Just another reason to embrace social media. Bobby Petrino, the new head coach at Western Kentucky, just tweeted a photo of a new Western Kentucky helmet, and it is stunning.
What do you think?#WKUFootball twitter.com/CoachPetrinoWK…
— Bobby Petrino (@CoachPetrinoWKU) March 29, 2013
What do I think coach? I love it.
The sweet 16 stage has been set and now we are starting to see the best programs shine while the underdogs start to fade. But that doesn’t mean we will not see an upset or two before we are all done! With the games starting to dwindle in total it is time to start combining regions in to posts. Here we combine one side of our bracket with the Midwest and West Regions.
As a refresher and introduction for those just now checking in, these picks are being determined purely on the hypothetical premise that the two schools are playing in football instead of basketball. Schools that have no football program have essentially been placed in no-win scenarios so at this point in the bracket my Sweet 16 looks quite different in some sections than the actual current status of the NCAA Tournament, but it is interesting to see how there are some similarities as well.
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Texas A&M fans will probably flood YouTube with a number of hype videos and 2013 promo videos for the upcoming college football season, and why not? The Aggies have Johnny Manziel and Kevin Sumlin breathing new life in to the program after a rousing SEC debut season in 2012. Now Texas A&M is looking to be built for a potential national championship run, a long time coming for The 12th Man.
Here we have the first hype video to make its way to my laptop screen. Enjoy.
Butch Jones taking over at Tennessee is one of many stories in the SEC this spring. AP Photo.
For folks like you and me, college football never stops. Sure, the games may be months away and we are now two months removed from the final college football game of the most recent season, but there is always something to talk about.
Between recruiting, realignment and players creating headlines through their own fault or not, we always have some college football discussion going on. Perhaps in no other conference is this more true than in the SEC, where fans will eat and breathe college football year round. At times this comes in uncomfortable amounts, but at the core of it all we just want any excuse to talk about the sport we love.
That is why we saw a national debate over whether or not Jadeveon Clowney should play for South Carolina blow up one week. It is why so much attention was given to Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel taking online courses. It is why shirtless photos of Steve Spurrier pop up and why Les Miles does the Harlem Shake.
But once you get past the Johnny Manziel madness and come to grips with the fact that Jadeveon Clowney is in fact going to play football this season, there is still a lot of ground to cover around the rest of the SEC.
When I want to talk about the SEC, Bleacher Report’s SEC writer Barrett Sallee is one of my favorite guys to reach out to. On today’s podcast Sallee discusses with me not only the life of Johnny Manziel but some of the key things to watch this spring around the conference. Some of the topics discussed include:
To hear what Sallee has to say about that and more, check out the podcast. Full audio is embedded below, or you can click here to listen.
One thing I did forget to mention was the recent story of Manziel allegedly pushing a graduate assistant after throwing an interception in a spring practice. I will not speak for Sallee, but it seems to have been a moment that blew out of proportion and has since been quieted by comments from Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin chalking it up as a “things happen in practice” incident. I tend to agree with that based on what I have read to this point, but should a similar episode be reported again then there will be a time to take a closer look at it all.
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The sweet 16 stage has been set and now we are starting to see the best programs shine while the underdogs start to fade. But that doesn’t mean we will not see an upset or two before we are all done! With the games starting to dwindle in total it is time to start combining regions in to posts. Here we combine one side of our bracket with the East and South Regions. Tomorrow we will dive in to the West and Midwest regions.
As a refresher and introduction for those just now checking in, these picks are being determined purely on the hypothetical premise that the two schools are playing in football instead of basketball. Schools that have no football program have essentially been placed in no-win scenarios so at this point in the bracket my Sweet 16 looks quite different in some sections than the actual current status of the NCAA Tournament, but it is interesting to see how there are some similarities as well.
How did We Get Here?
East Region: North Carolina State got by Temple in the first round and then took down the region’s number one seeded Indiana after the Hoosiers were able to avoid an upset bid by FCS James Madison. They now face new ACC rival Syracuse, who snuck by a down Cal program, in what should be quite an interesting match-up. In the bottom half of the region we see Miami pretty much waltzing to the regional final after putting away Illinois in the second round. We also saw two Pioneer Football League rivals face off in the second round with Davidson and Butler reaching the second round, but Butler has a mighty tough draw against the Hurricanes in this round.
South Region: North Carolina was able to avoid an upset bid by surprising Western Kentucky after the Hilltoppers ousted the region’s number one seed, Kansas. The Tar Heels now take on Michigan, who has had a breeze to this point with match-ups against Akron and FCS threat South Dakota State. In the other half of the region the Florida Gators have become a favorite after dispatching of FCS Northwestern State and Pac 12 contender UCLA. They take on Oklahoma, who avoided an upset bid by San Diego State in the first round and was able to rest up against Georgetown in the second round.
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