Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The case of Georgia quarterback Zach Mettenberger is puzzling, at least to me. Mettenberger, who was arrested on an alcohol related incident during spring break, was allowed to complete spring practice. Then he was dismissed, although the Bulldog brass admitted there was no new incident. So why wasn’t he expelled when he came back from spring break? The quarterback battle is now between Logan Gray and Aaron Murray.

FoxSports reported that Georgia Tech running back Jonathan Dwyer tested positive for amphetamines at the NFL combine, but say the positive was caused by prescription drugs the former Yellow Jacket was taking.

The best football state in the nation? The Birmingham News claims its Alabama. The University of Alabama drew 91,312 for its annual A-Day game, Auburn University drew 63,217 to its game and UAB added another 2,500. The newspaper pointed out that the ability to draw 157,029 to anything that’s not NASCAR this time of year is amazing.

After the Big 10 meetings in Washington, D.C. over the weekend, one source said the league is on the path to accelerated expansion. The word is that the Big 10 will add at least three teams, and possibly five if it can find the right fit. So a 14-team league seems for sure and possibly one with 16 members.

Remember the pro-life commercial during the Super Bowl featuring former Florida quarterback Tim Tebow and his mother? During a speech at Lipscomb University over the weekend, the devout Christian said that ad had cost him several sponsors. Tebow said multiple sponsors told him they could not allow him to represent their products if he went ahead with his pro-life commercial. Tebow said the loss of sponsorship was a small enough price to pay to spread his message about family and faith.

Pete Fiutek of College Football News picked a handful of teams who he believes will be flying under the radar this season and surprise some folks. He thinks Boston College has a chance in the ACC, Kentucky in the SEC, Southern Cal in the Pac-10, Cincinnati in the Big East, Purdue in the Big 10 and Texas Tech in the Big 12.

Former Florida State safety Myron Rolle has returned from a year of study at Oxford University, courtesy of his winning a Rhodes Scholarship, to make himself available for the draft. Rolle has run into a problem he hadn’t anticipated. NFL teams, is seems, question his dedication to football since he took a year off from the sport to study. Also, his desire to become a neurosurgeon isn’t popular within the NFL. Once thought to be a first or second round pick, Rolle is now projected to go in the fifth or sixth round. Somebody’s missing the boat, here.

This is Norman Arey and I think Myron Rolle is too smart for the NFL.