Football

Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer, who has lost 12 games his entire career, will be the man to follow legendary Nick Saban as leader of the Crimson Tide. DeBoer met with the media at SEC Media Days on Wednesday, and opens the season Aug. 31 at home against Western Kentucky. The Tide plays at Wisconsin and hosts Georgia in the first month of the season. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

SEC MEDIA DAYS, DAY THREE | Everybody NOT named Texas: DeBoer takes the reins at ‘Bama; Lebby pumped at State; is Napier’s seat hot?

Mitch Lucas 1 year ago

Oklahoma defensive back Billy Bowman Jr. (center) gets a hearty laugh from media members Tuesday afternoon at SEC Media Days at The Omni in Dallas. The Sooners and the Texas Longhorns both become members of the SEC this fall. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

SOONERS MAKE A SPLASH | Venables & OU players debut with fanfare at SEC Media Days

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Langston Patterson, a linebacker for Vanderbilt, laughs answering a question for ETBlitz.com during Monday's first day of SEC Media Days at The Omni in Dallas. (Photo by JENNA LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

SEC MONDAY NOTES, PART TWO | What SEC team has beaten Texas the most? You’ll never guess

Mitch Lucas 1 year ago

No, this isn't the Twilight Zone. That really is the Texas helmet on an SEC backdrop. It's 2024, after all, and Texas and Oklahoma are now in the Southeastern Conference. And the SEC is holding its annual media days at The Omni in Dallas, as odd as that sounds. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

SEC MONDAY NOTES, PART ONE | Saban predicts a Texas-Georgia SEC title game

Mitch Lucas 1 year ago

This large helmet sits next to the stage where SEC coaches and Commissioner Greg Sankey will address the media all this week at The Omni in Dallas, the annual SEC Media Days, the unofficial kickoff of football season. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

SEC MEDIA DAYS THIS WEEK IN DALLAS | Texas, OU join the party

Mitch Lucas 1 year ago

Kilgore's Jayden Sanders (right) and Isaiah Watters celebrate after a play during the 2023 season. Sanders has quite a list when it comes to college suitors: 19 of them, and growing, it seems, and has a pretty heavy decision coming. (Photo by ALEX NABOR - ETBLITZ.COM)

ALL EYEZ ON ME | Recruiting heating up around Kilgore’s Sanders, including defending champ Michigan

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Ronnie Hendrix (left) and his son A.J. have both accepted new positions in recent weeks: Ronnie will be the new head baseball coach and will coach offensive line, along with John Eastman, at West Rusk High School in New London, and A.J. will be the new head baseball coach at Leverett's Chapel, where he'll also be an assistant football coach along with new coach and athletic director Keith Hughes. The father and son will coach only about six miles apart. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ PERSONALITY PROFILE | Ronnie Hendrix and A.J. Hendrix, new baseball coaches at West Rusk, Leverett’s Chapel

Mitch Lucas 1 year ago

Kilgore College head football coach Willie Gooden (center) surveys the scene on the turf at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium during the Rangers' spring game on April 27. Gooden and the other member coaches of the Southwest Junior College Football Conference will be at Hollytree Country Club in Tyler on Thursday, July 25 for the conference's annual football media day. Gooden will begin his sixth season as the Rangers' head coach when KC opens its season Aug. 24 at home against Monterrey Tech. (File photo by ALEX NABOR - ETBLITZ.COM)

SWJCFC MEDIA DAY JULY 25 | Can KC three-peat as conference champs?

Mitch Lucas 1 year ago

FOOTBALLS GENERIC

LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF | Henderson football tickets; new softball coach at Troup; sports camps; more

Mitch Lucas 1 year ago

Kilgore cornerback Jayden Sanders (3) was named the defensive most valuable player of the Texas State 7-on-7 Tournament as part of the Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Tournament Team. The tournament was played this past week at Veterans Park in College Station, and both Kilgore and Sabine were in it. Kilgore made the semifinals, losing to eventual champion Hamshire-Fannett, a team the Bulldogs had beaten in overtime earlier in the event. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

KILGORE’S SANDERS 7-ON-7 DEFENSIVE MVP | … as part of Dave Campbell’s All-Tournament Team

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Kilgore's Kayson Brooks reacts after the Bulldogs held on for a win over Lubbock Christian Friday afternoon in the Texas State 7-on-7 Tournament at Veterans Park at College Station. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

KILGORE BOWS OUT IN 7-ON-7 STATE SEMIS | Bulldogs earn top seed, win first five before loss

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7-ON-7 13

SABINE AT 7-ON-7! | Cardinals play twice on Friday, against eventual quarterfinalist, semifinalist

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