In a week dominated by talk of the upcoming college football season, Texas safety Michael Taaffe brought something different to SEC Media Days in Atlanta: perspective. Wearing a burnt orange tie stitched with the initials of the 27 victims at Camp Mystic,

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When Kiffin spoke at SEC Media Days on Monday at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta, he said the disappointment of missing the playoffs quickly passed. The Rebs did gather themselves and demolished Duke 52-10 in the Gator Bowl, giving Kiffin double-digit victories for the third time in the last four seasons.

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It has never been done before, but impossibilities rarely enter Shane Beamer's vocabulary. Whatever coach-speak directions South Carolina's head coach planned for SEC Media Days went out the window Monday when Paul Finebaum interrupted a pre-podium discussion and asked if winning a conference championship was "doable" with the Gamecocks.

He's been hot-taking since before it was a media staple. But he's changed, or maybe he's less protective of the non-cartoon side of himself.

Fifth-year Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel took part in SEC media days on Tuesday. He discussed the Vols' upcoming season from the main stage. Heupel ended his opening statement discussing Tennessee's quarterback competition in fall training camp between Joey Aguilar, Jake Merklinger and George MacIntyre.