We Need a Need a New TV Show Called "Dancing With The Hogs!" LOL

Hey...what do you call it when a Razorback fan goes to dancing like this???    Hamming it up!

What do you think about this Dancing hog? 

See the old Fred Astaire Royal Wedding Scene!

What does ESPN stand for anyway? Extra Sensory Perception by Nincompoops (Who think they know football?)

Auburn's second team units are full of freshmen. Their talent level may be better from the good recruiting year last year; however, they are very young. Coach Saban has Alabama ready for 2010. Alabama is a well oiled machine.

It amazes me that the top sports company on the planet, ESPN, would have a guy like Kirk Herbstreit on the top of the food chain there. He is the face of college football for this mega media giant and he comes out with drivel like saying Auburn is going to win the SEC West? That’s like everyone last year saying Ole Miss was going to win the SEC. It seems to me that it is popular to try and predict an upsurge by a predictable play toy like Ole Miss & Auburn. Sure, Auburn played Alabama a decent game last year, but most of it was based on trickery. The overall best team finished 1st because of superior physicality & mental toughness.

Even a casual fan has to remember the Auburn team of last year that struggled with Ball State and then LSU, Arkansas, Georgia, & Kentucky took the Tigers out to the woodshed. Alabama also knocked the kitties out.

I predict Auburn this year will definitely lose to South Carolina, LSU, Georgia, & Arkansas. In the SEC West, 4 losses won't do it. Especially with Bama riding high. Expect Auburn to keep coughing up hairballs on gameday and for one Gameday announcer to start eating eagle, er... I mean crow. Chow down Kirk!

ALL SEC OFFENSE
From Alabama there is, of course, Heisman award winning running back Mark Ingram on first-team offense. Also there is Julio Jones at wide receiver, Barry Jones on the offensive line.

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The second-team offense has QB Greg McElroy, RB Trent Richardson, and OT James Carpenter. I consider Trent Richardson being a second-team all SEC running back when he doesn't even start for Alabama to be simply amazing. This shows how stacked Alabama really is in the backfield.

ALL SEC DEFENSE

On first-team defense, SEC coaches picked rising star Marcell Darius on the defensive line, Mark Barron in the secondary, Dont'a Hightower at linebacker. Dont'a Hightower is returning from a severe knee injury and it will be interesting to see how he factors into the new 2010 Alabama defense. Hopefully his knee will all doubt that he will prove to be one of the top defenders in the SEC.

Florida has the most players overall with 10, but Alabama has more first-team ALL-SEC players with six total.

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Below is a list of all the players chosen to the 2010 coaches preseason football team.

(* - Tie)

FIRST-TEAM

Offense

QB -- Ryan Mallett, Jr., Arkansas

RB -- Mark Ingram, Jr., Alabama

RB -- Derrick Locke, Sr., Kentucky

WR -- A.J. Green, Jr., Georgia

WR -- Julio Jones, Jr., Alabama

TE -- D.J. Williams, Sr., Arkansas

OL -- Clint Boling, Sr., Georgia

OL -- Carl Johnson, Sr., Florida

OL -- Barrett Jones, So., Alabama

OL -- Lee Ziemba, Sr., Auburn

C -- Mike Pouncey, Sr., Florida

Defense

DL -- Marcell Dareus, Jr., Alabama

DL -- Jerrell Powe, Sr., Ole Miss

DL -- Cliff Matthews, Sr., South Carolina

LB -- Josh Bynes, Sr., Auburn

LB -- Dont’a Hightower, So., Alabama

LB -- Chris Marve, Jr., Vanderbilt

LB -- Kelvin Sheppard, Sr., LSU

DB -- Mark Barron, Jr., Alabama

DB -- Patrick Peterson, Jr., LSU

DB -- Stephon Gilmore, So., South Carolina

DB -- Janoris Jenkins, Jr., Florida

Special Teams

PK -- Blair Walsh, Jr., Georgia

P -- Drew Butler, Jr., Georgia

RS -- Warren Norman, So., Vanderbilt

AP -- Randall Cobb, Jr., Kentucky

SECOND-TEAM

Offense

QB -- Greg McElroy, Sr., Alabama

RB -- Jeff Demps, Jr., Florida

RB -- Trent Richardson, So., Alabama

WR -- Darvin Adams, Jr., Auburn

WR -- Alshon Jeffery, So., South Carolina

TE -- Luke Stocker, Sr., Tennessee

OL -- James Carpenter, Sr., Alabama

OL -- DeMarcus Love, Sr., Arkansas

OL -- Derek Sherrod, Sr., Miss. State

OL -- *Cordy Glenn, Jr., Georgia

OL -- *Joseph Barksdale, Sr., LSU

C -- Ryan Pugh, Sr., Auburn

Defense

DL -- Pernell McPhee, Sr., Miss. State

DL -- Drake Nevis, Sr., LSU

DL -- *DeQuin Evans, Sr., Kentucky

DL -- *Chris Walker, Sr., Tennessee

DL -- * Ladi Ajiboye, Sr., South Carolina

LB -- Jerry Franklin, Jr., Arkansas

LB -- A.J. Jones, Sr., Florida

LB -- Craig Stevens, Sr., Auburn

LB -- K.J. Wright, Sr., Miss. State

DB -- Ahmad Black, Sr., Florida

DB -- Chris Culliver, Sr., South Carolina

DB -- Will Hill, Jr., Florida

DB -- Neiko Thorpe, Jr., Auburn

Special Teams

PK -- Caleb Sturgis, Jr., Florida

P -- Chas Henry, Jr., Florida

RS -- Brandon Boykin, Jr., Georgia

AP -- Chris Rainey, Jr., Florida

ALL-SEC BY TEAM

Alabama: 9

Arkansas: 4

Auburn: 6

Florida: 10

Georgia: 6

Kentucky: 3

LSU: 4

Ole Miss: 1

Miss. State: 3

South Carolina: 5

Tennessee: 2

Vanderbilt: 2

The yearly event prior to fall football camp in recent years is almost been like a circus. Some people even have said that it is like a New Year's Eve fireworks show for college sports.

Every year the lobby at Winfrey Hotel in Hoover Alabama seems to get packed with fans hoping to see players and coaches of their favorite teams up close.

Alabama fans are always leading the pack and this year will be even bigger with Alabama taking home a national championship and a Heisman Trophy. You can bet the Alabama fans will be there in full force to see Nick Saban and Mark Ingram and crew tomorrow as the first team to speak.

There is expected to be over 900 media members tomorrow. This is amazingly double the number that was there only four years ago. Much of this has been due to the proliferation of online media outlets.

Each of the football teams will have their head coach speak as well as three other members of the football team. This is an increase from the two members that has been brought to media days in the past.

You should be able to hear a lot of the same story from each of the coaches that you hear every year. Things like,

• "Everyone starts the year undefeated..",
• "This is a new year.."
• "Our team is untested.."
• "We are excited about the upcoming year.."
• "Our team has dramatically improved since last year.."
• "We have a new cast of football players that will have to prove themselves.."

You'll hear all this and a lot more from each of the coaches and players. However, the fans eat this stuff up every year. When SEC media days comes around every year, and when it does, it signals to fans that its not long until fall football camp. Fans get pumped. I know I do.

Then there are the controversies and surprises that always seem to get blown out of proportion and the media but is load of fun! Take for instance, Tim Tebow not getting a vote from one coach (Spurrier) last year. There was a big media ruckus over it because former Florida gator coach did not vote for the "best quarterback" to ever walk through the doors of the Winfrey motel! lol He was good but get real.. it wasn't that big of a deal! Fast forward to the end of the year and Alabama made him cry. Maybe he didn't deserve that last vote!

Former football coach Phil Fulmer in 2004 also had controversy when he didn't show up to SEC media days due to trying to elude a subpoena in Alabama. The very next year, they showed up after being fined 10 grand the year before..and oh by the way, he did get a subpoena as he walked in the front doors!

Look for Mark Ingram to be a very popular player tomorrow. Maybe the Alabama offensive line should block for him as he approaches the podium! It will be a throng of people wanting to be near the record braking tailback from Alabama. Journalists will be falling over each other trying to get at him. Same thing with Nick Saban, Greg McElroy, and Dont'a Hightower.

Florida will also be tomorrow. Should be very interesting in Hoover tomorrow to say the least!

SEC Media Days run from July 21-23. Here is the schedule.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21: Alabama, Florida, Mississippi State, Kentucky.
THURSDAY, JULY 22: Arkansas, Georgia, South Carolina, Vanderbilt.
FRIDAY, JULY 23: Auburn, Tennessee, LSU, Ole Miss

ROLL TIDE!

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After that, they have Boise State at No. 2, with Ohio State, Texas & Florida closing out the top five. In the top 25, there is three others in Arkansas, LSU and Georgia (where's Auburn?? lol)

The college football preview magazine also has 4 Alabama players listed as preseason all-Americans. Topping the list is 2009 Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram, followed by the second teamers of Mark Barron, Julio Jones, as well as Don’t’a Hightower.

Here is the Lindy's Preseason Top 25 list:

1. Alabama

2. Boise State

3. Ohio State

4. Texas

5. Florida

6. Wisconsin

7. TCU

8. Virginia Tech

9. Oklahoma

10. Iowa

11. Nebraska

12. USC

13. North Carolina

14. Pittsburgh

15. Oregon

16. Arkansas

17. Georgia Tech

18. LSU

19. West Virginia

20. Miami

21. Georgia

22. Cincinnati

23. Houston

24. Penn State

25. Utah

The game was huge for Mark Ingram, carrying the ball for 246 yeard for the biggest home game for an Alabama running back in Alabama's fabled history.  Only two others, Shaun Alexander and Bobby Humphrey, have ran for more yards in one ball game and both were on the road. 

Ingram said after the record breaking performance, "We all make plays when we get the balls in our hands," said Ingram, who broke tackles all night long. "I was able to score and make some things happen when they gave me the ball."

In the fourth quarter, Ingram lined up at quarterback in the wildcat formation and essentially stabbed South Carolina in the heart to put the game out of reach. Mark Ingram the ball five straight times for 64 yards, capping it off with a more traditional 4-yard scoring run off of a pitch from McElroy.

Nick Saban was overflowing with praise for Ingram following the game, "Mark Ingram was fantastic," Alabama coach Nick Saban said after watching his sophomore running back run into the Bryant Denny history book and help put Alabama back on top of the nation's polls. "The guy ran with tremendous passion and heart and did a wonderful job out there. ... I can' tell you, if we had guys that could play like that, the sky would be the limit in terms of heart and character that he plays with."

Mark Barron showed amazing ability in returning a 77 yard interception all the way to put Alabama up 7-0 before they even made thier first down. The interception return for a TD by Barron was 11th longest in school history and set the tone for the evening that Alabama was there to play some tough defense.

The defense was outstanding and now ranks #1 in the country in total defense as Florida floundered against Arkansas. In addition, the Tide now are ranked #1 in the AP poll above Florida.

Closing thoughts:
South Carolina played a good game and the game seemingly was close til the end but Alabama prevailed when it had to, the fourth quarter. Do you ever wonder if Nick Saban's 4th quarter summer conditioning program is the reason for all these late victories in close games?

ROLL TIDE!

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