Archive for December, 2008

Dec200931

joeperson

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Iowa DT questions USC dress code

As the visiting team Thursday, USC will wear its all-white, road uniforms.
But it was what the Gamecocks wore to an Outback Bowl banquet earlier in the week that caught the attention of Iowa defensive tackle Mitch King.
Speaking to about 9,000 Iowa fans at an alumni function Tuesday night, King said Iowa players sported team warm-ups [...]

Dec200931

joeperson

24

Gameday forecast for Outback Bowl

Iowa and South Carolina ended the regular season headed in opposite directions. The Hawkeyes won five of their last six games, while the Gamecocks had those two bad losses at Florida and Clemson.
But after a month off, I’m not sure how much the season-ending momentum will matter Thursday.
What will matter is the Gamecocks’ ability to [...]

Dec200931

joeperson

7

Swan song for USC juniors?

Thursday’s Outback Bowl figures to be the final game for a few of the Gamecocks’ juniors.
Confirmed that cornerback Captain Munnerlyn received his evaluation from the NFL’s advisory committee and is projected as a first-day draft pick (somewhere in the first three rounds).
Though Munnerlyn has not made it official, USC coaches had the sense that Munnerlyn [...]

Dec200930

joeperson

7

Postcard from Tampa, day 4

Dec. 30, 2008
Greetings from Tampa!
Went running Monday evening along the bay – slow jog actually – and saw more people wearing T-shirts from my alma mater of William & Mary than I saw sporting USC gear. It was actually just one young woman, who was talking on her cell as she walked and seemed a [...]

Dec200929

joeperson

7

Postcard from Tampa, day 3

Dec. 29, 2008
Greetings from Tampa!
Another sunny day, part of which I spent at a doc-in-the-box. Turns out that persistent hacking was bronchitis. Is it OK to put antibiotics on the expense account?
Down here three days and already I’m acting like all the other snowbirds – talking about the weather and doctors’ visits. My 90-year-old grandfather [...]

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