Trinidad Chambliss, Arch Manning and how the SEC may get its swagger back
Trinidad Chambliss is back for another year, apparently. Good for Ole Miss. Joey Aguilar is not back for…
Who will be the SEC’s surprise CFP team in 2026? Surprise hot-seat situation? Conference mailbag
Whenever we do a mailbag, the unofficial rule is to answer the question that gets the most likes.…
SEC survey results: Fans on the state of the conference, Indiana and the future of the sport
By and large, SEC football fans are humbled. However, they’re not in a panic, based on the results…
Who starts at Alabama, Tennessee? Monitoring the most notable post-portal QB battles
With Darian Mensah now headed to Miami, all of the notable transfer quarterbacks will have been accounted for…
Do college sports actually want rules? How high should Indiana be ranked? Mandel’s Mailbag
The morning after the national championship game, my wife asked me if things would slow down at work…
College football 2026 schedule: One game each way-too-early top 25 team has circled
If you count Week 0 as the start of the college football season — and this writer does…
Why don’t college football programs develop quarterbacks anymore?
So you’re a college football coach, and you want to develop a quarterback. Good luck telling your bosses…
Clemson’s Dabo Swinney accuses Ole Miss of ‘blatant tampering’ with transfer Luke Ferrelli
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney publicly accused Ole Miss coach Pete Golding of tampering with a transfer the Tigers…
Clemson’s Dabo Swinney shreds Ole Miss, Pete Golding for alleged tampering
No coach in college football has been more apprehensive about the transfer portal than Clemson’s Dabo Swinney, and…
Early Top 25 college football rankings for 2026 season: Can Indiana repeat? Who’s No. 1?
A year ago in this column, I made the regrettable decision to rank Penn State No. 1 because…
AP Top 25: Indiana earns first No. 1 football finish, plus more final poll superlatives
Indiana finished No. 1 on Tuesday in the AP Top 25 college football poll for the first time…
How the blue-chip quarterbacks in the 2024 class are faring after 2 years of college
We’ve reached an important landmark for the quarterbacks of the 2024 recruiting cycle. As has been documented, Year…