THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TIMES

2010 Spring Practice Dates and Spring Game Dates

2010-02-06T17:17:00.000-08:00

By Dan Harralson

SEC: Spring Practice Begins/Spring Game Date
Alabama: 3/12: 4/17
Arkansas: TBA: TBA
Auburn: 3/23: 4/17 *practice ends 4/18
Florida: 3/17: 4/10
Georgia: TBA: 4/10
Kentucky: 3/31: 4/24
LSU: 2/25: 3/27
Mississippi State: 3/23: 4/17
Ole Miss: 3/27: 4/17
South Carolina: 3/16: 4/10
Tennessee: TBA: TBA
Vanderbilt: TBA: 4/10

ACC: Spring Practice Begins/Spring Game Date
Boston College: 3/18: 4/24
Clemson: 3/8: 4/10
Duke: 2/15: 3/27
Florida State: 3/16: 4/10
Georgia Tech: TBA: 4/24
Maryland: 3/23: 4/24
Miami: 2/23: TBA
North Carolina: 3/15: 4/10
N.C. State: 3/9: 4/17
Virginia: 3/15: 4/10
Virginia Tech: 3/31: 4/24
Wake Forest: 3/16: 4/17

Big East: Spring Practice Begins/Spring Game Date
Cincinnati: TBA: 4/24
Connecticut: 3/16: 4/17
Louisville: 3/24: 4/16
Pittsburgh: 3/18: 4/17
Rutgers: TBA: 4/24
USF: 3/16: 4/17
Syracuse: TBA: TBA
West Virginia: 4/6: 4/30

Big Ten: Spring Practice Begins/Spring Game Date
Illinois: TBA: 4/24
Indiana: 3/23: 4/17
Iowa: TBA: 4/17
Michigan: 3/14: 4/17
Michigan State: TBA: TBA
Minnesota: TBA: 4/24
Northwestern: 3/29: 4/24
Ohio State: 4/1: 4/24
Penn State: 3/26: 4/24
Purdue: 3/24: 4/17
Wisconsin: 3/13: 4/17

Big 12: Spring Practice Begins/Spring Game Date
Baylor: 3/15: 4/10
Colorado: 3/8: 4/10
Iowa State: 3/23: 4/17
Kansas: 3/27: 4/24
Kansas State: 3/21: 4/24
Missouri: 3/9: 4/17
Nebraska: 3/24: 4/17
Oklahoma: 3/9: 4/17
Oklahoma State: 3/8: 4/17
Texas: 2/26: 4/4
Texas A&M: TBA: 4/17
Texas Tech: 3/2: 4/3

Pac-10: Spring Practice Begins/Spring Game Date
Arizona: TBA: TBA
Arizona State: 3/30: 4/24
California: 3/6: There is no Spring Game *practice ends 4/17
Oregon: 3/30: 5/1
Oregon State: 3/29: 5/1
Stanford: 2/22: 4/10
UCLA: 4/1: 4/24
USC: TBA: TBA
Washington: 3/30: 4/30
Washington State: 3/25: 4/24

Conference USA: Spring Practice Begins/Spring Game Date
East Carolina: 3/15: 4/17
Houston: TBA: TBA
Marshall: TBA: TBA
Memphis: 3/15: 4/17
Rice: 2/22: 3/27
SMU: 3/29: 4/24
Southern Miss: 3/3: 4/10
Tulane: 3/22: 4/24
Tulsa: 3/9: 4/17
UAB: 3/24: 4/17
UCF: 3/18: 4/17
UTEP: 3/25: 4/24

MAC: Spring Practice Begins/Spring Game Date
Akron: TBA: TBA
Ball State: 3/24: 4/17
Bowling Green: 3/19: 4/16
Buffalo: 3/20: 4/24
Central Michigan: 3/18: 4/17
Eastern Michigan: TBA: TBA *practice ends 4/16
Kent State: 4/5: 4/30
Miami: 3/20: 4/10
Northern Illinois: 3/23: 4/24
Ohio: 3/13: 4/14
Temple: 3/16: 4/17
Toledo: 3/17: 4/16 *practice ends 4/19
Western Michigan: 3/18: 4/17

Mountain West: Spring Practice Begins/Spring Game Date
Air Force: 2/18: No Spring Game *practice ends 3/17
BYU: 3/15: 4/10
Colorado State: 3/26: 4/24
New Mexico: 3/23: 4/17
San Diego State: TBA: 3/20
TCU: 3/4: 4/10
UNLV: 3/15: 4/17
Utah: 3/9: 4/17
Wyoming: 3/6: 4/17

Sun Belt: Spring Practice Begins/Spring Game Date
Arkansas State: 3/29: 4/24
FAU: 3/31: 4/24
FIU: TBA: TBA
Louisiana-Lafayette: 3/3: 3/27
Louisiana-Monroe: 3/15: 4/24
Middle Tennessee: 3/16: 4/10
North Texas: TBA: TBA
Troy: 3/15: 4/3
Western Kentucky: TBA: TBA

WAC: Spring Practice Begins/Spring Game Date
Boise State: 3/8: 4/17
Fresno State: TBA: TBA
Hawaii: 4/1: 4/30
Idaho: TBA: 4/23
Louisiana Tech: TBA: TBA
Nevada: TBA: 4/3
New Mexico State: 4/5: 5/1
San Jose State: TBA: TBA
Utah State: 3/23: 4/24

Independents: Spring Practice Begins/Spring Game Date
Army: 2/17: 3/27
Navy: 3/29: 4/23
Notre Dame: 3/26: 4/24

SENIOR BOWL PICS FROM THE NETWORK

2010-01-30T20:40:00.000-08:00

Breaking News: Ruffin McNeill has been named ECU's next head coach

2010-01-21T14:58:00.000-08:00

By Dan Harralson

The Sports Times Network has just learned that East Carolina has named Ruffin McNeill as their next head football coach. Ruffin is replacing Skip Holtz whom left to become South Florida's head football coach.

Tom McClellan, ECU's Assistant Athletics Director/Media Relations, says "Shula is not a candidate"

2010-01-21T12:53:00.000-08:00

By Dan Harralson

Former Alabama head coach and current Jacksonville Jaguars assistant coach, Mike Shula, has been rumored to be the leading candidate to replace Skip Holtz at East Carolina. We have learned that Ruffin McNeill is the leading candidate at this hour. Tom McClellan, Assistant Athletics Director/Media Relations for East Carolina University, has informed The Sports Times Network that "Mike Shula is not a candidate." McClellan added, "Don't put the horse ahead of the cart, Mike Shula is not on our radar." The Sports Times Network will be updating the head coaching search periodically in Greenville, North carolina.

Troy Calhoun discusses the Tennessee job and The Armed Forces Bowl victory over Houston

2010-01-20T12:52:00.000-08:00

By Dan Harralson

Troy Calhoun took the time to give Nick Taylor and myself an interview in the middle of a busy day today. Coach Calhoun is out on the recruiting trail today and answered questions about the Tennessee head coaching offer, as well as the big bowl win over Houston. Coach Calhoun is a great friend and is a class act coach. Here are the videos from today.

Interview by Dan Harralson and Nick Taylor
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DERRICK DOOLEY INTRODUCED AS TENNESSEE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH-STORY BELOW INCLUDING A LINK TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE...

2010-01-16T17:59:00.000-08:00

BY NICK TAYLOR

AFTER BEING DESERTED BY LANE KIFFIN, WHO WAS THE VOLS COACH FOR BARELY MORE THAN A YEAR... THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HIRED 41 YEAR OLD DERRICK DOOLEY TO BE THEIR NEXT HEAD FOOTBALL COACH ON FRIDAY JANUARY 15.DOOLEY, WHO IS THE SON OF FORMER GEORGIA COACH AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR VINCE DOOLEY, HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT LOUISIANA TECH THE LAST THREE SEASONS...

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH DOOLEY BECAME KNOWN AS A COACH DURING HIS STINT AS AN ASSISTANT AT LSU UNDER CURRENT ALABAMA HEAD FOOTBALL COACH NICK SABAN... DOOLEY INTIALLY SERVED AS THE RECRUITING CORDINATOR AT LSU DURING THE 2003 SEASON, A SEASON IN WHICH LSU WON THE BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

DOOLEY REMAINED ON SABAN'S STAFF AT LSU AND EVEN FOLLOWED SABAN TO THE MIAMI DOLPHHINS, DOOLEY REMAINED WITH SABAN UNTIL SABAN LEFT THE DOLPHINS TO BECOME THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA...

DOOLEY AND SABAN BOTH SPEND TIME TOGETHER EVERY SUMMER AT LAKE BURTON,WHERE THE TWO FRIENDS OWN SIDE-BY-SIDE CABINS IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MONUNTAINS. DOOLEY CONTACTED SABAN TO ASK HIM WHETHER HE THOUGHT HE SHOULD TAKE THE JOB OR NOT. WHILE THE EXACT CONTENTS OF THE CONVERSATION REMAIN PRIVATE BETWEEN BOTH MEN, DOOLEY ADMITTED SABAN WAS HAPPY FOR HIM AND THAT HE THOUGHT TENNESSEE WAS A GREAT PROGRAM. DOOLEY AND SABAN WILL BE RIVALS ON THE FIELD BUT THEY WILL ALWAYS BE FRIENDS. THE SPORTS TIMES NETWORK THINKS DERRICK DOOLEY HAS ALOT OF CLASS AND WE WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK. WE HOPE THAT WITH DOOLEY'S HIRING AT TENNESSEE MEANS THAT THIS RIVALRY CAN RETURN TO A FIERCE COMPETION ON THE FIELD AND ALSO RETURN TO A RIVALRY IN WHICH BOTH SCHOOLS CONDUCT THEMSELVES WITH CLASS AND CAN RESPECT EACH OTHER FOR THE GREAT PROGRAMS AND UNIVERSITIES THEY BOTH ARE!!!

CLICK HERE... TO VIEW THE VIDEO OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE...

TROY CALHOUN CALLS TEAM MEETING AT AIR FORCE

2010-01-14T13:52:00.000-08:00

BY NICK TAYLOR & DAN HARRALSON

ESPN reportedly misquoted AIR FORCE COACH TROY CALHOUN about his situation with the UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE and after talking with Calhoun our source believes the AF coach will take the TENNESSEE JOB.... THE TEAM MEETING WILL BE AT SIX EASTERN...

AIR FORE SOURCE SAYS UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE WILL LIKELY RECONSIDER WAITING ON MIKE LEACH AFTER TROY CALHOUN REPORTEDLY WILL REMAIN AT AF FOR FAMILY REASONS...

2010-01-14T13:06:00.000-08:00

BY NICK TAYLOR AND DAN HARRALSON

In a move that stunned our source at AIR FORCE, Troy Calhoun has reportedly decided not to take the TENNESSEE JOB and that the vols will likely reconsider waiting on MIKE LEACH... Widely-known sports agent Jimmy Sexton has just interestingly linked his client and current ARKANSAS COACH BOBBY PETRINO to rhe job. We at the SPORTS TIMES NETWORK believe it will be Leach since even our AIR FORCE source said Monday that Leach was UT'S top choice and that Calhoun was a secondary option if they didn't feel the Leach situation could be worked out in a timely manner...

TROY CALHOUN TO BE THE NEXT FOOTBALL COACH AT TENNESSEE

2010-01-14T10:07:00.000-08:00

BY NICK TAYLOR & DAN HARRALSON

OUR SOURCES AT AIR FORCE TOLD THE SPORTS TIMES NETWORK THAT AIR FORCE COACH TROY CALHOUN WILL BE NAMED THE COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AS EARLY AS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.... AT WHICH TIME AT PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT AROUND 4 ET FRIDAY ACC TO OUR SOURCES....

Breaking News: UT offers Mike Leach; Troy Calhoun second in-line

2010-01-13T10:57:00.000-08:00

By Dan Harralson and Nick Taylor

The Sports Times Network has learned today, through a close source, that The University of Tennessee will ask Mike Leach to become the next head coach of the Vols. If for what ever reason Leach were not to accept the offer, second in-line is Air Force's head coach Troy Calhoun. Coach Calhoun is a great friend of The Sports Times Network and is a class-act. We hope the best for him if he accepts an offer by Tennessee (which we were told he will if Leach does not) or stays with The Air Force Academy (if Leach were to accept UT's offer.)

God Bless,

The Sports Times Network

The Sports Times Network's Final 2009 Football Poll

2010-01-09T11:01:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Boise State Broncos for winning the 2009 NCAA Football National Championship! Here is the complete final 2009 final poll:

1 Alabama & Boise State
3 Texas
4 Florida
5 Ohio State
6 Iowa
7 Penn State
8 Cincinnati
9 TCU
10 Virginia Tech
11 Oregon
12 Nebraska
13 Georgia Tech
14 Wisconsin & Pittsburgh
16 LSU
17 Utah
18 BYU
19 Miami
20 Central Michigan
21 Southern Cal
22 Ole Miss
23 Oklahoma State
24 Texas Tech
25 Clemson

Breaking News: Tommy Tubberville Takes the Texas Tech Job

2010-01-09T10:33:00.000-08:00

The Sports Times Network has closely learned that Tommy Tubberville has taken the Texas Tech head coaching position, replacing fired Mike Leach.

2009-08-29T04:56:00.000-07:00

CRIMSON ROSES A TRIBUTE TO THE 2009 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE

THE SOUTHEASTERN TIMES

THE TIDE TIMES

THE COLLEGE TIMES WOMEN'S EDITION

COLLEGE TIMES VOLLEYBALL

THE PRO SPORTS TIMES

AIR FORCE HEAD COACH, TROY CALHOUN, DISCUSSES 2009 AIR FORCE FOOTBALL AND THE PLEASURE OF COACHING FOR THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY

2009-08-28T13:41:00.000-07:00

KENTUCKY HEAD COACH, RICH BROOKS, TALKS 2009 COLLEGE FOOTBALL

2009-08-28T12:16:00.000-07:00

THE HOKIES ARE MISSING EVANS: BADLY

2009-08-27T10:35:00.000-07:00

By Dan Harralson

Frank Beamer was asked a simple question and he gave a simple answer: "Do you feel as good about this team as you did three weeks ago?" a reporter asked Beamer on Wednesday.
"No," Beamer responded. "Three weeks ago we had Darren Evans." On August 11th, the sophomore standout suffered a season-ending knee injury. Evans broke Mike Imoh's single-game rushing record last season, recording 253 yards against Maryland. Evans is also the only Hokie to rush for a touchdown in each of his first six games. The 2006 Parade All-American is really going to missed even more now. The following three running backs on the depth chart have missed practice with injuries. David Wilson and Josh Oglesby returned to practice Tuesday after missing more than a week of fall camp. However, the two did show improvement in yesterday's final fall scrimmage. Wilson ran 10 times for 52 yards and Oglesby carried nine times for 44 yards. "You've got two [Wilson and Oglesby] there that you're counting on, one never has been in a game and one has been in very little, and they've missed a lot of work," Beamer said. "Running backs is kinda the one thing right now that's up in the air a little bit. Guys got hurt at the wrong time. But that's the way it is. We've just got to be good in this last week and a half." Running backs coach Billy Hite chimed in saying, "Each got some carries, did some blocking, two disappointing things were both Josh and David missed a blitz pickup. They had the right guy and just didn't get them down. There's no excuse for that. Yes, that's a sack, and [the Tide] will try to break the quarterback's pads while they're doing it on top of it."
On Wilson's fumbling in practice:
"It's the first time for Wilson, I told him you're allowed one for the year, and you got yours over with today."
Hite on who replaces Evans:
"I am going to use all three, I still haven't figured out how I'm going to do it or who's going to start yet, but I guarantee you will end up seeing all three of them in there at some point. Right now, it's just getting their timing and reads right on certain plays."

GEORGIA HOLDS FINAL SCRIMMAGE OF FALL CAMP

2009-08-27T09:44:00.000-07:00

By Dan Harralson

Mark Richt surprised his Georgia team when they took the field yesterday. The scoreboard read Oklahoma State 21, Georgia 0. “I wanted a little sense of urgency for both sides of the ball,” Richt said in explaining his decision to spot the “Oklahoma State” scout team the three-touchdown lead. “I’d say overall my feeling was we’re not quite ready to beat Oklahoma State today,” Richt said. “It’s a good thing we’ve got 10 more days to prepare.” The Georgia starters rallied to beat the "Oklahoma State" scout team, 27-24. The Oklahoma State Cowboys are entering the 2009 season in the pre-season top ten, a first for their football program. Quarterback ,Joe Cox, connected with sophomore standout A.J. Green for a 40-yard touchdown. “We’re not playing Oklahoma State, so I really don’t know what to take from it,” Cox said. “We got some good looks from the scout team. We did some good things. We ended up coming back and beating them, but it was just another scrimmage. It was just a lot more structured today.” “I thought Joe was sharp running the system,” Richt said. “I thought he was accurate throwing the ball.” The number one tailback on the depth chart, Caleb King, was held out of yesterday's scrimmage due to a hamstring injury.

BREAKING NEWS: BRYCE BROWN HAS BEEN CLEARED TO PLAY

2009-08-26T16:23:00.000-07:00

By Dan Harralson

As of 7 PM ET, I have personally been told that Bryce Brown has been cleared to play for Tennessee. He will not have to sit out of any games and/or have to pay back any money to the NCAA. Many have thought that Brown would at least miss the Western Kentucky game and possibly the UCLA game. The Vols have just wrapped up practice for the day and ended practice with the announcement of Brown being eligible. The team was addressed in the final team huddle and responded with a loud roar.

THE TIDE TIMES WEEKLY QUACK SMACK SEGMENT ON KWVA 88.1 FM (EUGENE, OREGON)

2009-08-25T06:55:00.000-07:00

TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGE FROM NEYLAND STADIUM 8/22/09

2009-08-22T23:38:00.000-07:00

Coverage and video reported by Dan Harralson

NEBRASKA HOLDS A TWO-HOUR SCRIMMAGE

2009-08-22T22:07:00.000-07:00

By Dan Harralson

Head Coach Bo Pelini and the Nebraska football team capped off the most intense week of fall camp with a two-hour long scrimmage inside Memorial Stadium today. During the week, running back Quentin Castille was dismissed from the team, creating depth chart battles at the position. Zac Lee has been impressive, claiming a hold on the starting quarterback spot. The number two quarterback spot has heated up between Cody Green and converted linebacker, Latravis Washington. Many insights are pointing towards a red shirt for Washington and becoming the Nebraska quarterback in the future as a "Tommy Frazier-type player" (words amongst the coaching staff.) Here are some scrimmage quotes from Head Coach Bo Pelini:

“We had a good scrimmage today,” Pelini said. “We went at it for a good two hours, a lot of ones-on-ones and twos-on-twos. Everybody got snaps, we worked some special teams along the way. I kind of came out of it knowing what I knew going in, that we’re not ready to play a football game yet. We’ve got a lot of work to do. The execution is not quite there yet, and we have a ways to go.”

Regarding the newly open running back battle on the depth chart:
“It’s like any other position, everything is out there to be won right now,” Pelini said. “I’d say Rex Burkhead is clearly the No. 2 running back right now, but that can change. There’s a lot of depth and a lot of talent at the running back position, we feel real good about it. Time will tell, just like a lot of other positions, there’s a lot of competition going on.”

Regarding the six Nebraska natives receiving walk-on scholarships this week:
“It shows that if you come in here and you do the right things for the football team and for yourself you have a good chance of being rewarded for your efforts. That shows with those six young men, and I congratulate them. I’m not going to diminish the guys that aren’t on scholarship right now. There’s some other guys that come to my mind right off the bat that I wish right now I could give scholarships to, and if they continue down the right path they’re going to be rewarded down the line.”

VIRGINIA TECH DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, BUD FOSTER, TALKS 2009 FOOTBALL WITH THE TIDE TIMES

2009-08-21T13:08:00.000-07:00

Bud Foster

BEHIND THE SCENES: WOMEN IN SPORTS

2009-08-19T09:26:00.000-07:00

By Dan Harralson

As The Tide Times made the rounds during the 2009 SEC Football Media Days, we saw several different things ranging from different levels of how the SEC Media Days operation goes about. We have been numerous times in the past and have noticed that a lot of recognition is without telling of the contribution that women make working these events. We had a pleasure (and very thankful) to discuss and interview big names of the SEC. Ranging from Mike Slive, Nick Saban, Duce Staley, Tony Barnhardt, Chris Stewart, Rich Brooks, Joe Schad, Mark Richt, Lane Kiffin: Okay you get the point, we talked to numerous people. We came across four young women who have an influence and a love for their job, sports, and mostly like us running The Tide Times. We noticed that Kristen Kenney (XOS/SEC Digital); Lauren McKeeman (WRUF 850 AM Gainesville, FL); Jenn Hildreth (Fox Sports); and Rachel Baribeau (Sports Journalist) all work at what they love best and have great stories behind them. The names may come unnoticed to some, but we would like to share their bio's and greatly appreciated work with the fan bases.

JENN HILDRETH: FOX SPORTS
Jenn Hildreth is probably the most recognizable face to many SEC and ACC fans. She is recognizable not only during fall Saturday’s, but year round covering many sports. Jenn joined FOX Sports in the fall of 2002 and has been making a name for herself ever since. An award winning feature reporter, Hildreth has won several Emmy's for her work on ACC All-Access and SEC-TV. Beginning in the 2006-2007 seasons, Hildreth was the primary sideline reporter for FSN's national Sunday Night Hoops games, as well as a regular contributor as a feature reporter to the College Hoops Tip-off Show (also a national broadcast.) The many sports that Jenn has covered for FSN South include, ACC men's and women's basketball, volleyball, lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, SEC football, SEC men's and women's basketball, swimming and diving, baseball, gymnastics, and indoor/outdoor track. Last season, she segued from reporter to the host of ACC All-Access. Prior to joining FOX Sports South and SportSouth, Jenn worked as a high school sports reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. During this time period of 1999-2001, she also was a feature reporter/producer and sideline reporter for Larrison Sports Productions. The Norwood, NY native received her bachelor's degree in English and Journalism from Emory University in 1999 and she was a 3-sport varsity athlete (soccer, basketball, track and field).

KRISTEN KENNEY: XOS TECH/SEC DIGITAL
Kristen is a 2006 graduate of The University of Miami. She has a double major in Broadcast Journalism and Studio Art. As a senior, Kristen played soccer for the Hurricanes. Soccer is a sport that she played all during high school in Virginia. She and the Hurricanes finished the 2006 campaign with an 8-8-1 record, in her only season playing for “The U.” Since graduating, many opportunities have came her way. Kristen has worked for PBS and as a NPR reporter, landing her on-air television time. In 2004, she broke through as a reporter and as a co-producer for a documentary on O.J. Simpson. From 2004-2006, she covered University of Miami football, the Miami Heat, Miami PRO/AM wakeboard tournaments, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, and numerous red carpet events. Her most recent on-air documentary took place in Africa, turning into one of her biggest success stories. While filming the documentary Project Tanzania, Kristen contracted malaria and soon recovered three days after. Not many people have the capability to recover from this deadly disease. An estimated 350-500 million people suffer from malaria, but for only five dollars she was able to survive. The harsh reality is that most people cannot afford the five dollars to become cured from this disease. Kristen came up with an idea to create a cause for the fight against malaria. She started a website www.malaikaforlife.org for people to learn about her experience with this deadly disease. The main objective is to also inform people that many individuals are not that fortunate to have five dollars to be cured and help donate towards the victims. While running this great cause, Kristen will also work as the new XOS Production Content Supervisor and On-Air Talent. XOS is now in partnership with the SEC to provide all video content of all twelve SEC institutions. Late August is the projected launch date for SEC Digital and can be seen on www.secsports.com

RACHEL BARIBEAU: SPORTS JOURNALIST
Rachel Baribeau has worked for numerous sports outlets and has achieved many personal dreams. Rachel is a 2003 graduate of Auburn University, majoring in Journalism. While at Auburn University, Rachel worked for the War Eagle Warm-Up Show on 97.7 FM THE KICKER... in Columbus, GA. She was also a sports editor for the Eco Latino newspaper and then freelanced for Sportsvisions on ESPN2 in Columbus, GA. Going into the 2008 football season, Rachel was contacted by ESPN to help interact with fans on the ESPN College Gameday Report. She attended weekends where many major college football games were being played. Some of the major games she has covered are Ohio State vs. Penn State, Alabama vs. LSU, and Alabama vs. Auburn. On top of living her journalism/sports reporting dreams, she has played professional football, has driven race cars at Rockingham, and takes golf lessons from Mark Immelman (the brother of Trevor who has won the Master's.) She became the first known female sportscaster to play professional football. She joined the Columbus Lions of the American Indoor Football League. She went through training camp for five days in January 2008. “It was one of the most rewarding things I have done and learning the camaraderie and breaking down film and everything else that goes along with a football team,” Rachel mentioned about her experience with the Columbus Lions. For the past three years, she has been on the In the Zone Show (an ESPN affiliate in Columbus, GA.) Recently, Rachel was hired by Tidesports.com and The Tuscaloosa News to become their online anchor. Rachel has touched many women in the sports business by showing anything is possible if you work hard enough and to place your heart into whatever you do. Please visit her website www.rachelbaribeau.com for all of her great work.

LAURA MCKEEMAN: WRUF 850 AM
Laura McKeeman is probably one of the biggest Florida Gators fan you will run into: and on top of that, she is employed by WRUF 850 AM to cover the Gators. WRUF is located in Gainesville, Florida and has numerous call-in shows during the week to talk University of Florida athletics. WRUF can be streamed online at www.am850.com including The Sportscene with Steve Russell. Laura and Steve both covered the 2009 SEC Media Days where we learned more about the station. McKeeman is also on a weekly television show called Gator Country. She is alongside Buddy Martin on Gator Country and all shows are archived. Insider Recruiting is a Wednesday segment on Gator Country, in which Justin Wells and Laura breakdown the Gators recruiting. The recruiting show can be seen streamed live on www.gatorcountry.com (airing from 8-9 PM ET.) Laura is a former Ballet Instructor and has performed ballet since a very young age. She attended the Universal Ballet Academy preceding her time in Gainesville. As a Junior majoring in Telecommunications, Steve Russell has probably already seen how well as a co-host he has working for WRUF.

THE TIDE TIMES TALKS OREGON AND PAC 10 FOOTBALL WITH KWVA 88.1 FM IN EUGENE, OREGON

2009-08-18T09:36:00.000-07:00

KWVA 88.1 FM EUGENE, OREGON

TONY BARNHARDT TALKS 2009 COLLEGE FOOTBALL

2009-08-17T05:06:00.000-07:00

SEC COMMISSIONER MIKE SLIVE

2009-08-16T19:27:00.000-07:00

INTERVIEW BY NICK TAYLOR

DAN HARRALSON IN PHOTO FEATURED ON VIDEO SCREEN

COMMISSIONER SLIVE WITH NICK TAYLOR DURING AN INTERVIEW AT THE 2009 SEC FOOTBALL MEDIA DAYS...

UA ANNOUNCER CHRIS STEWART

2009-08-16T15:10:00.000-07:00

INTERVIEW BY NICK TAYLOR

DUCE STALEY AT THE 2009 SEC MEDIA DAYS

2009-08-16T15:00:00.000-07:00

INTERVIEW BY NICK TAYLOR

HAWAII AND WAC FOOTBALL PREVIEWS WITH ESPN 1420 AM IN HONOLULU, HAWAII

2009-08-16T14:47:00.000-07:00

2009-08-09T12:06:00.000-07:00

JENN HILDRETH OF FOX SPORTS TALKS TO THE TIDE TIMES

2009-08-09T08:40:00.000-07:00