Around the SEC: Monday links

• OU decommit RB Greg Bryant says he'll play in the SEC
• Billboard from Austin, TX: This is SEC country
• Todd Kelly Jr. is busy on and off the field
• Vanderbilt flips Florida cornerback but did UF pull his offer?
• Jovon Robinson's transcript raises more questions than answers
• Who are the SEC's most irreplaceable players according to David Climer?
• Vanderbilt's projected starting linebacker Triston Strong leaves team
• Dismissed LSU player Tyrann Mathieu failed multiple drug tests for synthetic marijuana
• Florida has lost two commitments
• A look at LSU post-Mathieu
• Why 2012 could be the Year of the Quarterbacks in the SEC
• Tennessee should be higher in this ranking of the offensive lines
• Florida expects their secondary to be a strength
• Vols make an impression from a distance in first scrimmage
• Missouri forfeits an exhibition game vs. Dutch team
• The inferno of expectations: see the seventh circle
• Highlights of Jalen Reeves-Maybin, the newest Vol commit

The NCAA is Investigating Jovon Robinson's Recruitment

This is all coming from Roy Adams though it has been separately confirmed that the NCAA is indeed investigating running back Jovon Robinson's recruitment. To what extent I do not know but here is the information I have gathered.

The NCAA has been at the high school of the current Auburn signee since Tuesday allegedly investigating a couple of things. They have discovered a discrepancy in Javon's transcript. Apparently a school official changed the transcript giving Jovon the grades to qualify to attend college. That official has since retired. If found to be true, Robinson would be determined to be ineligible to play for Auburn this year.

There are also questions about a brand new $30,000 Dodge “sports car” that Robinson has been seen driving around in. There is an inquiry into the situation and the NCAA is suspicious that all of the parties involved are not being completely upfront with them. Supposedly money was transferred into a guardian's account which was used to pay for the car. The guardian is telling the NCAA he/she inherited the money.

It's something worth watching and I thought it was news-worthy so I brought it to you here. Who knows what, if anything, will come of this given the NCAA's reputation for turning a blind eye on similar situations before.

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UPDATE: A guidance counselor has resigned from Woodale High School after admitting to creating a false transcript for Robinson. Robinson is being held out of practice until further notice.

College Football is Finally Here

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Yes, loyal readers, I awoke to the same smell you did. I sat straight up in my bed (still wearing last evening's attire. Whoa what a night) and the air had a familiar aroma. Then I remembered....It's friggin' college football time!

Tonight, the No. 2 LSU Tigers travel to Starkville to face the unranked Mississippi State Bulldogs.

It's likely to not be a very close game, but it is the first SEC match-up of the year. We will finally see what these LSU fans have been clamoring about regarding Matt Flynn and be able to judge for ourselves whether or not he is the "real deal". Granted this aint Florida, but it is an SEC team and anything can happen.

It is time for tailgating, vulgar displays of beer drinking, beautiful southern college girls, and last but not least, royal ass whippings handed to your most hated rival. (one can hope, right?)

So pick up that 12 pack of your favorite choice beverage, call in a pizza on your way home from work. And tune in to ESPN tonight at 8:00 Eastern Time to see some SEC action.

Thank god it's finally football time.


Sab's prediction:

This one won't be as close as the final score will dictate. Expect MSU to come strong out of the gate, but succumb eventually to the superior talent of the Tigers.

Final Score: 34 -10