Locked On SEC – Daily College Football & Basketball Podcast

On today's show, we run through the SEC football TV schedule for the early part of the season as ESPN, ABC & the SEC Network announced their broadcast times and channels for the full first three weeks of the 2024 college football season! Some teams lucked out with several night games at home, while others are getting some early road games, and some getting brutally hot middle-of-the-day environments. We run through all 16 SEC teams...

On today's show, we explore the possibility of Florida State joining the SEC down the road as the Seminoles and Clemson continue with their lawsuits vs the ACC - and while in Destin for the SEC Meetings this week, Florida AD Scott Stricklin was asked if the Gators would be on board with welcoming their rival into the SEC in the future? 

And could the Florida-Georgia rivalry go from neutral site to being played on their campuses in t...

Day 1 of SEC Meetings in Destin got underway on Tuesday and we heard from many of the SEC Football Coaches as they addressed the media and spoke on a number of topics. But one of the biggest topics facing the immediate future of college football - with the House vs NCAA settlement and revenue sharing coming, will we see a change in "roster limitations", potentially trimming rosters down to as low as 85 players, and potentially the ...

As the SEC Meetings get underway over in Destin, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey spoke with the media on Monday evening and touched on a number of big topics, including  - could we see Injury Reports come to the SEC in the near future? In the ever expanding world of sports betting, the SEC could follow others and begin providing weekly "Player Availability Reports", or as we call them injury reports, providing as much information as p...

On today's show, we catch up with Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko as he made an appearance at the Aggie Coach's Night, getting Aggie fans excited for the 2024 college football season. Elko gives this thoughts on his team coming out of spring, College Gameday coming to College Station in Week 1 for the Notre Dame game & more. 

Also, we discuss the monumental settlement between the Houston vs NCAA that will ultimately lead to schools b...

On today's show, we're joined by our buddy Jake Crain as we get his thoughts on the news of ESPN sublicensing some of their early round playoff games to TNT Sports, how different will that be from the ESPN broadcasts? Any chance we get Charles Barkley and Shaq on CFB Playoff games? 

And we get Jake's thoughts on the fallout of the Jaden Rashada lawsuit vs Billy Napier and more. 

Also, we ask Jake Crain to give us an "Underrated" team...

On today's show, we're reacting to the news of Georgia QB Jaden Rashada filing a lawsuit against Florida head coach Billy Napier and several others, saying they defrauded him of millions pertaining to a $13.85 million NIL agreement that fell through. Rashada becomes the first college athlete to sue a coach and/or a booster over a dispute pertaining to an NIL deal. Not a great look with Napier already on the hot seat this year. 

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Ole Miss continues to add to their backfield this offseason, reportedly adding former Miami of Ohio RB Rashad Amos, along with former Georgia State RB Domonique Thomas. This is on top of them already adding this offseason New Mexico transfer RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Miami RB Henry Parrish Jr and LSU RB Logan Diggs, all to add with returning RB Ulysses Bentley. Can a few of these guys step up and replace the production of Quinshon...

On today's show, we are joined by Brad Crawford of 24/7 Sports as we touch on a lot of the biggest storylines of the offseason for the SEC, including Oklahoma and Texas joining the conference, which coaches are most on the hot seat heading into 2024, Kalen DeBoer replacing Nick Saban, and dealing with the expanded playoff this year. 

Also, we touch on Brad's article on 24/7 ranking all 16 SEC Quarterbacks Post-Spring, and kick aroun...

On today's show, we run through some of the big announcements from ESPN & ABC when it comes to marquee Week 1 games in the SEC and the game times. As the "SEC on ABC" debuts their new logo, we will get a triple-header between Georgia-Clemson, Florida-Miami, and Notre Dame-Texas A&M. 

In addition, College Gameday announces they're headed to College Station for Week 1 for Mike Elko's Aggieland debut as the Aggies play host to the Figh...

On today's show, we hit on the latest Transfer Portal news in the SEC as Alabama adds Michigan State OL Geno VanDeMark for some depth on the o-line, as well as Penn State defensive back King Mack as Kane Wommack's secondary will have a lot of new names back there. Vandy adds Notre Dame CB Micah Bell, while Mississippi State adds West Virginia CB Montre Miller, among several others. Can Florida add former five-star CB Cormani McClai...

On today's show, we discuss Hugh Freeze saying he "couldn't bring himself" to spend $1 million on a Transfer Portal QB, but is that the right approach? Are they better off spending on big time wide receivers to surround Payton Thorne, or should they have targeted a Cam Ward-type QB? We also tie this in LSU Coach Brian Kelly's comments earlier this week on "buying players", as well as Josh Heupel's comments on "bringing the right pe...

Shane Beamer announced this week that LaNorris Sellers will be their QB1 heading into fall camp. Not a big surprise, but he did opt not to name a starter all throughout spring practice. What took so long to say that Sellers is ahead of Robby Ashford? We catch up with Jordan Kaye of The State newspaper in Columbia, as he was there when Beamer spoke on Monday. We also talk with Jordan about how the Gamecocks did in the transfer porta...

On today's show, we catch up with Oklahoma Sooners WR Nic Anderson who is coming off of a breakout redshirt freshman season where he recorded 798 receiving yards and a freshman school record for touchdown catches with ten. We talk with Nic about how the Sooners spring practices went, and what he's seen from QB Jackson Arnold as he takes over as the next big QB in Norman.  

Anderson also talks about the addition of WR Deion Burks to ...

On today's show, Kirby Smart becomes the highest paid coach in college football making a whopping $13 million per season, well ahead of Dabo, Sark, Norvell & DeBoer. 

We've got more Transfer Portal commitment announcements as TCU D-lineman Damonic Williams is headed to Oklahoma, choosing the Sooners over Texas, LSU & others. Meanwhile the Longhorns add DB Jayvion Cole, Mississippi State adds WR Trent Hudson, Vandy adds WR Dariyan Wi...

On today's show, we are doing some post-Spring evaluations with our buddy Chris Marler, as the Spring Transfer Portal has closed - are we surprised there weren't a ton of headline names transferring schools? We get Marler's thoughts on safety Tony Mitchell leaving Alabama, Georgia adding QB Jaden Rashada & more. 

We also run through a few teams that pleasantly surprised us in the spring, including Arkansas with Bobby Petrino back ca...

On today's show, we run through ESPN's list of the Most Impactful Newcomers for the Top 25 College Football Teams for 2024 - we pick out the SEC teams they listed, which include RB Trevor Etienne at Georgia, WR Isaiah Bond at Texas, DT Walter Nolen at Ole Miss and many more. 

Also, we bring you sound from Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian as he met with the media on Wednesday at the Touchdown Club of Houston, addressing a n...

On today's show, as the Transfer Portal closes, we catch you up on the latest names in the portal, as Alabama safety Tony Mitchell jumps in along with Ole Miss RB Kedrick Rescano, and Texas LB Kendrick Blackshire. And Mississippi State adds to their backfield with Utah State RB Davon Booth. 

Also, we run through 24/7 Sports' Brad Crawford's Post-Spring SEC Power Rankings, going from 16 to 1, and how Brad ranks them, in contrast to h...

On today's show, it's the final day to enter the Transfer Portal before it closes for good this spring. We've got the latest as Kalen DeBoer and Alabama add a safety from Charlotte in Kameron Howard, while they lose early enrollee DB Peyton Woodyard. Arkansas loses veteran running back Dominique Johnson, while Ole Miss loses WR Zakhari Franklin, and Tennessee loses DB Cristian Conyer.

We also touch on the big story from ESPN that th...