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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Tuesday Links (2/2)

Well, it has been a long and arduous journey, but our wait has finally come to an end.

No, not signing day. The premier of the final season of "Lost."

At this point, those of you who don't watch the show can probably just skip right to the links.

For the rest, here's my tribute to Season 6... which character best fits each SEC coach.

Mark Richt is... John Locke. Both are men of faith, both are the elder statesmen of their group, both have had run-ins with a few of the other "leaders" and, Richt keeping Willie Martinez on staff so long was a lot like Locke's insistence on pushing the button every 108 minutes despite no evidence that it did anything.

Urban Meyer is... Ben Linus. Potentially an evil genius, willing to lie about anything (like, I dunno, retiring, for example) to get what he wants.

Steve Spurrier is... Michael. Central part of the show's plot for the first few years, then he leaves. He returns a couple years later to great fanfare, but that storyline essentially went nowhere.

Lane Kiffin is... Libby. Arrives suddenly, stirs up controversy, then right as the story starts to get interesting, she's gone.

Nick Saban is... Widmore. Rivalry with Ben will eventually kill everyone, also an evil genius, and can't you just see Saban telling Kirby Smart that he's not good enough to drink his expensive scotch?

Dan Mullen is... Richard Alpert. Ben's protege who is mysteriously far more likable.

Gene Chizik is... Dr. Artz. Strange character, no one was quite sure how he ended up on the show, but oddly, he turned out to be a bit smarter than he was given credit for. Until he blew himself up.

Bobby Johnson is... Charlie. Likable, but his talent was probably a bit overrated and, like any coach at Vandy, it's his fate to die a tragic death eventually.

Houston Nutt is... Sawyer. Manages to be kind of charming with his Southern drawl, but his internal demons will always get the best of him. But hopefully there won't be any shirtless beach scenes with Houston.

Bobby Petrino is... Sayid. A mercenary who has so much blood on his hands, he'll never quite escape his past. Plus, I assume Petrino would also be easily duped by every random girl he meets at a bar.

Les Miles is... Hurley. I can't help but like him even though Miles screws stuff up and has about the same luck as if he'd played cursed numbers in the lottery.

Rich Brooks is... Jacob. Well, they're both really, really old.

OK, some links...

-- A defensive tackle Georgia coveted ended up committing to Auburn.

-- Nickell Robey won't be signing with Georgia on Wednesday, making him the second player to decommit from UGA.

-- The Grit Tree got a bit of a behind-the-scenes look at how UGA hits the recruiting trail.

-- The Augusta Chronicle has a story on what life has been like as a walk-on for Georgia's Reuben Faloughi.

-- The Senior Bowl proved to be a good proving grounds for Jeff Owens, whose draft stock is rising.

-- After a flirtation with Stanford, Willie Martinez ended up on the staff at Oklahoma now.

-- Mat drills are under way for the Bulldogs, which means I can start writing stories about how this is the toughest offseason ever in about three weeks.

-- Kirby Smart is in line to get an awfully big raise today... or as it is now called, "The Mark Richt Bump."

-- Hoop Dawgs tried to rank the best dunks of the season by Travis Leslie.

-- Bleacher Report thinks Georgia could still be postseason material despite its 9-10 record.

-- Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo are reuniting as the Griswolds for a Super Bowl ad.

-- Wow, Rip Torn has immediately shot up the charts of all-time great celebrity mug shots. Nick Nolte must be proud.

-- The house from "Full House" is for sale if anyone's looking to move to San Fran.

-- Here's a nice break from the late night wars -- an HBO special from 1981 starring David Letterman.

-- And finally, TV Guide gets a few answers from the executive producers of "Lost."

OK, that's all I have time for today... busy day. But, don't forget I'll be live blogging from signing day tomorrow.

12 comments:

Scott said...

Those LOST comparisons were perfect...great job!

Can't wait for tonight! Hopefully it will help take the sting out of what is becoming a disappointing final stretch of the recruiting season.

Kathleen said...

"Mat drills are under way... how this is the toughest offseason ever in about three weeks."

Please don't mean that sarcastically...?!

jm from louisville said...

awesome LOST comparisons!!! excellent writing there - the mullins comparison is right on

Anonymous said...

I may be wrong, but isn't Robey the third (not second) player to decommit? I thought BJ Butler and Deon Rogers left before him.

Anonymous said...

Since so much of the success of next year is dependent upon our new quarterback, perhaps you could do an analysis of our quarterbacks under Richt.

We all know David Green was a very good college quarterback but he was a left over from the prior administration. Shockley was a good senior quarter back but Joe T was not so good. Stafford was thrown to the wolves and we know he did reasonably well. Joe Cox was Joe Cox. So at this point, I would say Richt is 50% on judging quarterback talent. Logan Grey does not appear to be capable of doing the job so maybe less than 50%. Here is a list of players listed as quarterbacks I could find but my resources are probably less than yours. Not all of them could have been on scholarship.

2001
3 DJ Shockley QB 6-1 175 Fr
6 Brent Rickman QB 6-3 195 Jr
13 Matt Redding QB 6-2 223 Fr
14 David Greene QB 6-3 222 Fr
16 Cory Phillips QB 6-1 214 Jr

2002
14 David Greene QB 6-3 213 SO*
16 Cory Phillips QB 6-1 214 SR*
3 D.J. Shockley QB 6-1 188 FR*
13 Joe Tereshinski QB 6-3 208 FR*
2003
14 David Greene QB 6-3 213 JR*
Rollins Luckey QB 6-1 206 SO
3 D.J. Shockley QB 6-1 188 SO*
13 Joe Tereshinski QB 6-3 208 FR*

2004
15 Blake Barnes QB 6-3 215 Fr
18 A.j. Bryant QB 6-2 197 Fr
14 David Greene QB 6-3 227 Sr
3 D.j. Shockley QB 6-1 208 Jr
13 Joe Tereshinsk QB 6-3 218 So

2005
QB- D.J. Shockley, Sr.(RS) #3
QB- Joe Tereshinski, Jr.(RS) #13
QB- Joe Cox, Fr. #14
15 Blake Barnes QB 6-3 215 Fr

2006
15 Barnes, Blake QB 6-3 228 So.
14 Cox, Joe QB 6-1 218
17 deLaureal, Jonathan QB 6-2 213 Fr.
7 Stafford, Matthew QB 6-3 228 Fr. 13 Tereshinski, Joe QB 6-3 223 Sr.

2007
15 Barnes, Blake QB 6-3 225 Jr.
14 Cox, Joe QB 6-1 208 RSo.
17 deLaureal, Jonathan QB 6-2 213 RFr.
19 Gray, Logan QB 6-2 180 Fr.
7 Stafford, Matthew QB 6-3 237 So.

2008
15 Batson, Jonathan QB 6 201 RSo.
14 Cox, Joe QB 6-1 210 Jr.
17 deLaureal, Jonathan QB 6-2 213 RSo.
6 Gray, Logan QB 6-2 186 RFr.
7 Stafford, Matthew QB 6-3 228 Jr.
2009
15 Batson, Jonathan QB 6 204 Sr.
14 Cox, Joe QB 6-1 198 Sr.
6 Gray, Logan QB 6-2 192 RSo.
5 Mettenberger, Zach QB 6-5 230 Fr.
11 Murray, Aaron QB 6-1 206 Fr.

2010
6 Gray, Logan QB 6-2 192 RJr.
5 Mettenberger, Zach QB 6-5 230 RFr.
11 Murray, Aaron QB 6-1 206 RFr.

Anonymous said...

The Lost comparisons are hilarious! I didn't see Mark Richt as Locke at first but you totally convinced me. And the Libby one is so true..

Schlagdawg said...

Anon @ 10:51

I believe we pulled the scholly from Butler because he was flirting with Louisville, so technically not a decommit...

meat said...

So much for Montez Robinson "the new person."

Anonymous said...

Where are the stories/stats about how many recruits we lose days before recruiting? I guess I am the only one concerned...

hosayf said...

Thanks David, now whenever I think of Ben, I'll think of Urban Meyer. Problem is, Ben's awesome, but I #$%^ing hate Meyer.

Anonymous said...

Da'Rick Rogers leaving us for Tennessee???

I guess UT is getting revenge for us stealing Marlon Brown from them last year...

Anonymous said...

Sayid now = Jacob. You can take that to the bank.