Headed between the Hedges

Here’s what went down Tuesday on Gambo & Ash…

Dolphin Flip…Just when you thought the Dolphins wrapped up an impressive win on MNF, Peyton Manning struck again. Manning’s 48-yard touchdown to Pierre Garcon capped the comeback in a game Miami dominated nearly wire-to-wire. It was Manning’s 38th come-from-behind win in his career. Gambo is still trying to figure out how Indy won the game. Ash knows the Colts are deadly, but feels playing a late Monday night game where their defense was on the field nearly the whole game plays right into the Cardinals’ hands this weekend in Glendale.

Wild over the Wildcat…The Dolphins shredded the Colts defense for 239 rushing yards. 12 of those plays were out of the Wildcat formation made famous by Miami and Ronnie Brown last season against the Colts. Mark wonders why, in this NFL day and age of great athletes and even better schemes, how the Dolphins have so much success. John feels a really good defense (the Ravens) can neutralize the Wildcat and knows the formation started in college and eventually landed in the NFL.

ASU senior quarterback Danny Sullivan checked in to preview the Devils big showdown with 17th-ranked Georgia Saturday afternoon. Sullivan has completed 32-55 for 385 yards and a touchdown in wins over Idaho State and Louisiana-Monroe. He is confident ASU can move the ball on Georgia’s defense and won’t be intimidated in their first road game of the year.

Between the Hedges…ASU will head to SEC-country Thursday as they prepare for the Georgia Bulldogs this weekend. This will be a true test for Sullivan and the Sun Devil offense. Gambo knows the Bulldogs’ young defense, which has been exposed against Oklahoma State and South Carolina, is ripe for the picking. Mark pointed out that next weekend the Bulldogs host unbeaten LSU and could be looking past Dennis Erickson’s team. Ash isn’t certain this Sun Devil offense is build to light up the scoreboard.

Mark Sanchise…Rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez is taking the NFL by storm and has the Jets off to a 2-0 start with wins over the Texans and mighty Patriots on Sunday. Gambo, a big Jets fan, thinks Sanchez has the chance to be a special quarterback. Ash isn’t ready to anoint Sanchez the next Joe Namath, but knows he is only going to get better with more experience.

He Says, He Says…Just when you thought the Lane Kiffin-Urban Meyer war-of-worlds was over, the first-year Tennessee coach shot back at Meyer’s comments regarding the number of his players who suffered from flu-like symptoms and thus, didn’t play up to par against the Vols. When asked Sunday if Kiffin was concerned with his players getting the flu, responded “I guess we’ll wait and after we’re not excited about a performance, we’ll tell you everybody was sick.” Ouch. G&A like Kiffin’s attitude and feel going toe-to-toe with SEC bully Meyer will only help his team in the future-especially if they play well against the mighty Gators like they did on Saturday.

We were joined by our ESPN college football analyst Mark May who shared his thoughts on Washington’s upset of USC, Virginia Tech’s last-second comeback win over Nebraska, the war of words between Urban Meyer and Lane Kiffin, and how the Sun Devils might fare this weekend against Georgia “between the hedges” in Athens. “MayDay” believes the Devils have more than a punchers chance this weekend because of UGA’s shaky defense.

Thanks, But No Thanks…The Diamondbacks have reached out to injured ace Brandon Webb and “Webby” isn’t buying the sales pitch. Reports say Dback team officials reached out and inquired about re-structuring the deal and Webb wouldn’t budge. Gambo knows the D-backs can’t afford to possibly throw away big dollars on Webb-especially if they buy out Eric Byrnes’ deal which is expected. Ash isn’t certain Webb will ever return to his Cy Young form-especially when dealing with a shoulder injury like he’s facing.

Wednesday we’ll be joined by Georgia head coach Mark Richt at 1:40 and ESPN baseball insider Tim Kurkjian at 3:25.

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