NCAA bids irk ACC coaches
Posted: Sunday May 11, 2008 09:38AM ET
When the ACC men's basketball coaches meet this week, the Freon will be battling more than the humidity. The energy of the frustrated coaches will generate heat. For the second time in three years since the ACC expanded to 12 schools, just four of its teams were selected for the NCAA tournament. Despite having the highest conference RPI for 2007-08, the ACC received fewer NCAA bids than the Big East, Big 12, Pac-10 and SEC. The disappointment has prodded some action. ACC Commissioner John Swofford has sent a letter to the Division I men's basketball committee requesting that conference strength be added to the list of criteria considered when the NCAA tournament field is selected. Coaches say they plan to remind the media more often next season about the conference's strength. Virginia Tech's Seth Greenberg and Wake Forest's Dino Gaudio are open to considering an 18-game conference schedule. A year ago, the ACC committed to a 16-game schedule through 2010-11 because coaches resisted the idea of 18 ACC games.
Mike Krzyzewski, AP
LB recruit picks Dogs over Gators
Posted: Sunday May 11, 2008 09:42AM ET
Georgia's football commitment list grew to 11 Saturday. Mike Gilliard, a linebacker from Valdosta, said he has decided to play at Georgia. The 6-3, 205-pound linebacker is the third linebacker commitment for the class. According to Scout.com, Gilliard is a three-star prospect. Rivals.com considers Gilliard a four-star prospect. Gilliard chose Georgia over Georgia Tech and Florida.
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Rutgers recruit starts recruiting
Posted: Sunday May 11, 2008 09:31AM ET
Tom Savage already seems to have it all. The 6-3, 231-pound quarterback has a big arm, the ability to read defenses, tons of press clippings and has given a verbal commitment to play football at Rutgers starting in the fall of 2009. So what was Savage doing on the Rutgers Stadium field Thursday night, at the Big Time Football Showcase, surrounded by hundreds of high school football players still hoping to earn a college scholarship of their own? Wide receiver Aaron Hayward of Penns Grove, linebacker Carlo Calabrese of Verona, and sophomore running back Corey Brown, Savage's teammate at Cardinal O'Hara High in Springfield, Pa., were among the quarterback's targets on Thursday at an event where college coaches weren't allowed to be in the building.
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Gator used dead girl's credit card
Posted: Saturday May 10, 2008 09:20AM ET
Florida football player Jamar Hornsby was arrested Friday morning in Alachua County for allegedly using the credit card of a person who has been dead for almost seven months. Hornsby, 21, turned himself over to authorities and appeared in Alachua County court. He was released later on his own recognizance. Hornsby, who faces two charges -- misdemeanor larceny and third-degree fraud -- was issued a curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. each day until his next court date. Later Friday, Florida coach Urban Meyer officially released Hornsby from the team. ''He is not a part of our program,'' Meyer said in a statement. Hornsby allegedly had been using a BP gas card owned by James Slonina and used by his daughter, Ashley Slonina, a Florida student who was killed in a motorcycle accident along with UF football player Michael Guilford on Oct. 12 of last year. James Slonina told Alachua County police that he believed Hornsby obtained the card on Oct. 13 while helping Ashley Slonina's family remove her belongings from her apartment after she died.
Urban Meyer, AP
Schools pursuing Perrilloux
Posted: Saturday May 10, 2008 09:17AM ET
Count Jackson State in on the Ryan Perrilloux sweepstakes. Coach Rick Comegy said he is attempting to lure the dismissed LSU quarterback to campus for a visit in hopes of signing the troubled player. Perrilloux could play right away if he decides to transfer to a Football Championship Subdivision team. Perrilloux is expected to finish the spring semester at LSU so he can remain eligible to play next season. Published reports say Alabama A&M and Valdosta State also are chasing Perrilloux and Jacksonville State coach Jack Crowe has told The Associated Press he's pursuing the former top prospect.
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