An Atlanta based company has made the switch to go with hybrid cars. Green Express is the first courier company in America to make the switch to hybrids. The company states high fuel prices and trying to be more environmentally responsible as the primary reasons for making the changes.
read more | digg story
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
SEC Football Fanatics: Announcing SEC Sports Report
Just SEC sports! Finally, one site for all 12 SEC Schools. This sports web site just covers football, basketball and baseball. With breaking news, feature stories and the best SEC stories updated daily, this site is a new favorite site for avid SEC fans. This is not a blogger site. The site is professional with analysis on coaches and teams.
read more | digg story
read more | digg story
Monday, August 27, 2007
SEC Sports Site Picks Steve Spurrier to Win SEC East in 2007
SEC Sports Report has been following all 12 teams in the Southeastern Conference and now they have made their pre-season choices. Analyst Jay Holgate chose South Carolina primarily because of Steve Spurrier and his leadership. Find our where the Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs and Tennessee Volunteers end up in this pre-season ranking.
read more | digg story
read more | digg story
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
SEC West Rankings for 2007 Football
The SEC Sports Report ranks the SEC West in a year that should be challenging for all parties. Analyst Jay Holgate breaks it down from #1 to #6 and tells you who is up this year and why. The SEC West could have a number of upsets this year with not a whole lot of difference between #1 and #4. This article is a must read for all avid SEC fans.
read more | digg story
read more | digg story
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Phillip Fulmer and Tennessee Football Need to Make it Happen in 2007
by Jay Holgate
SEC Sports Report
ATLANTA, GA-- The Volunteers in the Southeast are getting restless. Tennessee fans are ready to be the SEC East Champions. And it's about time Tennessee returned to the top of the SEC. If not in 2007, when? Tennessee has a seasoned Senior quarterback, Senior and Junior dominated defense and best of all, Florida and Georgia are in a re-loading year with new players and new defenses. Head Coach Phillip Fulmer begins his 16th year with more pressure than ever and is finding that it is rocky at the top of the Southeastern Conference.
Couple of Weeds in the Garden. Most fans have not forgotten the 2005 season which ended 5-6 with no bowl game. The loss to Vandy at the end of the season was the heartbreaker. Phillip Fulmer was forced to shake up his staff, and he traded offensive coordinator Randy Sanders for David Cutcliffe. For two years in a row, Tennessee has not given Phillip Fulmer a raise but they have extended his contract. When giving raises to Fulmer's assistants, the University stated that the raises were based on performance. The statement was a signal to Fulmer that he needed to do better. Fulmer got the message and in the spring, Fulmer even said that a national championship for football could happen very soon. We found this to be a surprising statement. However, Fulmer should be able to live off the 2 million a year paycheck, but it always helps when the University establishment gives a vote of confidence with yearly increases in salary. After all, Tennessee finished 2nd in the SEC East in 2006 behind the National Champion Florida Gators.
Thorns in the Flesh. Three Coaches could give Fulmer major problems in 2007 from a psychological viewpoint. Saban, Spurrier and Brooks. If Tennessee loses to Alabama and South Carolina, Vols all over the country will feel their program has slipped and the other schools have moved up the competitive ladder. Fulmer can't afford to lose to Spurrier and Saban in 07 because they are just going to be better in the future. A loss to Kentucky would end a series of 22 wins in a row for Tennessee. Kentucky played Tennessee until the end in 06 and is returning all their playmakers in 07. Should be a good game in Lexington, Kentucky, but Vols consider this game every year to be a gimme; so a loss would be hard to take.
It's a Slippery Slope in the SEC. Tennessee has been getting great talent for years. The Tennessee roster is full of superior athletes from all over the country. The SEC East was Tennessee and Florida dominated for years. But now the dominator from Florida is at South Carolina; another great coach has moved into Florida; and Georgia has emerged as a consistent challenger for the SEC title every year under Coach Mark Richt. Vanderbilt and Kentucky have improved, and Tennessee's SEC West rival Alabama is on track for greatness with Nick Saban. So that means Phillip Fulmer is going to have to get used to the pressure because it will be there week in and week out. Fulmer knows it. The fans can feel the competition getting better. It's a bad feeling when you are used to being at the top.
2007 Must Be A Rock Solid Year for the Vols. Tennessee starts the year with an experienced quarterback and potential Heisman candidate in Erik Ainge. At 6'6 and 220 lbs, the Senior has the talent to get it done. Ainge has worked under the tutelage of David Cutcliffe who is one of the best offensive coordinators in the country. If Ainge can't get it done, there is 6'4, 230 lb Jonathon Crompton waiting in the wings. If you look at the defense, it has the advantage of being covered with seniors and junior starters. Tennessee plays an inexperienced but talented Florida team early and an inexperienced but athletic Georgia team before mid-season which is the best time to play them; so they are catching two great schools before they get their rhythm. The big rivalry with Alabama is in Tuscaloosa but Tennessee will be playing the Crimson Tide in a transition year with a new coach. Alabama will be better next year than this year and so will Florida and Georgia. South Carolina and Arkansas are played at home so that should help in competing with these two teams.
Rock, Paper, Scissors. In recent years, Tennessee has been too inconsistent to predict their performance from week to week. The Vols had moments of pure brillance in Athens and then gave up 4th quarter leads in big games in Knoxville. Fulmer is an optimist and has stated that the Vols were a couple of plays from being undefeated in 06. Most of the fans remember the close games of Air Force 31-30, South Carolina 31-24 and Kentucky 17-12 and see the season as being a couple plays from being 6-6. It's all a matter of perspective. From where I'm sitting, Tennessee has their best chance to win the SEC East in 07, and they had better take advantage of it. Because the SEC East is getting bigger, stronger, and faster every day. And it's rocky at the top of the Southeastern Conference in 2007.
Jay Holgate is an analyst and sports writer for http://www.secsportsreport.com
SEC Sports Report
ATLANTA, GA-- The Volunteers in the Southeast are getting restless. Tennessee fans are ready to be the SEC East Champions. And it's about time Tennessee returned to the top of the SEC. If not in 2007, when? Tennessee has a seasoned Senior quarterback, Senior and Junior dominated defense and best of all, Florida and Georgia are in a re-loading year with new players and new defenses. Head Coach Phillip Fulmer begins his 16th year with more pressure than ever and is finding that it is rocky at the top of the Southeastern Conference.
Couple of Weeds in the Garden. Most fans have not forgotten the 2005 season which ended 5-6 with no bowl game. The loss to Vandy at the end of the season was the heartbreaker. Phillip Fulmer was forced to shake up his staff, and he traded offensive coordinator Randy Sanders for David Cutcliffe. For two years in a row, Tennessee has not given Phillip Fulmer a raise but they have extended his contract. When giving raises to Fulmer's assistants, the University stated that the raises were based on performance. The statement was a signal to Fulmer that he needed to do better. Fulmer got the message and in the spring, Fulmer even said that a national championship for football could happen very soon. We found this to be a surprising statement. However, Fulmer should be able to live off the 2 million a year paycheck, but it always helps when the University establishment gives a vote of confidence with yearly increases in salary. After all, Tennessee finished 2nd in the SEC East in 2006 behind the National Champion Florida Gators.
Thorns in the Flesh. Three Coaches could give Fulmer major problems in 2007 from a psychological viewpoint. Saban, Spurrier and Brooks. If Tennessee loses to Alabama and South Carolina, Vols all over the country will feel their program has slipped and the other schools have moved up the competitive ladder. Fulmer can't afford to lose to Spurrier and Saban in 07 because they are just going to be better in the future. A loss to Kentucky would end a series of 22 wins in a row for Tennessee. Kentucky played Tennessee until the end in 06 and is returning all their playmakers in 07. Should be a good game in Lexington, Kentucky, but Vols consider this game every year to be a gimme; so a loss would be hard to take.
It's a Slippery Slope in the SEC. Tennessee has been getting great talent for years. The Tennessee roster is full of superior athletes from all over the country. The SEC East was Tennessee and Florida dominated for years. But now the dominator from Florida is at South Carolina; another great coach has moved into Florida; and Georgia has emerged as a consistent challenger for the SEC title every year under Coach Mark Richt. Vanderbilt and Kentucky have improved, and Tennessee's SEC West rival Alabama is on track for greatness with Nick Saban. So that means Phillip Fulmer is going to have to get used to the pressure because it will be there week in and week out. Fulmer knows it. The fans can feel the competition getting better. It's a bad feeling when you are used to being at the top.
2007 Must Be A Rock Solid Year for the Vols. Tennessee starts the year with an experienced quarterback and potential Heisman candidate in Erik Ainge. At 6'6 and 220 lbs, the Senior has the talent to get it done. Ainge has worked under the tutelage of David Cutcliffe who is one of the best offensive coordinators in the country. If Ainge can't get it done, there is 6'4, 230 lb Jonathon Crompton waiting in the wings. If you look at the defense, it has the advantage of being covered with seniors and junior starters. Tennessee plays an inexperienced but talented Florida team early and an inexperienced but athletic Georgia team before mid-season which is the best time to play them; so they are catching two great schools before they get their rhythm. The big rivalry with Alabama is in Tuscaloosa but Tennessee will be playing the Crimson Tide in a transition year with a new coach. Alabama will be better next year than this year and so will Florida and Georgia. South Carolina and Arkansas are played at home so that should help in competing with these two teams.
Rock, Paper, Scissors. In recent years, Tennessee has been too inconsistent to predict their performance from week to week. The Vols had moments of pure brillance in Athens and then gave up 4th quarter leads in big games in Knoxville. Fulmer is an optimist and has stated that the Vols were a couple of plays from being undefeated in 06. Most of the fans remember the close games of Air Force 31-30, South Carolina 31-24 and Kentucky 17-12 and see the season as being a couple plays from being 6-6. It's all a matter of perspective. From where I'm sitting, Tennessee has their best chance to win the SEC East in 07, and they had better take advantage of it. Because the SEC East is getting bigger, stronger, and faster every day. And it's rocky at the top of the Southeastern Conference in 2007.
Jay Holgate is an analyst and sports writer for http://www.secsportsreport.com
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Where Does Georgia Bulldogs Football Sit at the SEC East Table in 2007?
Mark Richt has done an incredible job with the Georgia Bulldogs Football program. In 2007, the Southeastern Conference has more parity than ever before. What does this mean for the Georgia Bulldogs? In this article, SEC Sports Report columnist Jay Holgate analyzes what happened to the Dogs in 2006 and what is to be expected in 2007.
read more | digg story
read more | digg story
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
