Michael Casagrande
@ByCasagrande
Senior sports reporter at @aldotcom. Covering college sports since 2009. WKU grad. 🏆🏆
Back on the clock after parental leave. Thank you again to my employer for caring about families but it’s time to get back to business. Coverage from a crucial SEC spring meetings to some this week from Destin.
We’ve done enough talking for now. al.com/sports/2025/07…
FSU QB Thomas Castellanos said he meant no disrespect for Alabama when he said they can't stop him in the season opener.
FSU coach Mike Norvell is over here shouting at ACC media days.
Nice work here from @peter_rauterkus. Give him a follow.
Jaquez Wilkes' commitment yesterday was big for Auburn, adding a top 100 player to the class. But the occasion was even bigger for the town of Wadley, Alabama. A place where everything shuts down on Friday nights and everyone knows the name Jaquez Wilkes al.com/auburnfootball…
Famous clear speaker becomes broadcaster.
Welcome to the ACC Network family, Jimbo Fisher‼️
My friend @jbeanpoll asked me: When was the last time Alabama did not have a defensive player picked first-team preseason All-SEC at Media Days? I didn't know, so we looked it up. And the answer is: Never. Media Days started in 1985 and this is the first time. Crazy.
Notable.
.@WKUFootball has been to a bowl game in 10 of the last 11 seasons and only Georgia, Alabama, Minnesota, Ohio State and Wisconsin have more bowl wins than WKU’s 7 since 2014!
Auburn received one vote to win the SEC. That’s more daring, somehow, than Vanderbilt getting two.
Hugh Freeze not on hot seat from Auburn AD John Cohen and here's why. al.com/auburnfootball…
Bawdy made a huge comeback tonight in the lexicon but DO NOT search that word in the gif database on here. Don’t.
"This shit's hard." -- Kentucky coach Mark Stoops
"This shit's hard." -- Kentucky coach Mark Stoops
“First of all, I know why coach Drink has a reason to not talk about certain things. So I’ll keep that between myself and him and a few colleagues,” Kentucky’s Mark Stoops says with a grin.
Missouri's Eli Drinkwitz: "I'm not going to answer any questions about the Epstein files"
Auburn wide receiver Malcolm Simmons was arrested on a charge of domestic assault with strangulation or suffocation, per the Lee County recent arrests database More here ⬇️ al.com/auburnfootball…
Bruce Pearl was asked again today about running for the senate. He still didn't confirm or deny that he was running, but gave some insight on the decision "There’s so many things about Washington that’s so dysfunctional that I don’t even know if I could make a difference there"