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Mr. College Football Backs Texas
Tony Barnhart, the longtime college football columnist for the Atlanta-Journal Constitution is considered one of the most influential voices in the media on the sport. He is easing his way out of the AJC and working more and more for TV. As far as Texas fans are concerned, he buried the lead today...
The week in news- Great Gilbert, QB Who? and Jimmy Clausen Day
I came across a fair amount of interesting stuff this week. I'll get right into it. Garret Gilbert was last spotted playing quarterback for Texas in the National Title game after Colt McCoy left the game with one of the most poorly timed freak injuries in modern college football history. Gilbert...
The Top Media Personalities in College Football
With the anticipation of college football building, now's the time to revisit a topic we addressed a few years ago: Who are the top college football media personalities? Outside of the players, coaches and pageantry, the on-air personalities shape our Saturday's more than anything else. Who are...
Bobby Johnson's Sudden Retirement Sends Shock Waves Through SEC
You never know exactly where a day is going to take you. On Wednesday morning, I scheduled this posting to appear on Wednesday afternoon. In the interim, Bobby Johnson abruptly resigned as the head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores. Be forewarned, therefore, that this posting is going to be all...
Monday Night Dawg Bites: Don't Drink and Drive . . . Seriously! Cut It Out, Already!
Under the circumstances, you could be forgiven for failing to notice this fact, but, believe it or not, I was out of town on vacation last week. You probably couldn’t tell I was away, what with the news of our then-athletic director’s arrest for driving under the influence breaking on the day...
Why Replacing the Georgia Dome with a Smaller Football Stadium is a Bad Idea
One of my favorite features of the new SB Nation Atlanta regional site is the so-called "Atlanta Starting Lineup," which daily calls our attention to five "must-reads" for the local sports fan. One of today’s links was to a recommended replacement facility for the Georgia Dome. The proposed...
Are the Tennessee Volunteers Now a Bigger Rival of the Georgia Bulldogs' Than the Clemson Tigers?
My belief that the Georgia Bulldogs and the Clemson Tigers have an ongoing rivalry that needs to be revived more regularly is well-documented, as is my ulterior motive for emphasizing the series. However, recent discussions concerning the prospects for SEC expansion and the possibility that Clemson...
"Don't Mess With Texas": Why Snagging the Longhorns is Critical if the SEC is to Survive Big Ten Expansion
Generally speaking, my take on all the offseason conference expansion talk has been to enjoy the baseless speculation game ("Gee, wouldn’t it be neat if . . .") but otherwise to agree with Year2’s position that a bigger Big Ten doesn’t necessarily obligate the SEC to enlarge. I thought that . . ....
Why I Have Been So Fixated Lately on the College Football Rivalry Between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Clemson Tigers
(Author’s Note: There will be no postgame baseball report this evening. My wife and children are out of school this week on spring break, so I am taking a couple of days off to spend with my family and attend to some responsibilities at home. My son and I will be traveling to Clemson, S.C., to see...
Erk Russell Has Been Nominated for the College Football Hall of Fame
Yesterday afternoon, I told you I wouldn’t be posting anything new until today and that an explanation would be forthcoming. Your patience is, of course, appreciated. This is what occupied my time on Tuesday: Last spring, I joined the National Football Foundation so that I could nominate Erk...
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