Y'all Sports: 2010-09-03T15:03:13Z Copyright (c) 2010, Bo ExpressionEngine tag:yallsports.com,2010:09:03 tag:yallsports.com,2010:/2.25666 2010-09-03T13:56:00Z 2010-09-03T15:03:13Z Bo The policy governs use of institutionally-controlled artificial noisemakers in a similar manner.

The Conference’s new policy permits an institution’s traditional artificial noisemakers to be in the football stadium for one year. Compliance with the new policy and application of penalties will be reviewed following the season.

In June 2011, the SEC membership will review this new policy to determine if it will continue in the future.

Kyle Veazey's Blog

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A little bit of this and a little bit of that as we point toward first full day of college football this season in the SEC:

•Over the past five seasons, Florida has the SEC’s best record with a 57-10 mark. LSU is second at 51-15, Alabama third at 49-17, Georgia fourth at 48-17 and Auburn fifth at 42-21.
•Georgia has won eight or more games in each of the past 13 seasons. No other FBS school can match that streak over that same span.
•The SEC’s six BCS national championships are as many as the other conferences combined.

espn.com 9/3/10 ]]> tag:yallsports.com,2010:/2.25657 2010-09-03T11:08:00Z 2010-09-03T12:10:35Z Bo Winners and Losers from college football's opening night

Winners:

South Carolina's offense. It showed great potential in a 41-13 rout of Southern Miss by gaining 447 yards. Much-maligned quarterback Stephen Garcia and true freshman running back Marcus Lattimore each ran for two scores. Next up is a visit from Georgia. Win that and talk could begin about the Gamecocks making a legit run at their first SEC East title.

Miami QB Jacory Harris. Playing just the first half, Harris threw for 210 yards and three touchdowns in a 45-0 rout of Florida A&M, the Hurricanes' first shutout since 2006.

Rivals.com
9/3/10 ]]> tag:yallsports.com,2010:/2.25656 2010-09-03T11:04:00Z 2010-09-03T12:06:50Z Bo College Football's Higher Prices,U.S. Open's Shorter Skirts
The priciest college ball ticket averages $523

A newly released NCAA report shows that just 14 of the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools made money from campus athletics in the 2009 fiscal year, down from 25 the year before. That's certainly not college football's fault, as the gridiron typically generates more revenue for athletic departments than any other sport. Sixty-eight FBS schools reported turning a profit on football, with a median value of $8.8 million, while the 52 FBS schools that lost money on football reported median losses of just $2.7 million.

BusinessWeek.com
9/3/10 ]]> tag:yallsports.com,2010:/2.25655 2010-09-03T10:59:00Z 2010-09-03T12:01:15Z Bo Greed is the most powerful tradition in college football

The same university presidents who tell us that we can't have a postseason playoff in division I-A because that would be too many games for the student-athletes have contrived a system in which many big-time programs routinely play 14 games: 12 in the regular season, a conference championship and a bowl game. The 12th regular season game was created several years ago for one reason: so the power schools could schedule another home game, usually against a completely overmatched opponent, and collect another lucrative gate.

WashingtonPost.com
9/3/10 ]]> tag:yallsports.com,2010:/2.25654 2010-09-03T10:34:00Z 2010-09-03T11:36:02Z Bo SEC, ESPN pleased with Year 1 of unique marriage but want more

From ESPN's perspective, the biggest success story was ESPNU. Prior to the SEC deal, ESPNU was in approximately 25 million homes. Today, the network is in 73 million households and, as Slive points out, has moved up from Channel 614 on DirecTV to Channel 208 -- right near ESPN and ESPN2.

"I think the SEC is the primary factor," Magnus said. "I launched ESPNU five years ago, and we've had great content on it, but the SEC was always sort of missing from our lineup. I don't think it's any coincidence that as soon as we did this deal, we got serious traction in a lot of our distribution conversations."

AL.com
9/3/10 ]]> tag:yallsports.com,2010:/2.25653 2010-09-03T10:30:00Z 2010-09-03T11:32:17Z Bo With Masoli, NCAA plays image-first game

Basically, the NCAA did exactly the same thing you probably did when you heard Masoli wanted to pursue a graduate degree in parks and recreation at Mississippi. In other words, the NCAA laughed in his face.
Although the NCAA did everything in its power to successfully prevent Masoli from playing this year, the NCAA did everything in its power to allow Tebow to play in 2009.

MiamiHerald.com
9/3/10 ]]> tag:yallsports.com,2010:/2.25652 2010-09-03T10:27:00Z 2010-09-03T11:29:08Z Bo MSU has high Relf-esteem

And this season, Mullen has two young quarterbacks to mold. The front-runner is Chris Relf, who struggled with MSU’s spread offense most of last season. But the 6-foot-4, 240-pound junior put everything together in the season finale, rushing for 131 yards and a touchdown and throwing for two more scores in a 41-27 upset of Ole Miss. And if Relf should stumble, No. 2 quarterback Tyler Russell is a capable reserve.

No matter who is under center, he’ll be operating behind a veteran offensive line and have the talented Chad Bumphis as a target. Throw in an upgraded defense and the Bulldogs should go bowling for just the second time this century.
MSU is favored by 21 tomorrow over Memphis, a bad team in the weak Conference USA. New Tigers coach Larry Porter may improve on last season’s 2-10 mark, but not by playing SEC foes on the road. Go Bulldogs!

BostonHerald.com
9/3/10


]]> tag:yallsports.com,2010:/2.25651 2010-09-03T10:25:00Z 2010-09-03T11:26:52Z Bo Rebels must fill void left by defensive end Lockett

Lockett is in Ohio undergoing tests for a heart rhythm problem and will be out for at least Saturday's season opener against Jacksonville State.
But what exactly will the Rebels miss the most with Lockett's absence?
The answer to that just depends on which member of the Ole Miss defense you ask.
Linebacker Joel Kight: "His experience."
Defensive end Gerald Rivers: "His charisma."

ClarionLedger.com
9/3/10 ]]> tag:yallsports.com,2010:/2.25650 2010-09-03T10:24:00Z 2010-09-03T11:25:09Z Bo Stage fright hits Eagles

One problem that plagued the Golden Eagles on defense last season appeared again Thursday as the Gamecock quarterbacks ran 12 times for 69 yards and USC's oversized receivers snagged passes over the USM defensive backs.

"We came up short in eliminating big plays," USM linebacker Korey Williams said. "We gave up four explosive plays that were true game changers and accumulated a lot of yardage. I felt like that was a big key."

"We were in the right position," said safety Justin Wilson. "We just didn't make plays."

ClarionLedger.com
9/3/10
]]> tag:yallsports.com,2010:/2.25649 2010-09-03T10:22:00Z 2010-09-03T11:23:31Z Bo Three-point stance: Masoli decision 'arbitrary and unfair'

1. Eni Faleomavaega, the delegate to the U.S. Congress from American Samoa, has written a letter to the NCAA decrying the “arbitrary and unfair” decision denying Ole Miss quarterback Jeremiah Masoli a waiver that would make him eligible this fall. Masoli is of Samoan descent. Faleomavaega called the ruling “grossly inappropriate” for the way in which it ignored the fact that Masoli complied with the legislation as written. The appeals committee is expected to rule Friday.

ESPN.com
9/3/10 ]]> tag:yallsports.com,2010:/2.25648 2010-09-03T10:19:00Z 2010-09-03T11:21:49Z Bo Alabama to appeal Dareus suspension

Dareus will miss the first two games, and the NCAA said in its ruling that mitigating circumstances actually carved Dareus’ suspension down from four games to two games.

Now, Alabama faces the likelihood of going up against Penn State the second week of the season without its best offensive player and its best defensive player.

Heisman Trophy running back Mark Ingram will definitely miss the opener against San Jose State after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery earlier this week. Getting him back in time to play against the Nittany Lions is probably a stretch.

ESPN.com
9/3/10

]]> tag:yallsports.com,2010:/2.25647 2010-09-03T10:16:01Z 2010-09-03T11:17:52Z Bo SEC East 2010 Expectations, In a Nutshell

GEORGIA

Georgia's problem the past two years has largely been a porous defense. Mark Richt did something about that by clearing out nearly all of his defensive staff, and new coordinator Todd Grantham has brought in an entirely new scheme. Adjusting to the new 3-4 defense will cause some headaches, but the general expectation is that being unfamiliar with a great scheme is still better than the broken system the old staff used. On the other side of the ball, freshman QB Aaron Murray is surrounded by great offensive weapons and is protected by a great line. If Murray lives up to his four-star rating and the defense gels around mid-season, Georgia could have 10 wins by the time all is said and done.

TeamSpeedKills.com
9/3/10 ]]> tag:yallsports.com,2010:/2.25646 2010-09-03T10:14:00Z 2010-09-03T11:16:37Z Bo So Steve Spurrier's happy, right? Of course not

There's one thing everyone should know by now about Steve Spurrier: His offense is never good enough.

"We had 41 points with 11 minutes left," Spurrier said. "They sort of milked the clock on us. I was thinking, maybe, for the first time, we might score 50.

"We need to score 50 sometime. I think it's good to score 50 if you can. We couldn't do it tonight."

TeamSpeedKills.com
9/3/10 ]]> tag:yallsports.com,2010:/2.25645 2010-09-03T10:12:00Z 2010-09-03T11:13:14Z Bo Little latest Tar Heel suspended for opener

Little would be the second player that UNC has officially suspended. Earlier in the week, coach Butch Davis suspended defensive tackle Marvin Austin. Both players have been linked to the NCAA's investigation this summer into players having illegal contact with agents. Little and Austin have also been practicing with the second team while the NCAA continues its investigation.

The investigation grew further when the university self-reported possible academic improprieties involving a tutor. It is unknown how many other players could possibly be suspended for the first game and beyond, but ESPN.com's Joe Schad reported earlier in the week the number could be as high as 16.

SportingNews.com
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