Sullivan, Youngblood pull off upsets in SEC Gridiron LIVE Greatest Player Tourney
The early rounds of any tournament are all about the upsets, and Auburn and Florida are responsible for the first ones in the SEC Gridiron LIVE Greatest Player Tournament presented by Direct Auto Insurance.
No. 14 seed Pat Sullivan pulled off the biggest shocker, as Auburn's Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback knocked off third-seeded John Hannah of Alabama in the offensive side of the bracket's Dooley Region, while on the offense, Florida's Jack Youngblood, the ninth seed, sent eight-seeded Steve DeLong packing.
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The rest of the first phase of voting was all chalk, resulting in the first of the conference's Heisman Trophy winners bowing out as Alabama's Barrett Jones, the No. 4 seed, topped fifth-seeded Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M).
Your votes did set up some interesting second-round matchups, including a clash of the teacher and the master as two Gator Heisman winners meet in the Dooley Region with No. 2 seed Danny Wuerffel vs. No. 7 Steve Spurrier. Also of note, No. 5 Emmitt Smith (Florida)-Jones and No. 6 Brandon Spikes (Florida)-No. 3 Champ Bailey (Georgia).
All of the first-round results from the Dooley and Bryant Regions are below and make sure to vote in the opening matches in the Vaught (offense) and Neyland (defense) Regions, highlighted by No. 7 Darren McFadden (Arkansas) vs. No. 10 Tim Couch (Kentucky) and No. 4 Reggie White (Tennessee) vs. No. 13 Derrick Thomas (Alabama).
• No. 1 Herschel Walker over No. 16 Babe Parilli
• No. 8 Ozzie Newsome over No. 9 Carlos Alvarez
• No. 5 Emmitt Smith over No. 12 Bob Gain
• No. 4 Barrett Jones over No. 13 Johnny Manziel
• No. 6 Archie Manning over No. 11 David Greene
• No. 14 Pat Sullivan over No. 3 John Hannah
• No. 7 Steve Spurrier over No. 10 Josh Reed
• No. 2 Danny Wuerffel over No. 15 Shaun Alexander
BRYANT REGION RESULTS
• No. 1 David Pollack over No. 16 LaRon Landry
• No. 9 Jack Youngblood over No. 8 Steve DeLong
• No. 5 Terry Hoage over No. 12 Antonio Langham
• No. 4 Tommy Casanova over No. 13 Jake Scott
• No. 6 Brandon Spikes over No. 11 Marty Lyons
• No. 3 Champ Bailey over No. 14 Wilber Marshall
• No. 7 Jarvis Jones over No. 10 Nick Fairley
• No. 2 Lee Roy Jordan over No. 15 Chris Gaines
