Crazy NFC South
By: JJ Lanier
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
The NFL loves its parity. It’s one of the things that has helped it thrive as a league over the years. Just about every fan base (sorry Cleveland, I’m not looking at you on this one) goes into the season with playoff aspirations and a sense that their team has it what it takes to make a run. It really is one of the beautiful things about the NFL.
Over the past decade the NFC South has taken that parity out to dinner, married it, bought it a house with a white picket fence, and introduced it to every actor/actress on its “If I ever meet this person I get to………” list.
So far this year doesn’t seem to be any different. I know it’s dangerous to look too much into any one game, but it’s hard not to walk away from the Falcons/Panthers game this weekend and see anything different than two teams headed in opposite directions.
Frederica Overthrows Pinewood
By: Jeff Doke
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
Another First For Frederica On The March To Mercer.
There’s something amazing about watching unbridled joy erupting from a grown man. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it’s something to behold, and it’s exactly what we saw from Head Coach Brandon Derrick.
The SEC Stock Market
By: Kipp Branch
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
My oldest daughter Alexia and one of her closest friends embarked last Thursday night on her first SEC road trip to Oxford, Mississippi. My daughter is an avid Ole Miss fan and her daddy is a lunatic Georgia fan. Back to that shortly. October is upon us and now the SEC landscape is starting to come into focus.
There is nothing better to a football fanatic than an SEC road trip with friends. It is like waking up on Christmas morning and running into the living room and seeing what Santa left under the Christmas tree.
Farewell to Turner Field
By: Drayton Hogarth
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
The major league baseball regular season is drawing to a close, and with it will also bring to a close the Atlanta Braves playing at Turner Field.
Remembering Jose Fernandez
By: TJ Hartnett
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
On Sunday we were all hit with shocking and tragic news: Marlins ace right hander Jose Fernandez was killed in a boating accident. He was 24 years old.
Fernandez’s death hit me a lot harder than I might have predicted. He wasn’t on my team – as a die-hard Braves fan, I should have been inclined to root against him – but he was still a player that I absolutely loved to watch. I wasn’t the only one.
It’s Getting Hot in Here
By: Kenneth Harrison Jr.
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
Les Miles was fired the day after LSU lost 18-13 at Auburn. Miles was on the hot seat last season and he was almost fired in November. We all know coaching can be a high-pressure profession so this comes with the territory.
Gotta Geaux Les
By: JJ Lanier
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
Well, that sure escalated quickly.
When Les Miles walked out of Jordan-Hare Stadium late Saturday night, I’m sure he didn’t feel too comfortable with his current position of employment. I know I wouldn’t have. I seriously doubt he expected to be loading his resumé onto Monster.com less than 24 hours later.
Braves Tough Season
By: TJ Hartnett
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
Can a season be considered a success if the team finishes last in its division? How do you judge a year that was set up to be a failure in terms of win-loss record?
These are the kinds of questions Braves fans will ask as the season winds down and the baseball world looks towards the offseason and towards 2017.
Frederica’s March To Mercer
By: Jeff Doke
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
Frederica Academy has only had a football program for six seasons. A mere drop in the bucket when compared to other programs in southeast Georgia.
If you know anything about Frederica, however, you know that their penchant for athletic excellence is not taken lightly. State championship trophies for soccer, baseball, basketball, and golf fill the cases at the athletic department on their St Simons Island campus.
Pirates Right Ship
By: Kipp Branch
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
On a gorgeous night for football the Brunswick High Pirates obliterated the South Effingham Mustangs on their homecoming 43-0 in lovely Guyton, Georgia.
Coming off the heartbreaking loss to Camden County to spoil its own homecoming the week before the Pirate out and raced to a 29-0 halftime lead and never looked back and only a running clock in the 4th quarter kept Brunswick from hanging 50 on the Mustangs last night.
