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Biggest storyline for each SEC team in Week 7

On the quietest of SEC Saturdays — with one game wiped off the original six-game slate, for now at least, and one game pushed to an oddball Sunday kickoff by the effects of Hurricane Matthew — two of the four games resonated loudly in setting up Week 7 and, possibly, the rest of the fall.

Tennessee ran out of good karma and insane ways to stay unbeaten, at last, but not before another near-magical comeback in College Station that went the distance and then some.

Then Alabama went into Fayetteville and reminded Arkansas how far it still has to go to be elite.

Now Bama and Texas A&M are the league’s only unbeatens, putting us right in the middle of a round-robin of sorts among arguably the three elite teams in the SEC. The Aggies will happily take the week off after being pushed to the limit before facing the Tide in two weeks in a potential battle of undefeated teams in Tuscaloosa.

Courtesy of Cory Nightingale and to read the rest of the article go to Saturday Down South.com

Rebels Engram, Kelly Among 30 Candidates for Senior CLASS Award

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Ole Miss Rebels Evan Engram and Chad Kelly were among thirty candidates for the 2016 Senior CLASS Award® in collegiate football announced Wednesday.

To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I FBS senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.

Ole Miss is one of three schools with multiple candidates. The others are Pittsburgh and West Virginia.

Engram, who was named to the midseason watch list for the Mackey Award also on Wednesday, leads all tight ends in the country with 30 catches and 479 receiving yards this season. A three-time All-SEC selection and 2014 All-American, Engram is a two-time team captain for the Rebels. He is active in the community, showing a special heart for those with mental and physical handicaps. He has been actively involved with Special Olympics Mississippi, the North Mississippi Regional Center and the Scott Center in Oxford. He is a two-time nominee for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and a member of the 2015 SEC Community Service Team.

Since he took over as Ole Miss’ starting quarterback at the beginning of last season, Kelly has led the team to record-setting offensive numbers and was voted MVP of the 2016 Allstate Sugar Bowl win over Oklahoma State. He has thrown a touchdown in a school-record 18 straight games and currently ranks among the top 20 nationally in total offense, passing, pass efficiency, completion percentage and yards per attempt. Off the field, he has a grade point average above 3.0 and has twice participated in spring break mission trips to Haiti, where he has helped the villagers of Camp Marie gain access to clean water and a sustainable irrigation system for farming.

Of the 30 candidates, 18 have GPAs of 3.0 or higher with seven of those holding above a 3.5. Five are returning All-Americans, and 22 were all-conference selections in 2016. Outside of academics and athletics, all candidates have been consistently involved in community service on their campus or in their communities.

This year, the Senior CLASS Award also will honor deceased Nebraska student-athlete Sam Foltz by making him an honorary candidate. The 2015 Big Ten Punter of the Year and a preseason candidate for the Ray Guy Award, Foltz was killed in an automobile accident on July 23, 2016, after attending a kicking camp in Wisconsin.

To determine the final Senior CLASS Award winner, the 30 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition. Along with the winner, the 10 finalists will be awarded Senior CLASS Award first- or second-team honors.

The Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the football bowl season in early January. For more information on the candidates, visit seniorCLASSaward.com.

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Courtesy of Ole Miss Sports 

Hugh Freeze says watching Arkansas lateral play from last season ‘makes my stomach turn’

Photo courtesy of Danny Dickey

If the 2015 SEC West Division race turned on one play, it probably occurred in overtime between Arkansas and Ole Miss on Nov. 7.

With the Razorbacks facing 4^th-and-25 and trailing by seven, quarterback Brandon Allen threw downfield to tight end Hunter Henry. Well short of the first down, Henry turned and lateraled the ball blindly back toward the majority of Arkansas’ offensive players.

Running back Alex Collins picked up the ball on a bounce, and ran for a first down on play immortalized in Arkansas lore as the “Henry Heave.” One play later, Allen threw to Drew Morgan for a touchdown and then ran for a two-point conversion to cap a 53-52 victory.

Courtesy of Creg Stephenson and to read the rest of the article go to AL.com

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