Ryan WoodenRyan Wooden

Ryan Wooden is a member of the Football Writers Association of America who has covered college football and the SEC for several publications since his days at the University of Tennessee. In addition to serving as a staff columnist at Saturday Blitz, Ryan freelances regularly for several newspapers and regional magazines in the greater Chicagoland area and also writes a weekly column for Chicago Bears Huddle, a Chicago Tribune-owned blog.

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SEC On CBS Kicks Off With Alabama vs. Texas A&M

The SEC on CBS announced its 2013 schedule today. And you can rest assured that Verne Lundquist will be chortling and Gary Danielson will be doing whatever it is Gary Danielson does when CBS Sports’…Read More

Idiot Tennessee Fan Makes Disgusting Remarks To Vanderbilt’s Herb Hand

SEC fans are passionate. They (myself included) love to trumpet the size of their stadiums and the corresponding attendance, and there’s certainly no denying that football is, in and of it self,…Read More

Mike Gundy, Bob Stoops And Charlie Weis All Take Shots At The SEC

There aren’t many slow seasons anymore in college football with the 24 hour news cycle, year round recruiting coverage, and spring football to supplement the actual season, but with campuses emptying…Read More

Wes Lunt Saga: Could The Former Oklahoma St. QB Wind Up In The SEC?

Former Oklahoma State Cowboys starting quarterback Wes Lunt is transferring. That much has been well-documented, but with a talented young quarterback essentially serving as college football’s version…Read More

Kentucky Wildcats Football Recruiting: Mark Stoops Makes Drew Barker No. 1 Priority

Drew Barker once sent so many messages on Facebook to recruiters and analysts trying to get his name out there that his account was banned for spam. Now, as a highly touted four-star quarterback prospect,…Read More

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SEC Football: Statistical Analysis Refutes Claims SEC Isn’t Deep

It’s not exactly like I’m sitting in a locally-owned coffee shop talking about Alexi Murdoch…Read More

Vanderbilt Commodores Football: James Franklin Selling Chance To Build

Over the course of the last century, it’s rare that we’ve found ourselves simply compelled to talk…Read More

ESPN And The SEC Announce The Launch Of The SEC Network

Realignment, expansion and TV deals have been college football’s weapons of mass destruction as…Read More

AJ McCarron and Johnny Manziel planning a vacation

Neither AJ McCarron or Johnny Manziel are likely to forget their Nov. 10, 2012, matchup anytime soon.…Read More

Toomer’s Oaks: Auburn Bids Its Treasured Landmarks A Fond Farwell

In order to arc that perfectly unwinding roll of toilet paper it takes a certain technique. You unroll…Read More

Alabama Spring Game: Nick Saban Wears A Suit

It’s become a tradition of sorts at the Alabama spring game. Nick Saban wears a suit. Sometimes…Read More

Tennessee Volunteers Spring Game: Butch Jones Puts On A Show

The stats are essentially irrelevant, and while you got a small glimpse into the mind of Butch Jones…Read More

ESPN Analyst Mark May Has The World’s Greatest Twitter Feed

Blessed art thou, Twitter. For as long as we can remember, two or three weeks… maybe a few years.…Read More

Kentucky Wildcats Football: Mark Stoops Changing Identity in Lexington

For years, Kentucky Wildcats football has been that kid. Broken glasses, torn tighty-whiteys, waltzes…Read More

Auburn Tigers Story By Selena Roberts Exposes Larger NCAA Issue

Roopstigo is a funny word. I don’t really know what the hell it’s supposed to mean, but…Read More

SEC Football Recruiting: Conference Racking Up Early Commits In 2014

When people talk about the dominance of SEC football, they often point to their growing collection of…Read More

Florida Gulf Coast Welcomed Into The Southeast’s Gator-Hating Club

They have awkward dancing white guys, awkward white guys dunking, a coach who is married to a supermodel…Read More

Les Miles And The LSU Tigers Do The Harlem Shake

We’ve learned a lot about Les Miles over the course of his last decade as a head coach in college…Read More

Tennessee Football Recruiting: Legacies Fuel Hot Start For Butch Jones

When five-star running back Jalen Hurd made his commitment to the University of Tennessee publicly via…Read More

Gus Malzahn Won’t Rekindle 2010 BCS National Championship Magic at Auburn

For as long as anyone cares to remember, Gus Malzahn has always done things at one speed. Fast. In 2010,…Read More