South Carolina's New Man

ESPN.com reports that Western Kentucky basketball coach Darrin Horn will leave the school to take over the same position at South Carolina.

Horn, who is only 35, succeeded current Bulldogs coach Dennis Felton and has amassed a 111-48 record in his five years at WKU.

We'll see how this one works out for South Carolina. The last guy to leave WKU for the SEC struggled mightily in his first few years, only to save his job with a miraculous 4-game run in the SEC Championship. The one thing going for Horn, however, is his most recent success. He led his Hilltoppers to the Sweet 16 this year, overcoming a 5th seed in Drake with a buzzer-beater and another surprise in San Diego.

By bringing this kind of resume to South Carolina, Horn may have some added weight with recruits. We all know basketball recruiting is nothing like football recruiting, and one year can make the difference for a program.

We wish Coach Horn well, but not too well. We're the team on the rise in the SEC East. Hopefully, anyway...

Opening Day 2008

Spring is in the air. The smell of freshly cut grass, beer, hot dogs, and peanuts linger. New tickets are ordered, old gloves are dusted off, new stadiums are opening, old allegiances are being revived.

That's right, its time for Major League Baseball.

Find your favorite ball cap. Give your jersey a good dry-clean. Loosen up the arm. Let's play ball.

Busy Week in Athens, Ga

For those of you that care, this week is a big one for two of UGA's most popular men's teams. The baseball squad opens up a 5 game home stand while the footballers close out spring practice on Saturday with the annual G-Day game.

The baseball team is coming off an important road series win over Mississippi State and the five games this week are crucial to their conference and national goals. They have been led by National Player of the Year candidate Gordon Beckham and his 15 home runs. The team has already endured a very challenging schedule but the road does not get easier from here.

The football team has been the talk of the nation since its improbable finish last year. Still, questions remain regarding the O-line, a backup for Knowshon, the receiving corps, and a potentially lights out defense. The G-Day game is important...just not that important. Trust me, questions will be lingering up until the first few weeks of the season and very few will be answered on Saturday(if any at all). Nonetheless, we are still excited about CK, TK, Richard Samuel, the always elusive Kris Durham, and the rest of the team on Saturday.

So...If you find yourself in or around Athens this week or weekend. Check out one of the many sporting events going on around town.

Baseball-

Tuesday v. Clemson 7:06 pm

Wednesday @ Clemson 7:15 pm

Friday v. South Carolina 6:30 pm

Saturday v. South Carolina 4:00 pm (changed due to G-Day game)

Sunday v. South Carolina 2:00 pm

Football-

Saturday, April 5... G-Day Game @ Sanford Stadium 2:00 pm

Certainly there are other teams in town this week, but we will be found at the aforementioned so they are clearly the most important.

Are You Serious?

As I was sitting at the bar last night our topic of conversation went to the one, Steve Spurrier, and how great his abilities to keep players on his team no matter what happens. This kid is turning into the John Daly of football with his problems just compounding, not for being unlucky but for being in the best words a "moron". Thing is I like John Daly. His offenses as follow,

1st offense- charged with drunkenness and failing to stop for a police officer
2nd offense- arrested for malicious injury to personal property
3rd offense- cited for underage drinking

This is where we get to the part where I tell you he is still not kicked out of the university and can play starting in August if he stays out of trouble (Huge "If" in that equation). This is almost as bad as LSU, but that is another topic for another night of drinking. The fact that this kid has been arrested three times and cited another, which is four times in trouble with law in matter of year for those slow ones, is unreal that he has not been expelled from school. I have no problem for drinking and getting caught it is the risk you take, but to get caught because you were rude to a police officer and then two-weeks later you get caught keying your professor's car because you got a bad grade, come on I fail tests on a weekly basis, but do you know what I do? I go out and get obliterated to the point I can't remember my name much less a test score. Then the latest two crimes consisted of setting off a fire extinguisher and causing damage to the university. I can't say that I have not tried this, but I will say that I did not stand around to tell the police the words that might have come out of Garcia's mouth which went some what along these lines,

'Officer I swear there were sparks but then I think I lost control after I sprayed the entire hallway and found the other extinguisher and did it again.'

Someone along the education level of Garcia would probably said this after he realized that he needed to leave the spot of the crime. But even with all of this, Spurrier must think he is the next Joe Namath to keep him through all of this, my personal opinion is he looking like our very own Quincy Carter or even better with his legal problems a repeat of Blake Mitchell, saw how that worked out for them. Although if he came to The University of Georgia he would have been expelled last year after the professor incident. I just want to know how you can keep a kid on the football team and in a school like South Carolina after someone gets arrested four times and damages school property. The school then goes and says that Garcia is a good kid and he regrets what he has done, but did he regret what he did after he was caught drinking the last time he then went on the damage the hall way with a fire extinguisher. I take what is coming out of the kid's mouth with a grain of salt and so should everyone else at the University if they don't want this to get any worse then it is.

Sonny Did What?

I don't very often read the student newspaper for reasons ranging from not attending class, to just not totally agreeing with the very bias views that they some times have, but today was an exception. I couldn't help but notice an article about, our not so loving of a republican governor Sonny Perdue. The article went along the basis of stating that he would not allow the people vote for their own right to allow Sunday sales of alcohol, you got love those fun loving Baptist. I understand his views of him not drinking on Sunday, but just because he would rather sit and watch our beloved Falcons lose on Sunday, sober, from his nice governor's mansion doesn't mean I shouldn't be able to watch them heavily intoxicated from my home, instead of having to drive to a bar and risk getting a DUI, which good ole Sonny feels like will increase with the ability to go to a gas station, buy your beer, drive home sober and then drink. Some times he just needs to think before he speaks, because after another season like last year he is going to want to start getting drunk on Sundays too.

New Team Member

Yes, we're young. But we're expanding our base by including another young writer from the blog Anything But That. He brings in insightful rants and raves about various topics, and we hope you enjoy his unique perspectives on things that range from futbol to Tila Tequila.

Tuberville Must Have Left That Part Out

Apparently Tommy Tuberville didn’t relay the message to Auburn’s University Program Council.

Soulja Boy Tellem, the ATL rapper known as that guy that sings Crank Dat (Soulja Boy), will open for headliner Akon at Auburn University’s 2008 spring concert.

Hahahaha.

Memo to the Council: Isn’t Crank Dat that one song where Tuberville lost his virginity to 92,746 people at the same time? That one where my dad drunkenly tried to do the dance that goes along with the song on the steel bleachers in the student section, just like everyone else around? The one where every Auburn football player looked like they had just found out they got their girl pregnant?

Apparently War Eagle/Tiger/Plainsmen didn't get enough of the rapper during the blackout in Sanford Stadium. I hope the concert goes over well. I'm sure people will be pleased.

Watching Paint Dry

Caught the end of Mississippi State's spring game before the Georgia baseball game on CSS. The overtime walk-off touchdown gave the maroon side a stunning 6-0 victory. Leave it to Sly Croom to entertain his loyal following with what he called, "...a pretty good day." He added that he just wanted to come out of the game healthy. With such a lack of offensive production I'd say the team looks anything but healthy. The spring game explosion comes after the handgun incident resulting in two players' dismissals. It's sad considering I'd root for Sly over every other coach in the SEC West (not necessarily him as much as my distaste for Saban, Tuberville, Miles, Petrino, and the Nuttjob).

Odom's Love Life

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