Archive for December, 2009

Dec200931

joeperson

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Birmingham postcard, day 3

Greetings from Birmingham. I joined USC’s team Thursday for its visit to the Civil Rights Institute, rated one of the top 10 museums in the country by USA Today. The museum is across the street from the 16th Street Baptist Church, where a bomb exploded on a Sunday morning in 1963, killing four young girls [...]

Dec200930

joeperson

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Birmingham postcard, day 2

Postcard from the Edge Greetings from Birmingham, site of the Papa Joe’s Bowl. At least that’s how South Carolina receiver Moe Brown referred to it Wednesday during a morning press conference. Steve Spurrier, who was seated next to Brown, corrected him. “Papa John’s,” Spurrier said under his breath. “You said Papa Joe’s.” Spurrier obviously understands [...]

Dec200929

joeperson

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Birmingham postcard, day 1

Postcard from the Edge Greetings from Birmingham. I’m told UConn was greeted at its hotel Tuesday by the Hoover Belles, a group of high-achieving high school girls decked out in their antebellum-era finest. I was greeted by Vulcan, the Roman god of the forge who stands sentry above downtown Birmingham from a nearby mountaintop. The [...]

Dec200926

joeperson

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Florida will look for next Meyer/Spurrier

When I googled “Urban Meyer” 20 minutes after Florida sent out the news release Saturday evening announcing its 45-year-old coach was stepping down due to health reasons, one of the first hits was a Louisville Web site asking whether Charlie Strong could be headed back to Gainesville. Florida AD Jeremy Foley probably already knows who [...]

Dec200926

joeperson

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Norwood doubling up in Alabama

Taking a break from three days of eating to update the blog. All-American linebacker Eric Norwood told The State last week he had accepted an invite to play in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala. The Senior Bowl folks made it official with a Christmas day press release (not the best day in the world [...]

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