Baseball is far from dead. But it's hurting.

As the Southeastern Conference arrives at the midway mark of this coronavirus-altered football season, Alabama has established itself to nobody's surprise as the league's top team.

So which assistant is University of Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt going to part company with now?

All hail the 2-minute code of silence and the mic shut-off. Repeat: All hail.

Every so often, statistics don't fully explain a story. This is not one of those times.

Georgia is off, and that means we are all over the Bulldogs in 10 days. Good teams that have to stew over a bad loss for an extended period normally come out salty. SAUL-TEE.

Through the first four weeks of last football season, Alabama had collected 62-10 and 49-7 thumpings of New Mexico State and Southern Mississippi, while Georgia had 63-17 and 55-0 routs of Murray State and Arkansas State.

So the Big Ten is back. Yeah, so what do we think?

In some ways, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's football game at Western Kentucky on Saturday afternoon will feel a lot like the 46 years worth of Mocs road trips that have come and gone before it for Mike Royster.

OK, the NFL is a collection of riddles, wrapped in fortune cookies, enveloped in enigmas, surrounded by shrouds of secrecy.

For the first time in nine years, all Rick Honeycutt could do was watch from his Ringgold, Georgia, home.

Braves fans. I know a lot of them. A lot of you guys are among them. And there are few things that reach the gut-punch level of professional sports than losing a 3-1 lead in a best-of-seven.

Alabama won another big football game and Nick Saban remained undefeated against former assistant coaches.

If you're a member of the Big Orange Nation and you expected to see what happened to your University of Tennessee Volunteers on a spectacular Saturday afternoon in Knoxville, raise your hand.

I embrace the enthusiasm and energy these Braves bring, and in a lot of ways I believe it has served them as much as their stellar bullpen and surprisingly great starts from their ever-young rotation.

By nature, prep football coaches are control freaks.

Sure, I might not bet on Alabama every week, but it feels like a 10-day old tomato to do otherwise.

The Southeastern Conference is 21-0 this season when it comes to staging football games, but that undefeated record is coming to an end.

But forget what the talking heads at the Fox studios were blabbing — the Braves have every bit of momentum, should feel overwhelmingly confident, and enjoy the relaxed swagger of playing with a supreme cushion.

Alabama football coach Nick Saban has faced former assistants 21 times during his exceptional career.

Anyone else have any questions about whether Max Fried fits the bill as an ace?

I can't believe I'm writing these words, but it's time for the Atlanta Falcons to strongly consider tanking the rest of this 2020 football season.

King James' résumé does not have to apologize to anyone for being in the GOAT discussion.