Alabama signee Bobby Wyatt fires 57! Just misses birdie on final hole | al.com

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Jul 282010
 

MOBILE, Alabama — Alabama signee Bobby Wyatt fired a Country Club of Mobile record 14-under 57 on Wednesday in the second round of the AGA State Boys Junior Championship.

Wyatt, the former UMS-Wright star, shot a 26 on the front nine, which included an eagle, seven birdies and a par. He just missed finishing with a birdie on the 18th, settling for a par.

The previous Country Club record was 63 and the previous record for a round in this tournament was 61. Par for the course is 71.

So how low did he go?

It’s possible Wyatt’s score set a world record as the lowest score in competitive play on a golf course of more than 6,500 yards, which the Guinness Book of World Records uses as the standard.

The course as played by Wyatt today measured 6,643 yards.

Kris Wasylowich of Lethbridge, Alberta, posted a 57 on his home course, Paradise Canyon, in May, 2006. Wasylowich played the front nine in 27, and the back nine in 30, records show.

But though 57 was recorded from tees that played 6,800 yards, his 57 is not considered the world record by Guinness because it was posted in a friendly round, not during competition.

The rounds that are recognized by the Guinness Book are a pair of 58s posted by Jason Bohn and Shig

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Blake Sims’ family ‘on pins and needles’ while waiting to find out status for fall | al.com

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Jul 282010
 

The wait continues for the family of Alabama football signee Blake Sims, who is currently taking classes at East Mississippi Community College while hoping to be approved soon by the NCAA Clearinghouse, which could then allow him to enroll at UA before the start of fall practice next week.

“If he’s cleared, we’re expecting Blake to go to Alabama (this fall),” his father Sonny Sims said this afternoon. “We’re all sitting around on pins and needles right now. He wants to go to school. He’s worked his butt off, and he deserves to go. He’s done everything we’ve asked of him.”

Sims, a prep quarterback from Gainesville, Ga., was a highly coveted prospect when Alabama signed him earlier this year ahead of SEC suitors like Georgia and Tennessee.

At 6-foot, 180 pounds, Sims is listed as an “Athlete,” a player who could become a wide receiver or defensive back in college while possibly helping return kicks.

But the plan for Sims has been altered a bit during these past few months. Unlike the majority of Alabama’s 2010 signees, Sims was not with the Crimson Tide as of the start of June, instead having to take multiple classes this summer and address test scores to qualify academically.

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Football writers group considers ‘unprecedented’ option of awarding USC’s 2004 title to Auburn | al.com

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Jul 272010
 

AUBURN — The Football Writers Association of America will decide before the start of the season whether to strip Southern California of its 2004 national championship and give the title to Auburn.

“This is unprecedented, but it’s an unprecedented situation,” FWAA executive director Steve Richardson said in a phone interview Tuesday.

The FWAA has awarded the Grantland Rice trophy since 1954, and it’s generally considered one of the four major titles awarded after the season.

USC claimed every major championship after completing an undefeated season with a rout of Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, which was the site of that year’s BCS national title game.

Auburn created this logo after the 2004 season. The Tigers won the SEC championship, but failed to win any major national title.

But USC’s title has been thrown in doubt by NCAA sanctions stemming from improper benefits given to Heisman Trophy running back Reggie Bush. The Trojans were banned from post-season play for two years, stripped of 30 scholarships and forced to vacate 14 wins in which Bush participated, including the national title game.

Auburn’s 2004 season remains perfect. The Tigers capped the year with a victory over Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl, and the Tigers finished second in every major poll.

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