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2007 SEC Preview - BeliefBlazer - 08-25-2007 04:46 AM
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Team That'll Surprise
Vanderbilt. This is the year. This is the year Vanderbilt finally breaks the drought and goes to its first bowl game since the 1982 Hall of Fame Classic (which it lost to Air Force). While their SEC record won’t be anything to swoon over, the Commodores will go 4-0 in non-conference play (Richmond, Eastern Michigan, Miami University and Wake Forest) and will come up with just enough league wins to get it done.
Team That'll Disappoint
Florida. Even though they’ll be ranked in just about everyone’s top five to start the season, the Gators have to rebuild almost the entire defense while hoping for the hyperkinetic Tim Tebow to lead the offense as effectively as Chris Leak did (at least when it counted). Even with as much raw talent as anyone in America, this team isn’t going to win all those close games two years in a row.
Coach on the Hot Seat
Sylvester Croom, Mississippi State – Croom hasn’t exactly turned things around, going 9-25 in three seasons. His Bulldogs won’t win the SEC this season, but they’d better flirt with a winning season or the program might have to rebuild yet again.
What Will Happen
- LSU will play for the national title. Forget all that stuff about a team from the SEC not being able to go unbeaten. LSU has the schedule (with the toughest road game at Alabama) to battle its way through to the championship game. Where’s the 2008 BCS Championship Game being played? New Orleans.
- Tennessee will lose at Florida and at Kentucky, but it’ll beat Georgia, who’ll lose to Florida, to win the East and play LSU for the SEC championship.
- Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, South Carolina, Tennessee, and yes, Vanderbilt, will go bowling.