It's been a busy first day at the SEC Spring Meetings with everybody getting to find out how they felt about a play-off. Everyone wants a four-team play-off, and in particular the four-best teams in the country. But Steve Spurrier said that actually, the winners of the East and West should be decided ONLY on their records in their divisions. He said: "We've lost seven games in the last two years, and five of them are to Auburn and Arkansas. We were pretty good against them other guys, I guess." Nice way to talk about your divisional rivals, Steve. In that world, LSU would have played Read more [...]

Nick Saban sat down with Buzz Baker to talk about things at the University of Alabama, and he made sure that he delivered more than just an interview... Here are some of his best quotes: On Entitlement: There was a lot of entitlement in 2010 after we won in 2009 and we played badly. In 2012, the team we have now the entitlement is less but the schedule is tougher. But entitlement is a human condition. With it, you focus on what you've done and the holiday that you're entitled to rather than focus on what makes you successful. The LSU game: I'm proud of the way they managed losing the Read more [...]

In his chat with the SEC's Buzz Baker, Les Miles - wearing a rather loud yellow shirt - and not with all his children (they are on camp, apparently!) - had some soundbytes. Sorry if the quotes aren't exact: The season: We played three 2nd ranked teams and beat them all. We played 13 great teams, and the one we didn't so well in was the National Championship game, unfortunately. Our team understands they were in the SEC West and now they have a Championship banner that no-one else hangs. Motivation for the future?: They are excited with playing and they are looking forward to it. The Read more [...]

Here are the SEC Spring Meetings schedule for the SEC Digital Network. The ones highlighted are the football head coaches.   10:40-10.50                     Gary Pinkel, Mizzou 11:00 – 11:10                      Les Miles, LSU          11:20 – 11:30                      Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss  12:00 – 12:10                      James Franklin, Vanderbilt 12:30 – 12:40                      Nick Saban, Alabama 12:50 – 1:00                        Read more [...]

Steve Spurrier made some non-needed headlines in the college football world this week when ESPN's Mark Schlabach said that the South Carolina Gamecocks coach was 'College Football's Most Hated Coach (Of All Time)'. Said Schlabach in his article: "Rival fans hated Spurrier not only because he beat them so often while coaching at Florida, but more so because he loved to tell them about it afterward. From Spurrier’s famous jabs like “Free Shoes U.” and “Can’t Spell Citrus Without UT,” the Old Ball Coach gave rival fans myriad reasons to dislike him." Also included in the list from Read more [...]

To fans of the Southeastern Conference, the SEC isn’t a conference amongst numerous college football conferences. It’s a religion. Our religion stretches from the swamplands of Florida to the oil fields of East Texas, taking in the States of Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Kentucky and Tennessee. We go to church, both on Saturday and on Sunday, and like to scream our lungs out at both. And we’ll always talk about one or the other all weekend long, sometimes with a cocktail in our hand, sometimes not. And everyone's invited to the party, Read more [...]