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Surfing the blogs for this and that:

• At Kentucky Sports Radio, Matt Jones has a Jai Lucas update, that states that yes, there is mutual interest between the Cats and the tiny guard.

• Our own Jerry Tipton is having a hard time finding a spot for an SEC team on his AP college basketball top 25 ballot.

• ESPN.com’s SEC blogger Chris Low reviews the Kentucky football season.

• On his blog in The State, Seth Emerson ranks the SEC’s football coaches. (Spoiler alert: Rich  Brooks is somewhere between seventh and ninth.)

• A Sea of Blue continues its series on the 1966 UK Rupp’s Runts team.

• How to celebrate your dad’s birthday, Big Blue Nation style.

• In the Fan House, Matt Snyder predicts the Indiana-Kentucky rivalry will be great again. Have patience.

• CBS Sportline’s Gary Parrish believes ex-U of L assistant and now ex-Sacramento Kings head coach Reggie Theus will land a better job back in college.

• Mr. SEC has the video of the heckling of Auburn AD Jay Jacobs.

Continue reading ‘Net surfing: Lucas, Brooks, IU and birthday cake’

SEC links for Tuesday:

• Mark Schlabach of espn.com. has the Charles Barkley rip, who claims race was “the No. 1 factor” behind Auburn’s football hire.

• Montgomery Advertiser columnist Josh Moon writes that Auburn’s line on why it did not hire Turner Gill is unconvincing

• Also in the Advertiser, Jay G. Tate writes that Chizik is glad to be back at Auburn.

• Birmingham News columnist Ray Melick writes that Auburn fans are waiting to be wowed by their new coach.

• Mobile Press-Register columnist Randy Kennedy writes that Chizik has his hands full at Auburn.

• Also at the Press-Register, Tommy Hicks writes that there are plenty of questions in the wake of the hire.

• Maurice Patton of the Tennessean writes that the SEC’s reputation is on the line in challenge against Big East.

Continue reading ‘SEC links: More controversy at the Auburn circus’

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.

Continue reading ‘SEC links: Auburn interviews two for job’