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In honor of Florida Gulf Coast's stunning run in the NCAA basketball tournament, I started thinking back to some of the biggest SEC football upsets of my lifetime. The mid- to late-1970s is about as far back as I go, but I've gone back and picked ...

Athlon Sports has ranked its top 50 quarterbacks of the BCS era, and eight played in the SEC. The BCS era stretches back to 1998, so anybody who played before that wouldn't be included. The No. 1 quarterback on Athlon's list was Texas' Vince Yo...

Our Friday stroll around the SEC: Alabama's Dee Milliner, Eddie Lacy and D.J. Fluker announce their intentions to enter the NFL draft. Johnny Manziel and the Texas A&M Aggies have a bigger trophy in mind. Mississippi State hires former Pi...

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel had his Heisman Trophy moment last Saturday with his performance against Alabama in the Aggies' 29-24 win. Kansas State's Collin Klein remains the Heisman Trophy front-runner, but don't rule out "Johnny Foo...

In the realm of Georgia football, it's the ultimate compliment. Freshman running backs Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall have burst onto the scene in such explosive fashion that teammates and fans have taken to calling the duo "Gurshall." That's r...

As promised, we're rolling out our All-SEC team from the BCS era this morning. These are the top players by position in the league going back to the 1998 season. To be eligible, players had to have played in the SEC for at least two seasons starti...

Now that it's official that we'll be leaving the BCS era for the playoff era in college football beginning in 2014, I thought it would be fun to reflect on the best SEC players of the BCS era. These are the best players, period, going back to the ...

With nearly 10,000 votes cast, the fans have spoken: Auburn's Cam Newton engineered the greatest individual season in the SEC over the last 50 years. Newton, who won the Heisman Trophy in 2010 and led the Tigers to a 14-0 record and national champ...

Now it's your turn. On Monday, I ranked the top five individual performances in the SEC over the past 50 years, and Cam Newton's 2010 season edged out Tim Tebow's 2007 season. They both won the Heisman Trophy. They both put up record-setting numbe...

We've ranked our top five individual seasons in the SEC over the past 50 years, and I'm sure everybody agrees. It was close for the top spot, but Auburn winning the national championship in 2010 nudged Cam Newton ahead of Tim Tebow. Here's a lo...

When I start searching my memory bank for the best individual seasons of the past 50 years in the SEC, I don't have to go back very far to come up with at least two that rank up there with any in college football history. But like any other rankin...

Georgia sophomore quarterback Aaron Murray has watched the tape more times than he cares to count. The ending never gets any better. "Just a very, very rough game," Murray said. And one he hasn't been able to entirely get out of his system. ...

Making the rounds in the SEC on a Wednesday: Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity reflects on his first year in Athens. Mississippi State is toying with using safety Johnthan Banks on offense some this season. Ole Miss' Randall Mackey is s...

Our Friday offering of SEC links: Jon Solomon of The Birmingham News writes that awarding the 2004 national championship to Auburn wouldn't have made sense. Despite the late start time on a Thursday night, officials think the Kentucky-Western K...

Checking the SEC football landscape on a Monday: Tommy Hicks of The Mobile Press-Register writes that he's proud to be a native of a state that always answers the call. Suspended Alabama defensive lineman Brandon Moore is exploring a transfer, ...

With most signs continuing to point toward Auburn's Cam Newton being drafted No. 1 overall Thursday night by the Carolina Panthers, it's worth looking at the most recent SEC quarterbacks to go in the first round. There have been seven over the pas...