SEC links for Thursday:
- Montgomery Advertiser reports that Alabama loses top quarterback prospect to — gulp — Indiana.
- Georgia linebacker may have received more perks than first reported, writes Chris White of the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.
- Alabama must be thrilled it didn’t hire Butch Davis, says Cecil Hurt of the Tuscaloosa News.
- Crimson Tide linebacker Dont’a Hightower says he feels great coming back from injury, reports Michael Casagrande of the Anniston Star.
- Everyone is excited about Vanderbilt football, except Vanderbilt football fans, reports Jeff Lockridge of the Tennessean.
- South Carolina’s basketball freshmen will feel pressure to help Gamecocks improve, writes Travis Haney of the Charleston Post and Courier.
- Former ref Steve Shaw is settling into being coordinator of officials, reports Jim Harris of Arkansas 360.
- Pat Dooley of the Gainesville Sun gives you five reasons why the SEC rules.
- LSU’s Les Miles is into “framework thinking,” reports Scott Rabalais of The Advocate.
- SEC loaded with talented running backs, writes Mike Herndon of the Mobile Press-Register.
- John Adams of the Knoxville News-Sentinel says LSU’s Joe Alleva turning down Tennessee AD job should not be a turn off.
- Alleva got a little sugar to stay in the Bayou, reports Jim Kleinpeter of the Times-Picayune.
- Tennessee’s front seven on defense must be addressed early in fall camp, writes Patrick Brown of the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
- Marc Weiszer of the Athens Banner-Herald reports that Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo is a man of change.
