Bleacher Report’s SEC blogger breaks down the big SEC games in week one
Here we are, on the eve of the college football season. Yes, we survived yet another off-season and our reward for doing so is an extended opening weekend that runs from Thursday night all the way through Monday night. Things kick off (with adjusted rules of course) Thursday night in the SEC with a key SEC East battle between one of the favorites (South Carolina) and the motivated perennial underdog (Vanderbilt), but we also have some other games well worth our time.
The Chick-fil-A Kickoff has expanded to two games in two days, so we get to watch Derek Dooley try to get the Tennessee Volunteers off on the right foot against a solid North Carolina State from the ACC on Friday night, and then we get treated to one of the ACC favorites (Clemson) looking to hold off a growing Auburn squad at the Georgia Dome. Bleacher Report SEC blogger Barrett Sallee will be in Atlanta for both games so who better to bring on to ...
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PLAYERS:
Derek Dooley,
Nick Saban,
Denard Robinson,
Marcus Lattimore,
Sammy Watkins
TEAMS: Tennessee Volunteers, Alabama Crimson Tide, Michigan Wolverines, South Carolina Gamecocks, Clemson Tigers, North Carolina State Wolfpack
TEAMS: Tennessee Volunteers, Alabama Crimson Tide, Michigan Wolverines, South Carolina Gamecocks, Clemson Tigers, North Carolina State Wolfpack
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