University of Tennessee football coach Butch JonesWe’re T-minus a day until the college football epicenter shifts to SEC media days in Hoover, Ala. TFP SEC ace David Paschall and TFP UT ace Downtown Patrick Brown will be there for the duration. TFP ace columnist Mark Wiedmer will be there Wednesday when Butch Jones grabs the mic. (Side question: How incredible would it be if Butch rapped his answers? Let Tiny Richardson back him up with a little beat box and just go. He could even work in some shout-outs to the sponsors – “My Adidas… doubles my net worth and roamed across stadium turf; I stepped to the plate on the recruiting trail, overhaul a roster that feels kinda stale…)
Indirectly it also means football is here. We have spent the last three weeks breaking down a football team of area interest – and we still have Bama and UT on thw docket – but this week, with the meeting in full swing we’ll do the SEC as a whole, starting with it’s biggest star/controversy.
From the “Talks too much” studios,
Manziel stops short
Johnny ManzielOK, we all knew that this week at SEC media days was going to be wild for Johnny Football Manziel, the kid with the cool nickname, gallery of boss bar-hopping photos, a Heisman Trophy and all the good and bad trappings that go with being a rock star in the rock-star supernova that is SEC football.
Johnny Football was a counselor at the Manning Quarterback Academy and left early because he was ill, according to reports from the camp. There are rumors and rumblings that he was asked to leave the Manning event because he was hung over. There were reports Manziel was out knocking back Co-Colas with AJ McCarron earlier in the week only to get ‘ill’ during the weekend. Wow. Simply beyond words. Hope the kid is OK.