Thursday, February 18, 2010

'Bama DB suspended for spring, maybe longer

University of Alabama defensive back Robby Green has been suspended for a violation of team and NCAA rules and will not participate in spring practice, multiple sources have told The Tuscaloosa News.
It is unclear when the junior from New Orleans might be reinstated, but sources indicated the suspension may extend beyond spring drills.
The suspension comes at a time when Alabama goes into the spring with questions in the seconday. Alabama lost six senior defensive backs from last year’s team, and a seventh, Kareem Jackson, to early National Football League draft entry. Green figured to be a prominent challenger for a starting position in the secondary this spring.
Green was unavailable for comment as players are not made available to media during the offseason.
Green played in all 14 games and made six starts for the Crimson Tide last season, making 33 tackles, six pass break ups and one interception. He primarily played on special teams and in UA’s nickel and dime defensive sets, which call for extra defensive backs. Green, who played at one of the South’s top prep programs in John Curtis Christian in New Orleans, signed with Alabama in 2008 after choosing the Crimson Tide over LSU. His only interception last season helped secure a 24-15 home win over the Tigers late in the fourth quarter.
Without Green, returning safeties on scholarship for spring drills include only starter Mark Barron and reserves Robert Lester and Rod Woodson. At cornerback, UA returns limited experience, including sophomore Dre Kirkpatrick, LSU transfer Phelon Jones and B.J. Scott. Incoming freshman defensive backs include Nick Perry, DeMarcus Milliner, John Fulton, Deion Belue, Dequan Menzie and Jarrick Williams. Two of those , Milliner and Fulton are already enrolled at UA and will participate in spring practice.

click here to Shop for NCAA football gifts for your sport fan

Mallett breaks foot, out at least three months

University of Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett sustained a broken bone in his left foot during conditioning drills Wednesday morning. Mallett is expected to miss spring practice and fully recover in three to four months.
"It is unfortunate since Ryan works extremely hard and has made a commitment to the Razorbacks," said UA head coach Bobby Petrino. "I am confident in our athletic trainers and medical staff and believe they are the best in the country. Ryan is a strong competitor who I know will put all his effort into overcoming his injury and continuing to lead this team."
In 2009, Mallett set or matched 16 different school records and finished the season completing 225-of-403 passes for 3,624 yards and 30 touchdowns. Mallett was an All-Southeastern Conference second-team selection by the league coaches and media and he was named one of 10 finalists for the Manning Award. He led the SEC in total offense (276.5) and passing yards per game (278.8).

StubHub.com click here for The Safe Way to Buy & Sell Tickets Online

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

The Vols fans restlessness is probably more to do with the last guy than this one. Most football coaches become office fixtures between the end of recruiting and the beginning of spring
Kiffin startedto the same question: "How do I get on ESPN today?"
His recurring answer: "Ridicule a more successful coach."
It worked. And it would have worked for Dooley if he had felt compelled to inform the media empire in Bristol, Conn., that he was the brains behind Nick Saban's national championship at LSU or that Urban Meyer couldn't match Xs and Os with Ron Zook.
Although Dooley has been on the job just over a month, he apparently has concluded that antagonizing Saban or Meyer won't help him win a championship. Instead, he seemingly will take a more conventional approach in attempting to revive UT football. And what's more conventional than hard work?
So maybe you should rejoice in Dooley's few public appearances. Perhaps he's hunkered down to the enormous task of trying to win more games than he loses in 2010. There's enough work to be done in the offensive line alone to turn a coach into a recluse.
I don't have to tell you Dooley is a hard worker. He coached under Saban for seven years, which is equivalent to 21 human years.
Some assistants don't last seven weeks under Saban. Seven years? That not only speaks to Dooley's work ethic and stamina, but to the endurance and patience of his wife. When you work for Saban, you learn to multi-task to the extent that you can welcome a newborn into your family and make an afternoon football practice on the same day.
My guess is that if you work that long for Saban, you also develop an affinity for his coaching model, which features an all-controlling head coach. Exerting that much control takes time, particularly when you are so new on the UT job that you can't distinguish Kingston Pike from Tazewell Pike, much less identify five SEC-caliber offensive linemen.
In the meantime, maybe UT should place a "men at work" sign in front of the football office. Its more restless fans might appreciate that.

Bulldogs could benefit from schedule in 2010

Over the past two seasons, as the Dogs were trying to survive absolutely killer schedules, We kept looking ahead at the 2010 and 2011 schedules and thinking that if Mark Richt could solve his defensive problems and find a quarterback, he’d be looking at a definite window of success.
The rotation of SEC West teams that the Dogs face definitely turns advantageous this season (no Bama or LSU) and the most challenging opponent on the nonconference schedule looks to be their in-state rival.
CollegeFootballNews.com is thinking along the same lines. In doing their roundup of the SEC composite schedule for 2010, they see Georgia’s “realistic best case record” as 11-1, the “worst case” record as 7-5 and peg the Dogs’ “likely finish” at 10-2.
Their summary paints a pretty optimistic scenario: “Georgia won’t be the best team in the SEC, but it has the schedule to look that way. Any SEC East team worth its salt would take this slate in a heartbeat. There’s no Alabama or LSU to deal with, Florida, as always, is at a neutral site, Tennessee is a home game, and the road games are at South Carolina, Mississippi State, Kentucky, and Auburn. Throw in a home date against Vanderbilt and anything less than a New Year’s Day bowl appearance will be a mega-disappointment. Even the nonconference schedule works out well with the Georgia Tech game at home and the one tough road trip at Colorado. On the negative side, the game against the Buffs is coming off a road trip to Mississippi State for the only back-to-back road games of the year, and the week off doesn’t come until late November.”
One little problem: CFN also predicted a 10-2 finish for the Dogs in 2009. So-o-o

For NCAA Football Tickets click here

Tickets to All Sporting Events right here

Mississippi State's Dan Mullen to receive contract extension

Mississippi State football coach Dan Mullen is set to receive a one-year contract extension with no increase to his $1.2 million annual salary when the state College Board meets Thursday in Jackson, according to the board’s agenda that was released this morning.
Mullen went 5-7 in his first year as State’s head coach, ending the season on a high note with an Egg Bowl win over Ole Miss.
Mullen’s new contract will run through the 2013 season. It brings his contract back to the four-year maximum allowable under Mississippi law. Mullen receives $250,000 in base pay from the athletic department and $950,000 from the private Bulldog Foundation.
The College Board’s approval of such items is usually considered a formality.

Need tickets to see your favorite sports team? Click here

Gators coach Urban Meyer finally taking extended time off

Florida football coach Urban Meyer is two weeks into his indefinite leave of absence. And that pretty much is all anyone outside of Meyer's inner circle knows about the situation.Where Meyer is spending his mandated time off and what he's doing is unknown. So are the results of the stress and heart tests Meyer said he was going to have this month, or whether he has already had them or will have to undergo more.Interim head coach Steve Addazio's additional duties - or even if he has any - and the assistant coaches' official assignments have not been announced, either."The situation is very fluid and things will continue to change," said Steve McClain, UF's associate athletics director for communications. "Right now the focus is on making sure Urban's healthy."Meyer's leave of absence was supposed to begin following Florida's 51-24 victory over Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1. He did take some time off - a day and a half, he said when he held an impromptu news conference during halftime of UF's basketball game against South Carolina on Jan. 23 - but still remained active in recruiting.Meyer didn't travel but did call recruits and was involved in the on-campus recruiting visits. According to McClain, though, that is far less than Meyer's normal January routine. In past years, Meyer would be on the road every permissible day and often would visit several cities and schools in one day."If you compare it to what he was usually doing, it was very different," McClain said. "He made a lot of changes."

StubHub.com click here for The Safe Way to Buy & Sell Tickets Online

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Closer look at Alabama's 2010 recruiting class


Big names DeMarcus Milliner and Jarrick Williams could compete for jobs in the secondary, and C.J. Mosley is a highly regarded linebacker.
There weren’t many. Five-star defensive back Keenan Allen backed out of his commitment earlier in the week as the only defection. Every other committed player signed by midmorning , taking all intrigue out of the rest of the day.
There were four offensive linemen signees after two big names (Shon Coleman and James Stone) went with rivals Auburn and Tennessee Wednesday. But Saban didn’t sound disappointed in the group he landed.
Of the incoming class, 11 are already in Tuscaloosa, the most early enrollees Saban has had. … Kicker Cade Foster was one of those already at Alabama, so his school had a cardboard cutout of the player at the table where teammates signed paperwork. Foster’s parents even posed for pictures with the likeness of their son.
Player Hometown (high school) Pos. Ht. Wt.
Alfy Hill Shallotte, N.C. (West Brunswick) LB 6-4 245
Speed rusher could add depth and earn playing time at defensive end.
DeMarcus Milliner Millbrook, Ala. (Stanhope Elmore) DB 6-1 180
One of 11 already enrolled, Milliner already is working through the Tide’s massive playbook and hopes “to be on top” of the depth chart by fall.
Cade Foster Southlake, Texas (Southlake Carroll) PK 6-1 213
With the loss of Lou Groza Award finalist Leigh Tiffin and not much backing him up, Foster’s strong leg could be making the tour of SEC stadiums this fall.
Player Hometown (high school) Pos. Ht. Wt.
Deion Belue Tuscumbia, Ala. (Deshler) DB 6-0 170
Ronnie Carswell Macon, Ga. (Westside) WR 6-0 180
Corey Grant Opelika, Ala. (Opelika) RB 5-9 186
Adrian Hubbard Lawrenceville, Ga. (Norcross) LB 6-6 227
Brandon Ivory Memphis, Tenn. (East) DL 6-4 335
Harrison Jones Germantown, Tenn. (Evangelical Christian) TE 6-4 235
Arie Kouandjio Beltsville, Md. (DeMatha Catholic) OL 6-5 335
Wilson Love Mountain Brook, Ala. (Mountain Brook) DL 6-3 275
Keiwone Malone Memphis, Tenn. (Mitchell) WR 5-11 165
DeQuan Menzie Columbus, Ga. (CLJC/Carver HS) DB 6-0 195
C.J. Mosley Theodore, Ala. (Theodore) LB 6-2 225
Nick Perry Prattville, Ala. (Prattville) DB 6-1 193
Blake Sims Gainesville, Ga. (Gainesville) ATH 6-0 195
Brian Vogler Columbus, Ga. (Brookstone) TE 6-7 242
DeAndrew White Houston, Texas (North Shore) WR 6-0 180
Jarrick Williams Mobile, Ala. (Blount) DB 6-1 203
Jay Williams Thomasville, Ala. (Thomasville) P 6-3 208
Already Enrolled at Alabama (11)
Cade Foster Southlake, Texas (Southlake Carroll) PK 6-1 213
Jalston Fowler Mobile, Ala. (Vigor) RB 6-1 245
John Fulton Manning, S.C. (Manning) DB 6-0 178
Brandon Lewis Pleasant Grove, Ala. (EMCC/Pleasant Grove) DL 6-3 265
Chad Lindsay The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands) OL 6-2 288
Darius McKeller Jonesboro, Ga. (Jonesboro) OL 6-6 319
Anthony Orr Madison, Ala. (Sparkman) DL 6-4 270
Austin Shepherd Buford, Ga. (North Gwinnett) OL 6-5 315
Phillip Sims Chesapeake, Va. (Oscar Smith) QB 6-2 224
Petey Smith Tampa, Fla. (Armwood) LB 6-1 245



SEC Football fans Shop Tinderbox.com for Cigar Accessories click here

Vandy names Kiser as new offensive coordinator

Jimmy Kiser, a veteran Vanderbilt coach best known for mentoring quarterback Jay Cutler to Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors in 2005, has been elevated to offensive coordinator, Commodore Head Coach Bobby Johnson said Thursday. The promotion of Kiser, who formerly served as the team's quarterback coach and co-passing game coordinator, is the key element in an reassignment of duties that affects four offensive coaches following the unit's disappointing performance last year. "I'm excited about the opportunity, and excited about continuing to work with a group of great coaches," Kiser said. "All of us will be focused on the same goal, to make sure we are doing everything possible to get better as an offense and give our team the very best chance for victory." Duties for Kiser, former coordinator Ted Cain, running backs coach Des Kitchings and wide receiver mentor Charlie Fisher are affected by Johnson's reassignment. "After much examination of our staff dynamics," Johnson said. "I believe these changes will give us the best combination of leadership and responsibilities for our offensive staff. The offensive staff reassignments include: • Promotion of Kiser as offensive coordinator. He will continue to mentor Commodore quarterbacks. • Kitchings, entering his third year on the staff, adds duties of running game coordinator to his role as running backs coach. • Fisher will become passing game coordinator after sharing those duties with Kiser for the last four years. • Cain continues as tight ends coach and becomes the Commodores' special teams coordinator. The reassignments will not affect Robbie Caldwell, the team's Assistant Head Coach and offensive line coach. The move by Johnson comes following a two-year lack of offensive production by the Commodores. While the team's defense ranked among the SEC's upper half and high nationally in 2008-09, the offense has lagged behind league teams in many statistical categories. The lack of production since the 2006 season can be traced to several elements, including unexpected departures in personnel, career-and season-ending injuries to top players, and inexperience at several key positions. A coordinator at North Carolina State from 1997-99 and Memphis at 2001, Kiser's promotion comes a year after he took over responsibility for calling Vanderbilt offensive plays.

click here to Shop for NCAA football gifts for your sport fan

Bulldogs Blast from the Past the recruiting of Herschel Walker

Just a blast from the past for you die-hard Georgia fans. This is about Herschel Walker’s recruitment back in February of 1980 by a young TV reporter named Bill Hartman, then with Atlanta’s Channel 5.
Hartman was in Wrightsville on National Signing Day to talk to Walker and his coaches about his recruitment when he stumbles upon Walker driving a shiny new black Pontiac Trans Am. Ever the inquiring journalist, Hartman immediately gets to the bottom of who bought the Trans Am. (Walker’s parents, Hartman determines). At that point, the Goal-line Stalker had not signed with Georgia and it was still a pretty intense recruiting battle between the Bulldogs and Clemson and others. Georgia Tech was also involved.
A couple of really cool things caught our attention . Number one, Hartman interviews Georgia head coach Vince Dooley and a Georgia Tech assistant coach about Walker right there at Johnson County High School. Modern recruiting rules would never allow such a thing. Number two, the report, the second in a series, was three minutes and 12 seconds long. An entire sportscast doesn’t last that long these days.
As we all know now, Walker eventually signed with Georgia , but not until Easter Sunday, and went on to become arguably the greatest college running back of all time.

Need tickets to see your favorite sports team? Click here

Monday, February 15, 2010

Colt McCoy says recovery `really coming along' after Injury in BCS championship against Bama

Colt McCoy says he's throwing 40-50 balls a day in an intense rehabilitation program that he hopes will have him ready to fully participate in the NFL draft combine that begins next week.
McCoy says the nerve injury in his right shoulder is "really coming along" and is close to being 100 percent. The former Texas quarterback says it will be up to his doctors if he will throw at the combine, but that he will do everything he is able to do in Indianapolis.
On Monday night, McCoy was recognized with the Davey O'Brien Award as the nation's top quarterback.
In the BCS championship game Jan. 7 against Alabama, McCoy took a hard tackle on the Longhorns' fifth offensive play. That pinched a nerve and caused his throwing arm to go numb, and he didn't return to the game that Texas lost.

SEC Football fans Shop Tinderbox.com for Cigar Accessories click here

Boise State's Petersen won't miss the now Vols' Dooley

Dooley has spent time trying to figure things out on the other side of Wilcox, and that experience was a big factor in his decision to hire him.
The loss of Wilcox could be a setback for a team with national championship hopes this season, but at least it might be partially offset by Dooley making the road to another conference title a bit easier.
"I was very, very impressed from the second Dooley got there," Petersen said. "He is well, well organized, well thought of in coaching circles without question. I think he did a very nice job at Louisiana Tech, and every year we could feel those guys taking steps in the right direction and he was doing some very good things there.
"I think Tennessee plucked him out at just the right time, I really do."
Ideally though, Petersen might have liked him to look elsewhere to pluck a coordinator.

Need tickets to see your favorite sports team? Click here

Georgia gets commit No. 3 from N. Clayton’s Amarlo Herrera

Georgia added it’s third commitment of the 2011 recruiting class Monday afternoon.
Amarlo Herrera, a linebacker at North Clayton High School, accepted the Bulldogs’ scholarship offer while meeting with coach Mark Richt on the UGA campus. He had the day off from school and traveled to Athens with his coach, Rodney Hackney.
“He already knew I was going to do it so it wasn’t much of a surprise,” Herrera said of his 3:30 p.m. visit with Georgia’s head man. “I had made my decision a while ago because I always wanted to go to Georgia. I said if they offered me I was going to go with them. This just made it official.”
The 6-foot-2, 215-pound linebacker got that official offer on Jan. 27, just before he attended the Bulldogs’ Junior Day in Athens.
Herrera said one of his main attractions to UGA was defensive coordinator Todd Grantham and his 3-4 defense.
“I like the 3-4,” Herrera said. “We already run it in high school, so it should be an easy transition for me.”
As for whether he would play inside or outside in Grantham’s set, Herrera wasn’t sure. “I’d say outside right now, but Grantham says I could play any one of them.”
Had the Bulldogs not offered, Herrera said he would have considered Georgia Tech, Ohio State, Florida or Texas Tech.
Herrera joins safeties Corey Moore of Griffin and Chris Sanders of Tucker in the Bulldogs’ Class of 2011. Herrera said he does not plan to take any other visits and is unconcerned about being able to stick with his commitment until national signing day of next year.

click here to Shop for NCAA football gifts for your sport fan

In Alabama, Saban has more Facebook fans than God

Nick Saban may not be bigger than God in Alabama, but he has more fans on Facebook.
The all-powerful football coach edged out the all-powerful deity to claim the top spot in a ranking of Facebook fan page membership in the state. The omnipotent one, God, not Saban, did manage to finish ahead of Starbucks, Rick and Bubba and Chick-fil-A.
The Fan Page Analytics ranking (what ever this is)is part of an independent, automated analysis of fan pages on the popular social networking site. Created by a Boulder, Colo., computer programmer, the new system ranks fan page popularity by city, state and country and shows how Facebook users connect with people around the world.
The programmer behind the analysis, Pete Warden, said Friday that the concept of "fanning," or joining what amount to online fan clubs, is just more common in sports than in faith, "so I'm not too surprised that coaches beat out God."
But in his blog he noted that God is "almost always in the top spot" in the South, with some exceptions. Oklahomans picked the Sooners first and God third, and Florida favored Starbucks over the Almighty. Urban Meyer didn't even make Florida's list!
Stephen Jones, senior pastor at Birmingham's Southside Baptist Church, said he was surprised to learn Saban edged out God for the top spot in Alabama. But not terribly surprised.
"If the Blessed Virgin Mary was going to appear in a field in Alabama, and Nick Saban was going to appear, who do you think would draw the most people?"

SEC Football fans Shop Tinderbox.com for Cigar Accessories click here

Gator arrested on 2 counts of battery charges

Florida redshirt freshman defensive lineman Gary Brown was arrested on two counts of misdemeanor battery early Sunday morning.Brown has been suspended from team activities, according to UF spokesman Steve McLain.According to the arrest report, Brown, 19, allegedly struck one female victim in the face and scratched another female victim's arms when he refused to leave a party late Saturday night. Neither victim required medical attention. Brown was booked into Alachua County jail early Sunday morning.Brown is the 26th football player to be arrested in Florida coach Urban Meyer's five-year tenure.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

NCAA proposes other Rule Changes for the Coming Football Season

The NCAA also proposed several other rules changes for the 2011 season, which now must be approved by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel:
– Players who draw flags for taunting gestures on their way to a touchdown would have the penalty assessed from the spot of the foul, taking away the score. Penalties that occur in the end zone would continue to be assessed on the extra-point attempt, 2-point conversion try or ensuing kickoff.
– Tougher standards on allowing a concussed player to return to a game, forcing them to be cleared by a doctor before returning to competition.
– Television monitors will be allowed in the press box coaches’ booths beginning in 2011. The home team has responsibility for insuring that coaches’ booths for both teams have identical television capability.
– Ending the requirement that players’ pants always cover the knees.
– Eliminating the intentional “wedge” on kickoffs and punts, a rule the NFL adopted last season.
– Recommending conferences that do not have a pregame warm-up policy use a 10-yard, no-player zone between the 45-yard lines beginning 60 minutes before kickoff.

SEC Football fans Shop Tinderbox.com for Cigar Accessories click here

Good thing Tebow graduated: NCAA set to ban eye-black messages

A.P. announced yesterday that the NCAA’s Football Rules Committee proposed another new rule aimed at player expression, most notably for Florida fans, banning all words, logos, numbers or other symbols on the players’ eye black. The AP reports the rule will take effect for the 2010 season.Tim Tebow is the most prominent example of a player using his eye black as a personal billboard, having used it the past two seasons to print a bible verse and promote his faith. After the 2009 BCS Championship Game, 92 million people Googled “John 3:16,” the verse Tebow wore during the game. With the new rule, such a phenomenon would never have taken place.The NFL also has a “no messages on the eye black” rule, meaning Tebow will no longer adorn his famous bible verses during games.But Tebow is far from the only athlete to print messages on his eye black. Thousands of players do it, dating back to Reggie Bush’s days at USC and earlier. The eye-black messages often honor the player’s hometown, area code, nicknames like “Muck City” or messages like “I (heart) u mom,” which former Gators receiver Louis Murphy wore during the 2009 championship game.But not all eye black messages have the best intentions. Urban Meyer lamented during the middle of the 2009 season that sometimes he has to be an “eye black cop.” The NFL and now NCAA are wary of curse words or other taunting messages on the eye black which could cause fights on the football field. And Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor got in some hot water last season when he honored disgraced quarterback Michael Vick on his eye black.

click here to Shop for NCAA football gifts for your sport fan

Saturday, February 13, 2010

NCAA moves to toughen already controversial excessive-celebration penalty..SEC officials need Glasses

You hear about the move by the NCAA Football Rules Committee this week to further toughen the unsportsmanlike-conduct/excessive-celebration penalty?
The penalty, which stirred much controversy hereabouts when it was incorrectly called on Georgia’s A.J. Green against LSU last season, will get tougher in the 2011 season if approved by one more NCAA committee.
Basically, the change would make unsportsmanlike conduct a live-ball foul, meaning, for example, that a taunting gesture en route to a touchdown would nullify the score and be penalized from the spot of the foul.
The change would not impact penalties for celebrations in the end zone after a score, such as the one against Green, because those dead-ball fouls would continue to be assessed on the ensuing kickoff or extra-point/two-point conversion attempt.
Of course, the problem with the Green penalty was that it never should have been called. The SEC said two days later that video evidence did not support the flag, which came after Green scored the go-ahead touchdown. A 15-yard penalty was assessed on the ensuing kickoff and jump-started LSU’s game-winning touchdown drive.
At the least, the Green penalty underscored the subjective and inconsistent nature of such calls.
And now the stakes could be raised.
This week’s move to toughen the consequences of live-ball unsportsmanlike-conduct flags came in a Wednesday vote by the Football Rules Committee. In a comment posted on the NCAA’s website, committee chairman and Oregon athletics director, Mike Bellotti says:
“Our committee firmly believes in the team concept of college football. Taunting and prolonged individual acts have no place in our game, and our officials have generally handled these rules well. This is just another step in maintaining our game’s image and reflecting the ideals of the NCAA overall.”
The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel must approve the change before it can take effect.
What Do you say about this?

For SEC Football Internet Specials Click Here

GameDay Successful Before at UK Wildcats

Saturday, a sold-out Rupp Arena greeted ESPN College Basketball GameDay with what was expected to be the largest crowd in the history of the show.
And, it wasn't the first time GameDay had a big day in Lexington.
Wildcat football fans came out in great numbers on Oct. 20, 2007, when the University of Kentucky played host to the football version of the show. The GameDay regulars were impressed by the crowd and atmosphere for the event, which was held on a lawn on the west side of the W. T. Young Library.
“Tremendous turnout,” the show's senior coordinating producer, Michael Fountain, said at the time. “Looks like 10 or 11,000. If we could get this every week, life would be good.”
The ESPN crew complimented the Kentucky fans for their friendliness, attentiveness to the show, and courtesy when features on other teams were being shown. The crew also was gratified by the welcome shown by the University.
“We have never experienced such overwhelming hospitality from a school and a city in the 14 years of road shows,” long-time host Chris Fowler said.
The good feelings and memories stayed with the crew. Many months later, Desmond Howard was asked about his favorite stop during his time on the tour.
“My favorite place thus far is Lexington, Kentucky,” Howard said. “When we went out there, the fans came out in droves. Behind us was their band, just circled the whole crowd and looked picturesque. It was a beautiful sight. They showed great sportsmanship, a lot of respect.”

SEC Football fans Shop Tinderbox.com for Cigar Accessories click here