SEC Media Days, the frenzied and wild event gathering of hundreds of reporters and bloggers to listen to a series of press conferences and hope for mayhem at a ballroom in Hoover, begins on Monday. In preparation, the SEC today released the list of players who will be accompanying each team's head coach to the event. There are no Tebows or Manziels or Clowneys among this year's bunch -- but there are still some pretty good players.

Alabama Crimson Tide
Landon Collins, Safety Amari Cooper, Wide Receiver Christion Jones, Wide Receiver​

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Near the end of his team's 7-on-7 championship at The Opening, former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer delivered the news to Alabama quarterback commit Blake Barnett.

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Alabama quarterback commit Blake Barnett earns Elite 11 MVP, leads team to The Opening 7-on-7 championship-al.com

Former Alabama OL Brandon Hill headed to Mississippi junior college-al.com

For that, the 4-star receiver from Coconut Creek, Fla., who committed to Alabama in April, was named the overall Most Valuable Player at The Opening, a NIKE event in Beaverton, Ore.

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Alabama receiver commit Calvin Ridley named The Opening overall MVP-al.com

The Opening 2014: SEC dominates the big awards at biggest showcase-al.com

Plenty of people were impressed with the Alabama recruiting class's accolades at NIKE's The Opening.

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Tennessee committed recruit embraces rivalry, calls out Alabama-al.com

Alabama football's VIP 25: Fan favorite to replace AJ McCarron first needs to seize the job-al.com

The Opening 2014: For Blake Barnett and Calvin Ridley, chemistry came quickly-al.com

He'll take the podium next Thursday as one of the final coaches to speak at the four-day event.

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3 questions Alabama coach Nick Saban will field early and often at 2014 SEC Media Days-al.com

SEC players to root for in 2014-espn

Tide schedule preview: Mississippi State-espn bama

Up-tempo offenses will play even bigger role in SEC-sds

The Senate Commerce Committee pretty much laid out its plan of attack vs. the NCAA during Wednesday's hearing titled "Promoting the Well-Being of Academic Sucess of College Athletes." The committee sent out a release late Tuesday laying out its line of questioning.

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller, IV, will chair the hearing. NCAA president Mark Emmert is one of the witnesses.
Per the release: "The hearing will explore how the National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA] is fulfilling its stated mission 'to integrate intercollegiate athletics into higher education so that the educational experience of the student-athlete is paramount.' The hearing will also examine whether the commercial operation of college athletics is unfairly exploiting the talents and services of college athletes. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has jurisdiction over sports ...​

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No. No. NO.

Keep the gub'mint out of my college football.
Hey, Senate,

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rbr OP

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The Arrow Is Pointing Up For Julio Jones-thefalcoholic/sbnation

Robinson on two watch lists-decaturdaily.com

Meet Steve Spurrier: Defensive Guru-mrsec

Suggested Power 5 Opponents for the SEC West-teamspeedkills

Colorado needs a second step forward-sbnation