BU at Western Carolina, more bad rumors, other Valley teams frustrated, and Jerrance Howard scoping out Bobo..

BU at Western Carolina tonight...Sammy's tweets speak of him practicing hard and expecting to play -- but unfortunately there's new that late last night, a decision was made that will in all likelihood mean Sammy will sit the rest of the season and seek a medical redshirt and return in 2011-2012.
I would loved to have seen Sammy play against Duke --


Here's a great piece on Coach Alvin Brooks III now at Sam Houston State -
http://collegechalktalk.prestosports.com/coachesDiary/sam_houston_state/2010-11/11.30.10brooks


I see yet another silly rumor of the sky falling and guess what?? It is coming from the same, exact source as a few of the past notorious rumors...the buyout rumor, and the rumor of massive BU player defections this past summer (neither of which ever happened).
Thanks, guys, for keeping us all entertained in a cartoonishly silly fashion!

Drake fans, after a couple bad losses, are enraged and wanting their head coach fired...
Here is a 13 page thread from their Drake board about firing Mark Phelps.-
The Phelps disaster
http://www.drakenation.com/Topic29168-8-1.aspx

And there are also several more, including a couple that suggest bringing back Tom Davis or Kurt Kanaskie!!
http://www.drakenation.com/Topic56024-8-1.aspx

http://www.drakenation.com/Topic55922-8-1.aspx
http://www.drakenation.com/Topic29168-8-1.aspx

ISU appears to have some discipline issues and point guard of the future Kenyon Smith has been benched and not playing...
also some of the ISU fans add their own observations...about player attitudes...

http://www.pantagraph.com/app/blogs/main/?p=5703
http://www.redbirdfan.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=505&sid=c3087290801ee2cc007a5a28e3a62377


BTW-- did anyone notice that John Wilkins played on Sunday -- his first college game ever...after serving his NCAA-mandated penalty and sitting out five games.
Wilkins came off the bench, played 13 minutes, was 1-3 from the floor, 1-4 from the FT line, and had 4 pts, 6 rebs, and picked up 3 fouls.

In the game, ISU got a double digit lead after just 5 minutes, but were never really able to extend much beyond the lead they had in the first 5 minutes..
They hovered between 7 to 12 pts ahead the rest of the game, getting their largest lead of 13 pts in the final seconds on a FT.


Bad news for Aces fans......
The Evansville message board, which saw very little action, now seems to be defunct-
http://www.thepurplecode.com/
http://www.thepurplecode.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=2

Some SIU fans have turned on Gene Teague.....
now wanting Lowery to sit Teague- 5 page thread-
I don't get it -- he's one of their best players!
http://www.salukitalk.net/st/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=34127&sid=d98b0f4a51c7233681c9d52c475162ae

Also one notes that a few SIU fans admit that SIU plays dirty on defense and that they foul constantly-
http://www.salukitalk.net/st/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=34158&sid=d98b0f4a51c7233681c9d52c475162ae


Here's something that apparently some find surprising -- but I have to wonder where those people have been for years as this is nothing new...
Sacramento Kings brass is wondering what to do as two of their top young players, Tyreke Evans, and DeMarcus Cousins, are seemingly always getting in trouble!!
Duh...seriously -- those guys always got in trouble since they were in junior high!!
but not it seems they really have discipline and morale issues, as the Kings are one of the worst teams in the NBA and have the fewest wins of all 30 NBA teams, save for the 3-15 Clippers.
"Cousins has a reputation for volatility"
"selfishness"
"clashes"
"immaturity"...etc...

The other players on the Kings are tired of this crap and there's already rumors of trades of their prima donnas...
I guess Miami isn't the only place proving it IS possible to have too much talent if it is accompanied by too much selfishness and ego...
http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/11/12/kings-deny-growing-issues-with-demarcus-cousins-tyreke-evans/
http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/dime-101112-14/testing-early-trade-winds


BTW -- here's an interesting note -- the Illini board was buzzing about top Illinois recruiter (Jerrance Howard) sitting in on Bobo Drummond's game Sunday watching Bobo -- who is verballed but obviously NOT signed yet to SIU.
Illinois' point guard situtation is still fuzzy for the future after McCamey is gone, and right now, they are not very deep at that spot...
so could Illinois still be in the hunt for Bobo??



In the non-sports section...
Here's one state governor who finally has a grasp on controlling exhorbitant and unreasonable spending...

He is trying to get the economy of the State of New Jersey under control, and he's speaking to a bunch of press, citizens, and state workers about capping the ridiculous salaries of state and municipal employees who are making incredible amounts and being paid twice as much as what similar people in similar employment situations make in other states......

and one of the state workers, a school superintendant who is making well over $200,000 per year (and by some reports when all benefits are included, closer to $260,000 per year) says it is not fair that the State of New Jersey is capping his salary for the time being...

The guy then says this...
That the caps are unfair to people like him trying to get by on a mere $200K and just maybe he'll leave the state!!!

Governor Chris Christie then says to the guy...
"Let me help you pack."
"We have real problems in our state that we have to fix and we don’t have the time, nor the money, nor the patience any longer for people who put themselves before our citizens.”
http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/archives/24625
http://www.minyanville.com/dailyfeed/school-administrator-threatens-to-quit/