College Weekly Report
by Brent Beaird
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SEC TITLE GAME EXTENSION:
The Southeastern Conference and the Georgia Dome have agreed on a five-year extension for the SEC Football title game through the 2015. The game has been sold out every year but once (1995) since the first game was played at the Georgia Dome in 1994. Last year's SEC Football Championship Game pitting Alabama against Florida drew 75,892 fans - the largest crowd ever to witness a sporting event in the Georgia Dome. The 2009 SEC Championship Game will be played on Dec. 5 with kickoff slated for 4 p.m. ET. The game will be televised by CBS Sports.
SEC DIGITAL NETWORK:
A new digital network for Southeastern Conference sports is being launched in time for the upcoming football season. The network will provide fans with access to the largest online library ever for the league. The SEC Digital Network will offer fans access to nearly 10,000 hours of SEC video, and some of the content will be available within minutes after a game ends. The Digital Network is being launched in partnership with XOS Digital and includes all men's and women's sports. It will include highlights, game replays, post-game interviews and news conferences. Other features include breaking SEC news and behind-the-scenes pep talks.
SEC VERBALS
|
School |
Total
Commits |
5-stars |
4-stars |
3-stars |
2-stars |
1-
or 0-stars |
Total
Stars |
Avg.
Stars |
|
LSU |
20 |
0 |
12 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
68 |
3.4
|
|
Alabama |
18 |
1 |
9 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
63 |
3.5
|
|
Georgia
|
18 |
0 |
8 |
9
|
0
|
1
|
60
|
3.3
|
|
Florida
|
17
|
1
|
11
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
59
|
3.7
|
|
Vandy
|
18
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
2
|
4
|
44
|
2.4
|
|
SCarolina
|
15
|
0
|
3
|
8
|
1
|
3
|
41
|
2.7
|
|
Auburn
|
13
|
0
|
2
|
9
|
0
|
2
|
37
|
2.8
|
|
Tennessee
|
12
|
0
|
2
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
32
|
2.7
|
|
Arkansas
|
8
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
1 |
1
|
22
|
2.8
|
|
Miss.
St. |
9
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
3
|
22
|
2.4
|
|
Kentucky
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
2.5
|
|
Ole
Miss |
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
2.0 |
FLORIDA: Highly touted freshman Gators wide receiver Andre Debose has been limited in offseason workouts while nursing a hamstring injury, according to a team source. Debose, a former Seminole High School star, is expected to be ready for fall camp next Thursday. The injury hasn't allowed teammates to see much of Debose' playmaking skills that earned him All-American status and an ESPY nomination. Debose worked out for part of the summer in Central Florida before arriving in Gainesville in late June for Summer B session.
Neiron Ball is a 6-foot-4, 210-pound three-star prospect who could play defensive end or outside linebacker, Rivals.com recruiting analyst Barry Every said. He became Florida’s 17th pledge. He is rated No. 25 at weak-side defensive end and had offers from Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Oregon, Tennessee and many other schools.
FNL IMPACT: Friday Night Lights is already paying off for the Gators. Ball follows another Georgia recruit, Lithonia Martin Luther King running back Mack Brown, who pledged to the Gators Friday night. Brown is the running back Florida has targeted for many months and he picked UF over Georgia and others. On Friday night, at the conclusion of Florida's prestigious Friday Night Lights Camp, the 5-foot-11, 185-pound Rivals100 member decided that he had seen enough.
LSU: North Carolina and LSU have tentatively agreed to play in the Chick-fil-A College Kickoff on Sept. 4, 2010 at the Georgia Dome. North Carolina and LSU have indicated to the Atlanta Sports Council that they will play in the game if some scheduling issues can be resolved to open up the date for both teams. Those issues are expected to be resolved. LSU and North Carolina have met six times in their football history with LSU holding a 5-1 lead in the series. The last meeting between the two schools was on Oct. 25, 1986 in Baton Rouge. Tennessee and N.C. State have already agreed to play in the Chick-fil-A College Kickoff in 2012.
ALABAMA: Linebacker Charlie Higgenbotham has become the latest Alabama player to exit the program early. The fourth-year junior from Mountain Brook High appeared in 24 games for the Crimson Tide and made 16 tackles (10 solo). He was also a two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll pick. According to the Mobile Press-Register, Higgenbotham (6-0, 212 pounds) will join the fledgling program at the University of South Alabama. USA coach Joey Jones, a former Alabama wide receiver, spent 10 seasons as a coach at Mountain Brook.
He becomes the tenth scholarship player to leave UA since spring practice for a variety of reasons, joining Corey Smith, Prince Hall, Brandon Fanney, Chris Jackson, Alonzo Lawrence, Charlie Kirschman, Evan Cardwell, Jennings Hester and Jermaine Preyear. Preyear signed with Alabama in February of 2008, but deferred his enrollment to January of 2009 due to a shoulder injury. The former Rivals.com three-star prospect participated in spring drills with the Crimson Tide this year and was entering his first season with the team. Linebacker Prince Hall (Central Washington), wide receiver Chris Jackson (Georgia Tech) and place-kicker Corey Smith (West Virginia) have already accepted offers to transfer to other programs.
Additionally, the process has started for former St. Paul's running back Ivan Matchett, a redshirt freshman, to be placed on medical scholarship. Defensive end signee Anthony Orr is planning to grayshirt, according to a BamaOnline.com report. Offensive lineman Kellen Williams is also a grayshirt possibility while recovering from a major knee injury this past spring.
AUBURN: Signee safety Izauea Lanier failed to meet NCAA qualification standards and will enroll at East (Miss.) Community College this fall. Lanier is the third AU signee to enroll at a junior college joining cornerback Reggie Taylor, who signed with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, and receiver LaVoyd James, who is already enrolled at Navarro (Tex.) Community College. Running back/linebacker Brandon Jacobs is unlikely to enroll after being drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 10th round of the MLB Draft.
Five more AU signees are waiting on the Clearinghouse in JUCO cornerbacks Demond Washington and Taikwon Paige, defensive linemen Terrance Coleman and Josh Jackson, and safety Daren Bates. Both Washington and Paige were enrolled in school this summer. Washington has completed his class and is in the process of submitting his paperwork to the Clearinghouse. The news is not as positive for Paige, who has come up short of qualifying but is appealing a grade in a class he took last year. Coleman's enrollment has been delayed because he's had to submit transcripts from the two schools he attended prior to Williamson High School.
According to Jackson, the Clearinghouse is reviewing one of his high school classes and he had to submit more paperwork approximately two weeks ago
The Tigers landed their sixth verbal pledge in the last 12 days Monday when Greenville (Ala.) defensive lineman Kenneth Carter said he planned to sign with Auburn. The 6-foot-5, 270-pounder is Auburn's 14th commitment in the 2010 class.
OLE MISS: Receiver Melvin Harris and tight end E. J. Epperson are redshirt freshman who are expected to help the Rebels. Harris (6-6) has been an intriguing prospect over the past year because of his height and athleticism, but he broke a bone in his foot over the winter and missed all of spring practice after having surgery. Coach Houston Nutt said Harris is now healthy and progressing well during summer workouts. Epperson, (6-3, 230), will likely enter the season at No. 3 on the tight end depth chart. Epperson broke his wrist during Cotton Bowl workouts in December and is just now getting back to full strength.
SOUTH CAROLINA: Coach Steve Spurrier said running back coach Jay Graham was in California seeking medical attention regarding a neck sprain that dated back to his days as an NFL running back. Spurrier said receiver Dion LeCorn hasn't recovered 100 percent from the broken lower leg he sustained in the spring football game April 11. But he is expected to participate in pre-season camp. Linebacker Josh Dickerson is working out again after recovering from a broken shoulder blade.
Spurrier also said sophomore running back Eric Baker is recovering nicely from a hernia and should be ready to go for the start of practice. Linebacker Josh Dickerson, who broke a shoulder blade in the spring game making a tackle, should be ready as well. Safety Chris Culliver, who sat out most of the spring with a blood clot in his shoulder and later underwent surgery, will likely stay on the sidelines for some of the contact drills early in pre-season camp.
Spurrier said tailback Ben Axon, arrested in his hometown of Bradenton, Fla. a couple of months ago on drug charges, is awaiting word from the USC admissions office. Axon entered into a plea agreement with Sunshine State prosecutors and is closing to fulfilling his PTI requirements.
Georgia Military College head coach Bert Williams told Gamecock Central Wednesday that both offensive lineman Steven Singleton and OL Rokevious Watkins are making progress towards completing their academic work at the school and are expected to join the USC program soon, hopefully within the next week or so. Their fate is also in the hands of the USC admissions office.
Assistant Head Coach for Defense Ellis Johnson said Thursday that defensive end signee Leon Mackey is still awaiting word from the NCAA Clearinghouse, which is reviewing Mackey's transcripts from the multiple schools he attended, including Hargrave Military Academy.
Johnson also told Gamecock Central that defensive tackle Nathan Pepper has been bothered by the same knee that gave him problems in the spring and he could be held out of contact drills. Spurrier did not offer updates on three players expected to be suspended for one or more games this season – defensive tackle Ladi Ajiboye, cornerback C.C. Whitlock and offensive lineman Kyle Nunn.
Spurrier said he regretted making the Tim Tebow issue bigger than it should have been at SEC Media Days last week and said he shouldn't have brought director of football operations Jamie Speronis into the mix. Spurrier said Moe Brown has been "coaching up" the group of freshmen receivers led by Alshon Jeffery, Lamar Scruggs and DeMario Bennett. Spurrier talked about Bennett in glowing terms.
The Gamecocks game next season against North Carolina will be postponed due to the early season matchup between LSU and North Carolina in the Georgia Dome.
GEORGIA: Coach Mark Richt said that coaches hope that offensive lineman Josh Davis, coming off surgeries on both shoulders, will be able to play by midseason.
OLE MISS: Junior college signee Jamar Hornsby was indicted on felony aggravated assault and petit larceny charges on Friday in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, stemming from an alleged incident in March, according to his attorney Steve Farese. Hornsby pled not guilty, according to the attorney, but Nutt decided to release him partly because the case will not come to trial until November. The charges stem from an incident on March 2. Benjamin Jenkins alleges that Hornsby repeatedly hit him with brass knuckles, causing multiple injuries at a McDonald's in Starkville. Jenkins also alleges that Hornsby stole $6 from him during the altercation.
ARKANSAS: Running back transfer Broderick Green (240 pounds) has been cleared to play immediately, Green announced he was transferring from Southern Cal last November and, normally, would be forced to sit out a season after moving to a Div. 1-A school. However, Green appealed to the NCAA as the reason for his transfer was to be closer to his ailing maternal grandmother. The organization agreed and reinstated his eligibility effective immediately.
ACC FOOTBALL
Here's how the ACC Media Days voting broke down:
ATLANTIC DIVISION
- Florida State (56)
- Clemson (14)
- N.C. State (10)
- Wake Forest (7)
- Maryland
- Boston College
COASTAL DIVISION
- Virginia Tech (78)
- Georgia Tech (9)
- North Carolina
- Miami
- Virginia
- Duke
PREDICTED ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WINNER
- Virginia Tech (69)
- Florida State (7), Georgia Tech (7)
- Clemson (2), NC State (2)
ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
- Jonathan Dwyer, Georgia Tech (39 votes)
- C. J. Spiller, Clemson, (28)
- Russell Wilson, N.C. State (16)
Dwyer is the first ACC Player of the Year to seek a repeat of the honor since FSU's Charlie Ward in 1993. Ward not only repeated as POY, but he also won the Heisman Trophy en route to the national championship that season. Is the Atlantic Division the more wide-open of the two? Four of the six teams got first-place votes. In predicting the championship game's outcome, 69 of the 87 (79.1 percent) voters chose the Hokies. That percentage is in line with the way the votes totaled in the past two seasons, with Clemson (78.5) and Virginia Tech (83.1).
ACC QBS: Ten of 12 teams started more than one quarterback because of either injury or inconsistency. The three Washington region schools in the ACC -- Maryland, Virginia and Virginia Tech -- each finished the season with a different quarterback than the opening day starter. Ten ACC teams return their final-game starter from 2008: Maryland's Chris Turner; Virginia's Vic Hall, a converted cornerback; Virginia Tech's Tyrod Taylor; North Carolina State's Russell Wilson, who was first-team all-ACC last season; Duke's Thaddeus Lewis; Florida State's Christian Ponder; North Carolina's T.J. Yates; Georgia Tech's Josh Nesbitt; Miami's Jacory Harris; and Wake Forest's Riley Skinner.
ACC/BCS STUFF: John Swofford, the Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner who's entering the second year of his two-year term as Bowl Championship Series coordinator, defended college football's postseason as "very successful in what its goals are" and predicted very few tweaks for the new contracts that run through the 2013 season. Those goals, Swofford said, are to match the Nos. 1 and 2 teams while maintaining the bowl system. The oft-criticized BCS came under fire yet again this offseason when Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, sought hearings to look into antitrust issues surrounding the system.
ROSE BOWL TWEAKING: Some tweaking to the Bowl Championship Series rules gives greater access to the Rose Bowl to teams outside the six conferences with automatic BCS bids - such as Utah. "Under certain circumstances, they can play their way into the Rose Bowl, which hasn't been true in the past," Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said Monday at Big Ten media day. "That's additional access. Standards have been, I think, lightened to access the BCS."
The Big Ten and Pacific-10 champions are contractually bound to play in the Rose Bowl unless one of those teams qualifies for the national championship game. Starting with the 2010 season and running through the 2013 season, the first time the Rose Bowl loses one of its conference champions and a team from one of the non-automatic qualifying leagues earns a BCS bid, the Rose Bowl must take that team. Since the BCS was implemented in 1998, a team from a conference outside the automatic qualifying leagues has never played in the Rose Bowl.
The Big Ten, Big East, Big 12, Atlantic Coast Conference, Southeastern Conference and Pac-10 champions receive automatic bids to the five BCS games. The champions from the Mountain West Conference - where Utah plays - Western Athletic Conference, Conference USA, Sun Belt and Mid-American Conference do not get automatic entry into the big-money BCS games, but can play their way in. The Utes, Hawaii and Boise State from the WAC have done that in recent years.
MARYLAND: When the University of Maryland begins preseason practice next week, the Terrapins' coach Ralph Friedgen will be far less of a man than he was at this time last year. Roughly 95 pounds, to be exact, thanks to a rigorous diet that may not win him more games, but could extend his life. At 62, Friedgen may never be that slim again. He says he still weighs 306, so he's not exactly a mini-Fridge. Still, he looks--and says he feels--much better than he did a year ago, when his weight ballooned to 401.
NORTH CAROLINA: Quarterback T.J. Yates, who played at Pope High School in Marietta, has 18 career starts for the Tar Heels. But rarely in his first two seasons has he been completely healthy. He missed six games last season with a sprained left ankle. He had shoulder surgery in 2007. He even injured his right (throwing) thumb playing a game of Ultimate Frisbee last April. That put him out of throwing for about six weeks. Yates threw for 1,168 yards and 11 touchdowns in seven games last season.
CLEMSON: Sophomore linebacker Stanley Hunter has decided to give up his college football career. The reserve linebacker suffers from epilepsy, a condition that causes seizures.
WAKE FOREST: Riley Skinner enters his final year as the most efficient passer in school history and has a shot at several career records. Skinner ranks first on the all-time ACC list for completion percentage, just ahead of Virginia's Matt Schaub (67.3 percent to 67.0 percent). When he picks spots and avoids picks, Skinner is difficult to beat. He is 19-3 in games without interceptions, but 7-8 when he suffers an interception.
Skinner insists that he became a Deacon because he played with defensive tackle John Russell at the Bolles School in Florida. Grobe relented, using the final scholarship on a player whose entire offer sheet amounted to a half-scholarship from Samford, a I-AA school in Alabama.
He was ecstatic just to become a Wake Forest practice player.
FLORIDA STATE: On the same day that a felony charge against Richard Goodman was dropped, Florida State announced via a press release that the wide receiver had been reinstated to the football program. The felony battery charge against Goodman stemmed from a Nov. 12 "brawl" involving football players and members of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
Coach Bobby Bowden said at ACC Media Days the team will not be staying in Thomasville, Ga., on Friday nights before home games. Florida State, of course, has been staying in Thomasville on Friday nights. Instead of staying in Thomasville, the team will now spend Friday nights before home games in Wakulla County at the Wildwood Resort.
Bowden also said he attempted to talk fullback Marcus Sims into staying on the team. Sims, of course, decided to leave FSU and go to North Alabama, where he’ll play for new coach Terry Bowden. From 1987 to 2000, Florida State strung together 14 straight seasons with 10 or more wins and finished in the top five in the Associated Press poll in each of those years. The Seminoles dominated the ACC in many of those years, flattening opponents by 40-point margins and showcasing athletes such as 1993 Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward. But the Seminoles have dropped off in recent years, despite upsetting Virginia Tech to win the 2005 ACC title game. Since the conference's expansion, Florida State has not had a 10-win season and has a 40-24 record, with 7-6 finishes in 2006 and 2007.
BOSTON COLLEGE: ESPN's Joe Schad is reporting that former BC quarterback Dominique Davis is transferring to Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kansas this year before heading to a Division I program. The question now is who along with 25-year-old Dave Shinskie will battle for the starting job.
MIAMI: University of Miami football coach Randy Shannon is eager to begin the third season of his four-year contract. He wasn't as eager to discuss his contract situation and the relevance of getting an extension. Shannon said all 17 freshman newcomers are in summer school and should be fine academically. Fall camp begins Aug. 8, the first day of classes is Aug. 26 and the first game is Sept. 7 at Florida State.
He reiterated that he will not be involved in running the defense, now coordinated by John Lovett. He also cited a lack of depth on the offensive line as a concern, and good depth on the defensive line as a plus. He said signee Prince Kent, a defensive back who did not qualify, ``is looking around to see what he wants to do, prep school or junior college.'' He said fellow signee Malcolm Bunche, an offensive lineman, is going to prep school.
OLE’ OB: Shannon has developed a reputation as one of the best recruiters in the country, but recently, he's gotten some help. Moving into Land Shark Stadium has been a vast improvement over what he had to flaunt at the old Orange Bowl. "When they tore down the Orange Bowl, somebody hit it with a sledgehammer and a whole side fell down," Shannon said. "That's how bad it was." While the pro stadium might not be the best college football atmosphere in the ACC, it's certainly an impressive venue and a little more stable than their former home.
N. C. STATE: Donald Bowens, who was N.C. State's leading receiver in 2007, is out at least until October while recovering from knee surgery, coach Tom O'Brien said at the ACC media kickoff. Bowens missed the 2008 season because of a stress fracture in his back and missed spring practice because of the knee injury.
VIRGINIA TECH: Virginia Tech is one of only three division I-A programs with 10 wins or more in each of the past five seasons, joining Texas and Southern California. Only once before, in 2007, has Virginia Tech been the preseason favorite to win the conference. The Hokies won the conference that season but lost to Kansas in the Orange Bowl. But there is a growing energy in Blacksburg, Va., for those hoping this season will end differently
BIG TEN NOTES
BIG TEN MEDIA DAYS: Minnesota coach Tim Brewster has joined Penn State coach Joe Paterno in the group of coaches wanting a 12th team in the Big Ten and a football championships game. Brewster, at the end of his podium address to the assembled media at the Big Ten Media Days, said he looks forward to the Big Ten having a Saturday night championship game on national television. Brewster also said Minnesota has schedule a home-and-away with Southern California for the coming years.
BIG TEN BCS RECORD: Wisconsin and Illinois have scheduled games into the first week of December, which is a rarity in the Big Ten. On Dec. 5, the Badgers play at Hawaii, while the Fighting Illini play host to Fresno State. Illinois will do Wisconsin one better: The Illini is the only league team that will play two games after Thanksgiving. Illinois plays at Cincinnati on Nov. 27. The thinking by some is the schools won't have as long a layoff between the end of the regular season and the bowl season, which hopefully will translate into better postseason performances. The Big Ten posted a 1-7 bowl mark last year. The Big Ten has gone 9-20 over the past four seasons in bowls and has dropped six consecutive BCS games.
BIG TEN OFFENSIVE WOES: Last year, the Big Ten had five defenses that ranked among the top 50 in the nation and two more that ranked 58th or higher. That may have been a reason why the Big Ten boasted just four offenses that ranked among the top 50 in the nation - Penn State (14), Illinois (19), Wisconsin (37) and Purdue (48).
Offense could be difficult to come by again this fall. Once again, the Big Ten looks to have some of the better defenses in the nation. Michigan State, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Iowa, Penn State and even Northwestern - yes, Northwestern - look primed to have good defenses. And count on Michigan's defense being better with Greg Robinson now the coordinator.
The Big Ten returns just six starting quarterbacks. And among those, the only ones who approach elite status are Penn State's Daryll Clark and Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor, who for all intents and purposes still is a work in progress. Minnesota also is in good shape with Adam Weber back, while Illinois may have the top dual-threat option in Juice Williams. Iowa's offense stabilized when Ricky Stanzi took over. Other Big Ten schools aren't as fortunate to have seasoned passers. Northwestern, Purdue, Indiana, Michigan State and Michigan all will be breaking in new starting quarterbacks. Dustin Sherer started seven games at Wisconsin in 2008.
The running back situation has even more questions to answer with five of the top six rushers from 2008 gone in Iowa's Shonn Greene, Michigan State's Javon Ringer, Ohio State's Beanie Wells, Purdue's Kory Sheets and Wisconsin's P.J. Hill. And Northwestern lost a strong veteran in Tyrell Sutton. Greene, the Doak Walker Award winner, Wells and Hill all turned pro early.
The top returning rusher is Penn State's Evan Royster, who ran for 1,236 yards last season and may be the most talented offensive player in the conference. Wisconsin has big plans for John Clay, who rushed for 884 yards and nine scores last fall. And Minnesota hopes DeLeon Eskidge can build on a great debut, while Illinois will look to Daniel Dufrene to take the next step.
COMPARING TV CONTRACTS: SEC: ESPN: 15 years, $2.25 billion; CBS: 15 years, $825 million (Both deals run through 2023-2024)
- Big Ten: Big Ten Network: 25 years, $2.8 billion* through 2031-32; ABC/ESPN: 10 years, $1 billion through 2016; CBS: 10 years, $20 million for basketball through 2018-19
- ACC: ABC/ESPN: Seven years, $258 million; Raycom Sports: 10 years, $300 million for basketball (Both run through 2010-11.)
- Big 12: ABC/ESPN: Eight years, $480 million through 2015-16; Fox Sports Net: Four years, $78 million through 2011-12
- Pac-10: ABC/ESPN: Five years, $125 million for football; Fox Sports Net: Five years, $97 million for football; ABC/ESPN: Six years, $52.5 million for basketball (All run through 2011-12.)
- Big East: ABC/ESPN: Six years, $200 million through 2013
- Mountain West: Comcast/CBS College Sports/The Mtn.: Seven years, $82 million through 2013-14
- Conference USA: CBS College Sports: Six years, $45.8 million; ESPN: Six years, $22 million through 2010-11
- *** Exact terms for the MAC, WAC and Sun Belt could not be located. (CNNSI.com)
SEC HOOPS
FLORIDA: It's hard to complain with these reputable opponents the Gators sought out and scheduled: 2009 national runner-up Michigan State, Xavier, Syracuse, Florida State, American, either UMass/Rutgers and North Carolina State.
Five of those teams made the NCAA Tournament last season. The Spartans -- who have made five Final Fours the last 11 years -- are UF's highlight for either Nov. 27 or 28 as part of the Legend's Classic at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. Xavier is the best from a nine-game home schedule after the Musketeers have made four straight NCAA Tournaments. Xavier comes to Gainesville on Feb. 13, the first time the Gators will play a non-conference game during the conference season since 2003.
Syracuse will play the Gators in Tampa on Dec. 10 as part of the Big East/SEC Challenge. American, Florida's Dec. 28 home appearance, lost to Villanova in last year's NCAA Tournament. The Gators certainly addressed the strength-of-schedule issues that plagued the SEC last year. This could easily be a top-50 national schedule.
KENTUCKY: The Wildcat basketball schedule will be announced via a live television program that will play across the state on the Big Blue Network. The schedule is finalized, but will not be officially announced for the next couple of weeks until game times are finally given by the SEC. As we stated earlier, the holdup was a one game scenario that UK was attempting to secure and it is unclear whether that was arranged. At this time, UL, UNC, IU, UCONN and the Cancun Classic are on the schedule as big games for the Cats. (Kentuckysportsradio.com)
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