Is There a Baseball NIT?

No other way around it.

I don't have any analysis other than to say we have had more hits and gotten more opportunities than we have allowed, yet we are at .500 on the season.  Absent every single team that is "supposed" to win their conference tourneys doing so, and some generous selection day decisions, the Diamond Dawgs are done for the season.  

It will be an off season of serious introspection in the big office at Butts-Mehre. There are some family circumstances David Perno is dealing with, and has been for a bit. I am not as sold on it being the end for Perno as T. Kyle King is, but he has been right about some other decisions McGarity has made, so I wouldn't bet against him.

TD

Not happening-McGarity Confirms Perno Staying (Gentry Estes)

Breaking: Branden Smith Arrested

Not sure how much to trust something called the 'Rickeystokesnews.com,' but I guess as much as I should the AJC (which is simply citing the Rickey Stokes News), right?

It went down in Henry County, Alabama, which is one county above Dothan. If you've been from Athens to Panama City Beach, you go down Hwy 431 out of Columbus to get there.

The maddening part of this story is that, if true, he was with a dude that got caught in the same county last week for smokin' the reefer.  Dude.

TD

Because I don't feel dirty enough, I checked Smith's Twitter time line.  Doesn't look good (MF_CashOnli is someone named D.Woods):

Heading to pc with @MF_CashOnli
— Branden Smith (@Brandensmith1) March 12, 2012

UPDATE:

Henry County (Ala.) Sheriff's office confirms that #UGA CB Branden Smith was arrested early today for possession of marijuana.
— Marc Weiszer (@marcweiszer) March 12, 2012

See also:
-Branden Smith Arrested in Alabama - Marc Weiszer (ABH)