Out of Bounds Show PodcastBIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Colin Wells seemed genuinely puzzled when he returned a voice mail message Thursday afternoon. Why would a sports writer want to talk to him? The 44-year-old may be originally from the United Kingdom, but he’s not unlike countless born-and-bred Alabama football fans. The owner of Bama Bandz and Tan at the Beach,…
Offense sells tickets. Defense wins championships. -Bear Bryant Many people have taken a shot at trying to prove or disprove the second part of the Bear’s adage about defense winning championships. I myself took a shot at explaining some element of it in 2009, though many others have taken more rigorous looks at the issue. The general…
What will the SEC look like in five years? Will it be any different? If so, what changes might we see? In my previous article, I touched on the likelihood of Texas A&M joining the SEC in the not-so-distant future. The Aggies jumping eastward then creates a domino effect that trickles throughout the Big 12, sending…
It has been said that college football fans oftentimes get the coaches they deserve. We’re a school of tradition loving good ol’ boys? Great, Houston Nutt fits that almost too well. Mississippi State fans are a bunch of annoying goofballs? Dan Mullen practically invented annoying goofballery. LSU partisans are a collection of incomprehensible loons? Les…
OFFENSE Marcus Green, TE, Sr.: When Mississippi State quarterback Chris Relf gets in trouble this season, Green could well end up being Relf’s best friend. After tearing up his knee in the second game last season, Green is back and figures to be an integral part of the Bulldogs’ offense. A former running back in high…
Is Alleva staying good for LSU? On the face of it, yes. LSU would certainly lose face if it lost its A.D. to a peer program in its own conference. Especially when Alleva is about to begin a five-year tenure on the men’s basketball selection committee, the most visible and arguably most prestigious committee the…
Rick Stansbury is bringing in reinforcements via the transfer route. Kristers Zeidaks — a 6-8 small forward from Latvia — has been academically cleared by the NCAA and will have three years of eligibility with Mississippi State’s basketball team. It’s expected that Zeidaks will have to sit out the first few games this season due to…
2. The money Who wouldn’t want to coach in a league where a dozen coordinators are making more than half a million dollars a year? Of the league’s head coaches, only Vandy’s James Franklin makes less than $2 million a year. You pay the big bucks and you are going to get the best coaches.…
In addition to messageboard posters and Bleacher Reports bloggers, the scribes at ESPN are among the first to connect Auburn offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn to the now vacant head coaching job at North Carolina. Bruce Feldman put together a list of six hot candidates for the job and Malzahn’s name is at the top. (Feldman’s…
“I think it will mean more pressure for coaches,” Big Ten Network analyst Gerry DiNardo said. “It used to beMichigan-Ohio State. Now, just to win your division, you have to be a really good team.” In addition to coaching Indiana (2002-04), DiNardo led programs at Vanderbilt (1991-94) and LSU (1995-99) in the 12-team, two-division SEC, which set…
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