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Alabama Is Looking Like An SEC Powerhouse … In Basketball

The all-consuming wave of the Alabama Crimson Tide was supposed to dissipate in January after Nick Saban claimed his seventh national title. Instead, it appears to have swelled and swallowed the SEC again, this time on a different field of play. Shortly after capping its best season in program history on the gridiron, Alabama is […]

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Can The Georgia Bulldogs Finally Win The Big Game?

At the highest levels of college football, only the slimmest of margins separate the best teams. That’s never been more clear than in the tiny space between Alabama and Georgia. Entering the 2019 season, Alabama had the highest-rated roster in the country, at 99.3 percent in Bill Connelly’s weighted four-year recruiting rankings. Georgia, meanwhile, was […]

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Is The SEC Ready For The Air Raid? Mike Leach Sure Thinks So.

The earliest introduction to the pass-first ways of the future for college football’s premier conference came in 1997. Downtrodden Kentucky, fresh off seven seasons without a winning record, hired head coach Hal Mumme and offensive coordinator Mike Leach to install the high-flying pass attack they developed at Iowa Wesleyan and Valdosta State. In each of […]

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