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It's that time again in the world of SEC football when we break out the old thermometer. It's an exercise you've come to know as "Hot and Not," and Week 1 is in the books. GLOWING EMBERS Dynamic debuts: Everywhere you looked this first weeke...

Week 1 in the SEC is almost in the books. Kentucky plays at Louisville on Sunday afternoon. What have we learned so far? Here's a look: 1. Alabama is still Alabama: Nick Saban won't be thrilled with the second half and how the Crimson Tide ease...

A quick glance at the SEC television lineup Saturday: Buffalo at No. 6 Georgia, 12:21 p.m. ET, SEC Network Bowling Green at No. 23 Florida, 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN No. 14 Clemson vs. Auburn (in Atlanta), 7 p.m. ET, ESPN North Texas at No. 3 LSU,...

Here's a quick primer as we enter Week 1: THURSDAY No. 9 South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN: It's our first look at South Carolina star running back Marcus Lattimore since he injured his knee last season against Mississippi State. Is...

Let's get this out of the way first: Bowl projections in August are a dicey proposition. Players come and go. Just ask Auburn, Georgia, LSU and Tennessee. What's more, teams tend to look a lot different in November than they do in August. Nonet...

We're inside a month now until the first game of the 2012 season involving an SEC team. Here's a quick glance at Week 1: THURSDAY, AUG. 30 South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN The Gamecocks lost the last time they played on a Th...

The SEC Power Rankings this week look a lot like the ones last week: 1. LSU (10-0, 6-0): This week the Tigers are the first unanimous No. 1 team in the Associated Press poll since 2008, so it stands to reason that they'd be a rock-solid No. 1 in t...

The top guys stay the same, but we have a few new faces in our SEC Heisman watch this week: 1. Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama: The clear leader in the SEC, Richardson probably needs another monster game on a big stage to get up there nationally wit...

LSU made the SEC's biggest splash in Week 1, while Georgia hardly splashed at all in a disappointing 35-21 loss to Boise State in the Georgia Dome. Now, it's on to Week 2, which is highlighted by a couple of key conference clashes, one of those in...

We're a week into the 2011 college football season, which means somebody's hot and somebody's not in the SEC. You've come to know this little exercise as Hot and Not, and it's back for another season: GLOWING EMBERS LSU's resiliency: What di...

Week 1 is in the books, and it was a mixed bag for the SEC. Here's a look at what we learned: 1. Power at the top: No. 4-ranked LSU struck a huge victory for the SEC with its runaway 40-27 victory against No. 3-ranked Oregon and probably deserves ...

Thanks to some help from the folks at ESPN's Stats & Info department, a little bit of this and a little bit of that as we point toward Saturday's games in the SEC: There will be four SEC teams using first-time starting quarterbacks on Saturda...

We get some Thursday night football in Week 1. Here's a quick primer, as we kick off the 2011 season in the SEC: THURSDAY No. 20 Mississippi State at Memphis, 8:10 p.m. ET, SportsSouth The Bulldogs begin their quest to become the first team...

It's safe to say that we have a legitimate front-runner in the Heisman Trophy race. Let's see if he can keep that lead. Auburn's Cam Newton tops my dwindling list of SEC Heisman hopefuls this week: 1. Auburn quarterback Cam Newton: They know al...

The latest ESPN.com Power Rankings are out, and Alabama (No. 1), Florida (No. 8) and Auburn (No. 10) all cracked the top 10. Here's my ballot this week: 1. Alabama 2. Ohio State 3. Boise State 4. Oregon 5. TCU 6. Nebraska 7. O...

Before we do anything else, we'll step off the 15 yards for my penalty. It was an egregious personal foul, the likes of which won't be tolerated. I will accept my punishment and move on. My actual record in Week 1 was 10-2. I missed Northwester...