BODY COUNT, BODY COUNT: WEEK TWELVE
by Orson on Nov 16, 2007 4:09 PM EST
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Body Count's in the house.Mike Hart and Chad Henne both limp into the Ohio State game. Hart is playing through a high ankle sprain and will likely play. Henne has a leg injury and also suffers from being Chad Henne, and will likely play in between ill-explained appearances by Ryan Mallett.
On tOSU's side, Chris "Beanie" Wells is struggling through ankle and wrist injuries. He'll play.
Percy Harvin was hospitalized earlier this week for a sinus infection and will miss the Florida Atlantic game this weekend, the second he's missed due to illness. A high-performance machine like him is bound to spend some time in the shop, man.
Kentucky's Rafael Little will play against Georgia this weekend after making "significant progress" from a back injury.
Colt Brennan is officially "probable" for tonight's game against Nevada, which starts at 11:00 p.m., when we will be officially "hammered to bejeezus" at a birthday party.
Cornerback Vontae Davis is also feeling drunk on Concussionade, and is questionable for Illinois' game against Northwestern.
Running back Tashard Choice's knee is also probable for Georgia Tech due to a knee injury for the game against the suddenly pulse-having North Carolina Tar Heels. When asked what the odds are of Choice playing, Coach Chan Gailey answered, "Oh, about 7 to 5."
Guard Will Arnold and LB Daryl Beckwith are doubtful and questionable for the LSU Tigers' game against Ole Miss this weekend, making them either injured or admirably skeptical of all things around them.
Maryland RB Keon Lattimore is questionable with a hamstring injury. When reached for comment, coach Ralph Friedgen said "Mmmm, ham. String."
Texas Tech wide receivers Todd Walker, Lyle Leong, and L.A. Reed are all questionable for the Red Raiders' game against the Oklahoma Sooners, taking Texas Tech's total wideout corps down to a mere 16 healthy receivers.
Oklahoma will be missing Auston English, who would find playing with a metal rod in his broken foot difficult, so they're not gonna let him play. DT Steven Coleman, though, will play despite a strained abdominal muscle.
Minnesota's entire secondary is out due to the effects of a three-month long collective seizure.
Virginia Tech's caught injury fever as WR Eddie Royal, QB Sean Glennon, LB Vince Hall, and RB Branden Ore are all dinged for their home game against the 'Canes. Ore's ankle injury is the most serious of the collection.
Miami's offense is out with circulatory problems leading to an inability to score or maintain drive.
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You mean they aren’t playing the formiddable duo of Saturday and Sunday? They’ll be so relieved.
by Biggus Rickus on Nov 16, 2007 4:17 PM EST reply actions
Orson,
As a man and a journalist, allegedly, what do you think of this story out of Mobile,Al about Neal McReady being fired for not being pro-Bama enough…
WNSP fires McCready from sports host job
Friday, November 16, 2007
By MIKE BRANTLEY
TV &Media Editor
Neal McCready, a Press-Register sports reporter and columnist, lost his moonlighting job as a local radio sports program co-host when Mobile’s WNSP-FM 105.5 fired him after his show Wednesday, according to McCready and station management.
McCready, who is still employed by the Press-Register, said he was fired as co-host of the weekday “Afternoon Sports Drive” program because of a perception that he “wasn’t pro-Alabama enough.”
“The reason that they gave me for my firing was advertisers, specifically Alabama fans who were advertisers, pulling their ads because of a perception of negativity on my part about Alabama,” McCready told the newspaper Thursday
But the radio station’s management Thursday denied McCready’s assertion that Alabama football boosters are directly responsible for WNSP parting ways with him.
“It is totally untrue that we were forced by Alabama boosters” to fire McCready, said WNSP Program Director Tim Camp. “We make our own decisions in our business.”
However, Camp acknowledged that complaints by some of the show’s advertisers were taken into consideration when the decision was made to fire McCready.
“Neal has a negative style,” Camp said. Anybody who “listens to him on the radio can gather he likes to stir the pot. … We have had some advertisers who are interested in pulling ad dollars from the show because they don’t like his negativity. That is something we have to consider.”
“Afternoon Sports Drive,” airing from 2 until 5 p.m., will continue with co-host Jed Williams and various fill-in co-hosts until a replacement for McCready is named, Camp said.
The program features commentary on sports news of the day by its hosts, guests and listeners who phone in their views.
McCready said he takes issue with those who may say he is “anti-Alabama.” It just so happens, he said, that the Alabama football program fell onto hard times during the years he was on the air at WNSP.
“During the last five years, Alabama hasn’t won the Iron Bowl and hasn’t been a very good program, and there is not a good way to spin that,” McCready said. “Had Alabama won five Iron Bowls in a row and its program was in the same shape as Auburn is and has been over the last five years, I’d still be doing the show. … I’ve been fired because I’ve been honest about Alabama.”
Camp said, “If the advertisers don’t like the show, they are not going to sponsor it. And if we can’t get sponsors for a show, it’s not going to last very long. I can give you a laundry list of programs that used to be on WNSP that we have dropped because of a lack of advertisers. That is part of the business.”
So who could be behind this…..(Dana Carvey Church Lady voice) I dont know, maybe SABANNNNNNNNNNNN?
by Mr Pelican Pants on Nov 16, 2007 4:21 PM EST reply actions
Hate to say it, but grew up a Bammer fan. Got cured at an early enough age so that it didn’t cause too much of a drop in my IQ.
Isn’t Felix Jones out for the season?
by yoyofutbawl on Nov 16, 2007 4:30 PM EST reply actions
Mr Pelican Pants – Good Tagline….
11/16/1907 – Alabama and Auburn tie in a football game. Alabama changes it’s name from the Thin Red Line to the Crimson Tide.
Today is the Crimson Tied Centennial.
Oh, and Oklahoma was admitted as a state today too.
by NewAZTiger on Nov 16, 2007 4:41 PM EST reply actions
Why has there been no discussion of Bamer’s plans to bring a real live fucking elephant into B-D before a game?
That seems just fucking awesome to me.
by UgasTexan on Nov 16, 2007 4:48 PM EST reply actions
#8: Because it started off bad. They tried to copy Auburn (again) and initally let the thing loose off the upper deck.
It took the grounds crew 3 weeks to clean the mess up.
by NewAZTiger on Nov 16, 2007 4:50 PM EST reply actions
Mcready got fired for being an asshole and a Paul Finebaum wannabe. His ‘negativity’ was not limited to Bama… actually he had a negative attitude toward big time college football in general, and the SEC in particular. Constant jibes at SEC “student athletes” and the “fraud” of SEC football players being considered college students…
He is also a die-hard Cubs fan…in other words, not quite right for south Alabama…
by Sabanite on Nov 16, 2007 4:52 PM EST reply actions
“L.A. Reed”
But…are Jimmy Jam and Babyface healthy?! I need to know!!!
by Gentleman Masher on Nov 16, 2007 4:53 PM EST reply actions
I think it should be “Tiger vs African Bull Elephant” in the octagon style fight on the 50 yrd line pre-game….
That would be the shit…
by Mr Pelican Pants on Nov 16, 2007 5:05 PM EST reply actions
#12
Morris, what time is it? Who’s the lovely lady? Introduce us…..
Morris Day: I’m gonna introduce you to a headache if you dont get the hell outta my face
by Mr Pelican Pants on Nov 16, 2007 5:08 PM EST reply actions
Wow. Chan Gailey Equilibrium even affects his players’ ability to recover from injuries. Who knew?
by SpartanDan on Nov 16, 2007 5:51 PM EST reply actions
I’ll make sure to introduce myself to Beanie Wells.
by Crable's helmet on Nov 16, 2007 8:24 PM EST reply actions
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