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Dan Mullen's been fairly happy with his Mississippi State secondary play of late, but Saturday's nationally televised game with Arkansas in Little Rock present a different challenge with the Razorbacks' corps of receivers. "They have so many of them," Mullen said Wednesday during the Southeastern Conference's coaches teleconference. "A lot of teams will have a go-to receiver and you can match your best corner against their best receiver," Mullen explained. A coach tosses that plan out the window against Bobby Petrino's Arkansas offense and his skilled receivers. read more >

Vanderbilt week is always the week everyone irrationally convinces themselves the Commodores pose a legitimate threat. You won’t get any argument here. I’ve been afraid of the Vanderbilt game ever since last summer when I found out a good friend of mine scheduled her wedding for the day of the game. I’ve been nervous the immorality of fall weddings would somehow negatively influence the Razorback game, but thanks to a scheduling miracle, kickoff will be early enough for minimal conflict. Hopefully, that stroke of good luck is a sign of positive fortunes with this week’s picks. read more >

Opening week for the Southeastern Conference sees a troubled LSU team playing Oregon in Arlington, Texas, and a troubled veteran coach in Mark Richt taking his Georgia team 70 miles west to Atlanta to meet Boise State in critical games that could affect the SEC's prestige. Whatever happens Saturday in those games won't deter Texas A&M, however, as the Aggies told the Big 12 Conference Wednesday they were leaving, and that was a regular topic for the SEC coaches during Wednesday's conference call. We start this week's report with our first SEC Power Poll of the season. read more >

The 12 SEC head football coaches had differing approaches to the league's Media Days last week in Hoover, Ala. Some were entertaining, some were bland, some were evasive. read more >

Auburn announced Friday that Gene Chizik has been bumped to $3.5 million annually. He led the Tigers to a BCS national championship in January. Chizik’s deal seems to put him at No. 4 on the list, just behind Arkansas’ Bobby Petrino. read more >