Saturday Down South Podcast

Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss the latest events in the world of SEC football recruiting (1:00), Jimbo Fisher's comments about Kevin Sumlin's office (13:40), and the most devastating losses in recent memory (32:30).

Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss the recently released Heisman odds for next season (3:00), how the new redshirt options might impact Jalen Hurts status at Alabama(14:00), the new transfer rules (22:50), a review of what's happening in other sports (34:00), and more.

Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss the possibility of the SEC participating in a Las Vegas bowl game (3:00), SEC baseball (8:30), the recent SEC SID rankings(16:00), the updated week 1 lines (22:40), Jimbo Fisher's early recruiting success at Texas A&M (29:00), the optimism around Dan Mullen's first year at Florida (39:00), amazing Arkansas fans(46:30).

It's G.O.A.T. Week at Saturday Down South, and Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to talk about the "greatest of all time" from SEC football. Topics include the McFadden/Jones vs. Williams/Brown vs. Michel/Chubb debate, the all-time starting lineup and Bear Bryant and Nick Saban. Plus, Chris subjects Connor to another Family Feud-style lightning round in honor of G.O.A.T. Week.

In this special #offseasoncontent episode, Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler merge their passions of SEC football and The Office by likening every SEC football team to a character from The Office. If you love The Office, you'll enjoy this episode. Not a fan of The Office? We'll be back next week with regular SEC football content.

Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss Joe Burrow expectations at LSU (1:00), the passing of former SEC Commissioner Mike Slive (13:20), the recent Alabama drama (18:55), the Alabama-Texas home-and-home series (33:00), and the best cross-divisional games in the SEC (35:00).

Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss how the legalization of sports gambling might impact college football (1:00), Nick Saban blocking his player's transfer options (9:10), Jalen Hurts working out with the rival (16:45), Chad Kelly's NFL future (25:30), Bret Bielema's job with the New England Patriots (32:30), how many games does Ed Orgeron need to win in 2018?(40:15).

Saturday Down South’s Connor O’Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss Kirby Smart getting paid and joining the $7 million club (1:30), Jimbo Fisher’s negotiation abilities (4:45), why beating Nick Saban gets you paid (9:45), John Parker Wilson’s bold claim about Tennessee’s future (14:25), the next SEC quarterback target: Ohio State’s Joe Burrows (20:15), the recently released national championship odds (38:35), Roquan Smith’s stolen goods (51:30).

Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to recap the NFL Draft (1:00), 12 years of SEC dominance at the Draft(4:20), the surprise of where Derrius Guice was drafted (12:15), how Antonio Callaway actually got drafted (23:00), the hilarious Danny Etling-Julian Edelman comparison (25:20), why Bo Scarbrough nearly went undrafted (30:00), Alabama's incredible Draft numbers (33:30), the Shaquem Griffin story (38:10), the Josh Allen Twitter controversy(40:20), how Drew Lock is all over the 2019 mock drafts (44:15), offseason activities to pass the time (54:45), Dabo Swinney's recent comments (59:15).

Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss Jeremy Pruitt's interesting remarks following the Tennessee spring game (1:45), Mississippi State's Keytaon Thompson (7:45), Alabama's continuing Jalen Hurts saga (12:25), Saban's hot mic (13:45), first reactions to Georgia's Justin Fields (19:25), the NFL Draft (33:45), and how Connor's Finebaum appearance and Mississippi State prediction caused a mini uprising on Twitter (46:00). Then, Super Bowl winning quarterback and Elite 11 quarterback coach Trent Dilfer joins the podcast to talk this week's NFL Draft (54:15), his thoughts on Tua Tagovailoa and Jake Fromm as prospects (56:35), why Tua Tagovailoa could win every game he plays (57:30), and what makes Justin Fields special and why he wishes he didn't goto Georgia (1:02:10).

Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss Greg Sankey allegedly blocking the hiring of Hugh Freeze (:30), the four spring games from last weekend (6:25), the five spring games this upcoming weekend (19:15), more confusion from Jim McElwain (41:15), the new rule for college football kickoffs (44:45), Reuben Foster's domestic violence incident (47:30).

Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler discuss Steve Spurrier's return to football (1:00), ESPN's FPI win projections for the SEC football teams (8:45), last weekend's Spring games (20:00), the ridiculous Joey Gatewood-Cam Newton comparisons (20:30), whether Ole Miss's offense could be the best in the SEC (29:00), Kentucky's offense and the Cats' upcoming spring game (35:00), Drew Lock and Derek Dooley (38:00), the next Florida Gators quarterback battle (41:30), if coaching at Texas A&M is the best job in the country? (48:05), the continuing Ole Miss-Shea Patterson battle (55:00), and how UCF Nation jumped all over Chris on Twitter this week (1:00:00).

Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler are back to discuss Lane Kiffin's comments about Tennessee and how early we can expect success in Knoxville (:30), South Carolina's spring game this past Saturday (8:40), Auburn's injuries and upcoming spring game (16:30), Arkansas and Ole Miss spring games (21:20), Les Miles' acting career (27:00), Herm Edwards's continued learning of college football (31:05), where The Masters falls on the sports bucket list (37:30), leaving college football coaching to run a Chick-Fil-A (50:30), Lebron's beef with Alabama's barber shop video series (53:50).

Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara and Chris Marler discuss the now public text messages from the Tennessee hiring debacle (:30), the potential scheduling of Alabama-Notre Dame in the future (14:20), home-and-home series scheduling compared to kickoff games (20:30), Chris's day of reckoning with regards to his Michigan-Final Four prediction (26:45), his run-in with Sister Jean (27:00), South Carolina's upcoming spring game and what's next for Jake Bentley (31:55), Jimbo Fisher welcoming Johnny Manziel back at Texas A&M (36:35), do you even lift, Elijah Holyfield?(43:25), the most recent five-star SDS Podcast reviews(54:20).

(0:00) The world’s on fire as Tua Tagovailoa went down with a thumb injury and the Alabama QB competition may be open again. But without very many healthy bodies, could this be an area of concern for Bama? (22:19) After putting out that fire, we whip around the conference for some updates from around spring, including Georgia reloading and Joe Moorhead’s “Chipotle Offense.” Of course, we had to power rank the best fast foot restaurants of all time. (32:32) Then the guys tackle March Madness, and their somehow excellent brackets despite all the chaos. Some SEC teams fell flat, while others have dominated, What did we learn about the conference in the first week of the Tourney? (40:04) Connor comes through with some Rat Poison, as the guys examine Alabama’s stellar record over unranked teams. (50:06) In It Means Too Much, the guys look at how Tennessee’s Rashaan Gaulden’s double middle fingers during the Bama game could affect his draft stock. Plus, the petty war between Alabama and UCF has taken a step forward with some shots being fired over a women’s NIT game.