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LSU stays on roll in regional
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080531/SPORTS/805310311
BATON ROUGE, La. - LSU made it look easy as expected Friday afternoon in a 12-1 whipping of error-prone Texas Southern in the first game of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional baseball tournament.
After surprising everyone and winning the SWAC Tournament title to get to the NCAA Regional, TSU got a serious dose of reality against the No. 1 seed.
TSU committed three errors, but it seemed like many more as LSU cruised through the Tigers from Texas.
"We made some critical errors at the beginning and in the middle innings," said Candy Robinson, TSU head coach. "We gave the LSU pitchers four or five outs and gave LSU hitters four or five outs when we probably should have gotten three outs."
Hattiesburg American.com
5/31/08
SEC Meetings: Miles Knew of Perrilloux’s Medical Problem; Nutt Expected to Fill Broyles’ Shoes
http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/sports_blog_post.asp?pid=3380
Ron Higgins of the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports in with a couple of interesting notes from the Southeastern Conference meetings at Sandestin, Fla.
One, LSU head football coach Les Miles was aware, the coach said, of former Tigers quarterback Ryan Perrilloux's medical condition -- diagnosed as obsessive-compulsive disorder -- that the quarterback blamed on his recent erractic behavior. Perrilloux recently was dismissed from the LSU program and has joined Jacksonville (Ala.) State and former Arkansas Razorback head coach Jack Crowe.
ArkansasSports360.com
5/29/08
NCAA Football Futures Betting – S.E.C Goes for Three
http://www.betus.com/sports-betting/NCAA_Football_Futures_Betting_SEC_Goes_for_Three-11755.aspx
The top ten sports betting teams, as reflected in the BetUS NCAA football futures odds, are represented as such:
Southern Cal +300
Florida +600
Georgia +900
LSU +1000
Ohio State +1000
Oklahoma +1000
Texas +1200
West Virginia +1400
Virginia Tech +1400
Missouri +1400
The conference that produced last year's national champion - and the champion from the year before - was the Southeastern Conference (SEC), which saw LSU and Florida crowned the last two seasons. It would appear that the pressure is on this league again, as three of the top four teams in the BetUS field are SEC programs. Let's take a quick look at these teams:
FLORIDA (+600 in BetUS sports betting odds) -- Tim Tebow is the first Heisman Trophy winner to come back to school as a junior. He did it all last year - passing (32 TD's , six INT's, 67% accuracy) and rushing (895 yards, 23 TD's). And he'll have his favorite collaborator, Percy Harvin, back in uniform after Harvin recovers from surgery on his heel. Perhaps Chris Rainey, a redshirt freshman, gets a chance to be a game-breaker this year. The defense let Florida down last year, as the Gators had problems stopping people through the air. But nine players were starting their first year. This is a more experienced group, and the secondary is expected to improve. The Gators only allowed three yards per carry in 2007. If that defense holds up, the sky's the limit.
BetUSA.com
Charles Jay
5/29/08
2008 NCAA College Football Previews
http://www.collegesports-fans.com/football-previews/2008-ncaa-previews.html
College Sports Fans has been the home of great college football coverage throughout the years and 2008 is only going to have even better NCAA college football coverage. We begin the season with our 2008 college football previews as we go team-by-team and preview the top NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision teams. Check back often as we are about to add to our 2008 NCAA football team previews beginning with our 2008 Big East football preview and Big 12 football preview.
Collegesportsfan.com
5/29/08