Around the SEC
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Kirby Smart supports player transfers, but rules are rules regarding Cade Mays, Otis Reese
ATHENS — Kirby Smart said he’s in support of players transferring when they have better opportunities to play elsewhere, but he doesn’t have control over when they become eligible. The...
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NCAA grants Cade Mays waiver for 2020 season, now waiting on SEC
Connor RileyThe NCAA has reversed course on Cade Mays, granting him a waiver to play during the 2020 season. But it is not yet a done deal that he will see...
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Georgia football places 10 players on Preseason Coaches All-SEC teams
Connor RileyAnother sign that the season is just around the corner arrived on Thursday in the form of the Preseason Coaches All-SEC team being announced. The Georgia Bulldogs — who sit...
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Georgia football: Back in black, and with red pants for opening road game
Mike GriffithATHENS — It’s no secret Georgia football is back under Kirby Smart, riding a wave of three straight SEC East Division titles with the head coach’s first four years at...
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It’s official: Big Ten football to begin season in October
Mike GriffithBig Ten football is less than a month away, the league making an official announcement on Wednesday morning. The Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors voted unanimously to resume...
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Jeremy Pruitt says Tennessee transfer plea ‘not just about Cade (Mays)’
Mike GriffithATHENS — Jeremy Pruitt said he understands the NCAA and SEC transfer rules — players typically are required to sit out a season — and why the rules were voted...
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Tennessee tackles NCAA, marshals forces on Cade Mays’ transfer eligibility
Mike GriffithATHENS — The Tennessee VolNation is taking on the NCAA and SEC league office, mounting a furious, politically charged campaign to circumvent the current collegiate football transfer rule. Knoxville attorney...
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In the doghouse: COVID rule means no sideline presence for Georgia mascot ‘Uga’
Chip TowersATHENS — For the first time since there has been an Uga, there won’t be an Uga mascot on the sidelines with the Georgia Bulldogs this football season. Uga X,...
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Multiple Georgia football assistants mentioned as candidates for Southern Miss opening
Connor RileyGeorgia hasn’t even played its first game in the 2020 season and it’s already having some of its assistants mentioned as future head-coaching candidates for an opening. That’s largely due...
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Tennessee has 44 players out; Volunteers cancel scrimmage
Michael CarvellThe Tennessee Volunteers canceled Saturday’s football scrimmage because 44 players were unavailable due to COIVID or injury-related issues. “It’s definitely been challenging,” Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt told reporters. “We’ve got...
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WATCH: Florida coach Dan Mullen ‘rant’ involves Georgia, rules embroilment
Mike GriffithATHENS — There might be something to Florida coach Dan Mullen’s implication that Georgia had a problem with the Gators not having players wear numbers in pregame warmups. That has...
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What the national media is saying about Georgia football after Jamie Newman’s departure
Connor RileyIt’s been a pretty busy week for Georgia football, as that tends to be the case when your presumed starting quarterback opts out just over three weeks before the start...
