SEC links for Thursday:
- Ray Melick of the Birmingham News writes that now the opening acts are over, the SEC Media Days can really begin.
- The News gives its best and worst of the first day of Media Days.
- Jeff Schultz of the AJC writes that it’s not a fair fight, and the SEC likes it that way.
- Tennessean columnist David Climer writes that the SEC his the jackpot with Mike Slive.
- Athens Banner-Herald reports that Slive is tired of lax attitudes concerning secondary violations.
- Kyle Veazey of the Clarion-Ledger reports that the gabfest was a breeze for new Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen.
- Cecil Hurt of the Tuscaloosa News writes that Mullen is embracing a unique situation.
- John Adams of the Knoxville News-Sentinel writes that Mullen doesn’t need Tim Tebow for excitement.
- Jeff Lockridge of the Tennessean writes that success rings loud for Vanderbilt.
- Brandon Marcello of the NW Arkansas Times writes that Bobby Petrino turned the corner at SEC Media Days.
- Pat Dooley of the Gainesville Sun writes that Arkansas’ tight end D.J. Williams triumphs on and off the field.
- ESPN blogger Chris Low writes on the quest to find which coach did not vote Tebow pre-season All-SEC.
