Friday link

March 27, 2008

By Drew Champlin

Wrote a feature on Troy outfielder Lance Miller, who has overcome a little bit of adversity lately. He’s now Troy’s second-leading hitter. Troy hosts New Orleans tonight at 6 p.m., Saturday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. I plan on being at the last two games of the series.

If you didn’t hear, Miller lost his father a couple of weeks ago and also deals with a stuttering problem. The article explains both, so check it out.

Seahawks sign kicker

By Drew Champlin

This little blurb is important because former Troy kicker Greg Whibbs was worked out by Seattle and he’s got a 1 in 4 chance of being drafted by the club or inking with them as a free agent. Seattle is looking at four college kickers, one of whom is Whibbs. He knows whereever he goes, he’ll compete with a veteran that’s taking up more cap space.

Seahawks sign veteran K Olindo Mare to replace Josh Brown
  KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks signed former Pro Bowl kicker Olindo Mare to replace departed free agent Josh Brown on Thursday.
  Mare spent 10 years with Miami and is the Dolphins’ career leader in field goals (245), points (1,048) and field-goal accuracy (.809).
  He kicked for the New Orleans Saints last season and struggled, making 10 of 17 field-goal attempts and scoring 64 points before missing the final five games of the season with a dislocated right hip.
  Brown, a key to the Seahawks’ four consecutive NFC West division championships, signed earlier this month with the St. Louis Rams.
Even though he is proven, the 34-year-old may have competition for Brown’s job.
  Wednesday, knowing Mare was due to Seahawks team headquarters for a visit, team president Tim Ruskell said Seattle was continuing to evaluate kickers available in next month’s draft.
“We like a lot of kickers in the college game,“Ruskell said. “I could foresee where we have a veteran and a rookie in training camp fighting it out. That would be the perfect world for us.“

Early baseball regional projections

By Drew Champlin

Mark Etheridge of SEBaseball.com has his first round of NCAA Regional projections out.

Tallahassee Regional

1. Florida State
2. Charlotte
3. Troy
4. Alcorn State

He’s got Troy listed as a Sun Belt at-large, with Florida Atlantic as the SBC automatic (tournament champion) as a No. 4 seed in Gainesville. He’s also got UL-Monroe as a No. 4 in Houston.

Troy’s got to keep winning these league home games. Three games vs. New Orleans this weekend - Friday and Saturday at 6 and Sunday at 1

I’ve got a baseball feature on Troy outfielder Lance Miller running tomorrow.

Former Trojan on TV

By Drew Champlin

Just got this e-mailed to me from the Troy sports information office. Rayshun Reed was before my time covering Troy, but you guys would be interested.

Former Troy star and current Tampa Bay Storm DB Rayshun Reed will play Saturday, March 29th on ESPN2, 1 p.m. CST, when the Philadelphia Soul host the Storm in the Russell Athletic ESPN Arena Football Saturday.

Wednesday link

March 25, 2008

By Drew Champlin

Got you guys a football notebook, leading with the QB race going down to three and a position change for the odd man out, as well as a linebacker stepping up and a local watch.