Author: Alex Haddon

The SEC Football Blog loves everything about SEC football. If it's news - and it's interesting - we'll be publishing it, and remarking on it.

NIL isn’t ruining college football: It’s the analysts

There are a lot of people who hate NIL. They hate the thought of players ‘getting theirs’. They hate the thought that players aren’t going to college just for the education, but actually as a stepping stone into the NFL. “The players should stay loyal to us!”, they say, adding: “They should also play in the bowl games, too!”. For me, NIL isn’t ruining college football. The bigger schools ALWAYS had boosters who would do this kind of stuff. And boosters who want to be more associated with a bunch of 18-21 year olds because it looks good for them to say: “I give money to Alabama”, and perhaps they can now declare the NIL money as a tax write-off,

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Transfer Portal News: LSU bags All-American O-Line player

LSU has pulled off another coup with signing FIU offensive linesman Miles Frazier, who was a freshman All-American. The school’s offensive line last year had been pretty horrific, giving up 38 sacks (second-worst in the SEC, 115th nationally), which was due to bad play and a stacking up of injuries. Frazier is one of the biggest ‘gets’ of Brian Kelly’s young career in Death Valley. This comes off the back of news that Myles Brennan, who would have started in 2021 had he not been injured, had pulled his name out of the transfer portal.

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LSU’s Myles Brennan returns from portal, Eli Ricks does not

Myles Brennan has announced that he is pulling his name from the transfer portal and will inside vie to be LSU’s starting quarterback. The move came after – I expect – a conversation with Brian Kelly about how bare the QB cupboard was at LSU and that he would almost certainly be the 2022 starter. He will compete with freshman Walker Howard, a five-star QB who stayed committed today the school despite Ed Orgeron’s departure. Yesterday the news broke that former All-American CB Eli Ricks had decided to move to Alabama in the transfer portal, which must have infuriated LSU fans. Ricks was out from October after smashing his shoulder, so he should start immediately for the Crimson Tide, who

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South Carolina grabs two top transfers from portal

South Carolina has made the early SEC splash in the transfer portal by getting commitments from former Oklahoma QB Spencer Rattler, and his teammate Austin Stogner. This will significantly upgrade South Carolina’s offensive room, where they were a putrid 109th out of 130 in points-per-game. Rattler and Stogner leave as part of a wave of players leaving Norman after head coach Lincoln Riley departed for USC (the other one!) two weeks ago. And while it is hardly a surprise bearing in mind that South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer worked on Oklahoma’s staff from 2018 to 2020 as an assistant head coach as well tight ends coach. Gamecocks fans will be hoping to see the QB who was a preseason

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Johnsons pull out of LSU

  Hot on the heels of Myles Brennan’s decision to transfer, LSU’s starting QB Max Johnson has decided to leave Baton Rouge. LSU now has one scholarship athlete on its roster – although next year the Tigers bring in 5-star QB Walker Howard, with Garrett Nussmeier also there. New coach Brian Kelly is going to have to get a transfer in, which shouldn’t seem hard bearing in mind LSU’s status. Johnson threw for 2,815 yards, 27 TDs and 6 INTs, yet was utterly medicore as a passer, finishing with a completion percentage of 60.3% (225 – 373). Despite being generally unloved by Tigers fans, Johnson won their hearts with a tremendous final drive against Texas A&M that gave departing coach

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SEC Bowl Line-Ups

These are the bowls that SEC teams are involved in. Obviously the biggest games are the two play-off semi-finals games. We’ll update you with previews before the whole thing starts. To repeat what everyone else has said: All but Vanderbilt are involved!! Wednesday, December 22 Armed Forces Bowl: Army vs. Missouri 8 p.m., ESPN Thursday, December 23 Gasparilla Bowl: Florida vs. UCF 7 p.m., ESPN Tuesday, December 28 Birmingham Bowl: Houston vs. Auburn Noon, ESPN 3:15 p.m., ESPN Liberty Bowl: Texas Tech vs. Mississippi State 6:45 p.m., ESPN Thursday, December 30 Duke’s Mayo Bowl: North Carolina vs. South Carolina 11:30 a.m., ESPN Music City Bowl: Tennessee vs. Purdue 3 p.m., ESPN Friday, December 31 Gator Bowl: Texas A&M vs. Wake

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