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SEC links for Sunday:

• Social networking opens up issues for SEC coaches, players, writes Jay G. Tate of the Montgomery Advertiser.
• State of Tennessee isn’t producing as much football talent, reports Maurice Patton of the Tennessean.
• Tim Tebow all the buzz at Denver Broncos’ practice, writes Lindsay Jones of the Denver Post.
• Tennessean columnist David Climer writes that Tennessee just can’t escape the Lane Kiffin quagmire.
• Tennessee basketball popularity is “off the charts,” writes Mike Griffith of the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
• Kevin Scarbinsky of the Birmingham News thinks grayshirts are a black mark against college football.
• Georgia’s Rodney Garner is a rare long-time assistant in SEC, writes Marc Weiszer of the Athens Banner-Herald.
• Healthy A.J. Green means business at Georgia, writes David Paschall of the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
• Ole Miss kicks Darius Barksdale off football team, reports Paul Katool of the Clarion-Ledger.

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SEC links for Sunday:

• In the Gainesville Sun, John Patton reports on Nick Calathes’ star turn in Florida’s win over N.C. State.
• Also in the Sun, Robbie Andreu writes on how Florida defense sees the Oklahoma offense.
• In the Knoxville News-Sentinel, Mike Griffith reports that Bruce Pearl is down on Tennessee’s defense after loss at Kansas.
• Also in the News-Sentinel, Mark Packer writes that price tag makes UT’s gamble large.
• In The Advocate, Gary Laney writes on LSU’s basketball win over Southeast Louisiana.
• In the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Bob Holt reports on the Razorbacks in over North Texas.
• In the AJC, Tim Tucker writes that Tennessee is coming after Georgia recruiting ace Rodney Garner.
• Also in the AJC, Mark Bradley wonders if Georgia might be pre-season No. 1 again next year.
• Yet again in the AJC, Chip Towers reports on Georgia’s hoops loss to Missouri.
• Birmingham News columnist Kevin Scarbinsky writes that the biggest prizes slipped away from Alabama.
• Also in the News, Ian Rapoport reports that star Alabama tackle Andre Smith announces his intentions to turn pro.
• In the Tuscaloosa News, Cecil Hurt writes that loss of Smith was not only reason for Sugar Bowl loss.
• In the Tennessean, Vandy takes apart UMass.
• In the Clarion-Ledger, David Brandt writes that Ole Miss hopes to ride its Cotton Bowl win into next year.

SEC links for Tuesday:

• Charles Goldberg of the Birmingham News reports that Auburn interviews Buffalo coach Turner Gill.

• Meanwhile, in the AJC, Chip Towers reports that Georgia assistant Rodney Garner also interviews at Auburn.

• Birmingham News columnist Ray Melick writes that Alabama’s reward for an unbelievably successful season is Utah.

• Huntsville Times columnist Mark McCarter casts his Heisman vote for Tim Tebow.

• Knoxville News-Sentinel columnist John Adams writes that Tebow isn’t just about the numbers.

• Drew Edwards of the Knoxville News-Sentinel reports that former Tennessee coach Phil Fulmer has accepted a post as assistant to the UT president.

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SEC links for Friday:

• Birmingham News columnist Kevin Scarbinsky asks why couldn’t Auburn get along this way before Tommy Tuberville walked away.

• Mike Herndon of the Mobile Press-Register reports that Auburn has a list of coaching candidates.

• Mark McCarter of the Huntsville Times wonders if it won’t be tough for Auburn to find a coach who wants to compete in the ultra-competitive SEC.

• Press-Register columnist Randy Kennedy wonders how Auburn is going to top Tuberville.

• Chip Towers of the AJC talks to ex-Auburn offensive lineman and current Georgia assistant Rodney Garner, the recruiting whiz, who says he’d love Tigers’ job.

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