You expect in-house shows to be promotional, but this has been noxious.

The SEC is revealing the 2026-29 schedule - at least opponents, not dates - this hour on the SEC Network. Or at least it will after the panel quits talking about how great this all is and how awesome the SEC is.

Oklahoma has a bye week, then hosts Kent State, followed by Texas, at South Carolina, home against Ole Miss.

Some rather big SEC news: Oklahoma has announced that QB John Mateer is having surgery to repair his right throwing hand and will miss an unspecified amount of time. www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

For @theathletic.com, I wrote about Dabo Swinney, Mike Gundy and middle-aged dudes talking about The Good Ole Days. www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

Sanford Stadium wasn't always a tough place to play: "The general vibe of an Athens game day was a lot more genteel." That's changed, say fans and opponents. Why? Winning, for one. But Georgia made other changes to make its home environment different: www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

This could be like the SEC in the ‘60s when games against non-conference teams sometimes counted in the conference standings to get everyone an equal amount.

news: Auburn HC Bruce Pearl is retiring, effective immediately, but is NOT running for U.S. Senate he is staying with the university as a special assistant to the athletic director

BREAKING: Auburn men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl is retiring, according to multiple reports. He leaves college basketball with a 477-224 (.680) overall record, including 246-125 (.663) in the last 11 years at Auburn.

It’s Alabama week here in Athens so here’s Mark Richt to preview the wait hold on …

The annual opponents for each SEC team in the nine-game schedule has leaked. The list, and early details: www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

I love baseball. I love sportswriting. And I decided a long time ago baseball beat writing was not my path. I admire those that do it, but the grind wasn’t for me.

New SEC vibes rankings: In the SEC, hope is abundant — unless you’re Florida, Arkansas or South Carolina: www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...

If you had Oklahoma -6.5, that's a big safety.

As someone who's done a lot of "what is a catch" lately, that ruling for Oklahoma seems to differ from the LSU non-catch because with the former the ball was knocked out by the defender, while the LSU receiver dropped it on his own as he was going to the ground.

Things aren't usually going great for a team when you google their special teams coordinator. (Auburn's is Chad Lunsford, the former Ga. Southern head coach.)

Ah, another good "what's a catch" moment for an SEC team. That one could've gone either way, methinks.

Oof, Arkansas.

Maryland gets the ball at its own 35 with just over 30 seconds left, sitting on a 17–0 lead clearly the key is to play it safe and get into the locker room and … Okay or do that.

What I meant was Syracuse would win by more than 17.5.

Me picking Clemson to cover the 17.5 point spread because I figured it would come out angry and rout struggling Syracuse.

Online classes. Lavish football-only facilities. NIL money. In this new era, how much are college football players still part of campus life? How much do they still go to class, interact with regular students? We spoke to players around the country for this story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...

High school classmate of former SEC quarterback Matt Stafford is retiring from career playing another sport.

The SEC will announce each team’s three annual opponents for the 2026-29 schedule cycle - as well as all nine conference opponents for the 2026 season - on Tuesday night.

In a suddenly muddled SEC, Auburn at Oklahoma on Saturday is a game where the winner makes an early case for SEC and CFP contender status: www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

For @theathletic.com, I wrote about the ACC's new instant replay innovation, but I really wrote about what, exactly, we expect out of our technology. www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

Damn. The best. “The Natural” is perhaps my favorite movie. “All the President’s Men” made me want to be a reporter. And he was great in everything he did. What a run.

Jumping on the Paul Finebaum show …. Right now.

Brian Kelly on Monday, regarding Saturday: My bad. www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

SEC vibes rankings: - The Aggies rise. - 'Dores! - Oh, Gators. - Oh, Arch. - Brian Kelly channels Herman Edwards ... and Frank Drebin. www.nytimes.com/athletic/662...

School hasn't even started at UCLA and they're looking for a new coach.

Gunner Stockton’s breakout game raises the hopes — and ceiling — for Georgia www.nytimes.com/athletic/662...

Go for 2, Aggies!

One overtime this time.

Just finished filing my immediate analysis and got down to the field expecting a game soon to end in regulation, then it didn’t. Last time that happened the game went eight overtimes. So … yeah.

Georgia's offensive line getting cooked here in the fourth quarter.

And a breakdown in the secondary to let Tennessee go up 35-30.

Total yards through three quarters: Georgia 356, Tennessee 356.

Cornerback play on deep balls ... not the best for Georgia in this game.

Georgia's drive: 13 of 14 plays were runs. And the one pass was a short one to a running back. Took 7:41 off the clock to start the second half, and Georgia has the lead. Kirby Smart just be very excited.

Ryan Puglisi, designated Hail Mary quarterback, is rewarded with an interception in his first SEC play.

Smart with the cautious play to kick the field goal. The case for going for it: Even if you don't get it, you have two timeouts and Tennessee is backed up. Plus now Tennessee has plenty of time, and while Georgia's defense has firmed up, the two-minute offense could be the fix Tennessee needs.

Oscar Delp with the attempted leap then never mind I'll stiff arm.

You saw two things on that Zac Branch TD you didn't see last year on Georgia's offense - Branch's gamebreaking speed - Great perimeter blocking on those WR screens

Kirby Smart's thought process on going for that fourth down: Part analytics, part "we're not stopping the on defense anyway what's the point"

As they say, if you're going to interfere with the receiver, really interfere.

Gunner Stockton on the opening drive: Two passes for 55 yards, three runs for 16 yards, including the TD.

Reminder that each of the past four years Tennessee has scored on its opening drive against Georgia, three of them touchdowns. (Kirby Smart still elected to defer just now when Georgia won the toss.)

Meanwhile, I'm here in Knoxville about to cover another football team in the state of Georgia in a rather important game. Here's our live blog, will be chipping in thoughts and analysis as the game proceeds: www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...