Saturday Down South is an online publication that covers college football and other sports, primarily related to the schools in the

Southeastern Conference The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central United States, South Central and Southeastern United States. Its 16 members in ...

. It is owned and operated by XLMedia. Saturday Down South produces daily digital content covering the schools of the SEC. The website has a section for each of the 14 Southeastern Conference schools. Saturday Down South also produces regular content to its social media channels, podcast feeds and YouTube channel. In 2016, Saturday Down South was named one of the 50 must-follow college football Twitter accounts. The website directly covers the following teams within the Southeastern Conference: The

Alabama Crimson Tide The Alabama Crimson Tide refers to the college athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletic varsity teams that represent the University of Alabama, located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Tuscaloosa. The Crimson Tide teams compete in the Na ...

Arkansas Razorbacks The Arkansas Razorbacks, also known as the Hogs, are the College athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletics teams representing the University of Arkansas, located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Fayetteville. The University of Arkans ...

Auburn Tigers The Auburn Tigers are the athletic teams representing Auburn University, a public four-year university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. The Auburn Tigers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) a ...

Florida Gators The Florida Gators are the College sports in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Florida, located in Gainesville, Florida, Gainesville. The University of Florida, its athletic program, its alumni an ...

Georgia Bulldogs The Georgia Bulldogs are the College athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Georgia. The Bulldogs compete in NCAA Division I and are members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The offic ...

Kentucky Wildcats The Kentucky Wildcats are the men's and women's intercollegiate athletic squads of the University of Kentucky (UK), a founding member of the Southeastern Conference. The Kentucky Wildcats is the student body of the University of Kentucky. 30, ...

LSU Tigers The LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers (also known as the Fighting Tigers) are the athletic teams representing Louisiana State University (LSU), a state university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LSU competes in Division I of the National Collegiat ...

, Mississippi Rebels,

Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State Bulldogs is the name given to the college athletics, athletic teams of Mississippi State University, in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The university is a founding member of the Southeastern Conference and competes in NCAA D ...

Missouri Tigers The Missouri Tigers intercollegiate athletics programs represent the University of Missouri, located in Columbia. The name comes from a band of armed Union Home Guards called the "Fighting Tigers of Columbia" who, in 1864, protected Columbia ...

South Carolina Gamecocks The South Carolina Gamecocks represent the University of South Carolina in the NCAA Division I. The University of South Carolina uses "Gamecocks" as its official nickname and mascot. While the men's teams were traditionally known as the Fight ...

Tennessee Volunteers The Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Volunteers are the 20 male and female varsity intercollegiate athletics programs that represent the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Volunteers compete in Division I of the National Colleg ...

Texas A&M Aggies The Texas A&M Aggies are the students, graduates, and sports teams of Texas A&M University. The nickname "wikt:aggie#Etymology 2, Aggie" was once common at land-grant or "ag" (agriculture) schools in many states. The teams are also simply referr ...

Vanderbilt Commodores The Vanderbilt Commodores are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt fields 16 varsity teams (6 men's teams and 10 women's teams), 14 of which compete at the National ...

. While the focus of the coverage mostly centers around the college football season, Saturday Down South also covers major college sporting events such as

March Madness The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as March Madness, or The Big Dance, is a single-elimination tournament played in the United States to determine the men's college basketball national champion of the NCAA Division I, Di ...

and the

College World Series The College World Series (CWS), officially the NCAA Men's College World Series (MCWS), is a baseball tournament held each June in Omaha, Nebraska. It is the culmination of the NCAA Division I baseball tournament—featuring 64 teams in the ...

History

The website was founded in 2010 and gained popularity among college football fans through its regular commentary and news on SEC football. An early example is when Saturday Down South broke the news of

Will Muschamp William Lawrence Muschamp (born August 3, 1971) is an American football coach and former player who is a defensive analyst at the University of Georgia. He previously served as the Bulldogs' co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach from 2022 ...

being hired by the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preem ...

. In 2015, the Saturday Down South team launched another website named Saturday Tradition aimed at the coverage of sports teams within the

Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Fa ...

. In September 2016, Saturday Down South partnered with Texas Pete Hot Sauce and Bud Light on sponsorship campaigns targeting college football fans in the Southeast region of the United States. In 2017, Saturday Down South launched the Saturday Down South Podcast which can feature notable college football guests such as

Paul Finebaum Paul Finebaum (born July 26, 1955) is an American sports author, former columnist, and television-radio personality. His primary focus is sports in the Southeast United States. After Finebaum spent many years as a reporter, columnist, and spor ...

. In September 2021, Saturday Down South was acquired by XLMedia. In November 2021, the Saturday Down South team launched another website named Saturday Road aimed at the coverage of the sports teams within the

Atlantic Coast Conference The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the ACC's eighteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athlet ...

. Saturday Road ceased operations in 2024, with ACC coverage being folded into Saturday Down South due in part to the conference's expansion. In December 2021, the Saturday Down South team launched another website named Saturday Out West aimed at the coverage of the sports teams within the

Pac-12 Conference The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the Western United States. It participates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I level for all sports, and its Co ...

. Due to the defection of all but two Pac-12 member schools, Saturday Out West ceased operations in 2024, with Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington coverage moving to Saturday Tradition as a result of their re-alignment to the Big Ten; Cal and Stanford coverage moved to Saturday Down South with their subsequent moves to the ACC.

Featured Stories

In 2017, Saturday Down South spent time with former Ole Miss head coach

Billy Brewer Homer Ervin "Billy" Brewer (October 8, 1934 – May 12, 2018) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Southeastern Louisiana University from 1974 to 1979, Louisiana Tech University from 1980 to ...

in which he reflected on his time since coaching major college football. Billy Brewer coached Ole Miss between the years of 1983 and 1993. In April 2017, Saturday Down South published the reporting of the events and process on how the University of Alabama was able to hire

Nick Saban Nicholas Lou Saban Jr. ( ; born October 31, 1951) is an American sportscaster and former Professional gridiron football, professional and college football coach. He serves as an analyst for ESPN's ''College GameDay (football TV program), Colleg ...

away from the Miami Dolphins with insights from those around Coach Saban including his wife, Terry Saban. In May 2017, Saturday Down South published a feature on LSU head coach

Ed Orgeron Edward James Orgeron Jr. (; born July 27, 1961), nicknamed "Coach O", is an American former American football, college football coach. He was most recently the head football coach at Louisiana State University (LSU), a position he held from midw ...

and the small Louisiana community from which he was raised. Orgeron told Saturday Down South, "For my mother and my father, for me to be the head coach at LSU would have been utopia, more than they could ever dream about." In October 2017, Saturday Down South published a feature on ESPN and SEC Network personality

. In 2018, Saturday Down South spent time with former Auburn and NFL running back

Cadillac Williams Carnell Lamar "Cadillac" Williams (born April 21, 1982) is an American professional football coach and former running back who most recently served as the running backs coach for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He ...

and published a featured story about his career and new role as a high school football coach. In January 2020 while the LSU Tigers were competing for a national championship, Saturday Down South spent time in quarterback

Joe Burrow Joseph Lee Burrow (born December 10, 1996) is an American professional American football, football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes football, O ...

's hometown of Athens, Ohio. In June 2022, the Saturday Down South launched an in-depth, 4-part series on the evolution of the sport of college softball. Through research, the editorial team noticed the sport is undergoing a major shift where home run numbers are rising throughout the sport. The project involves original reporting and research to dig in and present what is causing this major transition in softball. Launch Mode: The Evolution of the Modern Day Softball Slugger
''Saturday Down South'', June 2, 2022.

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