That SEC Football Podcast

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EMERGENCY PODCAST FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS AT AL...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane react to the big news out of Tuscaloosa that caused Shane to nearly have a heart attack live on the air.
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SEC Media's preseason picks: How Missouri, Flor...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane discuss LSU’s new locker room (1:00), how these teams can exceed the preseason expectations: Missouri (6:30), Florida (14:00), Auburn (21:00), South Carolina (29:00), Kentucky (38:00), Vanderbilt (44:00), how these teams could fail to meet the expectations: Alabama (52:00), Georgia (59:00)
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SEC Media's preseason picks: How Ole Miss, Arka...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane discuss Steve Spurrier's AAF Championship celebration (1:00), breaking down the official SEC Media preseason picks (3:00), how SEC teams not named Alabama or Georgia can surprise and exceed expectations this fall -- Ole Miss (14:00), Arkansas (22:00), Texas A&M (30:00), LSU (36:00), Tennessee (44:00)
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SEC Media Days 2019: Day 4 recap -- Auburn, Van...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane discuss the final day of 2019 SEC Media Days. Shane is Auburn down, Mike talks them up, Gus Malzahn on the decision to take over play calling duties and the progression of his offensive line (7:00), Derrick Brown was emphatic when it comes to Auburn’s championship goals (12:00), Derek Mason playing the disrespect card heading into 2019 (13:30), Kalija Lipscomb says Ke’Shawn Vaughn is the SEC’s best running back (18:00), Mark Stoops on the perception of Kentucky football rising and how important it was to keep OC Eddie Gran (24:30), Lynn Bowden says South Carolina has the rowdiest fans in the SEC (29:00), Kash Daniel lives up to the hype (32:30), our final takeaways from 2019 SEC Media Days (48:00)
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SEC Media Days 2019: Day 3 recap -- Arkansas, A...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane discuss Arkansas learning from last season’s failures, Chad Morris senses the buy-in factor this offseason (3:30), Sosa Agim on the program being stripped of its gear and being humbled by the 2-10 season (8:30), Nick Saban on his program letting things slide late last season (11:45), Tua believes the Tide learned a lesson from the loss to Clemson (18:00), Dylan Moses explains why Georgia, not Clemson, is the toughest opponent Alabama has faced (20:00), Joe Moorhead said the performance of his offense made him sick at times last season (24:00), Will Muschamp earns top honors as the most entertaining coach of SEC Media Days 2019 (28:00), Jake Bentley on why he thinks this is the best SC team of the Muschamp era (34:00)
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SEC Media Days 2019: Day 2 recap -- Ole Miss, T...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane discuss Ole Miss players fired up after finding out they are underdogs to Memphis (5:00), Matt Luke wants to send his seniors out with a trip to the postseason — something he’s helped accomplish at Ole Miss once before (8:30), Jimbo Fisher on never being satisfied (11:30), Kellen Mond on being in better shape than LSU last season in 7OT game (21:00), Mond on his belief that he is the SEC’s best QB (23:00), Kirby Smart on what he learned after losing to Alabama in back-to-back seasons (27:00), Jake Fromm on what UGA’s “do more” motto means for him (31:00), Jeremy Pruitt wins the most words spoken award then touches on Tennessee’s awful two game closing stretch of 2018 (36:30), Jarrett Guarantano on his growing relationship with Pruitt (39:00), Archie Manning shares a funny story on Tommy Stevens and the Manning Passing Academy (43:30)
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SEC Media Days 2019: Day 1 recap -- LSU, Florid...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane share their thoughts on SEC Media days on the move in 2020 and 2021 (3:00), Coach O admits Alabama forced him to change LSU’s offense (5:30), Joe Burrow is confident this is the year LSU’s offense does finally change (8:30), Coach O says Grant Delpit is as good as any defender he’s ever coached (11:00), Kelvin Joseph is back in the transfer portal (13:15), Dan Mullen on the expectations he has for Florida in Year 2 of his program (14:30), Feleipe Franks on the expectations this season (17:00), Lamical Perine came out firing shots during Media Days and Cousin Shane did not like it (19:30), Missouri meeting with the NCAA this week (22:00), Barry Odom kills the bad blood between he and Pruitt (24:00), Kelly Bryant explains his decision to commit to Mizzou over Auburn (27:00), Cale Garrett tells an awesome Kelly Bryant story that explains how the QB won the locker room so quickly (29:00)
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SEC Media Days 2019 preview
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane preview SEC Media Days 2019 but first, Mike Vrabel says he would chop off his dick for his first Super Bowl ring as a coach (2:00), we begin our coverage of SEC Media Days by running down all the players set to attend the event and our thoughts on the selections (5:30), running down Monday’s players from Florida, LSU and Missouri (6:00), running down Tuesday’s players from Georgia, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Texas A&M (11:15), running down Wednesday’s players from Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi State and South Carolina (17:00), running down Thursday’s players from Auburn, Kentucky and Vanderbilt (23:00), the guys made their official SEC Media Day selections predicting the 2019 SEC season (27:00), player and coach award predictions for the 2019 SEC season (1:01:00), who is getting fired this year in the SEC? (1:12:00)
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Florida's rough offseason continues, FPI update...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane discuss Urban Meyer's decision to host a podcast on leadership (1:00), Mike Leach remains our hero (3:00), Florida loses another four-star signee to junior college and the ninth Gator has entered the NCAA transfer portal this spring (5:00), ESPN’s FPI has the SEC only losing two non-conference games this season (12:30), Shane picks South Carolina to pull off a major upset next season (14:00), South Carolina will NOT serve alcohol next season (15:00), ESPN’s FPI starting the annual Tennessee hype train as the Vols favored in nine of 12 games (17:30), Jarrett Guarantano numbers compare favorably to a QB considered to be in the running to be the #1 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft (20:00), Mississippi State picks up a commitment from Jordan Davis, elite JUCO prospect that flipped from Tennessee (22:30), Arkansas reveals new jerseys for the 2019 season (25:00), Former Auburn QB Malik Willis transfers to Liberty to play for Hugh Freeze (27:30), MAILBAG: How bad will Alabama miss Jalen Hurts next season? (30:00), Win totals update via Caesars Palace (35:00), Paying tribute to Mr. Two Bits and Jared Lorenzen (38:00)
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Coach O loves Scott Woodward, LSU offense getti...
SEC Mike Bratton and his cousin Shane share the highlights of the Madden NFL rookie rankings reveal (2:30), Terry Bradshaw off his meds apparently (5:00), Coach O reveals just how involved Scott Woodward is when it comes to recruiting (8:30), Joe Burrow hypes up LSU’s offense, has the hype gone too far this offseason? (13:00), Jake Bentley wins throwing competition from the Manning Passing Academy; how excited should Carolina fans be following a strong offseason from the team’s QB? (18:00), Tua Tagovailoa misses the Manning Passing Academy due to injury (23:00), Cousin Shane is fired up following Phillip Fulmer’s latest comments on the Tennessee program (26:00), MAILBAG: How many wins does Matt Luke need next season to keep his job at Ole Miss? (34:00)
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Breaking down Week 1 lines & over/under season ...
Breaking down the Week 1 lines in the SEC with the season getting close (5:00), Florida vs. Miami (6:00), Texas A&M vs. Texas State (8:00), Mississippi State vs. Lafayette in New Orleans (9:30), Kentucky vs. Toledo (11:00), Ole Miss at Memphis (12:00), Tennessee vs. Georgia State (13:45), Alabama vs. Duke in Atlanta (16:00), South Carolina vs. North Carolina in Charlotte (17:00), LSU vs. Georgia Southern (18:00), Missouri at Wyoming (20:00), Auburn vs. Oregon in Arlington (21:00), Georgia at Vanderbilt (23:00), Updated over/under SEC win totals for every league team (24:00), Mail Call: Rankings the SEC receiving corps (40:00), our ideas to improve college football and college recruiting; include Shane’s rambling deep dive on the CFB scheduling (48:00)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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