Say goodnight Bruce

Another Tennessee embarrassment needs to leave...

     I'm not sure why the University of Tennessee has become the cesspool of all that is wrong with college sports. Unlike some schools who find boosters hard to control, or agents who are out of control Tennessee skips the middle man and let's their coaches do the dirty work. I'm not saying all Tennessee coaches are corrupt. Just the ones who count. At the top of list are Lane Kiffin and Bruce Pearl.

When the NCAA extended the Vols basketball team it upset me. That invitation was like rewarding a school for cheating. Who knows who many of Tennessee basketball players are ineligible. We know the coach decided to break important rules regarding recruiting and then lied to the NCAA when investigated. As the old saying goes the cover up is worse than the crime. The cover up in Pearl's case was to stonewall behind lies. After a few key recruits spilled the beans Pearl was forced to admit the truth. Dragged into the court of public opinion Tennessee suspended Pearl for six SEC games. Big whoop. I bet almost any dirty coach in the NCAA would sit six games for a Scotty Hopson type player.

The SEC should have mandated that the Vols turn down the NCAA bid, further fall on their own sword, and add on another self imposed penalty. Not the haughty Volunteers though. The NCAA has once again embarassed themselves. It is clear to this writer that the NCAA has no real desire to clean up, much yet police their member institutions. There is just too much money involved and too many people who receive a bonus for extra income to be responsible.

SEC to date in the NCAA and NIT...

    I think Tennessee got beat by 30 or some other laughable number. Kentucky managed to hang on and beat  Princeton by 2 which is just as laughable. It took a couple of homer calls to give them a chance to win. Vandy got beat in round one by Richmond. Richmond is underrated and Vandy began to look like a very average team by the end of the season. Florida took care of business in a big league manner. Georgia plays Washington later tonight. I like the Purple in that one.

     Alabama spanked Coastal Carolina who was without two key players. Ole Miss lost a heart breaker in Berkeley to Cal. If you think hometown cooking is just in the South this game proved it isn't so. Bama plays New Mexico on Monday in Tuscaloosa and this will be a great game. The high scoring Lobos enter into the black hole of defense otherwise known as Coleman Coliseum.


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