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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
Read moreRanking SEC midway through: All change, all the time
This year’s SEC is once again a shitshow. While we know who the worst team is (Kentucky), it’s once again hard to work out the cream of the crop. Texas beat Oklahoma to put itself back into the hunt of a Play-Off spot. Alabama beat Missouri, and Georgia squeaked by Auburn in a game that was more ref-decided than anything else. As The Joker says: “So here we go….” Texas A&M Alabama Ole Miss Missouri Georgia Tennessee LSU Texas Oklahoma Vanderbilt Florida Mississippi State Arkansas Auburn South Carolina Kentucky
Read moreAre we getting into Auburn firing territory?
On Sunday Penn State fired James Franklin, owing him $41m lovely green notes to make him go away. Before that, Arkansas had bombed out Sam Pittman, but here was the difference between the two: The Razorbacks had Bobby Petrino in place to take the reigns, like him or hate him. Immediately after Franklin was fired, there was a roar from The Plains. It was the sound of Auburn fans. In one voice, they yelled: “GET RID OF GODDAMN HUGH FREEZE!” Our favorite escort phonecaller hasn’t taken the team forward since Bryan Harsin was kicked to the kerb. In fact, he’s continued the team’s losing tradition by posting two straight losing seasons and is on course for another feckless one. The
Read moreWEEK 7: A Red River Runs Through It
Listen from someone who’s been to the Red River Shoot-Out: It’s a great scene, but the rest of it is kinda crappy. First of all, getting anywhere near the stadium sucks, unless you’re incredibly lucky (Dallas’ transport system is fine, but there’s no-one giving directions). Secondly, getting into the stadium via Big Tex is not a fun experience. Shit, entering any part of the stadium a little close to kick-off is not a fun experience. In fact, it’s a crush. Thirdly, when the Texas sun beats on those steel benches – and remember the stadium is round so there’s no breeze that can through it – it’s hot as all hell. But once you forget about that, the pageantry and
Read moreWEEK 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
Read moreWEEK 5: A Monster week for the SEC
Listen, it’s such a week for college football we don’t know where to start. Before we start the SEC, we think that Oregon will beat Penn State by 7 in the ‘White Out’, which one of my Southern friends referred to as a ‘Klan Rally’ (he has seen excommunicated me because I was too ‘liberal’, but that’s another story). Any, a lot of these ‘monster match-ups’ are in the SEC, so here we go….once in the order of our interest. No.4 LSU at No.9 Ole Miss (-1.5): Do not try and rush the ball on LSU (10th in the country at rushing yards given up), but it’s OK to throw at them (43 internationally, 9th in the SEC in passing
Read moreSEC Week 3: Georgia – Tennessee heads the list
We are getting to that beautiful point when SEC teams all play each other, and we don’t have to watch [add SEC team here] beat the living daylights out of [add poor FCS school here] on ESPN The Ocho. This Saturday, we’ve got a monster with Georgia going to Tennessee – which is also going to be your spot for College Gameday (first time since 2022, I’m told), Texas A&M going to Notre Dame and Wisconsin going to Alabama for a helmet game. Oh, and there’s Ole Miss hosting Arkansas, Vanderbilt visiting South Carolina, and the fun trainwreck of Florida going to LSU. Oh, and there’s a bunch of ‘snore games’ on the sked, which we’re not remotely excited about.
Read moreWeek 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,
Read moreWeek 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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