Great year for Mississippi State ends with Bowl Victory

No program in the SEC made more progress this year than Mississippi State. Sylvester Croom has taken this consistent cellar dweller to Bowl game winner. The 2007 coach of the year has proven that he belongs in the fraternity of SEC coaches. The Sylvester Croom story is a great story and one that the national media is beginning to rally around. If Croom improves on his 2007 season next year expect him to be mentioned as a candidate for most of the big name program openings as well. He became a star in the SEC this year and will probably become a national star next year.

The Mississippi State boosters should start to begin raising money for their newly beloved coach because sooner rather than later he will fetch top dollar from other programs wanting to move from cellar dweller to Bowl winner. This time next year Miss State will probably be in a bidding war with another school for his services and that is the best compliment you can give a coach.

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Coaching in the SEC is the "IT" job of college football

In a move today that surprised most people in the NFL and College Football the Atlanta Falcons head coach Bobby Petrino resigned and is about to be named the next head coach at the University of Arkansas. Petrino's desire to be a head coach in the SEC is stronger than his desire to be a head coach in the NFL.

Petrino joins a coaching fraternity that until today I thought could not possibly get any stronger. You can now make the argument that 75% of college footballs elite coaches since the turn of the century are now coaching in the SEC. The allure of coaching in College Football's elite conference has proven enough for one coach to say no thanks to the Michigan job and another to say no thanks to the NFL.

We all know that the talent on the field is superior to all the other conferences and the coaches are the most talented also. Today the coaching talent level went up even more. Welcome to the SEC Coach Petrino!

SEC flexes muscle with 9 bowl teams

Not a big surprise but the SEC leads the way with number of teams going to Bowl games.

Liberty- Miss State vs. Central Flordia
Independence - Alabama vs. Colorado
Music City - Kentucky vs. Florida State
Chick-Fil-a - Auburn vs. Clemson
Cotton - Arkansas vs. Missouri
Capital One - Florida vs. Michigan
Sugar - Georgia vs Hawaii
BCS Title Game - LSU vs. Ohio State

LSU rollercoaster 10 days ends on a big high

What an incredible series of emotions that the LSU fans must have felt over the last 10 days. Over the last 10 days the LSU fans have felt the agony of a 3 OT loss to Arkansas, the frustration over potentially losing their coach, the disappointment of competing in the SEC championship game without your starting QB, having ESPN report your coach is going to Michigan two hours before playing in an SEC Championship game, the high of winning the SEC championship, the joy of seeing a Mizzou and West Virgina loss, and then the excitement of finding out that they will be playing in the national championship game. Wow, that's more drama than an Arkansas off season.

LSU fans have to like their chances against Ohio State in the BCS National Championship game and another national championship would make all of the recent highs and lows worth every minute.