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Dan Mullen has brought his version of the spread offense to Mississippi State. Now comes the difficult part -- identifying what works.

Look for Mullen, the Bulldogs' energetic first-year head coach, to take bits and pieces from his two previous stops at Utah and Florida. Even though Mississippi State got its first taste of the spread during spring practice, there's plenty more tinkering that needs to be done.

"I don't know if we're spread option, spread passing, spread running or just spread," Mullen said Wednesday during SEC Football Media Days in Hoover, Ala.

Today the SEC released the Coaches' Preseason Football Team. There were three unanimous selections: Tennessee safety Eric Berry, LSU offensive lineman Ciron Black, and Alabama wide receiver Julio Jones. Noticing something surprising? Yep, someone didn't vote for Florida quarterback Tim Tebow. And before you throw Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt under the bus, assuming he voted for his player, Jevan Snead, over Tebow, keep this in mind, coaches weren't allowed to vote for their own players. So presumably someone other than Nutt left Tebow off the first team.

Wow.

But that's not even the most surprising detail.