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Cutler, Thurman
and Turner awarded
Vanderbilt quarterback Jay
Cutler, Georgia linebacker
Odell Thurman and Mississippi
State running back Nick
Turner were named SEC
Players of the Week on Monday.
Cutler was 14-of-17 for 175
yards and four touchdowns in
Vandy’s 28-17 win over
Kentucky. The sophomore from
Smita Claus, Ind., had 129 rush
^»ards, including a 51-yard
rcff The long run was the
longest run from scrimmage for
Vanderbilt this year.
Thurman led the Georgia de
fense with 14 tackles, including
four tackles for a loss, two sacks
and one interception. The one in
terception counted, though, as a
99-yard return for a touchdown.
The touchdown return was the
second-longest in Georgia histo
ry, next to a 100-yard return
against Florida in 1959.
Turner made his mark in
Mississippi State’s loss to
Tennessee by accumulating 344
all-purpose yards against the
Vols. Turner is now second in
the SEC and 14th in the nation
in all-purpose yards.
Rivalries highlight
week of SEC action
Premier rivalry games such
as Clemson at USC and
Alabama at Auburn headline
this week’s action in the SEC.
Other matchups determining
finishing spots in the SEC are
LSU at Ole Miss, which will
help decide the SEC West title,
Georgia at Kentucky,
Vanderbilt at Tennessee and
Mississippi State at Arkansas.
Alabama-Auburn will be on
ESPN at 7:45 p.m., LSU-Ole
Miss will be on CBS at 3:30 p.m.
and Georgia at Kentucky will
be on Jefferson-Pilot Sports at
12:30 p.m. Vanderbilt at
Tennessee and Mississippi
State at Arkansas will not be
televised.
The Alabama-Auburn con
test will feature one of the
fiercest rivalries in the entire
nation. The Crimson Tide
holds the series advantage 38
28-1 and will look to avenge
last season’s 17-7 loss in
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Robinson
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of learning the position over time
and concentrating on graduating,
his game seems to showcase the
play of old as well. Robinson is
the type of corner who isn’t will
mPo take a risk when going for
^Pperception. Instead, he takes
his role in a different manner. '
“If the big play comes, it
comes,” he said. “The first thing
you got to do is make sure the re
ceiver doesn’t catch the ball. I’m
patient. I’m willing to wait on it,
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and that’s what I do.”
What Robinson has done in his
career is something that hasn’t
just impacted him but his team
mates as well.
“I see what he does, and I try
to do the same thing he does on
the field,” cornerback Teddy
Crawford, another senior, said.
“He leads by words, but he also
leads by actions.”
With all the emotion that
Robinson will go through on
Saturday, he still understands
what playing the Clemson Tigers
will mean.
“The team that loses is the
team that’s embarrassed until
next season,” Robinson said.
“That’s what it means. Nobody
wants to lose this game.”
And after being a part of this
rivalry for the last three seasons,
he said he’s seen it all on the field.
“I’ve seen punches thrown in
this rivalry,” Robinson said.
“Anything that can be said about
your mom, I’ve heard it. It’s a bib
ter rivalry, but it’s fun at the
same time.”
And fun is exactly what
Robinson hopes to have when he
hits the field Saturday night.
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Johnson
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Keyshawn’s actions changed. His
approach to us, to the organiza
tion and to the team, changed. A
lot of mandatory workouts
missed, a lot team functions that
are football related that were not
attended and it became, in our
mind, a problem. And one that
needed to be addressed,” McKay
said.
McKay declined to say how
many workouts Johnson had
skipped, or whether missing a
mandatory team meeting on
Monday was the final straw.
“We’re trying to win football
games, and at some point you have
to say this is not in the best inter
est of winning. We had another
path we could have taken, which
is to go down the disciplinary
path.... But this isn’t about mon
ey. We’re not trying to get any
money back from Keyshawn.
We’re not trying to make an ex
ample,” he said.
Said Gruden: “It’s nothing per
sonal.”
“Hopefully he finds what he’s
looking for. We’re in the same
search for excellence and answers
to how to get out of the funk we’re
in,” he said.. .
Joe Jurevicius, who returned
last week after being sidelined sev
en games with a sprained knee,
likely will take Johnson’s spot in
the lineup.
“I really enjoyed playing with
Keyshawn for the last 21/-2 years,”
Bucs quarterback Brad Johnson
said. “We won a lot of games to
- gether and won a Super Bowl to
gether. It’s unfortunate that it had
to end this way, and I wish him
well.”
Bonds receives 6th MVP award
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Barry Bonds won
his record sixth National League
MVP award Tuesday, becoming
the first player to get the honor in
three consecutive years.
The San Francisco Giants out
fielder, the only player to win an
MVP award more than three
times, received 28 of 32 first-place
votes and 426 points in balloting
by the - Baseball Writers’
Association of America.
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder
Albert Pujols was second with
three first-place votes and 303
points. Atlanta Braves outfielder
Gary Sheffield got the other first
place vote and was third with 247
points.
At 39 years, 31/2 months, Bonds
is the second-oldest MVP, trail
ing Pittsburgh’s Willie Stargell,
who was a few months older
when he tied for the award in
1979.
Bonds had a difficult season in
which his father, Bobby, died in
August. Still, Bonds hit .341 with
45 homers and 90 RBI, leading the
major leagues in slugging per
centage (.749), on-base percentage
(.529) and walks.
“This award is more special to
me than any award I’ve ever re
ceived because it’s dedicated to my
father,” Bonds said during a con
ference call. “He has been my hit
ting coach my entire life, ever
since I was a little kid. I miss him
dearly. It’s a really emotional time
for me right now.”
Amopg the four major North
American professional sports,
only the NHL’s Wayne Gretzky
has more MVP awards, with nine.
The NBA’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
also won six MVPs.
“To be able to say you’ve won
this award six times, there’s no
words for it,” Bonds said.
Pujols hit a major league-high
.359 with 43 homers and 124 RBI
and led the major leagues with 137
runs. He became just the 10th play
er to finish second in consecutive
MVP votes, the first since the
Dodgers’ Mike Piazza in 1996 and
1997.
San Francisco players have
won the award four straight times,
with Jeff Kent finishing first in the
2000 vote. The Yankees accom
plished that feat twice with Yogi
Berra (1954-55) and Mickey Mantle
(1956-57), and Roger Maris (1960
61), Mantle (1962) and Elston
Howard (1963).
Bonds gets a $500,000 bonus for
winning the award. Sheffield, who
became a free agent after the sea
son, earned $75,000 for finishing
third. Florida’s Juan Pierre gets
$200,000 for finishing 10th.
Hal McCoy of the Dayton Daily
News, Don Ketchum of The .
Arizona Republic and Bill Zack of
Morris News Service, who covers
the Braves, voted Pujols first. Joe
Strauss of the St. Louis Post
Dispatch voted Sheffield first.
During the conference call;
Bonds defended his decision to
withdraw from the Major League
Baseball Players Association’s li
censing program starting next sea
son. He wants to control his like
ness as he approaches Hank
Aaron’s career home-run record
of 755. Bonds is fourth with 658,
also trailing Babe Ruth (714) and
Willie Mays (660), Bonds’ godfa
ther.
“I felt I’ve really beeh misrep
resented throughout my career as
a bad guy, bad person,” Bonds
said. “This gives the licensees an
opportunity to really know me.”
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