The biggest enemy of the SEC season? Gary Danielson

If there’s anything that unites SEC fans beyond a huge dislike of Yankees and a passion for bourbon, it’s Gary Danielson. Almost everybody despise his take on games. He’s the uncle that will give you a five minute weather report instead of simply answering your question as to whether it’s hot outside, or the one who sits next to the granny in ‘Airplane’.   There’s a Facebook group that has 1,200 members that says: “We hate Gary Danielson”, as well as ones that say: “Remove Gary Danielson from SEC Football Broadcasts“. The vitriol is borderline hilarious. The weird thing about Danielson is that on the field, he’s had a better career than Kirk Herbstreit who is the ‘Golden Boy’ of

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Texas A&M vs Georgia: Barking Predictions

  Texas A&M visits Georgia for the first time in its SEC history. For CBS, Gary Danielson will try and sound sympathetic if a football player runs into a photographer (probably for the first time in history), and Brad Nessler will call his buddy ‘pardner’, like he was John Wayne in an ole shoot-out movie (as he does every week). It would be strange if anything else – like an upset in Texas A&M’s favour – happened. But that’s not the important part that you should pay attention. It’s the parallels you should pay attention to: They both have weird affections for dogs Texas A&M takes the affection for the canine to a whole new level. Aggies fans worship Reveille

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CBS announces first 3.30pm SEC games

gamCBS has announced its first trio of SEC games that will be played at 3.30pm. The first game on September 1st will see Tennessee host West Virginia – some people’s favorite to win the Big 12 – in Jeremy Pruitt’s first game as head coach of the Volunteers. The next week will see Georgia go to South Carolina in an SEC East clash, and then on September 15th Auburn will try and avenge their horrific 2017 loss in Tiger Stadium when it hosts LSU. Later in the year on October 27th, the bastion of sobriety known as The World’s Biggest Cocktail Party between Georgia and Florida in Jacksonville will be a 3.30pm game (CBS will be playing that it’s not

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