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The Georgia Bulldogs bit previously unbeaten Alabama and drew closer to the top of this week’s SwampSwamiSports.com Top 25 rankings. Saturday night’s “Rock ’em, Sock ’em” SEC battle in Tuscaloosa saw the 6-0 Georgia Bulldogs take a hard fought 20-17 win over the Crimson Tide (now 5-1).  Georgia was rewarded by moving up eight places into the #2 spot in this week’s ran...

Attention, LIV Golfers! “This is your captain speaking.  Fasten your seat belts as we are now entering some extremely turbulent air…for at least the next few months”. That’s because the attorney for former world #1 golfer Jon Rahm told the Chapter 11 bankruptcy court in New Jersey on Wednesday that his client is not returning to LIV Golf .  Rahm apparently was underwhelmed with t...

SwampSwamiSports.com began to publish our own rankings for the small(er) college Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) last season.  Adding a little competition is always healthy!   It’s our Year #2 and time to become more familiar with the FCS. This year’s small(er) college FCS has 128 football members playing in 13 conferences.  Each champion will receive an automatic bid into the...

It’s hard to believe that October marks the 10 th season of my college football Top 25 rankings. Last year, we added the FCS rankings for the small college group.  Look for that one on Tuesday. We are almost halfway through a 12-game college football regular season.  The early season results show a large number of excellent teams this year but no clear cut favorite. It appears that there is...

Finally!  Someone at a high enough level in Louisiana politics had the audacity to speak the truth. Louisiana’s three FBS (major college) state universities not named LSU are being brought to task about significant financial deficits in their sports programs. Thank you for your honesty, Dr. Wilbert Pryor of Shreveport! It’s about time that someone spoke up about serious financial probl...

It’s hard to believe that the AFC expansion Houston Texans are now in their 25 th year in the NFL. The city of Houston was the long-time proud home of the American Football League’s “Luv Ya Blue” Oilers from 1960 to 1996. The Oilers never played in a Super Bowl game.  Terry Bradshaw and his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates eliminated Coach Bum Phillips and the Houston Oilers in both the 1...

You probably noticed that big full moon over the weekend.  This year’s Harvest moon occurred on Saturday (9/26). According to astronomy experts , the Harvest moon occurs closest to the first day of autumn.  The fall equinox occurred on September 23. Full moons tend to produce some weird occurrences.  This weekend was certainly no exception. A rare September N’orEaster brought rain and...

There is a good reason why SwampSwamiSports.com does not provide its first ranking of college football teams until early October. Did you know that 35 of the 138 (25.3%) major college (FBS) teams are still undefeated entering into this fourth full weekend of play? Let’s at least give these teams a little credit.  The number of unbeatens will decrease sharply in the weeks to come. These 35 te...

It’s finally over!  We won’t have to hear about former Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin and the Ole Miss Rebels any more until, at the very least, December. LSU spotted Ole Miss 17 points but still made the Rebels work hard coming down the stretch to secure their 32-24 victory over the Tigers on Saturday night.  This was a very intense football game from beginning to end.  Those who paid hun...

A few weeks ago, I suggested a number of possible sports soap opera names for the ongoing drama involving this year’s LSU football program. Possible names floated included “Search for Tomorrow’s Coach”, “Lane – Is a Many Spendored Thing”, and “The Young and the Ruthless.” One title, though, stood out among the others. I chose “As the Tigers Turn” as the winner.  It seems to fit all of...

Welcome to the new week!  College football’s second week featured a few upsets and some late game rallies (nicely done, University of Texas!).  The NFL’s Week #1 finally got underway with a few surprises.  In golf, America’s best female players were defeated by Team Europe in Sunday’s Solheim Cup final matches. But first… Remember those scrolling football scores at th...

Troubled LIV Golf finally filed its long-awaited Chapter 11 bankruptcy paperwork on Tuesday in a New Jersey court. A Chapter 11 bankruptcy attempts to restructure the company’s debts but also allows the entity to continue operations.  Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings usually signal the white flag of financial surrender. The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) spent upwards of $6 billion to sign P...

A new type of Labor Day telethon is underway in South Carolina.  Clemson fans are collecting their hard earned money to help raise the $57 million needed to buyout the contract of two-time national championship football coach Dabo Swinney. LSU virtually assured the end is near for 56-year old Coach Swinney after a 51-10 beatdown on national television Saturday night in Baton Rouge.  The Bayou Beng...

The start of the National Football League regular season begins late next week. Those of us who play fantasy football and care about winning should hunker down quickly and get ready for your annual player draft in the coming days. Statistically speaking, I am considered an average fantasy football player. This will be the 15 th year of participating in a league run by my former boss along with sev...

My dearly departed Mom was a big fan of daytime television soap operas.  She got up early each morning and made breakfast for us four boys.  Then she sent us off to school and said goodbye to Dad as he drove downtown to work at his retail job. Mom still had a sink full of the morning dishes plus loads of yesterday’s dirty clothes to wash, hang out to dry, and, later, iron.  My 4’10” mo...

I am continuing efforts to persuade my lovely wife that she REALLY wants to accompany me and watch the new “Coyote vs. Acme” movie at theaters beginning Friday. Like the cartoon duo, we are nearly opposites.  She (similar to the Roadrunner) always seems to find a way to defeat her creatively overthinking and occasionally overconfident spouse. I have upgraded the offer to include a dinner bribe if...

It may be hard to believe, but it has been 16 ½ years since Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints captured their one and only Super Bowl title. February 7, 2010 marked the greatest day in Saints history. The New Orleans Saints began play as an NFL expansion team in Tulane Stadium against the Los Angeles Rams on September 17, 1967.  The opening kick-off was returned by Saints wide receiver John Gil...

Perhaps the searing August heat has begun to take its toll.  We have just emerged from yet another weird weekend in sports with an assortment of strange things occurring. Let’s (briefly) venture outside to review a few more odd August sports stories. LSU expected to sign a tight end who was just cut by the Cleveland Browns? Ole Miss football fans were already incensed about former head coach...

It’s here! The same people who told you that Indiana was the 20 th best team starting in 2025 are now suggesting that the defending college football champion Hoosiers will be the sixth best team in 2026. Indiana went a perfect 16-0 last season.  They obliterated “name” football powers like Alabama 38-3 during their stampede to the national championship.  Coach Curt Cignetti is still at India...

LSU was front and center in national sports headlines in the past week.  Most every day, the stories just kept on coming. “ Recent Heisman Trophy winner wants his jersey retired or his Heisman back!” How about this:  “LSU Defensive back replies, “It’s My Number now – Come and Take it!” And then LSU had one of the saddest stories of the week with the headline, “Legendary LSU Baseball co...

The temperatures across the South are still scorching (as usual). World Cup Fever across the United States seems to be abating quite a bit today. The three host countries in North America (Canada, Mexico, and the United States) for the 2026 World Cup soccer advanced into the Round of 16.  That was a pleasant surprise and some very good news for fans in North America. Sadly, the soccer teams for th...

The past week has featured a number of rather important sports stories.  Some are quite newsworthy and will have lasting impact.  Others seem to be overblown stories being pushed by the media just to meet deadline requirements. How do you view these stories?  News or Snooze? Oklahoma Sooners downed North Carolina to claim the men’s College World Series title A: Newsworthy The SEC just won it...

Sports fans in the South are likely familiar with “The Paul Finebaum Show.”   If you’re not, you are about to learn more. Paul Finebaum is a graduate of the University of Tennessee.  He has enjoyed a lengthy and very successful career as a popular sportswriter for newspapers across the South. In the mid-1980’s, Finebaum was discovered by a new audience.  His vast knowledge...

It was downright ugly at times on Sunday watching the US Open leader play his final round in front of dozens of obnoxious, heckling New York City area golf fans. In the end, it was Wyndham Clark getting the last laugh. He two-putted from nearly 60 feet on the 18 th hole to edge a late-charging Sam Burns by one stroke to win the 2026 US Open golf title.   Wyndham Clark led the tournament field by a...

My Father’s Day isn’t complete until I plop down after lunch on Sunday to watch the final 18 holes of the US Open golf tournament. My wife and sons became quite familiar with my annual Father’s Day afternoon ritual.  I have to grind the final five hours of this golf tournament (on television, of course) until a winner is crowned. In the event of a tie, a two-hole playoff will be...