News dropped Friday afternoon that the SEC and Big 12 are going to pair their champions in a bowl game to be named later. Basically creating a southern Rose Bowl of sorts that would pair the best teams not in the BCS playoffs, from both conferences.Essentially, the move screws the Fiesta Bowl (not one of the rumored sites), and leaves the ACC, Big East and any team not in the Big 12, Pac-12, Big Ten ...

This could truly be the season the Volunteers turn around their misfortune and begin winning some serious football games.  After all, it’s been four years since the Volunteers have won a bowl game or double-digit games.This could be a great season as they return a total of 19 starters and have a bunch of young talent at nearly every position. With spring practice over, the Volunteers will turn their focus to fall camp and the ...

Every week, the Big Ten Blog will break down one classic game from the Big Ten's long, storied history. Today, we're looking at one of the Big Ten's greatest rushing performances ever...all in one half.You can probably thank Joe Paterno and his sense of decency for the reason Larry Johnson didn't obliterate the single-game NCAA rushing record on November 23, 2002. As it stood, Johnson settled for yet another entry in Penn State's record book instead.Coming into ...

The SEC and Big 12 announced on Friday that they will create a new bowl game following the 2014 season that will match the champion of both conferences if they are not included in the four-team playoff. If one or both conferences supply teams for the four-team playoff, other teams within the conference(s) would be selected.In terms of today's landscape, this bowl game would jump up to the top of the SEC's non-BCS pecking order.So how does ...

With a few successful seasons under their belt, Miami is once again a top destination for big-time high school football recruits.Miami's reemergence as a real player in the recruiting world was evidenced by the commitment from four-star quarterback prospect, Kevin Olsen, from Wayne Hills, New Jersey.Olsen enters his senior year at Wayne Hills after throwing for more than 1,600 yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior en route to winning the New Jersey State Football ...

There is only one thing that is almost exciting as the NBA playoffs and that would be the NBA Draft. Although Anthony Davis is pretty much straight cash money to be selected with the No. 1 overall pick, who knows where all of the other college hoops stars will go in the first round?There has been so much debate on who will land where in the lottery and the rest of the first round for ...

It is a time for college football fans to be really concerned over the direction our cherished sport is taking. When money and ego come together the outcome is not usually a positive one for the fans of any sport, and these two are clashing in a big way as the march toward a “playoff” is now moving forward. What is the cause of all the angst coming from people like Big Ten commissioner Jim ...

Every Friday on the SEC Blog, we will feature the tweets of the week from SEC players, coaches and media personalities.The SEC and Big 12 announced that the two conferences will create a new bowl game following the 2014 season that will match the conference champion of each conference, should they not be included in the four-team playoff.Not once during the BCS era (1998-present) has the final BCS standings been without either the SEC champion ...

Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon announced this week that the Wolverines, fresh off a season that saw multiple alternate uniforms and a major change to their iconic winged helmets, would be introducing new alternate uniforms in 2012—if not as many.To Brandon, the move is a no-brainer:"For football last year, we probably did a little bit more than we’ll do going forward in terms of variety, but we’re going to from time to time do some ...

Every Friday, The SEC Blog will feature one classic game from the storied history of SEC football.When former SEC commissioner Roy Kramer founded the SEC Championship Game in 1992, the biggest concern was whether or not the game would prevent SEC teams from winning the national championship.Only once since its inception has it happened—the 2001 matchup between Tennessee and LSU.Tennessee entered the game 10-1 and ranked No. 2 in the nation, and needed the win ...