I had posted this earlier on Twitter but felt it was worthy of joining the new feature quote of the day.
“He went for the money. I’m fairly disgusted with the situation, that they let it last this long.”
Cincinnati Bearcats receiver Mardy Gilyard when asked his thoughts about the departure of head coach Brian Kelly who is heading to Notre Dame to take over for Charlie Weis.
The 2009 Walter Camp All-America Team was released on Thursday and leading the way is Texas Longhorns quarterback Colt McCoy, who was also named the Walter Camp Player of the Year.
For McCoy, it’s the the second straight year he’s won the Player of the Year award which puts him in select company. He joins Archie Griffin of The Ohio State Buckeyes (1974, 1975) and the embattled O.J. Simpson of the Southern Cal Trojans (1968, 1969).
The Alabama Crimson Tide placed four players on the team while the Longhorns had three.
The only Big East player to be honored was Rutgers offensive lineman Anthony Davis who was named to the second team.
A full look at the 2009 Walter Camp Foundation First and Second Team All-Americans after the jump.
Here’s the list of winners from the ESPNU/Home Depot 2009 College Football Awards Show that aired earlier on ESPN.
Things were relatively quiet during the Baseball Winter Meetings on the Jason Bay front. Sure there were a few rumors here and there but there was nothing really of substance (Angels, Mariners).
We do know that the Boston Red Sox offered Bay a 4 year, $60 million deal that he rejected. Supposedly, it will take five years to get Bay under contract.
And now according to Jon Heyman of SI.com, we have a new player in the Bay sweepstakes in the New York Mets. Heyman reports that the Mets have offered Bay a 4 year, $65 million deal.
If the Mets were to go to five years, it certainly seems like he could end up back in the National League. But if neither team does or any other team for that matter, what would take for Red Sox GM Theo Epstein to get him back in the Fens for 2010?
I don’t see why the Red Sox wouldn’t give Bay a similar contract to what J.D. Drew got (5 years, $70 million) and throw in some tickets to the 2010 NHL Winter Classic in Boston as well.
After all the rumors and other bs that’s gone on the past week or so with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coaching job, it looks as though they finally got their man. And thankfully, it’s not UConn Huskies head coach Randy Edsall.
According to a report in the South Bend Tribune, Kelly will be named the head football coach at Notre Dame. The official announcement could come as early as tomorrow.
It’s not known whether or not Kelly will coach the Bearcats in the Sugar Bowl against the Florida Gators. If I had to venture a guess, I’d have to say that answer would be a big fat no.
Kelly was meeting with his players before Cincinnati’s football banquet tonight. It’s obvious now the meeting was to give them the bad news. Also late this afternoon, the AP reported that Cincinnati’s banquet was going to be closed to the media.
Now that Edsall’s out of the woods for the rumors surrounding the Notre Dame job, how long until the Edsall to Kansas rumors start up?
UConn Huskies head coach Randy Edsall has been the subject of rumors surrounding the Notre Dame Fighting Irish job lately and offered nothing new on those rumors at a press conference for the PapaJohns.com Bowl on Thursday afternoon.
However the opposing South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Steve Spurrier threw Edsall under the boss (done in good fun) by bringing up the Notre Dame rumors first.
“I hope Randy … well, he may be the Notre Dame coach by this game. Notre Dame would be wise to try and hire him.”
Edsall stood up with a sheepish grin and replied, “I thought you would be my friend.”
In case you were wondering about the Notre Dame job, the lastest is that Cincinnati Bearcats head coach is meeting with his players today and the banquet for the Bearcats has been closed to the media.
Let the speculation begin but I say Kelly is as good as gone. Let’s hope that’s true.
I’d really hate to see Edsall leave here. We’re used to longevity with our coaches and we can only hope Edsall follows the lead of Geno Auriemma and Jim Calhoun.
As the Baseball Winter Meetings come to conclusion in Indianapolis, the Rule 5 Draft was held Thursday morning.
While the Boston Red Sox didn’t take anyone, they did lose two players from their farm system. They are third baseman Jorge Jimenez who spent the 2009 season with the Portland Sea Dogs and left-handed pitcher Armando Zerpa who was with the Greenville Drive and Salem Red Sox in 2009.
Jimenez was taken by the Houston Astros and then was traded to the Florida Marlins as the player to be named later from the Matt Lindstrom deal. Zerpa was picked up by the Tampa Bay Rays.
Jimenez hit .289 with 13 home runs and 87 RBIs in 133 games for the Sea Dogs. In 22 games with the Drive, Zerpa was 1-0 with a 1.20 ERA. In 16 games in Salem, he was 1-3 with a 4.85 ERA.
In case you were wondering how the Rule 5 Draft works, here’s the breakdown:
Players are eligible for selection in the Rule 5 draft who are not on their major league organization’s forty man roster and:
It costs a team $50,000 to make a choice and that player must remain on the 25 man roster for the entire season. If not, he’s to be offered back to the original club for $25,000.
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Here’s the press release about the Boston Red Sox acquisition of Boof Bonser from the Minnesota Twins.
BOSTON, MA-The Boston Red Sox today acquired right-handed pitcher Boof Bonser from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for a player to be named later.
The announcement was made by Executive Vice President/General Manager Theo Epstein.
Bonser, 28, missed the 2009 season after undergoing arthroscopic surgery in February to repair partial tears to the labrum and rotator cuff in his right shoulder. The right-hander made one rehabilitation appearance on September 6 for the Twins Single-A Fort Myers affiliate, tossing 1.0 scoreless frame.
Selected by the San Francisco Giants in the first round (21st overall) of the 2000 First-Year Player Draft, Bonser has made 96 Major League appearances (60 starts) over parts of three seasons with the Twins (2006-08). He is 18-25 with a 5.12 ERA (223 ER/391.2 IP), compiling 317 strikeouts compared to 125 walks. Bonser made one start for Minnesota during the 2006 Division Series vs. Oakland, throwing 6.0 innings of two-run ball in a no-decision.
