There’s only one solution: Cancel the SEC tournament

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There’s only one solution: Cancel the SEC tournament
Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football found this 3/15/2008 on www.thermocaster.com [flag]
When you see pieces of the arena falling to the ground, you realize there’s a serious problem. And anyone that was at the Alabama/Mississippi State game will say it was one of the scarier events of their lives. So tell me again: Why are we planning to continue the SEC tournament? Late Saturday night, ESPN.com reported the league was going to try playing the canceled ... [link]

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Daily Dump: SEC Tournament Mess, Mangino Boob Massager, Petra Nemcova And The Big Lead Comes Out
Published 3/15/2008 by J Koot at Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football
... of the porcelain God and didn’t let up until after lunch. So now we can get busy talking about March Madness and chicks. That’s what weekends are made of, right? Have fun hanging with your wife/girlfriends dopey friends who don’t like basketball. Suckers! Today’s Dump: Kentucky fans try to bribe way into today’s game [Courier-Journal] The logical solution to mess: cancel tournament [The Meaningful Collateral] A sexy chick in video with a twist [ ...

Totally A Coincidence, M'kay? [Blogdome]
Published 3/15/2008 by Sussman at Deadspin
... A Sports Blog] • Get pumped, Ohio State, for the NIT. [Hell Yes, Guy!] • Morgan Ensberg becomes the first Yankee to wear 21 since Paul O'Neill. [The Sports Hernia] • Bryant Reeves was captured by aliens and returned, 15 years younger, as Luke Harangody. That's gotta be it. [The Legend of Cecilio Guante] • Let's hear what Freddie Mitchell still has to say. [You Been Blinded] • There's no reason to finish the SEC tournament, really. [The Meaningful Collateral] • Goodbye, Doug Mirabelli. [The Sports Scribbler] • ...

Coffee Is For Closers [College Basketball Closer]
Published 3/16/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
... This is the last day for conference tournaments, though I'm not sure what we'll do if another tornado hits the SEC tournament in Atlanta. The Meaningful Collateral thinks it never should have gotten this far. They say cancel it, and give the auto-bid to Tennessee. Thoughts, concerns, questions? No? Then let's get it on. ...

The Roundabout: News and Opinion
Published 3/16/2008 by Truzenzuzex <info@aseaofblue.com> at A Sea Of Blue: Front Page Posts
... Here is an interesting blog post calling for the SEC tournament to be canceled.  What is interesting is that virtually every dire prediction/question this guy brought up came true, and yet here we are about to crown a championship game that includes one of the teams he (and many of us) thought could not overcome the worst possible scenario. ...

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