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hen a college football team dismisses its leading rusher from the previous season, there is usually more than a terse 72-word news release. But that’s really all Georgia head coach Mark Richt needed to say Friday when he kicked Isaiah Crowell out of the Georgia program following the running back’s arrest earlier that day. The less Richt said, the more we knew how upset, disappointed and downright angry he had to be at having no choice but to make the decision. “We have a dedicated and committed group of men who are working hard to prepare for the coming season,” said Richt. “Our total focus will be directed toward the team and this effort.” That was it. There was no mention of Crowell in the entire comment. Richt didn’t wish Crowell well in his future endeavors or none of the other usual scripted words. Richt instead talked about the very things that kept Crowell from achieving greatness in Athens: dedication, commitment, being a man, hard work, preparation, focus and effort. There is no doubt Richt made the right decision, and he should be applauded for not letting the sun go down Friday before making Crowell an ex-player on his team. This was more than a strike three situation; it was a player given more than three chances to prove if he wanted to be an integral part of the Georgia football team. Sure, these players are young men, and young men occasionally misbehave in college. But that’s an empty excuse when players, staff and coaches beg someone to behave. Crowell was given every chance to become a star, but he’s the one who got in his own way. This is simple addition by subtraction. The other players know what Crowell had done during the past year. They probably know more than we know and know enough to realize this latest incident, whether Crowell is legally guilty or finds a way to beat the charges, was the final straw. A team has to depend on every member, and when someone who is admittedly very important to that equation lets down his teammates again and again, they have to go. It’s going to be tough to replace the 850 yards Crowell ran for last season, but Georgia will be fine. Ken Malcome, Keith Marshall and Todd Gurley will form a solid trio and, at the same time, likely stay out of the newspaper for offthe-field incidents. It’s somewhat sad every time we see an athlete, whether it’s in college or in the pros, squander an opportunity. Maybe they just get too cocky and think
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Tigers ready to make transition from Big 12 IOWA STATE CYCLONES
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Perhaps the only downer in Missouri’s jump to the SEC is the indefinite interruption of the feisty border conflict with Kansas. Left behind in theKANSAS Big 12, STATE WILDCATS Nickname: Tigers the Jayhawks were left feelFounded: 1839 ing abandoned, jilted. Men’s Enrollment: 33,805 basketball head coach Bill Previous conference Self said several times last affiliation: Big 12, 1996season that he couldn’t see 2012. scheduling the Tigers anyBragging points: First time soon. public university west There seem to be no hard of the Mississippi River, feelings anywhere else, inworld’s first journalism cluding the big city just down school (founded 1908), the road that used to beneNEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS nation’s first education fit from the Missouri-Kancollege at a public sas rivalry. Missouri athuniversity (founded 1868). letics director Mike Alden Nickname recognizes took delight this past week area Civil War militia `The announcing that a $30 milMissouri Tigers.’ Record lion gift that jump-started
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This Sept. 17, 2011, file photo shows Texas A&M mascot Reveille along with Yell Leaders before the Aggies’ football game against Idaho. The all-male Yell Leaders group is one of several traditions the school will bring to the SEC when it officially joins Sunday.
Aggies eager to officially say ‘howdy’ OKLAHOMA SOONERS
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male-only Yell Leaders instead of cheerleaders, for example, and the 12th Man COLLEGE STATION, Texas tradition. enrollment 10 consecutive — Texas A&M is using its “I always tell people that years. SEE TIGERS, 4C move from the Big 12 to the Texas A&M has always been SEC as a chance to reinvent an SEC school in terms of OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS itself fromTEXAS a regional brand our traditions, our spirit A&M AGGIES to a national one. and our passion,” said Jason But first the Aggies want- Cook, Texas A&M’s vice ed to introduce themselves, president for marketing and or as they would put it, say communications. “We’ve “Howdy” to their new con- just been positioned in the ference. wrong conference.” Roll Tide? War Eagle? Get If that sounds like a jab, ready for “Gig `Em!” well, it probably is. The In the past few months, school’s departure from TEXAS TECH TEXAS LONGHORNS TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS one of the school’s initia- the Big 12 was at time actives has been using its web- rimonious and dominated site, Facebook, Twitter and by a falling out of sorts with various SEC forums to ed- Texas, its biggest rival. The JEFF ROBERSON/Associated Press ucate people about A&M Aggies were worried about Missouri chancellor Brady J. Deaton, left, and athletics and answer questions con- the future of the Big 12 after director Mike Alden, second from right, will see their school cerning some of the unique the departures of Nebraska formally join the SEC on Sunday, the end of a process that traditions at this once allbegan last fall when Missouri announced the move from its SEE AGGIES, 4C male military school — the longtime home, the Big 12. AP Sports Writer
Texas A&M Nickname: Aggies Founded: 1872 Enrollment: 50,054 Previous conference affiliation: Big 12, 19962012. Bragging points: Texas A&M is home to the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum and one of six remaining senior military colleges. Its Corps of Cadets is the largest uniformed body outside the national service academics, according to the school.
Braves escape hot day with win over Nationals By GEORGE HENRY Associated Press
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Atlanta assistant trainer Jim Lovell drapes a wet towel over Martin Prado to cool him down during Saturday’s game against Washington.
ATLANTA — Mike Minor won for just the second time in 12 starts and the Atlanta Braves overcame 104-degree heat to beat Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals 7-5 on Saturday. Strasburg (9-3) left after just three innings because of weather-related issues. He didn’t return to begin the fourth, tying for the shortest outing of his 33-start career. Braves officials reported no major health problems among the announced crowd of 26,491. The team credited eight free water stations at Turner Field with helping fans cool off. Strasburg allowed two hits, three
runs and four walks. Braves 7, Throwing 36 of his 67 pitches for Nationals 5 strikes, Strasburg struck out four to Next: vs. reach 122, most in Nationals, 1:35 p.m., the majors. Strasburg took Saturday (Fox extra time between Sports South) pitches and walked slowly between innings. He hit an RBI single and left trailing 3-2 after the Braves’ three-run third. Nationals manager Davey Johnson came out of the dugout after the third to tell home plate umpire Marvin Hudson that Strasburg SEE
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