Category: Vanderbilt

Looking at the best Class of ’21 WRs in the SEC…

    Heisman Winner DaVonte Smith and Jaylen Waddle are gone. So is Florida standout Kadarious Toney. If we hadn’t already said goodbye to J’Marr Chase last year after he opted out of the 2020 season, he’s definitely not coming back now. Nor is Terrace Marshall, who was like God at the start of the season for LSU before he decided – in my words more than his – not worth getting injured for. Nor is Ole Miss’ Elijah Moore, Auburn speedster Anthony Schwartz and his fellow Tiger Seth Williams. But the class of 2021 has brought with it more and more talent. Sadly for the rest of the SEC, most of that talent is going to the SEC West:

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A note to the incoming Alabama football athlete

  You wouldn’t know that a below-average sized, thinning-haired, 69-year old male who last played the game when your grandparents were alive, would be able to coax you – the giant among giant on the high school football stage – enough to go and play in a State that to most people would be one they wouldn’t want to visit, let alone live.   And yet year after year, the Pied Piper of Tuscaloosa brings the Gods of American High School into campus and gets them to sign on the dotted line. So here’s a letter to that class. You could replay this letter for many of the major programs, by the way. ***** If you come to Tuscaloosa, you’ll

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Tennessee hires Josh Heupel as new head coach. What’s next?

Tennessee has hired former UCF head coach Josh Heupel as its new head coach. Danny White – who is now Tennessee’s AD – was formerly Heupel’s boss at UCF. He’ll be paid $4 million-a-year on a 6-year deal. He said on his press conference: “I believe in a very, very bright future for Tennessee football. I believe that there’s a minor speed bump that we’re going through, but the kids that are in our program right now and the kids that are being recruited are going to have a chance to play and chase championships.” First of all, we know that Tennessee fans would have loved a ‘bigger name hire’, but what self-respecting head coach would want to walk into

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SEC West Schedule 2021: Alabama at Florida leads the way

It’s Christmas morning. The SEC has released it’s 2021 Football Schedule. Here’s the one for the West. ALABAMA Sept. 4 vs. Miami (Atlanta) Sept. 11 MERCER Sept. 18 at Florida Sept. 25 SOUTHERN MISS Oct. 2 OLE MISS Oct. 9 at Texas A&M Oct. 16 at Mississippi State Oct. 23 TENNESSEE Oct. 30 Open Date Nov. 6 LSU Nov. 13 NEW MEXICO STATE Nov. 20 ARKANSAS Nov. 27 at Auburn ARKANSAS Sept. 4 RICE Sept. 11 TEXAS Sept. 18 GEORGIA SOUTHERN Sept. 25 vs. TEXAS A&M (Arlington) Oct. 2 at Georgia Oct. 9 at Ole Miss Oct. 16 AUBURN Oct. 23 UAPB Oct. 30 Open Date Nov. 6 MISSISSIPPI STATE Nov. 13 at LSU Nov. 20 at Alabama Nov. 27

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SEC East Schedule: Georgia vs Clemson leads the way

It’s Christmas morning. The SEC has released it’s 2021 Football Schedule. Here’s the one for the East. There’s a big game in Charlotte to open the season….. FLORIDA Sept. 4 FLORIDA ATLANTIC Sept. 11 at South Florida Sept. 18 ALABAMA Sept. 25 TENNESSEE Oct. 2 at Kentucky Oct. 9 VANDERBILT Oct. 16 at LSU Oct. 30 vs. GEORGIA (Jacksonville) Nov. 6 at South Carolina Nov. 13 SAMFORD Nov. 20 at Missouri Nov. 27 FLORIDA STATE GEORGIA Sept. 4 vs. Clemson (Charlotte) Sept. 11 UAB Sept. 18 SOUTH CAROLINA Sept. 25 at Vanderbilt Oct. 2 ARKANSAS Oct. 9 at Auburn Oct. 16 KENTUCKY Oct. 30 vs. Florida (Jacksonville) Nov. 6 MISSOURI Nov. 13 at Tennessee Nov. 20 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN Nov. 27

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So who IS Tennessee?

This week Tennessee’s new AD Danny White – fresh from the University of Central Florida – has been trying to hire a new head coach. The rumor is that he’s already got one, and Tuesday’s press conference will tell the world that they’ve hired [add name here]. But my question: How are the real Tennessee?  THE BAD NEWS The NCAA is going to be up your ass There’s no kinder way to put this, but it’s very possible that if all the Jeremy Pruitt coaching violations are as true as they’ve been written, we might not have a UT Volunteers program worth looking for at least 3 or 4 years. It might not be death penalty scale, but it might

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Pruitt fired as Tennessee coach for ’cause’

Jeremy Pruitt has been fired by the University of Tennessee after an investigation into recruiting violations. It certainly will help the university that they won’t have to pay the extra money under the $12 million he was owed as part of the contract. AD Philip Fulmer will also ‘retire’ as well. ESPN reported: “Sources told ESPN that Tennessee’s recruitment of Amarius Mims, the No. 3 offensive tackle and No. 19 player overall in the 2021 ESPN 300 rankings, is part of the inquiry“. It is under no coincidence – nope, none whatever – that Pruitt compiled a 3-7 record in 2020, highlighted by a record loss against Kentucky – a year after giving him a massive pay raise and contract

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National Championship Preview: Alabama vs Ohio State

Since we last wrote this, here’s some news: Alabama is going to play in the National Championship against Ohio State (more about that later). Crimson Tide WR DeVonta Smith won the Heisman. Speaking of Auburn, the Tigers just hired Bryan Harsin to be their head coach. Former South Carolina OC Mike Bobo will be new OC, and former Vanderbilt HC Derek Mason will be the new DC. Speaking of Vanderbilt, the Commodores hired Notre Dame DC Clark Lea to be their head coach.d Texas is hiring Alabama’s OC Steve Sarkasian to be its head coach. The SEC went 6-2 in their bowl games, with only Auburn and Florida losing their games. Florida HC Dan Mullen is reportedly trying to sell

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