The SEC coaches might have just done something that could change the course of college football. This tweet came from Scott Hood at Gamecock Central: Scott Hood ‏@ScottHood63 In case you missed it, Steve Spurrier told me last night the SEC coaches unanimously approved giving FB players $300 per game for expenses. This isn't just big news. This is massive news. This could mean that players are at least paid for playing - taking back some of the money that schools, clothing companies and other parties (yes, even college football blogs!) so happily take from them year in, year out. Hood Read more [...]

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 [...]

As we know, the SEC is no stranger to expanding its reach. South Carolina and Arkansas came aboard in 1991. Missouri and Texas A&M came aboard in 2012. But could Duke and UNC come along and be part of SEC country, giving them not only dominance in football, but also - dear God - basketball? Why do we ask this question? Tonight, we were at a charity function and got talking to someone still involved with Duke who told us: "It wasn't so long ago that we and UNC were talking to the SEC about moving there". He also remarked that Florida State would go to the Big XII, but wasn't so sure 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 [...]