Tennessee should be No. 1 in the AP Poll tomorrow.
True road wins at No. 17 Pitt and at No. 25 LSU.
Took down No. 20 Florida on Rocky Top and just beat No. 3 Alabama.
Georgia can’t match that résumé. Ohio State doesn’t come close.
Rank the Vols No. 1, you cowards!
Maybe the Heisman Trophy committee can hand the award to Mac Jones and then he can throw it to DeVonta Smith and then Smith can hand it to Najee Harris who can then run it to the Alabama trophy case?
Just a thought.
If the College Football Playoff was 12 teams all along, only 1 team would have made the field every year.
It isn’t Alabama or Clemson.
It’s Ohio State.
Worst coaching jobs this year so far (among non-fired coaches):
1. Jimbo Fisher
2. Mario Cristobal
3. Brent Venables
4. Mel Tucker
5. Matt Campbell
6. Mark Stoops
Worst sports fans, ranked:
1. “Get in the hole” golf guys
2. Vandy Whistlers
3. Anyone who starts the wave
4. “Quit sleeping on us” Twitter guys
5. Fans who go to a game with a different team’s jersey on
Who am I missing?
Jimbo Fisher: “We didn’t pay players, dadgummit!”
Nick Saban: “Paying players to come to our schools is where I draw the line.”
Lane Kiffin: “Man, I wish I had more money to pay players to come to Ole Miss!” 😂
Takeaways from tonight:
- That was a Final Four matchup.
- Arkansas can beat anyone.
- Auburn is still the best team in the country. Make your free throws.
- Exactly 0 NCAA Tourney games will be played in Fayetteville (which is good news for Auburn).
- DON’T DANCE ON THE HOG!
Weird rankings, Day 9!
Ranking the SEC live mascots by how much I'd want them as my pet:
1. Reveille, Texas A&M
2. Smokey, Tennessee
3. Mike, LSU
4. Bully, Mississippi State
5. Cocky, South Carolina
6. War Eagle, Auburn
7. Tusk, Arkansas
8. Uga, Georgia
Everyone says Mizzou doesn’t belong in the SEC. But Texas A&M has never won the SEC West and hasn’t made as many men’s NCAA hoops tournaments as the Tigers.
Yet A&M’s SEC membership never gets questioned.
Why is that?
My way-too-early top 25 rankings for 2023:
1. Georgia
2. Alabama
3. Tennessee
4. LSU
5. South Carolina
6. Ole Miss
7. Mississippi State
8. Kentucky
9. Texas A&M
10. Arkansas
11. Mizzou
12. Auburn
13. Florida
14. Vanderbilt
15-24. Who the hell cares?
25. Tulane or something
Dabo: “No Hollywood producer could have written this script!”
No, no Hollywood producer WOULD have written that script because it’s boring. “No. 2 preseason team wins title?” Not going to see that one in theaters.
CFP title game: 2 SEC teams
College World Series: 2 SEC teams
Super Bowl LVI: 2 SEC QBs
Men’s basketball: SEC No. 1 team
Women’s basketball: SEC No. 1 team
It. Just. Means. More.
Nick Saban gets it.
Is his lobbying likely to get Alabama into the Playoff? No.
Do recruits see him fighting for his players? Yes.
Does the fan base see its coach trying everything in his power to affect the outcome? Also yes.
Savvy.
Fun fact:
Mizzou* — 13 Big 12 wins this decade
Texas A&M* — 13 Big 12 wins this decade
Kansas — 6 Big 12 wins this decade
* Both schools left the Big 12 for the SEC following the 2011 season.
I feel bad for the ACC, Big 12 and Pac-12. It’s like mom (Big Ten) and dad (SEC) are getting divorced and forcing the kids to decide who they want to live with.
Ranking the SEC head coaches by Media Days performances:
1. Eli Drinkwitz
2. Lane Kiffin
3. Shane Beamer
4. Dan Mullen
5. Nick Saban
6. Jimbo Fisher
7. Kirby Smart
8. Mike Leach
9. Sam Pittman
10. Mark Stoops
11. Josh Heupel
12. Clark Lea
13. Bryan Harsin
14. Coach O
Like, honestly, look at this. The play of the game in my opinion. He denied McClung the ball off the missed free throw and then just face-guarded him until someone else had to try to make a play.
Great job, Devo Davis:
Ahead of SEC Media Days, my predictions for each division:
West
1. Alabama
2. Ole Miss
3. Texas A&M
4. Arkansas
5. LSU
6. Mississippi State
7. Auburn
East
1. Georgia
2. Tennessee
3. Kentucky
4. SC
5. Mizzou
6. Florida
7. Vanderbilt
Sources: Alabama had a team meeting at 3 p.m. CT in which the team was informed about Scott Cochran headed to Georgia. Alabama football did not let Cochran say goodbye to the team. The team continues the 4th quarter program this afternoon... More at
@bamainsider
The best part for Florida? This move by Mike White presumably saves the Gators $8 million in buyout money, which can now go to a new head coach.
Expect Florida to be a MAJOR player in the coaching carousel.
My SEC Coach of the Year rankings:
1. Buzz Williams, Texas A&M
2. Bruce Pearl, Auburn
3. John Calipari, Kentucky
4. Frank Martin, South Carolina
5. Nate Oats, Alabama
I’ve said it for years when other SEC fan bases have attacked Mizzou.
Mizzou fans show up when you give them a team they can be proud of.
The atmosphere in Mizzou Arena this year has been electric.
My current rankings of SEC men’s hoops coaches:
1. Eric Musselman
2. John Calipari
3. Nate Oats
4. Rick Barnes
5. Bruce Pearl
6. Buzz Williams
7. Todd Golden
8. Jerry Stackhouse
9. Mike White
10. Dennis Gates
11. Kermit Davis
12. Matt McMahon
13. Chris Jans
14. Lamont Paris
Each SEC school’s Michael Jordan:
Bama - Namath
Ark - DMC
Auburn - Bo
Florida - Tebow
Georgia - Herschel
Kentucky - Lefty
LSU - Pistol
Miss St. - Dak
Mizzou - Chase Daniel
Ole Miss - Eli
SC - A’ja
Tenn - Peyton
A&M - Manziel
Vandy - Price
If my quarterback had thrown for 5 touchdowns in the first half, I’d simply give him a high-five and tell him good job.
I guess Dan Mullen is going in a different direction.
My projected Starting 5 for Arkansas next year:
1 - Anthony Black
2 - Nick Smith Jr.
3 - Au’Diese Toney
4 - Jordan Walsh
5 - Jaylin Williams
Devo Davis and Trevon Brazile first 2 off the bench.
My updated Heisman Trophy rankings after Week 6:
1. Hendon Hooker
2. CJ Stroud
3. Will Rogers
4. Dorian Thompson-Robinson
5. Bryce Young
6. Chase Brown
7. DJ Uiagalelei
8. Brock Bowers
9. Will Anderson
Butch Jones going from intern at Alabama to boss at Arkansas would be a lot like Ryan going from temp to corporate on "The Office." And we all know how that turned out...
Proposal for the
@SEC
: 9-game, conference-only season. Play your division, your crossover rival and whoever you were scheduled to play in the rotation.
Then, give us these games for fun:
- Bama-Florida
- LSU-Georgia
- Auburn-UT
- Ole Miss-UK
- A&M-Mizzou
- Ark-Vandy
- MSU-SC
My ranking of all 14 SEC Stadiums:
1. Death Valley
2. Neyland
3. Kyle Field
4. Sanford
5. The Swamp
6. Bryant-Denny
7. Willy B
8. Jordan-Hare
9. Razorback
10. Faurot
11. Vaught
12. Davis-Wade
13. Kroger
14. Vanderbilt