#Pete Golding

Sometime after midnight, having just watched one of the worst football games I have ever seen with my own eyes, I took a gander at Georgia's schedule. Not the 2022 schedule. The Bulldogs passed that test. They finished a perfect 15-0 overall, winning a second national championship. They also finished a superb 11-4 against the spread. After losing…

Georgia's national championship victory over TCU is less than a week old, but the news and offseason never stops in college football - and that's especially true in the SEC. The Bulldogs will be heavily favored to win the SEC next season, which means 13 other teams have already started to aim for coach Kirby Smart's program and how to topple the…

Alabama football has had a love/hate relationship with the Sugar Bowl. Paul W. "Bear" Bryant loved the SuperDome but Nick Saban has had his struggles. The Tide's current head coach finally got over that hump in the 2017-18 game. Saban may be familiar with New Orleans, but it will be the first trip to the Big Easy for anyone on the roster and all…

Before Alabama takes the field against Kansas State in Saturday's Sugar Bowl, Nick Saban held his usual "Hey Coach" radio show Thursday night. Here were the highlights: FIRST SEGMENT -- "Happy New Year to all out there," Saban begins to the room. -- "The players on the team that are here sort of reflect what the team is all about. ... They chose to…

ATHENS - Georgia offensive coordinator Todd Monken is the highest-paid assistant coach in college football with a $2.01 million salary, per the latest USA Today data. Beyond reporting facts, there's not much "newsy" about that because Monken's value is understandably higher than any other assistant in college football at this time. One could make…

Cincinnati is the first Group of 5 team to ever qualify for the College Football Playoff and it drew one of the hardest matchups in all of sports: Alabama. The undefeated Bearcats will face the Crimson Tide as significant underdogs in the Cotton Bowl. One Alabama player doesn't see his team as a favorite, though. "I feel like we're the underdog in…