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Ranking the Best College Football-Basketball Coach Tandems in the SEC

Tennessee Volunteers With college football’s spring practice and basketball’s postseason around the corner, Athlon Sports decided this would be a good time to evaluate each school’s coaching tandem. In this ...

18 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, College Basketball, News, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Kentucky Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Missouri Tigers, Ole Miss Rebels, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas A&M Aggies, Vanderbilt Commodores

College Football Recruiting: SEC Team Consensus Rankings for 2013

Tennessee Volunteers Recruiting in the SEC is downright nasty. It is a cutthroat, cannibalistic big business that is microscopically analyzed by fans, administrators and media members alike. Recruiting in the SEC is un...

18 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Kentucky Wildcats, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Missouri Tigers, Ole Miss Rebels, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas A&M Aggies, Vanderbilt Commodores

National Signing Day 2013 Preview and Storylines to Watch

Tennessee Volunteers National Signing Day 2013 is here! It’s college football’s version of Christmas morning when millions of dollars, thousands of man-hours traveling and countless phone calls come to fruition...

Ranking College Football's Most Talented Rosters

Tennessee Volunteers Preseason prognosticators like Athlon Sports — the most accurate college football preview magazine on newsstands — use many things to predict what the coming football season will look...

Recruiting: Ranking the SEC's Best Football Rosters

Tennessee Volunteers Preseason prognosticators like Athlon Sports — the most accurate college football preview magazine on newsstands — use many things to attempt to predict what the coming football season will loo...

College Football Recruiting's 10 Biggest Five-Star Busts Since 2008

Tennessee Volunteers The top 10 players in the 2008 Athlon Consensus 100 included Julio Jones (No. 2), Da’Quan Bowers (No. 4), A.J. Green (No. 6), Arthur Brown (No. 7), Patrick Peterson (No. 9) and Terrelle Pryor (No...

20 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Alabama Crimson Tide, LSU Tigers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Tennessee Volunteers, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, AC100, Recruiting

Grading College Football's Head Coach Hires for 2013

Tennessee Volunteers College football’s coaching carousel was in full effect this offseason. Thirty programs will have a new head coach in 2013, ranging from Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky and Tennessee in the SEC to FBS...

Early SEC Football Predictions for 2013

Tennessee Volunteers With Alabama’s convincing victory over Notre Dame in early January, the SEC ran its streak of consecutive national champions to seven. The bad news for the competition? The SEC isn’t going anyw...

21 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Kentucky Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Missouri Tigers, Ole Miss Rebels, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas A&M Aggies, Vanderbilt Commodores

10 Biggest Boom or Bust Underclassmen in the 2013 NFL Draft

Tennessee Volunteers The deadline for underclassmen to declare for the 2013 NFL Draft was Jan. 15. The economic majors who can play ball decided to take the money and run. But not every name on the list is a can’t-mi...

21 weeks ago by Nathan Rush Tags: College Football, NFL, Barkevious Mingo, Brad Wing, Da'Rick Rogers, Greg Reid, Kwame Geathers, Marcus Lattimore, Sheldon Richardson, Tyler Bray, Tyrann Mathieu, William Gholston, Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Missouri Tigers, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Volunteers

College Football's NFL Draft Deadline Winners and Losers

Tennessee Volunteers The early entry deadline to the NFL Draft is always a nervous time for many coaches in college football. Even though most coaches have an idea of which players will be back for the next season, the...

Ranking Jobs in the 2012-13 Coaching Carousel

Tennessee Volunteers The opening of three key SEC jobs this season -- Arkansas, Auburn and Tennessee -- sparked debate within the Athlon office, and, it seems, through rabid SEC fans. Which job is the most desirab...

Ranking the National Championship Teams of the BCS Era

Tennessee Volunteers The BCS just finished its 15th season of action, and has for the most part, been a major improvement on the previous bowl system. How do each of the 15 official champions stack-up against each othe...

23 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, LSU Tigers, Miami Hurricanes, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans

How the 2012 All-SEC Team Ranked as High School Recruits

Tennessee Volunteers The merits of recruiting rankings are debated in every sports bar and around every water cooler in the nation. Athlon continues its look at how each all-conference team ranked as high school recrui...

25 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Kentucky Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Missouri Tigers, Ole Miss Rebels, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas A&M Aggies, Vanderbilt Commodores

College Football's Top 10 Defenses of the BCS Era

Tennessee Volunteers The BCS is wrapping up its 15th season of action and Athlon Sports is continuing its series of BCS rankings. We ranked the best performances of each BCS bowl game and we ranked the best teams of ea...

26 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, LSU Tigers, Miami Hurricanes, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, TCU Horned Frogs, Tennessee Volunteers, USC Trojans

College Basketball's Early Season Conference Review: SEC

Tennessee Volunteers The final two undefeated SEC teams watched their unblemished records fall during their trips out West. Florida lost 65-64 to Arizona while LSU lost 89-70 at Boise State. Despite the loss, the ...

26 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, News, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Kentucky Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Missouri Tigers, Ole Miss Rebels, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas A&M Aggies, Vanderbilt Commodores

Ranking the SEC's New College Football Coaches

Tennessee Volunteers The SEC is college football’s toughest conference and only got better with the addition of new coaches Gus Malzahn, Bret Bielema, Butch Jones and Mark Stoops. All four schools (Auburn, Arkansas, ...

26 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Kentucky Wildcats, Tennessee Volunteers

Grading Tennessee Football's Hire of Coach Butch Jones

Tennessee Volunteers After an extended coaching search, Tennessee has finally found its man. Butch Jones was picked as the Volunteers’ next coach, replacing Derek Dooley after an ineffective three-year run in Knoxvil...

27 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Tennessee Volunteers

Tennessee Football’s Coaching Search Continues: Top Remaining Candidates?

Tennessee Volunteers With Mike Gundy, Larry Fedora and Charlie Strong saying no to Tennessee, the Volunteers' coaching search is wide open. The top names on athletic director Dave Hart's list have passed on the job, wh...

27 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Tennessee Volunteers

Tennessee’s Next Coach: Why Jim Tressel Makes Sense

Tennessee Volunteers The Tennessee Volunteers’ search for a football coach continues. Athletic director Dave Hart has already had his wish list decimated. Jon Gruden, Bob Stoops, Jimbo Fisher, Mike Gundy and Cha...

27 weeks ago by Nathan Rush Tags: College Football, Jim Tressel, Tennessee Volunteers

20 Most Amazing College Football Stats of 2012

Tennessee Volunteers Single-game, single-season and career records. School, conference and national benchmarks. Remarkable performances and embarrassing moments. The good, bad and ugly makes college football the great ...

15 BCS Championship Match-ups that should have happened

Tennessee Volunteers Argument reigned supreme last season when one-loss Alabama got the nod to rematch with LSU over Oklahoma State in the BCS Championship game. Had the Cowboys simply beaten Iowa State two weeks earli...

Arkansas, Auburn or Tennessee: Which is the best job opening in the SEC?

Tennessee Volunteers The SEC is college football's No. 1 conference, so it's no surprise there's a lot of interest in the coaching positions at Tennessee, Auburn and Arkansas. Although each of the three schools has a l...

28 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Tennessee Volunteers

Kentucky's first road test highlights SEC-Big East Challenge

Tennessee Volunteers If the unofficial start of the SEC-Big East Challenge began in the Bahamas on Friday, the Big East is in good shape. Louisville defeated SEC newcomer Missouri 84-61 in a Battle 4 Atlantis semi...

28 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big East, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Cincinnati Bearcats, Florida Gators, Georgetown Hoyas, Kentucky Wildcats, Marquette Golden Eagles, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Syracuse Orange, Tennessee Volunteers

2013 NFL Draft Rankings: Quarterbacks

Tennessee Volunteers It is never too early to begin looking ahead to next year's NFL Draft. Each year a unique set of prospects enters the professional ranks with a chance to make an immediate impact on the country's m...

29 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Alabama Crimson Tide, Fresno State Bulldogs, NC State Wolfpack, Tennessee Volunteers, USC Trojans, Virginia Tech Hokies, West Virginia Mountaineers

SEC 2012 Season Recap and Awards

Tennessee Volunteers SEC 2012 Season Recap and Awards The regular season ended on Saturday with a dominating performance by the SEC in its four games against the ACC. Florida, South Carolina, Georgia and Vanderbilt...

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