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SEC Predictions: The Gamecocks Are Taking Down 'Bama Edition

By Clay TravisOct 7th 2010 – 12:19PM

South Carolina is 0-4 all time against No. 1 teams. This isn't surprising. Given its football history, if there has ever been an opportunity for South Carolina to step up and win a big game, the Gamecocks have failed. Yet through it all, week after failed week, over 80,000 Gamecock fans show up to scream, "Game," softly...

SEC Preview, Week 4: ManifeSECt Destiny Marches On

By Clay TravisSep 23rd 2010 – 1:12PM

Each season, prognosticators question whether the Southeastern Conference can possibly be as good as it was the year before. Much discussion focuses on the departure of talented juniors and seniors. Last season, the NFL draft featured a record 49 players selected from the SEC, nearly one in every five players taken. Where,...

Week 3 SEC Preview: A Birthday Curse For Years To Come

By Clay TravisSep 16th 2010 – 4:12PM

"You, Lincoln Travis, have been cursed by your Daddy!" Come Sunday, I realized what I'd done. My second son was going to be born during Florida-Tennessee week. The scarlet letter of football defeat year after year after year -- sometimes on his...

FanHouse's 2010 Preseason College Football Poll -- No. 20 LSU

By Clay TravisAug 13th 2010 – 8:30AM

A dozen FanHouse editors and writers picked a preseason top 25 and the results were tabulated in typical poll fashion. We'll reveal one a day until No. 1 is unveiled on Sept. 1. Will this be the year that Les Miles resurrects the Bayou Bengals from the doldrums of an 8-8 SEC record the past two seasons, or will it be the...

Auburn Falls for Gus Malzahn

By Clay TravisSep 30th 2009 – 11:10AM

Several months ago, I said one of the big questions of the 2009 SEC season was which of the new high-priced coordinators would make the biggest splash in the conference: John Chavis at LSU, Monte Kiffin at Tennessee or Gus Malzahn at Auburn.Four weeks into the season, I think we can call this contest: It's Malzahn by a...

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Background on John Chavis

John Chavis (c. 1763-1838) was a black educator and Presbyterian minister in the American South during the early 19th century.

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