Saturday Football Fever

The Rimmington Trophy released the watch list for the coming season yesterday.  The list includes a past winner and a couple of finalists from last year.

Most importantly, it includes Alabama center, Antoine Caldwell.  This is the second preseason awards list that Caldwell’s name has appeared on.  He is also on the Outland Trophy watch list with fellow lineman Andre Smith.  Being named to the Rimmington watch list will only raise expectations for Caldwell to have a great season.

Filed under: Awards

Tags: alabama crimson tide, andre smith, antoine caldwell, outland trophy, rimmington trophy

Looks like the NCAA may finally get something right for once.  150 teams are facing the potential loss of scholarships and another 26 may be banned from postseason play for poor academic performance.

This is one thing the NCAA is actually getting correct.  Athletes, while providing the school with income and fans with entertainment, are at these universities first and foremost to get an education.  Most of these kids won’t play professional ball in the sports they participate in, so they need to have an education that will carry them far in life after their playing days are over.  All too often, schools use these kids for their athletic abilities and spit them out after 4 or 5 years unarmed to face the challenges of the real world.  And the NCAA is finally cracking down on these schools.

The NCAA is supposed to lookout for the student athlete.  By punishing those schools and teams that are doing their athletes a disservice, the NCAA is finally doing their job.

Filed under: Preseason news

Tags: ncaa

As I guessed, we’ve already got our first suitor of Ryan Perrilloux.  Jacksonville State has interest in the ex-LSU Tiger.

JSU has no scholarship QB’s on the roster and their starter from last year, Cedric Johnson, was booted off the team for violating team rules.  Can you see a trend with JSU here?

Perrilloux has the talent to make this team one of the better ones in the FCS, but it’ll be up to him to clean up his off-field act.  If he can get his act together, he can still salvage what little college eligibility he has left.

Filed under: FCS News

Tags: cedric johnson, jacksonville state gamecocks, lsu tigers, ryan perrilloux

All I can say is: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Ryan Perilloux finally got what was coming to him.  He’s been booted from the LSU football team.  He’s had all sorts of off the field issues since arriving in Baton Rouge, including being suspended for spring practice this season.  He finally pushed Les Miles to the limit and got the boot.  Good for Les Miles.  Often times, coaches in Miles’ position would be more lenient with their star players (especially QB’s), because they needed the talent on the field.   So kudos to Miles for giving his starting QB the boot.  You don’t need to feel too bad for Perrillox.  He’ll likely have FCS teams lining up for his services and he’ll be on the field in some capacity this fall.

Really, this is probably going to benefit LSU in the long run.  Perrilloux has never been a “team” kind of guy.  He’s always been about himself, which was apparent when he arrived on campus as a freshman and declared that he would win 4 Heisman Trophies.  Not 4 national titles (team award) but 4 Heisman’s (individual award).  So LSU will benefit from no longer having his off the field issues be a distraction and they’ll get a QB who is going to be concerned with the team accomplishments, rather than his own.

So adios Ryan Perrilloux.  You will not be missed.

Filed under: Preseason news

Tags: heisman trophy, les miles, lsu tigers, national title, ryan perrilloux