, deliver a message from his alma mater to its potential new home? Or will he stick to partisan politics and avoid this political football?
Stay tuned because rumors of Texas A&M bolting the Big 12 for the SEC haven't been this hot and heavy since, well, last summer.
Kevin Scarbinsky is a columnist for The Birmingham News. His column is published on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.Perry himself added kerosene to the bonfire Wednesday. He told The Dallas Morning News that "conversations are being had" on the subject. That set off even more public discussion, even though the governor didn't say who was having those private conversations.
Meanwhile, the 12 current members of the SEC and their fans, having been led to believe that regular road trips to College Station are only a matter of time, are left to wonder what this all means for them.
Since the SEC needs two divisions to stage its lucrative football championship game, and the league isn't about to go to unbalanced divisions, A&M would need at least one partner to join the conference, too.
The identity of that partner or partners would help answer a lot of questions, including the most critical of all. How would the divisions break down?
Around here, we have two more questions. Could Alabama and Auburn actually end up in different divisions? And so what if they did?
Depending on which team or teams would join Texas A&M in the SEC, it would make sense, from a geographic and historic standpoint, to shift Auburn to the Eastern Division. The Tigers live farther east than any other member of the SEC West, and they have a longer history against teams in the East. Look at their most frequent opponents among current league members.
1. Georgia (114 games)
2. Mississippi State (84 games)
3. Florida (82 games)
4. Alabama (75 games)
5. Tennessee (51 games)
Three of those five teams - Georgia, Florida and Tennessee - are members of the Eastern Division.
Moving Auburn to the East and keeping Alabama in the West might seem like a good idea, but it would do nothing to ease the simmering tensions between the two programs unless they stopped playing every year.
Sorry, but you can't have an SEC with Alabama and Auburn without them playing every year. Well, maybe you can, but you shouldn't.
The more you study it, the more separating the Tide and Tigers looks like the worst idea for the rivalry since Harvey Updyke decided to drive from Dadeville to Toomer's Corner. Put them in separate divisions, and you make it possible for them to play twice in a single year, in the state championship game and in the SEC Championship Game.
Yikes. This state can barely survive one Iron Bowl every 365 days. Can you imagine two in eight days?
Better for the Tide and Tigers to stay together in the same division, no matter how wide the divide between them. They belong together, even when they can't get along.
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