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HEY EVERYONE WELCOME INTO SPORTS… BROUGHT TO YOU BY ACADEMY SPORTS AND OUTDOORS… THE RIGHT STUFF… THE LOW PRICE EVERYDAY… ///

WELL MARK INGRAM WAS NAMED S-E-C PLAYER OF THE WEEK YESTERDAY… AND TODAY… HE’S BEING NAMED AMONG THE HEISMAN FRONT-RUNNERS…IN A POLL OF 13 HEISMAN VOTERS ON HEISMAN-PUNDIT-DOT COM… THE ALABAMA TAILBACK FINISHED FIRST… AHEAD OF FLORIDA’S TIM TEBOW… GARNERING FOUR FIRST PLACE VOTES AND 48 POINTS… THE GATORS QUARTERBACK DID RECEIVE TWO MORE FIRST PLACE VOTES THAN INGRAM… BUT HIS POINT TOTAL ONLY EQUALED 45… ///

MEANWHILE… STAYING WITH TIDE FOOTBALL… YESTERDAY TENNESSEE ASKED ALABAMA IF THEY COULD WEAR THEIR ORANGE JERSEYS DURING SATURDAY’S GAME… HEAD COACH LANE KIFFIN CALLED IT A NEAT THING FOR THE FANS… ALABAMA’S RESPONSE?… UH.. NO… ///

THE TIDE DENYING THE REQUEST FOR THE VOLS TO STRAY FROM THE TRADITIONAL WHITE… ROAD JERSEYS… ALABAMA ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MAL MOORE DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC REASON WHY HE WOULDN’T ALLOW THE CLOTHING CHANGE… BUT DID SAY IT WAS THE UNIVERSITY’S DESIRE TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT CUSTOM… TENNESSEE COULD TECHNICALLY STILL WEAR THEIR ORANGE JERSEYS… BUT THEY WON’T… BECAUSE UNDER NC-DOUBLE A RULES… THEY’D BE HIT WITH A 15-YARD PENALTY AT EACH HALF… ///

JUST KIND OF AN ODD STORY THERE… AND FINALLY… THE PRE-SEASON PICKS ARE OUT FOR S-E-C BASKETBALL… AND LETS JUST SAY IT’S NOT LOOKING TOO GOOD FOR THE TIDE AND TIGERS… ///

IN VOTING FROM MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA… ALABAMA WAS PICKED TO FINISH THIRD IN THE WEST BEHIND MISSISSIPPI STATE AND OLE MISS… WHILE AUBURN WAS PICKED TO FINISH DEAD LAST… THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL PLAYER FROM EITHER TEAM TO BE HONORED WAS TIGERS GUARD DEWAYNE REED… WHO WAS NAMED TO THE SECOND TEAM… ///

AND THAT’LL DO IT TONIGHT FOR SPORTS… I’M ADAM BAGNI… HOPE YOU JOIN ME AGAIN TOMORROW… GUYS… ///