0 comments by Kevin Causey on 7/18/2014
The SEC was front and center this week with their media days circus. What better way to cap off the week than to look back at a game that changed college football, the inaugural SEC Championship Game. The year was 1992 and believe or not, the game was not held at the Georgia Dome. The […]
Gary Pinkel has coached the best short-field team in the SEC over the past two seasons. Missouri has squeezed more production out of this one stat than any other SEC team since the start of the 2012 campaign.
0 comments by Allen Kenney on 7/17/2014
Senior Texas A&M defensive back Deshazor Everett was going through the car wash earlier this week at SEC media days and had stopped to get hosed down by Mark Packer of SiriusXM College Sports. “What are the differences between the players in this league and the Big 12?,” Packer asked. It seemed like an odd […]
0 comments by Jonathan Biles
As we learned yesterday, Alabama will play USC on Sept. 3, 2016 in the Cowboys Classic in AT&T Stadium, the shining, shimmering football monolith in Arlington, Texas. The Alabama-USC rivalry has been dormant for a few decades but it remains historic. The Crimson Tide currently hold the winning record of 5-2 over the Trojans, but […]
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0 comments by Terry P. Johnson on 7/16/2014
Every season, a handful of teams with losing records turn things around the following year. Here’s a list of five teams who will accomplish that feat in 2014. 5. Wyoming Cowboys 2013 Record: 5-7 Projected 2014 Record: 7-5 The Cowboys could move the ball against anyone last year. However, the defense struggled all season long, […]
0 comments by Bart D on 7/15/2014
By Bart Doan On Twitter @TheCoachBart Last year about this time, Nick Marshall not being at SEC Media Days wouldn’t have caused much reaction. Auburn was coming off of a bammies type of year in the SEC, and the national focus was so far from an SEC championship and the hype was being dealt out […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
In today’s world of cell phones and handheld devices, people walk around likes zombies as they stare into their hands. What are they staring at? Odds are they are staring at some type of social media and if they are a college football fan, they are probably reading a Twitter feed. Twitter is a very […]
0 comments by Jonathan Biles on 7/14/2014
With the College Football Playoff taking the place of the BCS, creating a new trophy was a must. The BCS was blessed with an iconic Waterford crystal football, immediately recognizable for excellence in college football, though it was fragile. Opting for a more sleek, modern approach to the trophy, the College Football Playoff national championship […]
0 comments by Jonathan Biles
Somewhere, in the bowels of Williams-Brice Stadium, Steve Spurrier has been preparing; readying himself for the moment when he steps from the humidity of the Southern summer into the air conditioning of a dimly lit hotel conference room. This moment does not involve a team or a playbook. It does not derive itself from anything […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
You know how much the college football community treasures Steve Spurrier. No, not everyone loves him, because the SEC isn’t a place for mutual or widespread love. Just about everyone in college football does treasure him, though, because without him, the sport would be so much more… what’s the proper (improvised, not-actually-in-the-dictionary) term here… Sabanistic? […]
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson on 7/12/2014
Now that the summer movie known as NBA Free Agency is in full swing, many people have suggested that it’s not time to talk about college football. I disagree. It’s never too early to start preparing for the season. With that in mind, I’ve decided to remind all of you why we love college football […]
0 comments by Jonathan Biles on 7/11/2014
Nick Saban and Urban Meyer use success and pedigree to convince recruits to join their efforts. P.J. Fleck uses oars and enthusiasm. But some coaches have adopted more unorthodox, modern methods to lure a recruit to their program. Arizona Wildcats head coach Rich Rodriguez, the offensive guru and former Michigan resident, is building somewhat of […]
0 comments by Allen Kenney on 7/10/2014
Wednesday’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing on college athletics was filled the typical bluster of political theater. It yielded precious little in the way of new information or insight. The one major exception came when Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill lashed out at NCAA President Mark Emmert regarding her finding that more than 20 percent of schools […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 7/8/2014
Alabama didn’t need a conference championship to play for the national title in the 2011 college football season. Florida could have benefited from a four-team playoff format in the 2012 season. The 2013 Alabama squad could have similarly profited from a final foursome. Southeastern Conference teams are never out of sight or out of mind […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Welcome to The Editorial Section, otherwise known as a roundtable discussion among The Student Section’s co-editors. Matt Zemek, Terry Johnson, and Bart Doan tackle issues of interest to college football fans. In this edition, we look at various components of the playoff landscape: the favorites, the possibilities of a surprise, and the expected (lack of) […]
0 comments by Terry P. Johnson on 7/7/2014
The most popular topic of conversation at the annual Johnson family Fourth of July cookout is college football. Before the burgers and hot dogs even make it to the grill, we’re already arguing about which teams should play for it all, and why team X belongs in the title game over team Y. Last Friday […]
