The Don’s 2024 SEC Predictions

Aug 15, 2024
The premiere league in college football has to be the SEC. Even before adding two college football powerhouses to the fold, this conference is the hardest conference to play in. The teams are tough fr...

2023 Orange Bowl Preview | Georgia vs Florida State

Dec 30, 2023
The 2023 Orange Bowl is taking place at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. We have the matchup of the 12-1 Georgia Bulldogs and the 13-0, ACC Champion Florida State Seminoles. Georgia comes into this one los...

2023 Music City Bowl Preview | Auburn vs Maryland

Dec 30, 2023
The 2023 Music City Bowl is taking place at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. We have the matchup of 6-6 Auburn going up against 7-5 Maryland. The Tigers come into this one losing their last two games of t...

2023 Peach Bowl Preview | Ole Miss vs Penn State

Dec 30, 2023
The 2023 Peach Bowl is taking place at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. We have the matchup of the 10-2 Ole Miss Rebels going up against the 10-2 Penn State Nittany Lions. Ole Miss comes into this on...

2023 Gator Bowl Preview | Clemson vs Kentucky

Dec 29, 2023
The 2023 Gator Bowl takes place at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville. We have the matchup between the 8-4 Clemson Tigers and the 7-5 Kentucky Wildcats. Clemson comes into this one winning four straight...

2023 Texas Bowl Preview | Texas A&M vs Oklahoma State

Dec 27, 2023
The 2023 Texas Bowl is taking place at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, with the matchup of 7-5 Texas A&M and the 9-4, Big 12 Championship runner-up Oklahoma State Cowboys. The Aggies come in here l...

11/7 College Basketball Pick of the Day

Nov 7, 2023
College basketball is officially back and after a successful first night we are rocking and rolling into the 23-24 CBB season. Every day from now to the end of the regular season, I will give you what...

The Don’s Week Nine College Football Best Bets

Oct 26, 2023
We bounced back with a winning week last week. 2-1 (+0.9u) and Tennessee should have made us 3-0. The Volunteers were winning and their road woes continued with a loss to Alabama. The record is now at...

The Don’s College Football Week Six Best Bets

Oct 6, 2023
We went 1-3 (-2.33u) last week which is not great. Back to back losing weeks, and a record of 12-10 (+2.03u) is what we are at right now in best bets. This week I am back and ready to get back to my w...

College Football Week 1 Best Bets from The Don

Sep 1, 2023
Last week wasn’t the start of the college football season that we were looking for. However, we now are ready for the bounce back for a great comeback. 0-3 (-3.37u) on the best bets article so far t...

2023 Mississippi State Bulldogs Preview

Jul 13, 2023
Mississippi State is officially in the Zach Arnett era as he takes over for the legendary head coach Mike Leach. They are doing away with the air raid offense, as they bring in a new offensive coordin...

Can South Carolina Make It Three Straight Bowl Trips?

Jul 12, 2023
South Carolina had two huge wins over Tennessee and Clemson that helped the Gamecocks finish on a high note in 2022. They come into 2023 with the chance to take a step forward. However, a lot of quest...

Is Missouri An SEC Sleeper Team In 2023?

Jul 12, 2023
The Missouri Tigers have had two winning seasons since joining the SEC in 2016. Their head coach Eli Drinkwitz has had three starting quarterbacks the last three seasons and none of them have worked o...

Tennessee Volunteers: A Threat In The SEC in 2023

Jul 11, 2023
The Tennessee Volunteers came out of nowhere in 2022. In Josh Heupel’s second season he got Tennessee their first ten win season since 2007. Does year three have the potential to be better than year...

Texas A&M Football Will Not Disappoint In 2023

Jul 11, 2023
Texas A&M is poised for a big comeback in 2023. They were easily the biggest disappointment in all of college football a season ago. It was the worst season Jimbo Fisher has had as a head coach. F...

Does Kentucky’s Bowl Streak Continue?

Jul 9, 2023
Mark Stoops has been the best thing for this Kentucky football program. Before Stoops arrived, Kentucky hadn’t had a 10 win season since 1977. Stoops has had two in his tenure at Kentucky. He is als...

Can Georgia Football Get The Three-Peat?

Jul 8, 2023
The two-time defending champions are looking to be the first team to three-peat since Minnesota did it in 1934-1936. Georgia has lost a ton of talent from last year’s national championship team. How...

Is Auburn Back From Their Mediocre Stint?

Jul 8, 2023
The Auburn Tigers are entering year number three without Gus Malzahn. The Brian Harsin experience didn’t work so the Tigers had to go in a different direction. Auburn brings in Hugh Freeze and all e...

Can Billy Napier Bring Florida Back In 2023?

Jul 7, 2023
The Florida Gators are looking to get back on top of the SEC for the first time since 2020 when they won their side of the SEC. Billy Napier didn’t have a great first year with the Gators. However, ...

First Four: Mississippi State vs Pittsburgh Prediction

Mar 14, 2023
The NCAA tournament is back ladies and gentlemen and I am beyond excited. Tonight we have a first four matchup between two teams in power five conferences. We have the Mississippi State Bulldogs takin...

2023 SEC Basketball Tournament Predictions

Mar 9, 2023
The 2023 SEC basketball season has been one of the more interesting conferences in all of college basketball. There are six to seven good teams that could make nice little runs in not only the confere...

Christian Barmore: 2021 NFL Draft Breakdown

Mar 10, 2021
Christian Barmore is the top interior D-line prospect on a lot of boards coming into the 2021 draft. IDL is not a strong position group at the top of this draft, but Barmore just might be the best of ...

Dan Mullen, What are You Doing?

Jan 1, 2021
Dan Mullen and his Florida Gators were recently taken to the woodshed by an Oklahoma Sooners team that was out for blood. The game started with star Florida QB, and Heisman finalist, Kyle Trask throwi...

Ole Miss Football Players Walk Out of Practice

Aug 28, 2020
The Ole Miss Football program has joined in on the spark of activism that had hit the sports world Wednesday. The spark ignited when the Milwaukee Bucks chose to not show up on the court for their NBA...

SEC 2020 Football Update

Jul 30, 2020
The Southeastern Conference is set for football to return this fall. SEC presidents have approved a 10-game, conference-only schedule for 2020. SEC athletic directors approved the plan on Wednesday, t...

Ole Miss Football Set to Retire Eli Manning’s No.10

Jun 22, 2020
On Monday June 22nd, Eli Manning was visited by current Ole Miss Athletic Director, Keith Carter. He went down to the Rebel legend’s home (in Oxford) to let him know that his jersey would be ret...

What Happens to a Dream Deferred?

Dec 12, 2019
I love Langston Hughes. He’s one of the twentieth century’s most influential voices and he could flat-out make me feel things. My favorite poem of his is Harlem. It talks about a ‘dr...

I disagree With TIME Magazine

Dec 11, 2019
Greta Thunberg is TIME Magazine’s person of the year. It’s a trivial award. The magazine’s only purpose is to look cool. If you have one on the train or at the airport, you look smar...

For Whom Does the Rivalry Bell Toll?

Dec 1, 2019
One of the worst feelings in life is that of impending doom, the feeling that something bad is about to happen and you can do nothing to stop it. You’re at a crossroads, you still think that you...

I’m unhappy with the College Football Playoff

Nov 12, 2019
The table is officially set for two SEC teams in the CFP. We’ve all been bamboozled. The BCS is alive and well under new management. The Playoff is a scam. I’m fine with LSU in the top spo...

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Nov 11, 2019
One of the most fascinating things about America is our extensive folklore. We have the benefit of being such a big, diverse nations. There are so many different subcultures in the United States. Each...

Week 11 AAR: Row That Boat

Nov 10, 2019
This is why we love college football. LSU Triumphs Joe Burrow has gone from backing up Dwayne Haskins to establishing himself as arguably the best quarterback in the nation. Has a grad-transfer quarte...

Week 7 AAR: Yikes, Georgia

Oct 14, 2019
The State of Georgia is in flames like it’s 1865 all over again. Much like Gone With the Wind, last week started with so much optimism in the State of Georgia. The Braves lost (twice, got elimin...

Week 5 AAR: Let the Coaching Carou$el Begin

Sep 30, 2019
Week five is over? Happy Trails, Chris Ash Rutgers fired Chris Ash today. Tough to blame them after he posted a 3-26 record in Big Ten play. The Scarlet Knights’ only win this season came in the...

Week Four Points of Interest

Sep 17, 2019
The points of interest is back. This is essentially just me rambling about the things I’m most interested this week. He’s got a great personality! Clay Helton could be the nicest guy in th...

Week Three After Action Report

Sep 15, 2019
This has turned into a weekly thing at this point. My favorite thing about college football is the variety that it offers. All sorts of cool stuff happens in this sport. Without further delay, here...

CFB Week Two After Action Report

Sep 8, 2019
There’s nothing better than the first big week of the season. Plenty of intriguing matchups on the board turned into a pretty fun Saturday. From start to finish, this was a great day of football...

NCAA Week 1 After Action Report

Sep 2, 2019
College football is officially back. In my preview, I declared this particular iteration of games lackluster. On paper, it was pretty accurate, we only had one top-25 matchup. But college football has...

2019 CFB Preview: Tennesse Volunteers

Aug 29, 2019
2018 Recap: In the first year with Jeremy Pruitt in charge, the Vols finished with a weak 5-7 record (2-6 SEC) to finish last in the SEC East. They were, however, able to play spoiler during the seaso...

SEC Coaching Pyramid

Aug 23, 2019
If you went and asked any college football personality “which conference is the best” well over half of them will answer with the “SEC.” In the past decade, six of the national champions h...

2019 CFB Preview: Texas A&M Aggies

Aug 23, 2019
After a somewhat surprising season, the Texas A&M Aggies will look to build on what was a successful first season for Jimbo Fisher. They went 9-4, which is considerably good, but especially in the...
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Three 5 Star QB’s All Connected by One School

Aug 12, 2019
Which of the quarterbacks will be the best? The University of Georgia has signed three 5 star quarterbacks in the last 4 years. Only 1 remains on campus. If you follow college football, you probably k...

Smart’s Potentially Fatal Mistake

Jan 3, 2019
Disclaimer: This is merely an opinion. This is my opinion. I am not a fortune teller. After deciding to break my silence I thought I should talk how much Georgia has pissed me off. As well as what the...

Loser of the Week: Week 13

Nov 29, 2018
Anytime your head coach loses a game drenched in Gatorade, your’e gonna be Loser of the Week (yes I watched Ohio State beat down Michigan).  After an interception by Kellen Mond with only 29 se...

The Hangover, Week 12: Maybe UCF Does Belong

Nov 19, 2018
Welcome to the tenth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Knoxville, Tennessee, where I wi...

Loser of the Week: Week 11

Nov 14, 2018
Kentucky traveled to Knoxville to snap their 16-game losing streak at Tennessee, but instead they extended it and landed them the title Loser of the Week in week 11. After a disappointing loss in the ...

Loser of the Week: Week 10

Nov 10, 2018
After winning 5 games in a row, securing a #11 CFP ranking, and looking to be like true contenders in the SEC East, the Florida Gators threw all that away for a chance to be the coveted Loser of the W...

My Top 4 Predictions

Oct 31, 2018
So as I am sure you all know by now, the first CFP rankings came out yesterday. Now a lot of people are pissed because LSU is #3, and pretty much ignoring that they are playing Alabama this week so th...

The Hangover, Week 7: Could It Really Be That Easy?

Oct 15, 2018
Welcome to the sixth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where “Dixie...

Loser of the Week: Week 5

Oct 4, 2018
The Mississippi State Bulldogs fell to the Florida Gators 13-6 in Starkville to give the Bulldogs an 0-2 record in the SEC, but more importantly ensured them the title of Loser of the Week 5. YourR...

The Hangover, Week 5: A Quick Word About Kentucky

Oct 1, 2018
Welcome to the fifth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Athens, Georgia, home to a fantastic ba...

The Hangover, Week 4: Getting a Sense of What We Know

Sep 24, 2018
Welcome to the fourth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where I finally t...

SEC Releases 2019 Football Schedules

Sep 18, 2018
In the never-ending quest to help the American public make plans well in advance, the SEC released the 2019 football schedules on Tuesday. The SEC has committed to at least one conference game every w...

Kellen Mond Named Starting QB for Texas A&M

Aug 28, 2018
Jimbo Fisher announced on Monday that sophomore Kellen Mond will start over Nick Starkel for the Aggies’ season opener vs Northwestern State. Mond was thrown into the fire last season after Star...

Student Union CFB Preview: Missouri Tigers

Aug 22, 2018
Last year was quite the Cinderella story for Missouri. After having losing records in 2015 and 2016, it seemed as if they were on that same path in the first half of season going 1-5 and losing their ...

SEC Fallout: The Butch Jones and Brett Bielema Story

Jul 30, 2018
From head coaches to..well we’re still not entirely sure. Bret Bielema and Butch Jones were both coaches in the SEC just last year and now they have mostly disappeared from the public eye. Butch...

Top Pro Prospects From Each FBS Conference

Jul 19, 2018
Fur’s pro prospects, Football season is upon us people, so I figured I’d celebrate by throwing out my predictions for the best pro prospects from each FBS conference. Every year you’...

Jake Fromm is Bad at Lakes, Breaks his Hand

Jul 5, 2018
Over the holiday week, Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm broke his non-throwing hand in a “freak lake accident.” The incident occurred Monday on Lake Burton in Georgia. Georgia fans can hold ...

Bold Takes: South Carolina is Winning the SEC

Jul 2, 2018
Drew Lock is widely considered the best quarterback in the SEC. That just isn’t true. The best QB in the SEC resides in the other Columbia. In fact, Jake Bentley is the best QB in the SEC. Besid...

College Football Prediction: Tennessee Volunteers

May 30, 2018
We are a few months away from the beginning of college football. So until then I will attempt to go over all Power 5 teams schedule and predict their W-L record. We will be starting with the SEC and t...

“Happy Holidays, Commissioner”

May 16, 2018
This past December, I delivered Commissioner Mike Slive and his wife Liz their annual mason jar of cheese potato soup. The delivery is a tradition that we’ve been doing since who knows how long, and...

Weeks 3 & 4: Curb Your Optimism

May 1, 2018
These two weeks feature some make or break games for teams with zero margin for error in 2018. In parts of America, fall will start to creep into college football stadiums. In other parts, it’s ...

Texas A&M Kicks Off Jimbo Fisher Era at Spring Game

Apr 17, 2018
Texas A&M kicked off the Jimbo Fisher era on Saturday with their annual spring game. The 12th Man has been chomping at the bit for some Aggie football since the well publicized hiring of Jimbo Fis...

Best Power Five Basketball Programs of All Time

Feb 26, 2018
The Kansas Jayhawks have just made history, by winning 14 straight Big 12 conference championships, overcoming UCLA’s 1967-1969 streak that made history and seemed unbeatable, until Saturday, Fe...

The Buzzer-Beater, Third Edition: Who Do You Trust?

Feb 19, 2018
Welcome to the third edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This week’s column comes to you from beautiful Hattiesb...

Playoffs? PLAYOFFS!

Jan 29, 2018
It’s been a few weeks since the National Championship game and people are still talking about the performance of the Alabama football team. Many forget that Alabama was the fourth seed entering ...

Tennessee Set to Face Cuonzo Martin, Mizzou

Jan 17, 2018
Number 21 Tennessee rolls into Columbia, Missouri riding a three-game win streak. Two weeks ago, however, Vol fans may have been wondering what happened to the team they were so fond of before confer...

Portfolio Builder: College Football Edition

Jan 12, 2018
The idea behind this is to build an investment portfolio, but instead of stocks you choose college football teams. In any portfolio you want diversification. You want some high risk and some low risk....

Vols Look to Bounce Back Against Kentucky

Jan 6, 2018
Tennessee (9-4, 0-2 SEC) has a chance to stop the bleeding Saturday night as the Vols host 17th-ranked Kentucky (12-2, 2-0 SEC). Vols fans may be ready to pull the plug on a promising season after a ...

Why the SEC is the Most Overrated Conference in CFB

Jan 2, 2018
I get it. The SEC has two teams in the National Championship game. But, this still needs to be brought up because the issue is as prominent as it’s ever been. It’s also like beating a dead...

SEC Bowl Predictions

Dec 27, 2017
Tonight the SEC’s bowl slate kicks off when the Missouri Tigers face the Texas Longhorns in the Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl. It’s the first of nine certain bowl game for the confe...

Emory Jones Flips From Ohio State, Signs With Florida

Dec 20, 2017
Emory Jones kicked off Early Signing Day with a bang. Jones was one of the first of the day, and he did not disappoint. The 4-star dual-threat QB announced around 10:30 CT that he will be flipping his...

The Hangover, Week 14: Who’s In?

Dec 4, 2017
Welcome to the sixth edition of The Hangover where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes Atlanta, Georgia, where I watched the Georgia Bulldogs avenge an earl...

QB WAR: Top SEC Quarterbacks

Nov 30, 2017
*Stats through 11/14 10. Drew Lock, Mizzou (-0.25 WAR) WHAT??? THE NEW SEC SINGLE-SEASON KING IN PASSING TDS IS BELOW AVERAGE? Yup. A surprise to start off the list, as electric as Drew Lock has been,...

The Power of Protest: VFL’s vs John Currie

Nov 26, 2017
These days, it doesn’t seem like anything can go right for the Tennessee football program. The Volunteers capped off the season with a 42-24 loss to in-state rival Vanderbilt, making them 4-8 on...

Michael Porter Jr. Likely Out For Season

Nov 21, 2017
Enormous news out of Columbia, Missouri today. Five-star recruit and possible first overall pick in next year’s draft, Michael Porter Jr., will undergo lower back surgery that would likely end h...

If You Don’t Know Now You Know; The Young Bull

Nov 15, 2017
It was a calm Tuesday in Tuscaloosa. Students were finishing up some exams before Thanksgiving break, some were getting ready for their Tuesday night bar visits. Neither of those come as a surprise. W...

The Hangover, Week 11

Nov 13, 2017
Welcome to the third edition of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes a day later than I originally intended. My laptop broke Sunday morn...

Hey, The CFP Committee Got It Right Again!

Nov 7, 2017
The CFP committee just released the second edition of the College Football Playoff Rankings on ESPN, so it’s time for my weekly reactions to the updated Top 25. Here we go:   Head-to-Head...

Can The Rest Of The SEC Beat Alabama? Offense Edition

Nov 7, 2017
It is pretty clear that Alabama is superior to the rest of the SEC and it isn’t even close. Because of this, I wonder sometimes how it would go if the other SEC teams came together and formed a ...

Student Union Player Spotlight: Michael Porter Jr.

Nov 7, 2017
School: University of Missouri Hometown: Seattle, Washington Position: Forward Year: Freshman Last March, the number one high school basketball player in the nation, Michael Porter Jr. shocked the Col...

Kevin Sumlin’s Out; Aggies Still In Trouble

Nov 5, 2017
With report after report swirling around after the Aggies 42-27 loss to Auburn, the A&M faithful is only left to wonder how many days they have left with Kevin Sumlin as their head football coach....

The Hangover, Week 10

Nov 5, 2017
Ohio State, I just don’t get you. A week ago, I wrote that I was all in. I apologized to JT Barrett for doubting him, I recognized that the Buckeyes were a legitimate threat to Alabama, and I we...

Week 10 Winner$

Nov 4, 2017
What better way to start off my time at Student Union than to give out some #winners? As the football season goes on, the lines Vegas creates keep getting more accurate. However, there are some games ...

SEC Coaching Board Story

Nov 2, 2017
What was once considered the most dominant conference in football is on the verge of a mass exodus of coaches. The SEC is looking at having five, possibly six, open head coaching gigs. That’s ja...

Hey, the CFP Committee Got the First Rankings Right!

Nov 1, 2017
The first College Football Playoff rankings are out and, naturally, everybody is reacting and overreacting to the committee’s initial Top 25 rankings. After watching the Rankings Reveal Show on...

Dear Patrick, Is Alabama Overrated?

Oct 31, 2017
The short answer? Yes. The long answer? Yes, absolutely. Thanks to fellow Student Union writer Cody Goggin, we publish a Top 25 College Football Poll every week compiled of our picks and rankings amon...

Who is the best team in the SEC?

Oct 31, 2017
Alabama and Georgia have been the talk of college football this year. Alabama was expected to be this good, considering this is how they look every season. Georgia, however, is 8-0, despite having an ...

The Hangover, Week 9

Oct 29, 2017
Welcome to the first edition of The Hangover, where we recap the previous weekend in college football. College football is the best time of the year (and that’s not up for debate, so don’t...

My Open Letter To Butch Jones

Oct 23, 2017
As you all know, I mainly watch/cover the SEC. Unfortunately for me, most of my memories of the SEC have been hot garbage as I missed a majority of the golden years when the SEC contained three or fou...

Gambling and Gifs

Oct 21, 2017
Michigan (+9.5) against Penn State There are way too many people doubting Jim Harbaugh this season, and that is exactly why he’s about to shove all of that criticism in our faces and take down t...

Kansas-Mizzou to renew Border War

Oct 14, 2017
One of the hottest rivalries in college sports is back (kinda). Missouri and Kansas have agreed to play in an exhibition game for hurricane relief on October 22nd. While this may just be an exhibition...

Kentucky at South Carolina Preview

Sep 15, 2017
This Saturday, the South Carolina Gamecocks will host the Kentucky Wildcats in what is sure to be a heated SEC East matchup. Both Kentucky and South Carolina are off to great starts so far this year, ...

SEC Preview: Week 2 Matchups

Sep 7, 2017
Week one was a very good for the SEC, going 12-2 with key wins over North Carolina State, Florida State, and Georgia Tech. Now they are set up for another big week. A lot of teams will be playing thei...

SEC West Preview

Aug 3, 2017
The SEC West is one half of arguably the most prestigious conference in College Football. With big time programs like Alabama and LSU, the SEC West never fails to provide fans with quality football, s...

Picking NBA Draft Prop bets

Jun 21, 2017
This will be the first season in NBA history where Las Vegas sports books will host prop bets for the event. That is exciting for many reasons. For starters, you can win money. Second, you can create ...

Teams Win Tournaments, Not Conferences

Mar 25, 2017
There is a lot of talk every year about what the best conference in the country is. Realistically, that concept doesn’t amount to shit. There is so much unnecessary pride that goes into what con...

Mid-Season Conference Report

Jan 11, 2017
Welcome. Now that football season is over, a lot of fans will be turning their full attention to the college basketball season. The problem is, they’ve already missed out on half the season or h...

THE COCKBLOCK: WEEK 4

Sep 27, 2016
WELCOME TO THE COCKBLOCK. CHECK IN EVERY WEEK FOR TAKEAWAYS, PREDICTIONS, GAMECOCK FOOTBALL ANALYSIS, AND NOTHING POSITIVE ABOUT THAT TEAM FROM THE UPSTATE. For the third straight year, Kentucky beat ...