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In conjunction with the 100-day countdown to the start of the 2013 college football season, ESPN's Stats & Info group has put together 100 numbers to know. Not surprisingly, there are more than a few that might be of interest to SEC fans: 1...

Making the rounds in the SEC on a Monday: Nick Saban is now officially as beloved as Bear Bryant in Alabama, writes Lars Anderson of Sports Illustrated. Complacency issues are starting to creep in again for two-time defending national champion ...

Jack Pardee, one of Bear Bryant's "Junction Boys" at Texas A&M who went on to become an All-Pro linebacker and an NFL coach, is being remembered as an innovator, teacher, and loving father and husband.

HOUSTON -- Jack Pardee, one of Bear Bryant's "Junction Boys" at Texas A&M who went on to become an All-Pro linebacker and an NFL coach, has died, University of Houston spokesman David Bassity said. Pardee was 76. Bassity said Monday that Pa...

We at the SEC blog want to express our deepest condolences to the Mal Moore family and everybody at Alabama over Moore's passing Saturday at age 73. Moore was so much a part of that football program and athletic department and, really, one of the ...

Mal Moore wanted to be a star player at Alabama, then the Crimson Tide's head coach. He wasn't either, but his legacy as athletic director might have made even more of an impact on his beloved school.

Former Alabama athletic director Mal Moore, who played and coached under Bear Bryant and hired Nick Saban as football coach, has passed away.

In honor of Florida Gulf Coast's stunning run in the NCAA basketball tournament, I started thinking back to some of the biggest SEC football upsets of my lifetime. The mid- to late-1970s is about as far back as I go, but I've gone back and picked ...

They don't make athletic directors like Mal Moore anymore. The modern athletic director is a guy whose favorite athletic gear is a deposit slip. He climbs the ladder of "development," the euphemism for fundraising. He has to hire a search firm to hir...

University of Alabama athletic director Mal Moore is stepping down and will be a special assistant to the president, the school announced Wednesday.

KC Joyner makes his case for why Arizona State has a good opportunity to win the Pac-12 South this season.

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Penn State's Bill O'Brien has earned another coaching honor for his Year 1 success in State College, and the latest award has a link to his predecessor. O'Brien on Thursday night was named the Bear Bryant Coach of the Year winner at a ceremony in ...

Penn State coach Bill O'Brien said he didn't think he stood a chance of winning Thursday night.

Vanderbilt's James Franklin and Texas A&M's Kevin Sumlin have been named finalists for the 2012 Bear Bryant Coach of the Year Award. It really shouldn't surprise anyone that both made the cut. In Sumlin's first year as Texas A&M's head coa...

As the Crimson Tide coach and a Catholic, Nick Saban is well-versed when it comes to the tradition of success at Alabama and Notre Dame.

Louisville's Charlie Strong is one of 18 head coaches on the watch list for the Paul Bear Bryant Award, given to the national coach of the year. A list of five to 10 finalists will be revealed in early December, with the winner being announced Jan...