Tag: Nick Saban

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

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WEEK 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

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Week 2 SEC Impressed/Depressed List: Florida ain’t good

    So my buddy Davis was so excited about Florida this year. Still high from the National Championship in basketball, he’s been full of the joys of Spring. He talked about the speed. The fight. He told me: “This is a year where things are going to be better. We’ve got a lot of speed, we’ll be fine”. Midway through the USF game, he texted me: “I thought it would take more than 1.5 weeks to turn off the TV during a Florida game”. While it’s probably early to throw out the death knell for Billy Napier’s Florida career, this result wasn’t good. SO HERE’S YOUR IMPRESSED LIST  Mississippi State (2-0): We had the Mighty Cowbellers winning this game,

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Week 2 SEC Prediction: It’s Oklahoma – Michigan Day!

A battle between Oklahoma and Michigan is a reason why we love college football. Both are storied programs, with multiple Heismans and massive fanbases. The last they played each other was in 1975, which led to Oklahoma winning a Natty. Norman is going to be rocking. Anyway, here’s our (brief) preview of the game, as well as a bunch of SEC games (in order of interest) – including the first conference game of the year between Ole Miss and Kentucky.  No.15 Michigan and No.18 Oklahoma (-5): We know little about both of these sides, apart from that there are worries about the lines on both sides – especially as Michigan five star frosh offensive lineman Andrew Babalola is done for

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On the SEC Coaching Hot Seat: 2025 Version

Every year we’ve put out our hot-seat list for 2025. Usually, there’s Auburn at the top and everywhere else just sitting there. However with NIL, schools would rather pay money on a wide receiver than they would giving a coach paid vay-cay. But with no further ado, here’s our 16 LET’S GET WORRIED.  Sam Pittman (Arkansas): It’s not a matter of ‘if’, it’s a matter of ‘when’. The schedule is year is horrific for him, with games against Notre Dame, Ole Miss, Texas, LSU and Texas A&M. Our prediction is that Eli Drinkwitz will kick him when he’s down on the last day of the season.  Billy Napier (Florida): Hugely under-pressure last year, the Gators played well down the stretch,

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It’s been a long time….

Hey all, It’s been way too long. I haven’t written because college football has been way, way too frustrating at the moment. The NIL disease that rampaged through the college basketball arena has hit college football even worse. I don’t know who’s going to play for whom after one year, because loyalty isn’t earned, it’s by checkbook. I know where this is going. It won’t just be the guys fuming at the WR who they gave $50,000 to in a brown bag in the local Buc-ees, it’ll be thousands of people fuming at the WR who cost the group $3 million to go from Miami to Texas. I know where this is going, because the transfer portal has already given

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