Tuesday Odds and Ends
It's signing day eve. Can't you feel the chill in the air? Also, more than likely it will be a light posting week with work (thanks real job), the premier of Lost, and signing day Wednesday.
- Oscar Nominations came out Tuesday. And The Blind Side picked up a Best Picture Nom. How? Beats me. How you take an in-depth look at how Lawrence Taylor's freakish ability as a defender transformed an oft neglected position (left tackle) into one of the highest paid and most highly sought into a movie that has racial undertones and takes big liberties with the actual Oher story? Just odd.
- Tickets for Year 2 of the MAX Capital City Classic (Auburn vs Alabama in Montgomery's Gorgeous Riverwalk Stadium) are on sale. If you are in the area, it's definitely a must attend. The Riverwalk crew really push for a College Football atmosphere (complete with band and cheerleaders)
- A SF Chronicle Article about the intense focus Under Armour puts on marketing its product:
- Austin Hubbard was named to the NCBWA Stopper Watch List.
- Inside the Auburn Tigers has their Baseball preview up ($)
- Gabe Gross from from Tampa Ray to Oakland A. He signed a 1 year contract that's incentive (re: at-bat) based
- Mike Svzetitz profiles Jay Jacobs and mentions the hiring of Coach John Palowski being his first high profile search and hire.
- The Auburn baseball team selected their team captains for the 2010 Year: Austin Hubbard, Ryan Jenkins, Kevin Patterson, and Jon Luke Jacobs
- Over at CollegeBaseballInsider.com Returning Pitcher Corey Luckie speaks about the upcoming year.
- Auburn Baseball Fan Day and the "Strike Out Cancer 5k" will be Friday February 13th.
- Another Preseason Poll came out (NCBWA Top 30) and Auburn, as expected gets no love. The poll below, with 2010 Opponents Emboldened.
He pounds away on his cell phone, sending text messages and photos from the practice field back to headquarters in Baltimore. He has spotted a big problem with the Auburn team's practice shorts: The UA logo is at the top by the hip, obscured by the oversized shirts the players wear untucked.
"You can NOT see any logo - I would move it to the bottom in the future!" he types. Then: "Let's get out to see this stuff!
2010 NCBWA DIVISION I PRESEASON TOP 35 POLL (FEB. 1)
Rk. School Conference Record Pvs.
1. Texas Big 12 50-16-1 2
2. LSU Southeastern 56-17 1
3. Virginia Atlantic Coast 48-15-1 6
4. Cal State Fullerton Big West 47-16 7
5. Rice Conference USA 43-18 9
6. Florida State Atlantic Coast 45-18 10
7. UC Irvine Big West 45-15 13
8. Arizona State Pacific-10 51-14 3
9. Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast 38-19-1 19
10. Florida Southeastern 42-22 14
11. TCU Mountain West 40-18 11
12. Miami Atlantic Coast 38-22 20
13. North Carolina Atlantic Coast 48-18 4
14. Clemson Atlantic Coast 44-22 15
15. Arkansas Southeastern 41-24 5
16. East Carolina Conference USA 46-20 16
17. Coastal Carolina Big South 47-16 21
18. Oregon State Pacific-10 37-19 24
19. Louisville Big East 47-18 17
20. Ole Miss Southeastern 44-20 12
21. South Carolina Southeastern 40-23 23
22. Southern Miss Conference USA 40-26 8
23. Ohio State Big Ten 42-19 -
24. San Diego West Coast 29-25 -
25. Oklahoma Big 12 43-20 18
26. Georgia Southeastern 38-24 26
27. UCLA Pacific-10 27-29 -
28. Texas A&M Big 12 37-24 25
29. Vanderbilt Southeastern 37-27 29
30. Stanford Pacific-10 30-25 -
31. Wichita State Missouri Valley 30-27 -
32. Alabama Southeastern 37-21 30
33. Kansas Big 12 39-24 -
34. Kansas State Big 12 43-18 22
35. Minnesota Big Ten 40-19 -
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Army (26-21), Auburn (31-25), Bethune-Cookman (32-28), Cal Poly (37-21), Charlotte (33-22), Connecticut (36-24), Dallas Baptist (38-17), Dayton (38-19), Elon (41-18), Florida Gulf Coast (36-18), Florida International (34-23), Fresno State (32-30), George Mason (42-14), James Madison (30-24), Kentucky (28-26), Long Beach State (25-29), Middle Tennessee (44-18), Mississippi State (25-29), Notre Dame (36-23), Oklahoma State (34-24), Oral Roberts (33-15), Pepperdine (31-23), Rhode Island (37-20-1), San Diego State (41-23), South Florida (34-25), Tennessee (26-29), UCF (22-35), UNC Wilmington (31-23), Washington State (32-25), Western Kentucky (42-20), Xavier (39-21).
Yes, every SEC team received votes, and 9 (out of 12 SEC teams are ranked in the Top 30)
Finally, in honor of Groundhog Day:
Comments