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SEC Coaches Are Celebrities: So Which Ones are They?

The coaches in the Southeastern Conference share one thing in common. In the town or city they coach in, they are celebrities. Once they get hired, they instantly become household names. They are mayors, they run the town...

Written by Brian Hood about about 1 month ago 266 reads 23 comments
SEC's Impact Freshmen To Watch

The 2009 college football season is upon us. With that comes fresh faces dotting every team looking to make a splash. The SEC has a myriad of new guys hoping to serve their team and make a name for themselves...

Written by Brian Hood about 3 months ago 421 reads 8 comments
2009 SEC All-Name Team

So, I have seen the media's preseason SEC teams. I have glanced over the coaches All-SEC teams. I know the names. I know the schools those players come from. They are household. It's about time I see some different names...

Written by Brian Hood about 4 months ago 198 reads 2 comments
Top 10 Games On Opening Weekend

1. Alabama vs. Virginia Tech (Atlanta) Saturday, 5th Bama will come in ticked off after the way they finished last year and will look to open the year with another win against an ACC power...

Written by Brian Hood about 4 months ago 1,553 reads 6 comments
Top 10's of the SEC

With the 2009 college football season approaching, I would like to take a look at the upcoming teams and players gearing up for another outstanding year in the celebrated SEC...

Written by Brian Hood about 5 months ago 586 reads 4 comments
Top 10 Best Retired Bowl Names

With the rise of title sponsors, many current college bowl names lack imagination and are much less interesting. Here are the best bowl names of yesteryear: 10...

Written by Brian Hood about 11 months ago 1,598 reads 8 comments
Epic Failures: Top 10 Busts of the BCS Era

There look to be plenty of teams not living up to their preseason hype this year, including my very own Tennessee Vols. Clemson, Auburn, Wisconsin, and Arizona State are all having seasons to forget...

Written by Brian Hood about about 1 year ago 21,732 reads 45 comments
The 25 Best SEC Football Rivalries

Here is my list for the best rivalries in the SEC. Teams outside the conference are also included such as Georgia Tech in the Tech-Georgia rivalry...

Written by Brian Hood about about 1 year ago 2,531 reads 11 comments
Prognosticating Phillip Fulmer's Replacements at Tennessee

I was a regular contributor to Bleacher Report during my first month. Everything was going good until that fateful day on Sept. 1st. I have been in hiding ever since Tennessee’s collapse in Los Angeles...

Written by Brian Hood about about 1 year ago 4,926 reads 14 comments
If NBA Players Were NFL Players

Ever wonder how star basketball players would fare on the football field? While watching the Olympics, I was thinking about just how dominating Lebron James would be receiving passes and running over anyone and everyone in his way...

Written by Brian Hood about about 1 year ago 1,951 reads 27 comments
The 20 Funniest (Or Dumbest) Athlete Quotes

Athletes have a history of saying some pretty outlandish things: some comical, some clever, some just plain stupid. Here is a list of my favorite quotes by various athletes in a variety of sports that would back that up...

Written by Brian Hood about about 1 year ago 54,740 reads 122 comments
Game By Game Previews and Predictions for the SEC in Opening Week

I'm going to break down the first week of games for the SEC in order of their likelihood of winning. I will start with the SEC team with the lowest chance of pulling out a victory and end with the SEC's easiest "gimme...

Written by Brian Hood about about 1 year ago 1,145 reads 30 comments
The 10 Most Important Players For A Tennessee SEC Title Run

With the SEC in the prime of its storied existence, Tennessee’s football team has its work cut out for them this year. The Volunteers face a gauntlet of games against their SEC East counterparts...

Written by Brian Hood about about 1 year ago 308 reads 7 comments
Strange But True: Things You May Not Know About College Football's Top 25

With the season just around the corner, I gathered some interesting facts and unique history belonging to the top 25 teams ranked in the opening coaches' poll. No...

Written by Brian Hood about about 1 year ago 12,276 reads 60 comments
Open Mic: MY Tennessee Volunteers All-Time Football Team

I was born during the Majors Era—not when Johnny Majors was a tailback for the University of Tennessee, where he was ripping apart defenses in the last remaining days of the single wing attack...

Written by Brian Hood about about 1 year ago 929 reads 12 comments
Ranking The BCS Conferences By Position (Wide Receivers)

On to the Wide Receiver portion of my conference breakdown by position. When evaluating the talent at the wide-out position, I am attempting to locate the best players by themselves...

Written by Brian Hood about about 1 year ago 405 reads 15 comments
Ranking The BCS Conferences By Position (Running Backs)

Continuing my project of ranking the BCS conferences by their units, I move on to the running back position. There has been a trend formed in both the NFL and in the college ranks with teams employing more than just one feature back in their attack...

Written by Brian Hood about about 1 year ago 300 reads 6 comments
Ranking The BCS Conferences By Position (PT. 1, QUARTERBACKS)

Much discussion goes into which conference is the best in the land. Fans will defend their conference as much as their team in this era of BCS conferences...

Written by Brian Hood about about 1 year ago 357 reads 10 comments

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Brian Hood Article Archive

SEC Coaches Are Celebrities: So Which Ones are They?

SEC's Impact Freshmen To Watch

2009 SEC All-Name Team

Top 10 Games On Opening Weekend

Top 10's of the SEC

Top 10 Best Retired Bowl Names

Epic Failures: Top 10 Busts of the BCS Era

The 25 Best SEC Football Rivalries

Prognosticating Phillip Fulmer's Replacements at Tennessee

If NBA Players Were NFL Players

The 20 Funniest (Or Dumbest) Athlete Quotes

Game By Game Previews and Predictions for the SEC in Opening Week

The 10 Most Important Players For A Tennessee SEC Title Run

Strange But True: Things You May Not Know About College Football's Top 25

Open Mic: MY Tennessee Volunteers All-Time Football Team

Ranking The BCS Conferences By Position (Wide Receivers)

Ranking The BCS Conferences By Position (Running Backs)

Ranking The BCS Conferences By Position (PT. 1, QUARTERBACKS)

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