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Shane Beamer announced this week that LaNorris Sellers will be their QB1 heading into fall camp. Not a big surprise, but he did opt not to name a starter all throughout spring practice. What took so long to say that Sellers is ahead of Robby Ashford? We catch up with Jordan Kaye of The State newspaper in Columbia, as he was there when Beamer spoke on Monday. We also talk with Jordan about how the Gamecocks did in the transfer portal, and who could be the next big WR to step up for them.

We also go Around the Conference as Mississippi State adds Illinois d-lineman Anthony Johnson, Arkansas adds USF WR Khafre Brown, BYU d-lineman Danny Saili, AND former MLB outfielder Monte Harrison as a walk-on. Auburn adds o-line depth in Akron's Ronan Chambers, while they lose out on a football commit. And Kentucky adds a QB in Gavin Wimsatt from Rutgers.

Also, Joel Klatt released his Post-Top 25 Spring Rankings, and he doesn't have an SEC team at #1. We run through which SEC teams he does have ranked in his Top 25, including the soon-to-be newest additions in Texas and Oklahoma.

On today's show, we catch up with Oklahoma Sooners WR Nic Anderson who is coming off of a breakout redshirt freshman season where he recorded 798 receiving yards and a freshman school record for touchdown catches with ten. We talk with Nic about how the Sooners spring practices went, and what he's seen from QB Jackson Arnold as he takes over as the next big QB in Norman.

Anderson also talks about the addition of WR Deion Burks to the offense, as well as the new pieces to the offensive line. And we touch on the defense which looks to be loaded once again with guys like Danny Stutsman and Billy Bowman returning, along with some big pieces on the defensive line. And we get Nic's thoughts on his head coach Brent Venables.

We also touch on the Sooners coming to the SEC, we ask Nic how excited folks in Norman are to join the best conference in the country, and getting to visit places they haven't visited in a while like Auburn, Ole Miss, Mizzou and LSU. And we ask Nic what he does in his spare time when he's not playing football.

On today's show, Kirby Smart becomes the highest paid coach in college football making a whopping $13 million per season, well ahead of Dabo, Sark, Norvell & DeBoer.

We've got more Transfer Portal commitment announcements as TCU D-lineman Damonic Williams is headed to Oklahoma, choosing the Sooners over Texas, LSU & others. Meanwhile the Longhorns add DB Jayvion Cole, Mississippi State adds WR Trent Hudson, Vandy adds WR Dariyan Wiley, and more.

And 24/7 Sports ranked their Top 10 Best College Football Gameday Traditions, with a few SEC traditions making the list. Did they get the list right? Is rolling Toomer's Corner the absolute BEST gameday tradition in all of college football?

On today's show, we are doing some post-Spring evaluations with our buddy Chris Marler, as the Spring Transfer Portal has closed - are we surprised there weren't a ton of headline names transferring schools? We get Marler's thoughts on safety Tony Mitchell leaving Alabama, Georgia adding QB Jaden Rashada & more.

We also run through a few teams that pleasantly surprised us in the spring, including Arkansas with Bobby Petrino back calling plays for new QB Taylen Green, Mississippi State who has very low expectations for Jeff Lebby in Year 1 but QB Blake Shapen is good enough to pull off an upset, and Florida has a brutal schedule but still has talent on the roster with Graham Mertz and DJ Lagway.

And we touch on a few teams that may be a little bit overrated heading into this season. The Texas Longhorns will be very good, but are we overlooking all the talent they just lost to the NFL Draft? Does Mizzou take a step back this season, how big will the loss of RB Cody Schrader be for them? Could we be overrating Alabama a bit in Year 1 of Kalen DeBoer, and ignoring the losses on the defense?

On today's show, we run through ESPN's list of the Most Impactful Newcomers for the Top 25 College Football Teams for 2024 - we pick out the SEC teams they listed, which include RB Trevor Etienne at Georgia, WR Isaiah Bond at Texas, DT Walter Nolen at Ole Miss and many more.

Also, we bring you sound from Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian as he met with the media on Wednesday at the Touchdown Club of Houston, addressing a number of offseason topics, including how he ensures his roster doesn't drop off from last year, how he's grown as a head coach, how he handled the Transfer Portal, preparing to enter the SEC this offseason and much more!

On today's show, as the Transfer Portal closes, we catch you up on the latest names in the portal, as Alabama safety Tony Mitchell jumps in along with Ole Miss RB Kedrick Rescano, and Texas LB Kendrick Blackshire. And Mississippi State adds to their backfield with Utah State RB Davon Booth.

Also, we run through 24/7 Sports' Brad Crawford's Post-Spring SEC Power Rankings, going from 16 to 1, and how Brad ranks them, in contrast to how we would rank them. Are Georgia and Texas the two clearly best teams in the SEC? Are we too low on teams like Arkansas, Florida and South Carolina? We'll run through them all.

In addition, we replay a portion of our interview with Mike Griffith of Dawg Nation as he talked about some of the Georgia guys getting drafted, while the Bulldogs haven't had the same success with defensive backs in the NFL like Alabama has, and his thoughts on expectations for Carson Beck this season and if he could be the top QB drafted in next year's NFL Draft.

And lastly, a few more SEC basketball names through the portal as Arkansas is adding FAU transfer guard Johnell Davis, while Kentucky adds Oklahoma State transfer center Brandon Garrison.