The Kentucky Wildcats are number two in the nation in recruiting. 

In football. 

Really, this has happened. 

Stop with all your -- "But it's June!" -- Tweets and consider the accomplishment of first year head coach Mark Stoops. I don't care what month it is, did you ever think Kentucky would be number two in the country in football recruiting?

Put simply, Mark Stoops has done a remarkable job snagging talent early in his Kentucky tenure. 

Yes, Kentucky owes much of its rankings prominence to the fact that the Wildcats have more commits than many schools, but so does Texas, your erstwhile number one recruiting class in the country. In fact, Kentucky's 17 recruits actually have a higher average star rating than Texas's 19 recruits.  

Stop with your a lot changes between now and February Tweets and emails as well. Actually, a lot doesn't change. Over time, eighty percent of all verbal commitments are honored. So, yes, some recruits change their minds, but they're a substantial minority of the cases. Recruits who change their minds just get more attention than the recruits who make a commitment and stick with it throughout the year.

At the absolute worst, Kentucky should finish with a top twenty football recruiting class, something they've never managed before in their gridiron history.  

Last night during the UCLA-Arizona football game a brawl broke out. The cause of the brawl? A fake ref streaker. Seriously. Entering from the sideline a student dressed as a fake ref provoked confusion. In a move reminiscent of Jimmy Hart, the fake ref distracted the real refs and a brawl ensued. As streaking goes, this is a pretty impressive achievement. First, the play is blown dead. Second, the "ref" escapes For a moment anyway. Third, the Arizona student section is pretty stoked. Fourth, how do you think Mike Stoops reacted when he saw this? Fifth, how many times do you think this cop will replay his tackle? Go back and watch this a few times, he waits until the student isn't facing him to make his move.

ESPN cameras cut away from the incident, but now you can watch a student identified as Jacen Lankow, rush on the field, and be tackled -- flattened really -- by security. Why can you watch? Because his friends taped it from the the student section.

Don't worry, there's no nudity.

Basically what we're trying to say here at OKTC is, get the hell out of the office, it's the weekend.

Sorry it's been so long since I've written anything....seems like Clay is hogging all the time on here!  That, and I haven't really had anything worth saying that hadn't already been said (much better) by someone else. However, with the SEC quarterbacks dropping like flies, I believe it's time to create a new Hotness Ranking - but this time, for the head coaches. I figure these are the guys with a little more longevity. Except for maybe Joker Phillips.

Sorry, man.  

The Head Honchos of college football have a lot going for them - fame, fortune, and in most cases, talent. But what about looks? Just like the boys they coach, these men have varying levels of hotness. Some look like they belong on the cover of GQ, while at least one looks like he would fit in better as a zombie dancer in Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video.  

When I rated the SEC quarterbacks, the guys were graded based on their official team picture to keep things relatively fair. This time, I've gone through Google Images to pick out the photos of the coaches that either made me swoon, cringe, or laugh out loud. There's no fairness and a lot of partiality, but it's my article so I don't care. :)  

Ladies and gentlemen, in no particular order, I give you the Coaches of the SEC.

As we near Missouri's invite to become the SEC's 14th -- a likelihood first reported by this site back in early September -- one of the most consistent tropes in the anti-Missouri and anti-Texas A&M to the SEC argument is that Texas A&M and Missouri can't compete in football. I think that argument is completely wrong. Now, if you're arguing that Missouri and Texas A&M won't win many SEC titles, that may well be true. After all, in an SEC championship game era that now spans nearly twenty years three schools have never been to the SEC title game: Kentucky, Vanderbilt, and Ole Miss and three more schools have never won a title: Arkansas, Mississippi State, and South Carolina. (Arkansas has been three times while the other two schools have each been once).  

Six schools have won titles, the so-called traditional powers of SEC football: Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee, have won all 19 of the SEC titles and comprise 33 of the 38 total appearances.

If you look at this grouping you'd say that Missouri football has more in common with Arkansas, Mississippi State, and South Carolina than it does the traditional powers. I'd argue that with the benefit of being in the SEC, A&M will have more in common with the six traditional powers, but that remains to be seen. Regardless, lazy analysts and media critical of Missouri and Texas A&M's move to the SEC are saying that neither school will be able to compete in football. (To be fair you hear this more about Missouri than Texas A&M, but you definitely hear it a ton about both).  

Like Vinnie Verno, I think the opening line in the Arkansas-Ole Miss line -- 15.5 -- is a gift from the Gods. I have no idea who is looking at Ole Miss's roster and continuing to believe the Rebels have a chance to keep this game close. Can Vinnie Verno get to 5-0 for a change? I'm not sure, but you know who is really rolling up an unbelievable record this fall? My guys at the Prediction Machine. Try over 70% right so far this season. Plus, they project fantasy stats, survivor leagues, you name it and they absolutely kill everyone else in the market.

You can go to his site here for free picks, fantasy news and whatnot. He's hitting right at 70% against the spread right now.

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The Tennessee Titans will take on the Houston Texans this weekend in the biggest Titans game in two years. Win and the Titans are sitting pretty, a full two game lead in the division with ten to play. Lose and the Titans fall to second place, a full game back with the tiebreaker out the window. So this is a massive game. One the Titans absolutely, positively, have to win.

Our guy Paul comes on 3 Hour Lunch every week and breaks down tons of games for us. Every week he also gives OKTC a full box score preview of the upcoming game for the Titans. Here is this week's game.

He also offers picks, as you can see based on 50,000 computer simulations, against the spread. Something he's damn good at. In fact, right now he's over 70% against the spread in NFL games.

You can go to his site here for free picks, fantasy news and whatnot. He's hitting right at 70% against the spread right now.

 Here's his breakdown on Titans-Texans.

Again, he does this for every NFL game and most college games. It's amazing how detailed it is.

Today the SEC announced that Georgia defensive back Shawn Williams and defensive lineman Kwame Geathers along with Vanderbilt center Logan Stewart have all been suspended for the first half of their next games. The Geathers and Stewart suspension was for a cut block by Stewart and the resulting personal foul after Geathers punched Stewart. Williams was suspended for "a flagrant personal foul which occurred at the 2:08 mark in the third quarter. Williams' act violated Rule 9-1-4 of the NCAA Football Rule Book, which reads, “No player shall target and initiate contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent with the helmet, forearm, elbow or shoulder.'" 

OKTC has learned it was Williams' dirty hit on defenseless Vanderbilt receiver Jordan Matthews that led to the confrontation after the game. OKTC has also obtained video of the play and you'll need to really watch closely, but the illegal hit, for which no flag was thrown, is incredibly violent. Indeed, it may have led to an ejection -- and certainly would have led to a fine or suspension -- if it had happened in the NFL. Not surprisingly, SEC officials missed the call completely. (Watch the video, there is literally a ref standing three feet away from the hit staring right at it. How do you miss this call?)

The video is posted here. Instead of watching the ball, you'll need to watch near the first down line as Vandy's sophomore receiver Jordan Matthews crosses the field and is leveled well after the ball sails past for a 23 yard completion down the right sideline. Indeed, Matthews had already stopped his route and turned to watch the football thrown to another receiver. As you watch the play, you'll be able to see that Williams hit a defenseless receiver, who wasn't the intended target of the pass, while leaving his feet and leading with his helmet. As if that wasn't enough Williams also struck the receiver in the head. Subsequent to this play OKTC has learned that Williams also grabbed his groin on multiple occasions in the direction of the Vandy coaching staff and taunted players for the remainder of the game, including after the final play of Georgia's 33-28 victory. Perhaps this is why Georgia coach Mark Richt called him a "dumbass" and his behavior "horseshit" in a post-game conversation with Vanderbilt coach James Franklin.    

Two Conference Games to Watch   Alabama at Tennessee (7:15 ET/ESPN2) –

"The Third Saturday in October" once again takes place a week late on the calendar as the Tide and Vols square off in one of the South's oldest rivalries. In a series defined over the past 40 years by its streaks, Alabama looks to improve its current run to five straight and six of the past seven. From 1971-81, Bear Bryant's Tide owned the Vols by claiming 11 straight wins. Tennessee took the next five during the mid-80s, and Alabama took back control with a nine-game unbeaten streak (with a tie in 1993 thrown in.) Phil Fulmer put his mark on the Tennessee program by dominating Alabama from 1995-2004, losing only once in that span, and claiming a national title at the peak of the run in 1998.

Alabama enters the game a prohibitive favorite - some outlets are giving Tennessee as many as 30 points, and the lines keep inching higher after opening at 27.5 - but two of the past three games in this series played in Tuscaloosa featured a highly-favored Alabama hanging on for a win as the result of last-minute field goal attempts. In 2005, the Tide was as good as dead until Corey Anderson fumbled a near-touchdown through the back of the endzone. A Jamie Christensen field goal a minute later sent Alabama home with a thrilling 6-3 win. In Alabama's championship run of 2009, the Tide had to block two Daniel Lincoln field goals - one bouncing off monstrous defensive tackle Terrance Cody's paw on the game's final play - to preserve a 12-10 'Bama win and thwart what would have been the greatest upset in series history. The takeaway here? At face value, this game looks like a blowout, but crazier things have (almost) happened in similar situations.

Nick Saban owns college football.

Even the most rabid Auburn partisan would recognize this fact if you plied him or her with truth serum. (Under the influence of truth serum Tiger fans would also admit that they cheated their ass off to get Cam Newton). There is no more dominant college coach in the country. In his past 48 games at Alabama Saban is 43-5 with two of those losses to eventual national champions. So he's 43-3 against non-national title winning teams. He's also recruiting at an insanely high level, developing the talent he recruits, and crushing opponents on the field. Saban's success is so monumental, in fact, that he's become the Bill Belichick of college football -- a luminous star so bright and awe-inspiring that every person around him takes on an added shine as well. Just as Bill Belichick's dominance at New England spawned the head coaching careers of Romeo Crennel, Eric Mangini, Josh McDaniels, and Charlie Weis, so too have Nick Saban connections led to two of the most premier jobs in college football, Florida and Tennessee, hiring Saban disciples.   

Saturday we posted this video of Vandy Coach James Franklin and Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham's angry confrontation in the wake of Georgia's 33-28 victory. Monday afternoon James Franklin appeared on our 3 Hour Lunch radio show and said he couldn't get into specifics about what he and Mark Richt had discussed or about the report he was preparing for the SEC league office. But then Sports By Brooks posted the below video from Nashville's WSMV of the post-game handshake between Richt and Franklin.

The audible conversation between the two coaches on the first video sounds like this:

James Franklin: "Yeah, rubbed it in our faces right after the game and then your coach, when I tell him about it, he goes after me and the fight starts."

Mark Richt: "Yeah, that's what I thought happened, I apologize."

But go back and watch Richt as Franklin says, "right after the game," Richt appears to simultaneously say, "Yeah, he's a dumbass."

Which player is Richt talking about? We can't be certain. But presumably it's the player that Franklin is complaining about for taunting. Of course Richt could just as easily have been talking about defensive coordinator Todd Grantham. 

Everyone knows that guy's a dumbass too. And in the second video Mark Richt refers to his defensive coordinator's actions as "horseshit." Twice.   

You know the LSU game is getting close when Nick Saban starts to get short with reporters. What begins as a relatively innocuous question about, you know, the future of the Alabama-Tennessee rivalry game in an age of expansion quickly turns into a diatribe on the trouble the media causes.

“You all create so many problems,” Saban said. “I hate to start on this, but whether guys are going out for the draft that shouldn’t even be thinking about that right now. Whether we’re worrying about the Heisman Trophy, now we’re worrying about playing Missouri rather than Tennessee some time down the road. I could give a shit about all that, excuse my French.

“I mean, come on. Let’s talk about the game. What year are we talking about when we’re not gonna play Tennessee – 2025? I’m just hoping I can still go to the lake then, still can walk around and go on a pontoon boat ride."

Am I the only person thinking about the process that goes into a Nick Saban pontoon boat ride? Step one, check weather. Step two, apply sunscreen. Step three, ensure adequate gasoline is near. Step four, map the day's boating path. Step five, kick Barbara Dooley off boat before she gets on.  

And in defense of the Alabama media, given it has been reported that Alabama opposes the addition of Missouri because of the loss of the UT-Bama rivalry game, isn't the week of the UT-Bama game the perfect time to ask Nick Saban this question?

Evidently Nick Saban disagrees.

Watch the video for yourselves. (Although, be careful, there's a curse word!)