Ron Higgins has a 40+year background in college sports writing, with an emphasis on the SEC. He's the winner of 180 national, regional and state writing awards, and the author of four books.

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College Football Power Five: Alabama vs. Texas and 3 Other Top Picks
Ron Higgins
September 8, 2022. 1:45 am
The wonderful thing about early-season non-conference games is how quickly head coaches dismiss the residual effect of a game’s outcome. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian was busy Monday laying the foundation for his expected loss this Saturday in Austin vs. No. 1 Alabama. “It’s one game, you know?” Sarkisian said. “I think one of the biggest

College Football Power Five: 4 Games That Can Pay Off On Week 1
Ron Higgins
August 31, 2022. 8:15 pm
Welcome to college football’s official Week 1, also known as the opening of Espionage Season. Reports are flying in from around the country about head coaches guarding their depth charts like launch codes for nuclear warheads. God bless their paranoid hearts. On to this week’s Fab Four picks as we look at the NCAAF odds

College Football Power Five: 4 Teams That Can Pay Off On Week 0
Ron Higgins
August 24, 2022. 6:46 pm
Does anybody know who created the term “Week 0” for the first week of the college football season? The same guy who named Coke Zero? The reality is some dolt at ESPN invented the term when the network began promoting the first eight games played in the 2017 season. There are 11 games opening the