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Nike held a made-for-ESPN skills and combine competition for elite high school football players at it's headquarters last weekend where 2012 Gator recruit running back Mike Davis showed impressive skills.
Davis is the big, strong fast, bruising running back from Stone Mountain, Ga which could be a cornerstone of the Charlie Weis pro-style beginning as early as next year.
At the event dubbed "The Opening" Davis ran a 4.62 40-yard dash ( which is great for a bigger back) and a vertical jump of 36.8 inches, along with a shuttle run of 4.02 and a "powerball" of 40 to finish 14th among the competition. You can see the complete results at the ESPN Rise website. The Opening will air on ESPNU repeatedly for the foreseeable future.
Several potential Gator recruits also took part in the event as did Gator '12 recruits, wideout Latroy Pittman and offensive lineman Jessamen Dunker.
There is yet to be found any footage of Davis but here is some video from the event.
-Former Gator CB Janoris Jenkins tells the Times Daily in Florence, Alabama that he was in fact kicked off the team, and now is trying to rebuild his image, i.e. get ready for the 2012 NFL Draft.
As to why he chose not to enter the NFL's supplamental draft (which may have not taken placed this year because of the lockout) and transfer to Division II North Alabama.
"It’s not all about the money,” he told the paper. “I went three years without money at the University of Florida, so why can’t I do it another year. I’m not in a rush to get the money — I just wanted to come back and rebuild my image.”
-ESPN reports that the Florida football team brought in $68 million in revenue in 2009-10 with only $24 million in expenses.
-The debate over how much control the NCAA should have over individual athletic programs and if the sanctioning body has become too big continues on. Likely it's hard to imagine that schools could be as profitable without some organization such as the NCAA having the final say and regulating inter-collegiate athletics. But has the NCAA overstepped its bounds?
Here's a juicy story about Auburn coach Gene Chizik, who has the ulitimate us against the world persona and mindset, and his argument and exchange with a senior NCAA official at the SEC meetings. You win a national championship, it becomes easier to voice your opinion and Chizik has done just that.
According to the New York Times, The NCAA vice president of enforcement Julie Roe Lach held a question and answer question to the audience which included all the football and basketball coaches and ADs in the SEC.
The Times reports, "He peppered Roe Lach with a flurry of questions about the N.C.A.A.’s investigation into Cam Newton and why the N.C.A.A. had not publicly announced that the investigation was over. Chizik complained that the inquiry’s open-ended nature had hurt Auburn’s recruiting and he followed up at least three times, leading to a testy exchange. “You’ll know when we’re finished,” Roe Lach told Chizik, according to several coaches who were at the meeting. “And we’re not finished.”
Gene Chizik is a son of a gun, and he may just have a chip on his shoulder because of the way the NCAA handled the situation the efforts of Auburn last season will forever get an asterisk in the minds of many despite the outright domination by the entire team not just by Cam Newton.
We'll just have to see if they can break the Top 3 of the SEC this season, as most experts are expecting a very down year for the Tigers.
Gator Trivia: Which former Gator holds the all-time school record for most receiving yards in a single game, which was set in 1998?
Davis is the big, strong fast, bruising running back from Stone Mountain, Ga which could be a cornerstone of the Charlie Weis pro-style beginning as early as next year.
At the event dubbed "The Opening" Davis ran a 4.62 40-yard dash ( which is great for a bigger back) and a vertical jump of 36.8 inches, along with a shuttle run of 4.02 and a "powerball" of 40 to finish 14th among the competition. You can see the complete results at the ESPN Rise website. The Opening will air on ESPNU repeatedly for the foreseeable future.
Several potential Gator recruits also took part in the event as did Gator '12 recruits, wideout Latroy Pittman and offensive lineman Jessamen Dunker.
There is yet to be found any footage of Davis but here is some video from the event.
-Former Gator CB Janoris Jenkins tells the Times Daily in Florence, Alabama that he was in fact kicked off the team, and now is trying to rebuild his image, i.e. get ready for the 2012 NFL Draft.
As to why he chose not to enter the NFL's supplamental draft (which may have not taken placed this year because of the lockout) and transfer to Division II North Alabama.
"It’s not all about the money,” he told the paper. “I went three years without money at the University of Florida, so why can’t I do it another year. I’m not in a rush to get the money — I just wanted to come back and rebuild my image.”
-ESPN reports that the Florida football team brought in $68 million in revenue in 2009-10 with only $24 million in expenses.
-The debate over how much control the NCAA should have over individual athletic programs and if the sanctioning body has become too big continues on. Likely it's hard to imagine that schools could be as profitable without some organization such as the NCAA having the final say and regulating inter-collegiate athletics. But has the NCAA overstepped its bounds?
Here's a juicy story about Auburn coach Gene Chizik, who has the ulitimate us against the world persona and mindset, and his argument and exchange with a senior NCAA official at the SEC meetings. You win a national championship, it becomes easier to voice your opinion and Chizik has done just that.
According to the New York Times, The NCAA vice president of enforcement Julie Roe Lach held a question and answer question to the audience which included all the football and basketball coaches and ADs in the SEC.
The Times reports, "He peppered Roe Lach with a flurry of questions about the N.C.A.A.’s investigation into Cam Newton and why the N.C.A.A. had not publicly announced that the investigation was over. Chizik complained that the inquiry’s open-ended nature had hurt Auburn’s recruiting and he followed up at least three times, leading to a testy exchange. “You’ll know when we’re finished,” Roe Lach told Chizik, according to several coaches who were at the meeting. “And we’re not finished.”
Gene Chizik is a son of a gun, and he may just have a chip on his shoulder because of the way the NCAA handled the situation the efforts of Auburn last season will forever get an asterisk in the minds of many despite the outright domination by the entire team not just by Cam Newton.
We'll just have to see if they can break the Top 3 of the SEC this season, as most experts are expecting a very down year for the Tigers.
Gator Trivia: Which former Gator holds the all-time school record for most receiving yards in a single game, which was set in 1998?
