'I'm like, I know it's you': Arch Manning, Lane Kiffin headline top SEC media day quotes

There are astatine slightest 3 guarantees successful life: death, taxes and memorable preseason quotes astatine league media days.

It's 1 of assemblage football's large traditions, adjacent if it whitethorn beryllium somewhat little glorious successful quality than "Rocky Top" astatine Neyland Stadium oregon "Won't Back Down" astatine The Swamp. The dawn of media days, and the connection committee fodder that comes with them, is simply a telltale motion that a caller play is conscionable a fewer much Saturdays away.

This week, SEC media days were held successful Atlanta, with optimism and clippable lines disposable successful abundance. From Steve Sarkisian walking retired to Texas A&M's "Aggie War Hymn" to Diego Pavia's national title dreams, determination was plentifulness to speech about.

Here are immoderate of the champion quips from the yearly event:

"I'm like, I cognize it's you" -- Arch Manning

You'd beryllium hard-pressed to find a subordinate successful assemblage shot with much readily disposable mentors than Arch Manning, the nephew of 2 Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks and the grandson of a two-time Pro Bowler.

When discussing the proposal helium gets from his gramps and namesake, Archie Manning, the younger Manning elaborate however Archie volition nonstop motivational texts to his grandkids each greeting -- each 1 including a personalized sign-off.

"We're some messed up successful the head" -- Randon Fontenette

Former Northern Illinois, Minnesota and New Mexico caput manager Jerry Kill has been with Vanderbilt for lone a year, but helium has made rather an interaction successful Nashville.

The Commodores posted their archetypal winning play successful implicit a decennary successful 2024, including a thrilling upset implicit Alabama. Though Kill doesn't boast a accepted presumption connected Vanderbilt's coaching unit -- helium holds the authoritative titles of main advisor to the caput manager and elder violative advisor -- his interaction has intelligibly been good received among the roster. Linebacker Randon Fontenette had a blunt appraisal erstwhile talking astir wherefore helium connects with Kill.

Randon Fontenette quipped astir Jerry Kill, main advisor to Vanderbilt caput manager Clark Lea: "That's my guy. We connect. We're some messed up successful the head."

"Sounds similar he's doing astonishing astatine that" -- Lane Kiffin

Never 1 to shy distant from witticisms, Lane Kiffin took his clip holding tribunal successful Atlanta to code respective topics, immoderate related to his team's on-field outlook and others ... not truthful much. One specified taxable successful that 2nd class was a little sidebar astir Auburn manager Hugh Freeze's play game.

When asked astir immoderate of his caller posts connected X successful which helium tagged Freeze, Kiffin denied immoderate volition of malice toward the Auburn coach's hobby, citing affable online banter betwixt the 2 regarding Kiffin's involvement successful fishing. But Kiffin couldn't assistance himself, and referenced Freeze's caller occurrence connected the play course.

"I called him and offered him Muschamp's job, but helium was overqualified." -- Kirby Smart

A fashionable taxable of treatment successful Atlanta during media days was ESPN's Nick Saban's imaginable instrumentality to the sidelines.

Georgia Bulldogs manager Kirby Smart, who spent clip connected Saban's staffs astatine LSU, the Miami Dolphins and Alabama, has a peculiarly chiseled penetration into Saban's talents. When asked astir the anticipation of the instrumentality of the longtime Crimson Tide boss, Smart joked that helium made him an connection (Muschamp served arsenic an expert for Georgia past season).

"At slightest helium told you the truth" -- LaNorris Sellers

South Carolina backmost LaNorris Sellers thrived past autumn successful his archetypal play arsenic starting backmost successful Columbia, amassing 3,208 combined yards done the aerial and connected the ground.

At 6-foot-3 and targeting a playing value of implicit 240 pounds, Sellers is nary casual task to bring down successful the unfastened field. When informed that Gamecocks antiaircraft backmost DQ Smith noted that the quarterback's framework led to would-be tacklers making "business decisions," Sellers had a elemental response.

Yep, he's 1 large dude. LaNorris Sellers, aka "LaGoggles, plans to play betwixt 240-245 pounds this season. His effect to teammate DQ Smith saying immoderate defenders marque concern decisions erstwhile it comes to tackling him: "At slightest helium told you the truth." pic.twitter.com/3eleG0W9tt

"It's ne'er astir who's not successful your building, it's astir who is successful your building." -- Josh Heupel

With erstwhile Tennessee backmost -- and existent UCLA signal-caller -- Nico Iamaleava having departed successful the spring, a caller look volition beryllium nether halfway for Vols manager Josh Heupel successful Knoxville.

When asked astir Iamaleava's exit, an April saga that shocked the assemblage shot world, Heupel seemingly referenced Iamaleava missing a practice the time earlier Tennessee's outpouring game, which would beryllium to beryllium the prelude to his departure.