The good, the not so bad and the ugly

The Good:

Much is looking fine for many 2007 Championship seniors, according to David Coulson, FCS Executive Director at The Sports Network. (CK and Guinea Pig: click on that link; there is LOVE for former SoCon foe - MARSHALL and, current SoCon worthy opponent - FURMAN.)

For much of the week, Appalachian State wide receiver Dexter Jackson was the talk of the town with a 40-yard dash time that was reported at 4.27 seconds by some hand-held stopwatches. His electronic time of 4.37 was tied for third- best, among all receivers and tied for 10th best overall.
Not ironically, Jackson is one of those track guys. He was the 200-meter champion last year in the Southern Conference, and represented the Mountaineers at the NCAA track and field championships.
Jackson, who also showed well in a number of other drills, went from being graded as a preferred free agent before the season to now being an almost sure pick in the top three rounds, maybe even a first-rounder. Among the players not invited to the combine that could hear their names called on draft weekend are Appalachian State guard Kerry Brown (fifth-round projection), tackle Thaddeus Coleman of Mississippi Valley State (sixth or seventh round), defensive ends Bryan Johnston of Gardner-Webb (sixth or seventh round), Rudolph Hardie of Howard (seventh round), linebacker Joe Mays of North Dakota State (seventh round) and safety Corey Lynch of Appalachian State

The not so bad:

Yesterday's event which caused a lock down at Middle Georgia College turns out to be rather benign.

There was a similar scare in Georgia earlier yesterday. Police questioned a man who carried a gun into Middle Georgia College in Cochran, about 120 miles south of Atlanta. The college was placed on lock down as authorities searched the campus. It was lifted about noon, and classes resumed, college President Mary Ellen Wilson said.
The man realized that he had a handgun in his vehicle when he went to exchange cars with his brother, a cafeteria worker at the school, and stuck it in his waistband, Cochran Police Chief Jon Thrower said. A student then reported seeing a man with a gun.

The ugly- with a silver lining:

The campus lock down at ASU was a hoax. While it is comforting to know that the administration has an effective and viable plan in place that the Campus Police and the Boone PD are expertly capable of enforcing, it is somewhat disconcerting to know that a student would weave such a tale for the sole purpose of relieving himself of monetary obligations to his landlord. Who knows what his situation is and why he did that. Personally, I think his penalty should be harsh. I feel like the Great State of North Carolina's judicial system should boot him out of the state and force him to finish his education at Georgia Southern.