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5-at-10: SEC media daze, All-Star thoughts, Golf contest, More Penn State nastiness and Rushmore of French Fries

Tennessee head coach Butch Jones watches his players warm up for an NCAA college football game against Bowling Green Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Tennessee head coach Butch Jones watches his players warm up for an NCAA college football game against Bowling Green Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Tennessee head coach Butch Jones watches his players warm up for an NCAA college football game against Bowling Green Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

SEC media daze, part II

We are past the halfway point on the magical mystery tour of interviews and cliches known as the SEC media days in Hoover, Ala.

Here were the highlights (and you can have easy access to five stories from SEC aces Downtown Patrick Brown and David Paschall as well as a column from some dude here) and some observations:

The Vols are very confident with what they are bringing to the table in 2016. Very confident. And media savvy. There was no player taking the bait about Florida or anything else. Butch Jones, and his endless buffet of energetic babble assuredly was proud.

Georgia’s Kirby Smart handled his first SEC media date very well. His trio also was well-versed in their cliches – as Crash told Nuke, “You’re gonna have to learn your clichés. You’re gonna have to study them, you’re gonna have to know them. They’re your friends. Write this down: “We gotta play it one day at a time.” – in front of the masses.