0 comments by Jonathan Biles on 7/17/2014
It’s Alabama day at SEC Media Days, the most crowded day on the schedule at the Hoover, Ala. event. Any time Alabama coach Nick Saban is scheduled to attend, the tiny lobby gets filled to the brim, bringing out fans that run the gamut from rational people to Ring Hat Man. A new face in […]
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0 comments by Terry P. Johnson on 7/16/2014
I absolutely love SEC Media Days. While it can turn into a circus pretty quickly, it also produces some pretty humorous bits. Nothing demonstrates this point better than the hashtag #ControversialThingsRichtMightSay. Here’s a zinger that gets several of Georgia’s foes: I like the color orange
This is what Les Miles must feel like when his team averages at least four yards per carry in a game. No team has a higher winning percentage in such games since the 2005 FBS season.
0 comments by Matt Zemek
At SEC Media Days on Wednesday, LSU head coach Les Miles — one of the foremost media stars in the conference — took the podium and gave a relatively bland presentation. Yet, even a quiet afternoon by The Hat’s standards still provides a few choice quotes, and this was no exception. The clear highlight of […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
On Wednesday at SEC Media Days in Hoover, Ala., College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock explained how this new system will work. Well, at least, he tried to. Here’s a simple summary of Hancock’s presentation, in six tweets: The summary is clearer than anything Hancock said, that’s for sure. Wait — don’t tweet that. […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
UCLA has owned one of the cleanest and best football uniforms in college football for decades. The Bruins have a uniform as simple — and as cherished — as Penn State, Alabama, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and other schools. There was never a need for improvement; the point went without saying. However, companies just have to try […]
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One more entry to be filed under “college football officiating madness” (or “college football thought police”) for the 2014 season: You can’t make this stuff up. Hopefully, players will find creative ways to make the end zone a hotel of happiness… but not lead officials to litter their “hotel rooms” with more laundry. The potential […]
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Eight men out? No — eight men out on the field. That’s what college football wants to try to do more of. SEC Media Days began on Wednesday with a look at various rule and procedural changes for the coming season. Here are two tweets that will help you to get up to speed. First, […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Wednesday morning, SEC head of officials Steve Shaw — a highly competent referee for many years in the conference — gave a presentation at SEC Media Days on new rules and points of emphasis for the coming season. The big newsmakers both concerned college football’s continued attempts to promote player safety. The sensible rule change […]
0 comments by Jonathan Biles on 7/14/2014
Texas A&M is one of the new kids on the SEC block but its two years of Johnny Manziel and classic games against Alabama means its stadium renovation is not exempt from SEC rivalry shenanigans. College football is a year-round bragging rights activity, so it would make sense for an Alabama Crimson Tide flag to […]
