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It's always hot somewhere in the SEC ... and always not, too: GLOWING EMBERS SEC hate: They were celebrating in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Athens, Ga., and maybe even Gainesville, Fla., when Kansas State and Oregon both went down Saturday night. It ...

The SEC haters will continue to hate. That's what happens when a conference has won six straight national championships and receives the kind of national publicity this league does. There's a point where enough is enough, and the rest of colleg...

We asked you on Tuesday to vote for the most hated coach in SEC history -- past or present. We're all about the love here on the SEC blog, but this is after all "Hate Week" at ESPN.com. Seriously, this is all done in fun, and some of your response...

South Carolina's Steve Spurrier can handle being one of those coaches everybody loves to hate. Matter of fact, deep down, he loves it.

There was an air of restlessness in the chat room today. The Arkansas and Tennessee fans are convinced that I hate them. Not true on either count. But, hey, it will be another group of fans next week. Here's a snapshot of what you missed: Bill:...

The only thing coaches hate worse than turnovers is a visit from NCAA enforcement representatives. And looking at the statistics from the last few seasons in the SEC, it's pretty obvious that all that grumbling about avoiding turnovers is a lot mo...

It's that time of year all football coaches hate. While most of the players are on campus for summer school and going through conditioning and voluntary workouts, it's also a given that the players have more free time than usual. That means mor...

Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low Auburn junior safety Zac Etheridge was immobilized and carted from the field Saturday after a head-on collision with teammate Antonio Coleman. You hate seeing these things and hope and pray that Etheridge is OK. H...

Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low This is the time of year all coaches hate, especially when it comes to waiting on signees to get to campus. In Vanderbilt's case, it remains to be seen if one of those signees will ever make it to campus. O...

Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low My esteemed colleague at ESPN, Bruce Feldman, has come up with his own formula to rate the country's softest nonconference schedules. He has Ole Miss with the third softest (thanks to two FCS opponents on the sc...

Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low OK, you know what I love about the SEC. Now it's time for me to vent. Here's what I hate about the SEC: No more Larry Munson: I'm sorry, but it almost doesn't feel like Georgia football anymore witho...

Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low Granted, there's not much passion associated with SEC football. Only joking, of course. The theme of the day is love and hate, so I figured I'd take a shot at the five things I love about the SEC and the fiv...

Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low Nobody hates losing more than Bobby Petrino. But as the losses mount for his young Arkansas team, he's made sure not to take it out on his players. The Razorbacks have lost their last three games to Florida, Texas and A...

Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low I hate to make a call at this point. Alabama has been outstanding, but so has LSU. Auburn defensive tackle Sen'Derrick Marks paid the ultimate compliment to the LSU line after the game last Saturday when he said, "They ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low Picking the five most bitter rivalries in the SEC is like picking the five worst criminals at San Quentin. Everybody hates everybody in the SEC. Just about every game that's played is a rivalry of some magnitude. There ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low Now that we've established that Alabama is the SEC's most hated team, let's take a look at the hate meter from top to bottom in the conference: 1. Alabama: Tide fans cling to the past with an obsessive desperation. Hate...