Thursday, April 29, 2010

Just food for thought, but could it be that there’s a shifting of power in the SEC as the West looks stronger than ever and the East may be in a down cycle? Auburn, LSU, Arkansas and, of course, Alabama should be elite teams. Florida, Georgia and Tennessee may have some work to do.
And before the NFL draft gets too far away in the rear view mirror, Florida led the SEC in the number of players selected with nine while Alabama had seven. In fact, every team in the conference had at least one player taken. The SEC led all leagues with 49 players chosen in the draft while the Big 10 was second with 34.

And speaking of the draft, when’s the last time a quarterback from The Philippines was drafted in the first round? Tim Tebow was born in Manila while his parents were doing missionary work.

Good news or bad news according to your point of view, but University of Georgia president Michael Adams did not get the job as the new head of the NCAA. That went to University of Washington president Mark Emmert.

Almost a consensus pick. Atlanta Hawks’ Jamal Crawford got 580 of a possible 610 points to win the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year Award.
And for what it’s worth, you may not have the Pac-10 to kick around this year in football. The conference has seven starting quarterbacks returning for a league race that truly up in the air. Also look for the ACC to be better from top to bottom, for sure the Big XII and, believe it or not, the MAC.
Washington Senator draftee Stephen Strasburg, who is pitching for the Senator’s AA club, Harrisburg, is 2-0 with a 0.73 ERA in three starts. The hurler is reputed to be the best amateur pitcher ever. He’ll be in the nation’s capital before May 15.

For all of those who follow college football recruiting as it were a science, chew on this. Only 39 percent of the players chosen in the first or second round of the NFL draft were listed in the top 100 in their high school senior year.

And finally junior college transfer Cam Newton has emerged as the No. 1 quarterback on the Auburn depth chart after spring practice. Newton came from Blinn Jr. College in Texas.

This is Norman Arey and I think college football recruiting is a bunch of hooey.