Author: Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY NETWORK

Art Briles should not be employed as a college football coach. Not if you believe character matters. Not if you believe leadership matters.

Art Briles should not be employed as a college football coach. Not if you believe character matters. Not if you believe leadership matters.

Although it trails Georgia and Alabama, this will mark Texas A&M’s fourth consecutive top-10 recruiting class, and it includes a top QB prospect.

Cincinnati brings variety to a College Football Playoff system that had grown stale, but this four-team playoff still needed Alabama, too.

This is the 2021 Crimson Tide, a group that majors in drama — never more so than in Alabama’s 24-22 Iron Bowl victory over Auburn.

Savor this sweet ride aboard the Lane Train, Ole Miss Rebels. How sweet? Perhaps Sugar (Bowl) sweet.

Ole Miss is ascending rapidly under Lane Kiffin and routed LSU 31-17. Kiffin must be a tempting candidate for Tigers AD Scott Woodward to consider.

Among Ed Orgeron and LSU football’s many critics this season has been the man who wields college football’s loudest megaphone: Kirk Herbstreit.

ESPN’s Michael Wilbon is off base when he says that Lane Kiffin is “a clown” and “an embarrassment.” He’s one of the top coaches in the sport.