Monday's Daily News 'n Notes: SEC, football, the South, 1919; Freeman not retiring?; lots ' NASCAR

Monday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Around/About Georgia
Column: The SEC, the South, football this fall, and 1918
Five trades in Atlanta you probably haven’t forgotten
Around the nation/world
Freeman maybe not thinking retirement
Jimmie Johnson disqualified from Coca Cola 600
And Hamlin crew members suspended
Central Georgia Sports Report