The University of Florida and President Kent Fuchs had scheduled a gratitude day for the Friday before the Sept. 18 Alabama football game. There were to be many food trucks to celebrate the university and surrounding area making it through COVID-19. But six weeks ago, the Delta variant RSVPed by …
Read More »ACC, Big 12, Pac-12 Join in Alliance
When the SEC announced that Texas and Oklahoma would be joining the conference in 2025, the news sent shockwaves through the college sports landscape. After watching the SEC seemingly try to monopolize college football by taking the two biggest universities from the Big 12, many wondered how the other Power …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back 9 August 2nd
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend getting my sea legs back and sleeping a lot. Oh, and watching the Gators dominate in the Olympics. 10. There is this misconception that the college football season begins on SEC Media Days. Nothing could be further from the truth. When …
Read More »Oklahoma and Texas formally ask to join the SEC
Oklahoma and Texas have officially applied to join the SEC. This story rocked the college football world this week, and it is expected to effect every power five conferences. SEC commish Greg Sankey statement on adding OU & Texas pic.twitter.com/JZbm1fHGvk — Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) July 27, 2021 How this happened …
Read More »SEC Media Days: Auburn Overview
Dominating the SEC: Far are the days of Cam Newton’s Heisman campaign and the 2010 National Championship victory. Possibly the greatest play in tiger history, Chris Davis Jr’s return TD in the Iron Bowl against Alabama too was 8 years ago. Later that year the Tigers would reach the BCS …
Read More »Missouri at SEC Media Days
The final day of SEC Media Days is in the books after Missouri took the stage with second-year head coach Eliah Drinkwitz, Akial Byers, and Case Cook. Here are the biggest takeaways from the final day in Hoover. Eliah Drinkwitz Eliah Drinkwitz said he learned a lot about knowing who …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Friday Fivesome July 23rd
The Friday Fivesome comes at you before I wing my way to the West Coast for a short vacation. I need one quick recharging before we get to football season. 1. There has been so much talk about what may or may not happen down the road such as the …
Read More »Alabama SEC Media Day
On Wednesday, the reigning national champs, Alabama Crimson Tide, held their 2021 SEC Media day in Hoover, Alabama. Head coach Nick Saban, Defensive lineman Phidarian Mathis and wide receiver John Metchie III took the podium to discuss this upcoming season. https://twitter.com/AlabamaFTBL/status/1418232174252285961 New offense look offense side of the ball as …
Read More »Jimbo Fisher Still Questionable on Starting Quarterback
The Texas A&M head coach was the last to speak to the media Wednesday, as SEC Media Days continued in Hoover, Alabama. Fisher who is entering the fourth year coaching the Aggies told reporters that he hasn’t made the decision who will command the offense in their season opener against …
Read More »Tennessee, New Coach Josh Heupel at SEC Media Days
The Tennessee Volunteers may have gone 3-7 last year, but the optimism level is high. Josh Heupel enters the 2021-22 season as the 27th coach in program history, managing a new fast-tempo offense with four quarterbacks battling to start. Josh Heupel Heupel was a national championship quarterback at Oklahoma in …
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