Saturday's SEC games saw victories for all SEC schools playing - including resounding ones for Texas A&M, Auburn and Alabama in the three biggest games out there. So here are our big thoughts about the SEC's Saturday. 1. Texas A&M's performance impresses Great performance by the Aggies, who crushed Arizona State 38-17 and looked comfortable. A lot of credit has to go that the game wasn't played in an actual 'neutral' venue (Houston's in Texas, people), so ASU struggled with crowd noise...but they also struggled with Myles Garrett, who was sensational. On the other side of the ball, Read more [...]

For Kentucky, it was a tale of two seasons in one in 2014. The first half, the Wildcats went 5-1, with the only loss coming in triple overtime to Florida. In the second half of the season, the Big Blue Nation got the blues, losing six straight and failing to get in a bowl game. Some people thought "What a great season going 5-7 and just missing out on a bowl game! 5-7 used to be unimaginable!" and some people - who suddenly are expecting some more of the Kentucky Wildcats - thought "Well, that was a bit of a let-down." THE OFF-SEASON Mark Stoops hired Shannon Dawson, West Virginia's former Read more [...]

There is a smell around Tiger Stadium, and despite what Katy Perry says, it’s not corndogs and it’s certainly not bourbon. It feels – and smells – like a funeral. That shouldn’t be surprising, because Death Valley has prided itself on being the place where opposition teams’ – and their fans’ hopes go to die. Now, the fanbase- complete with a multi-million dollar new addition the stadium – are feeling the stench of the death upon them as a program, punch-drunk by successive monster losses, falls to its knees like a heavyweight boxer lit up by consecutive Mike Tyson punches. At Read more [...]

We'll be honest. This SEC schedule on paper looked pretty strong when the season started, but right now, it's actually pretty week. Look, we get that the match-up Texas A&M and a suddenly-reborn Arkansas in JerryWorld is pretty cool. South Carolina's got College Gameday coming to its doors for the visit of Maty Mauk and Missouri, and if Tennessee trip to Georgia's as good as it was last season, the game's going to be a treat. But otherwise? Kentucky's actually got a GOOD CHANCE to get its first SEC victory, when it hosts Vanderbilt. Could be your sleeper SEC game of the week. Anyway, here Read more [...]

And so, it's set up. After a glorious bat-crap crazy Saturday in which Auburn beat Alabama to a place at a National Championship Game with a 106-yard field goal return for a TD, Missouri earned its spot in Atlanta by beating Texas A&M in Columbia by 7 in a tough, tough game, Georgia came back from 20 to beat Georgia Tech in two overtimes (we see you, Todd Gurley), Mississippi State won the Egg Bowl because Bo Wallace slipped over and fumbled on route to the end zone, LSU beat Arkansas with a fling with 40 seconds left with their replacement quarterback, Aaron Jennings (who we hadn't heard Read more [...]

Right, it's 'Hot Seat' time in the SEC, and by these standards, it's pretty quiet. Maybe it's because there was a bit of balance in the conference this week, or maybe it's because everyone's muttering along, quietly ____ off that things aren't going the way they wanted it. You know, apart from Alabama. Anyone, one of the SEC's biggest questions has surrounded our goddawful defenses (anyone but Alabama and maybe Florida). And while we would love to give a Top 14 list of HEAD COACHES who might get their ass booted come the end of the season, that comes later. We thank The 'Around Aggieland' Read more [...]

OK, so the best game of the week (predictably) was in Athens, when Georgia took on LSU. The game wasn't exactly defensively-minded, with the Dawgs coming out 44-41. In other worlds, Alabama reminded Hugh Freeze and Ole Miss that they had a lot of work to do still, while South Carolina and, er, Tennessee survived scares against mighty UCF and the even mightier South Alabama. Oh, and the Tyler Murphy experiment in Florida rolled to 2-0 after they slapped Kentucky. So here are our SEC Power Rankings: 1) Alabama - Beat Ole Miss comfortably. There are still worries about the running game (which Read more [...]

It wasn't a good week for Jeff Driskel. He saw his season end with a broken fibula against Tennessee.....which he broke while throwing a Pick 6. That capped what has been a fairly awful start to the year. But the good news for the Gators is that they bounced back with replacement QB Tyler Murphy, and the Gators chomped Tennessee, who looked dreadful offensively AND defensively. Oh, and LSU beat Auburn in rainy Death Valley. And Arkansas embarrassed the SEC by losing at Rutgers. Anyway, here are our power rankings after Week 4: 1) LSU: The LSU Tigers are STILL No.1 in our rankings, because Read more [...]

There was good news for South Carolina Gamecocks fans:Marcus Lattimore's injury isn't as bad as feared. A lot of South Carolina fans were fearing that the junior running back's sickening injury in the Gamecocks' victory over Tennessee on Saturday would mean an end to their player's school - and NFL - career. As was Twitter, that suddenly abounded with rumors of fractured femurs and destroyed ligaments. But South Carolina said in a statement: "University of South Carolina junior running back Marcus Lattimore suffered a significant impact to the front of his right knee during the Tennessee Read more [...]

In Steve Spurrier, South Carolina is coached by one of the greatest coaches the SEC (and College Football), has ever seen. And he's great with doing something from nothing, because  South Carolina's not historically Georgia, LSU or Alabama, and yet he can still pick up some immense recruits and sends some great ones to the pros. This year, South Carolina goes into the season higher thought-of than ever. So can they win the SEC East title, which they missed out on last year? Last year Let's get this straight: If they hadn't have had such a sucky SEC conference, they would have won the Read more [...]