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Week 7 SEC Recap, Midseason Awards (ep. 145)
Saturday Down South’s Connor O’Gara and Chris Marler recap an upset-filled week in the SEC. They discussed what Saturday taught us about LSU and Georgia, including a happy Ed Talks (2:40). Chris also talked about his experience in Tuscaloosa and the impact Tua Tagovailoa’s injury scare had on his sanity (18:32). The guys also looked back at Tennessee’s SEC upset of the year against Auburn (30:16), as well as a key takeaway from Florida-Vandy (37:44), Texas A&M-South Carolina (43:02) and O...
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Week 7 SEC Preview, Midseason Storylines Galore...
Saturday Down South’s Connor O’Gara and Chris Marler share their sadness to already be at the unofficial midway point of 2018. They discuss the huge Georgia-LSU showdown and a couple of the potential implications off that, including a wild take about Notre Dame (2:01). They also break down the Mizzou-Alabama matchup (18:13) and talked about Will Muschamp’s decision to stick with Jake Bentley on Saturday against Texas A&M (28:30). With it being the midway point, they looked at Connor’s All...
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Week 6 SEC Recap (ep. 143)
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler recap all the action in the SEC in Week 6. They go back and forth on a take that Connor had at The Swamp during Florida's win against LSU (4:37). Besides that, they also talked about some interesting AP rankings for SEC teams (19:47), Auburn-Mississippi State (24:11), Kentucky-Texas A&M (31:56), Mizzou-South Carolina (35:32) and the flaws in Alabama and Georgia (44:03). They also looked ahead to Week 7 action (53:49), and a sad Coach O ...
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Week 6 SEC Preview, Tim Tebow Interview (ep. 142)
Saturday Down South’s Connor O’Gara and Chris Marler broke down all things SEC ahead of Week 6. They talked about the headliner in The Swamp with LSU and Florida (3:38), and the bets they’d like to see similar to the one Steve Spurrier and Les Miles struck up. They also broke down Auburn-Mississippi State (12:57), Kentucky-Texas A&M (21:11), Alabama-Arkansas (27:08) , Mizzou-South Carolina (31:32), and Vandy-Georgia (35:51). They talked to their good friend Tim Tebow, who joined the podca...
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Week 5 SEC Recap, Connor's takes are dead (ep. ...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler recap an eventful Week 5 in the SEC. Connor gives eulogies for his Mississippi State and Jalen Hurts takes (2:27). They also discuss Florida's impressive win at Mississippi State (6:54), Kentucky still owning the world (17:52), Georgia's sleepy offensive effort against Tennessee (27:24), whether the East is better than the West (32:15), Jimbo Fisher's controversial face mask grab (34:51) and Ed Talks (39:17). They also looked ahead to the W...
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Week 5 SEC Preview, Luke Del Rio Interview (ep....
Saturday Down South’s Connor O’Gara and Chris Marler are back to look ahead at all of the Week 5 action in the SEC. They hit on the potential SEC impact of the big news that Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant is transferring (3:08). They took a closer look at SEC matchups with South Carolina-Kentucky (10:13), Florida-Mississippi State (15:52), Tennessee-Georgia (20:51), Arkansas-Texas A&M (24:59) and Ole Miss-LSU (28:39). They caught up with their best friend former Florida quarterback Luke...
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Week 4 SEC Recap, Benny Snell Heisman Trophy ca...
Saturday Down South’s Connor O’Gara and Chris Marler break down a wild Week 4 in the SEC. They discussed Kentucky’s historic win against Mississippi State and unofficially launched Benny Snell’s Heisman Trophy campaign (1:50). The guys looked back at Texas A&M-Alabama (16:31), Georgia-Mizzou (26:38), Florida-Tennessee (36:07), South Carolina-Vandy (42:42) and all the other action in the SEC (46:26). They also looked ahead to the Week 5 slate and had some gambling talk with Uncle Chris (5...
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Week 4 SEC Preview (ep. 138)
Saturday Down South’s Connor O’Gara and Chris Marler look ahead to all the Week 4 action in the SEC. They talked Texas A&M-Alabama (2:54), Georgia-Mizzou (12:37), Florida-Tennessee (19:22), Mississippi State-Kentucky (25:55) and South Carolina-Vandy (32:20). They also set some over-unders for the rest of the action in the SEC (40:25), and had some interesting questions in 4th and Wrong (1:05:28). They closed with discussing their new beef with Jordan Rodgers in #ItMightMeanTooMuch (1:16:4...
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Week 3 SEC Recap from Oxford (ep. 137)
Saturday Down South’s Connor O’Gara and Chris Marler recapped the Week 3 action in the SEC from their rented condo in Oxford. They talked all things Tiger Bowl (4:21), as well as the Alabama-Ole Miss game that they were at (16:06). Plus, they dished on their first experience at The Grove (27:07) and discussed other headlines across the SEC including Dan Mullen’s Feleipe Franks comments (35:49), Jared Cornelius sticking up for Cole Kelley (41:24), Vanderbilt’s moral victory at Notre Dame (44:2...
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Week 3 SEC Preview, Matt Stinchcomb Interview (...
Saturday Down South’s Connor O’Gara and Chris Marler preview the Week 3 action in the SEC, including how Hurricane Florence is impacting the college football landscape. They broke down the Tiger Bowl (7:25), the Alabama-Ole Miss game that they’ll be on hand to watch (16:06), as well as Mizzou-Purdue and a few other games around the country (24:41). They interviewed former Georgia great and SEC Network analyst Matt Stinchcomb, who joined the guys on behalf of the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team ...
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Week 2 SEC Recap: The Streak is OVER (ep. 135)
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler break down all the action from Week 2 in the SEC. They broke down Kentucky ending its 31-year losing streak to Florida (1:51), Georgia's statement win at South Carolina (14:01), Texas A&M's battle with Clemson (24:43), Mississippi State's impressive road win (32:33) and other headlines around the SEC and around college football (40:21). They also opened it up for 4th and Wrong (1:00:33) and #ItMightMeanTooMuch.Learn more about your ad c...
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Week 2 SEC preview, Luke Del Rio interview (ep....
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler talk all things SEC in Week 2. They break down each headliner matchup in the SEC (3:29), and they catch up with former Florida quarterback and current podcaster Luke Del Rio (29:55). The guys run through their Week 2 SEC picks (1:06:46), as well as "4th and Wrong" (1:22:22) and #ItMightMeanTooMuchLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The SEC owns college football after Week 1 (ep....
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler broke down the SEC's dominant start to 2018. They talked about headliner wins for LSU (9:02), Auburn (18:43) and Alabama (26:11) and with thoughts on their potential for the rest of the season. Plus, they hit on the conference's stellar Week 1 quarterback play (38:07) and looked ahead to some Week 2 lines with MyBookie (55:56). And, as always, they closed the Monday out with Family Feud (1:02:52) and #ItMightMeanTooMuch.Learn more about you...
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Game Day! The ultimate Week 1 SEC preview (ep. ...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler break down, you guessed it, SEC football games! They have a full Week 1 preview (3:00), complete with some in-depth look at the headliner showdowns (24:40) and their picks against the spread (47:10). They also talked about headlines involving Jimbo Fisher (8:38), Zach Smith (10:53) and Alabama's strength of schedule (15:20). Plus, their new favorite segment "4th and Wrong" (1:04:18) and as always, #ItMightMeanTooMuch.Learn more about your a...
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SEC QB news, 2018 Predictions, Interview with C...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler talked about the flurry of SEC quarterback announcements (3:27), as well as Nick Fitzgerald's suspension (21:10). They also broke down their SEC/national predictions for 2018 (25:23), and discussed Week 1 SEC lines from My Bookie (44:28). Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl CEO Gary Stokan joined the show to talk about how the Auburn-Washington matchup happened and why Pac-12 teams are suddenly willing to come to Atlanta (49:53). The guys wrapped up wit...
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SEC East Preview, Urban Meyer disaster, Jimbo F...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler react to the Urban Meyer mess that unfolded at Ohio State on Wednesday (0:25). They also hit on headlines involving Jimbo Fisher's staff being accused of NCAA violations and what the new transfer rule means for cases like that (12:42), plus they talk LSU blocking Justin McMillan from SEC schools (19:17), Return of the Mac (27:26) and a loaded SEC East Preview (29:21). They wrapped things up with a new non-football question segment (56:27) a...
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SEC West Preview, Dave Hooker interview on 1998...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back for a loaded show. We've got a breakdown of big weekend headlines involving Nick Saban, Kirby Smart and Zamir White (5:27), plus we react to the preseason Associated Press poll (19:41). We've also got an SEC West Preview, complete with My Bookie over/unders (25:28), as well as an interview with Dave Hooker talking about his work for the series on Tennessee's 1998 season (51:16), Family Feud 1:09:18) and #ItMightMeanTooMuch (1:12:36...
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LSU quarterbacks leaving, Pablo Fields' interes...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler discuss the revolving door of quarterbacks at LSU and what it means (2:28). Plus, they discuss LSU-Clemson series (13:21), B.J. Johnson's wild Florida Playoff prediction (20:13), Pablo Fields' interesting comment (24:33), top SEC quarterbacks (31:44), Top 25 SEC Players list (37:16), favorite games to re-watch (45:43), a new Q&A segment (53:56)and #ItMightMeanTooMuch (58:52).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Will Muschamp's DJ Durkin defense, Landsharks a...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler recap a busy week in college football. They discussed Ole Miss' strange mascot reveal (7:52), why Will Muschamp blindly defended D.J. Durkin (11:28), how Demetris Robertson is eligible at Georgia (21:13), if Georgia has more talent than Alabama (29:00), 50 questions for the 2018 season (40:13) and Antonio Callaway's bizarre punishment (54:26). Plus, the guys played Family Feud (1:00:00)and #ItMightMeanTooMuch (1:03:25).Learn more about your...
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Jalen Hurts speaks out, Urban Meyer's mess at O...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler talk about Jalen Hurts breaking his silence and not holding anything back (3:05), plus they break down their thoughts on the disastrous situation at Ohio State (18:12), some Coaches Poll reactions (29:02), SEC fall camp headlines (43:33), they binged watched "Last Chance U" (49:50) and #ItMightMeanTooMuch (59:36).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Preseason SEC Superlatives, Georgia's Recruitin...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler break down the odd scandal involving 6 Florida players (2:48), plus they discuss the big-picture impact of Georgia's recruiting roll (15:40), Nick Saban gets paid (again) (23:38), Preseason SEC Superlatives (29:43), Jim Harbaugh gets even weirder (56:24) and #ItMightMeanTooMuch (59:20).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jalen Hurts' Status, Malzahn's Scheduling Comme...
Saturday Down South's Connor O' Gara joins Chris Marler from enemy territory (Big Ten media days) to discuss Jalen Hurts' recent comments regarding his status at Alabama, thoughts on Shea Patterson and Joe Burrow, Gus Malzahn's recent comments about scheduling and an interview with SEC Network's Peter Burns.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Media Days Recap, Part 3: Favorite Moments From...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler put a bow on SEC Media Days coverage, including having a fresh perspective on Will Muschamp; also, the legendary Paul Finebaum joins the show (22:13) to dish on the Jalen-Tua debate and more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Media Days Recap, Part 2: We Love Moorhead, Sab...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler discuss the SEC Media Days debut of Tennessee's Jeremy Pruitt and Miss State's Joe Moorhead. Also, Mizzou claps back against Cece Jefferson and the guys interview former Gator great Chris Doering (16:27).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Media Days Recap, Part 1: Benny Tha Bandit, Aar...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler break down the first two days of SEC Media Days in Atlanta, including Kentucky RB Benny Snell's rap nickname and QB Jacob Eason's apparent return to UGA. Former Bulldog QB Aaron Murray also joins the pod (22:28)and the guys preview Days 3 and 4 (31:50).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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