Neil Blackmon

Neil Blackmon covers SEC football and basketball for SaturdayDownSouth.com. An attorney, he is also a member of the Football and Basketball Writers Associations of America. He also coaches basketball.

Recent Stories

Arkansas coach John Calipari returns to Kentucky on Saturday.

College Basketball 10 things I’m absolutely overreacting to after 4 weeks of SEC Basketball

Neil Blackmon

• Jan 30, 2025

College Basketball 10 things I’m absolutely overreacting to after 4 weeks of SEC Basketball

Neil Blackmon

• Jan 30, 2025

College Basketball 10 Things I’m absolutely overreacting to after Week 3 of SEC basketball

Neil Blackmon

• Jan 23, 2025

College Basketball 10 Things I’m absolutely overreacting to after Week 3 of SEC basketball

Neil Blackmon

• Jan 23, 2025

Notre Dame rallied but came up short in the national title game against Ohio State.

College Football Notre Dame can win a championship under Marcus Freeman, but Monday showed the Irish must upgrade offensively

Neil Blackmon

• Jan 21, 2025

College Football Notre Dame can win a championship under Marcus Freeman, but Monday showed the Irish must upgrade offensively

Neil Blackmon

• Jan 21, 2025

College Football Keep sleeping on the Irish at your own risk. Ohio State won’t

Neil Blackmon

• Jan 18, 2025

Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman is 1 win from becoming a national champion.

College Football In an era when it’s easy to leave, Xavier Watts stayed. Now, he might leave Notre Dame a national champion

Neil Blackmon

• Jan 17, 2025

Nick Brossette runs with the ball for LSU.

College Basketball 10 things I’m absolutely overreacting to after 2 weeks of SEC basketball

Neil Blackmon

• Jan 16, 2025

College Football The Last Corleone? So far, John Calipari at Arkansas is Godfather 3: A disaster we don’t talk about

Neil Blackmon

• Jan 13, 2025

John Calipari is 0-3 in SEC play in Year 1 at Arkansas.

College Football Marcus Freeman never lost faith in Riley Leonard. Now Notre Dame is 1 win from a national title

Neil Blackmon

• Jan 10, 2025

Riley Leonard led Notre Dame past Penn State and into the national title game.

College Football Notre Dame vs. Penn State: Everything that matters about Playoff semifinal (and a prediction)

Neil Blackmon

• Jan 6, 2025

Notre Dame is trying to win its first national title since 1988.

College Football 10 things I’m absolutely overreacting to after SEC basketball opening weekend

Neil Blackmon

• Jan 5, 2025

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