Tag: SEC East

Georgia extends Richt’s contract

The Georgia Bulldogs have extended the contract of their sometime under-fire coach, Mark Richt, the school announced today. The three-year extension will mean that Richt – who still has two years running onto his contract – will stay with the Dawgs until the 2016 season – if he’s not let go (which is always a risk in the SEC). Last year Richt led Georgia from a 0-2 hole to winning the SEC East. They played well in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta before dropped passes eventually got the better of them and LSU won handily. Chip Towers at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution noted on Twitter that the biggest bit of the story is “is no buyout for him if he

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Recruiting News: Local WR commits to Tennessee

Local wide receiver Josh Smith has committed to the University of Tennessee, GoVolsXtra.com has reported. The article says that the Vols leadership were impressed by Christian Academy of Knoxville receiver at a camp on Tuesday. But Smith had impressed other schools, because Ohio State, Oklahoma State and Kentucky had all invited him to camps later in the summer, the report said. The decision follows last week’s decision by offensive linesman Brett Kendrick – one of the Smith’s classmates at Christian Academy – to go to UT.

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Recruiting: Kentucky adds QB recruit

After only having one commitment since recruiting season started, Joker Phillips added to the recent signing of defensive end Avonte Bell by getting QB Reese Phillips to commit to the ‘Cats. Kentucky beat SEC rival Mississippi State to Phillips’ commitment – which is quite a coup for The Joker. Phillips is a two-star quarterback, but is listed by Rivals as being ‘pro-style’. The SEC Football Blog had erroneously reported that Vanderbilt had offered to the ‘other Phillips’, but after further investigation, Vanderbilt was on the player’s list, but had not offered to him. Vanderbilt fans were quick to point out to the SEC Football Blog’s Twitter feed that Vandy has already got two quarterback commitments – four-star recruit Johnathon McCrary of Ellenwood,

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Schedule Special: Team-by-team fixtures list

Today was the official releasing of the SEC schedules, and here is a breakdown of each team’s fixtures list. The SEC Football Blog will have breakdown of each team’s schedule in our preview for the season, but right now, here’s a taster of what’s to come. And yes, we know that the No.1 game on everybody’s list is going to be Alabama’s trip to LSU on November 3rd, which will be shown live on CBS at night – an arrangement which was actually agreed last year during the fiasco of the LSU-Alabama game in 2011. The home games are IN CAPS – just in case any of you though Alabama was scheduling a trip to Ole Miss for the second

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SEC finalizes 2012 schedule

The SEC released its 2012 schedule. We’ll be going through it at a later date, but right now, read, digest, and imagine. And cancel your Saturday weddings. Aug. 30 South Carolina at Vanderbilt Texas A&M vs. Louisiana Tech (Shreveport, La.) Aug. 31 Tennessee vs. N.C. State (Atlanta, Ga.) Sept. 1 Alabama vs. Michigan (Arlington, Texas) Jacksonville State at Arkansas Bowling Green at Florida Buffalo at Georgia North Texas at LSU Central Arkansas at Ole Miss Jackson State at Mississippi State Southeastern Louisiana at Missouri Auburn vs. Clemson (Atlanta, Ga.) Sept. 2 Kentucky at Louisville Sept. 8 Auburn at Mississippi State Florida at Texas A&M Georgia at Missouri Western Kentucky at Alabama Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas (Little Rock) Kent State at Kentucky

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SEC officially announces Independence Bowl tie-in

The SEC has officially announced its Independence Bowl tie-in with the ACC. The bowl, which will be played in Shreveport, Louisiana, will see the SEC’s No.9 team played the ACC’s No.6 team, and be bound in for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The bowl will be sponsored by 2012 AdvoCare V100. “We are obviously thrilled to be back in the game with the SEC,” said Jack Andres, the Independence Bowl’s chairman in a statement. “We enjoyed 15 years of success with them from 1995-2009, and we’ve hosted 10 of their teams in our game, including newcomers Texas A&M and most recently Missouri. Our local ticket buyers and sponsors are familiar with the teams in the SEC and we hope this will generate even

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Sunday recruiting news: Dawgs grab new WRs

It’s been widely reported but this is the news out of Florida – the Georgia Bulldogs have gone down south and grabbed wide receiver Reggie Davis. Tallahassee-based Davis, ranked the 17th wide receiver in the nation, was recruited far and wide by schools, including Alabama, Florida, Auburn, Kentucky, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Tennessee out of the SEC and Clemson, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, NC State, and Oregon – amongst others – outside of the conference. The 6ft tall Davis – a four-star receiver according to Yahoo Rivals – has a 4.55 40, and weighs 158-lbs. The news comes hot on the heels of Georgia’s signing of Uriah LeMay (brother of Christian LeMay, who was recruited by Mark Richt

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New Recruiting News: Kentucky grabs Florida commit

While other teams have been loading up on their commitment arsenals for the 2013 season, it’s been fair to say that Joker Phillips and his team at Kentucky have been rather slower than most. Having said that, the commitment of three-star defensive end Alvonte Bell to Lexington – Phillips’ second commit of the season- could start some sort of storm. Phillips beat Florida State, Louisville, Clemson, West Virginia, Notre Dame and both Mississippi schools to the commitment of the 6 ft 6, 240-lb player.   THE BOTTOM LINE: Could this be the new Colin Ukwu? Cats fans hope so! If Bell stays – and with all the ‘big names’ scouring around Bell’s signature, it’s not a done deal – then

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UGA star recruit fails ACT, can’t enrol

Giant Georgia recruit John Atkins will not be able to report to his first UGA training camp after failing to get the required score on his ACT, the Atlanta Journal- Constitution has reported. The 6 ft 4, 325-lb defensive linesman, who signed for the Bulldogs in February told the paper that he failed the test by “just one point”, and will therefore have to be redshirted for his first season. He said: “I’m going to get it [the test score], and I feel like I can get it. I’m going to tutoring all week on how to take it. I’ll be ready for it.” He will be working out at his high school, Thomson, until July, and he hopes to

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Missouri reinstates QB

Quarterback Corbin Berkstresser has been reinstated to the Missouri team, the Kansas City Star has reported. Berkstresser was arrested in mid-May for leaving the scene of an accident after driving into a parked Oldsmobile and leaving. He was suspended from the team, but reinstated after the Columbia police downgraded the charge to a misdemeanour. Berkstresser is the Tigers’ back-up quarterback, and will be taking reps with current QB James Franklin currently recovering from shoulder surgery. Without him, the Star said, Missouri would have been struggling with quarterbacks, and have had to go to Ashton Glazer On this, the Star said: “Without him, Mizzou would have been down to its third-string signal caller in Ashton Glazer”. Berkstresser jumped over Glazer in

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