Week 8 of college football saw just four SEC matchups. Alabama vs. Tennessee: Junior Alabama wide receiver Jaylen Waddle had a shocking injury on the opening kickoff. Waddle injured his ankle and may miss the rest season. Alabama head coach Nick Saban compares the injury to that of former Alabama …
Read More »SEC Fines Three Schools for Breaking COVID-19 Protocols
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey wasn’t bluffing when he threatened to penalize schools for violating COVID-19 protocols. Ole Miss, Tennessee and Texas A&M were all fined $100,000 for failing to adhere to the conference’s mask-wearing regulations during game day, according to Sports Illustrated’s Ross Dellenger and Stadium’s Brett McMurphy. ESPN reported …
Read More »Chiefs Beat Bills 26-17 with Running Game
The Kansas City Chiefs turned to the running game to defeat the Buffalo Bills 26-17 on Monday night. The Chiefs are now 3-0 in Monday night matchups. The Chiefs are now 5-1 as they were able to bounce back from a 40-32 loss against the Las Vegas Raiders. This is …
Read More »SEC football faces COVID-19 outbreaks
With big matchups and primetime games originally scheduled for this week college football and SEC now must tackle its COVID-19 outbreaks. Who is affected? The Florida Gators football team stopped activities this week amid positive coronavirus tests from players and coaches. As the week went on, the amount of positive …
Read More »Florida-LSU Postponed Amid Covid Outbreak
The Florida-LSU game scheduled for Saturday has been postponed due to a Covid-19 outbreak within the Florida football program. The Bad News Eighteen scholarship players and three walk-ons tested positive, according to Athletic Director Scott Stricklin. Combined with players held out due to contact tracing or injuries, less than 50 …
Read More »Mullen, Gators learning from loss, “preparing for LSU”
A calamitous weekend for Gator football made one thing clear during Dan Mullen’s weekly press conference; he’s preparing for LSU. Another struggle on defense Disregarding Mullen’s comments about stadium capacity briefly, Florida’s loss on Saturday highlighted many of their issues. Once again, the Gators flourished on offense. Kyle Trask threw …
Read More »Previewing LSU-Missouri Game Moved by Hurricane
Missouri and LSU will square off this Saturday in a battle of SEC Tigers. It was originally going to be an LSU home game, but has been moved to Missouri due to Hurricane Delta. LSU Outlook Ed Orgeron’s team sits at the .500 mark early this season after a historic …
Read More »LSU Football Hoping to Bounce Back Against Vanderbilt
The defending national champion LSU Tigers will be looking to clear their name at Vanderbilt this weekend after losing to unranked Mississippi State at home in week 1. The Tigers lost to the Bulldogs 44-34, allowing quarterback K.J. Costello to pass for 623 yards and six touchdowns, and dropped to …
Read More »Centralized Conference Realignment
How many different ways has it been said that this year has been a dumpster fire? For college athletics, the chaos of 2020 has unearthed deep cracks in a system of dysfunctional leadership divided by geography, politics, and mixed messaging. A single multi-billion dollar business in which a multitude of …
Read More »Jaguars select CJ Henderson, K’Lavon Chaisson in first round of NFL Draft
The Jacksonville Jaguars put the emphasis on defense in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft with the selection of Florida defensive back CJ Henderson and LSU defensive end K’Lavon Chaisson. The Jaguars selected Henderson, a former Florida Gator cornerback, with ninth overall pick in the draft. The Jaguars …
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