Miami Is #2 In College Basketball!!

RANK	TEAMS	COMMENTS	LAST WEEK	THIS WEEK
1	Indiana Overall: 23-3 Conference: 11-2 Previous: 1	Proof of the mess Tom Crean inherited is that he's now just 78-78 as Indiana's head coach.	W 76-47, Nebraska W 83-55, Purdue	Feb. 19, at Michigan State
2	Miami (Fla.) Overall: 21-3 Conference: 12-0 Previous: 4	The Hurricanes are 12-0 in the ACC with a three-game lead over Duke in the standings.	W 74-68, at Florida State W 45-43, at Clemson	Feb. 19, Virginia Feb. 23, at Wake Forest
3	Michigan State Overall: 22-4 Conference: 11-2 Previous: 9	The Spartans are 11-1 since the calendar turned to 2013 with the lone loss coming at Indiana.	W 75-52, Michigan W 73-64, at Nebraska	Feb. 19, Indiana Feb. 24, at Ohio State
4	Michigan Overall: 22-4 Conference: 9-4 Previous: 2	The Wolverines' only losses are at Indiana, at Michigan State at Wisconsin and at Ohio State.	L 75-52, at Michigan State W 79-71, Penn State	Feb. 24, Illinois
5	Florida Overall: 21-3 Conference: 11-1 Previous: 7	The Gators have won their three SEC games since that loss at Arkansas by an average of 24 points.	W 69-52, Kentucky W 83-52, at Auburn	Feb. 19, at Missouri Feb. 23, Arkansas
6	Gonzaga Overall: 25-2 Conference: 12-0 Previous: 8	Kelly Olynk is averaging 18.0 points and 6.9 rebounds while shooting 64.9 percent from the field.	W 77-60, at St. Mary's W 71-61, at San Francisco	Feb. 20, Santa Clara Feb. 23, San Diego
7	Duke Overall: 22-3 Conference: 9-3 Previous: 3	The Blue Devils' loss at Maryland snapped Duke's six-game winning streak against the Terps.	W 73-68, North Carolina L 83-81, at Maryland	Feb. 21, at Virginia Tech Feb. 24, Boston College
8	Kansas Overall: 21-4 Conference: 9-3 Previous: 10	Jeff Withey got two blocks against Texas and became the Big 12's all-time leader in blocks.	W 83-62, Kansas State W 73-47, Texas	Feb. 20, at Oklahoma State Feb. 23, TCU
9	Syracuse Overall: 21-4 Conference: 9-3 Previous: 5	The Orange won by double-digits at Seton Hall despite getting points from just five players.	L 66-58, at Connecticut W 76-65, at Seton Hall	Feb. 20, Providence Feb. 23, Georgetown
10	Arizona Overall: 21-4 Conference: 9-4 Previous: 6	The Wildcats are tied with UCLA for second in the Pac-12 standings -- a game ahead of ASU.	L 71-58, at Colorado W 68-64, at Utah	Feb. 20, Washington Feb. 23, Washington State

College Football's Most Valuable Programs

Here's the list of most valuable programs for 2011-2012 according to Forbes. Not surprisingly, the SEC dominates the top 10:

1. Texas

2. Michigan

3. Notre Dame

4. LSU

5. Georgia

6. Alabama

7. Florida

8. Auburn

9. Tennessee

10. Arkansas

11. Nebraska

12. Oklahoma

13. Penn State

14. Wisconsin

15. Oregon

16. USC

17. South Carolina

18. Washington

19. Michigan State

20. Ohio State

Yes, I Am Back!

Okay, here is my disclaimer.....anyone who knows me knows how emotional I can be about anything I believe in. So, here are my two beliefs. I didn't think Driskel was the answer at QB to start the season. And, I believed Tebow should start in the NFL. 

Well, Driskel got the starting position....and by Week 5 in the NFL my Tebow was not a starter for the Jets. So, that kind of ruin it for me and, there being any post on Gatruprincess Sports Talk.  

But, I had an Anonymous Post just now.....and here it is....

She's back! Can we please get some commentary on the end of the Gators' season (football), the bowl game, BCS, Heisman, NBA, MLB signings, and anything else?! The fans are feening for multiple GP posts! 

So here are some of my thoughts....

I am a Driskel fan now. I had my ups and downs with him this year but, that's because I really wanted to see Brissett with the position/start. It became apparent to me though that the coaches went with the, "more," mobile QB. And, I truly can't argue with results. An 11-1 season is something for all of Gatornation to be proud of.  There is no way that I saw this type of a season coming. And, if we look at it hard enough, we do the coulda, woulda, shoulda with that Georgia game. But, again, we have to be proud.  

I am also a true Muschamp and Jeff Dillman fan. Muschamp for sticking to a run first offense and picking Dillman as his Strength and Conditioning Coach. I wanted Coach Stanley from Dwyer. But, he made the right choice. And, kudos to Coach Dillman! We were a different team in the second half and almost unbeatable in the 4th Quarter this year. 

And, recruiting has gone well. I like what they are doing to fulfill the needs of the team. 

I think Floyd and Elam are gone. I asked about Elam and the response to me is, "There is no positive gain for him to return." Guess that means he is gone. 

My thoughts on the Heisman....

I wanted Manti Te'o to win. Didn't want a FR to win and then supersede what Tebow did as a Sophomore. But, Johnny Football was awesome! And, he was deserving. But, more than anything, give half of that award to Kevin Sumlin. The SEC did not overwhelm him. And, he picked the right QB and put him in situations he could handle. 

Sugar Bowl....

Awful match up. And, it's against Charlie Strong...one of my favorite Gators. The Gators need to dominate them....bury them or otherwise, it's a bad showing. 

More later....

Projection of NBA Draft 2013

2012-13 NBA MOCK DRAFT
#	Round 1	Previous	#	Round 2	Previous
1	Cody Zeller, 7-0, 240, C, Soph., Indiana	1	31	Gorgui Dieng, 6-11, 245, C, Jr., Louisville	32
2	Nerlens Noel, 6-10, 228, C, Fr., Kentucky	2	32	Pierre Jackson, 5-10, 180, PG, Sr., Baylor	NR
3	Alex Poythress, 6-7, 239, PF, Fr., Kentucky	5	33	Jamaal Franklin, 6-5, 195, SG, Jr., San Diego State	30
4	Ben McLemore, 6-5, 195, SG, Fr., Kansas	15	34	Jackie Carmichael, 6-9, 240, PF, Sr., Illinois State	NR
5	Alex Len, 7-1, 225, C, Soph., Maryland	11	35	Myck Kabongo, 6-1, 180, PG, Soph., Texas	53
6	Rudy Gobert, 7-0, 230, PF/C, 20, France	4	36	Sergey Karasev, 6-7, 205, SF, 19, Russia	56
7	Anthony Bennett, 6-8, 240, PF, Fr., UNLV	17	37	Deshaun Thomas, 6-7, 215, SF/PF, Jr., Ohio State	35
8	Shabazz Muhammad, 6-6, 225, SG, Fr., UCLA	6	38	Andre Roberson, 6-7, 210, BF, Jr., Colorado	27
9	Michael Carter-Williams, 6-6, 185, PG/SG, Soph., Syracuse	33	39	Nemanja Nedovic, 6-4, 190, PG, 21, Serbia	NR
10	Archie Goodwin, 6-4, 198, SG, Fr., Kentucky	12	40	Patric Young, 6-9, 249, PF/C, Jr., Florida	36
11	Isaiah Austin, 7-1, 220, C, Fr., Baylor	7	41	Alex Abrines, 6-5, 190, SG, 19, Spain	23
12	Mason Plumlee, 6-10, 235, PF, Sr., Duke	24	42	Michael Snaer, 6-5, 202, SG, Sr., Florida State	46
13	James Michael McAdoo, 6-9, 230, PF, Soph., North Carolina	3	43	Brandon Paul, 6-4, 200, SG, Sr., Illinois	NR
14	Tony Mitchell, 6-8, 235, PF, Soph., North Texas	8	44	Ray McCallum, 6-2, 185, PG, Jr., Detroit	NR
15	Dario Saric, 6-10, 225, SF, 20, Croatia	14	45	Erik Murphy, 6-10, 238, PF, Sr., Florida	52
16	Otto Porter, 6-8, 205, SF, Soph., Georgetown	18	46	Tim Hardaway Jr., 6-6, 185, SG, Jr., Michigan	NR
17	C.J. McCollum, 6-3, 185, SG, Sr., Lehigh	26	47	Rodney Williams, 6-7, 200, SF, Sr., Minnesota	NR
18	Marcus Smart, 6-4, 225, SG/PG, Fr., Oklahoma State	47	48	Erick Green, 6-3, 185, PG, Sr., Virginia Tech	NR
19	B.J. Young, 6-3, 180, SG/PG, Soph., Arkansas	20	49	Mike Moser, 6-8, 210, PF, Jr., UNLV	43
20	Jeff Withey, 7-0, 235, C, Sr., Kansas	21	50	Christian Watford, 6-9, 232, PF/SF, Sr., Indiana	40
21	Steven Adams, 7-0, 250, C, Fr., Pittsburgh	13	51	Alex Oriakhi, 6-9, 255, PF, Sr., Missouri	58
22	Willie Cauley-Stein, 7-0, 220, C, Fr., Kentucky	22	52	Elias Harris, 6-8, 240, PF, Sr., Gonzaga	NR
23	Le'Bryan Nash, 6-7, 230, SF, Soph., Oklahoma State	16	53	Will Clyburn, 6-7, 205, SF, Sr., Iowa State	NR
24	Isaiah Canaan, 6-1, 195, PG/SG, Sr., Murray State	25	54	Augusto Lima, 6-10, 230, PF, 21, Brazil	NR
25	C.J. Leslie, 6-9, 200, PF, Jr., N.C. State	19	55	Matthew Dellavedova, 6-4, 190, PG, Sr., St. Mary's	NR
26	Doug McDermott, 6-8, 225, PF, Jr., Creighton	38	56	Kenny Boynton, 6-2, 1890, SG, Sr., Florida	NR
27	Trey Burke, 6-0, 190, PG, Soph., Michigan	39	57	Elijah Johnson, 6-4, 195, PG, Sr., Kansas	NR
28	Phil Pressey, 5-11, 175, PG, Jr., Missouri	44	58	Colton Iverson, 6-10, 260, C, Sr., Colorado State	NR
29	Lorenzo Brown, 6-5, 185, PG, Jr., N.C. State	10	59	Trevor Mbakwe, 6-8, 245, PF, Sr., Minnesota	45
30	Adonis Thomas, 6-7, 240, SF, Soph., Memphis	9	60	Artem Pustovyi, 7-2, 215, C, 20, Ukraine	NR

Started My Own Sandy Relief Fund

I sat and watched Katrina and the aftermaths and I didn't do much. I decided to be different this time. Of course with a lot of prodding from my Dad.

So, my Dad has purchased an 18 Wheeler full of food and generators. And, I am turning the money I collected into Gift Cards to pass out to families and we are just headed to New York.

I decided I didn't want to just give to Red Cross. I wanted to see for myself and make a difference face-to-face.

So, here I go....

And, if you want to give....let me know. But, this blog is me realizing that life is bigger than the Gators and the NFL. It's about relationships and giving when you can. Powerful realization....

Power Poll By Dennis Dodd

There is only one reason I am posting this Poll by Dodd. I hope the Gators can stay on a roll.

Dodd's Power Poll
Rank	Team (Previous)	Comment
1	Alabama (1) Overall: 5-0 Conference: 2-0	Bye week before the titanic clash with Missouri. Question: After all the Saturday upheaval, did anyone below the Tide actually get closer to overtaking them?
2	Oregon (2) Overall: 6-0 Conference: 3-0	Chip Kelly has coached 40 games for the Ducks. In 33 of them, Oregon has scored at least 40, including the past nine in a row. The No Mercy Tour 2012 continues.
3	Florida (6) Overall: 5-0 Conference: 4-0	The Gators have a personality, and that personality is to choke the life out of all living things. LSU had five first downs in the final 56 minutes, two by penalty. Florida Boa Constrictors?
4	South Carolina (7) Overall: 6-0 Conference: 4-0	Biggest impact on the SEC in his career -- Saban or Spurrier? If you hesitated, there's good reason. There's not an easy answer. Spurrier owns Georgia -- improving to 15-5 in his career vs. the Bulldogs. Maybe this is year he owns the SEC.
5	West Virginia (11) Overall: 5-0 Conference: 2-0	Latest Mountaineer star Andrew Buie (207 rushing yards). Geno Smith has more touchdown passes in the past two games (12) than 104 teams have all season.
6	Kansas State (7) Overall: 5-0 Conference: 2-0	K-State could have had 70. Benevolent Bill Snyder called off the Cats after K-State got to 56 against the Jayhawks. Kansas turned it over five times, four by Dayne Crist.
7	Notre Dame (9) Overall: 5-0 Conference: N/A	Taskmaster Brian Kelly cracks the whip, sitting Everett Golson for the first series. Then Irish defense cracks open Miami. ND is 5-0 for first time in a decade.
8	LSU (4) Overall: 5-1 Conference: 1-1	After dinking around most of the season, Tigers were burned when they couldn't flip the switch in Week 6. This team has profound offensive issues. Also one on track to play for the national championship if it gets those offensive problems fixed just a little.
9	Oregon State (12) Overall: 4-0 Conference: 3-0	Beavs (4-0) have one more win than all of last season. Oregon State held the ball for 39 minutes and forced five Washington State turnovers. West Coast version of Kansas State -- Beavers are the sum of their parts.
10	Ohio State (15) Overall: 6-0 Conference: 2-0	The best team you never saw -- come bowl time. For now, the Bucks are more entertaining than Urban Meyer would like them to be. Ohio State has given up at least 28 twice on the way to a 6-0 start. Better than Nebraska, which gave up its most points (63) since the last game of the Bill Callahan era in 2007.
11	Florida State (3) Overall: 5-1 Conference: 2-1	The Seminoles' annual ACC Lack Of Attention game. This one was unforgiveable. Up 16-0 against N.C. State, the Wolfpack scored with 16 seconds left. "We still control our own destiny, uh, in the ACC," Jimbo Fisher said. Uh, yeah, so there's still that.
12	USC (14) Overall: 4-1 Conference: 2-1	Once they got some jittery front-end turnovers out of their system, the Trojans ran over Utah the rest of the way 38-14 on Thursday. Marqise Lee (12 catches, 192 yards) is the best Heisman candidate not playing for West Virginia.
13	Stanford (13) Overall: 4-1 Conference: 2-1	Best game of the day ends with Stepfan Taylor winning it in overtime. Quarterback Josh Nunes, whose job security was questioned last week, accounted for five touchdowns. Question: How did this team score only 13 against Washington? Another mystery of the universe to be solved by Stanford Nobel Prize winners.
14	Georgia (5) Overall: 5-1 Conference: 3-1	Good Lord, that was a stinker. Dawgs had their manhood kidnapped, stuffed in a trunk and buried out in a cornfield. Authorities are still searching for leads. When NFL scouts interview all those pro prospects on defense after the season, first thing they're going to ask is: "What the hell happened against South Carolina?"
15	Oklahoma (17) Overall: 3-1 Conference: 1-1	Nice rebound at Texas Tech for a program that was beginning to slip off the radar. Defense picked off Seth Doege three times. Tech had allowed 43 points all season. OU hung 41 on Saturday.
16	Texas (10) Overall: 4-1 Conference: 1-1	Those "Geno sucks" chants? Classy, UT fans. Your invective is better directed at the Horns' defense. In the past two weeks, that D has allowed 1,016 yards. "People saying you suck, where does that come from?" Smith said. Answer: The losing side.
17	Mississippi State(NR) Overall: 5-0 Conference: 2-0	OK, here's how it's going to end up, Starkville. Dan Mullen wins 10, maybe 11. Auburn calls and he's got a tough decision to make. Well, maybe not that tough. Enjoy him while you can.
18	Rutgers (NR) Overall: 5-0 Conference: 2-0	Knights have yielded 54 points all season after stifling UConn. "If you could bottle today's game, you'd have Rutgers football," Kyle Flood said. You'd also have little carbonation, but who cares? Rutgers is off to its best start (5-0) since the BCS-busting days of 2006.
19	Clemson (19) Overall: 5-1 Conference: 2-1	Look who's back in the hunt in the ACC Atlantic. Thanks to FSU's loss, the Tigers are tied for second in the division. "The only thing that's going to stop us is ourselves," offensive coordinator Chad Morris said after beating Georgia Tech by 16. Well, that and a tiebreaker with FSU if it ever comes to that. Tajh Boyd threw for a career-high 397 yards.
20	Boise State (NR) Overall: 4-1 Conference: 1-0	Didn't you used to be Boise? Broncos aren't back, but they're back in the Power Poll after dominating Southern Miss.
21	Louisiana Tech (22) Overall: 5-0 Conference: 0-0	Season on the brink Saturday hosting Texas A&M. Win and the Bulldogs become BCS busters the day before the first BCS standings are released. Lose, and, well, there's always the WAC.
22	Texas A&M (25) Overall: 4-1 Conference: 2-1	Aggies committed six turnovers and still won rallying from 10 down with less than seven minutes left. That's why A&M went ape spit afterwards.
23	Western Kentucky(21) Overall: 4-1 Conference: 1-0	Bye week spent watching Sun Belt get stronger. Showdown looming Thursday at Troy.
24	Iowa State (NR) Overall: 4-1 Conference: 1-1	Another day, another Paul Rhoads Big 12 upset. Clones put the most points on TCU in a conference game since 2005 (37). Five turnovers by Horned Frogs helped.
25	Duke (NR) Overall: 5-1 Conference: 2-0	Who says the eggheads can't play? This poll also includes Stanford. Northwestern has lost once. The Blue Devils (5-1) are off to their best start in 18 years. Anthony Boone came off the bench to throw four touchdowns.