SEC Wrap-UP
November 21, 2000 by PATRICK CATES
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Auburn 9, Alabama 0 Hurt and sick are the only adjectives to describe the feeling of the Alabama Crimson Tide as Auburn rode off with this year’s Iron Bowl, 9-0, on a dismal Tuscaloosa day. After completing only its third losing season since 1957, Alabama bid farewell to head coach Mike DuBose after the Tide [...]
Gators take the cake in SEC East
November 14, 2000 by PATRICK CATES
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Florida 41, South Carolina 21 Florida’s offense was harder to read than a Palm Beach Co. ballot as the Gators dashed South Carolina’s SEC hopes Saturday 41-21. With the win, the Gators claimed their seventh SEC East title and secured a spot in the SEC championship game. Inserted for a struggling Rex Grossman, quarterback Jesse [...]
Tide is high and dry with lame duck coach
November 7, 2000 by PATRICK CATES
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Mississippi State 35, Kentucky 17 Poor old Kentucky. Mississippi State forced seven turnovers and returned two for scores as head coach Jackie Sherril’s squad beat Kentucky Saturday, 35-17. TOP 25 POLLS AP 1. Oklahoma (70) 2. Miami 3. Florida State (1) 4. Nebraska 5. Florida 6. Oregon 7. Washington 8. Virginia Tech 9. Purdue 10. [...]
Gamecocks’ high hopes are grounded by loss
October 31, 2000 by PATRICK CATES
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Tennessee vs. South Carolina The goalposts remained intact Saturday as South Carolina saw its SEC championship hopes dashed by a stubborn Volunteer squad, 17-14. A record crowd of 84,200 watched the Gamecock offense fail to execute against a Tennessee defense that stepped up under pressure. With 26 seconds to play, Tennessee running back Travis Henry [...]
Tide ties school record with loss
October 24, 2000 by PATRICK CATES
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Mississippi State at LSU LaBrandon Toefield scampered 13 yards for a touchdown on the first play of overtime as LSU toppled Mississippi State 45-38 in Baton Rouge Saturday. SEC STANDINGS Eastern Division SEC Overall S. Carolina 5-1 7-1 Florida 4-1 6-1 Georiga 4-1 6-1 Tennessee 1-3 3-3 Kentucky 0-5 2-6 Vanderbilt 0-5 2-6 Western Division [...]
Tide, Gators run full throttle
October 17, 2000 by PATRICK CATES
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Alabama vs. Mississippi Left for dead by many college football fans, Alabama has come roaring back in recent weeks with a solid defense and an improving offense that put more points on the board Saturday than head coach Mike DuBose has seen in his three years with the Tide. Alabama rolled over Ole Miss 45-7 [...]
SEC’s last undefeated team goes down in Starkville
October 10, 2000 by PATRICK CATES
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Mississippi State vs. Auburn How did Mississippi State keep its momentum after knocking the Florida Gators from the top of the SEC East standings last week? They simply continued the streak by defeating the SEC West’s leader, Auburn, 17-10. The Tigers lost their first game of the season to a team that continues to deliver [...]
Dogs put the ‘D’ in defense
October 9, 2000 by PATRICK CATES
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Tennessee’s nine-game winning streak against Georgia prior to Saturday night’s contest had been much publicized, along with the Volunteers’ 31.8 point scoring average in those games. But it was the Georgia defense that made the most noise Saturday, proving to a nationally-televised audience it is worthy of its top ranking in total defense in the [...]
Suggs gets chance to dazzle Dogs
October 5, 2000 by PATRICK CATES
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A.J. Suggs is ready for the inevitable. When Tennessee charges onto the field Saturday against Georgia, boos will surely rain down upon the Volunteers, who have won in Athens on their past four trips. Suggs, who will start at quarterback, knows that some of that negative energy will be directed at him. "I’m anticipating [...]
Goal posts tumble down across conference
October 3, 2000 by PATRICK CATES
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Florida vs. Mississippi State Thousands of football fans watched in amazement Saturday as Florida bumbled its way out of the upper echelon of the SEC, chased by falling goal posts back to the land of mediocrity. But Gator head coach Steve Spurrier wasn’t amazed. He wasn’t even surprised. ‘Mississippi State ought to be embarrassed tearing [...]
