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The yearly in-season competition exceeded expectations and highlighted some of the best in basketball.
The SEC-ACC Challenge is the perfect event to follow the many Thanksgiving tournaments we saw last week. This year it exceeded even the highest expectations for on-court competition, intrigue and building the foundation for the rest of the season.
These matchups not only feature many ranked teams facing off, but are often looked at by the NCAA tournament selection committee for strength of schedule and tournament seeding come March.

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It’s the perfect time for Mike Leach’s legendary rant about the College Football Playoff committee.
The college football conference champions will be determined starting Friday night with a pair of games, and we’ll know the teams that will be in the playoff by Sunday.
You can see the current bracket going into the conference title games below. For the most part, the teams have been determined, but an upset or two through Saturday night could shake things up.

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There’s a very specific Texas longhorn that’s not going to be at the SEC Championship game on Saturday against the Georgia Bulldogs.
No, it’s not one of the quarterbacks – Quinn Ewers or Arch Manning – or standout linebacker Colin Simmons (no relation, but wouldn’t that be sick?). It’s actually a real longhorn, as in Bevo, Texas’ live mascot.
It’s not because the Burnt Orange have no desire to get him there, it’s because the Mercedes-Benz Stadium apparently doesn’t have enough space to house the 1,700 bull with the 58-inch horn span for the game.

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