Does AD Mitchell’s leaving scream “Tampering”?
Looking at the SEC’s transfer portal wins and losses
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Settling the whole Georgia 2022 v LSU 2019 debate
Since Georgia won the 2022 National Championship and became the first back-to-back Natty winners since 2011-2 Alabama, people are asking: Would this 2019 Georgia team beat the ‘unstoppable’ LSU team of 2019? OFFENSES QUARTERBACK JOE BURROW V STETSON BENNETT Burrow’s stats (2019): 402-507 (76.3 completion percentage), 5671 yards, 60 TDs, 6 INTs. 361 yards rushing, 5 TDs. Heisman Trophy. 1 SEC Championship. 1 National Championship. Bennett’s stats (2022): 310-455 (68.1 completion percentage), 4127 yards, 27 TDs, 7 INTs. Rushing: 250 yards, 10 TDs. Invited to NYC for Heisman Trophy. 1 SEC Championship. 1 National Championship. Burrow’s numbers in 2019 were staggering (He broke the record for total yards in a season and touchdowns in a season that year). The
Read moreThat was a Kirby-Stomping, Dawgs
At the start of this season, after Kirby Smart’s baptized Dan Lanning’s debut at Oregon with an annihilation in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the Georgia coach about his former defensive coordinator’s team: “He knows we have better players. He’ll never say that, but he knows we’ve got better players.“ At the time, it sounded punch-in-your face arrogant, and prime bulletin-board material. Before the 65-7 beatdown of TCU, Kirby Smart was thinking the same thing. After the 65-7 beatdown of TCU, you KNOW Kirby Smart – although he probably didn’t admit it – was thinking the same thing. The talent differential was so wide that even what TCU brought it back within three (10-7), there was never panic stations for the Bulldogs.
Read moreGeorgia is Thanos, Get out of the way
When Kirby Smart started rolling out the classes that he did, Georgia fans went from the ‘expecting-but-really-hoping’ type to ‘expecting’ type. This season, with Alabama disappointing as much as they did, Georgia has become inevitable. Inevitable teams in college football don’t sideswipe others out of the way. Remember Thanos had his struggles with The Avengers before eventually taking things over. Georgia’s struggles weren’t with the best of ’em. They were plain bad against Kent State and even worse against Missouri, but came through those battles. And the war against Ohio State? The much-vaunted Bulldogs defense was shredded for most part of that game, but they came back. The missed field goal from Ohio State at the end of the game
Read moreSEC Review: The good and the bad
It’s 2023 and Georgia’s going to the National Championship, facing off against little-fancied TCU for the Big One. But the SEC has had many other games. To save the embarrassment of (deep breath), Florida, Missouri, Kentucky, South Carolina, Ole Miss (and nearly Arkansas), we won’t be talking about the bowl losses. We also won’t be flapping our hands about Tennessee’s Orange Bowl win over Clemson despite being down two of the best wide receivers in program history, because we are focusing on the REGULAR season, when everyone hadn’t gone off in a huff and headed into the transfer portal (Shane Beamer’s refusal to have players who had put themselves in the portal play the bowl was F***ING AWESOME, BY THE
Read moreMike Leach just died. And we’re sad.
“Mike Leach died”. I got the text message about 10 minutes ago, and I’m stunned. It was weird, because it was coming. The updates from Steve Robertson at Mississippi State’s 247Sports indicated that he was going downhill fast, and then the skiing stopped, and Mike’s healed in Heaven. ‘The Pirate’, as he was affectionately know, was in charge of some of the most high-powered offenses college football ever seen. He made the ‘Air Raid’ offense so damned exciting, and prompted a whole new wave of people to get on board. Suddenly teams everywhere were dropped 40 or 50 points, going five wide, and making – to misquote Nick Saban – football as we would have all – secretly – like it to be.
Read moreMike Leach worsens after hospital transfer.
Mike Leach’s situation after the reported heart attack that he suffered that ended up with him being flown to Mississippi Medical Center has worsened, according to reports. 247’s Steve Robertson – one of the best-connected in ‘Cowbell World’ – wrote to subscribers that Leach’s situation had worsened: “I wish I had better news, but I’m told UMMC has transitioned into comfort care measures for Coach Mike Leach. It’s essentially hospice care at this point. I’m told he’s been largely if not totally non-responsive since the cardiac event yesterday morning. It appears to simply be a matter of time now. It all seems so unfair. Life is fleeting. Tell those you love how much you love them. Forgive, forgive, forgive. We
Read moreSEC Championship Game: Will there actually be an upset in Atlanta?
The SEC has had quite the week. If it wasn’t for Hugh Freeze returning to head coaching in the SEC like a cockroach, it was College Football expansion. Oh, and there were darker stories around the University of Florida, where back-up QB Jalen Kitna was arrested and jailed on child pornography charges. Well on Saturday, it’s time for business: The SEC Championship Game between No.1 Georgia (-17.5 O/U 52.5) and No.14 LSU. On the face of it, this should be an absolute cakewalk for the Bulldogs. LSU has just been housed by Texas A&M, who ran roughshod on the Tigers, who actually had the ‘Fightin’ taken away from them after such a shitty performance against a team that’s missing a
Read moreCollege Football Play-Off firms up future plans
After years of argument, we finally know what’s going on. College Football will have its 12-team play-off, starting in the 2024 season. This gives us one more year of arguing and raging, before we argue and rage about 50 more teams that should have made the 12. Anyhoo, the six highest-ranked conference champions in the 10 college football conferences will earn a spot, as well as six at-large bids. This means that it’s guaranteed that a Group-Of-Give team (or two, which could happen if the Sun Belt continues its upwards trajectory and the AAC continues to vastly improve) gets in, which is pleasing. SO WHAT HAPPENS ABOUT THE GAMES? The Rose, Cotton, Orange, Sugar, Fiesta and Peach Bowls will host
Read moreHugh Freeze gets Auburn job
A lot has been said about the hiring of Hugh Freeze. Personally, I don’t understand why Auburn AD John Cohen – who tried to effectively ‘death penalty’ Ole Miss when he was AD at Mississippi State over recruiting violations hired him in the first place. And then there’s the baggage he carries. There’s the Twitter messages to a rape victim at Liberty protecting his AD there – who was in charge at Baylor while a ream of rapes were happening in the football team. Then there’s making underage girls change in front of you when you were at Briarcrest Christian, which is outright weird. Then there’s the whores he called. He kept on saying how he’d gone through the wringer
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