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LSU vs. Ole Miss, Alabama vs. Florida State, Florida vs. Auburn and Texas A&M vs. Kentucky headline a wild SEC weekend, and The Next Round is LIVE on Sport & State breaking down everything that happened. 🏈 MORE SEC CHAOS Georgia rolled past Arkansas 45-17. Vanderbilt beat NC State 35-31 in one of the craziest finishes of the season, recovering a fumble in the end zone during an attempted intentio...

🔥 LSU vs. OLE MISS: KIFFIN FALLS IN OXFORD Ole Miss took down LSU 32-24 in Lane Kiffin’s return to Oxford. The Rebels built an early lead, LSU battled back, and the game came down to a late stand near the goal line. Ole Miss held, secured the win and handed LSU a costly early SEC loss. Trinidad Chambliss delivered a huge performance, and now the questions are piling up for LSU. What went wrong? H...

Welcome back to Monday Morning Live, hosted by ESPN analyst Tom Luginbill and Jim Dunaway of The Next Round! Ole Miss got the last word on Lane Kiffin — at least for one unforgettable night in Oxford. On today’s LIVE edition of The Next Round, we break down a wild weekend across the SEC, beginning with No. 4 Ole Miss’ emotional 32-24 victory over Lane Kiffin and LSU. Pete Golding’s Rebels jumped o...

It’s a massive SEC football weekend, and we’re LIVE breaking down the biggest games, storylines and questions surrounding Auburn, Florida, Alabama, Florida State, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and South Carolina. 🔥 FLORIDA GATORS at AUBURN TIGERS — Is This Already a Season-Defining Game? Florida and Auburn both enter Saturday night at 2-0, but now the schedule gets serious. For Jon Sumrall and...

Todd Fuhrman Interview No. 10 Alabama hosts Florida State in Tuscaloosa looking for revenge after the Seminoles stunned the Crimson Tide 31-17 in the 2025 season opener. Florida State enters 1-1 after losing 27-24 to SMU. Mike Norvell went 5-7 in 2025, so how much could another win over Alabama actually change the conversation surrounding the future of Florida State Football? Mississippi State tra...

NFL Week 2 Recap – Bills vs. Lions & Jared Goff's Career Milestone Thursday Night College Football Recap Friday Night College Football Preview Florida visits Auburn in one of the SEC’s most fascinating early-season games. Both teams are 2-0, and it will be the first SEC game as head coach of their new programs for Florida’s Jon Sumrall and Auburn’s Alex Golesh. What does a 3-0 start mean for the c...

Alabama vs. Florida State is back — and this time the Seminoles are coming to Tuscaloosa. On a new episode of The Next Round’s Last Call, Mick Gillespie and former Alabama national championship quarterback Jake Coker preview the Crimson Tide’s highly anticipated rematch with Florida State in what we’re calling “Coker Bowl 2.” Florida State stunned Alabama 31-17 in Tallahassee in 2025, but the sett...

Danny Kanell joins The Next Round for a wide-ranging college football conversation covering Florida State’s mounting pressure on Mike Norvell, Alabama quarterback Keelon Russell, the latest LSU injury-report drama, Oklahoma QB John Mateer, Mississippi State breakout Kamario Taylor, Oregon’s veteran roster and much more. The conversation begins with Kanell’s former program, Florida State, where fru...

Clay Travis joins The Next Round for a wide-ranging conversation covering the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence, the controversy surrounding Sydney Sweeney’s new ad campaign, a massive LSU vs. Ole Miss showdown, Sam Leavitt’s status, and the changing landscape of college football television. The conversation begins with one of the biggest questions surrounding modern technology: Co...

Alabama vs. Florida State, Auburn vs. Florida, LSU vs. Ole Miss and the latest SEC injury news headline a loaded LIVE college football show! 🏈 ALABAMA GETTING HEALTHIER FOR FLORIDA STATE The Alabama Crimson Tide gets a major boost ahead of its rematch with the Florida State Seminoles as starting right guard Michael Carroll is expected to return after missing Alabama’s win at Kentucky. How much do...

LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt is officially listed as DOUBTFUL for a massive Top-10 showdown with Ole Miss — but does anyone really believe we’re getting the full story from Lane Kiffin and LSU? Plus, just how close was Florida head coach Jon Sumrall to coaching Auburn instead, and which red-hot NFL offenses are actually built to keep scoring? 💰 HARD ROCK BET SURVIVOR POOL — NFL WEEK 2 PICKS The su...

🔥 SAM LEAVITT DOUBTFUL FOR LSU vs. OLE MISS?! The biggest storyline surrounding No. 7 LSU’s trip to face No. 8 Ole Miss suddenly has nothing to do with Lane Kiffin’s return to Oxford. LSU starting quarterback Sam Leavitt was listed as doubtful on the SEC availability report after reportedly dealing with an issue involving his throwing shoulder. Leavitt did not throw during Wednesday’s practice, d...

Former Alabama national championship quarterback Jake Coker joins Mick Gillispie for another episode of Last Call to break down Alabama football after the Crimson Tide’s 45-17 SEC road win over Kentucky — from Keelon Russell’s quarterback play and Alabama’s evolving rushing attack to Kane Wommack’s aggressive defense and the upcoming showdown with Florida State. How should Alabama fans evaluate Ke...

Tyler Siskey joins The Next Round to break down SEC football, Lane Kiffin’s return to Oxford, Vanderbilt freshman quarterback Jared Curtis, Alabama QB Keelon Russell, and Auburn’s matchup with Florida—plus a hilarious story about keeping Alabama’s staff golf outings hidden from Nick Saban! 🔥 LANE KIFFIN RETURNS TO OXFORD How will Lane Kiffin’s return to Ole Miss as LSU’s head coach compare to Nic...

Could Mississippi State’s Kamario Taylor be the BEST quarterback in college football by the end of the season? SEC Network analyst and Georgia Bulldogs quarterback legend Aaron Murray joins The Next Round to explain his bold prediction and break down the biggest SEC quarterback matchups, offensive questions and college football storylines! 🏈 AUBURN vs. FLORIDA: BYRUM BROWN OR AARON PHILO? Who has...

🔥 WHEN IS KEELON RUSSELL AT HIS BEST? Alabama QB Keelon Russell has already shown the high-end talent that made him one of college football’s most anticipated young quarterbacks, but what conditions allow him to play his best football? After an uneven start at Kentucky that included two interceptions, Russell settled in as Alabama took control in the second half of a 45-17 win. We break down what...

📊 WEEKLY SEC POWER RATING It’s time to stack up the Southeastern Conference again. Who is rising? Who is slipping? Which teams have actually earned their place after two weeks, and which resumes still need more proof? We update our SEC Power Rating and debate the biggest movers across the league. 🦅 AUBURN vs. FLORIDA — UNLEASH BYRUM BROWN? Auburn is 2-0, but there may still be another level for...

🚨 LIVE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TALK: LSU vs. Ole Miss is already turning into a chess match, college football roster spending is exploding, the Big Ten has some explaining to do with this week’s schedule, and are we judging Texas QB Arch Manning by a completely different standard than every other quarterback in the country? Which draft-eligible college QBs look like sure-fire NFL QBs? 💰 HOW MUCH DOES A...

🔥 OLE MISS vs. LSU — ARE THE REBELS PLAYING MIND GAMES? Lane Kiffin’s return to Oxford with LSU was already one of the biggest storylines of the college football season, but now the familiarity between these two programs adds another fascinating layer. Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding acknowledged this week that the Rebels have to disguise signals, change terminology and use multiple methods of c...

Brock Huard joins The Next Round to break down the biggest storylines across college football and the NFL! Oklahoma State stunned Oregon in one of the season’s biggest upsets—but did the Cowboys expose predictable “tells” in the Ducks’ offense? Brock examines what went wrong for Dan Lanning and Oregon, how Oklahoma State pulled off the upset and whether the Ducks’ offensive tendencies could remain...

“The Film Guy” Brooks Austin joins The Next Round to break down the biggest storylines across SEC football and the college football landscape. Kamario Taylor has officially put the college football world on notice—but how high is his ceiling after his breakout performance? Brooks breaks down Taylor’s film, athleticism and playmaking ability before examining whether Alabama has finally fixed its ru...

No. 10 Alabama hosts Florida State on Saturday in Tuscaloosa, and the Crimson Tide defense will see a quarterback it knows very well. Florida State quarterback Ashton Daniels played for Auburn in 2025 and started against Alabama in the Iron Bowl, throwing for 259 yards while adding 108 rushing yards in Auburn’s 27-20 loss. Now Daniels returns to the state of Alabama wearing garnet and gold. Throug...

Brock Huard talks college football and NFL After another wild weekend, we rank all 16 SEC teams. Who belongs at the top between Texas and Georgia? How high should LSU, Ole Miss, Texas A&M and Alabama climb? Where does undefeated Auburn belong? And which SEC teams should already be moving in the wrong direction? The SEC has dominated the early rankings, and some of the Big Ten’s biggest contenders...

"The Film Guy" Brooks Austin joins the show Week 3 of the 2026 college football season is here, and we’re breaking down the teams that need to be on serious UPSET ALERT, plus some of the biggest storylines in college football and the NFL. One week of NFL football is officially in the books, which means it’s time for the overreactions! Which Week 1 performances should we believe? Which contenders a...

Chiefs top Broncos on MNF Ralphie has some serious brakes One of the biggest games of the college football weekend takes place in Oxford as the No. 7 LSU Tigers visit the No. 8 Ole Miss Rebels in a massive SEC showdown. It also marks Lane Kiffin’s return to Oxford after leaving Ole Miss for LSU. Rebels head coach Pete Golding is calling for an electric home-field advantage while also asking Ole Mi...