David Paschall

Alabama and Auburn may not have received desired bowl invitations as top-10 teams in the Associated Press poll, but the in-state rivals are receiving good news on the personnel front.

Representatives from Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball held discussions while nestled against the Pacific Ocean about MLB's recent proposal to contract 42 minor league teams because of aging facilities and excessive travel concerns.

Lawrence Cager's one-year career as a Georgia graduate transfer receiver began with a two-catch, 41-yard performance in an opening win at Vanderbilt.

Ready or not, here come the signees.

Midway through the 2015 college football season, Will Healy was in his seventh year as a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga offensive assistant coach and had multiple thoughts racing through his mind.

The Georgia Bulldogs didn't have to exist two full days without an offensive line coach.

Andrew Thomas was Georgia's junior left tackle during Saturday's 37-10 loss to LSU in the Southeastern Conference championship game.

As Alabama was making appearances in each of the first five College Football Playoff extravaganzas, players across the country started electing not to play in postseason games that didn't have a national championship at stake.

Georgia hopes for a better showing at this season's Sugar Bowl, but the Bulldogs will head to New Orleans later this month without one of the key components of the Kirby Smart era.

By virtue of claiming the top spot, Ed Orgeron's Tigers (13-0) will return to Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Dec. 28 for a Peach Bowl national semifinal date against fourth-seeded Oklahoma (12-1).

It would have been closer, but it wouldn't have provided a different winner.

Georgia junior running back D'Andre Swift knelt at the midfield "SEC" logo for several seconds.

Staff writer David Paschall breaks down the game.

Georgia vs. LSU SEC championship game results as they happen.

An equal number of tickets are distributed to the competing teams in the Southeastern Conference's annual football championship game, but that doesn't guarantee a 50-50 crowd split for Saturday's anticipated showdown between LSU and Georgia.

With top receiver Lawrence Cager out after ankle surgery and top running back D'Andre Swift nursing a shoulder injury, Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm could face quite the uphill climb during Saturday's Southeastern Conference championship game against LSU.

The Chattanooga Lookouts issued a statement praising the recently created Save Minor League Baseball Task Force organized by members of Congress to prevent Major League Baseball from eliminating 42 minor league franchises.

LSU's offense has been humming along nicely ever since the Tigers took a 42-3 halftime lead in their season opener against Georgia Southern.

It would take a whole, whole lot for me to dislike Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney.

The eye-popping look to Tuesday night's penultimate College Football Playoff rankings had nothing to do with the teams at the top.