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June 4, 2008

It’s a super (regional) kind of day

http://wegotaguythere.blogspot.com/2008/06/its-super-regional-kind-of-day.html Omaha, Nebraska is the location. Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium is the venue. And, the College World Series is the event. One that is fast approaching. After last night's contests, the NCAA Division I field has been cut to 16 teams, who will compete in the super regional round beginning this Friday (June 6) at various sites. The Southeastern Conference was able to get a second team into the super regional round after Georgia held off Georgia Tech. LSU is the hottest team in America, winning their last 23 ball games under head coach Paul Mainieri. The Tigers are 46-16-1 overall, so do the math. Yes, their win streak is impressive. However, it is not the SEC that was the best conference in the regional round, that honor belongs to the Atlantic Coast Conference, which saw four of its teams advance into the super regional round. North Carolina State, North Carolina, Miami and Florida State all advanced, with the Wolfpack being the only ACC team not to host a super regional. NCSU will travel to Athens to take on the Georgia Bulldogs, beginning Friday, while North Carolina hosts Coastal Carolina, Miami hosts Arizona and Florida State will entertain Wichita State. We Got A Guy There 6/4/08
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June 4, 2008

2008 SEC Football Television Schedule

http://secsports.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=2&url_article_id=5905 Date Time Network Game (Thu.) Aug. 28 7:00 p.m. ESPNU Vanderbilt at Miami (Ohio) (Thu.) Aug. 28 8:00 p.m. ESPN N.C. State at South Carolina (Sat.) Aug. 30 12:30 p.m. Raycom Sports Hawaii at Florida (Sat.) Aug. 30 5:00 p.m. ESPN Appalachian State at LSU (Sat.) Aug. 30 6:45 p.m. ESPN2 Mississippi State at Louisiana Tech (Sat.) Aug. 30 8:00 p.m. ABC Sports Alabama vs. Clemson (Atlanta, Ga.) (Sun.) Aug. 31 3:30 p.m. ESPN Kentucky at Louisville (Mon.) Sept. 1 8:00 p.m. ESPN Tennessee at UCLA (Thu.) Sept. 4 8:30 p.m. ESPN South Carolina at Vanderbilt (Sat.) Sept. 6 12:30 p.m. Raycom Sports Southern Mississippi at Auburn (Sat.) Sept. 6 3:30 p.m. ABC Sports Ole Miss at Wake Forest (Sat.) Sept. 6 8:00 p.m. ESPN Miami at Florida (Sat.) Sept. 13 12:30 p.m. Raycom Sports UAB at Tennessee (Sat.) Sept. 13 3:30 p.m. CBS Sports Georgia at South Carolina (Sat.) Sept. 13 3:30 p.m. ABC Sports Arkansas at Texas (Sat.) Sept. 13 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 Auburn at Mississippi State (Sat.) Sept. 20 8:13 p.m. ABC Sports Georgia at Arizona State (Thu.) Oct. 23 7:30 p.m. ESPN Auburn at West Virginia (Fri.) Nov. 28 12:30 p.m. Raycom Sports Mississippi State at Ole Miss (Fri.) Nov. 28 2:30 p.m. CBS Sports LSU at Arkansas (Little Rock) (Sat.) Dec. 6 4:00 p.m. CBS Sports SEC Championship Game (Atlanta, Ga.) All Times Eastern Tentative and Subject to Change Secsports.com 6/4/08
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June 4, 2008

Smith interviewed for Auburn opening

http://www.wacotrib.com/sports/content/sports/college/2008/06/04/06042008wacstevesmith.html Baylor baseball coach Steve Smith has interviewed for the Auburn head coaching job, according to Auburn (Ala.) radio station WQSI-FM. Smith, who recently completed his 14th season at Baylor, had no comment Tuesday when asked if he interviewed for the Auburn job. Smith also wouldn’t comment on whether he has interviewed for the Mississippi State job. The Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger recently named Smith as a potential candidate for the job which opened after long-time coach Ron Polk resigned. Smith, a native of Gulfport, Miss., was an assistant under Polk from 1990-94 before taking over the head coaching reins at Baylor. “Baylor is a wonderful place to coach, and I have every intention of being there as long as I can,” Smith said. The Auburn job opened on May 17 when Tom Slater resigned after going 115-113 in four seasons, including a 43-77 SEC record. Auburn finished 28-28 this season and went 11-19 in the SEC. The Tigers last reached the NCAA Tournament in 2005 when they finished 34-26, but they failed to make the SEC Tournament in each of Slater’s four seasons. wacotrib.com 6/4/08
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June 4, 2008

Big Brown puts in five furlongs in final pre-Belmont workout

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown08/news/story?id=3424013 NEW YORK -- A feisty Big Brown was back in his barn after a final workout Tuesday for the Belmont Stakes, and Rick Dutrow Jr. wasted no time zeroing in on the crack in the colt's left front hoof. No blood. "I didn't see any," the trainer said, promptly relaying the good news to hoof specialist Ian McKinlay by phone. "I said that he went good and I don't see any issue at all. I told him that everything was beautiful." Big Brown ran five furlongs in 1:00.03 with Dutrow and co-owner Michael Iavarone looking on near the finish line, where they expect Big Brown to be proclaimed a Triple Crown champion on Saturday. No such celebration has taken place at this track since 1978, when Affirmed dueled with Alydar and captured thoroughbred racing's highest honor. "We're as happy as we can be," Dutrow said. "There's not any issues with our horse. He does whatever you would want him to do." espn.com 6/4/08