Good reasons to be watching the Natty
Good reasons to be watching the National Championship on Monday.
Read moreAuthor: Alex Haddon
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The Biggest SEC rivalries
Hey there! This writer’s also got a substack page: ‘The View From North America’, and we’re writing about the Top 30 College Football Rivalry names around. There are some SEC names out there, but there’s some facts we never realized: Missouri and Oklahoma have played each other 92 times, from the Big Eight times to the Big 12 to now. LSU – Tulane used to be called “Battle For The Rag”, and was played 98 times before Tulane upped stakes and left for the SEC before academics was becoming less important than sports (Note: At most schools academics is less important than sports and partying). Georgia Tech – Auburn was played 92 times Georgia Tech’s decision to the leave the
Read moreHugh Freeze out at Auburn: Good riddance
A few weeks ago Auburn was rolling against Georgia. For the first time in weeks, Jackson Arnold was looking like the five-star prospect that Oklahoma had recruited him to be. The offense was absolutely HUMMING, and so was Jordan-Hare. Then came a call on a fumble on the goalline that was egregious to say the least that stopped momentum. Then there was a free timeout given to Kirby Smart thanks to ‘HandClap Gate’ and a targeting call that wasn’t given despite the fact that anyone watching could see it was targeting. To be honest, if you thought that a game was fixed, it would be his one. But instead yelling at the TV interviewer, flying into the locker room to
Read moreGoodbye, Brian: Who’s next for LSU?
When Brian Kelly first arrived at LSU in 2021, he was mercilessly mocked for putting on a Cajun accent. He’d seen his salary jacked up, and the buyout of his contract was a cute $54 million. He was automatically behind the 8-ball. He had tried to sound like a Cajun, but wasn’t a Cajun. He was expected to win a National Championship. After all, the three head coaches previous to him had won one, and it’s not like he arrived in Baton Rouge with a crappy resume. After 48 games, it was over. Kelly’s reign was over after his team was destroyed by Texas A&M at home. He was National Championship-less. He was despised by many on campus. LSU fans
Read moreFlorida (finally) fires Billy Napier
I have a friend called Davis who’s a Florida fan. He’s still basking in the wake of Florida’s March Madness victory, but he said yesterday was one of the best days of his life. Why? Because Florida finally fired Billy Napier. Napier had come aboard after two bowl wins following brilliant seasons at Louisiana-Lafayette, but his 11-14 record – including zero wins against Georgia, 1-4 against Tennesee and 1-3 against Florida State. He was also 5-17 against ranked opponents, which probably would have made him a hero at Penn State, but in the SEC (where he went 12-16 in conference play), that was never going to go down well. But the biggest thing that proved to be Napier’s downfall was
Read moreRanking SEC midway through: All change, all the time
This year’s SEC is once again a shitshow. While we know who the worst team is (Kentucky), it’s once again hard to work out the cream of the crop. Texas beat Oklahoma to put itself back into the hunt of a Play-Off spot. Alabama beat Missouri, and Georgia squeaked by Auburn in a game that was more ref-decided than anything else. As The Joker says: “So here we go….” Texas A&M Alabama Ole Miss Missouri Georgia Tennessee LSU Texas Oklahoma Vanderbilt Florida Mississippi State Arkansas Auburn South Carolina Kentucky
Read moreAre we getting into Auburn firing territory?
On Sunday Penn State fired James Franklin, owing him $41m lovely green notes to make him go away. Before that, Arkansas had bombed out Sam Pittman, but here was the difference between the two: The Razorbacks had Bobby Petrino in place to take the reigns, like him or hate him. Immediately after Franklin was fired, there was a roar from The Plains. It was the sound of Auburn fans. In one voice, they yelled: “GET RID OF GODDAMN HUGH FREEZE!” Our favorite escort phonecaller hasn’t taken the team forward since Bryan Harsin was kicked to the kerb. In fact, he’s continued the team’s losing tradition by posting two straight losing seasons and is on course for another feckless one. The
Read moreWEEK 7: A Red River Runs Through It
Listen from someone who’s been to the Red River Shoot-Out: It’s a great scene, but the rest of it is kinda crappy. First of all, getting anywhere near the stadium sucks, unless you’re incredibly lucky (Dallas’ transport system is fine, but there’s no-one giving directions). Secondly, getting into the stadium via Big Tex is not a fun experience. Shit, entering any part of the stadium a little close to kick-off is not a fun experience. In fact, it’s a crush. Thirdly, when the Texas sun beats on those steel benches – and remember the stadium is round so there’s no breeze that can through it – it’s hot as all hell. But once you forget about that, the pageantry and
Read moreWEEK 6 PREVIEW: Will Texas and Florida take us back to the Stone Age?
Before I start, here’s a link from a UK Premier League about something that a lot of men suffer from: Depression. “We’re not talking Georgia beat Alabama and now I’m depressed” depression, we’re talking: “I am with 100,000 people and I feel totally alone” depression. And if we see someone like that at our games, we need to talk to them before its too late. I wish the NCAA would do something along the lines of this, but they won’t, because money. Anyway, here’s something to lighten the mood: My Week 6 picks for the SEC. This week, there aren’t a lot of teams on the schedule, which means that you’ll be getting something the size of Revelation for each game
Read moreWEEK 5: A Monster week for the SEC
Listen, it’s such a week for college football we don’t know where to start. Before we start the SEC, we think that Oregon will beat Penn State by 7 in the ‘White Out’, which one of my Southern friends referred to as a ‘Klan Rally’ (he has seen excommunicated me because I was too ‘liberal’, but that’s another story). Any, a lot of these ‘monster match-ups’ are in the SEC, so here we go….once in the order of our interest. No.4 LSU at No.9 Ole Miss (-1.5): Do not try and rush the ball on LSU (10th in the country at rushing yards given up), but it’s OK to throw at them (43 internationally, 9th in the SEC in passing
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