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The team I wanted to see face Alabama last season in the BCS National Championship was Oregon. It's the matchup the entire country wanted to see. No offense, Notre Dame fans, but seeing that high-octane Oregon offense go up against Alabama's defen...

Is there a direct correlation to highly ranked signees and wins in the SEC? Well, you be the judge. Over the past four years (2009-12), Alabama and Florida have tied for the most ESPN 150 prospects signed with 41 apiece. During that span, the C...

Maybe there's something in the air this time of year. Recruiting is heading down the home stretch, and national signing day is a week away. Coaches are jumpy. They're running on overdrive, and most of them are looking to make the kind of splash...

Even though Rodney Garner had been at Georgia for 15 years, there was always that feeling that he was about to bolt for another job. Just about every year, his name was linked to some other job opening. And when Lane Kiffin took the Tennessee head...

New Tennessee coach Butch Jones made his best pitch to bring one of the Vols' most famous players back home, but Tee Martin decided Tuesday to stay put at USC. Martin, who quarterbacked Tennessee to the 1998 national championship, turned down an o...

Even three years later, Lane Kiffin's brief tenure at Tennessee remains the "gift" that keeps on giving to the Vols. On Friday, the NCAA announced that additional penalties had been levied against Tennessee's football program stemming from a major...

The NCAA announced additional penalties have been levied against Tennessee stemming from a major infractions case involving former assistant coach Willie Mack Garza, who was on ex-Vols coach Lane Kiffin's staff during the 2009 season.

After a wild Saturday in the SEC, here's a look at what we learned in Week 11: 1. SEC's streak in jeopardy: The SEC's national championship streak is in serious jeopardy. Texas A&M's 29-24 victory over Alabama means the league's going to need ...

We're about two weeks away from the 50-year anniversary of one of the most famous quotes in American political history. Former President Richard Nixon, upon losing the California gubernatorial race in 1962, defiantly told reporters, "You don't hav...

Looking forward to the start of the SEC media days. But, first, a few links to munch on: Jon Solomon of The Birmingham News takes a look at some memorable quotes from past SEC media days. The big names that won't be at SEC media days. The Spo...

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...

When you start selecting coaching villains, so much of it gets back to who's doing the selecting. For instance, in the realm of the Alabama Football Nation, good luck in finding somebody who doesn't revere Nick Saban. Of course, the folks in and a...

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...

Lane Kiffin left the SEC a few years ago, but he still goes head-to-head with some of the SEC schools for recruits ... and coaches. His latest acquisition was prying Tee Martin away from Kentucky to be the Trojans' receivers coach. It's a big l...

Talk about the irony of all ironies. Urban Meyer is being called out again by one of the rival coaches in his league about recruiting tactics. Remember the firestorm Lane Kiffin started almost three years ago to the date when he accused Meyer o...

Making the rounds in the SEC on a Monday: Lane Kiffin's celebrated 2009 recruiting class at Tennessee proves to be a bust. The SEC is learning to live with the new 25-player signing cap. The recruitment of former Georgia commitment Chester Br...