Category: SEC

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Heupel, Vols sink OU in SEC opener

If all of his homecomings are like the one Saturday, Josh Heupel might just buy a house in Norman. Heck, for all we know, he has one now. Heupel, who as the quarterback of the Oklahoma Sooners back in the

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Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey (above) promised at SEC Media Days in July in Dallas that the league would announce its tiebreakers, in the event of a tie at the top without divisions this season. The league made good on that promise Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by VIRGINIA HAGLER-LUCAS - THE FOOTBALL BEAT)
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With divisions gone, SEC announces tiebreakers

For the first time since the year before Antonio Langham picked off Shane Matthews and sent Alabama to the 1992 national title game to face Miami (1992 Alabama vs. Florida), the Southeastern Conference won’t have divisions. No SEC West, no

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Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey (above) introduced every football coach, including Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin, prior to their opening remarks at SEC Media Days at The Omni in Dallas recently. We at The Football Beat so enjoyed covering the event that we decided you guys might like to see a photo gallery, and provide more details. So, here it is. (Photos largely by VIRGINIA HAGLER-LUCAS - THE FOOTBALL BEAT)
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SEC MEDIA DAYS IN PICTURES

A look back at SEC Media Days at The Omni Hotel in Dallas, July 15-18, mostly through the lens of TFB photographer Virgina Hagler-Lucas (with a few photos by Mitch Lucas thrown in for good measure). Enjoy.

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The Southeastern Conference has invaded the Dallas Metroplex area. SEC coaches address the media this morning, beginning with Commissioner Greg Sankey shortly. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - THE FOOTBALL BEAT)
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SEC Media Days under way in Dallas

College football season is still more than a month away. But the unofficial start of college football season feels like this week a little bit, doesn’t it? There won’t be actual games, but for the first time in over a

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Texas second-string quarterback Arch Manning negotiated with EA Sports and is now in the new College Football 25 game that's released on Tuesday. He also has an unbelievably-high (for a backup) 87 overall rating. Unfair? (Photo courtesy of LARRYBROWNSPORTS.COM)
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Arch Manning an 87 rating in the new game?

So, we know Arch Manning did some last-minute negotiating and just got into the new EA Sports College Football 2025 game. Did part of that negotiating include his in-game rating? Awful Annoucing’s Ben Axelrod has a story (Arch Manning rating

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Texas and Alabama meet in Austin here in this footage from the new EA Sports College Football 25, released this coming Tuesday on several platforms. (Photo courtesy of GAMEINFORMER.COM)
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EA Sports’ CFB 25 release is Tuesday

Here’s the question: are you more excited about the lead-in to college football season this week, hearing all the talk about the season getting closer, the previews for the games, as the SEC Media Days takes place in Dallas, for

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