Weekly Walk Around The SEC

Dec 3, 2011; Atlanta, GA, USA; Detail view of the SEC logo before the 2011 SEC championship game between the LSU Tigers and the Georgia Bulldogs at the Georgia Dome. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports

From Bleacher Report

"Bleacher Report takes a look at the top 200 recruits for 2014, check them out here."

From Highly Cited (ESPN Blog)

"Florida coach Will Muschamp didn’t need to consult motivational speaker Tony Robbins last summer to figure out the message he wanted to convey to his players.The Gators had just come off a 7-6 season and only avoided the program’s first losing season in more than 30 years by beating Ohio State in the Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl. Muschamp had a locker room full of irritated players, so his message was pretty simple: Play angry."

From ESPN

"Quarterback Kyle Allen (Scottsdale, Ariz./Desert Mountain) knew he wanted to work quickly through the recruiting process. ESPN’s No. 128 overall player and No. 5 pocket passer began doing his homework on various schools throughout the country very early, and when it came time to narrow things to a final destination, he didn’t take long at all.On Tuesday, Allen announced his final five schools: Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M and UCLA. Less than a week later, the 6-foot-3, 197-pound quarterback took to Twitter to announce he was ready to put an end to the process."

From the Times Free Press

"There will be no easing into the 2013 college football season for the proud Southeastern Conference.The league has one head-to-head matchup the opening weekend with Ole Miss visiting Vanderbilt, and there are six games involving SEC members against teams from other BCS conferences. Alabama will face Virginia Tech, LSU will face TCU and Mississippi State will face Oklahoma State in neutral-site pairings, but the marquee showdown will be Georgia’s trip to Clemson."