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You're never too far away from the hot seat in the SEC. One bad season, even one bad game that mars an otherwise perfect season, can upset the fans to the point where they're wondering out loud if somebody else could do better at the reins of thei...

In putting together the proving ground posts for both the Leaders Division and Legends Division, I tried to mix up offense/defense and position groups. But in reality, I could have made all 10 selections quarterbacks. The Big Ten loses three of it...

The start of the 2012 college football season is less than three months away, and you should officially be excited. In celebration of the anticipation, we're asking you to name the Big Ten Conference game that you're most excited to see this fall. ...

Last week we gave you our thoughts on Pac-12 games we can't wait to see. Obviously, the much-anticipated Nov. 3 Oregon-USC matchup (assuming both teams do what they are supposed to do) is the one that will have all Pac-12 fans drooling. But there are...

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...

Hey, you stay at the top long enough, people get tired of seeing you there. Such is life as Mack Brown and Bob Stoops. This year, we asked who got you fired up the most, and Brown and Stoops ran away with the poll. Stoops hauled in 39 percen...

Ryan McGee provides his list of seven teams that could come from outside the preseason top-25 poll to rise up the rankings as a result of their easy early schedules.

Blog | Conversation | May 18, 2012

Last week we gave you our thoughts on which team yet to name a starting quarterback was in the best shape in the Pac-12. Kevin Gemmell went -- overwhelmingly -- with Oregon, given the history of new quarterbacks under Chip Kelly, the weapons the n...

Just about every week in the SEC, you could pick out a must-see game. That's life in the toughest football conference in the land. A year ago, the Alabama-LSU game in Tuscaloosa was billed as the latest version of the "Game of the Century." Wel...

Some of what's happening around the SEC: An Alabama-West Virginia game is in the works for 2014. Athlon has Arkansas ranked No. 13 in its preseason poll. Is Alabama's flirtation with Georgia quarterback recruit Brice Ramsey over? John Adams...

A lot of votes were cast and it came down to the wire, but the fans have spoken and South Carolina has won the poll battle of the defenses. With nearly 12,000 votes cast, South Carolina barely claimed first place with 24 percent of the vote. Alaba...

Last week we gave you our thoughts on a couple of Pac-12 players who went undrafted this year. It wasn't really a debate, since we both felt that Washington running back Chris Polk not getting drafted was the biggest surprise. So instead, we just ...

We all know that defense wins championships and the SEC is very much a testament to that. Alabama possessed the nation's No. 1 defense last season and now possesses another national championship. Runner-up LSU ranked second nationally. Alabama ran...

The day many of you wanted has arrived: John Marinatto has stepped down as Big East commissioner. Now tell me how you really feel about it. You can vote in my handy dandy poll here, and leave your comments either down below or in the mailbag. I ha...

The Big Ten has had some odd choices for preseason offensive player of the year -- Terrelle Pryor in 2009 -- but this year's pick should be obvious. Wisconsin running back Montee Ball won the award after the 2011 season, and he's back in Madison for ...

Last week we gave you our thoughts on who we believed was going to be the breakout player in the Pac-12 this season. Kevin Gemmell went with Oregon State wide receiver Brandin Cooks, citing the fact that he has a quarterback on the rise in Sean Ma...