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Maitreyi Anantharaman

South Carolina and LSU players fight at the end of the SEC Tournament championship game.

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College Basketball

Who In The LSU-South Carolina Scuffle Was Ready To Scrap?

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Ray Ratto

ATLANTA, GA - DECEMBER 02: SEC Comissioner Greg Sankey looks on before the college football SEC Championship game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs on December 2, 2023 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA. (Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: DEC 02 SEC Championship Game – Georgia vs Alabama

College Football

Florida State Never Had A Chance

Custom painted Pac-12 University of Colorado Buffaloes football on display at Zouk Nightclub at Resorts World Las Vegas on July 21, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

2023 Pac-12 Football Media Day

In Realignment, It’s Survival Of The Fattest

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Michigan quarterback John Navarre, seen here getting ready to do something dull.

John Navarre calls a play

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The Bigger Big Ten And The Soul Of A Michigan Man, With Ben Mathis-Lilley

<p>Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including <em>Point B</em>. Handsomest man in the world.</p>


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Drew Magary

DALLAS, TEXAS - OCTOBER 12: A general view of play between the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners during the 2019 AT&T Red River Showdown at Cotton Bowl on October 12, 2019 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Oklahoma v Texas

A Bigger SEC Is Better Football

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - DECEMBER 29: DeMarvion Overshown #0 and D'Shawn Jamison #5 of the Texas Longhorns react after a turnover in the fourth quarter against the Colorado Buffaloes during the Valero Alamo Bowl at the Alamodome on December 29, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)

Valero Alamo Bowl – Texas v Colorado

There’s Room In The Future For A Big Fat SEC And Not Much Else

Nick Saban, not wearing a mask, yells at a referee

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The Mask Stops Working When You Take It Off

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Barry Petchesky

during the first half against the Georgia Southern Eagles at Sanford Stadium on November 21, 2015 in Athens, Georgia.

Georgia Southern v Georgia

Just Say Money

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