December 3
A&M’s Manziel is SEC player of the year, MU’s Richardson on first team
Sheldon Richardson was Missouri’s lone selection to The Associated Press’ all-Southeastern Conference team announced Monday, making the first team at defensive tackle.
November 21
If you’re losing in SEC, you’re likely moving on
The final weekend of regular-season SEC football arrives with this truth: If your team isn’t bowl eligible or playing for bowl eligibility on Saturday, it is looking for a new coach or is likely to be doing so soon. That’s life in the hypercompetitive SEC.
November 14
SEC report: Some coaches say they deserve shot at title
Does a one-loss SEC team deserve a shot? Some SEC coaches stood up for their conference during the weekly teleconference and suggested that perhaps a one-loss SEC team should be part of the title equation over an undefeated team.
November 7
SEC report: Aggies pose threat to No. 1 Alabama
Could Alabama’s next task be as challenging as the last one?
November 5
MU’s Justin Britt out for the season
Bruce Walker watched Saturday as Justin Britt writhed in pain, struggling to get off the ground.
October 31
Alabama-LSU: College football’s most meaningful rivalry
In the beginning, the can’t-miss game in college football was Florida-Tennessee. Then it was Oklahoma-Texas. For stretches of years, the Bowl Championship Series race pivoted on those encounters.
October 25
A team-by-team look at Southeastern Conference basketball
Following media day on Thursday, The Star’s Blair Kerkhoff breaks down the 14-team SEC basketball field in his projected order of finish.
October 25
Arkansas, MU share similarities in year two under Anderson
To hear Arkansas basketball coach Mike Anderson tell it Thursday, there would appear to be a few common bonds this season between his current program and his former team, Missouri.
October 25
SEC media day buzz: Frank Martin appreciates fan passion at South Carolina
It appears former Kansas State coach Frank Martin, who left for South Carolina after last season, is quite happy with what he’s seen from his new school so far.
October 24
SEC report: Georgia defender calls out his teammates
Remember Georgia’s big, bad defense? You know, the one that terrorized Missouri quarterback James Franklin in the Bulldogs’ 41-20 win over the Tigers in week two?
October 17
SEC report: Winless teams share QB struggles
Apparently it takes high-quality quarterback play to win in college football, too. Or it least it does in the Southeastern Conference.
October 3
SEC report | Saban: Is this what we want football to be?
When Alabama coach Nick Saban rhetorically asked the question, he wasn’t thinking in terms of entertainment value.
September 26
SEC report: Texas A&M, Arkansas share a history
When the Southeastern Conference handed its invitations to Texas A&M and Missouri, serious schedule adjustments were required. But the Aggies had one fewer change to make.
September 24
SEC games: LSU’s defense stifles Auburn
LSU coach Les Miles said he can use a hard-fought win over Auburn as “a tremendous lesson” for a team more accustomed to lopsided victories.
September 19
SEC report: Tennessee coach laughs off Bray’s comment
Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray raised some eyebrows Tuesday when he told a group of reporters that he didn’t watch the second-half film of the Volunteers’ 37-20 loss to Florida.
September 13
Blair Kerkhoff | Looking ahead to SEC games
The Star's Blair Kerkhoff breaks down the Southeastern Conference games this weekend, including Missouri vs. Arizona State and Arkansas vs. Alabama.
September 13
SEC report: Arkansas looks to pull a 180
Arkansas looks to exit this weekend with a 2-1 record. Most believed that would be the case when the schedule opened with Jacksonville State, Louisiana-Monroe and Alabama. But now the Razorbacks will have to pull off a stunner to achieve that mark.
September 8
Arkansas shocked by Louisiana-Monroe in OT
Browning’s 16-yard touchdown run on fourth and 1 gave Louisiana-Monroe a 34-31 overtime win over No. 8 Arkansas on Saturday. It was the Warhawks’ first win over a Southeastern Conference team since defeating Alabama in 2007.
September 5
SEC newcomers feeling the hype
Enthused as Missouri is for Saturday’s conference-life-changing contest against Georgia, the other SEC newcomer is equally stoked, and even had a few extra days to load up the emotion. Because a hurricane postponed Texas A&M’s opener in Louisiana last Friday, the Aggies’ next opponent — Florida at Kyle Field — has become their first.
September 5
Pinkel: Richardson's comments on Georgia 'wrong'
During his weekly SEC conference call with the media on Wednesday, Missouri coach Gary Pinkel reiterated that junior defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson’s comments about Georgia last week were not OK.
August 30
MU extends Alden’s contract through 2019
Missouri has extended athletic director Mike Alden’s contact through 2019, the school announced Thursday.
August 29
A look around the SEC
Leave it to the SEC to be in the middle of all the big college football stories on opening weekend – from teams that play to those that don’t. There’s a prime-time matchup Thursday with South Carolina and Steve Spurrier (above) visiting Vanderbilt. And Texas A&M is involved in the season’s first weather postponement because of Hurricane Isaac.
August 25
SEC recruiting has a dark side
The most famous recruitment of an SEC football player in recent memory turned out to be a Heisman Trophy winner named Cam Newton and a program that turned out to be the national champion at Auburn.
August 24
With the arrival of MU and A&M, Vandy isn’t such an academic maverick
The football coach in black paced back and forth, pointing toward the projector screen at the front of the room. He had a message he wanted to send.
August 24
Croom broke SEC racial barriers with his 2004 hiring at Mississippi State
The graying, burly preacher’s son from Alabama wasn’t interested in becoming a trailblazer or a college football pioneer.
