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Happy draft day! But first, a few links: Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports.com tackles the most pressing question facing the College Football Playoff: Who's going to be on the selection committee? There's no question who will be the No. 1 pick of the 2...

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 ...

Alabama coach Nick Saban wasn't ready to proclaim the Crimson Tide as the front-runner to win a third straight national championship coming out of Saturday's spring game, but that's nothing new. Saban also found plenty of flaws with his team comin...

Vanderbilt's Jordan Matthews will be in reach of a couple of different SEC receiving marks in 2013. He needs 804 receiving yards to break the career record held by Georgia's Terrence Edwards, who racked up 3,093 yards from 1999-2002. Matthews can ...

You could ask 20 different people to rank the best coaches in the SEC 1 through 14, and you might get 20 different lists. It's hard to imagine that anyone wouldn't have Alabama's Nick Saban in the top spot. When you win three out of the last four ...

At this rate, Missouri may go into the summer without knowing for sure who its starting quarterback will be next season. Senior James Franklin and redshirt freshman Maty Mauk have been battling it out this spring, and there wasn't any real separat...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Vanderbilt's Carey Spear earned second-team All-SEC honors last season as a place-kicker. The Commodores' third-year coach, James Franklin, looks at Spear and doesn't see a kicker. He sees a football player. "He's a football...

Spring practice wraps up for two SEC teams this Saturday when Florida and Georgia hold their spring games. Granted, Auburn is just getting started, but let's take a look at some promising developments and/or pleasant surprises for teams this sprin...

Remember Bret Bielema's comments when he was still Wisconsin's coach about what he suggested were illegal recruiting tactics by new Ohio State coach Urban Meyer? "I can tell you this," Bielema said at the time. "We at the Big Ten don't want to be ...

It's Friday, and we're delighted to provide you with a few links: Johnny Manziel's focus is on the field. South Carolina defensive tackle Kelcy Quarles is working hard to show that he's flexible. Bruce Ellington again plans to pull double dut...

Making the rounds on a Monday: Cyrus Kouandjio provides a ringing endorsement for Alabama's new "professional" at center. South Carolina's Saturday scrimmage is canceled by rain. Wesley Tate takes a starring turn in Vanderbilt's scrimmage. ...

Here's a quick recap of some of the scrimmages around the league over the weekend: TEXAS A&M The big news coming out of Texas A&M's scrimmage on Saturday at Kyle Field was Johnny Manziel's three interceptions and a reported shove of a g...

Even though senior Austyn Carta-Samuels has the inside track, Vanderbilt's coaches want to see somebody go out and win the quarterback job this spring and/or preseason. So far, it's been an impressive start for Carta-Samuels, who's competing with ...

Welcome to the Madness. The NCAA tournament cranked up Tuesday night and begins in earnest on Thursday. We here at the SEC blog love our college hoops and will pay tribute to the Big Dance with our own little SEC football tournament. Edward ...

Schedule: The Commodores open spring practice on Friday at 5:30 p.m. ET and will conclude the spring April 13 with their Black & Gold spring game at 2 p.m. ET at Vanderbilt Stadium. Two Saturday practices, on March 23 and March 30, will be open t...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Vanderbilt opens spring practice on Friday with the kind of momentum this program has rarely enjoyed. The Commodores own the SEC's longest active winning streak at seven straight games. They won nine games a year ago for the fi...