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Friday morning around the SEC and college football…

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• Here’s our package from Friday morning. Parrish Alford of the Northeast Mississippi Journal in Tupelo has a story on Dexter McCluster for us and also writes one from a different perspective here for his paper.
• Ole Miss DT Jerrell Powe draws motivation from comments he claims LSU coaches made about him writes David Brandt of the Jackson Clarion-Ledger.
• Mississippi State QB Tyson Lee has navigated a rough two years but still leads the Bulldogs offense.
• Alabama senior class prepares for final home game writes Gentry Estes of the Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register.
• Core group of Kentucky players head home to take on Georgia.
• The Georgia defense will get plenty of tests against the run this week and next writes Marc Weiszer of OnlineAthens.com.
• Robbie Neiswanger of Stephens Media in Arkansas has a story on how a season can wear coaches down.
• Walk-ons emerge as major contributors for Tennessee writes Dave Hooker of GolVolsXtra.com.
• Vanderbilt limps to the finish line against Tennessee.
• Florida DC Charlie Strong faces another wave of job opportunities.
• Ohio State’s linebackers remain a strength writes Tim May of the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch.
• Detroit Free-Press columnist Mitch Albom wonders if this week’s Michigan-Ohio State game is a Waterloo for Wolverines coach Rich Rodriguez.
• Nebraska QB Zac Lee overcomes indignity of losing his job to lead Huskers into game for Big 12 North championship.
• The showdown for the Big 12 North has a retro feel writes Austin Meek of the Topeka (Kans.) Capital-Journal.