Out of all the college football head coaches in America, how many people expected Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini to come out with a Harlem Shake video before LSU head coach Les Miles?

Certainly not me.

But the fad has finally made it to Baton Rouge, and it was well worth the wait.

The Mad Hatter is featured in LSU's new Harlem Shake video, which was released by LSU on Les Miles' website on Monday. As expected, it's spectacular.

It starts with players participating in a drill with Miles looking on. Miles quickly loses interest, wanders away from the action and hilarity ensues.

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There's no shortage of storylines this spring in the SEC. Will LSU rebuild or reload? Can the new coaches get things turned around at Auburn, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky? Is Georgia capable of taking the next step?

Under normal circumstances you'd think that the biggest question looming over the SEC this spring would be whether or not Alabama can fill in the holes on its roster enough to continue its dynasty.

Let's pump the brakes on that.

The Crimson Tide hit the practice field for the first time this spring on Saturday, but it's a team one state to the West that is the most intriguing story of the spring.

The Ole Miss Rebels.

Raise your hand if you thought that was even remotely possible last offseason (put your hand down, no you didn't).

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In what was one of the least surprising moves of the college football offseason, Notre Dame quarterback Gunner Kiel will reportedly transfer out of Notre Dame after a redshirt season in South Bend, according to the Irish Sports Daily.

After Everett Golson established himself as the No. 1 quarterback as a redshirt freshman in 2012, the writing was on the wall for Kiel. After all, is he really going to sit behind Golson for three more years?

Considering all that Kiel brings to the table, that may be asking too much.

If and when he's granted a release, there will be plenty of options for the former 5-star prospect who was rated as the No. 1 pro-style quarterback in the class of 2012 by 247Sports.com. Could some of those potential landing spots be in the SEC?

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To say that Jadeveon Clowney made a statement on New Year's Day would be a slight understatement.

His hit on Michigan's Vincent Smith has lived on highlight reels every day since, and even graced the cover of South Carolina's spring prospectus.

If he wasn't a sure-fire No. 1 draft pick before that hit, it certainly solidified him as the top pick of the NFL draft—any NFL draft. That hype was only accelerated when Tom Sorensen of the Charlotte Observer suggested that Clowney should sit out the 2013 season and prepare for the 2014 draft.

Clowney dismissed the idea that he could (or should) skip his junior season at South Carolina to protect himself for the 2014 NFL draft after Thursday's practice in Columbia.

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The Georgia Bulldogs were on the brink of greatness last season, falling just five yards short of upsetting Alabama in the SEC Championship Game and clinching a spot to play for all the marbles.

That feverish drive that ended with quarterback Aaron Murray running a play instead of spiking the ball at the 8-yard line will live in Bulldog infamy forever, and offensive coordinator Mike Bobo bears some responsibility for it.

However, while Georgia's offense in 2012 will be remembered for what could have been, it should be remembered for what it was—a dynamic offense led by a veteran quarterback that was able to expose opposing defenses on a seemingly weekly basis.

The Bulldogs finished third in the SEC in total offense (467.6 yards per game) and scoring offense (37.8 points per game) last season, and was the most stable part of Georgia's team—a team that was littered with NFL talent on the defensive side of the ball.

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Every Thursday on The SEC Blog, we will feature questions from the B/R inbox, Twitter and email. Do you have a question for next week's Q&A? Send it to SEC lead writer Barrett Sallee via the B/R inbox, on Twitter @BarrettSallee or at bsallee@bleacherreport.com.

You've got SEC questions, and I've got SEC answers. Thank you, everybody, for your questions this week. If I didn't get to them this week, they are still saved and will be used in the future.

And we're off:

Definitely South Carolina.

That's not a knock against Florida or a slight against Spurrier's biggest accomplishment: winning an ACC title at Duke. But South Carolina had only one 10-win season in program history prior to Spurrier taking over.

In eight years, he's taken the Gamecocks to their first-ever SEC East title and back-to-back 11-win seasons, all while the SEC was in the midst of an unprecedented run of success at the national level.

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Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel can't be paid for his services on the football field until he goes pro, but that doesn't mean that he can't cash in on other people trying to cash in on the "Johnny Football" phenomenon.

According to Darren Rovell of ESPN.com, Leaf Trading Cards, a Texas-based sports card company, announced on Wednesday that it has inserted a card in packs of two of its football card sets that can be redeemed for an autographed Manziel card.

The report states that the trading card company acquired the autographs through third parties with the intent of using them in this manner, but did so without Manziel or Texas A&M's approval.

CEO Brian Gray commented on the cards on Leaf's website:

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Trick shot videos are all the rage nowadays, and the trend isn't just limited to quarterbacks.

Former Texas A&M wide receiver Ryan Swope teamed up with Dude Perfect to put out a trick shot video of his own, which was posted on YouTube on March 6. 

While it's not as amazing as the trick shot video that Dude Perfect produced with Swope's former teammate Johnny Manziel, it's still rather solid.

It features Swope catching eggs from four stories up, scoring on the world's longest touchdown from the top of Kyle Field and hitting a shot on a basketball goal attached to a moving golf cart from the balcony of Texas A&M's indoor facility.

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