It was announced this week to nobody's surprise that "pandemic" is the word of 2020.

Should Alabama claim an 18th recognized national championship in college football this season and a sixth under coach Nick Saban, the Crimson Tide will have to accomplish it through a journey like never before.

Alabama made Iron Bowl history this past Saturday by posting its largest margin of victory over a ranked Auburn.

Hired with the unenviable task of replacing James Franklin, whose 2012 and 2013 Vanderbilt football teams went 9-4 consecutively, Derek Mason never had a winning season in Nashville but did lead 6-6 teams to bowl games twice and beat Tennessee three straight years.

It was going to take a lot more than Nick Saban's absence due to a positive coronavirus test for top-ranked Alabama to lose this season's Iron Bowl.

How far Alabama senior DeVonta Smith extends his Southeastern Conference record for career touchdown receptions won't be known for several more weeks.

Najee Harris was the nation's No. 1 running back in the 2017 recruiting class when he signed with Alabama, which meant leaving California and quickly encountering the most riveting rivalry college football has to offer.

The SEC announced its latest revisions in a continuing effort for all 14 league members to get in all 10 games this season.

A basic rule in baseball is that the only team with the potential to score is the one at the plate.

The Thanksgiving menu of in-state rivalry games is a little lighter this year around the Southeastern Conference.

The first socially distanced Iron Bowl will include Nick Saban's absence from Bryant-Denny Stadium.

The Southeastern Conference's decision in late July to implement a 10-game football schedule consisting solely of league games also included the requirement that all contests transpire on Saturdays.

There have been five fortunate folks who have signed football scholarships under Alabama coach Nick Saban and earned the coveted opportunity to quarterback in an Iron Bowl.

Auburn's offensive balance and numbers were respectable during Saturday night's 30-17 victory over Tennessee, especially given the fact running back Tank Bigsby and tackles Brodarious Hamm and Alec Jackson left the game due to injuries.

Imagine telling your neighborhood Georgia football fans this past Friday that their beloved Bulldogs would rush for only 8 yards Saturday night against Mississippi State and would defeat their fellow Bulldogs just 31-24.

The nation's top-ranked college football team didn't quite look like itself at first after an extended period away from the field of competition. In the end, it scarcely made a difference on the scoreboard.

Once upon a time, the Tennessee Volunteers owned an eight-game winning streak that dated back to the middle of the 2019 football season.

Mike Bobo grew up dreaming of playing quarterback in the Southeastern Conference and accomplished that goal at Georgia.

South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley had a question that kept bothering her this offseason. Can nice players win a championship?

The Saturday before Thanksgiving typically has been a time in which Alabama's football team has feasted on a Southern Conference opponent.

Tennessee was picked Thursday afternoon to win the 2021 Southeastern Conference men's basketball championship in a vote of league and national media members.

It certainly seems as if the sky is falling on this 2020 Southeastern Conference football season with news Wednesday that this weekend's Georgia-Missouri game joined Auburn-Mississippi State, Alabama-LSU and Texas A&M-Tennessee on the postponement shelf.

The decision by Alabama running back Najee Harris in January to return for his senior season is even more appreciated in November.