SEC Mike
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Joined July 2013
Vanderbilt’s first ever bandwagon fan.
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Amazing Colorado troll.
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Shane Beamer makes a great point: why play a tough schedule if the committee doesn't care?. "Is there anything to gain by playing some of these games out of conference?. "Clearly, you can go through an entire season not beat a ranked team and be in the Playoff if you just win."
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Nick Saban announces defensive back Tony Mitchell has been suspended following the freshman’s recent arrest. Mitchell was a 5-star prospect in the 2023 class. “There’s no such thing as the wrong place at the wrong time.” 👀
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Texas has no ranked wins and just lost to a backup QB. Are we sure they are a Playoff lock?.
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The SEC: We will fine/suspend you if you fake injuries ✋. Ole Miss: Understood, that’s fair. 😐. Also Ole Miss: Release the squirrel 🐿️ .
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Love this response from Sam Pittman on his positive reinforcing coaching style: . “I don’t think you can reach your full potential out of fear. I think you can out of want to.”
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Alabama fans after Kalen DeBoer loses his first SEC game
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I don’t think Indiana would have finished in the top 8 in the SEC.
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Josh Heupel, Nick Saban & Ryan Day should compete in the Dr. Pepper halftime football toss for the final Playoff spot.
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Vanderbilt linebacker shares the 5:59am Christmas morning text sent to him from an Auburn coach
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SEC announces fake injury penalties. 🏈Head coach fined $50k for 1st offense.🏈Head coach fined $100k for 2nd offense.🏈Head coach suspended for 3rd offense. Lane Kiffin must be suspended until the 2027 season 😂.
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Pretty cool way for Eli Wolf to find out he had landed a scholarship .
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Ole Miss started the season 7-0. They finish the regular season 8-4. Fair to call them the biggest frauds in the SEC.
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Kirby Smart immediately after beating Texas in Austin:. “They tried to rob us with calls in this place.”.
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An Oklahoma fan tore down the Texas flag and threw it on the ground just now
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Tennessee beat an 11-win Clemson by three scores without these players even suiting up. QB Hendon Hooker (5th-place Heisman voting).WR Jalin Hyatt (Biletnikoff Award winner).WR Cedric Tillman (likely NFL draft pick).LB Jeremy Banks (3rd leading tackler).S Trevon Flowers (starter).
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Tennessee’s 52 points against Alabama are the most points scored against the Crimson Tide since 1907.
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TCU would have finished 5th in the SEC East this season.
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Everything is fine at Auburn. Gus Malzahn appears to be saying, "They better not fire me" during his latest loss to Georgia.
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Lane Kiffin says he called Jaxson Dart’s mom to apologize for her son’s treatment vs Bama:. “She mentioned it’s a shame her son gets treated different based on what SEC program that he’s at on game day and protected different.”. “You can’t fine me for what someone else says.”. 😂
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Alabama fans suggesting college football is unfair . What a time to be alive.
This BS “new era” of college football has become completely laughable. Players should be able to gain from their NIL, but not like this. Until there are some sort or rules that will actually be enforced, college football as we know it is dead. #RollTide #NILandPortalKilledCFB.
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Two-point contest to determine an overtime game remains the worst rule change in CFB history.
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Kalen DeBoer's buyout at Alabama is $70,050,000. In case anyone was wondering. .
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Based on what I just witnessed against #1 Auburn, I’d say Arkansas has the best combined homefield advantage in the SEC for football and basketball. No more 11am kickoffs next season, Razorback fans deserve that after last season.
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Mike Elko not overlooking how NIL could create locker room issues:. "You see some insane freshmen deals. "I would like to know how the upperclassmen in their program feel when these freshmen come in making five times more than the returning starter."
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Tennessee would have made the final four if the Vols played SMU at home and Boise State.
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Turns out Dabo Swinney and Clemson will also be at home flipping burgers and watching the College Football Playoff from the couch.
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Kirby Smart thought Notre Dame’s punt to offense substitution that resulted in an offsides penalty (against UGA) was illegal:. “It’s really unfortunate, because I’ve been told by our head of officials in the SEC, you can’t do that. “You can’t run 11 on and 11 off.”
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Oregon and Tennessee both go one-and-done while Penn State is in the semifinals due to nonsensical seeding . Hopefully this gets fixed for the 2025 season.
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Great answer from Eli Drinkwitz when asked about transfer portal. "We are such a instant gratification era, myself included -- I'm not putting this on anybody, it's the entire world we live in. "We are trying to skip the step of adversity -- you can never skip that in life."
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Florida beat the Pac-12 Champions but couldn’t beat Vanderbilt . The SEC is a strong league.
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Nick Saban’s latest midweek rant . “Did any of you play sports? I mean, the coach is supposed to play the best players, right?!”. 😂
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Lane Kiffin on the Playoff committee and how they evaluate the difficulty of navigating the SEC: . "It's a bad system. "Any of those coaches been to the Deep South, in these stadiums, played in these games? . "How do they even know what it's like to go win in these stadiums?"
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Texas State Senator Lois Kolkhorst with savage comments for Texas President Jay Hartzell after he said the school’s “been winning but not like we like to win.”. “3-7 versus the Horned Frogs. Maybe your fan base would rather lose to Alabama than TCU.” . 💀.
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Mike Elko went scorched earth after losing to USC: . "The story of the game is the story of the season, we can't cover the forward pass." . "I have apprehension when the other team drops back to throw the ball. "Starting against Florida, we got lucky. Starting against Missouri,
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How long before Coca-Cola pulls its endorsement of Lane Kiffin's press conferences?. 😂
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LSU fans should appreciate this one. Nick Saban somber postgame presser with audible, “L-S-U!” chants in the background
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Lane Kiffin with the best line of 2023 SEC Media Days. Reporter says people think he looks like Kiffin:. "What's your mom's name?". 😂😂
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Upon further examination, it appears the Ole Miss squirrel was faking an injury before he scored a touchdown .
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Tim Tebow calling out the officials after Tennessee’s loss in Music City Bowl, notes officiating has been so inconsistent this season. Called it “the most frustrating year covering college football” due to poor officiating.
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It’s time to start giving this man consideration for SEC Coach of the Year
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Whether your school won, lost or was on a bye this weekend, we all win with Ohio State losing to 3-3 Purdue by 30.
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Lane Kiffin asked if he's ever seen fans throw bottles on the field to change a call on the field: . "I've seen them try. Never seen it work." . 😂. Ole Miss at Tennessee back in 2021 was a wild one!
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Mark Stoops asked if the Florida game being a Noon kickoff will affect Kentucky's crowd from being a factor on Saturday: . “I have great confidence in the people of Kentucky that can get up very early and pound some beers. "Why would you disrespect this great state & people?" 😂
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Been some dark days for Tennessee football in recent years but that hasn't stopped Jauan Jennings from leading Vols to wins over Florida, Georgia and South Carolina during his career. Remember, if not for Jeremy Pruitt and Philip Fulmer, Jennings would not even be on the roster.
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Ole Miss being called out for “blatant fake injury” on national television. Jaxson Dart signaled to Matt Jones to go down on replay.
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Texas A&M opened the season 7-1 (5-0 in the SEC). The Aggies finished 8-5. What an absolute collapse down the stretch. The defense especially disappointed to close the season.
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Trevor Lawrence has done more for college football this week by posting on Twitter than NCAA president Mark Emmert has done this entire year.
Trevor Lawrence needs a 2020 season less than anyone in college football, yet he’s fighting the hardest for one
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Great answer from Eli Drinkwitz when asked about current direction of college sports following realignment:. "Did we count the cost for the student-athletes involved in this decision?". "What cost is it to those student-athletes?". "Did we consider the people we are entrusted?"
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BREAKING: 5-star Kennedy Chandler, the nation's #1 point guard prospect just announced his commitment to Tennessee over Kentucky, Duke, UNC and Memphis.
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This call should not keep South Carolina out of the Playoff.
Another pick-6 wiped off the board for South Carolina after a massive hit on Garrett Nussmeier 😳. 2 HUGE plays called back on the Gamecocks defense . #SouthCarolina 33 | #LSU 29.
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Paul Finebaum on Heupel’s debut:. “Congratulations to Josh Heupel for winning 8 games (this season), even though I know (Tennessee’s official record) says 7. “This was a remarkable season, that blown officiating call does not take away from what he’s done from start to finish.”.
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Has the SEC issued an apology for last night's poor officiating yet?.
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Hands down the dumbest targeting call ever in the Liberty Bowl .
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Josh Heupel asked if he is surprised by Tennessee fans' eagerness to buy tickets for the Playoff game at Ohio State:. "Not with this fan base." . "It's a nice short drive up there, Christmas is right around the corner."
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Jeremy Pruitt on Jauan Jennings when he first came to Tennessee: . "I asked a lot of people in the building what they thought, most of them that said I wouldn't let him back don't work here anymore. The people that said let him back all work here.".
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This sign marks the first time the Gamecocks have been represented at the Orange Bowl in the program's 115-year history.
Just arrived at Tennessee-Clemson to the sight of a plane carrying this message. Well done, Gamecocks. I respect it lol
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Nick Saban gave KJ Jefferson the ultimate compliment . “When a QB can make a major college football player and sling him off like a gnat on a cow’s ass. “That’s one of the most impressive plays I’ve seen.”.
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Tennessee may win the national championship in every sport this year.
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Lane Kiffin says Ole Miss noted 8 occurrences of questionable injuries from Texas A&M's defense last weekend. "7 of 8 returned, many after one play.". That's still short of Ole Miss' record last season against Tennessee. 😂.
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Kirby Smart just pushed Mississippi State QB Michael Van Buren. No penalty called. The QB would have been tossed if it was the other way around.
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Josh Heupel saved himself a fine from the SEC when asked about the officials in the Alabama game
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I love that Mizzou showed up for one quarter and still beat the hell out of Ohio State
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Greg McElroy comments on Tennessee being #10 in Playoff poll, thinks they should be rated higher for bowl selection's sake. Kirk Herbstreit:. "After Vandy beats Tennessee this weekend, you won't have to worry about that.". 👀.
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Kirby Smart speaking the truth about the depth of the SEC:. "I personally think every SEC team should be ranked. "I can guarantee you there are some teams that don't want to play them that are ranked. He also added, "every team we play in the SEC is good enough to beat us."
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Oklahoma getting the Alabama calls against Alabama is the biggest upset of the season in the SEC.
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The passion of the Tennessee fan base never ceases to amaze. The sports world has mocked them all week long but all it took was an AD hire to rally them. Fan support is what’s keeping the program relevant and if Danny White lands the right guy, Tennessee will be back very soon.
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Mizzou is 6-1 against Arkansas the last seven seasons. Arkansas fans may be right, this isn't a rivalry. Rivalires are supposed to be competitive.
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Brian Kelly is 0-3 since I fired off this tweet . 😂.
Brian Kelly trending toward SEC Coach of the Year.
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Tennessee was averaging 46.8 points per game heading into the Alabama game. The Tide had the #2 scoring defense in the SEC. Tennessee is now averaging 47.7 points per game after beating Alabama.
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