Author: Alex Haddon

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Gators, Tide, Tigers chomping at the bit: 8 Things About the SEC After Week 8

1) Well, South Carolina got a fine lesson in not turning the ball over, didn’t they? The Gamecocks had four turnovers, and were punished for each one. Heck, they were punished for everything else they did badly, too by the Gators and tens of thousands of Gator fans chomping at the bit for more. 2) As for Texas A&M – another game with a fantastic atmosphere – Kyle Field learned what it’s like to be Les Miles-ed, where your team outplays the Tigers for half-a-game only to go in at the break losing and then being smashmouthed by defense and running backs for the second. LSU wasn’t great in Aggieland, but sometimes, it’s better to be lucky than great –

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Why UGA can’t get in the SEC Championship Game (Revisited)

2013’s schedule came out, and already Georgia has gone to the top of everyone’s SEC list, because they’ve got a horrible schedule. Check this out: Aug. 31 at Clemson  Sept. 7 South Carolina  Sept. 14 Open Sept. 21 North Texas Sept. 28 LSU  Oct. 5 at Tennessee  Oct. 12 Missouri Oct. 19 at Vanderbilt Oct. 26 Open Nov. 2 vs. Florida  Nov. 9 Appalachian State Nov. 16 at Auburn Nov. 23 Kentucky Nov. 30 at Georgia Tech Highlighted are the games we think the Dawgs will struggle or lose in. It could be an 8-4, 7-5 year. Otherwise, Athens is not going to be happy. But let’s not talk about 2013 anymore – we’ve still got a few games left on the 2012 one yet. UGA might not want to be reminded, but the

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Back to 2012: Week 8 SEC Predictions

Now that the SEC schedule for 2013’s arrived, Christmas has descended early on the Southland and now we’re virtually ignoring what is still a gangbusters 2012 for the conference. Alabama and Florida were named your BCS No. 1 and No.2 – although that won’t be the National Championship Game unless all hell breaks loose on the schedule. Anyway, here are our predictions for this week. And the soundtrack? We’re going with the Drive By Truckers’ ‘Kings Of The South’, from their incredible album ‘Southern Rock Opera’. It’s a beautiful thing…. So here we go…. SOUTH CAROLINA AT FLORIDA If we believe Steve Spurrier, Marcus Lattimore and virtually the whole Gamecocks side is out of the game with bruises, cuts, or

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SEC releases 2013 Football schedule

It’s Christmas come early for SEC fans. The 2013’s schedule is out! Aug. 31 Ole Miss at Vanderbilt   Sept. 7 South Carolina at Georgia   Sept. 14 Alabama at Texas A&M Mississippi State at Auburn Vanderbilt at South Carolina   Sept. 21 Auburn at LSU Tennessee at Florida   Sept. 28 Ole Miss at Alabama Texas A&M at Arkansas Florida at Kentucky LSU at Georgia   Oct. 5 Arkansas at Florida Ole Miss at Auburn Georgia at Tennessee Kentucky at South Carolina LSU at Mississippi State Missouri at Vanderbilt   Oct. 12 Alabama at Kentucky South Carolina at Arkansas Florida at LSU Missouri at Georgia Texas A&M at Ole Miss   Oct. 19 Arkansas at Alabama Auburn at Texas

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10 Points About Week 7 Of The SEC Season

Now that the BCS Standings are out, we’ve been assured of this: The SEC is the best conference in college football, and the pollsters and the computers know it. Alabama’s for real. Florida’s for real. Heck, South Carolina and LSU are for real. Get out of our way, rest of college football…..We’re gunning for another Crystal Ball, and if you get out of our way, you’ll get chomped, crushed, or impaled. Anyway, here’s our 10 thoughts from a wild Week 7 of the College Football season. 1) What an atmosphere in Tiger Stadium on Saturday. We could feel the tremors across America. LSU was the better side on Saturday, and beat South Carolina 23-21 thanks to a breakout performance from

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At last, the Tigers Roar (and so do the Tide and Gators!): Week 7 Rankings

Right, it’s been a mad week in College Football – so much so that we’re going to rank our Top 14 straight away. Without further ado, here’s where we are: 1) Alabama – Rolled to a 28-point lead over Missouri until the rains came. Then looked really scrappy, but the Tide dealt with the tests. And news just in: Eddie Lacy’s a beast. And so is that defensive line. 2) Florida – It wasn’t pretty against Vanderbilt, but it was effective. Jeff Driskell’s beginning to (whisper) remind people of (whisper) Tim Tebow. Oh, and that defense is as good as we thought they were. We’ll see how good the offensive line is against South Carolina. That game’s going to be

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Two Death Valleys? SEC Week 7 Preview

If there’s a pot, Steve Spurrier will be there to stir it. This week, Steve Spurrier hammered Georgia (both with mouth and with team), and hammered Clemson (“My boys haven’t been to Death Valley before“, he opined on the radio). This week, he’s going to hell. Quite possibly to prepare him for the afterlife, Clemson fans might say. Anyways, here’s an excerpt from a poem that our boy Alfred, Lord Tennyson prepared for South Carolina’s trip to Death Valley, Baton Rouge: “Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. “Forward, the Light Brigade! “Charge for the guns!” he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.”

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Lazy Saturday? Not us! SEC Rankings 1-14 After Week 6

After hammering y’all with country music, we decided to chill out a little bit for the soundtrack to the next load of rankings – it’s a dance track called ‘Lazy’. If you don’t enjoy it, sorry. Anyway, with this in mind, here’s our SEC Power Rankings After Week 6, where there’s been more than a little change. 1) Alabama – Nick Saban is all-powerful – so much so that HE WANTS NO HUDDLE OFFENSES STOPPED. So is this Alabama program at the moment. The question: How would they do against an Oregon or West Virginia? Quite well, we think… 2) South Carolina – I thought Florida was the pick of the SEC East until I saw South Carolina demolish Georgia

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Gators, Gamecocks crow as Georgia, LSU stumble: 10 Points about Week 6

Wow. On ‘Moving Day’ in the SEC, the elevator up took South Carolina and Florida, and on the way down it took Georgia, LSU, and Auburn as it fell. Anyway, here’s some 10 points about Week 10 in the SEC. And the music we’re going to bring with it is Brad Paisley’s ‘Southern Comfort Zone’. If you love your NASCAR, you’ll love some of the noises at the start. 1) South Carolina absolutely crucified Georgia. It wasn’t the scoreline (35-7) that astonished us, but it was the brutish manner that the Gamecocks did it in one of the noisiest arenas in the SEC. Jadeveon Clowney and Devin Taylor humiliated Georgia’s offensive line, limited Aaron Murray to 11-31 for just 109

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Saturday is Moving Day SEC Preview Week 6

Regardless of how the SEC is standing this year, Saturday is ‘Moving Day’ In the SEC, where we’ll see actually how good the four of the top five SEC teams are….when they play each other. The CBS game – which must infuriate all fans looking for the all-day Gator get-together/bender in Gainseville, is showing Florida entertaining LSU, while on Saturday night Georgia visits South Carolina and their Dawg Nation’s vaunted enemy, Steve Spurrier. It’s going to be a great weekend, folks…….let’s enjoy the ride. LSU vs Florida This game always stands out on the calendar, and many can see why: It’s usually a good one. Our favorite part from recent years was back in 2010, when a fake field goal

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