So Mullen is guaranteeing starting spots now, even before they get to campus? The rest of the team has to be excited about that prospect.

CP3 just got back to the western NBA finals. Jon Rahm had a 6 stroke lead going into the final round. COVID protocol is hardly just an NCAA issue. College baseball isn't facing anything that college football and basketball haven't already gone through.

And when your defense is dang near last in FBS football and you list 10 returning starters from that unit coming back, that ain't much to hang your hat on.

The dude wrote this article like he was afraid to be quoted in a court of law.

Perhaps a robot that can actually wrap up on defense would be in order.

Brennan got hurt playing in that no-run offense. Moving the ball in the spread from the 20 to the 20 is as common as water. The money zone separates the men from the boys.

Henry T will be doing what he does best, run downhill and stop the ball at the LOS. Christian Harris as an ex DB will continue to cover what needs to be covered. Moody can play and will see a lot of playing time as well. A great get considering the next wave of great ILBers at BAMA are true freshmen.

I like it when folks come after our head basketball coach and they immediately get NO before they can finish asking if he's available. "My Home is in Alabama."

Georgia gets Clemson. Win, lose or draw they live in the east. GaTech being a power 5 program has been debated for some time now. Florida getting BAMA and LSU would be the most daunting in the east for my money. Georgia loses to Clemson, so what? Florida loses to BAMA and LSU its curtains.

Branden has 2 National championship rings on his hand to sound down what needs to sound down. Guys now going into his 6th year of illegibility and 3rd head coach. Stay tuned for next year's article when he compares handshakes.

For recruits or results? In the SEC, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

I don't think Kiffin having a top 15 defense is the critical issue here either. Not continuing to have the absolute worst defense in power 5 college football might be.

Sometimes you have to just shake your head at the desire at times to try to make a salient comment the hard way by these sport's guys. How many people, who seriously follow recruiting, wouldn't jump at the chance to swap their running back room with ALABAMA?

Why don't you explain to the world how Justin Field and that buckeye defense that gave up 52 points were better than Bama?

Did Ryan Day suddenly go out and decide to get him some WRs after the ALABAMA beatdown? These guys would be in Columbus regardless of the score. BAMA defeated these boys by having the best OL, QB, WRs, RBs, defense. Oh, and by having the greatest head coach that has walked the sidelines this generation. Recruit you some of that.

So coach Saban sees more potential in Gramham as a recruiter and position coach than Tennessee? Yet Heupel is hemorrhaging through the transfer portal with 21 players and counting. Doesn't take long to figure out why.

"Football is cyclical." So is Halley's Comet. Some cycles take longer than others.

That sounds perpetual enough. Just keep being you.

You better have a few coaches that can recruit the landscape and understands the Power T tradition partner. We already took Gillespie and Jay Graham. If Heupel doesn't get it, coach Saban does, and then some.

Just keep counting those chickens. Nobody and I sincerely mean nobody, does it better.

Dude, there is Georgia and there isn't a team in the LEAST division with a prayer of a chance to get to the SECCG much less the playoff.

Just wow, can the EAST possibly be anymore LEAST?

That BAMA beatdown was a bayou bludgeon of biblical proportions. One of our best 3 point shooters, Shackelford, had an off night. I'm just saying, we can do better.

Steele is the man, that should be painfully obvious to everyone. Probation, more transfers, and scholarship reduction are also coming. The power struggle in the BOT and the NCAA tone-deaf Chancellor promise many more missteps along the way.

Sure they have. Roy Kramer and Fat Phil made a bargain with the devil to mitigate damage. What you are now watching is PAYDAY.

Location, location, location.

If Golding needs traveling assistance, I know a nice shortcut from Houston to Austin.

Coach Bryant is the "Babe Ruth" of college football. The next Barry Bonds that passes him won't touch that legacy. If You want the very best answer to this comparison, listen to coach Saban. He was just asked this again after the buckeye beatdown. Apparently, sportswriters find his recent comments about coach Bryant irrelevant.

It's hard to believe that this writer doesn't know that it is a very real possibility that Ohio State's 2 best D-lineman are out with COVID. Including the so-called best defensive lineman in college football, Togaia and Garrett being the other. You can counter that you don't like to speculate but after all both fan bases have discussed this week the buckeyes are missing these guys and may not have a kicker. The bigger problem with what I just read is that speculating about Malachi Moore and LaBryan Ray's availability was happily discussed in the great "think Piece." Can's see where COVID causalities are to be treated any differently than regular injuries? If you ain't in Miami today and on that field when the whistle blows, does it really matter?

Smart has been one of the most conservative coaches in the SEC by far. He desperately wants to play to his defense. His choices were predicated on that conservative philosophy. First and foremost, Smart has to evolve and stay aggressive, even when it starts costing him on the defensive side, which it will. With the spread offense comes the spread defense.