The SEC should secede

From now on the winner of the SEC Championship game will be named National Champion, within 10 years the NFL and the SEC will create a Premier League/Football League Championship agreement. Tebow wills it.

If LSU beats anOSU on January 8th, the SEC will have 5 coaches with National Championships 1. Steve Spurrier, 2. Urban Meyer, 3. Phil Fulmer, 4. Nick Saban, 5. Les Miles, One coach with an undefeated season in recent memory 6. Tommy Tuberville. That's half the SEC and it doesn't even include 7. Mark Richt, and 8. Bobby Petrino! The SEC just traded Ed Orgeron for Bobby Petrino world, how dare you defy their might now? Of course this was an Arkansas hire, if history is our guide then Bob Petrino will land in Fayettenam, tour the campus, puke on the contract and run like hell. Of course ESPN is reporting without attaching Herbstreit's name, so it must be true. So much for Arthur Blank's comments on MNF last night saying "we have a great coach and we are going to give him all the time he needs" fu Home Depot.

BTW the Michigan job is still open... Bobby Petrino quit the Falcons to go coach Arkansas, take that Michigan!

Al Borges is no Longer Gorgeous…

Auburn quietly fired Al Borges from his position as Offensive Coordinator Monday. After being the top offense in the SEC in his first year (2004) and being ranked 25^th nationally, Auburn's offense has been in a steady decline. Ranked 37^th in 2005, 76^th in 2006 and 101^st in 2007.

This puts a lot of fire to the rumors that Tony Franklin (Troy's Offensive Coordinator) was on Auburn's Campus Monday. Tuberville wants to have a new coordinator in place before Bowl practice starts Friday, so he probably has a short list of candidates most would scoff at, but whoever is hired might be the next Bob Petrino. With his track record of hiring assistants theres a 50/50 chance. So we say goodbye to Al today with this great picture of his days at UCLA where he turned Cade McNown into a first round draft pick.

Troy Smith Ruined the Heisman

Every year, we talk about the Heisman's irrelevance. But almost every year, don't the voters get it right? 2006 may be the only time that they didn't. Look back further. Are you telling me, that in this decade - Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart, Jason White, Carson Palmer, Eric Crouch and Chris Weinke didn't deserve it? Sure, Weinke is debatable, and maybe my memory is fuzzy, but who was better?

Last season, Troy Smith won the award when Darren McFadden should have. This unwritten rule about giving the trophy to sophomores cost the best player from hoisting the trophy. But almost every other year, the voters got it right. And I don't think we became jaded with the award until this decade.

Then again, maybe we became jaded with the award in 1997 when Charles Woodson beat Peyton Manning. The fact that, ten years later, we debate who should have actually won that year, proves how tough that decision was.

When did this season's award become divided along racial lines? For some reason, it seems that black guys want McFadden to win, and white guys want Tebow to win.

Between the two, Tebow should get the nod. I like McFadden a lot, but last year was his year. He was robbed. And because Dennis Dixon didn't get invited, I'll give my nonexistent vote to Tebow. He broke NCAA records. Not conference records. NCAA records.

End of the day? Dennis Dixon should have won the award. He was the most important player to his team, and his injury only proved that. But a close second? Tebow. For many of the same reasons.

Arkansas would have survived without McFadden. Felix Jones may be first round talent. But could Florida survive without Tim Tebow?Hardly. Oregon without Dennis Dixon? Apparent.


People want to pass this award off as a joke. Why? Troy Smith. Otherwise, every year it has gone to a very deserving candidate. And either front runner that is chosen on Saturday will be a good choice.

And the Heisman trophy goes to…

Chase Daniel! My prediction is that the Heisman committee will somehow screw this up and give it to the least deserving of the candidates present at the ceremony. The southeast will split its vote among the two SEC players, and the rest of the country will probably vote for Chase Daniel. The problem with college football has always been biased journalists, they control college football. Some fat guy with a pen gets to decide who the national champion will be and who the best player is. A lot of people sent their ballots in before the Big 12 championship game, and that leads me to believe that several votes were cast for Daniel without watching his team get torched by the Sooners for a second straight time. Here is an argument for each player.

Tim Tebow:

Positives – played well in every game including losses, #2 in QB rating at 177.85, set touchdown records and is revolutionizing (again) the quarterback position. He is everything to his team who would probably be going to the Music City Bowl without him

Negatives – He's a sophomore, he may be gay, and lots of people hate him.

 

Darren McFadden:

Positives – He's the best player in college football, he finished #2 last year, #4 in rushing yards with 1,725 this year, had 321 against South Carolina and 206 against LSU,
and he has a sweet ride.

Negatives – He will split some votes with Tebow, his team lost 4 games, and the 9-7 loss to Auburn they had an option of running the entire game (never went to pass only) and he still only got 43 yards.

 

Chase Daniel

Positives – Led his team to the best record in memory, and was ranked #1 in the country on the last week of the regular season, 4,170 passing yards is good for 5^th in the nation, 70% completion and 33 TDs, does not play in the SEC.

Negatives – He's short and his best wins were over Kansas and Illinois.

All-SEC Freshman Team

The SEC office has released its All-SEC FreshmanTeam.

Of note? The future looks very bright for Auburn, Florida, Arkansas and Georgia.

Auburn puts six guys on the team, three of which will be on the offensive line for three more years: OL Ryan Pugh, OL Lee Ziemba, OL Chaz Ramsey along with DL Antoine Carter, DB Zac Etheridge and P Ryan Shoemaker.

Florida puts four guys on the team: OL Maurkice Pouncey, LB A.J. Jones, DB Joe Hayden and DB Major Wright.

Arkansas puts four guys on the team: TE D.J. Williams, DL Damario Ambrose, LB Freddy Burton and PK Alex Tejada.

Georgia puts three guys on the team, all on the offensive side of the ball: OL Trinton Sturdivant, OL Clint Boling and RB Knowshon Moreno.