On today's show, we're joined by Auburn defensive lineman Jayson Jones as we talk with him about his offseason, and expectations for the Auburn Tigers in 2024? Jones talks about the new defensive coordinator in DJ Durkin and how he can be a difference-maker on the Plains this year as he brings a more aggressive mindset, combined with more depth on defense. Jones also talks about the Auburn offense and how they improved throughout the spring, with the guys playing more "together" when it comes to...
Jun 19, 2024•26 min•Ep. 1001
On today's show, we discuss the news that Les Miles has filed a lawsuit against LSU and others for his 37 vacated wins that dropped his win percentage below .600, thus making him ineligible for the College Football Hall of Fame. For the record, vacating wins is silly, and does nothing to take away from the memory of the wins. But is Les Miles a Hall Of Famer? And can we make a case for Les Miles and not Mike Leach? Worth noting Miles' vacated wins pertains to a former o-lineman who took improper...
Jun 18, 2024•28 min•Ep. 1000
On today's show, we continue our 2024 SEC Player series with LSU wide receiver Kyle Parker as we discuss his decision to choose LSU last year as a four-star prospect as he redshirted behind future first round picks Brian Thomas Jr & Malik Nabers, and his expectations for himself for the upcoming season. Parker also discusses his decision to stick it out at LSU and not enter the transfer portal, while also competing with Kyren Lacy, Chris Hilton and others for playing time this season. We also ge...
Jun 14, 2024•31 min•Ep. 999
On today's show - ESPN has released the approximate start times for the remainder of the 2024 SEC football season, with the first season of all SEC games exclusively on ABC and ESPN channels. All SEC games have been designated either morning kickoffs, afternoon, night, or "Flex" which will be decided between afternoon or night. Who got the best draw for game times and who drew the short end of the stick? Well Ole Miss coming off an 11-win season gets FOUR early morning games next season - not ex...
Jun 12, 2024•29 min•Ep. 998
As we count down the days to the start of the 2024 SEC football season, some teams lost a ton to the Transfer Portal, while others added a ton. But who added better talent than they lost? Who lost more than they brought in? 24/7 Sports lists the SEC's biggest winners and losers of the portal using the average rating of all of the players, and they found that Texas, Mizzou & Tennessee were among the top WINNERS of the portal, while schools like Alabama were LOSERS of the portal. Also, it's been a...
Jun 10, 2024•26 min•Ep. 997
On today's show, we run through the news that OIe Miss transfer RB commit Jacory Croskey-Merritt has flipped his commitment from the Rebels back to Arizona. The former New Mexico running back was expected to join a group that could go RB-by-committee, after losing Quinshon Judkins to the portal this offseason. Instead, the Rebels will need to lean on returnee Ulysses Bentley and transfers Henry Parrish from Miami, Rashas Amos from Miami of Ohio, and Clemson RB Domonique Thomas. Former LSU RB Log...
Jun 07, 2024•28 min•Ep. 996
ESPN has released its annual FPI (Football Power Index) Ratings for the 2024 season - we run through the SEC teams and where they rank, with 15 of 16 SEC teams rating in their Top 50, and 11 SEC teams in the Top 20 of the FPI. Some of the ESPN writers discuss which teams they think are undervalued and overvalued, with a few teams that could surprise by the end of the season. Also, ESPN's David Hale ranked all 134 FBS QB Situations into Tiers, and we list the SEC QBs and where they rank, with a g...
Jun 05, 2024•29 min•Ep. 995
On today's show, we discuss the 24/7 Sports piece on the Highest Rated Football Transfers Coming into 2024, as we touch on several of the names coming to the SEC, or simply shifting SEC schools. Making the list include Texas WR Isaiah Bond and TE Amari Niblack, Mizzou OL Cayden Green, Florida G Jason Zandamela, A&M DE Nic Scourton, Ole Miss DL Walter Nolen, Tennessee OL Lance Heard & many more! We also go Around The Conference as Ole Miss adds another weapon in the Transfer Portal, this time in ...
Jun 03, 2024•29 min•Ep. 994
On today's show, we run through the SEC football TV schedule for the early part of the season as ESPN, ABC & the SEC Network announced their broadcast times and channels for the full first three weeks of the 2024 college football season! Some teams lucked out with several night games at home, while others are getting some early road games, and some getting brutally hot middle-of-the-day environments. We run through all 16 SEC teams and their times and networks. Also, Jordan Kaye of The State in ...
May 31, 2024•39 min•Ep. 993
On today's show, we explore the possibility of Florida State joining the SEC down the road as the Seminoles and Clemson continue with their lawsuits vs the ACC - and while in Destin for the SEC Meetings this week, Florida AD Scott Stricklin was asked if the Gators would be on board with welcoming their rival into the SEC in the future? And could the Florida-Georgia rivalry go from neutral site to being played on their campuses in the near future? Meanwhile, the SEC is planning a HUGE welcome par...
May 30, 2024•28 min•Ep. 992
Day 1 of SEC Meetings in Destin got underway on Tuesday and we heard from many of the SEC Football Coaches as they addressed the media and spoke on a number of topics. But one of the biggest topics facing the immediate future of college football - with the House vs NCAA settlement and revenue sharing coming, will we see a change in "roster limitations", potentially trimming rosters down to as low as 85 players, and potentially the elimination of walk-ons. Needless to say, several coaches like Sh...
May 29, 2024•30 min•Ep. 991
As the SEC Meetings get underway over in Destin, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey spoke with the media on Monday evening and touched on a number of big topics, including - could we see Injury Reports come to the SEC in the near future? In the ever expanding world of sports betting, the SEC could follow others and begin providing weekly "Player Availability Reports", or as we call them injury reports, providing as much information as possible to fans. In addition, Sankey comments on the House vs NCAA...
May 28, 2024•28 min•Ep. 990
On today's show, we catch up with Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko as he made an appearance at the Aggie Coach's Night, getting Aggie fans excited for the 2024 college football season. Elko gives this thoughts on his team coming out of spring, College Gameday coming to College Station in Week 1 for the Notre Dame game & more. Also, we discuss the monumental settlement between the Houston vs NCAA that will ultimately lead to schools being able to share some of their revenue with student athletes. A...
May 24, 2024•29 min•Ep. 989
On today's show, we're joined by our buddy Jake Crain as we get his thoughts on the news of ESPN sublicensing some of their early round playoff games to TNT Sports, how different will that be from the ESPN broadcasts? Any chance we get Charles Barkley and Shaq on CFB Playoff games? And we get Jake's thoughts on the fallout of the Jaden Rashada lawsuit vs Billy Napier and more. Also, we ask Jake Crain to give us an "Underrated" team currently in the SEC, and one that might be a tad "Overrated" so...
May 23, 2024•28 min•Ep. 988
On today's show, we're reacting to the news of Georgia QB Jaden Rashada filing a lawsuit against Florida head coach Billy Napier and several others, saying they defrauded him of millions pertaining to a $13.85 million NIL agreement that fell through. Rashada becomes the first college athlete to sue a coach and/or a booster over a dispute pertaining to an NIL deal. Not a great look with Napier already on the hot seat this year. Also, ESPN's Mark Schlabach releases his college football Post-Spring...
May 22, 2024•32 min•Ep. 987
Ole Miss continues to add to their backfield this offseason, reportedly adding former Miami of Ohio RB Rashad Amos, along with former Georgia State RB Domonique Thomas. This is on top of them already adding this offseason New Mexico transfer RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Miami RB Henry Parrish Jr and LSU RB Logan Diggs, all to add with returning RB Ulysses Bentley. Can a few of these guys step up and replace the production of Quinshon Judkins? Also, another Georgia football player arrested on a tra...
May 20, 2024•27 min•Ep. 986
On today's show, we are joined by Brad Crawford of 24/7 Sports as we touch on a lot of the biggest storylines of the offseason for the SEC, including Oklahoma and Texas joining the conference, which coaches are most on the hot seat heading into 2024, Kalen DeBoer replacing Nick Saban, and dealing with the expanded playoff this year. Also, we touch on Brad's article on 24/7 ranking all 16 SEC Quarterbacks Post-Spring, and kick around where he has many of those names ranked and which ones have got...
May 17, 2024•32 min•Ep. 985
On today's show, we run through some of the big announcements from ESPN & ABC when it comes to marquee Week 1 games in the SEC and the game times. As the "SEC on ABC" debuts their new logo, we will get a triple-header between Georgia-Clemson, Florida-Miami, and Notre Dame-Texas A&M. In addition, College Gameday announces they're headed to College Station for Week 1 for Mike Elko's Aggieland debut as the Aggies play host to the Fighting Irish. Also, a few more gametimes are announced for some oth...
May 15, 2024•27 min•Ep. 984
On today's show, we hit on the latest Transfer Portal news in the SEC as Alabama adds Michigan State OL Geno VanDeMark for some depth on the o-line, as well as Penn State defensive back King Mack as Kane Wommack's secondary will have a lot of new names back there. Vandy adds Notre Dame CB Micah Bell, while Mississippi State adds West Virginia CB Montre Miller, among several others. Can Florida add former five-star CB Cormani McClain? Also we run through the latest 24/7 Sports Post-Spring SEC QB ...
May 13, 2024•31 min•Ep. 983
On today's show, we discuss Hugh Freeze saying he "couldn't bring himself" to spend $1 million on a Transfer Portal QB, but is that the right approach? Are they better off spending on big time wide receivers to surround Payton Thorne, or should they have targeted a Cam Ward-type QB? We also tie this in LSU Coach Brian Kelly's comments earlier this week on "buying players", as well as Josh Heupel's comments on "bringing the right people inside the building." It's clear SEC coaches are being more ...
May 10, 2024•27 min•Ep. 982
Shane Beamer announced this week that LaNorris Sellers will be their QB1 heading into fall camp. Not a big surprise, but he did opt not to name a starter all throughout spring practice. What took so long to say that Sellers is ahead of Robby Ashford? We catch up with Jordan Kaye of The State newspaper in Columbia, as he was there when Beamer spoke on Monday. We also talk with Jordan about how the Gamecocks did in the transfer portal, and who could be the next big WR to step up for them. We also ...
May 08, 2024•33 min•Ep. 981
On today's show, we catch up with Oklahoma Sooners WR Nic Anderson who is coming off of a breakout redshirt freshman season where he recorded 798 receiving yards and a freshman school record for touchdown catches with ten. We talk with Nic about how the Sooners spring practices went, and what he's seen from QB Jackson Arnold as he takes over as the next big QB in Norman. Anderson also talks about the addition of WR Deion Burks to the offense, as well as the new pieces to the offensive line. And ...
May 07, 2024•23 min•Ep. 980
On today's show, Kirby Smart becomes the highest paid coach in college football making a whopping $13 million per season, well ahead of Dabo, Sark, Norvell & DeBoer. We've got more Transfer Portal commitment announcements as TCU D-lineman Damonic Williams is headed to Oklahoma, choosing the Sooners over Texas, LSU & others. Meanwhile the Longhorns add DB Jayvion Cole, Mississippi State adds WR Trent Hudson, Vandy adds WR Dariyan Wiley, and more. And 24/7 Sports ranked their Top 10 Best College F...
May 06, 2024•26 min•Ep. 979
On today's show, we are doing some post-Spring evaluations with our buddy Chris Marler, as the Spring Transfer Portal has closed - are we surprised there weren't a ton of headline names transferring schools? We get Marler's thoughts on safety Tony Mitchell leaving Alabama, Georgia adding QB Jaden Rashada & more. We also run through a few teams that pleasantly surprised us in the spring, including Arkansas with Bobby Petrino back calling plays for new QB Taylen Green, Mississippi State who has ve...
May 03, 2024•37 min•Ep. 978
On today's show, we run through ESPN's list of the Most Impactful Newcomers for the Top 25 College Football Teams for 2024 - we pick out the SEC teams they listed, which include RB Trevor Etienne at Georgia, WR Isaiah Bond at Texas, DT Walter Nolen at Ole Miss and many more. Also, we bring you sound from Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian as he met with the media on Wednesday at the Touchdown Club of Houston, addressing a number of offseason topics, including how he ensures his roster do...
May 02, 2024•34 min•Ep. 977
On today's show, as the Transfer Portal closes, we catch you up on the latest names in the portal, as Alabama safety Tony Mitchell jumps in along with Ole Miss RB Kedrick Rescano, and Texas LB Kendrick Blackshire. And Mississippi State adds to their backfield with Utah State RB Davon Booth. Also, we run through 24/7 Sports' Brad Crawford's Post-Spring SEC Power Rankings, going from 16 to 1, and how Brad ranks them, in contrast to how we would rank them. Are Georgia and Texas the two clearly best...
May 01, 2024•32 min•Ep. 976
On today's show, it's the final day to enter the Transfer Portal before it closes for good this spring. We've got the latest as Kalen DeBoer and Alabama add a safety from Charlotte in Kameron Howard, while they lose early enrollee DB Peyton Woodyard. Arkansas loses veteran running back Dominique Johnson, while Ole Miss loses WR Zakhari Franklin, and Tennessee loses DB Cristian Conyer. We also touch on the big story from ESPN that there are deep discussions relating to a legal settlement that cou...
Apr 30, 2024•28 min•Ep. 975
On today's show, we're catching you up on the latest Transfer Portal guys eyeing the SEC including South Alabama LB Khalil Jacobs who could end up at Alabama playing for his former coach Kane Wommack. Meanwhile, Mississippi State is looking for a running back, and strikes out on Damien Martinez and Rashad Amos, but zeroing in on Utah State's Davon Booth. Kentucky looks to add Michigan DB DJ Waller, while losing out on Louisville RB Peny Boone over an academic issue. We've got 2025 recruiting add...
Apr 29, 2024•29 min•Ep. 974
The latest Transfer Portal News across the SEC as Auburn lands former Penn State WR KeAndre Lambert-Smith, bringing a veteran WR to pair with Cam Coleman for Payton Thorne. Mizzou adds another stud offensive lineman in SMU OT Marcus Smith who will transfer in. Texas A&M loses starting center Bryce Foster to the portal, while Alabama loses OL James Brockermeyer. Could LSU land Michigan State DL Simeon Barrow? Also, Vandy lands a big time assistant from Clemson, Jeff Lebby says Mississippi State s...
Apr 25, 2024•26 min•Ep. 973
We are catching up with our Locked On Recruiting Insider Brian Smith as we start by talking all things Transfer Portal with Brian, as we get the latest on RB Damien Martinez, QB Jaden Rashada, and discuss the d-line additions for Auburn, Nic Scourton's spring at Texas A&M, and Arch Manning battling at Texas, & more. We also get Brian's thoughts on some of the SEC guys who recently hit the portal including Auburn WR Jay Fair, Mississippi State QB Mike Wright and LSU RB John Emery. And we talk all...
Apr 24, 2024•30 min•Ep. 972
