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Ole Miss has added four-star running back Eric Swinney. Swinney, who’s from Sandy Creek HS from Tyrone, GA, was heavily recruited by Alabama, Auburn and Arkansas, Georgia and Tennessee. Florida State, Kentucky, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, Virginia Tech and Wisconsin also pursued him. Swinney, 5ft-10 and 188lb, is ranked by 24-7Sports as the 12th-best running back and 9th-best player in the State of Georgia.
Read moreOle Miss sophomore offensive linesman Austin Golson has announced that he’s leaving Oxford….to walk-on at Auburn. Golson played for Ole Miss as a reserve right guard as a freshman in 2013 and it was thought that he could have started in 2014. Anyway, he won’t. He will not receive a scholarship in 2014 from Auburn, but will walk on and pay his student fees. Golson’s not leaving for any other reason that he wants to be closer to his sick grandparents. He’s from Prattville, AL, which is a just over an hour away on I-85. Golson was offered by Alabama, Auburn and Florida State – and recruited heavily by the former two in high school. He was ranked the ninth-best
Read moreAuburn has shored up their future defense by landing another monster recruit in four-star linebacker Darrell Williams. 6ft 3, 223lb Williams, who hails from Birmingham, AL and plays at Hoover, announced that he would be playing for the Tigers on Wednesday. 24-7 Sports has ranked Williams as the nation’s 16th outside linebacker, and 6th-best in the State of Alabama. Williams was recruited by Alabama and Mississippi State, and also had offers from Florida State and Cincinnati.
Read moreLes Miles is furious that LSU will remain Florida’s permanent cross-division rival for the foreseeable future. The SEC announced Sunday that they are going to keep the 6-1-1 structure, with a permanent rival ensuring that LSU plays Florida. Auburn and Georgia will keep The South’s Oldest Rivalry, and Alabama will play Tennessee. They will also be mandated to play one out-of-conference game against one team from either the ACC, Pac-12, Big XII or Big Ten per year starting 2016. Miles told The Advocate: “We play the toughest schedule in America in our conference, and then we have the bias of the permanent partner…We’re now also being mandated to take a BCS team. The bias of the schedule continues to be
Read moreIt’s interesting, reading excerpts of Steve Spurrier’s interview with ESPN’s Chris Low. Apparently he said that he’d rather not be siphoned off into retirement, but instead simply “resign”. “I like resign a lot better“, said the South Carolina coach. “Retiring sounds too much like you’re going to sit around and not do a whole lot. I’m not a sit-around kind of guy.” The problem is is that with Steve Spurrier could be a victim of his own success. Steve Spurrier has guided South Carolina to three straight 11 wins seasons (2011, 2012, 2013). He’s also had three-straight bowl wins. He’s taken South Carolina to a SEC Championship Game and if we’re honest, the Gamecocks have been unlucky with their schedule
Read more4-star running back/safety Kerryon Johnson has committed to Auburn, nixing hot competition from Alabama and Florida State. Johnson, who plays at Madison Academy, AL, said in a press conference: “The Auburn coaches are good Christian guys who will get on you, but it’s about love…..We talked about family.” Johnson also had offers from Clemson and LSU, and had visited Alabama, Florida State and Auburn previously. He’s ranked the 2nd-best player in the State of Alabama behind defensive tackle Daron Payne….who’s also committed to Auburn. Highlights of Johnson’s offensive and defensive highlights can be seen here.
Read moreLeaving Texas A&M after just two years of being the starting quarterback for the Aggies was a massive mistake, Johnny Manziel has revealed. The Heisman-winning quarterback of 2012 said in an interview: “After the Pro Day at College Station, and I realized: I made a horrible mistake leaving College Station a year early. I could have stayed another year, got through some of my errors – I still regret some of those turnovers- and won the Heisman again.” And let’s face it: Manziel is from a family who doesn’t exactly need the money, either. Manziel’s career with Texas A&M was sparkling: He threw for 7,820 yards and 63 TDs. And ran for 2,169 and 30 TDs. And missed an extra
Read moreIn celebration of ESPN’s delivery of the College Football’s week-by-week schedule and team schedules (we’re just trying to get our breath back!), we’re going to rank the SEC’s top games for the opening weekend. We don’t know who the new Johnny, Jadeveon, or Tre’s going to be. Or the new AJ, Zach or Aaron is going to be. Or Connor, Odell, Jarvis or Jeremy. We don’t know how Derek is going to set out his D at Vanderbilt, or Jeremy at Georgia. You know, if there’s enough Georgia players not in jail. We don’t know. But this delivery of schedule gives us one thing during the Madness of March: Adrenaline. So, without further ado: 1) Texas A&M at South Carolina
Read moreMike Slive is going to be back for the 2014-5 academic year, the SEC Commissioner told reporters. He said to the Birmingham News: “I’ve got too much going on…..I’ve got the (SEC) Network to work on. I’ve got football scheduling to solve. We’ve got the NCAA restructuring. We’ve got a lot of important issues to take care of. I wouldn’t miss it for the world.” The report noted that Slive made $1.2m in 2012-3.
Read moreDish Network and ESPN owner Disney have finally come to a deal over DVRing, according to reports. And in a side agreement between the two sides, SEC fans will be able to watch the new SEC Network when it comes in August. The two sides had also come to an agreement which means that the Dish’s auto-hop function – which allows viewers not to have to view commercials – will be disabled for all ABC/ESPN programming. And while that may be annoying for some people DVRing SEC games or SEC Network shows, the good news is is that at least they’ll be watching them. John Skipper, President, ESPN & Co-Chairman, Disney Media Networks said in a statement: “We worked with DISH to
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