We had to eat a little humble pie in the SEC this week. With Arkansas losing to Toledo, Auburn shoulda-losing to Jacksonville State, Tennessee coughing up a 17-point lead and Missouri and Florida struggling with mighty Arkansas State and ECU respectively, this was not a good week for our conference. And it was a shitty week for the SEC Football Blog personally, going 10-1 in games straight up (thanks, Arkansas). We were right on the money in the Oklahoma vs Tennessee game (Sooners won by 7), one-point close in our Ole Miss (41 actual vs 42 prediction) and LSU calls (3 vs 2) and two out with Read more [...]

If you are an Auburn and Arkansas fan, you had an intensely forgettable Saturday. Of course, Auburn survived mighty Jacksonville State -- in overtime -- with the rest of the SEC cheering on the Tigers to fall, while Arkansas comedically fell at 'home' to Toledo (2014 record: 9-4, 7-1 MAC). Elsewhere, Missouri and Florida struggled with Arkansas State and East Carolina respectively, Tennessee gave up a 17-0 lead to Oklahoma in the best atmosphere of the day in Neyland, and Les Miles was Les Miles (and LSU won despite it). Otherwise, Alabama, Georgia and Texas A&M pretty much cruised. Anyway, Read more [...]

With Tennessee playing Oklahoma, LSU visited Clangaville (Mississippi State), South Carolina playing Kentucky and Georgia playing Vanderbilt (as the CBS games - probably so CBS can say they've shown Vanderbilt this season), it's going to be an interesting-but-not-that-interesting Week 2 of the 2015 College Football Season. So here's how we rank 'em.... LSU at Mississippi State Starkville's going to be ROCKING on Saturday. The cowbells will be clanging, the screaming will be loud, and LSU will take a deep breath. The Tigers haven't played 2015, thanks to a lightning storm/downpour ensuring Read more [...]

Texas A&M's 2014 was an interesting one. After slaughtering South Carolina on the road, their QB Kenny Hill trademarked his nickname to "Kenny Trill", and subsequently sucked. So much so he had to be replaced by Kyle Allen. The Aggies could have easily gone 7-6 instead of 8-5 --- with a two SEC wins -- if Arkansas hadn't choked at JerryWorld. This was a pretty ugly season, so head coach Kevin Sumlin (possibly to deflect anger from pissed-off Aggies fans) had to make some changes.... OFF-SEASON Mark Snyder, as we'd be saying for a good couple of seasons, finally got the boot. Texas A&M Read more [...]

We hadn't heard of Drew Lock before we listened to the excellent Missouri-dedicated podcast 'Mizzodcast', but everything's going to be pretty interesting under center if he continues his off-season challenge to QB Maty Mauk. Last season Missouri - in another stunning season - won the SEC East and was then brutalized in the SEC Championship Game by Alabama. OFF-SEASON The biggest story was very nearly a tragic one. Defensive lineman Harold Brantley was caught in a car crash that seriously injured him. Thank God he's still alive. He's done for the season, but not for life. Aside from Read more [...]

If we hear that Tennessee is back one more time, we will scream. Seriously. Could they be great this year? We will see. LAST YEAR There was an awful lot of hype that the Vols would beat Florida (when, let's face it, you couldn't have had a better opportunity) and cause Missouri a hell of a lot of problems. They failed both tests. They abused Alabama offensive co-ordinator (and their turncoat former coach) Lane Kiffin, and failed there too. Yes, we know they won four out of their last five including spanking Iowa in their bowl game...but look at the opposition. The only ranked team the Vols Read more [...]

Jaylon Jones, a four-star cornerback for the 2016 recruiting class, has committed to play for Hugh Freeze and Ole Miss. Jones, from the storied high school Allen (Allen, TX), is rated as the country's 18th-best corner, the 30th-best prospect out of Texas, and the country's 230th-best player. The player, who is 5-11, 182lb and can run a 4.40 40-yard dash, is a huge get for Ole Miss after he was recruited heavily by Texas A&M, Mississippi State, Auburn, Missouri, Ohio State, Texas and Notre Dame among others. Jones visited an Ole Miss camp on July 18th and committed 10 days later.     Read more [...]

Ole Miss' Hugh Freeze has got some good food recommendations, and some opinions about the confederate flag and suspended star Laremy Tunsil. Here are his best SEC Media Day Quotes ON LAREMY TUNSIL "There's very little to report. We obviously will cooperate fully with, whether it's the NCAA process or the law enforcement process, we will cooperate fully with that. I'm very confident, like I said, in the way we do things and what we can control. I'm very confident in the person that Laremy Tunsil is too, and we look forward to that coming to a conclusion at whatever time is appropriate." ON Read more [...]

Nick Saban, the Alabama head coach, isn't blaming players for their lack of preparedness going into the 2014 College Football Play-Off semi-final loss to Ohio State. He's not blaming himself. Or his coaching staff. Nope. He's blaming the NFL. "I just felt like, in our experience last year, our team chemistry from the SEC Championship game to the playoff game was affected by something," he said. "I think that to have a December 15th deadline from when a junior can submit for a draft grade and then you get that assessment back sometime right before or right after Christmas, and then you have Read more [...]

Texas A&M 5-star commit and No.2 prospect in the nation Greg Little has decommitted. The 6.5, 305lb giant offensive linesman from Allen High School in Allen, TX is ranked as the top player in Texas, top offensive tackle and No.2 player overall. He is said to have great feet for his size. 247Sports.com now has Alabama as a favorite for Little's commitment. Texas A&M originally beat Alabama, Oklahoma and Ole Miss to Little's commitment on June 20th, 2014. Ohio State is also thought to be a contender after putting in an offer. Little has been recruited by a ton of schools apart Read more [...]