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There are always surprises and disappointments in every signing class. It's just the nature of the business, although I'm not sure it's politically correct to refer to recruiting as a business. At least, not in the SEC. Anyway, with most of the...

There are always a few surprises when the final list of college underclassmen declaring for the NFL draft is released. A late addition Tuesday night from the SEC was South Carolina receiver/return specialist Ace Sanders, who had a change of heart ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Kirby Smart has coached two national-championship defenses at Alabama. But there will always be a special place in his heart for the one he's coaching right now and the one he will lead onto the Sun Life Stadium field Mon...

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...

Predicting in the preseason which newcomers are going to have the biggest impact is always a crapshoot. Case in point: How many of you out there had Johnny Manziel on your Heisman Trophy lists back in August? We didn't even include him among th...

Let's take a closer look at the first-week depth charts of the Western Division teams. There's always a few surprises. ALABAMA Depth chart There's been a lot of talk about the inexperience in the Alabama secondary and how that compares t...

There were a lot of impressive suits on display at the SEC media days. It's always one of the treats of the three-day event -- seeing who among the players can take home the "best dressed" award. Vanderbilt's threesome of quarterback Jordan Rod...

There's almost always that team that swoops in under the radar every college football season and makes things interesting. In the SEC, who's it going to be in 2012? We'll let you, the fans, make that call in our SportsNation poll. A year ago...

I'll be back in the chat room today at 1 p.m. ET and looking forward to taking your questions -- the good ones and the bad ones. Nah, I was always taught that there's no such thing as a bad question. Well, maybe sometimes....

There's a new 2013 mock NFL draft out there every day now, and it's always fascinating to see the different opinions on the players going into the next season. Andrew Perloff of SI.com unveiled his mock draft on Tuesday, and he has Arkansas quarte...

There's a new go-to receiver at Arkansas, and it's somebody who's already left his mark. Rising senior Cobi Hamilton steps into that role and does so after catching a career-high 34 passes last season for 542 yards and four touchdowns. He's always...

We've updated our career records for SEC head coaches from this past season against FBS teams that finished the season with a winning record, which is always one of the best gauges for coaching success. Obviously, there are exceptions. In some cas...

Now that the national championship has been decided, here's a look at the final SEC power rankings for the 2011 season: 1. Alabama (12-1): There will always be a group of fans who insist that Alabama should have never even been in the Allstate BCS...

No college football season ever turns out exactly the way you thought it would. There are always surprises -- good and bad. I'll tackle my biggest surprises in the SEC's Western Division this season, and Edward will unveil his biggest surprises...

Any time you do a ranking of players in this league, there are always going to be deserving players who are left off. In the case of LSU receiver Odell Beckham, he wasn't left off our ranking of the top 15 true freshmen in the SEC this season on p...

Before we know it, the 2011 All-SEC and All-America teams will be coming out. And like always, there will be some very deserving players in this league that get the shaft. Our aim at the SEC blog is to make sure outstanding seasons don't go unn...