Today’s trivia is mostly centered around names, and might appeal to the Scrabble geek/rabid SEC football fan. How big is that cross-section?

We’re also going to follow up on last time, when we took some pride in the fact that SEC cities had the best college bar in 10 states, more than any other conference. This time the list is of most romantic restaurants. Don’t worry your macho self too much, only one SEC city made the list. Plus, we’re going to start with a question about a man named Rock!

Questions

1. Apparently, Tennessee’s new strength coach has been known simply as Rock for quite some time. What is Mr. Gullickson’s real first name?

2. Among projected starters for the 2017 season (mostly based on the lists on ourlads.com), which player has the longest last name in the SEC? And can you spell it correctly?

3. Which player’s last name scores the most points in Scrabble, based on face values of the tiles? (Scrabble letter values.)

4. How many letters are in the shortest last name(s) in the SEC?

5. How many players share the shortest-name distinction?

6. Among the short last names, which one scores the most in Scrabble and which the least?

7. Which player’s first name scores the most Scrabble points? (Is telling you the guy plays for A&M too much of a hint?)

8. What was Bear Bryant’s full given name?

9. What are the full given names of the current SEC head coaches? (As best we can tell doing free searches on the internet.)

10. Leaving names behind, which SEC school’s city is the only one to represent its state on delish.com’s recent list of the most romantic restaurants in each state?

Answers

1. Roger

2. Ross PIERSCHBACHER. Alabama’s junior left guard has 13 letters in his last name, easily the longest discounting hyphenated last names. It’s a good thing he’s a broad-shouldered guy.

3. Minkah FITZPATRICK. Does Alabama win everything, even pointless trivia? FITZPATRICK racks up 31 Scrabble points, beating out PIERSCHBACHER (27), USC kicker Alexander WOZNICK (25), Tennessee DT Reginald Kahlil McKENZIE (25) and MSU’s Nick FITZGERALD (24).

4. Three

5. Five

6. LSU’s Arden KEY scores 10 points, Mizzou’s Brandon LEE only 3. The other three-letter names belong to Mizzou’s DeMarkus ACY, Mississippi State’s Tucker DAY and Vandy’s Sam LOY.

7. ZAYCOVEN Henderson. The Texas A&M defensive tackle’s first name racks up 25 points. Definitely a recruiting failure on Alabama’s part to let him get away. Of course, it’s all over anyway if receiver JACQUEZ Jones cracks the starting lineup for Tennessee. That’s 34 points worth.

8. Paul Matthew Bryant.

9. Nicholas Lou Saban Jr., Bret Arnold Bielema, Arthur Gustavo “Gus” Malzahn III, James Frank McElwain, Kirby Paul Smart, Mark Thomas Stoops, Edward Jim Orgeron Jr., Matthew Barham Luke, Daniel Mullen, Barry Stephen Odom, William Larry Muschamp, Lyle Allen “Butch” Jones Jr., Kevin Warren Sumlin, Derek Blair Mason. … Note: If Mullen has a middle name, best we can tell he has never used it.

10. Here we go again, pointing out that Vandy is just a little bit different from its SEC brethren. The Cabana in Nashville is apparently for lovers.