Tennessee basketball announces penalties for their basketball program

September 10

The Tennessee Volunteer basketball program got handed penalties by the NCAA today. Here is a link to the penalties. Pearl was present at the news conference and fought back tears while giving his side of the story. "It's serious what we did," Pearl said. "The worst thing is how we handled it."

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/tenn/genrel/auto_pdf/ncaa-university-penalties.pdf

College football picks week #2
Sept 9
Lines are in parenthesis

Last week 19-3
This week 17-2
Overall 36-5

Thursday
#21 Auburn (-3.5) 35 @ Mississippi State 21 (W)

Friday
#23 West Virginia (-13.5) 42 @ Marshall 14 (W)

Saturday
San Jose State 7 @ #11 Wisconsin (-35) 42 (W)
#15 Georgia Tech (-12) 28 @ Kansas 3 (L)
#22 Georgia 14 @ #24 South Carolina (-2.5) 17 (W)
USF 14 @ #8 Florida (-17) 24 (W)
Idaho 3 @ #6 Nebraska (-28) 35 (W)
#17 Florida State 35 @ #10 Oklahoma 28 (-8.5) (L)
Iowa State 10 @ #9 Iowa (-14) 24 (W)
#12 Miami 17 @ #2 Ohio State (-9.5) 21 (Rematch of the 2003 Fiesta Bowl) (W)
UNLV (-23) 17 @ #20 Utah 28 (W)
#19 LSU (-11) 24 @ Vanderbilt 7 (W)
Wyoming 3 @ #5 Texas (-28.5) 49 (W)
#18 Penn State  21 @ #1 Alabama (-11.5) 24 (W)
#14 Arkansas (-34) 56 @ LA Monroe 0 (W)
Tennessee Tech  0 @ #4 TCU 45 (W)
#7 Oregon (-12.5) 35 @ Tennessee 21 (W)
#25 Stanford (-6) 35 @ UCLA 28 (W)
Virginia 10 @ #16 USC (-18.5) 35
James Madison  36 @ #13 Virginia Tech   35 (W)

Big 10 (12) Divisions

September 1

The Big 10 divisions were announced today.
division 1: Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin
division 2: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern

Ohio State and Michigan will continue to play the last week of the regular season.
there will be a 9th conference game.

Arizona Basketball

August 18

Arizona has just landed Nick Johnson (6-2, 175) from Henderson, NV. He is a 4 star Shooting Guard and #45 overall (Rivals.com). This is a great get for us and now we just need a big man or another guard and we should be good. We already have Sidiki Johnson (6-8, 220) who is a 4 star Power Forward and #67 overall (Rivals.com).
Some of our targets:
Quinn Cook PG: Arizona, Duke, Georgetown, North Carolina, Rutgers, St.John's, UCLA
Josiah Turner PG: Arizona (In home visit 9/9, official visit 9/17), Kansas (In home 9/13, official 10/15)
Damian Leonard SG: Arizona, Oklahoma State, South Carolina
Norman Powell SG: Arizona, San Diego State, UCLA

College Football Picks

August 25

Week 1
FYI.
I am going to pick the top 25 games plus Arizona.
Rankings are the USA Today Poll

Overall 19-3

Thursday September 2
Marshall 7 @ #2 Ohio State 35 (W)
#14 USC 28 @ Hawaii 3 (W)
#15 Pittsburgh 21 @ Utah 14 (L)

Friday September 3
Arizona 31 @ Toledo 17 (W)

Saturday September 4
San Jose State 0 @ #1 Alabama 42 (W)
Miami (Ohio)  7 @ #4 Florida 45 (W)
#5 Texas 45 @ Rice 14 (W)
#24 Oregon State 21 @ #6 TCU 17 (L)
Utah State 7 @ #7 Oklahoma 56 (W)
Western Kentucky 10 @ #8 Nebraska 28 (W)
Eastern Illinois 14 @ #9 Iowa 17 (W)
New Mexico 10 @ #11 Oregon 42 (W)
#12 Wisconsin 35 @ UNLV 14 (W)
South Carolina State 0 @ #16 Georgia Tech 35 (W)
Tennessee Tech 0 @ #17 Arkansas 35 (W)
#21 LSU 17 @ #18 North Carolina 10 (W)
Youngstown State  10 @ #19 Penn State 31 (W)
Samford 3 @ #20 Florida State 63 (W)
Arkansas State 3 @ #22 Auburn 35 (W)
Louisiana Lafayette 14 @ #23 Georgia 47 (W)
Coastal Carolina  3 @ #25 West Virginia 24 (W)

Monday September 6
#3 Boise State 14 @ #10 Virginia Tech 21 (L)