Connor O'Gara

Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Down South. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.

Recent Stories

Brian Kelly and Garrett Nussmeier have a discussion on the LSU sideline.

SEC Football The SEC fanbases that should actually be disappointed if their teams miss the 2025 College Football Playoff

Connor O'Gara

• May 10, 2025

SEC Football The SEC fanbases that should actually be disappointed if their teams miss the 2025 College Football Playoff

Connor O'Gara

• May 10, 2025

Dabo Swinney has been on the wrong end of a troubling ACC stat.

ACC Football The stat that shows just how horrendous the ACC has been in the 2020s

Connor O'Gara

• May 9, 2025

ACC Football The stat that shows just how horrendous the ACC has been in the 2020s

Connor O'Gara

• May 9, 2025

The guys predict the 12-team Playoff on the latest episode of The Saturday Down South Podcast.

College Football Watch: Predicting the 12-team Playoff, David Hale talks Clemson’s return, Mike Norvell’s last stand & ACC relevance

Connor O'Gara

• May 8, 2025

College Football Watch: Predicting the 12-team Playoff, David Hale talks Clemson’s return, Mike Norvell’s last stand & ACC relevance

Connor O'Gara

• May 8, 2025

SEC Football 5 SEC players who are getting too much love in way-too-early 2026 mock drafts

Connor O'Gara

• May 8, 2025

South Carolina wide receiver Nyck Harbor is getting plenty of way-too-early Mock Draft love.

Texas AM Aggies Football Why it feels like Jimbo Fisher has coached his last game at the FBS level

Connor O'Gara

• May 7, 2025

Jimbo Fisher is entering Year 2 away from the sport.

Texas Longhorns Football SEC indictment or just coincidence? A trend worth remembering when assuming Texas’s long-term success

Connor O'Gara

• May 6, 2025

Steve Sarkisian is riding consecutive top-4 finishes at Texas.

Alabama Crimson Tide Football 5 numbers that the anti-Kalen DeBoer crowd will conveniently ignore

Connor O'Gara

• May 5, 2025

Kalen DeBoer had a down Year 1, but that's not to say that it'll define his tenure in Tuscaloosa.

SEC Football SEC Head Coach Rankings: A post-spring look at all 16 coaches heading into 2025

Connor O'Gara

• May 4, 2025

Steve Sarkisian and Mike Elko are both rising on the list of SEC coaches.

SEC Football A post-spring ranking of the SEC’s top 5 defenses for 2025

Connor O'Gara

• May 3, 2025

Will Georgia have the SEC's best defense in 2025?

SEC Football A post-spring ranking of the SEC’s 5 best offenses for 2025

Connor O'Gara

• May 2, 2025

Kalen DeBoer and Ryan Grubb should lead one of the SEC's best offenses in 2025.

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