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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Go Vols Xtra Stories: SEC News</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/sec-news/</link><atom:link href="http://govolsxtra.com/news/sec-news/" type="application/rss+xml" rel="self"></atom:link><description>Go Vols Xtra Stories: SEC News</description><language>en-us</language><category>sec-news</category><item><title>Ole Miss lineman Strong withdraws from school
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/15/ole-miss-lineman-strong-withdraws-school/</link><description><![CDATA[Mississippi defensive lineman Chris Strong, the centerpiece of last year’s recruiting class, has withdrawn from the university. Coach Houston Nutt says Thursday he does not expect Strong back next fall and “wishes him well in whatever his future holds.”   ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 22:58:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/15/ole-miss-lineman-strong-withdraws-school/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title>Tebow helps circumcise impoverished children in Philippines
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/15/tebow-helps-circumcise-impoverished-children-phili/</link><description><![CDATA[Florida fans by now know the legend of Tim Tebow by rote: he plays quarterback as well as anyone in America, sings on stage with the stars of country music, makes girls swoon every time he smiles.

During spring break, Tebow added a new facet to his fame. In an impoverished village outside General Santos City in the Philippines, Tebow helped circumcise impoverished children.
  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 15:12:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/15/tebow-helps-circumcise-impoverished-children-phili/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title>Perrilloux signs with Jacksonville State
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/14/perrilloux-signs-jacksonville-state/</link><description><![CDATA[BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Quarterback Ryan Perrilloux, kicked off LSU's national championship team after repeated off-the-field problems, signed Wednesday with Jacksonville State.

Perrilloux will be able to transfer and start immediately for the Gamecocks. The MVP of last season's SEC title game won't have to sit out a year because Jacksonville State plays in the lower Football Championship Subdivision.
  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 03:59:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/14/perrilloux-signs-jacksonville-state/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title>Former South Carolina star Powell arrested
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/14/former-south-carolina-star-powell-arrested/</link><description><![CDATA[FLORENCE, S.C. - Former South Carolina basketball star Carlos Powell was arrested and jailed this past Saturday on weapons and alcohol charges.

  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:08:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/14/former-south-carolina-star-powell-arrested/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title>Signee Morgan granted release from LSU
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/13/signee-morgan-granted-release-lsu/</link><description><![CDATA[BATON ROUGE, La. — J’Mison Morgan will not play basketball for Louisiana State University.
Coach Trent Johnson said Tuesday that he had granted Morgan, who played at South Oak Cliff High School in Texas, a release from the letter of intent Morgan had signed in November.
  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 19:36:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/13/signee-morgan-granted-release-lsu/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title>Kentucky offers another scholarship to ninth-grader
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/13/kentucky-offers-another-scholarship-ninth-grader/</link><description><![CDATA[Coach Billy Gillispie is still thinking young. Kentucky has offered a basketball scholarship to an Indiana ninth-grader who is also being recruited by Tennessee, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 17:50:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/13/kentucky-offers-another-scholarship-ninth-grader/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title>Florida player shot in shoulder, expected to fully recover
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/12/florida-player-shot/</link><description><![CDATA[A University of Florida football player is recovering after being shot in the shoulder while at a Tampa area-park. Florida coach Urban Meyer says Gator defensive lineman Matt Patchan is expected to fully recover.
  ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 18:01:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/12/florida-player-shot/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title>Saban wants new recruits to show up early
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/12/saban-wants-new-recruits-show-early/</link><description><![CDATA[TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Here's one wish Alabama coach Nick Saban can't necessarily make come true: To have all the signees in school when the first summer session begins June 3.

Saban said it is a "tremendous advantage" to get incoming freshmen on campus early and it has always been his goal at every college coaching stop.
  ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 12:40:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/12/saban-wants-new-recruits-show-early/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title>Hood picks Kentucky along with 8th- and 9th-grader
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/10/hood-picks-kentucky-along-8th--and-9th-grader/</link><description><![CDATA[Jon Hood recently became Kentucky's third basketball commitment in a week. However, there's such an age gap Hood may never play with some of the other would-be Wildcats.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 21:04:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/10/hood-picks-kentucky-along-8th--and-9th-grader/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title>Jasper expected to transfer from Kentucky
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/10/jasper-transfer-kentucky/</link><description><![CDATA[LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie said Saturday that guard Derrick Jasper will probably transfer, with an announcement expected as early as next week.
  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 20:21:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/10/jasper-transfer-kentucky/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title>Staley pledges to rebuild South Carolina women's basketball
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/10/staley-pledges-rebuild-south-carolina-womens-baske/</link><description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — Dawn Staley walked onto South Carolina’s campus Saturday and pledged to make women’s basketball significant.
  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 17:57:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/10/staley-pledges-rebuild-south-carolina-womens-baske/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title>Florida player dismissed after using dead woman's credit card
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/10/florida-player-dismissed-after-using-dead-womans-c/</link><description><![CDATA[GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Florida football player was kicked off the team Friday after turning himself in on charges he used the gas credit card of a woman who was killed along with another player in a motorcycle accident.

  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 04:09:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/10/florida-player-dismissed-after-using-dead-womans-c/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title>Tide's McClain OK after accident
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/09/tides-mcclain-ok-after-accident/</link><description><![CDATA[Alabama coach Nick Saban said linebacker Rolando McClain was involved in a motorcycle accident but sustained only minor injuries. The sophomore was released from a hospital in his hometown of Decatur after the accident Thursday.
  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 22:41:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/09/tides-mcclain-ok-after-accident/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title>New LSU coach caught off guard by recruit’s disenchantment
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/08/new-lsu-coach-caught-guard-recruits-disenchantment/</link><description><![CDATA[ALEXANDRIA, La.  — LSU basketball coach Trent Johnson said he was caught off guard when he learned prized recruit J’Mison Morgan wanted to be released from his commitment to the Tigers so he could instead attempt to play for UCLA.
Morgan was recruited by former LSU coach John Brady and assistant Butch Pierre, who later served as interim coach late last season before Johnson was given the job full-time.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:57:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/08/new-lsu-coach-caught-guard-recruits-disenchantment/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title>Inexperienced receivers listed atop Arkansas depth chart
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/08/inexperienced-receivers-listed-atop-arkansas-depth/</link><description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - No matter who is on the field, Arkansas will rely on some inexperienced players next season.

That seems especially true at wide receiver.
  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 13:39:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/08/inexperienced-receivers-listed-atop-arkansas-depth/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title> Ex-Georgetown player transfers to Florida   
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/07/ex-georgetown-player-transfers-to-florida/</link><description><![CDATA[Former Georgetown forward/center Vernon Macklin has decided to transfer to Florida, according to his prep school coach. 
   ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/07/ex-georgetown-player-transfers-to-florida/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title>Two former Mississippi State players avoid jail time
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/06/two-former-mississippi-state-players-avoid-jail-ti/</link><description><![CDATA[JACKSON, Miss. — A judge has given two former Mississippi State players suspended sentences for firing guns on campus in March.
  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 23:29:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/06/two-former-mississippi-state-players-avoid-jail-ti/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title>South Carolina guard Downey charged with simple assault
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/06/south-carolina-guard-downey-charged/</link><description><![CDATA[
 COLUMBIA, S.C. - Devan Downey, who led South Carolina in scoring last season as a sophomore, has been charged with simple assault.  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 04:06:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/06/south-carolina-guard-downey-charged/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title>Kentucky funds private plane for recruiting
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/05/kentucky-funds-private-plane-recruiting/</link><description><![CDATA[LEXINGTON, Ky. - University of Kentucky athletics is joining the jet set of college sports.
  ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:01:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/05/kentucky-funds-private-plane-recruiting/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item><item><title>Tubby Smith returns to Kentucky to get honorary degree
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/05/tubby-smith-returns-kentucky-get-honorary-degree/</link><description><![CDATA[LEXINGTON, Ky. - Tubby Smith was back in Rupp Arena, once again wearing blue. But this time, the outfit was a gown and the title was doctor, not coach.

Smith returned for the first time Sunday to the floor where he spent a decade leading the Wildcat basketball program. He was on hand to get an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree at UK's commencement.
  ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 15:28:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/05/tubby-smith-returns-kentucky-get-honorary-degree/</guid><category>sec-news</category></item></channel></rss>