SEC links for Tuesday:
- Joe Person of The State reports that returnees Devan Downey and Dominique Archie are thinking big things for South Carolina basketball.
- Randy Rosetta of The Advocate reports on LSU’s extra-inning win over Texas in first game of CWS finals.
- Jim Kleinpeter of the Times-Picayune writes on the clutch hits that drove LSU to victory.
- ESPN’s SEC blogger Chris Low writes on the good and bad of covering recruiting.
- At the Mobile Press-Register, Paul Finebaum writes on a shock jock who ridicules Alabama fans.
- Also in the Press-Register, Tommy Hicks writes that Florida is the near unanimous pick to win a second straight BCS title.
- Jon Solomon of the Birmingham News writes that spread offense quarterbacks find it difficult to adjust.
- In the Knoxville News-Sentinel, Brad Gaskins writes that Peyton Manning believes it will be two years before new UT coach Lane Kiffin can be properly evaluated.
- Also in the News-Sentinel, Mike Griffith reports that Chris Lofton’s return was not enough to help his team win.
- Mr. SEC believes that Mark Richt and Les Miles sit on the league’s hottest seats.
- Maurice Patton of the Tennessean reports that Vandy coach Bobby Johnson will be honored by his former school.
- In the AJC, Bill King writes on upgrading the Georgia defense.
- David Jones of Florida Today reports on inflation and the Florida athletic budget.
