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SEC Headlines 8-2-2014-mrsec


Player Injuries/Issues


1. Season-ending injury for All-SEC Auburn lineman Alex Kozan.
2. Three Alabama players suspended for violation of team rules: defensive linemen Brandon Ivory and Jarran Reed and linebacker Tim Williams. Two remembers of recruiting class do no qualify.
3, Auburn quarterback Nick Marshall won’t start against Arkansas as punishment for marijuana citation. How will Jeremy Johnson respond to the opportunity?
4. Auburn cornerback Jonathon Mincy will not start against Arkansas as punishment for his June arrest.
5. Auburn running back Roc Thomas involved in “minor accident” Thursday but cleared to practice on Friday.
6. Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze responds to Nebraska coach Bo Pelini’s comments regarding recruiting tactics of Damore'ea Stringfellow
7. Georgia coach Mark Richt on wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell’s status: “He’s going to play when he’s healthy and ready to go. …We’ll just see how quickly he can come back.” And on receiver Justin Scott-Wesley: “I'm not sure when he's going to be able to play a game of football for us.”
8. Kentucky receiver Alexander Montgomery (ACL) will not be ready for the start of camp Monday but coaches hoping he’ll be ready for the opener
9. Oklahoma “very confident” that former Missouri receiver Dorial Green-Beckham will be on the field this year.
Training Camps
10. Practice started Friday at Texas A&M with several players bulked up from a year ago. Coach Kevin Sumlin: “There’s no motivation like getting thrown down every other play when you don’t weigh enough.”
11. Aggies offensive coordinator Jake Spavital on freshman quarterback Kyle Allen - “probably throws the best deep ball out of all of them.”
12. Nick Saban says the battle for Alabama quarterback will come down to three things.
13. No quarterback debate at Arkansas – Brandon Allen is the guy.
14. South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier on his team: "They've got good team chemistry, but that just means they all get along with each other.”
15. Practice at Ole Miss gets underway today. Jeremy Liggins will start camp at tight end.
16. Two days in to fall practice, Mississippi State makes some roster adjustments.
17. How important is Dak Prescott to MSU’s chances? ‘The Bulldogs have the depth to overcome just about any injury, but not at quarterback.’ USA Today previews the Bulldogs.
18. Early freshman standout at Georgia – outside linebacker Lorenzo Carter.
19. Big challenge on defensive line for Tennessee – no one on current roster has more than 4 ½ career sacks.
20. Tennessee coach Butch Jones on the first night of practice: “I saw a much faster football team in all areas in moving around,"
21. Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason on LSU transfer quarterback Stephen Rivers: "He's got to shake some of that rust off and continue to move his feet and work to be fluid. But I like what he does under center."
22. LSU players officially report on Sunday. Answering some off-season questions.
23. Concern for Missouri as camp begins – experience at linebacker.
Media
24. CenturyLink on board with SEC Network. So is Cable One. Charter and DirecTV reportedly not far behind.
25. ‘Erin Andrews has managed to do what only a handful of broadcasters have ever done — leave ESPN and became more popular than ever.’
 

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I couldn't post the full piece because of "masked profanity", in the barn segment, it was only a few words, but didn't harm the point of the article.

AROUND THE SEC: Nick Marshall gets ‘Burgerized’ for grass, Georgia doesn’t have any



Auburn head coach Gustav Malzahn announced Friday that he’s the man. He’s going to show his team leader a thing or two by not letting him start the Arkansas game. Oh he’ll play, he just won’t take the first snap.
Auburn quarterback Nick Marshall was caught with weed last month, cited for the possession of marijuana he had not already…well, you know. Back-up Jeremy “he’s better than Marshall anyway” Johnson will get the start against the Hogs.
Send that message Gustav!
Meanwhile, across the state, Alabama head coach Nick Saban announced the “indefinite suspensions” of blue-chippers Jarran Reed, Tim Williams and Brandon Ivory, a former starter. Reed had an amazing spring, and looked to make an impact in the trenches this fall.
Marshall’s suspension smells like the suspension of another Auburn quarterback from the Lee County past: Jeff Burger. It’s Burger who in 1987 Auburn coach Patrick Fain Dye held out for the first play of a game for academic dishonesty that would get many kicked out of their respective schools. Dye and his staff insulated their star, however, keeping him eligible for “footbawwwl Satuhdays on da plains…” You see, at Auburn, when you’re a star, you stay eligible. Doesn’t matter if not feeling the consequences of your actions is detrimental to your future and development as a person. You’re an Aubuhn man! Just win, baby!
We’re talking about a school that allowed a star running back to stop going to class for an entire fall semester, without consequence. As long as he can tote that rock, eh Aubies??
This from the university that gave us this:
“I believe in honesty and truthfulness, without which I cannot win the respect and confidence of my fellow men.”
Yep-yep. Sure ya do.

Count on the same “Burgerized” treatment for Marshall from Gustav “Boom!” Malzahn. That is a man in control. Marshall, isn’t allowed to curse on Gustav’s practice field. Let that irony mull around in your mind for a minute or two.

But Gustav wanted to eliminate any doubt:
“I will say this,” Malzahn said Friday, “Nick Marshall is still our quarterback.”
Message sent, Gustav!

Meanwhile in Georgia, they have problems with grass too. On the eve of fall camp, the Georgia Bulldogs didn’t have grass on their practice field from hashmark to sideline, on either side.
How does this happen? Did fall practice sneak up on Mark Richt? UGA crews had re-sodded the field earlier in the summer, but the roots didn’t “take”. So a shipment of lay-and-play sod was ordered for the field closest to their football facility.
Time out…
Just for one second, close your eyes and envision the scene if the grounds director walked into Nick Saban’s office and told him his practice field wouldn’t be ready the opening day of fall practice.
…okay, time in.
But there is good news for the Dawgs. The Bulldogs have two newly re-done field turf practice fields on the lower end of the Butts-Mehre football complex that they will use until they can go to work on the closer, newly re-done field.
Yes, their football complex is named the Butts-Mehre complex. So “lay-and-play” and Butts are all part of this story.
Speaking of butts, or sitting on them anyway, Georgia standout receiver Malcolm Mitchell has been sidelined with another knee injury. Mitchell will miss the first part of fall practice following an injury sustained last week running pass routes.
“It was ‘scoped’ and it was a cartilage issue,” said Georgia head coach Mark Richt, “so we’ll just see how quickly he can come back. But it’s really hard to say for sure.”
The junior from Valdosta, Georgia missed all but the first offensive series of last season after suffering an ACL injury against Clemson while celebrating a touchdown in the end zone with running back Todd Gurley. Mitchell reportedly had completely recovered from that injury and was working out full speed with his teammates when this latest injury occured.
Injuries, and a lack of defensive back coaching, hampered the Bulldogs’ 2013 season. Here’s hoping this news isn’t the start of an encore to that storyline.
 

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