That SEC Football Podcast

Hosted by SEC Mike Bratton and his Cousin Shane Follow them on Twitter @MichaelWBratton @BigOrangeVolz

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Georgia boots JJ Holloman, Booster admits to pa...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane discuss Steve Spurrier opening a restaurant (2:00), NCAA and the state of California at odds when it comes to name, image and likeness — our thoughts on why that could be a big deal(4:00), Georgia WR Jeremiah Holloman dismissed; Dawgs now down top five pass catchers from last season (9:20), Tim Tebow explains why this needs to be Georgia’s year (15:30), Former booster admits to paying father of former lineman Vadal Alexander $180,000 (20:00), Jauan Jennings has knee scope (24:30), Tennessee’s recruiting has picked up (26:30), Razorbacks land commitment from Elite 11 QB Chandler Morris, son of Chad (29:00), Jimbo Fisher on his freshman class having the attitude to succeed (33:30), Will the success of other sports at Auburn help or hurt Gus Malzahn in 2019? (35:30), Elite 11 QB Robbty Ashford commits to Ole Miss (42:30), Missouri AD on the status of the bowl ban appeal (45:30), Vandy lands former Florida DL Malik Langham via transfer (49:40)
58 min
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SEC allows alcohol sales, MSU TransferU, Terry ...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane discuss Dabo Swinney’s Osama Bin Dabo comments (2:00), SEC lifts ban on alcohol sales (3:45), SEC set to send teams to the Las Vegas bowl (6:30), Around the League (9:00): Mississippi State adds Kansas State grad transfer WR Isaiah Zuber (10:00), Terry Wilson reveals he was hurt last year (14:30), Georgia continues to roll on the recruiting trail (19:00), Feleipe Franks drafted by Boston Red Sox (22:00), Nick Saban addresses odds on his retirement (25:00), Jeremy Pruitt updates Trey Smith’s status (31:00), Freshman lineman Melvin McBride forced to medically retire (34:30), Will this be Gus Malzahn’s most talented roster in 2019? (36:00), Ole Miss five-star RB Jerrion Ealy not going to play professional baseball (40:00), Four-star DB Maurice Hampton not going to play professional baseball (45:00), LSU commit Major Burns promises to win a national title in Baton Rouge (45:45), Missouri schedules two home-and-home series with San Diego State (47:00), Arkansas schedules three-game series with Memphis (48:00), wild Bret Bielema KJ Hill recruiting story (51:00)
61 min
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SEC spring meetings recap, updated Game of the ...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane discuss the latest from the SEC spring meetings including Will Muschamp having his team running the Cock Drill (1:00), Georgia offering fans who pay $25,000 the opportunity to buy beer in Sanford Stadium (4:00), Will Muschamp is in favor of player compensation for name, image and likeness (7:30), Tennessee has two more players medically retire (12:30), Jeremy Pruitt offers some rare praise of his team and their focus this offseason (15:00), Kirby Smart says the issue with playing Florida in Jacksonville is about losing a recruiting weekend (23:00), Joe Moorhead on what Tommy Stevens brings to the team; what he learned his first year in the SEC (28:30), Nick Saban says Tua needs to “challenge himself to get back” (35:00), LSU passing game coordinator tell fans to “Get your popcorn ready” and Coach O expects Kelvin Joseph to return next season (38:00), Arkansas adds Turner Gill to the coaching staff as an analyst (43:00), The Golden Nugget releases its Game of the Year lines which featured 100 games and several of the top SEC matchups for 2019 (46:00), Mike reveals his bet of the year (48:00)
55 min
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Steven Lassan of Athlon Sports, Ross Bjork leav...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane discuss how Bru McCoy may have found a way to destroy the NCAA transfer portal for everyone (1:30), Steven Lassan (he can be found @AthlonSteven on Twitter) college football editor for Athlon Sports joins the show (3:30), topics discussed with Steven include the making of the annual Athlon Sports College Football Preview Magazine, Athlon’s preseason picks in the SEC East and SEC West, Jake Fromm being left off the top three All-American lists, why Auburn is the most Interesting QB battle in 2019, LSU playing in the nation’s best nonconference next season, Gus Malzahn being on the hot seat, why Texas A&M is the scariest Top 10 team, why Tennessee is on the rise, why Kentucky is on the decline, why Rich Rodriguez is among the best coordinator hires in the nation, the impact of Kelly Bryant at Missouri, and Ben Hicks and Nick Starkel at Arkansas, Shane and Mike discuss their initial thoughts on Athlon’s SEC picks (37:00), our thoughts on how Athlon ranked the SEC jobs and Mike tries to make the case for LSU being the best job in the league (42:00), Ole Miss AD Ross Bjork leaves for Texas A&M (47:00), South Carolina lands potentially game-changing commitment (50:00), close out with a special tribute to Rod Bramblett and some of his best calls for Auburn football (53:00)
61 min
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Audrey Snyder joins us to discuss MSU QB Tommy ...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane discuss the news going on at Mississippi State as Joe Moorhead lands extension and a raise and the Bulldogs add Penn State graduate transfer QB Tommy Stevens (2:00), Penn State beat writer Audrey Snyder of the The Athletic joins the show to discuss Stevens and his future at Mississippi State (7:00), Tennessee really going to need five years to rebuild under Jeremy Pruitt? (25:00), Jimbo Fisher sees the Aggies schedule as more of an opportunity than an obstacle (34:00), Kirby Smart offers a positive update on Zamir White and says Jake Fromm will have some input on the offense this fall (39:00), LSU may be losing some quality depth at defensive back (45:00), Tua Tagovailoa on his first TD of the year and never making that mistake again (47:30), NCAA Transfer portal roundup (51:30), NCAA to set up a working group to study “name, image and likeness" which could be the beginning of the return of the NCAA Football video game (54:00), SEC recruiting roundup including Mike sitting through the worst commitment ceremony execution of all time (58:00)
65 min
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Florida's week of Hell coincides with Georgia's...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane already miss Quinnen Williams in the SEC as the rookie was starstruck after meeting some of his new New York Jets teammates (1:30), Peyton Manning opening a Knoxville bar/restaurant called “Saloon 16” on Cumberland Avenue (4:00), Florida losing true freshman early enrollee DB Chris Steele, the highest rated prospect signed by Dan Mullen: breaking down the entire saga (6:00), Kirby Smart has a chance to respond to Dan Mullen’s offseason comments and the Georgia coach takes the high road (21:00), Paul Finebaum weighs in on karma turning on Dan Mullen (23:30), Bulldogs continue to kill it on the recruiting trail, land multiple elite prospects; which leads Shane to question the fandom of one former Tennessee man (27:00), Florida announce two non-conference home-and-home series (35:00), Nick Saban reveals he watches “Game of Thrones” (39:00), Kirby Smart offers his reaction to Saban’s quick return from hip surgery (40:30), Benny Snell explains “Benny Snell football” to Pittsburgh nation (41:30), Kentucky land a graduate transfer QB (44:00), Tennessee closes its 2020 schedule and lands a recruit (46:00), TJ Hammonds announces he is back after Chad Morris announced he was not with the team in the spring (49:00), Auburn loses an offensive lineman for the season (50:30), MAILBAG: Georgia scheduling question — why does UGA have so many neutral site non-conference games coming up? (53:00)
63 min
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Gus Malzahn's offense/development put on blast,...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane share their favorite mean tweets read by SEC coaches (1:30), Gus Malzahn narrows the QB competition down to Joey Gatewood and Bo Nix (5:00), Danny Sheridan calls out Malzahn and his offense (8:00), Mike Lombardi calls Malzahn’s offense “one of the worst in football” and calls out his lack of QB development (15:00), Florida fans manage to get 14,000 to trend on Twitter (20:00), Jalon Jones in the transfer portal — accused of sexual assault (23:00), Demarkcus Bowman; #1 running back and #1 overall recruit in Florida commits to Clemson over the Gators (25:00), Georgia announces home-and-home series with Oklahoma (29:00), Mike shares his take on why this scheduling strategy will only be a good thing for the Dawgs (31:00), The field to be named after Vince Dooley at Georgia (34:00), Jeremy Pruitt shares a cool story on discovering Deandre Baker and offering him on the spot (36:00), cousin Shane shares the story of his “recruitment” to Tennessee by John Chavis (38:30), Gunnar Hoak leaves for Ohio State (42:00), Mississippi State the favorite to land Penn State QB Tommy Stevens; schedules official visit for Thursday (44:00), Wyoming names starting QB; how weird is it that Missouri opens at Wyoming? (49:00), Will Muschamp encourages Gamecock fans to be pissed (50:00), Chad Morris admits he advised Sosa Agim not to return if he didn’t accept his new role on defense (55:00), Coach O on his team not losing its toughness next season despite the emphasis on passing the ball on offense (1:00:00), Nick Saban on what Tua needs to improve upon heading into next season (1:05:00)
69 min
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SEC 2019 NFL Draft recap, favorite picks per ro...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane discuss how badly those Nashville bachelorettes are going to destroy their soon to be husbands (1:00), SEC selections from the 2019 NFL Draft (4:00), Does Jalen Hurd count as a Tennessee draft pick? (11:00), our favorite SEC picks in Round 1 (14:00), Titans owner Amy Adams comes out in support of Jeffery Simmons (19:00), our favorite SEC picks in Round 2 (22:00), our favorite SEC picks in Round 3 (26:00), our favorite SEC picks in Round 4 (28:00), our favorite SEC picks in Round 5 (33:00), our favorite SEC picks in Round 6 (35:00), our favorite SEC picks in Round 7 (37:00), Cullen Gillaspia’s story is going to be a Disney movie one day (39:00), several players came out early and didn’t get drafted, should the NCAA change the rules to match basketball where players that go undrafted can come back (40:00), how Alabama used Nick Saban as propaganda following his hip surgery (47:00), Freddie Kitchens destroys LSU during the draft (48:30), Mel Kiper’s early 2020 draft board features several SEC standouts (49:30)
58 min
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Georgia spring game recap, Florida assistant's ...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane discuss Florida assistant arrested after threatening to blow up his ex's car (1:00), recapping Georgia’s spring game (4:00), Kirby Smart tries to downplay some of the OL hype (11:15), Kirby on being unhappy with his WRs (13:40), Dan Mullen trolls Georgia — again (20:00), Rebel Rags coming back to haunt Dan Mullen? (25:00), reaction to AD Scott Woodward leaving Texas A&M for LSU (30:00), Coach O reacts to meeting Woodward (35:00), Gus Malzahn on taking over play-calling duties in 2019 (37:00), Gunnar Hoak enters NCAA transfer portal, Mark Stoops on Hoak’s decision (44:00), NCAA announces targeting rules and overtime changes (49:00), SEC QB rankings (54:30)
65 min
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Spring game recaps: Kentucky, Texas A&M, Missou...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane on Nick Saban going under the knife (1:30), Saban on Alabama’s post spring game meal (2:30), recapping Kentucky’s spring game (4:30), running down Kentucky’s 2019 schdule (11:30), recapping Texas A&M’s spring game (13:30), Jimbo Fisher on Kellen Mond’s play this spring (16:30), running down Texas A&M’s 2019 schedule (18:30), recapping Missouri’s spring game (24:30), running down Mizzou’s schedule (27:00), Drew Lock calls out Tennessee during the spring game (30:00), Mike pledges to get a “Make It Right” tattoo if the NCAA screws Mizzou (33:00), recapping Florida’s spring game (34:30), Dan Mullen on his OL and “not being complete at that position” (37:00), Florida uses spring attendatnce numbers to troll Georgia (40:00), recapping Auburn’s spring game (42:30), Gus Malzahn on Joey Gatewood’s progress (47:30), recapping Mississippi State’s spring game (50:00), Joe Moorhead on his team captians (55:00), recapping Alabama’s spring game (58:00), Nick Saban pissed about Tua questions (01:02:00), recapping Tennessee’s spring game (01:05:00), Jeremy Pruitt on the most improved players and the offensive line (01:09:00)
75 min
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Nick Saban goes off on players leaving early fo...
SEC Mike Bratton tries to console his cousin Shane as Rick Barnes rumors swirl on Rocky top (1:00), Johnny Manziel has changed his name (2:30), Nick Saban rant on players leaving early for the NFL (6:30), Ronnie Harrison responds (20:00), Dan Mullen on his goal for the spring before trolling FSU (23:00), Kirby Smart on his DL & the OL winning out in the scrimmage (27:30), Joe Moorhead on the QBs progression this spring (36:00), Mark Stoops gets on some players ass like Coach O (42:30), on Gunnar Hoak potentially leaving after the spring (44:00), Jimbo Fisher goes on a rant about everyone needing to step up on offense around Kellen Mond (47:00)
52 min
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Spring Game Recaps: South Carolina, LSU, Ole Mi...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane recap Saturday's spring game action starting with South Carolina's game (2:00), Will Muschamp on the backup QBs (11:30), Parker White on earning a scholarship (15:00), Dakereon Joyner on his growth from last season (17:00), Recapping LSU spring game (20:00), Ed Orgeron on going more tempo, still having power in this offense and withholding some looks due to game being on tv (25:30), Coach O on Derek Stingley (28:00), Coach O on supporting a Democrat for office (30:15), Recapping Ole Miss spring game (31:00), Rich Rod on the importance of the summer; offense being out of shape; not being deep enough. Have to have the summer of their lives (35:30), Recapping Arkansas spring game (40:00), Chad Morris on his freshmen (5:50) & on his QBs (45:00)
51 min
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Jabari Davis interview, Kirby Smart not afraid ...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane welcome former tennessee RB Jabari Davis on the show (2:00), Kirby Smart goes into great detail to describe all the benefits of tough non-conference scheduling (29:00), Dan Mullen takes a shot at Georgia and insults the intelligence of football fans (36:00), Breiden Fehoko offers up some massive praise on LSU’s offense (44:00), Jeremy Pruitt on the spring game and importance of attendance; does it bother Shane like it seems to bother some Vol fans? (49:30), Jauan Jennings on the importance Craig Fitzgerald played this offseason at tennessee (56:00), Nick Saban talks about his coaches getting out of the way and letting his players play (58:30), Chad Morris on the offense winning the practice belt for the first time and the added competition on campus this spring (1:02:30), Mark Stoops on UK’s passing game (1:06:45)
72 min
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AAF folds, Jim Chaney bringing fun back to UT, ...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane say goodbye to the AAF, Johnny Manziel is out of a job (1:00), Steve Spurrier wants his damn AAF championship (3:30), Jim Chaney on not having a position to coach; on his QBs and on his current honeymoon period (6:00), Deangelo Gibbs practicing on defense (10:00), Auburn holds its first scrimmage of the spring and Gus Malzahn on making his QBs live (17:00), Nick Saban on how much his coordinators are allowed to change (23:30), Chad Morris on Arkansas’ first scrimmage (29:00), Georgia announces new FSU home-and-home series and new Clemson home-and-home series (34:00), Jake Bentley on South Carolina’s tempo in Year 2 of the offense and on the seniors meeting heading into 2019 (39:00)
52 min
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QB Country founder David Morris: QB coach of Ja...
SEC Mike Bratton reveals to his cousin Shane that Greg Schiano coached as many games in New England than he did at Tennessee (1:00), interview with David Morris, former Ole Miss QB and founder of QB Country; Morris trains Jake Fromm, Jake Bentley, Stetson Bennett among many other college and high school QBs around the southeast (3:30), Around the league (20:00): Trey Smith’s workload on the practice field picking up in Knoxville (21:00), Jeremy Pruitt on his backup QBs (25:00), Does the SEC have an issue at backup QB? (27:00), Kirby Smart’s initial impressions on Nolan Smith and Jermaine Johnson (32:00), Nick Saban calls out last season’s staff for having great recruiters but bad coaches (36:00), Matt Luke on QB Matt Corral being the best QB so far (40:00), LSU announces homecoming game against Florida (44:30), early enrollee Cam’Ron Kelly leaving Auburn already after enrolling in January (48:00), Chad Morris on finding an offensive identity and learning from failures this spring (50:00) Mailbag: on Gus Malzahn’s win total to stay at Auburn
65 min
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SEC arrest edition: Joe Burrow on LSU's offense...
SEC Mike Bratton joined by his cousin Shane who has fallen off the wagon and fits right in with the rest of the SEC as spring break arrests are in full effect (1:30), Georgia Tech assistant coach uses the death of one of his players in a tweet celebrating a commitment (2:30), Around the League: Joe Burrow on the new offense at LSU (6:30), LSU land Demon Clowney, cousin of Jadeveon Clowney (11:00), Dan Mullen on his offensive linemen progressing quickly (12:30), Dan Mullen’s crazy outfit selection (16:30), Todd Grantham on his decision to stay at Florida (17:30), Kirby Smart on his UGA offense under James Coley (21:00), Kirby on created adversity to develop leaders on his football team (24:30), Deandre Baker comments on being the #1 corner on the board in the NFL Draft (27:00), Nick Saban on the best players being the best leaders on the team (30:00), Gus Malzahn on the QBs & Joey Gatewood (33:30), Will Muschamnp on the need to produce more NFL Draft picks (37:30), Jimbo Fisher on Kellen Mond’s progression in Year 2 of his offense (42:30), Kellen Mond on his goals this spring (45:00)
49 min
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Interview with Dave Winter co-creator of Doug F...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane discuss Jimmy Fallon honoring Auburn’s “Sex Championship” on The Tonight show (1:00), interview with Dave Winter, founder of Canuck Play and one of the co-creators of Doug Flutie’s Maximum Football 2019 which will be the first football game with a dynasty mode since the release of NCAA 2014 (4:00), Every SEC matchup featured on BetOnline’s debut point spreads for 2019 (37:00), Mailbag: Nick Saban's new Alabama coaching staff signal coach is planning on retiring soon? What is the standard etiquette of assistant coaches sharing/not sharing operational info when they leave for another job?
64 min
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Tua on what Bama needs to work on this spring, ...
SEC Mike Bratton asks his cousin Shane for his reaction to Tennessee's loss in Nahsville (1:00), Johnny Manziel lands with Memphis AAF team (2:30), Around the League: Tua on what stands out from last year’s disappointing end to the season (5:00), Gus Malzahn opens spring practice and discusses the team’s QB competition (10:00), Mississippi State QB Keytaon Thompson on what Nick Fitzgerald said to him entering the spring (20:30), Nick Starkel won’t wear Razorback gear until he earns it (23:00), Coach Sinclair on his second job down in Athens (25:30), Florida spring practice hype reel and announce 2019’s homecoming game (31:30), Tennessee spring practice hype reel (34:30), Jeremy Pruitt on Aubrey Solomon’s practice debut (36:30), Thomas Brown having a great time during his first spring at South Carolina (41:00), Big Kat Drill is back at LSU (44:00), Ed Orgeron about to land an extension (48:30), SEC exploring potential change to division scheduling & overtime rules (50:00)
61 min
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Arkansas QB film study: Pros & Cons of Nick Sta...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane discuss Stephen A. Smith being a dumbass while breaking down the Washington QB situation (1:30), Mike’s deep dive on the recruiting numbers for each SEC coaching staff for the 2019 season (3:30), breaking down the league’s best assistants at signing five-star recruits (5:30), the percentage of five-stars signed per 2019 SEC coaching staff (8:00), deep dive on Arkansas’ graduate transfer QBs — Nick Starkel and Ben Hicks: the good, the bad and we each pick the guy the Razorbacks should start under center (13:30), Mailbag: which SEC school is most likely to hire Mike Leach and which school would we most like to see hire Leach? (37:00)
50 min