What we know, and what we don’t about the SEC.
Posted on | September 7, 2009 | 2 Comments
What we know, and what we don’t about the SEC.
What most of the teams could use.
Week 1 had a little bit of everything for the SEC. A couple of big games. A couple of teams underperformed. And a couple of teams seemed to have set a new level of expectations. Let me be the guide as I go team by team and see if we can’t glean something off of every team with such a small sample size.
Mississippi State: Nothing’s changed. They’re still expected to get two wins.
Vanderbilt: If Larry Smith was seriously hurt? This team would be in deep trouble. As it is? They played a cupcake and got a win. They have to deal with Georgia Tech later in the year.
Kentucky: The polar opposite of Vanderbilt. But so long as Randall Cobb stays healthy? This is a team with a shot at cementing the greatest run in Big Blue football.
Auburn: Redemption for them is only two games away. They were the chic’ team to get upset this week. But this could be a team that runs through September unbeaten.
South Carolina: Be afraid. Be very afraid. Tom O’Brien’s defense is good, but it isn’t that good. Ellis Johnson’s heroic, but they could get Cromptoned.
Arkansas: The London Crawford injury does not bode well. But if he’s back in a month? It’ll be okay.
Tennessee: I know 63-7 is a great number for a team whose fanbase finally understands the pleadings of Bonnie Tyler, but it’s a team who beat the 120th team in the former D-1A. Not for nothing? But I’d wait for a team that can push back against their offense before I get too excited.
Georgia: I’m a little worried. Just a little. Joe Cox had a defense that was downy soft last season, and he couldn’t move the ball. I’m not saying that they might not have lost to a National Championship game contender, but Georgia may be dropping down a tier because they actually play some people in the non-conference schedule.
Ole Miss: The defense looks spectacular. Snead was inconsistent. But they don’t have a real scary-looking match-up for a month. We don’t know what we’re getting.
Alabama: Virginia Tech was supposed to be a National Championship contender. Alabama tore them apart in an imperfect effort. They can probably sleepwalk their way into the big tilt versus Ole Miss in October 10th.
LSU: Okay, here’s why I’m not worried. Washington had their one good player coming back. They have a stadium that gets loud and energized. It’s game one in a new era and it’s a night game. Washington gave them their A+++++++ effort. LSU still won comfortably.
Florida: Yawn. They did what was expected.
I could probably copy and paste this effort for next week. And I’m thrilled.
I love being lazy!
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September 8th, 2009 @ 1:04 pm
Regarding Vanderbilt.
1.) Larry Smith was not seriously hurt and is already back practicing at %100.
2.) Thank you for mentioning that Vanderbilt shut out it’s opponent 45-0 and and deffense allowed only 4 first downs. Yes they played a cupcake team, but so did UT and you mentioned that games score. In fact, Vanderbilt was the only school in the SEC to shut out its opponent.
3.) No, Kentucky football will not be good. You should probably go ahead and learn a little
something about sports.
September 8th, 2009 @ 2:00 pm
Hey Fightcrib, thanks for the comment.
1) I knew that Larry Smith was not seriously hurt. That’s why I said as it is. Because it meant they weren’t in trouble.
2) You did go one fact too far on your second point. Vanderbilt was not the only team to get a shutout. Kentucky did break out a shutout in their opening game. And they actaully didn’t drop down a level to do it.
3) And here’s the thing. By greatest run in Kentucky History, all they have to do is win a 4th consecutive bowl game. They don’t need to get to a BCS game to get this done. They win the Papa John’s Bowl? It will be the greatest run in Kentucky Football History.
Perhaps you should join me in learning about sports. I seem to know what I’m doing, eh?