College Stuff for Real Men: 07/15/14

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Towns, Turner win top prep athlete awards

Karl Towns Jr., a 7-footer headed to Kentucky to play basketball, and Brianna Turner, a Notre Dame recruit, were honored Tuesday night as the national prep athletes of the year. From ESPN.com - College Basketball - Towns, Turner win top prep athlete awards

Charges dropped against ex-TTU CB Bethel

Former Texas Tech cornerback Nigel Bethel II will not face assault charges for hitting a Red Raiders women's basketball player, according to his attorney. From ESPN.com - College Football - Charges dropped against ex-TTU CB Bethel

SEC media days notebook: Tennessee

Butch Jones didn’t try to make excuses, but he did want the media to know just how young his 2014 team is. That’s why, within the first minute of his opening statement, Jones broke down the numbers.

“On average, a third of college football teams change, the dynamics change, you have to reinvent yourselves each and every year. There's new opportunities for everyone in your football program from leadership to the roles of your players. For us at Tennessee, we're a little bit different. We're not at the norm in terms of having to replace a third of our football,” Jones said during SEC media day Tuesday. “We're having to replace almost half of our football team. This year half of our roster will be brand new.”

The Vols must replace both the offensive and defensive line, the quarterback position is shaky at best and both the kicker and punter are gone.

But there is good news.

Jones signed 32 players in a top-10 class and 14 of those players enrolled early and were involved in spring football. That helped bring a little continuity to an otherwise chaotic situation. And, it should bode well for the future of the Tennessee program.

“For us the challenge is going to be to maintain our focus, having consistency in performance, and really understanding what it takes to play winning football week in and week out,” Jones said. “We have great team chemistry. I like where this football team is right now. Looking forward to starting practice on August 1st. Quite simply, it's going to be how fast can we jump the learning curve.”

Starting QB spot still up for grabs

Justin Worley came into the spring as the as the top guy after throwing for 1,239 yards and 10 touchdowns with eight interceptions, but his job isn’t secure. Nate Peterman, Josh Dobbs and freshman Riley Ferguson are all going to challenge for the starting role in the fall.

The quarterbacking position was a bit of a round-robin last year with injuries and poor play. Jones did get to see most of his competitors in game action, but most times there wasn’t a lot to like. But Jones said the offseason has done wonders for his quarterbacks.

“I'm very, very encouraged by what I've seen,” Jones said. “There is no timetable to naming a starter. I want them to compete as much as possible because I think competition is healthy. I also think the influx of talent around them at the skill spots, wide receiver, tight end and running back is also going to increase their overall level of play.”

It also helped that a famous alumnus has taken the quarterback under his wing.

“Peyton Manning is a great resource,” Jones said of the former Vol and current NFL MVP. “I know he's helped our quarterbacks immensely this off season, as well.”

Five-star talent, five-star expectations

While Tennessee will be relying heavily on several members of its incoming recruiting class, running back Jalen Hurd and receiver Josh Malone might be garnering the highest expectations simply because they were five-star recruits out of high school.

“Jalen has really, really done a great job in the weight room,” Jones said. “He's really sacrificed a lot of things in terms of his eating habits, his rest, his recovery. His body has taken off. For a 6'3" stature of him, he can get the tough yards, but he has the elusiveness to make a defender miss at the second level. He's going to have a great role. That's one of the selling points.”

Malone turned heads during Tennessee’s spring game when he had six catches for 181 yards and three touchdowns. He dominated the Tennessee secondary and looked like a veteran even though he’s never played a collegiate down. and his play, along with the play of several other young receivers, gives Jones hope for the future.

“I'm excited about our wide receiver position,” Jones said. “It's going to be one that's going to be exceptionally strong.”

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Big East adds Stu Jackson to league office

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Even with Johnny Manziel gone, Kevin Sumlin can't escape dumb questions about him

Kevin Sumlin stood up on the podium at SEC media days, looked out to the sea of journalists and began to break down his 2014 Texas A&M team, his expectations and how he felt about the upcoming season.

And when it was all said and done and the floor was opened for questions, Sumlin quickly learned that no one wants to talk about A&M’s future, just it’s past.

What is it like not coaching Johnny Manziel? Do you miss him?

That was the first question from the gallery as audible groans and snickering followed.

Johnny Manziel was the lightning rod of a quarterback that brought Texas A&M a Heisman Trophy two years ago, but also brought the school some unwanted headlines. Manziel was a dazzling quarterback and caused even those who didn’t like college football to turn on the television just to see what kind of magic he was making on the field. However, off the field, there was (legal) gambling, (sometimes legal) drinking, womanizing and some (alleged) unauthorized autographing that nearly got the quarterback and A&M in some major trouble with the NCAA.

But that was old news. Manziel left the program after last season and was drafted with the 22nd overall pick by the Cleveland Browns.

Sadly, some just weren't ready to let him go.

"Let me get this straight, the question was, ‘What's it like not coaching Johnny Manziel?’” Sumlin asked. “I understand there's not going to be another Johnny Manziel, the way he played the game, that's all part of it… What we have done is we've gone out and been able to recruit very, very well to a system that we believe in. With that being said, your first question to me is irrelevant.”

But Sumlin's answer didn’t deter the questions. After one question about this year’s team, another Manziel gem surfaced.

Ever since the party photos and whatnot have kind of emerged from Johnny, have you had a chance to visit him? If so, what have you shared with him and what advice have you given him?

It’s OK to roll your eyes in annoyance and disgust at this point, pretty sure the rest of the media did as well. Sumlin, to his credit, answered the question in the best and most entertaining way he knew how.

“Is this the SEC Media Days?” Sumlin said. “No, that's a great question about the Cleveland Browns. Anybody else got something?”

So, for those counting at home, of the first three questions Sumlin received at the 2014 SEC media day, one was whether he “missed” Johnny Manziel and the other was whether he was still policing Manziel's actions.

It was probably unrealistic to think Sumlin would be able to avoid the SEC ghost of one of the most dynamic quarterbacks in NCAA history and he handled it as well as he could. While there were still more questions about quarterbacks during the media session, most pertained to the youth at the quarterbacking position and whether A&M could be successful with so much inexperience.

Funny how people remember Manziel for his dazzling play and off-field antics, but conveniently forget that he led the Aggies to an 11-2 record as a redshirt freshman.

Sumlin can coach. Thinking that A&M was all about Manziel is inaccurate. Manziel was a very good player, but he had a lot of talent around him and a great scheme with which to work. Sumlin noted that A&M might have changed its offense to fit Manziel and that it might have to do it again to fit whomever the next starter happens to be. But he assured those so concerned about Manziel’s absence that the Aggies were going to hold their heads high and valiantly move on without him.

“College football is a lot different than the NFL,” Sumlin said. “You know, really great NFL teams and organizations have a core group of players that they keep, then a satellite group that kind of bounces in and out and they keep winning. The difference is, in college football every two, three years you're going to have turnover, and you have to have a plan for that. Whether it's quarterback, whether it's a great defender, whatever it is. To me that's what's exciting about college football. You wouldn't be so excited if you hadn't recruited the Gatorade Player of the Year out of the state of Texas at quarterback and the number one quarterback in the country behind him.

“What we have done is we've gone out and been able to recruit very, very well to a system that we believe in… I think we've laid the groundwork in recruiting to still be successful.”

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Sumlin, Aggies prepare for life after Manziel

Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin says the Aggies will turn to either sophomore Kenny Hill or true freshman Kyle Allen to replace Johnny Manziel at quarterback. From ESPN.com - College Football - Sumlin, Aggies prepare for life after Manziel

Hokies, Mountaineers to open '17 at FedEx

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Iowa St.'s Hoiberg has pacemaker replaced

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SEC denies McKnight's bid to play for Vols

Former Florida Gulf Coast forward Eric McKnight's bid to play for at Tennessee as a graduate transfer this season has been denied by the Southeastern Conference. From ESPN.com - College Basketball - SEC denies McKnight's bid to play for Vols

Iowa's Jok arrested again for moped violation

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Emmert paid $1.7M as NCAA revenues go up

NCAA President Mark Emmert received $1.707 million in compensation in 2012-13, a year in which the governing body turned a $32 million profit. From ESPN.com - College Basketball - Emmert paid $1.7M as NCAA revenues go up

Georgia's Morris arrested, kicked off team

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Mullen wants early signing period for recruits

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SEC media days notebook: Mississippi State

Dan Mullen has been Mississippi State’s coach for six seasons and expectations have never been higher.

Even though the Bulldogs were 7-6 last season, the way they finished the year — with consecutive wins against Arkansas, Ole Miss and Rice in the Liberty Bowl — and the fact that 18 starters return, have some thinking this could be the breakthrough season for which Mississippi State has been waiting.

“I think for us when you look at expectations on the season, I think how last season ended, with a lot of young guys coming back on our team, our team immediately put a lot of expectations on themselves,” Mullen said Tuesday during SEC media day. “So we've talked to them about it, embrace all those expectations. Our expectations are to find a way to get to Atlanta. That's what we can control and compete for that SEC championship this year.

“When you embrace that expectation early on as a program, when you embrace that for this year's team, all those guys, that's what they're working for from day one. I don't think they shy away from it. I think they embrace everything that's going on.”

But making good on those expectations won’t be easy. Since 2009, when Mullen took over, the Bulldogs have not finished better than fourth in the SEC West. This shouldn’t be a huge surprise considering the SEC West has produced the SEC champion in each of the last five years and the BCS National Champion is four of those seasons.

But perhaps winning the SEC or even the SEC West shouldn’t be the focus. Mississippi State has just one 10-win season in its history and just four nine-win seasons. The 9-4 record in 2010 was the best finish for the Bulldogs since that 10-win season in 1999.

The schedule sets up nicely with games against Southern Miss, UAB and South Alabama to start before traveling to LSU on Sept. 20. That's when the schedule becomes daunting. Mississippi State won just three SEC games last season and two of the teams they beat had losing records. In Mullen’s tenure, the Bulldogs have never beaten Alabama, LSU or Texas A&M (though it’s only been two seasons) and have only beaten Auburn once. So, a major step forward for this program would be taking down one of those powers and becoming a formidable for in the West Division.

“What we have to do is follow through with it and live up to what we want,” Mullen said. “Playing in the SEC West, the most competitive conference in all of college football, look at the depth and quality of the teams that are on our side of the league just alone to get to that championship game, is unbelievable. So for us to do that, we're going to have to have a pretty special year. But I think we have some special guys that can make that happen.”

Dak Prescott, the next big thing

If Mississippi State is going to have a breakout season, it’s going to start with the play of junior quarterback Dak Prescott.

Prescott emerged as one of the SEC’s top run-pass threats despite nearly being lost for the year with a severe shoulder injury. Prescott threw for 1,940 yards and 10 touchdowns last season and rushed for 829 yards and another 13 scores.

“Dak is a guy that because of his skill set, he can beat you with his arm, with his legs, he can run between the tackles and he can run in the open field,” Mullen said. “He has a lot going for him. But most importantly he has that will to win.”

Mullen said Prescott has worked on his passing this offseason and is a much better passer than he was a year ago. He’ll have many veteran targets from which to choose, including senior Jameon Lewis, who had 220 yards against Rice in the bowl game. And he won’t need to be so quick to leave the pocket with veteran running threats in Nick Griffin, who is coming back after injuries to both knees last season, and Josh Robinson.

“I know he has that will,” Mullen said of Prescott. “He is big, strong, can lift, out work you. He's a guy that understands the importance of the skill of the quarterback position and he's constantly working on his skill at that position.”

Dan Mullen loves futbol as much as football

When Mullen isn’t watching film of Mississippi State or its opponents, he’s often enjoying his other favorite team, Liverpool.

Mullen’s mother is British and so he grew up around soccer. Even though he found an affinity for the American style of football, it didn’t damper his love for the game he embraced as a child.

“Believe it or not, as a football coach, some of our downtime is in the spring,” Mullen said. “I'm a big sportsfan. My wife sometimes questions what I'm doing, but I don't mind waking up early Sunday morning and watching the Premiership if you have a little bit of the break. Get a workout in, watch that 6 a.m. kick.”

Mullen then likened the fervor for SEC football to that of European soccer fans and their respective teams.

“I do think SEC football could be compared to European soccer,” Mullen said. “The passion our fans have is equal. I'm sure I'll have a lot of European nations very upset, teams throughout the world upset. That is one of the things that makes this league so much fun, is the passion that our fan bases have for football is similar to watching the passion these European soccer teams and followings have, which is a pretty neat deal.”

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Vanderbilt's Adam Butler belts out some George Strait during SEC media days

You never know what you might get at media days, especially ones as crazy as the SEC puts on every year in Hoover, Ala.

Of course, most of the craziness comes from the swarm of fans that wait for autographs and selfies, but every once in awhile, a player does something that is noteworthy.

On Monday, that player was Vanderbilt defensive lineman Adam Butler, who sang a few verses of George Strait’s “Amarillo By The Morning” on Sirius XM College Sports Nation with Mark Packer.

OK, let’s be honest, this wasn’t very good, though we acknowledge that Butler was probably a little nervous and definitely unprepared. That said, Butler’s not going to be killing it on The Voice after his playing career is over, but it took major guts for the self-proclaimed shower singer to perform on national radio and he even dedicated the verses to Packer’s wife, which was a nice touch.

After the serenade was over, Butler did note that that was a first for him.

“This is probably the one time in the whole day that this is going to happen,” Butler remarked.

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Colorado football and its campus police bond during impromptu softball game

While most of the offseason college football headlines have been dominated with players having various run-ins with the law, Colorado is trying to create a more positive relationship with its local law enforcement.

On Sunday, several Colorado players met face-to-face with members of the Colorado’s campus police department for a friendly — and rainy — game of softball.

"This is a great way for the team and the police to get to bond together and get to know each other a little bit more," redshirt sophomore running back Terrence Crowder told the Boulder Daily Camera. "Whenever we go out, even though we're not causing harm, it looks like we are because of how big we are."

Junior cornerback Brandan Brisco came up with the idea and brought it to Mike Lowry of the CU police. The idea was to build a more positive relationship between the two groups even if some glaring stereotypes still exist.

"You look at the relationship the football team has had with the police department over the last couple years, and I look at our ability to play together on the field today as an opportunity to strengthen our bond," CU police chief Melissa Zak told the Boulder Daily Camera.

"Sometimes you have our students of color who are coming to play at CU, who may have a different perspective of law enforcement, and I'd like to be able to show them that we aren't all bad."

The Buffaloes bested the police 14-9 despite back-to-back-to-back home runs by the officers. Though, if CU players wanted to really get on the good side of the police, they probably should have let them win.

Still, all parties thought this was a good experience and a good way to start some lines of communication between two groups that have often misunderstood each other.

"We get to show them that we are good young men," Brisco told the paper. "There's this perception that we're football guys and we have this attitude that we kind of run the campus, which is not true."

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Steve Spurrier wants to shift the focus from beating Clemson to winning the SEC

Steve Spurrier has made a name for himself by being a straight shooter.

He’s not one for canned quotes and he won’t sugarcoat anything, so when he was asked about what South Carolina needs to do to win its first SEC title, Spurrier gave a realistic answer.

“What I've also learned at South Carolina, our fans realize there's more to life than winning the SEC championship,” Spurrier said Tuesday at SEC media day. “They really do. We're in a state with Clemson. Clemson used to pretty much own South Carolina in football, no question about it. We have a state championship trophy. If you ask our fans at South Carolina, I can assure you a majority would say, we would rather beat Clemson than win the SEC. That is how big it is to them, that one game.

“Personally I'd rather win the SEC. I don't mind saying that. Personally that's the bigger trophy. But if we're not quite good enough, if it doesn't work out, we're not going to hang our hat and say, we're not going to win the SEC. But there's other things out there.”

To understand that answer — an answer probably no other coach in the SEC would have given — you have to understand the history of South Carolina football.

When Spurrier was hired for the 2005 season, the Gamecocks had only had six winning seasons in the 15 years prior and their best season in that span was a 9-3 campaign in 2001. It had only had one 10-win season in its history and the idea of winning an SEC title (in its current format) was pipe dream.

That was until Spurrier arrived.

Since 2005, the Gamecocks haven’t had a losing season and they've gone 11-2 in each of the past three years, a school record. They won the SEC East in 2010 and has come oh so close in each of the last three years.

“We need one of those Eastern Division teams to lose a game,” Spurrier said. “We've gone 6-2 in the conference and beat the division winner three years in a row. Then they go 7-1. All you can do is give Georgia credit and give Missouri credit for doing it also.”

Being the best in the East, arguably the weaker side of the SEC, has been a challenge for Spurrier’s teams, but this is shaping up to be the year the Gamecocks get over that hump again.

The biggest challenge — as it is almost every year — is getting past Georgia. Of all the teams in the East, South Carolina and Georgia appear to be head and shoulders above the rest. Missouri, last year’s East champion, is rebuilding and no one knows what to expect from Florida. In recent history, there hasn’t been much to fear from Tennessee, Kentucky or Vanderbilt.

So, the home game against Georgia on Sept. 13 will definitely give the winner a leg up in the East. And the rest of the schedule sets up nicely for the Gamecocks. of the game at Auburn on Oct. 25, there aren't a lot of obstacles.

If quarterback Dylan Thompson, who has played on and off throughout his career, can stay healthy and play up to his potential, then the Gamecocks, who have a would-be Heisman Trophy candidate in running back Mike Davis, could have one of the most potent offenses in the East. If nothing else, it could have the most talented offensive line in the country.

But it’s the defense that has many concerned.

South Carolina loses Jadeveon Clowney and Kelcy Quarles to the NFL and now has no proven pass rusher. The secondary is totally depleted with cornerback Rico Williams as the only returner and the only secondary player to have played a game.

Still, South Carolina fans should be looking at this season as one that not only embraces beating rival Clemson, but also looks forward to playing in the SEC title game.

“Hopefully we can add an SEC championship,” Spurrier said. “I can assure you, I tell those recruits, if you come here, hopefully you'll be on the first ever SEC championship team ever. That's still our goal. We haven't quite done it. I think we've been close but not close enough.”

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WVU RB arrested on witness tampering charge

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Five-star Florida freshman cited for marijuana possession in May

The top-rated player in Florida’s 2014 recruiting class was cited for marijuana possession.

According to the Orlando Sentinel, cornerback Jalen Tabor – a five-star recruit who was ranked as the No. 10 overall prospect in the country by Rivals -- was cited by Gainesville Police on May 27 for misdemeanor marijuana possession. The citation first became public on Monday.

The 18-year-old was reportedly in a vehicle which was stopped at 1:54 a.m. According to a police report, the vehicle was stopped because the scent of marijuana was detected. When Tabor exited the vehicle, “a small bag of marijuana” fell from his shorts.

Tabor has already been disciplined by head coach Will Muschamp and the university, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

“Jalen has faced consequences for his actions and is very remorseful,” Muschamp said. “He is aware that this is not how we represent the University of Florida.”

The 6-foot, 193-pound Tabor enrolled at Florida in January and is expected to compete right away for a starting role alongside sophomore Vernon Hargreaves, an all-SEC performer in 2013. At SEC Media Days on Monday, Hargreaves said he expects the freshman to make an immediate impact in 2014.

“I love Jalen. He’s a great player. He has great confidence already. I’m excited to see what he does this year,” Hargreaves said.

Tabor, a native of Washington D.C., originally verbally committed to Arizona before flipping to Florida in January.

For more Florida news, visit InsideTheGators.com.

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West Virginia running back accused of intimidating witness in murder case

A running back who was expected to play a big role in West Virginia’s offense in 2014 is facing some serious legal issues.

According to MetroNews, sophomore back Wendell Smallwood was arrested on campus Monday and “faces extradition to his home state of Delaware.” Smallwood, 20, will reportedly be charged with witness intimidation related to a murder case from 2012.

Per The News Journal, Wilmington (Del.) Cpl. Mark Ivey said that “on multiple occasions,” Smallwood tried to convince a witness to recant statements which would implicate his friend for first-degree murder.

The murder, which took the life of Wilmington resident Manuel Oliveras, took place on April 14, 2012. Zakee Lloyd, who was 19 at the time of the incident, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in January. Lloyd is currently awaiting trial.

According to Ivey, Smallwood called and tried to convince the witness to “make a false statement to police recanting previous statements” that would implicate Lloyd.

It is not known when Smallwood will be transported back to Delaware, police said.

As a true freshman for the Mountaineers, Smallwood ran for 221 yards on 39 carries – third best on the team. Smallwood, who ran for one score, also caught 11 passes for 132 yards and returned 30 kickoffs for 541 yards. He was expected to fill the void left by third-round NFL draft pick Charles Sims, who ran for 1,095 yards last year.

Smallwood was praised by several offensive coaches for his play during spring practice, per MetroNews.

“That kid is skilled, but he’s got the mental capacity to handle a lot of different things. We’re trying to push the limits to what we can do with that kid,” said offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson.

Running backs coach JaJuan Seider called Smallwood, a Rivals three-star recruit in 2013, the team’s “most-improved player” by season’s end.

Instead of having an advanced role in the WVU offense, Smallwood’s future is now uncertain.

For more West Virginia news, visit WVSports.com.

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