John Clay's Sidelines

SEC links for Saturday:

• ESPN’s Rick Reilly tries to take up for ex-Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin.
• Tennessee says it will not release Bryce Brown from his scholarship, reports Austin Ward of the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
• No, synthetic turf is not coming back to Neyland Stadium, writes Mike Strange of the News-Sentinel.
• Cooperation is the key to solving the agent issue, writes Pat Forde of espn.com.
• Georgia opens camp with a long to-do list, writes Tim Tucker of the AJC.
• Florida basketball will play Ohio State next season, blogs Kevin Brockway of the Gainesville Sun.

• Tim Tebow will haunt the Jacksonville Jaguars into eternity, writes George Diaz of the Orlando Sentinel.
• Bobby Johnson has left an enviable legacy at Vanderbilt, writes Loran Smith for the Athens Banner-Herald.
• Vanderbilt has swapped coaches, not philosophies, writes Seth Emerson of The State.
• Ole Miss assistant athletic director hired as new AD at Florida A&M, reports St. Claire Murrane of the Tallahassee Democrat.