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A check of what's shaking in and around the SEC: Outgoing Georgia president Michael Adams leaves a big imprint on Georgia athletics, writes Marc Weiszer of The Athens Banner-Herald. The son of former Auburn assistant coach Trooper Taylor has a ...

The 2014 recruiting classes around the SEC are starting to take shape. The latest class rankings by ESPN has five SEC teams in the top-10 nationally and seven in the top 15. Obviously, it's going to change over the next several months. But right ...

With the advent of the College Football Playoff in 2014, I think we'll start to see even more marquee nonconference matchups. Coaches might not like the idea, but fans will. There's nothing worse than the national race heating up in November an...

Alabama's athletic department led the SEC in revenue produced in 2012 and was fourth nationally, according to a USA Today report. Alabama took in $124,899,945 in revenue and spent $108,204,867 for a subsidy of $5,461,200. Texas was No. 1 nation...

As we explored earlier this week, Alabama has been as balanced offensively as anybody in the SEC over the last three years. The Crimson Tide are the only team in the league during that span to rush for more than 8,000 yards and pass for more than ...

Making the rounds on a Thursday: Texas A&M is planning to outdo Texas with the new Kyle Field. Alabama's Adrian Hubbard is getting a lot of love in early 2014 NFL draft projections. Former LSU cornerback Tharold Simon has his say about hi...

Everybody is looking for balance on offense. Well, just about everybody. Who has been the most balanced offense in the SEC over the past three years? Believe it or not, it's been Florida, at least in terms of total passing yards versus total ru...

The SEC's 63 NFL draft selections was a record for any league and blew away every other conference this year. The next closest was the ACC with 31 draft picks. In fact, the SEC's East produced 32 draft picks and the SEC West 31. The old record for...

It's always revealing to go back and see where the top NFL draft picks from the SEC were ranked coming out of high school. Of the 12 SEC players drafted in Thursday's first round, nine were selected as ESPN 150 prospects. And of those nine, six we...

The SEC had 12 players selected in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night, tying the record set by the ACC in 2006. No other conference had more than six first-rounders this year. The ACC had six, and the Pac-12 was next with five. ...

A few tidbits to consider as we get ready for the start of the NFL draft later tonight: The SEC has had more draft selections since 2006 than any other conference. The league has averaged almost 40 selections per draft since 2006 (39.5). Since ...

If you're looking at the NFL draft through the perspective of a college football fan, what does it tell you about your school? I've always felt that it magnifies two things -- how efficient a school is at acquiring talent and how efficient it is a...

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...

The number to beat is 12. That's how many first-round picks the ACC produced in 2006, which is a record for one conference. The SEC record is 11 first-round picks, which happened in 2007. Both records could be in jeopardy this year if projectio...

After a long and disappointing debut season in the SEC, Missouri coach Gary Pinkel did what he always does in the offseason. He went back and evaluated everything in his program, and in doing so, kept coming up with the same conclusion. His sys...

My buddy at The Sporting News, Matt Hayes, has unveiled his annual ranking of all 125 FBS head coaches, and similar to the one Athlon Sports did a week ago, Alabama's Nick Saban is No. 1. Big surprise, huh? Hayes also has South Carolina's Steve...