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Georgia head coach David Perno makes a call to the bullpen during late inning action against Georgia Tech in the 11th Annual Kauffman Tire Spring Classic for Kids college baseball game on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, in Atlanta.

David Perno dismissed as Georgia’s baseball coach

David Perno’s run as Georgia’s baseball coach has come to an end.Perno, who led the Bulldogs’ to unprecedented heights during his 12 seasons at the helm, was dismissed by Athletic Director Greg McGarity on Sunday, sources close to the program confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Players were informed Sunday evening ...

'Bama Wins One Over Vandy

Alabama arrived in Nashville to play Vanderbilt feeling as if they needed to steal a victory to enhance their post season hopes. Instead the Tide stared the mighty Commodores (46-6 overall, 24-2 SEC record) in the eye and punched and counter punched their way to one victory and two close ...

This Week in MSU Baseball (SEC Tournament Edition)

Last Saturday night there was weeping and gnashing of teeth over the Bulldogs collapse against arch rival Ole Miss. The offense didn't show up in game one and the defense and Kendall Graveman had uncharacteristic mistakes in game two as the Bulldogs lost the series all in six hours or ...

Kentucky Football: A Brief History of the Tony Franklin/Neal Brown Version of the Air Raid Offense

The Air Raid was developed primarily by Hal Mumme, his offensive coordinator, Mike Leach, and Dana Holgorson (QB Coach) at Valdosta State. The Air Raid was something new and unique at the time at the Division I level. It was an immediate success in 1997 and 1998. The problem with ...

Hosting a Regional: MSU CANNOT BE DENIED

Hey NCAA, it's time for a Regional to come back to its home: Starkville, Mississippi. The evidence is undeniable. Here are some blind resumes to look at.... Strength of Schedule Winning % vs. top 50 vs. 50+ Team A 74 .755 9-8 31-5 Team B 10 .764 16-9 26-4 Team ...

Chomping at Bits: Lacrosse season ends, baseball gets No. 8 SEC Tournament seed

Chomping at Bits comes stocked with the best Florida Gators links and news we can find. Got a link we should check out? Email us at AlligatorArmy@gmail.com, subject line CAB, or find us on Twitter at @AlligatorArmy or on Facebook at Facebook.com/AlligatorArmy. #FLax takes its last fall of 2013: In ...

Mississippi State Bulldogs Fall to South Alabama Ending Softball Season

After rallying to beat Mississippi Valley State in the first elimination game of the Mobile Regional in the 2013 NCAA Softball Championship, the Mississippi State Bulldogs could not turn the trick a second time, dropping a season-ending, 3-0 decision to the hosting South Alabama Jaguars Saturday at Jaguar Field in ...

Kentucky Wildcats: Sunday Morning Open Thread, Oxbow Edition

Oxbow won the Preakness yesterday, bumming me out. I really wanted a Triple Crown this year. Some links of interest: Alford settles dispute with New Mexico Former Wildcats in the NBA Playoffs A historical look at Kentucky's basketball 2013 recruiting class McLemore talking to NCAA? Could be trouble for Kansas ...

College baseball roundup: FSU clinches 7th straight ACC division title

BASEBALL No. 9 Florida State 6, Clemson 1: Brandon Liebrandt (9-4) allowed one run in five innings to earn the victory and Seth Miller hit a two-run single as the host Seminoles (44-11, 20-10 ACC) beat the Tigers (39-17, 18-12) to win the series and clinch their seventh straight ACC ...

SEC Baseball Tournament 2013: No. 10 Auburn faces No. 7 Alabama in 1st round

With the regular season complete, the first-round matchups of the 2013 SEC Tournament have been set. Auburn will play Alabama in the second game of the morning session on Tuesday, a single-elimination contest. Hold on to your butts. The winner of the Iron Bowl-baseball-pacalypse will advance to double-elimination play and ...

Kentucky Sports Weekend: Softball, Baseball Both Win Big Games

Today, the Kentucky softball team defeated the Virginia Tech Hokies and move on to the Lexington Regional Final versus either the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Virginia Tech, Or Marshall, depending on the results from the rest of today's action. Kentucky has now won 40 games, tying the school record for ...

Bulldogs beat Florida, end bad year on good note

Georgia defeated Florida 9-2 on Saturday to win the season series 2-1 and finish the year on a positive note. Whether coach David Perno will be back next season to build on it will be determined in the coming days. Four pitchers, including winner Jared Walsh, scattered nine hits and ...

Auburn 11, Arkansas 6: Tigers win home finale behind 8-run fifth

A little bit of rain at Plainsman Park was not enough to dampen the Auburn (33-23, 13-17 SEC) offense, and Trey Cochran-Gill (1-1) turned in a 5 2/3 inning relief performance as the Tigers grabbed a third straight conference series win Saturday afternoon over #11 Arkansas (35-19, 18-11). The first ...

Orange crushed again: Florida lacrosse falls to Syracuse in NCAA Tournament for second straight year

Florida's nascent lacrosse powerhouse came to the Carrier Dome in Syracuse with revenge for last year's NCAA Tournament loss on their minds. After Syracuse's 13-9 win over the Gators, the wonderful women who built this program will leave it this evening without that revenge, and with a bitter taste in ...

Kentucky Wildcats: Afternoon Quickies - Preakness Edition

The Preakness Stakes is today, and I'm hoping for an Orb win. It would be so nice to get this Triple Crown monkey off horse racing's back. Also, a couple of administrative notes: SB Nation has fixed the hardware problems responsible for all the errors we have been experiencing over ...

Alabama coach Nick Saban speaks with the media at at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame media luncheon, Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Museum in Birmingham, Ala. Saban heads the latest class scheduled for induction this weekend into the state's sports hall of fame. (AP Photo/Alabama Media Group, Vasha Hunt) MAGS OUT

Dave George: Devil is in the details on football booster banquet circuit

Nick Saban’s feelings are hurt.This verifies, once and for all, that the king of college football is not simultaneously the Prince of Darkness, despite some fairly spooky circumstantial evidence to the contrary, including the fact that Saban was born on Halloween, and the coincidence that “Old Nick” is listed in ...

Chomping at Bits: Florida still leading NCAA Baton Rouge Regional

Chomping at Bits comes stocked with the best Florida Gators links and news we can find. Got a link we should check out? Email us at AlligatorArmy@gmail.com, subject line CAB, or find us on Twitter at @AlligatorArmy or on Facebook at Facebook.com/AlligatorArmy. T.J. Vogel leading Gators in Baton Rouge: What ...

Around the SEC │Weekend Baseball Edition

Well there is just one more weekend series before the SEC Tourney. Currently there are 6 teams in the conference over .500 in the league. Those teams are in order Vandy, LSU, Arky, USCe, MSU, and Miss.. The current 7th team at .500 (13-13) is Alabama. Following Alabama, in order ...

'Bama Baseball and Softball Both Win In Friday Night Action "Jumbo Package" │05.18.13

Baseball Defeats No. 1 Commodores, 5-4, in 10 Innings Vanderbilt had the potential game-winning run at third base with two outs in the ninth, but Jay Shaw got Smith to fly out to right field to send the game into extra innings. The extra inning game marked the eighth of ...

College Basketball: Time For Court-Storming To End

Mike DeCourcy of The Sporting News had a piece the other addressing a few questions about college basketball, including Andrew Wiggins, Dick Vitale's recommendation to appoint a college basketball "czar," and this: 3. Speaking of czars, let’s say Mark Emmert gave you free rein to ban fans from storming the ...

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