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During the intensity of last Saturdays Alabama-LSU game, most of us missed a pretty important piece of history.The Crimson Tides 10-0 win in Baton Rouge gave coach Nick Saban his 200th official career victory. We say official because the NCAA vacated five wins by Alabama during the 2007 season.Saban is now the 17th coach in FBS history and the only active coach with 200 wins. Saban needed only 21 seasons as a college coach to get to 200 wins, the third fastest in history.When the No. 1 Crimson Tide (9-0, 6-0 SEC) hosts Mississippi State (4-5, 2-3) on Saturday Saban will be going for another piece of history. It will be Sabans 45th game as the coach of the nations No. 1 team, which ties him with Woody Hayes (Ohio State) and Bobby Bowden (Florida State). A win would make Saban 40-5 in those games, which ties the victory mark also held by Hayes and Bowden.Not surprisingly, Saban hasnt talked about the milestone. But his players did.And getting a win like that for him, his 200th win as a coach, its just a great feeling, something that we could do for him, running back Damien Harris told BamaOnline.com. And he was really proud of us for the way that we fought and competed in the game for 60 minutes. We really did a good job.Here are a number of other SEC storylines to watch this Saturday: Will Muschamp says he will always be grateful that the University of Florida gave him the opportunity to be a head coach (2011-2014). But on Saturday he returns to The Swamp as the head coach at South Carolina.Muschamps first Gamecock team (5-4, 3-4) has won three straight and needs just one more win to qualify for a bowl. Muschamp would dearly love to get it in Gainesville, where he grew up before playing his college football for Georgia. Muschamp, however, has tried to downplay his return to Gainesville.Obviously its an important game for us because its an SEC East game and it gives us a chance to stay alive for the division, Muschamp said on this weeks coaches conference call. My focus is on our players.Florida (6-4, 4-2) is struggling offensively after losing 31-10 at Arkansas. And things might not be much better on Saturday as the Gators will be without starting quarterback Luke Del Rio, who injured a shoulder against Arkansas. A year ago LSU was undefeated and ranked No. 2 when it faced No. 4 Alabama and lost 30-16. The Tigers then proceeded to lose their next two games to Arkansas (31-14) and Ole Miss (38-17).LSU, under interim coach Ed Orgeron, will be trying to avoid another collapse when the No. 24 Tigers travel to No. 25 Arkansas (6-3, 2-3). The Hogs are coming off an impressive win over Florida.Orgeron, who took over for Les Miles in late September, said his team has worked hard to put the Alabama game behind them.Its been a challenge. In the past weve not played well after the Alabama games and were working to change that, said Orgeron. Its going to be a tough road trip for the LSU Tigers. Anybody got a quarterback? At the beginning of the season the Ole Miss-Texas A&M game looked like one of the more entertaining matchups on the schedule. But now both teams will have to play without their starting quarterbacks.Chad Kelly of Ole Miss, who is the focal point of the Rebels offense, was lost for the season with a knee injury last week against Georgia Southern. Hell be replaced by redshirt freshman Jason Pellerin, who has attempted only 13 passes this season.Senior transfer Trevor Knight, who led Texas A&M to a 7-1 record and a No. 4 national ranking, injured his shoulder while diving to score a touchdown in the 35-28 loss to Mississippi State. Hell be replaced by Jake Hubenak, a traditional dropback quarterback. After a 1-2 start Auburn (7-2, 5-1) has bounced back to win six straight games and put itself in position to possibly play Alabama for the SEC West championship.But first the No. 9 Tigers have to beat Georgia (5-4, 3-4) in Athens, something they havent done since 2005. In fact, Auburn has lost eight of its last 10 meetings against Georgia.There is some pressure here on Auburn. All of their preseason goals are still possible with a win over Georgia. But a loss combined with an Alabama win over Mississippi State would give the SEC West championship to the Crimson Tide.But we cant focus on what this game might mean, said Auburn coach Gus Malzahn. We just have to focus on what we can do to give us a chance to win this game. After three straight losses to Texas A&M (45-38 2OT), Alabama (49-10) and South Carolina (24-21), Tennessee (6-3, 2-3) finally got a chance to exhale last week with a 55-0 win over nonconference opponent Tennessee Tech.Now the Volunteers need to regroup because despite the injuries and the adversity they have endured, they can still win the SEC East.First Tennessee must beat Kentucky (5-4, 4-3), which lost a 27-24 heartbreaker last week to Georgia on a field goal at the buzzer.Then the Vols must beat Missouri in Knoxville and Vanderbilt on the road. If Tennessee can do that and if Florida loses one of its final two conference games with South Carolina or LSU, then Tennessee would make its first trip to Atlanta since 2007. Vanderbilt (4-5, 1-4), which lost yet another close game to Auburn last week, still has a chance to become bowl eligible as the Commodores travel to struggling Missouri (2-7, 0-5). Cheap Rays Jerseys .35 million, one-year contract that avoided salary arbitration. Plouffe batted .254 with 14 home runs and 52 RBIs in 477 at-bats last season, his second as a regular in the lineup. Rays Jerseys China . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. http://www.customraysjersey.com/ . The veteran safety was a starter for the Bengals from 2008-2012. He totaled 41 tackles and three interceptions while starting all but four of the 13 games he played last season. Custom Evan Longoria Jersey . The Brazilian goalkeeper signed a loan deal with the Major League Soccer club on Friday as he looks to get playing time ahead of this summers World Cup in his home country. Custom Rays Jerseys . Vaives lawyer Trevor Whiffen claims the former 50-goal man wasnt provided with a copy of the claim beforehand and that he would not have agreed to the allegations made against the NHL had he been asked to review its contents. Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison?has?agreed to meet with NFL investigators as demanded by the league, which threatened suspension if the players fail to do so regarding steroid allegations stemming from an Al-Jazeera America report in January.Green Bay Packers linebackers Clay Matthews and Julius Peppers, who were also named in the report, have also agreed to meet, sources told ESPN.Free-agent linebacker Mike Neal, who also was threatened with a suspension, initially did not agree to meet with the league. But he consented to be interviewed after all, a source told ESPNs Dan Graziano on Friday.Harrison has agreed to meet Aug. 30 at the team facility, per a letter sent by the NFL Players Association to the NFL, which was acquired by ESPN. He has set forth conditions limiting questions to only the segment cited in the Al-Jazeera report in which he was identified. It is unknown whether the league will accept these conditions, and a league official had no immediate comment.Matthews and Peppers interviews are expected to take place at the Packers team facility on Wednesday, in advance of the leagues Aug. 25 deadline, a source told Graziano. The NFLPA remains in support and in an advisory capacity and sent similar letters on behalf of both Matthews and Peppers, the source told Graziano. Those players did not speak after Thursday nights preseason game against Oakland about their willingness to meet with the NFL, but coach Mike McCarthy said: Im just glad the process is moving forward. As already has been stated, as an organization, we support Clay and Julius. Were looking to get this resolved as soon as possible.Harrison was asked after Fridays Eagles-Steelers preseason game why he decided to go ahead with the interview.The bigger outcome wasnt really worth it, he said. I wouldnt be on the team. It would hurt the team. It would hurt my teammates, coaches. So, it was easier just to do the interview, I guess.Harrison added that he made the decision on his own, and not at the behest of the Steelers.The league had warned the players in a letter they would be suspended by Aug. 26 if they did not agree to meet witth investigators.ddddddddddddor those players whose interviews do not take place on or before [Aug. 25], or who fail meaningfully to participate in or otherwise obstruct the interview, their actions will constitute conduct detrimental and they will be suspended, separate and apart from any possible future determination that they violated the steroid policy, NFL vice president of labor policy and league affairs Adolpho Birch wrote. The suspension for each such player will begin on Friday, August 26 and will continue until he has fully participated in an interview with league investigators, after which the Commissioner will determine whether and when the suspension should be lifted.?In a letter dated Aug. 18 responding to Birch on behalf of Harrison, NFLPA associate general counsel Heather M. McPhee wrote:Your most recent letter, distributed to the media before providing to Mr. Harrison via the NFLPA, confirmed Mr. Harrisons understanding that, rather than act with the integrity, respect, and thoughtful diligence that an employer such as the NFL should, the League has instead decided to try to bully and publicly shame a veteran player-employee who has repeatedly asked a simple, eminently reasonable question about his employers investigation:Is the NFL aware of any credible evidence -- other than the recanted remarks by one individual shown by Al-Jazeera -- that indicates that there is any validity to the remarks about Mr. Harrison?Earlier, the NFLPA had issued statements to the league on behalf of the players. But Birch wrote in his letter that the NFL considered them wholly devoid of any detail.The players have an obligation to submit to an interview but also the duty to provide meaningful responses to the questions posed, Birch wrote.And McPhee wrote in response that Harrison has decided that he will act as the more professional entity in this situation and will make himself available ... to answer NFLs investigators questions about the only remarks about him in the Al-Jazeera report. ' ' '