Texas A&M enters July as the nation's top recruiting class, a kid from Alexander City has Alabama, Florida, and Vanderbilt sweating his July 10 decision, and Steve Sarkisian still hasn't sent the basket-weaving apology card.
Steve Sarkisian would like you to know he is very sorry about the basket weaving thing, Alabama is quietly panicking about its recruiting class, and a teenager from Alexander City has the entire conference refreshing their phones until July 10.
Archie Manning took to Austin TV to defend Arch from the hype machine — the same hype machine that made Arch the Heisman favorite again this week. Also: Alabama is dead last in SEC recruiting and a Michigan man just broke Vol Twitter.
The SEC heads to Destin next week for spring meetings that could blow up the sport's postseason forever, while Lane Kiffin spent two weeks apologizing for being honest and everyone pretended to be shocked.
The SEC's Friday news cycle includes a suspect arrested in the Ahmad Hardy shooting, Paul Finebaum formally convicting Kalen DeBoer in the court of public opinion, and a five-star freshman QB filming a Nate Bargatze movie before ever playing a college down.
Missouri's Ahmad Hardy posted a quiet rehab video while his alleged shooters turn out to be former teammates. Meanwhile Georgia fans are spiraling over an anonymous coach's depth concerns, and Finebaum is off the Arch Manning hype train. Mostly.