Tennessee’s started. Kiffykins is leashed. Tennessee’s spring practices have started, and the only person on the depth chart with a spot is Eric Berry. (Who says Monte Kiffin is the “Google of defense.”) So…nothing’s changed, really, aside from tempo, style, the p...

Man 1: Hey, you introduced yourself to the neighbors yet? Man 2: Nah, man. Man 1: Why not? You should? It helps to know people, meet new friends, get a lay of the neighborhood, it’s– Man 2:Trust me. It’s not worth it. Plus I have to do it sooner rather than later. Man 1: When are y...

New cheese follows newish/soon-to-be-more-important starters around our beloved college football. Name: Chris Rainey Substantials: Tiny. Fast. Jiggle-equipped. Aware of all three and prone to showing it. 5-9, 156. Forty: somewhere between 4.24 and 4.4, depending on which reality currency you accept ...

Dabo Gets His Motherfucker On: Come for the bland Greg Davis variation of the spread; stay for the profane inspirational speeches. Dear Lane Kiffin: John Abraham says you’re wrong; we want tickets to SEC Media Days like yesterday, if only to see the DUHHHface up close. Auburn, year one: sugary...

Julio Jones, turbofreakbot wide receiver for Alabama who shone despite having to catch loopy, errant passes from the heartbreakingly beautiful John Parker Wilson this fall, has been elected to the Alabama Student Senate despite no being on the ballot, not campaigning a lick for the seat, and stating...

Burn Down The Mission. Bring your family down to the riverside, and watch Martin Fennelly suggest we put the flametorch to their keep: The race with Joe Paterno is over. Paterno’s late rally has him up 383-382 in all-time wins, but Bobby might have to fork over victories, perhaps as many as 14...

It’s NCAA Penalty day in college football, and who couldn’t be excited about that? The offseason is a wondrous cavalcade of events, isn’t it? This ledge…looks so inviting…so…death-y…. Only the fact that this is Florida State in potential NCAA trouble keeps u...

The Textbook Case Against Alabama. Lest a single detail be overlooked: Alabama players gave their textbooks to friends at buyback, textbooks given to them with funds earmarked for their scholarships, thus making their actions a matter of NCAA interest, and thus getting Auburn fans to feverishly send...

Does this mean he’s seen the golf cart? Dennis Erickson, Arizona State University coach and raconteur, imbiber of fine malted beverages, and coaching legend, on bloggers: “I don’t pay any attention to those chat boards,â€� says Erickson, proving his point with the fractured nomenclature of...

Sometimes we have to justify all the lingering bits of immigrant/refugee stuff floating about in our heads. Pardon the mess, but here’s one instance of that in a college football-relevant manner. Here’s a joke: why don’t immigration lawyers go to hell when they die? Answer: because...