Tag: SEC West

Chad Morris joins Auburn as OC

In what should be an explosive meeting of minds, Chad Morris is joining Gus Malzahn as offensive coordinator for Auburn. Morris, who was recently ousted as the head coach of Arkansas after 2 horrific years, comes with the reputation of quick-moving, high-scoring offenses – enhanced by years at Clemson where that was the case. He comes after former OC Kelly Dillingham went to Florida State to take up the same position there under new head coach Mike Norvell. For Malzahn, who probably looking for a bit of life in an offense that looked rather listless this season – including a quarterback that went from bad to OK in freshman Bo Nix, this arrival will be well-received by the Auburn faithful.

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Mike Bobo is South Carolina’s new OC

Mike Bobo is returning to the SEC. The former Georgia OC has been hired by South Carolina to be the team’s new offensive mastermind under Will Muschamp after he left Colorado State. His job won’t be easy – He’ll be charged with improving one of the country’s worst offenses, which averaged 121st in yards per play in the country. He will replace Bryan McClendon as OC. Bobo started with a trio of winning seasons with Colorado State before 2-6 and 3-5 seasons in 2018 and 2019. He was sidelined in 2018 with peripheral neuropathy after he experienced numbness in his feet. Coaching-wise, he should be an ideal fit for South Carolina. At Georgia he was somewhat of a quarterback whisperer

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Good luck, sir: Sam Pittman is Arkansas’ new head coach

Arkansas was rumored to be going after Lane Kiffin. And Mike Norvell. And just about anybody else. Then came the name Sam Pittman, the associate head coach and offensive line coach at Georgia. The 58 year-old is not well-known until you are well-versed in the world of college football assistant coaches. Pittman has gone through 11 colleges in his 24 years in the major college system. He’s been in the SEC since 2013, working with Tennessee (O-Line), Arkansas (Assistant head coach/O-Line) and then Georgia. He was much-loved by his players, with Georgia players stepping up to give tribute. He will be paid $3 million per year by the Razorbacks. Pittman has also been excellent at recruiting top offensive line talent

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Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss sell gets off to rocky start

Things have suddenly got a little more serious for Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss. Hired by Ole Miss as the excellent salesman who gets offensive talent from all over the country to play for him  as well as the bright mind of offensive schemes, Kiffin was suddenly hit by the news he probably wasn’t happy with. Four-star dual-threat QB Robby Ashford, decommitted today, and his tone didn’t exactly sound like he wanted to be contacted by Kiffin again. Right now, Ole Miss stands 11th in the SEC and 32nd in the nation. He’ll also try and hold onto an Ole Miss team who were furious at Luke’s firing. While Ashford probably saw John Rhys Plumlee as the defacto starter and

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Eliah Drinkwitz named as Missouri Coach

After a lot of quick hot stove conversation, Eli Drinkwitz was named as Missouri’s coach on Tuesday. 36-year old Drinkwitz, who comes from Appalachian State after posting an 11-1 record last season, was in the SEC for Auburn in 2010-1 as the quality control coach, before going to Arkansas State with then-OC Gus Malzahn and then onto Boise State and NC State as he moved furiously up the coaching food chain.“ “Coach Malzahn and I actually got together this past summer and talked and I think there was some surprise, on both sides, about how far we both evolved from those (early) points together — but we still have that foundation of our time together, too.” He will be the youngest coach

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Joey Gatewood transfers to Kentucky

Former Auburn QB Joey Gatewood has transferred to Kentucky. Gatewood left the Tigers in the middle of the season when it became obvious that he wouldn’t overtake Bo Nix in Gus Malzahn’s pecking order – a move that was ridiculed by Auburn Nation (at least until the Tigers beat Alabama last week). He came to The Plains in 2018 as a highly-recruited player, where he totalled 5 touchdowns and over 200 yards in combined passing and rushing. It is expected that junior Lynn Bowden, who has carried the team with 1,235 yards and 11 TDs (including 284 against Louisville) after coverting from the wide receiver spot will return to his original place. Gatewood will challenge Sawyer Smith and Terry Wilson for

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The SEC Championship Game: Preview and Predictions

The Super Bowl 2019 has arrived! Yes, it’s the SEC Championship Game. While it seems a bit of a relief to have someone other than Alabama or Auburn as the SEC West’s representative (LSU is there for the first time since 2011), Georgia seems to be installed in The Big Game, having been there for the last three consecutive years (1-2 record). This year, there’s all to play for. LSU, who are No.2 in the nation behind Ohio State, will definitely go to the College Football Play-Off with a win over Georgia (and probably will get in anyway!), while No. 4 Georgia will definitely get in with a win over LSU, because the Committee are unlikely to jump Utah or

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Ole Miss fires Luke a day after Missouri cans Odom

The weekend was always going to be messy for head coaches. Nicknamed ‘Black Friday’ in the college football world, schools tend to get rid of the pieces that they don’t like as quickly as possible in an effort to show their all-important recruits as well as boosters that winning is all-important. At Ole Miss, Matt Luke lost his job after a 15-21 record (6-18 in the SEC) in three seasons. You could hardly blame Luke for failures after his first season. He was given a poisoned chalice in NCAA sanctions and the firing of Hugh Freeze. The boosters liked him, the players liked him (according to the Clarion-Ledger a number of players walked out of the meeting angrily) , but the powers-that-be,

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Texas A&M vs Georgia: Barking Predictions

  Texas A&M visits Georgia for the first time in its SEC history. For CBS, Gary Danielson will try and sound sympathetic if a football player runs into a photographer (probably for the first time in history), and Brad Nessler will call his buddy ‘pardner’, like he was John Wayne in an ole shoot-out movie (as he does every week). It would be strange if anything else – like an upset in Texas A&M’s favour – happened. But that’s not the important part that you should pay attention. It’s the parallels you should pay attention to: They both have weird affections for dogs Texas A&M takes the affection for the canine to a whole new level. Aggies fans worship Reveille

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Tua should stay at Alabama next year

Alabama fans hadn’t mourned this badly since the death of Bear Bryant. Their star quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa was lying on the ground from a seemingly innocuous hit. A few minutes later, it was announced that he wouldn’t return to the game. A few hours after that, it was announced he wouldn’t be returning for the year. Alabama fans, still remembering his heroics in the 2018 National Championship Game against Georgia, asked themselves: “Will we ever see Tua play in Tuscaloosa again?” The general thought is ‘no’. He’s going to pack his bags and go straight to the NFL, where he’ll get millions as a top-round NFL Draft pick. But as Lee Corso says: Not so fast, my friend. There are

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