Checking on what's making news in the SEC: Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel adds the Associated Press Player of the Year Award to his collection. Former Auburn coach Gene Chizik and his wife, Jonna, gave a special gift to a young girl battling a brain tumor.
It seems like only yesterday people were talking about an LSU-USC national championship, and weren't totally sold on Alabama making another run to a national title. Oh, how things change in a matter of a month.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The wet, gloomy scene preceding Arkansas’ game with No. 1 Alabama was a classic case of foreshadowing for the Razorbacks. Rain washed away any really furious tailgating plans, while last week’s overtime loss to Louisiana-Monroe expunged most of the excitement and enthusiasm revolving around a program once thought of as a national championship contender.

We're heading into Week 3 in the SEC, so here's what to watch: 1. Quarterback health: The statuses of Arkansas' Tyler Wilson and South Carolina's Connor Shaw are still unknown. Wilson suffered a head injury against Louisiana-Monroe, while Shaw is still nursing a bruised shoulder from Week 1.

Arkansas middle linebacker Tenarius Wright is fresh off his first game at his new position. He moved from defensive end after linebacker Alonzo Highsmith went down with a hamstring injury. The move started as a joke, but felt very natural once he moved.
I'm hearing a lot of overrated/underrated talk, so college football must be right around the corner. ESPN colleague Travis Haney has jumped right into the mix, listing a few teams in the Top 25 that he considers overrated and underrated .
We're once again taking an early look at the 2012 college football season and colleague Mark Schlabach yet again provides us with a few talking points. On Friday, he unleashed his Way-Too-Early To0-Early 2012 Top 25 and it has six SEC teams in it: 1.

We're putting spring behind us and looking toward the fall with our post-spring power rankings: 1. LSU: The Tigers had one of the best springs around. Things were quiet off the field, and the offense rallied behind quarterback Zach Mettenberger.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Paul Haynes and Taver Johnson were among the coaches entrusted to guide Ohio State through a storm 2011. The last thing the two men could have expected at their next coaching stop was another tempest.

The overriding feeling in the Ozarks was that this would be Bobby Petrino’s best football team at Arkansas. But now that he’s not going to be around to coach that team, where do the Hogs go from here?
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