That's a fair assessment. I do think South Carolina will be coming to town pissed off and their back up will have had all week to prepare for the start.

Tennessee will be coming to town a week after their game against Alabama. Trying to predict the mentality of Tennessee for your game is next to impossible at this point.

The interesting aspect of your game against Kentucky is that they will be coming off of their game against Alabama State at home the week before.

I think you are correct about that Ole Miss game. If they can find a way to be LSU.....

(10-20-2013 10:54 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 10:45 AM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  

(10-19-2013 11:26 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  The SEC is on very slippery ground right now. Yes, the rankings are going to be more filled with SEC teams this week than we have every seen BUT that will not last. Some will have to lose and some will have to win. If we have another week like we did this week, the trend I am speaking of could very quickly turn and SEC teams could end up dropping out of the rankings in large numbers.

I knew it would happen eventually to the SEC. Parity is being achieved and the hierarchy is at risk. Alabama may scoot through the season unscathed but this isn't one of those Untouchable Squads that we have seen recently. This team can be beat as well.

LSU and Alabama still have yet to play and the LSU team that lost to Ole Miss is still capable of beating Alabama. Both teams will have a bye week before that game so it definitely will be possible.

Next week we will see an invigorated Tennessee squad take on Alabama at Alabama. It is said that Tennessee arguably has one of the best if not the best offensive lines in the SEC. Butch has them on a high, perhaps they actually believe that they have a shot this time around.

If Alabama loses to Tennessee or LSU.....it wont matter how many SEC teams are ranked in the top 25. Let's not forget about an Auburn team that seems to be finding themselves. They have a few more weeks to go before they end the season against Alabama.

But isn't it a good thing to have the underdogs win once in a while? Makes the conference fun.

Back to the way it used to be in the SEC with nearly every week a dogfight. Bottom half has made it really easy for the top half the last couple of years. Made the top half look better than it really was.

No Bullet, seven national championships in a row made the top half look better. It is what it is and all of the Longhorn apologetic endeavors can't make it otherwise. If we lose it this year we lose it. If we win it again we win it. That's all it is and ever has been. The days of playing in a two team conference and manipulating the schedule to get into the title game are long gone. It's time for Dodds and his OU counterpart to wake up and adjust. The SEC got scammed for years by an AP that was weighted 2/3rds to the Northeast and Pacific West in its voting structure. What this is about is just when (only a slightly more just system) a new system was put in place the SEC was finally able to capitalize better than when pollsters only decided national titles. Having to settle it on the field makes a big difference over the hype machines of the press. But things won't ever be truly fair until a 4 champions playoff model void of committees, computers, and polls is in place.

(10-20-2013 11:27 AM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 11:15 AM)He1nousOne Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 11:10 AM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 10:54 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 10:45 AM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  But isn't it a good thing to have the underdogs win once in a while? Makes the conference fun.

Back to the way it used to be in the SEC with nearly every week a dogfight. Bottom half has made it really easy for the top half the last couple of years. Made the top half look better than it really was.

A competitive SEC will work wonders for the new SECN ratings as well. As a Missouri guy, I seriously believe Mizzou will probably drop a couple SEC games, maybe even three, and get a really good Bowl game. That was my goal at the beginning of the year. 9-3 would be awesome for the Tigers...especially after last year.

Missouri plays South Carolina at home, Tennessee at home then Kentucky away before your bye week. After that you have to travel to Ole Miss and then you finish off with A&M at home. Thoughts on each one? I haven't had a chance to watch much Mizzou this year.

I see a home loss to South Carolina. They will be very mad and ready to play. Top to bottom they are just a better team. They are where we should be in 3-5 more years. We should win a close game at home with Tennessee. They are much improved as well. We could drop that one. We beat Kentucky on the road, although I think they will get up for that game with Missouri. As for the last two games, I think we may actually lose to Ole Miss on the road and win against the Aggies at home. After watching their D this weekend, I am feeling pretty good about that game. If the reverse happens, that's fine too. I think we drop two SEC contests..

I see Missouri beating South Carolina by double digits. Conner Shaw will be playing on knee sprain severe enough to take him out of the game with Tennessee. South Carolina has nothing left to play for with 2 conference losses. They too are thin with injuries and Clowney can't beat you by himself. Remember if Mizzou beats South Carolina since Georgia will be playing Florida you will be three games up on everyone in the East except the winner of the Georgia / Florida game. And we don't know yet how bad Manziel's injury is or whether further aggravation of it will happen from more contact. Right now Missouri's table is set and I don't see them screwing it up.

(10-20-2013 11:46 AM)JRsec Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 11:27 AM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 11:15 AM)He1nousOne Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 11:10 AM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 10:54 AM)bullet Wrote:  Back to the way it used to be in the SEC with nearly every week a dogfight. Bottom half has made it really easy for the top half the last couple of years. Made the top half look better than it really was.

A competitive SEC will work wonders for the new SECN ratings as well. As a Missouri guy, I seriously believe Mizzou will probably drop a couple SEC games, maybe even three, and get a really good Bowl game. That was my goal at the beginning of the year. 9-3 would be awesome for the Tigers...especially after last year.

Missouri plays South Carolina at home, Tennessee at home then Kentucky away before your bye week. After that you have to travel to Ole Miss and then you finish off with A&M at home. Thoughts on each one? I haven't had a chance to watch much Mizzou this year.

I see a home loss to South Carolina. They will be very mad and ready to play. Top to bottom they are just a better team. They are where we should be in 3-5 more years. We should win a close game at home with Tennessee. They are much improved as well. We could drop that one. We beat Kentucky on the road, although I think they will get up for that game with Missouri. As for the last two games, I think we may actually lose to Ole Miss on the road and win against the Aggies at home. After watching their D this weekend, I am feeling pretty good about that game. If the reverse happens, that's fine too. I think we drop two SEC contests..

I see Missouri beating South Carolina by double digits. Conner Shaw will be playing on knee sprain severe enough to take him out of the game with Tennessee. South Carolina has nothing left to play for with 2 conference losses. They too are thin with injuries and Clowney can't beat you by himself. Remember if Mizzou beats South Carolina since Georgia will be playing Florida you will be three games up on everyone in the East except the winner of the Georgia / Florida game. And we don't know yet how bad Manziel's injury is or whether further aggravation of it will happen from more contact. Right now Missouri's table is set and I don't see them screwing it up.

I hope you are right. I lost my breath when our RB, Josey, didn't get up after that run. He was the Big XII #1 RB, and #5 in the nation in 2011, when he tore his knee up kissing the Longhorns goodbye. We missed him a lot last year. I guess he's OK, but I bet Manziel spent the day in the hot tub. He got beat up. Although he has managed to be provocative recently, he's a gamer. I hope they didn't let him tear his arm up the rest of the way after that injury. I would have never let him play without looking at an MRI.

(10-20-2013 11:27 AM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  I see a home loss to South Carolina. They will be very mad and ready to play. Top to bottom they are just a better team. They are where we should be in 3-5 more years. We should win a close game at home with Tennessee. They are much improved as well. We could drop that one. We beat Kentucky on the road, although I think they will get up for that game with Missouri. As for the last two games, I think we may actually lose to Ole Miss on the road and win against the Aggies at home. After watching their D this weekend, I am feeling pretty good about that game. If the reverse happens, that's fine too. I think we drop two SEC contests..

I don't. Conner Shaw is very questionable for the game, and even if he plays his sprained knee will be an issue that will render him a stationary target in the backfield. The Dawgs also have almost enough players banged up to field a full team. Their best D-linemen are out for the game, and they've lost a lot of other key players giving them almost no depth. If Shaw's not able to play, Georgia's offense will suffer greatly for it. I don't think their defense be able to hold Mizzou's offense down enough to allow the offense to keep up without Shaw...

(10-20-2013 12:02 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 11:27 AM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  I see a home loss to South Carolina. They will be very mad and ready to play. Top to bottom they are just a better team. They are where we should be in 3-5 more years. We should win a close game at home with Tennessee. They are much improved as well. We could drop that one. We beat Kentucky on the road, although I think they will get up for that game with Missouri. As for the last two games, I think we may actually lose to Ole Miss on the road and win against the Aggies at home. After watching their D this weekend, I am feeling pretty good about that game. If the reverse happens, that's fine too. I think we drop two SEC contests..

I don't. Conner Shaw is very questionable for the game, and even if he plays his sprained knee will be an issue that will render him a stationary target in the backfield. The Dawgs also have almost enough players banged up to field a full team. Their best D-linemen are out for the game, and they've lost a lot of other key players giving them almost no depth. If Shaw's not able to play, Georgia's offense will suffer greatly for it. I don't think their defense be able to hold Mizzou's offense down enough to allow the offense to keep up without Shaw...

Thanks for the votes of confidence. Tennessee really scares me. They are like rolling the dice every week.

(10-20-2013 12:10 PM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 12:02 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 11:27 AM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  I see a home loss to South Carolina. They will be very mad and ready to play. Top to bottom they are just a better team. They are where we should be in 3-5 more years. We should win a close game at home with Tennessee. They are much improved as well. We could drop that one. We beat Kentucky on the road, although I think they will get up for that game with Missouri. As for the last two games, I think we may actually lose to Ole Miss on the road and win against the Aggies at home. After watching their D this weekend, I am feeling pretty good about that game. If the reverse happens, that's fine too. I think we drop two SEC contests..

I don't. Conner Shaw is very questionable for the game, and even if he plays his sprained knee will be an issue that will render him a stationary target in the backfield. The Dawgs also have almost enough players banged up to field a full team. Their best D-linemen are out for the game, and they've lost a lot of other key players giving them almost no depth. If Shaw's not able to play, Georgia's offense will suffer greatly for it. I don't think their defense be able to hold Mizzou's offense down enough to allow the offense to keep up without Shaw...

Thanks for the votes of confidence. Tennessee really scares me. They are like rolling the dice every week.

Butch has the Vols playing very well right now. Just imagine what they'll look like once he gets some real talent in Knoxville...

He's playing with a very short bench right now. But they don't make any mistakes and are very well disciplined. That gives this team a chance in any of their remaining games...

(10-20-2013 12:10 PM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 12:02 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 11:27 AM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  I see a home loss to South Carolina. They will be very mad and ready to play. Top to bottom they are just a better team. They are where we should be in 3-5 more years. We should win a close game at home with Tennessee. They are much improved as well. We could drop that one. We beat Kentucky on the road, although I think they will get up for that game with Missouri. As for the last two games, I think we may actually lose to Ole Miss on the road and win against the Aggies at home. After watching their D this weekend, I am feeling pretty good about that game. If the reverse happens, that's fine too. I think we drop two SEC contests..

I don't. Conner Shaw is very questionable for the game, and even if he plays his sprained knee will be an issue that will render him a stationary target in the backfield. The Dawgs also have almost enough players banged up to field a full team. Their best D-linemen are out for the game, and they've lost a lot of other key players giving them almost no depth. If Shaw's not able to play, Georgia's offense will suffer greatly for it. I don't think their defense be able to hold Mizzou's offense down enough to allow the offense to keep up without Shaw...

Thanks for the votes of confidence. Tennessee really scares me. They are like rolling the dice every week.

I like Missouri's chances and Auburn's chances for exactly the reasons Bit gives. Tennessee is not deep and will have trouble with an up tempo opponent. That's how Oregon rolled them. They wore out the starters with the pace in the first half and then Tennessee depth became an issue. South Carolina and Alabama don't run up tempo so Tennessee's depth was / and will not be as much of an issue for teams like that.

(10-20-2013 12:23 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 12:10 PM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 12:02 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 11:27 AM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  I see a home loss to South Carolina. They will be very mad and ready to play. Top to bottom they are just a better team. They are where we should be in 3-5 more years. We should win a close game at home with Tennessee. They are much improved as well. We could drop that one. We beat Kentucky on the road, although I think they will get up for that game with Missouri. As for the last two games, I think we may actually lose to Ole Miss on the road and win against the Aggies at home. After watching their D this weekend, I am feeling pretty good about that game. If the reverse happens, that's fine too. I think we drop two SEC contests..

I don't. Conner Shaw is very questionable for the game, and even if he plays his sprained knee will be an issue that will render him a stationary target in the backfield. The Dawgs also have almost enough players banged up to field a full team. Their best D-linemen are out for the game, and they've lost a lot of other key players giving them almost no depth. If Shaw's not able to play, Georgia's offense will suffer greatly for it. I don't think their defense be able to hold Mizzou's offense down enough to allow the offense to keep up without Shaw...

Thanks for the votes of confidence. Tennessee really scares me. They are like rolling the dice every week.

I like Missouri's chances and Auburn's chances for exactly the reasons Bit gives. Tennessee is not deep and will have trouble with an up tempo opponent. That's how Oregon rolled them. They wore out the starters with the pace in the first half and then Tennessee depth became an issue. South Carolina and Alabama don't run up tempo so Tennessee's depth was / and will not be as much of an issue for teams like that.

With a couple more recruiting classes like the one Jones has slotted so far, Tennessee will be able to compete with anyone. But Kiffen and Dooley didn't leave him much in the tank...

(10-20-2013 12:23 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 12:10 PM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 12:02 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(10-20-2013 11:27 AM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  I see a home loss to South Carolina. They will be very mad and ready to play. Top to bottom they are just a better team. They are where we should be in 3-5 more years. We should win a close game at home with Tennessee. They are much improved as well. We could drop that one. We beat Kentucky on the road, although I think they will get up for that game with Missouri. As for the last two games, I think we may actually lose to Ole Miss on the road and win against the Aggies at home. After watching their D this weekend, I am feeling pretty good about that game. If the reverse happens, that's fine too. I think we drop two SEC contests..

I don't. Conner Shaw is very questionable for the game, and even if he plays his sprained knee will be an issue that will render him a stationary target in the backfield. The Dawgs also have almost enough players banged up to field a full team. Their best D-linemen are out for the game, and they've lost a lot of other key players giving them almost no depth. If Shaw's not able to play, Georgia's offense will suffer greatly for it. I don't think their defense be able to hold Mizzou's offense down enough to allow the offense to keep up without Shaw...

Thanks for the votes of confidence. Tennessee really scares me. They are like rolling the dice every week.

I like Missouri's chances and Auburn's chances for exactly the reasons Bit gives. Tennessee is not deep and will have trouble with an up tempo opponent. That's how Oregon rolled them. They wore out the starters with the pace in the first half and then Tennessee depth became an issue. South Carolina and Alabama don't run up tempo so Tennessee's depth was / and will not be as much of an issue for teams like that.

I love how Auburn substituted early and finished fresh. Great coaching.