Sports 180 with Josh Ward & Will West

February 23, 2011 in Blog by Josh Ward

Here are several stories written about Tennessee and Bruce Pearl following today’s release of the Notice Allegations from the NCAA.

Here is the Notice of Allegations, in case you haven’t been able to read them yet. (UT Sports)

Stewart Mandel calls Bruce Pearl a “dead man walking” and places blame on AD Mike Hamilton. (SI)

Clay Travis explains how Tennessee pinned most of the football problems on Lane Kiffin. (FanHouse)

Recent history says Bruce Pearl is in serious trouble with the NCAA, writes Gary Parrish. (CBS Sports)

Dana O’Neil’s research says Pearl should expect at least a two-year show-cause penalty. (ESPN)

Eamonn Brennan asks “What now?” for Bruce Pearl and Tennessee. (ESPN)

John Pennington looks at the good and bad fans can take away from Wednesday’s news. (MrSEC)

Former Tennessee coach Don Devoe is surprised by the support UT has given Pearl. (GoVolsXtra)

Bruce Feldman analyzes Wednesday’s report on the football side. (ESPN Insider)

Chris Low believes the UT football program gained a “huge win” with Wednesday’s report. (ESPN SEC)

Here’s an idea of how the allegations could affect Lane Kiffin at Southern Cal. (OC Register)

January 23, 2011 in Blog, General, Uncategorized by Will West

Yep, you saw correctly. Mark Sanchez picked his nose and wiped the booger on Mark Brunell.

January 5, 2011 in Blog by Josh Ward

There are multiple reports indicating former Tennessee football head coach Phillip Fulmer could be interested in the same vacant position at the University of Connecticut.

John Pennington at MrSEC.com has the report, which cites stories from the Hartford Courant and WATE-TV in Knoxville.

“A source confirmed that former Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer is interested in the UConn job,” writes Desmond Conner of the Hartford Courant.

The position at UConn became open earlier this week when Randy Edsall left to become Maryland’s head coach.

November 28, 2010 in Blog by Josh Ward

Auburn has passed Oregon for the top spot in the latest BCS Standings. The top 10 is below.

1. Auburn
2. Oregon
3. TCU
4. Stanford
5. Wisconsin
6. Ohio State
7. Arkansas
8. Michigan State
9. Oklahoma
10. LSU

Could Jon Gruden replace Randy Shannon as the Miami Hurricanes football coach? (CBS Sports)

Shannon did everything right except win at Miami, writes Andy Staples. (Sports Illustrated)

Andrew Gribble has a report on some Miami commitments looking at Tennessee. (GoVolsXtra)

It’s been a tough year for Notre Dame, but the Irish will take the win over USC. (Dr. Saturday)

What a comeback by Auburn on Thursday. Clay Travis shares his thoughts. (FanHouse)

Should Ohio State have taken it easy on Michigan? Maybe so, says Gregg Doyel. (CBS Sports)

November 19, 2010 in Blog by Josh Ward

Tennessee men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl has been suspended for the first eight SEC games this season by league commissioner Mike Slive.

Slive released the following statement:

“The suspension from coaching duties has been imposed after a careful review of the facts established during the NCAA’s investigation and reported to the SEC commissioner Mike Slive said Friday in a statement. “I am extremely disappointed in the nature of the violations involving Coach Pearl and the Tennessee men’s basketball program. The penalty applied to this circumstance is significant, which is consistent with the directive approved by the SEC membership in 2010 granting the commissioner authority to act in such cases.”

We’re taking reaction from you this afternoon. Listen live here.

November 10, 2010 in Blog by Josh Ward

I’m off today (dealing with a little bug), but Will West is holding it down between 12-3 eastern time.

There is a lot of discussion surrounding Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, who allegedly chose Auburn because “the money was too much.” That report came Tuesday night from Joe Schad of ESPN.com.

Cecil Newton, Cam’s father, would neither confirm nor deny that story when he was reached by Thayer Evans of Fox Sports.com.

Bryan Matthews from AuburnUndercover.com will join Sports180 at 1:05 on Wednesday to discuss the story.

By the way, gambling odds on this week’s Auburn-Georgia game have been taken down in several places.

November 8, 2010 in Blog by Josh Ward

We will carry Derek Dooley’s weekly press conference at 12:30 ET on Monday.

Tennessee basketball color analyst Bert Bertelkamp will join us at 2:05 to discuss the UT basketball team, which will host Indianapolis in an exhibition game tonight.

Bert will join Sports180 each game day and every Friday during the basketball season.

November 1, 2010 in Blog by Josh Ward

Wide receiver Randy Moss has been released by the Minnesota Vikings, according to Mike Lombardi of the NFL Network.

The Vikings went 1-3 with Moss, who joined the team after he was traded by the New England Patriots last month. Minnesota sent a 2011 third round pick and 2012 seventh rounder to New England in exchange for Moss.

Why was Moss waived after only four games with the team? Perhaps his bizarre press conference on Sunday after Minnesota’s loss at New England is the reason.

UPDATE: Moss hasn’t been waived yet. And the decision to let him go might have caused coach Brad Childress to lose the locker room.

in Blog by Josh Ward

And there are people who criticize twitter.

Check out the Halloween video Shaq posted on twitter.

October 25, 2010 in Blog by Josh Ward

Have you seen the video of Derek Dooley comparing the Tennessee Vols to the German troops on “D-Day” during World War II?

GoVolsXtra has the video, which you have to check out.I could try to summarize it before you watch, but that wouldn’t do it justice.

The video became viral during the afternoon with several writers across the nation weighing in with their thoughts.

Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated linked to the story with the following note: “If you had any remaining doubts Derek Dooley is a bit of a loon.”

Clay Travis of FanHouse said the following: “From one history grad lawyer to another: Derek Dooley you can’t compare your team to Germans at D-Day. Even if it’s innocent.”

Gregg Doyel of CBS wasn’t impressed: “Derek Dooley just compared his team to the D-Day invasion, when thousands of Americans died. Kiffin’s gone, and the UT coach got dumber?”

Wes Rucker of the Chattanooga Times Free Press reminded everyone to see the humor in it: “My cousins in the military, who had ancestors also fight in American wars, are laughing about Dooley. Get over yourselves, people.”