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Brent Pease

Reports out of Florida say the Gators have sealed the deal with former UK offensive coordinator Brent Pease to be the Gators’ offensive boss. Pease directed the UK offense under Guy Morriss at Kentucky in 2001-02. He was currently the OC at Boise State. He replaces Charlie Weis, who left Gainesville to become the head coach at Kansas.

In basketball, Vanderbilt improved to 2-0 by winning at South Carolina in Columbia. Florida evened its record at 1-1 by handling Georgia in Gainesville.

SEC links for Wednesday:

• Florida hires ex-UK assistant Brent Pease as its offensive coordinator
• Vandy hits 13 threes to win at South Carolina 67-57
• Ron Morris: Growing process painful for young South Carolina
• Florida bounces back to beat Georgia 70-48
• Alabama-LSU draws second-highest rating in cable television history

SEC links for Tuesday:

• Alabama offensive coordinator Jim McElwain will be named the new head coach at Colorado State, reports Izzy Gould of the Birmingham News.
• After loss to Austin Peay, Tennessee basketball coach Cuonzo Martin is looking for leaders and defense, writes Beth Rucker of the Associated Press.
• Auburn talking to Florida State defensive coordinator Mark Stoops about opening, reports Cole Harvey of the Orlando Sentinel.
• Florida fans are not exactly snapping up tickets to Gator Bowl game with Ohio State, reports Robbie Andreu of the Gainesville Sun.
• Even though it involves two SEC teams, the BCS title game will not have SEC officials, reports Ivan Maisel of espn.com.
• Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino doesn’t know why he was yelling at the LSU sideline last month, reports Robbie Neiswanger of the Arkansas News.

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SEC links for Thursday:

• Florida captures controversial thriller over Arizona in overtime, reports Kevin Brockway of the Gainesville Sun.
• Patric Young scores 25 points and grabs 10 rebounds in the Florida victory, reports Rachel George of the Orlando Sentinel.
• Festus Ezel’s return makes a difference as Vanderbilt wins at Davidson, reports Steve Reed of the Associated Press.
• Host Dayton spoils Anthony Grant’s homecoming by upsetting 16th-ranked Alabama 74-62, reports Geg Ostendorf of the Tuscaloosa News.
• Georgia Tech rocks host Georgia 68-56, reports Tim Tucker of the AJC.
• Having lost four straight, Georgia basketball needs a second-half solution, writes Chris White of the Athens Banner-Herald.
• Is Darrin Horn creating hope with South Carolina basketball? asks Darryl Slater of the Charleston Post and Courier.

Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon. His team meets Tennessee today. (AP photo)

SEC links for Saturday:

• Vols ready for Big East battle, reports Mike Griffith of the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
• Vanderbilt targets Gus Malzahn, reports Jeff Lockridge of the Tennessean.
• Auburn OC has job options, writes Jon Solomon of the Birmingham News.
• Hesiman could be a runaway, says Matt Hinton of Yahoo Sports.
• Media shouldn’t be Heisman story, writes Dan Wolken of the Commercial Appeal.
• Meyer a coaching cop-out, writes Mike Bianchi of Orlando Sentinel.
• It’s a pressure-packed job, writes Gene Wojciechowski of espn.com.
• Florida’s Foley keeps low profile, says Edward Aschoff of Gainesville Sun.
• Dan Mullen in rumor-deflecting mode right now, writes David Brandt of the AP.
• Successor speculation all around UF, writes Jason Lieser of Palm Beach Post.

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SEC links for Friday:

• Joe Person of The State has the game story on South Carolina’s 16-10 win over No. 4 Ole Miss.
• The State has post-game video of Steve Spurrier and South Carolina players.
• David Brandt of the Clarion-Ledger writes that Ole Miss went down with a thud.
• Edward Ashcoff of the Gainesville Sun reports on more Gators missing practice.
• Jeremy Fowler of the Orlando Sentinel reports Gators claim they are fine despite illness.

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