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Some SEC linkage to sink your teeth into: Andrew Gribble of AL.com breaks down the Alabama linebackers heading into spring practice. Alabama lands a commitment from defensive back Kalvarez Bessent, who picked the Tide over Florida and Georgia. ...

Some linkage for you on a Thursday: Alabama will throw some different things at LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger, according to Tide cornerback Dee Milliner. The mother of top recruit Robert Nkemdiche says that Alabama is her No. 1 team. LSU'...

LSU's football team has been down this road before. It was almost a year ago that the brawl in the parking lot of a Baton Rouge bar went down and starting quarterback Jordan Jefferson was subsequently suspended for the first four games of the seas...

Thomas Jefferson so famously penned more than 230 years ago that all men are created equal. Obviously, there will be many who disagree, but that same concept simply does not apply to college football conferences, which is why a playoff that only i...

Ask LSU's Zach Mettenberger if he's ready, and you hear the hunger, pain and focus -- all wrapped up into one -- very clearly in his voice. It wasn't supposed to take this long for him to get his first real taste of being a starting quarterback in...

LSU will be the first SEC team to kick off spring practice on Thursday, and a lot of eyes will be on junior quarterback Zach Mettenberger. He takes over for departed seniors Jordan Jefferson and Jarrett Lee, and already LSU coach Les Miles has sai...

The NFL combine is wrapping up over the next two days in Indianapolis. Here are some of the top SEC performers to date: 40-yard dash Arkansas WR Jarius Wright - 4.42 Florida RB Chris Rainey - 4.45 Texas A&M RB Cyrus Gray - 4.47 Al...

A check of what's shaking in the SEC: USC's Lane Kiffin jokes concerning Tennessee's struggles: "Are you sure I didn't get blamed for the Kentucky game." Former LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson will get a chance to show what he can do at the NF...

Our Monday stroll around the SEC: Kentucky was able to address special-teams needs in this signing class. Vanderbilt wants to bring high school football back to Vanderbilt Stadium once it installs new artificial turf this summer. The NCAA tak...

The stench from LSU's putrid offensive showing in the Allstate BCS National Championship Game just won't go away. The latest to weigh in is the guy who had the biggest hand, at least on the field, in the Tigers going belly-up offensively in the Bi...

Some Friday linkage for your viewing pleasure: Former LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson says play calling hurt the Tigers in the BCS National Championship Game. The NCAA rules committee is looking at moving up kickoffs and touchbacks for safety ...

Everybody loves position rankings. Well, most everybody. We presented our preseason rankings back in June on the SEC blog, and like most preseason predictions, we wished we had a lot of those picks back by the second or third week of the season. ...

Let's review some of the highs and lows of the bowl season: Best performance: Even in a loss, there was no topping Georgia's Brandon Boykin. The senior cornerback certainly did his part in the Bulldogs' 33-30 triple-overtime setback to Michigan St...

NEW ORLEANS -- The only drama in what remains of the 2011 college football season won't be saved for just Monday night's Allstate BCS National Championship Game. If Alabama should beat LSU, particularly in a close game, then the vote in the final ...

A look at three keys for Alabama in Monday night's Allstate BCS National Championship Game: 1. Finish drives: Alabama moved the football in the first game, but hurt itself with penalties, negative-yardage plays and turnovers from the 30-yard line ...

NEW ORLEANS -- It's finally here. No. 1 LSU (13-0) versus No. 2 Alabama (11-1) for the second time, this time for the BCS national championship on Monday night in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Here's a preview: WHO TO WATCH: LSU quarterback J...