Welcome to Lone Palm Club
With the world shut down I figured it’s time to shed light on perhaps the most exclusive, secretive, and special golf and fishing club in the world: Lone Palm Club. You’ve likely never heard of it. Lone Palm’s members...
LSU Celebrates in Uniquely Louisianan, Uniquely Absurd Style
In the wake of LSU’s fourth national championship in college football, I could wax poetic on the historic significance of the Tigers’ dominating 15-0 season. Write about how this Bayou Bengal squad is perhaps the greatest team in college...
Clemson vs. LSU: What’s Important
It’s Clemson and LSU for the national championship in New Orleans. The all-Tigers affair kicks off at 8 pm Monday in the Superdome, raising an important question: why the heck is the national championship on a Monday night? Conventional wisdom...
Breaking Down the Playoff
The College Football Playoff kicks off tomorrow and as I prepared this Playoff breakdown, I got to thinking generally about breakdowns of all sorts. You have the classic secondary breakdown resulting in a long touchdown pass. Offensive line breakdowns typically...
Rivalries Varied as People Themselves
It’s rivalry week in college football. Most of us experience rivalry week all year, because rivalries mirror our own personal relationships. Rivalries, be they of the gridiron type or otherwise, are born of proximity, close contact, familiarity. Familiarity breeds...
On Pom Poms and Other Observations
Longtime SEC Banter readers regard this column as a place for serious Xs and Os analysis, data-driven statistical breakdowns, and intense film study. This week, however, with just one real SEC game on tap in Texas Agricultural & Mechanical vs....
Playoff More Complex Than it Appears
I awaited the second College Football Playoff rankings with greater anticipation than the premier of Fletch and the Underhill Account. Of course, Fletch and the Underhill Account exists only in my mind, but it’s an appropriate title and storyline for the...
Alabama, LSU, and the Balance of Power
Another Game of the Century awaits Saturday in Tuscaloosa between No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama. It’s the third time the programs collide as the nation’s top-ranked teams — the most in college football history. The series is marked by long...
Fore Please: SEC Banter’s Member-Member Checklist
The South’s longest-running country club golf tournament tees off this weekend in Atlanta, Georgia and, though we’re smack dab in the middle of college football season, SEC Banter is compelled to share the following checklist for playing in a...
Midterm Grades for Football and Beyond
Midway through the season means SEC Banter’s doling out midterm grades for football teams and whatever else floats my boat. Disagree with your grade? My office hours are Tuesdays from 8-8:15 am. Or, for ’round-the-clock access, you can always fax...