Go Bears!!

On September 1st this fall, my favorite team will be the California Bears for approximately 4 hours, give or take:

ABC Sports announced today that it will televise Tennessee's season-opening contest at California Sept. 1 in prime time to kick off the second season of ESPN on ABC's Saturday Night Football. The telecast will kick off at 7 p.m. and be offered in high definition on ABC HD. Since 1997, UT's season-opener has appeared on national television every year except 2005, when the Vols' game against UAB was broadcast regionally by Jefferson Pilot Sports. UT has won its last 12 season-openers.

Tennessee last appeared on ABC in 2003, when the 18th-ranked Volunteers defeated sixth-ranked Miami 10-6 Nov. 8. The Vols have only appeared on ABC 11 times since 1995, but Tennessee has been victorious in nine of those contests. The Big Orange fans have traditionally traveled well to the West Coast. Tennessee expects to sell all of its 7,500 ticket allotment. The Vols opened the 2006 season with a 35-18 win over California at Neyland Stadium.

Sorry to make you revisit your painful past, Coach Bando, but The Tennessean brought it up, not me. ;)

Vandy Chomps Gators!!!

What a game! Vandy men's basketball dominated #1 Florida this weekend in an amazing game. The atmosphere in Memorial Gym was great. If you weren't one of the 14,000+ fans in the building, you missed out.

2007 Rule Changes?

Found this on ESPN today about possible rule changes for 2007.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2765817

Here's a quick overview.
To make up for the time being added back into games, the rules committee proposed some changes aimed at speeding up the game that included using a 15-second play clock immediately after timeouts instead of a 25-second clock (Vandy could be in trouble on this one), reducing the time teams have for timeouts from 65 seconds to 30 seconds, kicking off from the 30-yard line instead of the 35 to cut down on touchbacks, and limiting the amount of time officials have to review a replay to two minutes. Clark said the average time used by officials last year was one minute, 49 seconds.

The rule changes need to be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on March 12.

Brandon's Favorite QB

As discussions have started up this week regarding season tickets for the fall, road trip games, and football in general, it's become evident that Brandon has a favorite QB that he'll be following over the next couple of years.
Tim Tebow has drawn the attention of Coach Bando with his running ability.
For a quick background on this Tebow character, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Tebow

Colt loves GQ, too

There's nothing so painful as unrequited love. Coach GQ is happy to learn that his lovefest with Hawaii QB is not a one-way relationship. Brennan decided yesterday to return to Hawaii for his senior season.

"I know what I'm passing up," Brennan said at a news conference. "My heart lies right here in Hawaii."

I think I just saw a tear in GQ's eye.

What Pass Interference?

As a Miami Hurricane fan, Brandon will be very fond of this poster. Was it a phantom pass intereference call in the 2002 National Championship game? Maybe, maybe not, but photos don't lie. You be the judge.
Brandon, do you want this for your birthday, or Christmas?
http://www.robsts.com/shop/shopexd.asp?id=3

The poster is a breathtaking shot of the Pass Interference call in the second half of the first overtime. Miami had already scored a touchdown and only needed to stop the Buckeyes from getting a first down to become repeat national champions. It was 4th and 3 from the 5-yard line. OSU overloaded the left side of the field in an effort to get Chris Gamble in one on one coverage. The philosophy had worked, leaving Gamble in great position to beat the single coverage. Krenzel threw the ball just before getting hit. As the ball flew towards the end zone, Miami’s cornerback Glenn Sharpe grapples Gamble. The late but accurate Pass Interference penalty enabled Krenzel to tie the game with a 1-yard plunge to pay dirt 3 plays later. In the second overtime, Clarett scored on a 5-yard run. Then OSU’s tenacious defense shuts down Miami’s offense one last time to end the best season in Ohio State’s storied history.

NOTE - Poster does not have the yellow markings on it. They have been added to this image for description only.

Oh no, Coach GQ!

Colt Brennan is likely headed to the NFL.

First of many offseason moves

Let the shake ups on Rocky Flop begin.
Safety Demetrice Morley has been dismissed from the team already, and the season has only been over for one week. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/ncaa/01/12/vols.morley.ap/index.html

Bando was celebrating, until...

It's been a rough week for Coach Bando. First, he loses the championship game to Coach Rob. Then, his Buckeyes disappoint him on the hardcourt by losing to Wisconsin. When Ohio State made up for the loss by knocking off the Vols yesterday, Bando thought things were turning around. Learning that ESPN2's Quite Frankly was canceled this week, Bando thought his luck was truly on the upswing again. Then he read the end of this post, a quote from Smith:

This is not an end for me. This is just the beginning. I’m just getting started.

Sorry, Bando. Stephen A. will find a new format and continue to annoy you.

Typical Ohio State

How did Ted Ginn, Jr get injured in the game? check out this tackle on the opening kickoff td return.