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SEC Football Unfiltered features hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams of the USA TODAY Network serving opinion, debate and analysis on trending college football topics within the Southeastern Conference. No subject is off limits, and no one is above rebuke. Take off the filter and revel in the banter.
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When should LSU expect Brian Kelly to produce national title? Here's what he says, and what we say
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May 01, 2024 |
Quarterback controversy at Texas? Here's how we see the Arch Manning, Quinn Ewers situation
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Apr 23, 2024 |
Is Alabama football quarterback competition for real or FAKE NEWS?! Also, does Georgia have any weakness?
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Apr 16, 2024 |
Who should Kentucky basketball hire to replace John Calipari? Here are 4 swing-big options, plus fallback plan
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Apr 09, 2024 |
When ranking SEC schools by football AND men's basketball coaches, is Georgia or Alabama No. 1?
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Apr 03, 2024 |
March Madness Final Four predictions? We've got you covered with this bracket revision
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Mar 27, 2024 |
March Madness upsets? Final Four picks? A sleeper team from SEC? We've got you covered
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Mar 20, 2024 |
Why let basketball have all the March Madness fun? We seed SEC football teams for 2024, 1 through 16
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Mar 13, 2024 |
Even Steve Spurrier is questioning Florida's Billy Napier. That can't be good
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Mar 06, 2024 |
Is Steve Sarkisian a Jimbo Fisher 2.0 after contract extension at Texas? Nah. Longhorns on the way up
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Feb 28, 2024 |
What to know about modified College Football Playoff and what's coming next
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Feb 21, 2024 |
Ranking SEC quarterbacks: Carson Beck is No. 1, but who's next? Good question. Let's debate
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Feb 14, 2024 |
What we'd like (and dislike) about an SEC, Big Ten exclusive playoff
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Feb 07, 2024 |
Ranking SEC coaches: Kirby Smart is No. 1, but who is No. 2 after Nick Saban retirement?
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Jan 31, 2024 |
Who can threaten Georgia in 2024 SEC? Texas to Tennessee, with Lane Kiffin in between
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Jan 24, 2024 |
Fact or fiction: Nick Saban will be an asset, not a hindrance, to Kalen DeBoer at Alabama?
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Jan 17, 2024 |
Alabama football search: We consider 9 names to be Tide coach, as Nick Saban retires
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Jan 11, 2024 |
Imagining if Michigan had played Georgia or a healthy FSU in national championship
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Jan 10, 2024 |
Would a Michigan national championship be illegitimate? Wolverines avoided Georgia
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Jan 05, 2024 |
Why Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss football are making us rethink national signing day
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Dec 20, 2023 |
Our 8 Heisman Trophy favorites for 2024, from Alabama's Jalen Milroe to Ole Miss' Jaxson Dart
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Dec 13, 2023 |
CFP didn't choose 'four best' teams. Where's Georgia? Committee flubbed that, too
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Dec 05, 2023 |
Here's how Alabama makes College Football Playoff – it's not just beating Georgia
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Nov 28, 2023 |
Firings to flops in SEC football, here's a one-sentence summary of each team's season
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Nov 21, 2023 |
Lane Kiffin, Dan Lanning, or ... Jim Harbaugh?! for Texas A&M football? Let's debate it.
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Nov 14, 2023 |
Fact or fiction?: At least two struggling SEC football coaches will be fired
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Nov 07, 2023 |
Georgia football, Florida State ... or Washington? Here's who we'd rank No. 1 in CFP
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Oct 31, 2023 |
Hot seat analysis: Who's more at risk to be fired, Arkansas' Sam Pittman or Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher?
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Oct 24, 2023 |
Expecting a sequel of Tennessee football vs. Alabama? Don’t. Here’s why.
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Oct 17, 2023 |
Issuing midseason SEC football awards, from LSU's Jayden Daniels to Missouri's Eliah Drinkwitz
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Oct 09, 2023 |
Why we wouldn't rank Georgia football No. 1. Here's who we'd anoint instead
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Oct 03, 2023 |
Here's how we rank Alabama, LSU, Texas A&M chances to win SEC West
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Sep 26, 2023 |
Time to panic? Ranking our level of concern for Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee
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Sep 19, 2023 |
What would quarterback change mean for Alabama football; can the SEC West be salvaged?
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Sep 12, 2023 |
They supposed to be SEC?! Conference falls on its face in Week 1. Now what?
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Sep 05, 2023 |
Fact or fiction: On Georgia football's dominance, Alabama's quarterback and the SEC's hot seat
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Aug 29, 2023 |
Why we're second-guessing these SEC football predictions
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Aug 22, 2023 |
Why four SEC football teams are poised to play spoiler to the frontrunners
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Aug 15, 2023 |
SEC football doesn't have to fear the Big Ten – yet. What if the ACC fractures?
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Aug 08, 2023 |
Adios, Missouri. Hello ... UCF? We suggest a four-team swap between SEC and Big 12
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Aug 01, 2023 |
Offering our lukewarm SEC football takes; plus, Nick Saban gets philosophical
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Jul 26, 2023 |
Imagining if Tennessee football had hired Shane Beamer, Billy Napier or Hugh Freeze
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Jul 18, 2023 |
When will LSU football contend for national title? Brian Kelly weighs in
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Jul 11, 2023 |
What Missouri, Aggies will think of OU, Texas being in SEC; plus, which SEC QBs impressed at Manning camp?
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Jun 27, 2023 |
Which four SEC teams will have toughest time making 12-team College Football Playoff?
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Jun 22, 2023 |
Does the SEC need annual rivalries like Alabama-Vols or Auburn-Georgia? Depends who you ask
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Jun 13, 2023 |
Why the SEC should be concerned about blowback to its 8-game conference schedule
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Jun 06, 2023 |
If the ACC splinters, here are four schools the SEC should snap up
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May 24, 2023 |
What USA TODAY got right – and wrong – about SEC football teams in latest preseason Top 25
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May 10, 2023 |
A closer look at Alabama's quarterback battle after Tyler Buchner joins crowded competition
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May 02, 2023 |
Here are the 8 teams who are top threats to Georgia winning another national championship
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Apr 26, 2023 |
Why 2023 is end of college football as we know it and how we feel about that
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Apr 19, 2023 |
Suggesting some new nonconference rivalries for SEC football teams
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Apr 12, 2023 |
If SEC football sticks with 8-game conference schedule, then CFP committee should hold it accountable
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Apr 04, 2023 |
Jimbo Fisher's ego flares up again at Texas A&M. No surprise there, but what does it mean?
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Mar 29, 2023 |
How many SEC teams could make a 12-team playoff? We disagree on that
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Mar 22, 2023 |
March Madness sleepers? Final Four locks? Here's the SEC teams poised to make noise
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Mar 14, 2023 |
Why Nick Saban is whining about Alabama's possible rivals; plus, who got snubbed in SEC hoops awards?
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Mar 08, 2023 |
Here are our top candidates to be SEC's dark horse, overrated teams in 2023
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Mar 01, 2023 |
Ranking SEC quarterbacks: Is Jayden Daniels, KJ Jefferson, Spencer Rattler or Joe Milton top choice?
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Feb 22, 2023 |
We assign three rivals for each SEC football team to create a nine-game conference schedule
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Feb 16, 2023 |
Fact or fiction? Texas' Arch Manning will start before Vols' Nico Iamaleava
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Feb 07, 2023 |
Who will win the SEC's most heated quarterback competitions? Here are our picks
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Feb 01, 2023 |
Which SEC team got the best transfer quarterback? And who still needs one?
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Jan 24, 2023 |
Here are our too-early SEC football power rankings for 2023 season
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Jan 19, 2023 |
As Georgia football eyes a three-peat, these teams could stand in its wayGeorgia’s Peach Bowl triumph over Ohio State became an instant classic. Now, how about a rematch in the national championship game next season? After the Bulldogs crushed TCU to repeat as national champions, the focus shifts to the potential for a rare three-peat. They've got the returning stars to do it, too, but the Buckeyes profile as a top challenger if they adequately replace C.J. Stroud. On this episode, hosts Blake
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Jan 13, 2023 |
After Georgia barely escaped Ohio State, is it vulnerable vs. TCU?
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Jan 04, 2023 |
Why we should (but probably won't) rewire our view of bowl games in opt-out era
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Dec 28, 2022 |
From Devin Leary to Grayson McCall, could these transfer portal QBs be SEC-bound?
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Dec 13, 2022 |
Why Hugh Freeze, Deion Sanders look like choice hires for Auburn and Colorado
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Dec 06, 2022 |
Why Georgia's biggest threat in the College Football Playoff is not Michigan
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Nov 29, 2022 |
After Vols' flop, can an SEC player still win the Heisman Trophy?
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Nov 22, 2022 |
Who should be SEC football coach of the year? We examine the shortlist
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Nov 15, 2022 |
Nick Saban wouldn't go No. 1 in a draft of SEC coaches. Would he even be No. 2?
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Nov 08, 2022 |
Love it, like it, or nah: We consider 6 candidates for Auburn football
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Nov 03, 2022 |
Inside the first CFP rankings: True or false, SEC will qualify two playoff teams?
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Nov 01, 2022 |
Hot seat rankings: Bryan Harsin still tops list, but then Jimbo Fisher or Eli Drinkwitz?
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Oct 25, 2022 |
College Football Playoff contender or pretender? We evaluate 4 SEC football teams
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Oct 18, 2022 |
Beware, Nick Saban. Josh Heupel's Vols pack an offense Texas A&M didn't
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Oct 11, 2022 |
Texas A&M is a fraud, so which team will threaten Alabama en route to Atlanta?
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Oct 05, 2022 |
Why the SEC could supply a surprise playoff team not named Georgia or Alabama
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Sep 27, 2022 |
Ole Miss, Arkansas, Tennessee or Kentucky? Which is SEC's No. 3 team?
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Sep 20, 2022 |
Jimbo Fisher looks like a bozo after another Texas A&M flop
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Sep 14, 2022 |
Hot take or smart take? We evaluate SEC narratives after one game; Plus, Week 2 picks
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Sep 07, 2022 |
Why a few SEC teams are ripe for quarterback controversies
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Sep 01, 2022 |
Our final rapid-fire SEC football predictions; plus, Tom Hart joins to preview season
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Aug 25, 2022 |
Which SEC program has best claim to being an 'Everything School?'
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Aug 17, 2022 |
Six bold SEC football predictions that go against the grain
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Aug 10, 2022 |
Which SEC football coach faces the biggest preseason challenge?
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Aug 03, 2022 |
What's Jeremy Pruitt next move as he faces sweeping allegations of NCAA violations?
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Jul 27, 2022 |
Enough about Jimbo Fisher. The more important rivalry is Nick Saban-Kirby Smart
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Jul 21, 2022 |
Is Greg Sankey naïve to downplay what Big Ten adding USC, UCLA means for the SEC?
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Jul 19, 2022 |
Here are 8 schools SEC should consider if it desires more expansion
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Jul 13, 2022 |
Will SEC football remain ahead of the Big Ten after B1G's additions of USC, UCLA?
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Jul 06, 2022 |
Here's the most important game for every SEC football team during 2022 season
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Jun 28, 2022 |
Why Auburn football's Bryan Harsin is on the hot seat so early in his tenure
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Jun 17, 2022 |
Here are the 10 rivalries the SEC must protect at all costs after expansion
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Jun 08, 2022 |
Ready for SEC football? Here are our early picks against the spread for some Week 1 games
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May 31, 2022 |
A farewell to SEC divisions? Conference may be ready to move on, but here's our plan to keep them.
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May 25, 2022 |
Here are the former SEC football coaches we want to see back on the sideline
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May 18, 2022 |