The OG Kickoff w/ Connor O'Gara and W...
Connor O'Gara and Will Ogburn return to the mic for The OG Kickoff - your new home for authentic SEC football talk.
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Media Days Preview, 2018 Hot Seats, Alabama Pri...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss next week's SEC Media Days event (5:25), Paul Finebaum's status with ESPN and the SEC Network (12:50), which SEC head coaches might expect to be on the hot seat this upcoming season (18:50), Jake Fromm's recent injury (36:30), Tim Brando's comments about Alabama's "privilege" (43:20), and who is the SEC's most valuable player in 2018 (51:20).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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A Fourth of July Special: God, Country and the ...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back with a very patriotic discussion of what college football team is considered America's team (1:30), the ideal role for each SEC coach at a cookout (24:00), the most American moments in college football history (32:50) and the most American scenes from movies (41:00).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
60 min
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SEC Recruiting Update, Texas A&M Expectations, ...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss the latest events in the world of SEC football recruiting (1:00), Jimbo Fisher's comments about Kevin Sumlin's office (13:40), and the most devastating losses in recent memory (32:30).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Heisman Odds, Jalen Hurts & New Redshirt Rules ...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss the recently released Heisman odds for next season (3:00), how the new redshirt options might impact Jalen Hurts status at Alabama(14:00), the new transfer rules (22:50), a review of what's happening in other sports (34:00), and more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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SEC & Las Vegas, Week 1 Lines, Jimbo Recruiting...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss the possibility of the SEC participating in a Las Vegas bowl game (3:00), SEC baseball (8:30), the recent SEC SID rankings(16:00), the updated week 1 lines (22:40), Jimbo Fisher's early recruiting success at Texas A&M (29:00), the optimism around Dan Mullen's first year at Florida (39:00), amazing Arkansas fans(46:30).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The G.O.A.T. Week Pod (ep. 115)
It's G.O.A.T. Week at Saturday Down South, and Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to talk about the "greatest of all time" from SEC football. Topics include the McFadden/Jones vs. Williams/Brown vs. Michel/Chubb debate, the all-time starting lineup and Bear Bryant and Nick Saban. Plus, Chris subjects Connor to another Family Feud-style lightning round in honor of G.O.A.T. Week.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
63 min
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SDS Special: Every SEC Team As A Character From...
In this special #offseasoncontent episode, Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler merge their passions of SEC football and The Office by likening every SEC football team to a character from The Office. If you love The Office, you'll enjoy this episode. Not a fan of The Office? We'll be back next week with regular SEC football content.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
64 min
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Joe Burrow Expectations, Bama Drama, Cross-Divi...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss Joe Burrow expectations at LSU (1:00), the passing of former SEC Commissioner Mike Slive (13:20), the recent Alabama drama (18:55), the Alabama-Texas home-and-home series (33:00), and the best cross-divisional games in the SEC (35:00).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
59 min
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Legalized Gambling, Saban & Transfers, LSU 2018...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss how the legalization of sports gambling might impact college football (1:00), Nick Saban blocking his player's transfer options (9:10), Jalen Hurts working out with the rival (16:45), Chad Kelly's NFL future (25:30), Bret Bielema's job with the New England Patriots (32:30), how many games does Ed Orgeron need to win in 2018?(40:15).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Kirby Smart & The $7 Million Club, Latest Natio...
Saturday Down South’s Connor O’Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss Kirby Smart getting paid and joining the $7 million club (1:30), Jimbo Fisher’s negotiation abilities (4:45), why beating Nick Saban gets you paid (9:45), John Parker Wilson’s bold claim about Tennessee’s future (14:25), the next SEC quarterback target: Ohio State’s Joe Burrows (20:15), the recently released national championship odds (38:35), Roquan Smith’s stolen goods (51:30).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...
59 min
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NFL Draft Recap, Alabama Draft Records, Drew Lo...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to recap the NFL Draft (1:00), 12 years of SEC dominance at the Draft(4:20), the surprise of where Derrius Guice was drafted (12:15), how Antonio Callaway actually got drafted (23:00), the hilarious Danny Etling-Julian Edelman comparison (25:20), why Bo Scarbrough nearly went undrafted (30:00), Alabama's incredible Draft numbers (33:30), the Shaquem Griffin story (38:10), the Josh Allen Twitter controversy(40:20), how Drew Lock is ...
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Spring Football Recap, NFL Draft, Trent Dilfer ...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss Jeremy Pruitt's interesting remarks following the Tennessee spring game (1:45), Mississippi State's Keytaon Thompson (7:45), Alabama's continuing Jalen Hurts saga (12:25), Saban's hot mic (13:45), first reactions to Georgia's Justin Fields (19:25), the NFL Draft (33:45), and how Connor's Finebaum appearance and Mississippi State prediction caused a mini uprising on Twitter (46:00). Then, Super Bowl winning quarterback an...
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Hugh Freeze Blocked, Spring Football Continues,...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss Greg Sankey allegedly blocking the hiring of Hugh Freeze (:30), the four spring games from last weekend (6:25), the five spring games this upcoming weekend (19:15), more confusion from Jim McElwain (41:15), the new rule for college football kickoffs (44:45), Reuben Foster's domestic violence incident (47:30).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Spurrier's Back, SEC Football Win Projections, ...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler discuss Steve Spurrier's return to football (1:00), ESPN's FPI win projections for the SEC football teams (8:45), last weekend's Spring games (20:00), the ridiculous Joey Gatewood-Cam Newton comparisons (20:30), whether Ole Miss's offense could be the best in the SEC (29:00), Kentucky's offense and the Cats' upcoming spring game (35:00), Drew Lock and Derek Dooley (38:00), the next Florida Gators quarterback battle (41:30), if coaching at T...
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Tennessee Expectations, More SEC Spring Games, ...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss Lane Kiffin's comments about Tennessee and how early we can expect success in Knoxville (:30), South Carolina's spring game this past Saturday (8:40), Auburn's injuries and upcoming spring game (16:30), Arkansas and Ole Miss spring games (21:20), Les Miles' acting career (27:00), Herm Edwards's continued learning of college football (31:05), where The Masters falls on the sports bucket list (37:30), leaving college footb...
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Tennessee's Lost Texts, Alabama-Notre Dame, Sou...
Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler discuss the now public text messages from the Tennessee hiring debacle (:30), the potential scheduling of Alabama-Notre Dame in the future (14:20), home-and-home series scheduling compared to kickoff games (20:30), Chris's day of reckoning with regards to his Michigan-Final Four prediction (26:45), his run-in with Sister Jean (27:00), South Carolina's upcoming spring game and what's next for Jake Bentley (31:55), Jimbo Fisher welcoming John...
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Tua’s Injury, Georgia Spring Practice Preview, ...
(0:00) The world’s on fire as Tua Tagovailoa went down with a thumb injury and the Alabama QB competition may be open again. But without very many healthy bodies, could this be an area of concern for Bama?(22:19) After putting out that fire, we whip around the conference for some updates from around spring, including Georgia reloading and Joe Moorhead’s “Chipotle Offense.” Of course, we had to power rank the best fast foot restaurants of all time. (32:32) Then the guys tackle March Madness, a...
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March Madness, Is the SEC Getting Unfair Draws?...
(0:00) BUTCH JONES TO ALABAMA AT PRO DAY-Nick Saban wouldn’t confirm it.-If you could have three wishes granted for Butch Jones’ time in Tuscaloosa, what would they be?(11:00) ED ORGERON SAYS LSU DOESN’T HAVE A FIRST-TEAM QUARTERBACK -Uhhhhh…duh -Myles Brennan and Lowell Narcisse competing for the starting job-Fun LSU QB stats-The last time an LSU QB…-Threw for 20 touchdown passes…-Threw for 3,000 yards…-The last time LSU scored 25 points against Alabama…(17:47) KYLE SHURMUR THE NEXT JAY...
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NCAA Tourney Preview with Adam Spencer (ep. 102)
The NCAA Tourney is here, and the guys are joined by resident hoops expert Adam Spencer to break it all down. From the championship picks to the likely first-round upsets, they have you covered.Which SEC team has the hardest path in the tourney? Who got fairly seeded and who did the selection committee get wrong? Also, who could be the biggest letdown?We all have some fun filling out our brackets, but who are the worst people in every bracket group?All this and more on this week’s pod.Learn m...
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Is God An Auburn Fan?, Combine Results, Jimbo's...
It’s time for your football fix in the middle of basketball season, and the guys have you covered:COMBINE SZN (00:00)-Donte Jackson fails to break John Ross’ record, still puts up 4.32-Tony Brown curses on live television, guy wrongly made him stop his 40-Davin Bellamy says Georgia didn’t prepare for someone who could throw-Lamar Jackson says he’s a quarterback, doesn’t run the 40-Josh Allen threw a ball really far in shortsBUTCH JONES TO ALABAMA/BILLBOARD COMES DOWN (13:36)-Tennessee fans we...
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The SEC Basketball Tournament Pod (ep. 100)
It’s SEC Tournament week in St. Louis, and the guys are here to break it down. On the line to help them is SDS’s own Joe Cox (not the Georgia quarterback), who is our resident SEC basketball expert, as well as a long-time Kentucky insider. We start off with the wide open SEC (0:00) and who has the best chance to come out of it, including comparing the preseason odds to win the SEC with the current tournament odds (8:13).Joe then joins the show (13:08) to share his expertise, and discuss if th...
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Butch to Bama, Spring Football, Starkel's Biebe...
It’s spring practice season in the SEC, but the news cycle is full of ridiculousness off the field.First off, Butch Jones is talking about coming to Bama, which has gotten many Bammers like Marler pretty mad. Is Saban trying for the first-ever sweep of the national championship and championship of life? (0:00)It’s time to talk spring football, as the guys talk about expectations and players to watch from teams across the league. (10:27) And of course, along with that come some cliche spring f...
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Tebow to the Bigs, Mac to Michigan, Fergie's An...
It’s a surprisingly busy week in SEC football news, as the guys break down some coaching changes, including Jim McElwain joining Jim Harbaugh at Michigan (00:46), and Alabama picking up the legendary Coach Cool (Craig Kuligowski) of Mizzou fame (9:11). Speaking of people changing jobs, former Alabama QB AJ McCarron is now free from the Bengals’ pit of misery and he can finally get a chance to start (16:20). For some reason, Connor decided to celebrate this by writing him a poem, so…enjoy that...
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SEC Valentines, Manziel SZN, Mullen, Dropping F...
It’s the season of love in the SEC, and that means it’s #comebackszn for Johnny Manziel (00:00). Where will he play next? Is there a worse mentor than Josh McCown, or a better place to fail than Cleveland?In an ultimate power move, Dan Mullen threw some shade at Georgia (10:39) for wins that McElwain earned. This is either the beginning of a great rivalry between two coaches, or the biggest running joke for years to come.Let’s take a two-car ride on the Lane Train (17:25), as Lane Kiffin used...
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National Signing Day Aftermath with Corey Long ...
It’s National Signing Day, the last gasp of football before the long, cold offseason. The guys break down Georgia’s historic day and what it’s like to be an Alabama fan after years of being told “If you’re not first, you’re last” (0:00).This NSD was one for the ages, including the mic drop by Jacob Copeland’s mom (6:22), and several decisions that went against Tennessee in the most hilarious way possible(10:07) – did the trash can on the sideline curse them forever?We learned something else o...
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