ACC Is Better Than SEC
By: Kipp Branch
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
Let me start by saying I picked North Carolina to cut down the nets this past Monday night and I have the SSE article from a couple of weeks ago to prove it.
I have been mulling this article over on my mind for a few weeks now. Folks that know me know that I am a die-hard SEC supporter and I make no bones about it.
So, take notice when I type this this next sentence. The ACC is better right now than the SEC. Yes, I said it. Now that I have that out of the way here is why.
SEC Odds
By: Drayton Hogarth
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
While spring practice is going on all over the college football world, The Golden Nugget in Las Vegas released their odds to reach the Southeastern Conference championship game.
It is really a mystery as to how they handicap a league even before an entire recruiting class, however Vegas wasn’t built on winners so it often pays to heed their prognostications.
Gonzaga v. North Carolina
By: JJ Lanier
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
Since the NCAA Tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985, this year’s matchup between Gonzaga and North Carolina will be the seventh time two number one seeds will face off for the title.
Georgia Bulldogs Offense Preview
By: Kipp Branch
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
As G-Day rolls around once again for the Georgia Bulldogs what will unfold for the Georgia Bulldogs in 2017.
93,000 showed up excited for the spring game last year, and despite that excitement the Dawg struggled at times and finished with an 8-5 record after dropping home games to Vandy, Tennessee, and GT.
The 2016 Dawgs did not know how to finish teams off. The defense played well enough to win 10 games last year but the offense struggled moving the ball in key moments against the Florida’s of the world and mental mistakes like a late interception against Georgia Tech that set up a winning drive for the Jackets.
Fast forward to year two in the Kirby regime and things look a lot better after Smart hauled in the highest ranked recruiting class in a long time in the Classic City.
NCAA One and Done Working?
By: JJ Lanier
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
When a team makes it to their first Final Four in school history, defeating the 2,3, and 4 seeds to get there, it seems pretty obvious that’s what you should write about.
South Carolina will have plenty of stories documenting their improbable run that will be much more succinct than anything I could say, so I’m going in a little different route today.
With both Duke and Kentucky missing the Final Four, the talk concerning them ultimately turns to one and done players. More specifically, is it working?
Braves SunTrust Park Preview
By: TJ Hartnett
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
On Saturday March 25, the Braves opened up SunTrust Park to a few thousand fans to get a first look at the new stadium before the games start on the 31st with an exhibition game against the Yankees.
I was one of the happy few who was admitted. Stakes are high for the Braves with their brand-new complex – one that not only includes their new ballpark but also contains The Battery Atlanta, a mixed-use development of shopping, dining, office buildings and apartments.
Falcons Sign Dontari Poe
By: Drayton Hogarth
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
NFL free agency is still ongoing, but the Atlanta Falcons have likely completed their shopping in the market after the big move of reeling in Dontari Poe.
McIntosh County Academy Hires New Coach
By: Jason Bishop
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
Not even one year ago, the McIntosh County Buccaneers were in the third quarter of a state title game in Atlanta; poised to score the go-ahead touchdown.
However, that was not meant to be as a fumble derailed that opportunity and then the floodgates opened in the fourth. Macon County sent the Buccaneers home with the runner-up trophy.
Much has changed in the span of four months. The Bucs will go into the 2018 campaign with a new Head Coach and Athletic Director.
North Carolina To Win NCAA Tourney
By: Kipp Branch
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
It is that special time of the year again. It is March Madness, and my buddies are going to think I have gone quite mad because I am picking North Carolina to win the National Championship. Folks who know me well know I don’t care much for Carolina Basketball and never much have.
Georgia Bulldogs Thin At QB
By: Drayton Hogarth
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
The Georgia Bulldogs will not be kicking off their spring practice for another couple of weeks, but that does not stop the news from coming out of Athens.
Georgia lost not one, but two players that decided to transfer from the program as graduates. One was defensive back, Reggie Wilkerson, and the other was Camden County’s own, quarterback Brice Ramsey.
