A lot of people are very excited about the Vanderbilt Commodores this year. After all, they’ve been making a lot of noise on the recruiting front lately, and James Franklin put together a team that doesn’t just give up – hence why they lost four desperately close games (one in overtime), and this could be a season when Vandy puts together a winning regular season record for the first time in a decade. People are saying that they could upset South Carolina on the first game of the season... Anyway... LAST YEAR Vanderbilt fans may have celebrated going bowling, but really, it could Read more [...]

Between Bobby Petrino and Houston Nutt, the Arkansas Razorbacks have put together winning seasons for seven years out of the last 10, including a pretty wonderful 11-2 run in 2011. This year, many people are expecting nothing to change except the fact that Bobby Petrino’s out (penalized for his philandering ways), and beloved John L. Smith’s in with a 10-month contract. If Arkansas is half as a good as Smith is as a soundbite, they might make a run for the title! In fact, the AP and USA Today like the Hogs so much that they have a Top 10 ranking to start the 2012 season. But can they Read more [...]

Every year the SEC dominates other schools in bowl games (unless you're Michigan State, but less said about that the better) quite simply because they have the most difficult conference. EVERY game is a bowl game,  a potential National Championship Game, or a big-time match-up. If you don't believe us, ask CBS why - every year without fail - they always screen Florida vs Tennessee, even though both sides weren't going to compete last year, and could possibly be put down as 'afterthoughts' for the last couple, at least. Anyway, here's our Top 10 games (IN-CONFERENCE) on the SEC schedule. And Read more [...]

On July 1st, Texas A&M was officially recognised as a SEC school. To go with the big-time money that the Aggies will receive from being a SEC school - along with the celebration-by-association of six straight National Championships- Texas A&M fans now believe that they can attract top talent from Texas to College Station. But can they be a force in the SEC West, the SEC, and on the National Grid? What happened in 2011? Despite having 18 returning starters and an expectation that they would challenge Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas for a Big XII Championship, Texas A&M entered Read more [...]

Nick Saban took the stage at the SEC Media Days in Hoover, Alabama, and his address and answering to subsequent questioning answered everything from the prospect of next season ("challenging") to the Penn State fiasco ("criminal"). Here are some of his best quotes: On the new team for 2012: "It's really, really difficult in college football to carry momentum from one season to the next. You lose 25% of your team. That's an understatement for us. We lost 13 starters from our team last year. And the new 25% that you bring to your team, really they don't have knowledge and experience, they Read more [...]

BCS Commissioners have come to a decision on how they want to go ahead with a college football play-off, the Associated Press has reported today. ESPN said: "The commissioners who have been working on reshaping college football's postseason to create the first major college playoff met for four hours and emerged together with a commitment to stand behind a plan. Though they were stingy with providing details of that plan." The news service added that Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott had remarked that the two national semi-finals would be worked into the bowl system, although nothing is solid. SI Read more [...]

Arkansas and Southern Mississippi will play their first ever game against each other in 2013, the Golden Eagles said. Southern Miss. AD Jeff Hammond said in a release: "We look forward to the challenge of going to Fayetteville in 2013 to face a strong Southeastern Conference opponent in the University of Arkansas," Hammond said. "Playing quality opponents it helps with our national exposure as well as a new regional rivalry that allows our fan base an opportunity to see their team play. We are not strangers to playing teams in the SEC and now we can add Arkansas to that long list." The game Read more [...]

Today was the official releasing of the SEC schedules, and here is a breakdown of each team's fixtures list. The SEC Football Blog will have breakdown of each team's schedule in our preview for the season, but right now, here's a taster of what's to come. And yes, we know that the No.1 game on everybody's list is going to be Alabama's trip to LSU on November 3rd, which will be shown live on CBS at night - an arrangement which was actually agreed last year during the fiasco of the LSU-Alabama game in 2011. The home games are IN CAPS - just in case any of you though Alabama was scheduling Read more [...]

The SEC released its 2012 schedule. We'll be going through it at a later date, but right now, read, digest, and imagine. And cancel your Saturday weddings. Aug. 30 South Carolina at Vanderbilt Texas A&M vs. Louisiana Tech (Shreveport, La.) Aug. 31 Tennessee vs. N.C. State (Atlanta, Ga.) Sept. 1 Alabama vs. Michigan (Arlington, Texas) Jacksonville State at Arkansas Bowling Green at Florida Buffalo at Georgia North Texas at LSU Central Arkansas at Ole Miss Jackson State at Mississippi State Southeastern Louisiana at Missouri Auburn vs. Clemson (Atlanta, Ga.) Sept. 2 Kentucky Read more [...]

The SEC Spring Meetings in Destin, Fl. weren't low on discussion. To make it a quick read (and to not try and tread on too much old ground, The SEC Football Blog brings you a (not completely complete) list of winners and losers from the three days of meetings. If you have any more, please comment! WINNERS The supporters of tradition: The SEC voted for the 6-1-1 schedule to stick around for the next half a decade, meaning that the century-old Auburn-Georgia and Alabama - Tennessee rivalries stay intact. And so does the LSU vs Florida game, which has been going for a mere 41 years, which Read more [...]