College football is 9 months of eternal optimism and hope followed by 3 months of heartbreak and devastation.

Sources: Florida AD Scott Stricklin met with influential boosters Tuesday. The result: Gators coach Billy Napier could be fired as soon as this weekend. https://t.co/3kYrlr8ERC

Eli Drinkwitz said reports that OC Kirby Moore interviewed for the Arkansas HC job are "a complete lie." Drinkwitz: "There's no such thing as journalistic integrity on social media." He also says "Twitter ain't real."

Despite the sport’s growing parity, Ohio State repeating would mean only 3 different national champions in the last 5 years.

In an exclusive interview with @aldotcom, Auburn AD John Cohen said a coaching change is "not my expectation at this point" when asked if he expects Hugh Freeze to coach next season More on what he said about Freeze and how he's being evaluated https://t.co/4q19LtSDsL

Vanderbilt is a 2.5 point favorite against #LSU this weekend This is the first time #Vanderbilt has been favored over LSU since 1948. The Commodores had been the underdog in 51 consecutive SEC games prior to this one

Hugh Freeze said he talked to Greg Sankey and SEC director of officials John McDaid over the weekend. "I expressed how I felt. They listened. They want their group to get it right all the time. There was some they did not get right, in my opinion. They can disagree with me, but

Auburn HC Hugh Freeze said RB and team captain Damari Alston "failed to meet the expectations and standard of our program" and is no longer on the team Alston only played in four games this season and could receive a redshirt for another year of eligibility

Texas A&M coach Mike Elko says RB Le'Veon Moss will miss a "significant period of time" with an ankle injury.

Arch Manning said he wasn't aware that he was called college football's biggest flop last week: "I wasn't playing well and I'm gonna continue to get better. Everyone has their own opinion. That's what's good about America, you get to freedom of speech, so it doesn't bother me."

SEC kickoff times for Oct. 25.

Deficits Georgia has overcome over the last calendar year. 2024: vs. Florida 13-6 halftime (34-20 win) vs. Tennessee 10-0 (31-17 win) vs. Georgia Tech 17-0 halftime (44-42 8 OT win) vs. Texas 6-3 halftime w/ Beck out (22-19 win) 2025: at Tennessee 21-7 (44-41 OT win) at Auburn

Average margin of victories in SEC games, per #SECThisMorning @SECNetwork 2023 16.3 2024 13.3 2025 10.7

This is what Kirby Smart said after the game. He said he told the refs before the game to watch for Auburn clapping to simulate the snap as they had done it earlier this year at home.

Georgia fans applauding the church choirs this morning

It felt like Auburn was about to go up 75-0 on the Jackson Arnold TD/fumble.

that was the first time Auburn has scored a touchdown on its opening drive against Georgia since 2015

Kalen DeBoer said Jam Miller has a concussion. Derek Meadows also has a concussion

That would have been a TD-saving handoff by Ty Simpson in the NFL.

For such a huge game, this is a surreal atmosphere.

No. 10 Georgia -3.5 at Auburn The Tigers are 1-10 against ranked opponents under Freeze. Georgia is 5th in the SEC with 207 rushing ypg. Since leading the SEC with 239 rushing ypg in 2018, Georgia only topped 200 yards per game once from 2019-24 (205 in 2022). Auburn is only