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Tuesday, December 4, 2007
For Andruw, the price isn’t right
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jeff Schultz
THE TUESDAY COUNTDOWN:
(Or 10 things I don’t want to write a whole column about)
10: How does Les Miles stand up there and say he (or his agent) never had negotiations with Michigan with a straight face? I mean, do these guys go back into their hotel rooms and repent after news conferences, or do they just practice for the next one?
9: As far as I’m concerned, the only school that has any right to complain about anything is the only one that didn’t lose a game - Hawaii. Everybody else: You made your own bowl bed. Pass the poi.
8: Here’s the state of two college football programs in a nutshell: Georgia fans are complaining because their 10-2 team is going to the Sugar Bowl, the relative Holy Land for the SEC. Tech fans didn’t make a peep after their team was shipped off to Boise, home of the Humanitarian Bowl.
7: Excuse me, make that the “Roady’s” Humanitarian Bowl. Do you know what Roady’s is? It’s a chain of truck stops. The first 10,000 fans through the gate for Tech-Fresno State get a choice of Pop Tarts or road flares. The second 10,000 get committed. Be happy, Georgia. Be very happy.
6: And this: Georgia’s hot. We know, we know. But the Bulldogs’ defense remains suspect, and while some may think this is going to be some simple exhibition against Hawaii, it’s safe to assume there’s a reasonable chance that Colt Brennan (131 touchdown passes in three years) serves up Willie Martinez on a pu-pu platter.
5: A positive observation on the Falcons (honest): While Jimmy Williams seems to take Just-Doesn’t-Get-It to new levels every week, Roddy White is turning into a bonafide NFL receiver who runs hard on every play. So there’s one keeper for next season.
4: Either Georgia Tech didn’t offer the coaching job to Randy Edsall, or he was offered it and turned it down. If it’s the first, it explains why Edsall went back to Connecticut for a raise. If it’s the second, perception of the program is lower than we thought.
3: Ilya Kovalchuk has 22 goals. The next closest Thrasher has 10. Nine out of 14 forwards have scored 0-to-3 goals in 26 games. Overall, the team is skating better since the firing of Bob Hartley. But this is largely a case of one player carrying a team.
2: If you’re Joey Harrington, what does it do to your ego to be benched for a guy (Chris Redman) who was selling life insurance last year and spent three seasons out of football?
1: Andruw Jones is still looking for a five-year deal worth over $90 million, according to his agent, the Easter Bunny. (Scott Boras is one rejected contract offer away from rooming with Cheswick.)
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