Texas A&M : Scarbrough's Take
Jimbo Gives 12th Man New Meaning, a la Tommy Lewis
Lyn Scarbrough
September 27 Texas A&M credits the legendary 12th Man when it has success on the football field. That tradition started way back in 1922 when walk-on player King Gill suited up to be ready when needed. FULL STORY
SEC Basketball … The Good. The Bad! And The Ugly.
Lyn Scarbrough
March 14 In the SEC Tournament’s first round game, the Aggies had a double-digit halftime lead over Florida, which was playing in front enough fans to be like a home game. A&M squandered the big lead and almost lost the game. FULL STORY
SEC Basketball Has Come a Long Way, It’s Fun Again
Lyn Scarbrough
January 20 In the past five seasons, the conference had averaged just 3.8 teams per season in the NCAA Tournament. A lot of people felt that this was embarrassing, unacceptable. One of those was SEC Commissioner Mike Slive. FULL STORY
On Football Ties and Kissing Your Sister
Lyn Scarbrough
October 25 As I followed the progress of the nine-overtime game between Illinois and Penn State at State College on Saturday, I couldn’t help but think about Rip Miller’s old adage. FULL STORY
Will Bama, SEC Be Pigeons This Year?
Lyn Scarbrough
October 11 After nearly two decades of being college football’s pigeon almost every season, the Southeastern Conference, including multi-time champion Alabama, is looking more likely to be a statue for 2021. FULL STORY
Defenses … When Will They Ever Learn?
Lyn Scarbrough
October 13 But, based on the first three weeks of the 2020 season, it looks like defense has gone the way of the drop kick, the Statue of Liberty play, and the hidden ball trick. FULL STORY
SEC Takes Its Time, Gets It Right
Lyn Scarbrough
September 30 Not many, especially not SEC fans, agreed with the conference back in August, not when Commissioner Greg Sankey and the 14 university presidents kept dragging their feet. While other conferences, college and pro, FULL STORY
Distance Between East & West of Biblical Proportions
Lyn Scarbrough
September 10 The giant chasm between the East and the West has been of near Biblical proportions for a while now, but if anything, it’s getting greater. And, divine intervention might be the only thing that could change that any time soon. FULL STORY
It's Bad SEC Football ... But Get More Popcorn
Lyn Scarbrough
November 08 “Three Little Pigskins,” filmed in 1934 about a trio of college students, mistakenly added to the football team, who know nothing about football. Their play is such a fiasco that when the team loses, people think they threw the game on purpose. FULL STORY
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