Showing posts with label Kentucky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kentucky. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

SEC teams catch breaks in openers

Not that they need any, but several SEC teams are catching breaks in their openers.
Georgia lies in wait for a Georgia Southern team depleted by the suspension of eight players. Tennessee game-plans for a UCLA quarterback projected as a third-stringer before his superiors were shelved by injuries. South Carolina welcomes a North Carolina State team that could not decide on a starting QB -- a redshirt freshman, no less -- until a week before kickoff. Kentucky confronts Louisville, minus one wide receiver who was shot in the back last month and another who was booted after his second drug arrest -- not to mention a cornerback axed after a suspected gas station robbery.
And Florida arranged its kickoff against Hawaii at 12:30 p.m., assuring the Rainbows will be half-asleep. Their body clocks will be set at 6:30 a.m.
Of course, some SEC rosters will shrink in opening week because of the usual rash of suspensions resulting from off-season transgressions. Tennessee just sent two players to detention for the UCLA game.
Anybody know who is this year's leader for dog-housed players in Week One?