Taking in from SEC softball.

Georgia on nobody's mind: The Dawgs are under the radar, and that's a compliment

There’s not much buzz right now for this Georgia football team. Spring game attendance reflected that.

But that’s … good?

Yes it’s good:

www.nytimes.com/athletic/720...

Georgia RB Nate Frazier left the game on the first play with an apparent ankle injury, but is walking now without much problem and doesn’t have any wrap anywhere.

There is also a Hezekiah Millender, thought before today to be a fourth or fifth-stringer, but based on his play in this spring game, and the potential for word-play, should be competing with Gunner Stockton for QB1.

The future of Auburn football now rests with Alex Golesh, the American dream coach (Gift Article) Born in Moscow, Golesh moved to New York as a child in 1991 and has worked his way up the college football coaching ladder for two decades.

Desperate to win again, Auburn has entrusted its fate to a Russian immigrant who didn’t play college football, and had never stepped foot on Auburn’s campus until a few months ago.

The unlikely college football story of Alex Golesh (Gift article):

www.nytimes.com/athletic/720...

Leaders support moving college football's season start date up a week in 2027

Here was our story last month on this moving close to reality:

www.nytimes.com/athletic/714...

FBS Oversight Committee recommends standardized start to regular season - NCAA.org The Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee on Thursday recommended standardizing the first contest date in the sport and eliminating all exceptions,

The NCAA football oversight committee has approved moving the start of the season to what is now Week 0, other than the seasons when there are already two byes between Labor Day weekend and the end of the regular season.

www.ncaa.org/news/2026/4/...

The future of Auburn football now rests with Alex Golesh, the American dream coach

Auburn, desperate to be a winner again, has staked its future in a Russian immigrant who didn't know about football until he was 7, and never played college football.

But Alex Golesh, the American dream coach, already seems to be improving things at Auburn:

www.nytimes.com/athletic/720...

For some NFL Draft prospects, joining the league now means a pay cut from college football

Being drafted in the NFL has almost always meant fulfilling a lifelong dream.

For a growing numbers of prospects, it now means something else: Taking a pay cut.

“It’s weird. It’s definitely different.”

(Story is free to read)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/720...

With the LIV Tour now shut down, does that mean former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer can go back to live-tweeting 9/11?

Jonas Hayes is back at his alma mater Georgia as assistant coach, after being head coach at Georgia State the past four seasons.

His twin brother Jarvis Hayes also joined Georgia’s staff earlier this offseason.

Otherwise known as Broc-toon.

Alberto Mendoza watched his brother win the Heisman. Now he wants to prove he belongs (Gift Article) Alberto Mendoza left Indiana after a dream season with his brother and will now look to make a name for himself at Georgia Tech.

Alberto Mendoza watched his brother win the Heisman while both were at Indiana. Now he's at Georgia Tech, and wants to prove he belongs:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/719...

SEC media days schedule. Choose your fighter:

Will college football have NFL-style OTAs by 2027? It’s ‘more than likely’ (Gift Article) The future of spring games is increasingly uncertain, but actual spring practice is on the verge of expanding.

NFL-style OTAs are ‘more than likely’ going to be approved for college football:

www.nytimes.com/athletic/717...

Will college football have NFL-style OTAs by 2027?

It looks like college football will adopt NFL-style OTAs by 2027:

www.nytimes.com/athletic/717...

Correction: Brendan Marks. Gonna blame auto correct on that so he doesn’t put laxatives in my drink at the next company meeting.

This part from Brandon Marks, if it was a really a sticking point for UNC, woo boy.

After a search that officially lasted just over 24 hours, Georgia hires a new women’s basketball coach.

Happy Eastern

This was D-day (decision day) for this recruit. After consulting with his advisors, Eisenhower decided to go.

(I do think the Padres color scheme is awesome, because no one else in big professional sports does it. And their current uniforms are sweet.)

Okay, we’ve got a beautiful backdrop, the blue water of a bay and green palm trees.

Now in front of them let’s put a bunch of guys in brown and yellow.

Georgia women’s basketball with a somewhat surprising coaching change, at least to me.

One of the few conspiracy theories I gave a chance was the JFK assassination. But then a couple years ago I went to Dealey Plaza and saw the book depository was much closer to the spot than I’d thought, and I came away thinking dammit yeah it was probably him acting alone.

Okay rather than dunking on him lemme be boring and make my boring point:

Being in the media should make Greg less prone to conspiracy theories. The more you deal with people in power, which we do, the more you should realize no one’s smart enough to organize these grand conspiracies. The end.

Is the SEC serious about ditching its championship game? 'Its days are numbered'

On the future of the SEC championship game: It makes sense to ditch it from a competitive perspective.

But from a financial perspective, it's much more complicated:

www.nytimes.com/athletic/716...

It's good to be reminded these days that science, and scientists, still fucking rule. 🚀

It's part of the reason when you hear "X amount of players in the portal never found a new home" is kind of deceiving. A decent amount are walk-ons who put their name in, hoping for a nibble, and if not probably didn't want to return to their former team anyway.

Hyperbole and recency bias are not my thing, but that has to be the most memorable regional final since that other one involving Duke.