Wednesday, January 28, 2004

A Daily Dose

BASKETBALL
Did you know BJ Elder was battling the flu during his 36 point outburst? I guess he was just plain "sick"............... Here's one re-cap of the game.................. Go vote for the ACC against the Big East at ESPN righ now...................... This is a rival UGAg story, but interesting none-the-less. Check out Dennis Felton's background - was given up for adoption and reunited with his birthmother in the last couple of years.................... Well, here is what a Kentucky paper has to say about UK's latest commit Joe Crawford - "While the Cats might be gambling by taking Rondo and Crawford and forsaking Morris, who was down to Georgia Tech, Georgia and UK, Gibbons said Kentucky made the right choice. "There's still a possibility that Morris could go to the NBA, so you really don't know what's going to happen there," Gibbons said. "You go with the bird in the hand." I hope that really means Kentucky is OUT. We will see........................... Here are some comments about Will Bynum from ZA coach Lute Olsen.............. Looks like talk of Hewitt and St.John's just will not die in the NY area - here from the NY Post...............

FOOTBALL
On the recruiing trail, one highly rated LB prospect Ronnie Palmer, has committed to Arizona...................... Here is some background on why Nate McManus committed to the Jackets, even though he has been an Auburn fan since he was 10 years old - "Another prospect, offensive lineman Nate McManus from Mountain Brook, verbally committed to Georgia Tech Monday because he said Nall didn't offer him a scholarship in time. "I told (Nall) I wanted to make my decision by 6 p.m.," McManus said Monday evening. "I never did hear from him by then. I did hear Mayo committed to Tennessee, and they were waiting on that. It won't make a difference now." McManus had not been offered a scholarship by the Tigers and might not have been anyway. The bigger issue is the state of Auburn's future offensive line, which includes just two commitments for 2004 now that Mayo has reneged on his commitment to Auburn." ...................