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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
The following paragraph should be read in a football referee’s dry voice, with a referee’s hand motions/pointing, and typically smug attitude: “Personal foul. On the refs. Diminishing the game’s enjoyment by throwing too many flags. 15-yard penalty and automatic...
Unless you’re some nerd who doesn’t follow college football, you know the No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-0) travel down South to face the No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs (3-0, 1-0) on Saturday. Kickoff between the hedges on Dooley...
The nascent college football season’s first top-10 matchup arrives Saturday evening deep in the heart of Texas, as the No. 6 Tigers of Louisiana State take on the No. 9 Longhorns of Texas. Toe meets leather at 7:30 pm...
The new phone book’s here! The new phone book’s here! It actually isn’t here, even assuming “it,” the phone book, still exists. But I wanted to give a nod to an important movie, “The Jerk,” a critically-acclaimed film from 1979 that...
