Andre Smith suspended for Sugar Bowl

[8BR]

Junior left tackle Andre Smith, a unanimous All-American and this season's Outland Trophy as college football's best lineman, has been sent home from New Orleans and suspended for Friday's Sugar Bowl.

http://blog.al.com/bamabeat/2008/12/..._andre_sm.html

[il Padrino Ute]

I guess Kruger's job just got a bit easier.

[cougjunkie]

That sucks, I was looking forward to him kicking Krugers ass.

However its good for him because now he wont risk injury and hurt his draft status in a meaningless bowl game.

[smokymountainrain]

That sucks, I was looking forward to him kicking Krugers ass.

Even better. Now we get to watch a back up kick Kruger's ass.

[8BR]

Of course, all else is not equal and I'm not posting this as a projection, but for reference, here is the box score from the last game 'Bama played without Smith earlier this season...

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=282500333

[Surfah]

Of course, all else is not equal and I'm not posting this as a projection, but for reference, here is the box score from the last game 'Bama played without Smith earlier this season...

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=282500333

The difference in that game was ToP.

[8BR]

The difference in that game was ToP.

All of their scores (Bama) were on special teams.

[smokymountainrain]

Of course, all else is not equal and I'm not posting this as a projection, but for reference, here is the box score from the last game 'Bama played without Smith earlier this season...

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=282500333

That boxscore shows that Bama is capable of playing piss-poor games against bad teams if they don't have Smith.

This boxscore shows that Bama is very much capable of playing a piss-poor game against bad teams even if they have Smith...

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=282780333

[UtahDan]

That sucks, I was looking forward to him kicking Krugers ass.

However its good for him because now he wont risk injury and hurt his draft status in a meaningless bowl game.

I like it when you run Utah down junkie. There has been a remarkable correlation between the level of your negativity re: any Utah football related topic you talk about and the success of the object of those remarks.

Q: What do you call 108 guys watching a football game on Jan. 2?

A: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/teams/roster?teamId=252

[cougswin]

He was afraid of Kruger

Come on you know that's why he talked to an agent. He didn't want to get shown up by an undersized, rm from Utah County. So he went out and started talking to agents.

[cougjunkie]

I like it when you run Utah down junkie. There has been a remarkable correlation between the level of your negativity re: any Utah football related topic you talk about and the success of the object of those remarks.

Q: What do you call 108 guys watching a football game on Jan. 2?

A: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/teams/roster?teamId=252

By the way by meaningless bowl game I was not taking a shot at Utah. If I was Andre Smith I would not risk my future in the NFL for a game that is not the National Championship.

[SeattleUte]

This is something for BYU fans to hold onto. I can hear the crescendo on CB now after the Utes win: "Had Smith played they'd have gotten killed."

[YOhio]

If the Utes win, it will be only because Andre Smith was suspended.

[il Padrino Ute]

If the Utes win, it will be only because Andre Smith was suspended.

SU is right!

[CardiacCoug]

This is something for BYU fans to hold onto. I can hear the crescendo on CB now after the Utes win: "Had Smith played they'd have gotten killed."

I hope Utah wins and I think they'll keep the game close and have a chance to win, especially with Smith out. I think I'm taking Utah and the 10.5 points if I can still get them.