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A College Football Playoff? Get Ready for Lots of SEC-quels [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:46:54 +0000

They've just started production for college football's playoff blockbuster, but the sneak previews are already out. And this flick is scary...y'all.

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"In a world of plenty, they wanted more

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A College Football Playoff? Get Ready for Lots of SEC-quels [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 06:29:16 +0000

They've just started production for college football's playoff blockbuster, but the sneak previews are already out. And this flick is scary...y'all.

Roll it!

"In a world of plenty, they wanted more

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Texas A&M Awkwardly Introduces Itself to SEC [VIDEO]

Duke Keith — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:43:39 +0000

Oh, boy...if Texas A&M thought the whole "Aggie joke" thing might quiet down by moving to the SEC, this isn't going to help. As genteel as the South may be, when it comes to football it's best not to poke the hornets' nest. Especially when you poke it so...awkwardly.

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Petrino Tempted Karma with Bold, Bad Behavior [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:24:59 +0000

If, for some stupid reason, you ever start thinking you've grown too big for karma to reach her arms around you and your reputation, think again, long and hard, and remember the name Bobby Petrino.

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Kentucky's Anthony Davis Is Dominating the SEC – This Week in College Basketball

Joe Student — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:50:51 +0000

No. 7 Duke, No. 8 Kansas and No. 9 Michigan State all lost this week. Those defeats should clear the way for still-undefeated No. 10 Murray State (23-0, 11-0 Ohio Valley) to race further up the AP NCAA men’s basketball poll. Here’s what’s happening in college basketball this week:

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SEC Controls Top Three Spots in AP Football Poll

Wes Glinsmann — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:16:45 +0000

For just the second time in the 75-year history of the AP poll, one conference holds the top three spots at the same time.

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Houston Nutt Resigns As Ole Miss Coach After 12 Straight SEC Losses

Wes Glinsmann — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:07:08 +0000

After a 2-7 start to the season (0-6 in the SEC), Mississippi head coach Houston Nutt announced Monday that he will be resigning at the end of the season. Ole Miss Athletic Director Pete Boone also announced that he would be stepping down next year, but did not give a specific date.

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Missouri Announced as SEC's 14th Member

Wes Glinsmann — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:17:52 +0000

After weeks of negotiation and “will they or won’t they” speculation, the Southeastern Conference finally made it official on Sunday, announcing its acceptance of Missouri as the league’s 14th school. The Tigers are expected to make the move next summer at the same time as fellow Big 12 member Texas A&M, which is also leaving for the SEC.

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Why LSU and Alabama should play again for the BCS National Championship

Andy Lee — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:12:43 +0000

Because this year's 'game of the century' didn't have enough points to satisfy most fans (north of the Mason Dixon line and west of the Mississippi) there is tons of sentiment that under no circumstances should LSU and Alabama play again for the BCS National Championship game

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SEC Investigating Confrontation Between Georgia, Vanderbilt Coaches [VIDEO]

Wes Glinsmann — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:07:42 +0000

While the postgame scuffle in the NFL between San Francisco’s Jim Harbaugh and Detroit’s Jim Schwartz captured the headlines, Vanderbilt and Georgia did their part to show that dust-ups between coaches aren’t limited to the pros.

The Southeastern Conference is looking into a postgame confrontation on Saturday between Vanderbilt head coach James Franklin and Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham.

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Love it or Hate it, C-USA and the Mountain West are Merging

Brandon Cohn — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:34:10 +0000

It is official, C-USA and the Mountain West Conferences have agreed to create a 22 team football only league which will begin play next season. This move was inevitable considering all of the teams that have left their respective conferences the past couple of seasons in college football.

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Texas A&M Will Join the SEC in 2012

Danny Groner — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:28:26 +0000

After weeks of rumors, Texas A&M is set to leave the Big 12 and to join the SEC, the league said on Sunday. The move will go into effect next July.

“We are excited to begin competition in the nation’s premier athletic conference,” Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin said in a statement.

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Texas A&M's Move to SEC Faces Opposition from Baylor

Wes Glinsmann — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:24:38 +0000

When Texas A&M announced last week it would be leaving the Big 12, it turned from an amicable split into a bad divorce in a short time. Even when it seems like the school and the conference had reached a compromise, one side finds a way to submarine the deal.

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Will Baylor Delay Texas A&M's Departure to the SEC?

Andy Lee — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:36:44 +0000

In the latest chapter of Texas A&M's "It's not you it's me......I swear" break up with the Big 12, Baylor University may be playing the role of the fat or ugly chick at the club.

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Texas A&M to Leave Big 12

Andy Lee — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:53:13 +0000

In the latest installment of the 'it's not you it's me' relationship between Texas A&M and the Big 12, the Aggies have notified the Big 12 that they plan to leave the conference by July 2012.

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Texas A&M to SEC Rumors Heat Up Again

Andy Lee — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:00:27 +0000

Last summer Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe looked like a savior when Nebraska and Colorado bolted for the Big 10 and Pac 10 respectively. Faced with the prospect of his conference dissolving, Beebe secured a billion dollar, multi year television deal for the Big 12. Crisis averted, right?

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