Georgia and Boise St. Kick Off the Tennis Season Before Football

Yes, that's right, as a prelude to the Georgia/Boise St. Kick Off Classic Football game that will be played Saturday night at the sold out Georgia Dome, the men's tennis teams from the two schools took to the court in a little more quiet environment at the Atlanta Athletic Club to play some tennis.

Four singles, and two doubles matches were contested.

Each team won three matches.

Georgia-Boise State Kickoff Classic
Atlanta Athletic Club
John's Creek, Ga.
Day One Results: Sept. 2

DOUBLES
1. Sadio Doumbia/Wil Spencer (UGA) def. Aidan Reid/Nathan Sereke (BSU), 8-4
2. Scott Sears/James Meredith (BSU) def. Eric Diaz/Nathan Pasha (UGA), 8-6

SINGLES
1. James Meredith (BSU) def. Sadio Doumbia (UGA), 7-6(4), 6-3
2. Wil Spencer (UGA) def.  Scott Sears (BSU), 6-1, 6-2
3. Nathan Sereke (BSU) def. Eric Diaz (UGA), 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
4. Nathan Pasha (UGA) def. Aidan Reid (BSU), 6-0, 6-2

Georgia features Wil Spencer.  Spencer is one of the top college players in the country and Boise's James Meredith is a fine player in his own right.  Also, I expect big things this year and in the future from Georgia freshman, Nathan Pasha, what a debut from him.

Here are some pics:

Georgia's Wil SpencerSadio Doumbia and Wil Spencer celebrate a doubles winBoise St.'s Scott SearsGeorgia's team is introducedNathan Sereke of Boise

Herschel Walker to Deliver Game Ball at Chik-fil-A Kickoff Game

In keeping with its tradition of inviting team celebrities to deliver the game ball prior to both the Chick-fil-A Bowl and the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game, game officials today released the names of the game ball delivery honorees for Saturday night’s Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game between Georgia and Boise State.

Three-time All-American and 1982 Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker will deliver the game ball for the Georgia Bulldogs. Walker holds Southeastern Conference records for both career rushing yards (1^st - 5,259) and rushing touchdowns (2^nd - 49) and ranks eighth in NFL history with 18,168 total yards.

Three-time first-team All-WAC defensive end Ryan Winterswyk will deliver the game ball for the Boise State Broncos. Winterswyk was named a Sporting News Freshman All-American in 2007 and finished his career ranked fourth at Boise State in career tackles for loss (46.5) and fifth in career sacks (21.5). Winterswyk is currently playing in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons.

Walker and Winterswyk will ride together in a KIA Optima – provided by official vehicle sponsor KIA Motors – to midfield just prior to the coin flip to present the officiating crew with a pair of game balls from the two teams.

The pair join a list of other game ball honorees that include Natrone Means (North Carolina), Chuck Wiley (LSU), Charlie Ward (Florida State), George Rogers (South Carolina), Shaun Alexander (Alabama) and Antonio Freeman (Virginia Tech) among others.

In addition to the game ball honorees, other team celebrities will be on hand to make appearances and sign autographs at the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game FanZone presented by Coca-Cola Zero including Boise State’s Jared Zabransky and Georgia’s Garrison Hearst and Lindsay Scott. Zabransky, Hearst and Scott’s appearances will precede the traditional team walks through FanZone as Boise State and Georgia make their way into the Georgia Dome.

In Case You Thought Jack Hiscock was Made Up

The Bethany College golf team is all over the news right now as I wrote in a couple stories down, but the star of the whoe scandal is turing out to be team captain, Jack Hiscock.

He is a real person, and his parents should be shot for naming him Jack.  He's a soph. from Swindon, England and he appears to be a pretty good golfer.  Go figure.

Golf Team Captain Jack Hiscock and Rest of Team Suspended for Naked Pics

I'm sorry for posting this picture

Any athletic team with a captain named Jack Hiscock is going to have problems.  Here we go.

Athletes posing for risque calendars is nothing new, remember the 80's movie Campus Man? So it's no surprise the 15 members of the Bethany College men's golf team figured it was no big deal to strip, place their clubs strategically in front of their groins and say cheese.

And then post the photo on Facebook. Ouch!

Unfortunately, Bethany is a small Lutheran school in Lindsborg, Kan., that plays in Midwest events like the Evangel Tournament, the Central Christian Tournament and the Oklahoma Baptist Tournament. Double Ouch!

Christian college golf takes a dim view of this kind of thing, even partial nudity. So athletic director and golf coach Jon Daniels, who was emailed the picture by someone, suspended the team for three tournaments.

"I've been around a long time and I think this is a case of young people who just don't think beyond the moment and don't realize who they're hurting,"

Bethany, by the way, is very good on the links: The Swedes have won 11 of the last 15 KCAC championships.

Captain Jack Hiscock (I told you) reportedly said the team would appeal the suspension to the school president.

In their defense, it should be noted that the golfers seem to be covering their shafts mostly with drivers. Could have been worse. They could have used golf tees.  Insert your own jokes at this point.

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