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The Georgia Bulldogs Softball team will take on the Washington Huskies tonight as the Women's College World Series opens up in Oklahoma City. The game will air at 9:30 PM (EST) on ESPN2. Good luck to the team as it tries to continue it's hot streak against the nation's No. 1 team.


The Sporting News released it's preseason Top 100 on last week and the Georgia Bulldogs football team came in at No. 27. 


The NCAA is closer to announcing the findings of their investigation against the Southern California football and basketball teams. I'll believe it when I see it and I cannot believe that it has taken this long in the first place—ridiculous.

This writer feels that the SEC needs to beef up it's non-conference schedule. I agree but the SEC isn't the only conference with a cupcake addiction so, perhaps, he needs to give this advice to the Pac-10, Big 12, and Big Ten as well—just a suggestion.  


The president of Boise State University takes issue with the athletics over academics model that seems to be creeping into the college football philosophy. He feels that there is too much emphasis on the player and not the student and that is a problem. I see his point but, at the same time, when a player signs on with a big-time program as a highly-touted recruit, he is well aware of the perils of such a decision. Scrutiny will be a part of that equation and, it's possible, that his Boise, ID residency doesn't give him the proper perspective. He may dislike the emphasis on the "student" part of "student-athlete" but schools don't sign players just for their book smarts—they are trying to win football games. 


Finally, I would be remiss if I didn't take a moment to honor the great veterans and current soldiers who fight and risk their lives to keep us all free. Thank you to all the servicemen and women who sacrifice so much for us on a daily basis—among that group, I can count a member of our very own family who serves proudly in the USMC.  Happy Memorial Day!