Have you found yourself in central Alabama, wanting to celebrate the rich tradition of the entire SEC, even the really lousy teams that nobody really likes, and unable to find an appropriate venue to do so? Sure, we all have. But fret not, because better days rapidly approach:The Memphis real estate company creating Birmingham's entertainment district wants to build a tourist attraction devoted to the Southeastern Conference. The venue would include a merchandise store, restaurant and catering services and an interactive history of the SEC.An "interactive history?" Think of the possibilities!
- Darren McFadden's car
- An exhibit where you, too, can block Greg Gantt's punts
- The actual hobnailed boot used to break Tennessee's nose and crush their face
- Plaster casts of The Orgeron's footprints, replete with claws
- A copy of the petition filed by Kentucky in 1982 seeking all of Bear Bryant's Alabama titles to be retroactively awarded to Kentucky, on account of "we had him first." The measure failed 10-2, Auburn being the only school to join the Wildcats in voting "yea"
- Tee Martin in an electrified cage
Oh, and we'll be absolutely stunned if this place doesn't engender dozens of fistfights on a daily basis.
The SEC has long been known as a place where defense rules in college football. Maybe some of that had to do with the league's generally minimal focus on offense for so many years, but we can debate that in another entry. Regardless, its defensive credibility is rock solid.
Ridiculous. I realize Vandy is a private school and they provide a valuable service to the SEC in helping with the conference graduations rates. Still, if they aren't going to actually pay their football coach over $1 million dollars,
Anyone who's lived on a college campus in the past ten years knows that Jimmy Johns delivers. If we are talking about the
A regular trip through the college football blogosphere.
After seeing mixed success as a head coach for Georgia Tech, Alabama, and Kentucky,
WEEEEE, this seems like an exceptionally good and safe idea. Have I mentioned I've only had this thing for like two hours? I must be good at motorcycling, boy howdy, what do you mean "watch out for the ground"?
The problem with
From inside the pages of the venerable Pro Football Weekly 2008 Draft Guide:
In front of the second-largest crowd of the spring games (78,200 according to the half-time announcement), Alabama threw the ball early and often.