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The 10 biggest SEC storylines for the Early Signing Period
How is ending up in the 15-18 range acceptable when three teams Auburn plays, including their two biggest rivals, are fighting for #1. The gap between the top classes and a class ranked that low is Grand Canyon sized. I guess it's acceptable if you decided to just be a middle-of-the-road SEC program.
Lol. Yes. Bama is extremely embarrassed by Saban. Can't believe he's only won 6 NCs for us. And only 8 SEC championships! It's just embarrassing to watch the NFL on Sundays and have to see ALL the Bama players on the field. And now we have to deal with the embarrassment of having a Heisman trophy winner leading us into the playoffs as the #1 seed. Just absolutely embarrassing.
Lol. Ok. SP+ has been fairly bad this season. If Bama out up 34 on Georgia's defense, they're going to put up more than 30 against Cincy. People forget that Cincy is still the team that struggled against bad Indiana, Tulsa, and Navy teams. They just don't have the depth to challenge the P5 contenders.
"Won head-to-head battle with Alabama for dynamic safety"
I closely follow recruiting. Donaldson is not someone Bama pursued.
A+ on your prediction! All you media guys that bought into the UGA hype are to thank for once again doubting Saban & Bama. The "greatest defense ever" had given up 31 points & over 400 yards before the 3rd quarter was even finished. Next time try listening to those of us that were screaming Georgia hadn't played anyone. Roll Tide!
Arky's pass defense face up greater than 10 ypp multiple times this season. Sharp isn't what I'd call their pass defense. Meanwhile, their rushing defense has held their last 4 opponents to 3.86 ypc. Those opponents consisted of Auburn, Miss State, & LSU, so maybe not the best competition. However, with Alabama's RB room being depleted, and the passing game needing to work out a few problems, I expect Bama to air it out early and often. Two 100 yard WRs seems more plausible than 2 100 yards rushers. I'll be fine with a 30 point win either way though. Wrapping up the West before a trip to that cursed stadium in Lee County is always a good thing.
Hahahahahahaha. Stingley #1? His daddy, Devonta Smith, just had a great laugh. Dude got burned against elite WRs and then quit on his team. He's not worthy of any consideration on any list unless it's Most Overrated.
Move over, Kentucky. Stop buying players, LSU. Put a shirt on, Bruce Pearl. Bama & Arkansas are taking over SEC basketball.
What's really hilarious is that if this guy were doing this on one of the teams from the posters saying "He's not worthy", they'd change their tune in a hurry.
To your point on Bryce, he has plenty to improve but he's been awfully impressive for a 1st year starter with very little experience. Add to it the OL struggles, dropped passes, and TE regression, and it makes what he's doing even more impressive. He had his worst game against LSU, and still threw for over 300 yards and 2 TDs. He has to get better at identifying blitzes and getting the ball out quicker against those blitzes. LSU sent 7-8 all night, so there were WRs running wide open all night and Bryce was just too hesitant to take advantage. I imagine he'll spend a ton of time working to improve those areas. But I absolutely see the talent he has, and once he has the experience and improves on a few areas, you'll see why Bama will finally have their 1st Heisman Trophy winning QB. Might not happen this season unless Bama wins the SECCG over Georgia, but it will absolutely happen next season.
And while his tackle numbers aren't that of a MLB, he's second on the team in tackles. As an OLB! It's ridiculous. People flipped their wig over Chase Young, and Anderson is on pace to blast his numbers. You pointing out he has less tackles than a MLB tells me all I need to know about your football IQ.
Yes, a guy that plays 40% of snaps should take home the award for most outstanding player in the country. That makes complete sense.
Again I must point out that Auburn, with the exception of Georgia, has played teams that are in the bottom of the conference in rushing defense. They are now starting the part of the schedule where they will face the top of the conference in that regard. They've been able to win by establishing the running game. Has Nix really improved enough to carry an offense that isn't getting yards on the ground? I don't think so. That run game has made him look better and given Barn fans false hope. A&M-34 Auburn-23
An interesting tidbit no one is discussing is that the opponents Auburn has faced in the SEC so far, with the exception of Georgia, are all in the bottom of the league in rushing defense. Now begins that part of their schedule where they will face the top half of the conference in rushing defense. Having a run game has allowed the pressure to be taken off Nix. It'll be very interesting to see how they fare when they aren't able to establish the running game.
How? Most outlets I've seen are picking Arkansas to finish in the Top 3 in a loaded SEC. How is that a slap in the face? Cause y'all aren't picked to finish first? You didn't last season so I'm not seeing the problem.
Flip Shakelford and Qunnierly, and I like it much more. Qunnierly will the leader of this team. Shakelford is a volume shooter that needs to get his percentages back up this season. But Qunnierly is the guy that controls the entire operation. I also think you're sleeping on Keon Ellis. He'll be the best two way player in the conference when it's all said and done.
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Mullen still didn't create the schedule, which I believe was bulldogbuck's entire point. Also, in fairness to Dan, everyone trolls Georgia. And it's 42 years. Not 40. Soon to be 43 though.
So Alabama won't win the SEC again but you provide no reasoning for it. What does some obscure stat have to do with it? If you're going to make a declarative statement, back it up.
That has nothing to do with it. No one on one of the worst P5 teams in the country is going to win the Heisman. That's not prejudice. It's common sense.
If you know that PFF's algorithms are flawed, why continue to reference them. Most everyone knows PFF's college grades are flawed. They don't have the staff or the inside knowledge to know individual assignments in each college football game. Their NFL grades are top notch because they do have those things. So please stop referencing flawed data and presenting it as fact. Even if you offer the caveat, you're doing a disservice to these college kids.
Well, they haven't loss twice, so there's no pass for that. Also, you can't lose in blowout fashion if you lose by a FG. I guess you just saw the box score and score updates without actually watching the game. Bama has to shut A&M down in order to retake the lead. A special teams TD took that lead from Bama, and A&M kicked the FG in the final seconds to win it. No one was dominated. Bama had over 500 yards of offense. Issues in the red zone cost Bama the game. Most of the people on the committee know football and understand that one game does not define a team. On a night in which everything went wrong for Bama and right for A&M, Bama lost by 3 points. People with football knowledge can see that Bama is still clearly one of the best teams in the country despite the loss. More importantly, there is no assuming with Bama. If anything, Bama has proven their selection correct by either winning the entire thing or being the other team in a Monday night in January. When you've been as consistent as Bama for a decade and a half, you tend to get the benefit of the doubt. Don't like it? Have your team do better.
You can attempt to spin the Cincy narrative all you want but the truth is if any P5 team played Cincy's schedule, and struggled as they did against bad teams, no one would find the P5 team worthy of the playoffs. The selection committee isn't supposed to take in to account last season. That has no bearing in this year's rankings. The facts are Cincy has a SoS of 94 with close wins to, at the time, 1 win teams like Navy and Tulane. The Indiana final score was misleading. They struggled to pull away until a couple timely TOs that helped the score seem more lopsided. And Indiana is not a good team! As a fan of an annual contender, I wish my team could schedule one big P5 game and then play a bunch of G5 cupcakes. The toll a P5 schedule takes on P5 teams just isn't worth it if a team like Cincy is deemed worthy of a playoff spot with that schedule. Alabama should just schedule a bunch of New Mexico States and then play one highly overrated team every season. Imagine how many NCs we could have then!
Also, every team deals with injuries. That's the nature of football. Bama lost a key piece to their defense in the very first game of the season. And then lost his backup. The injury excuse works for an Ole Miss. It doesn't work when you're one of the big boys stockpiling talent.
Lol. The average scoring offense against P5 teams of Georgia's opponents is 21 ppg. That means the opponents Georgia has played score 3 TDs on average. You can spin whatever narrative you want but the facts point to a relatively soft schedule. And that soft schedule is directly linked to Georgia's defensive dominance. They've played teams that struggle to score. Georgia has more talent than almost all teams so those teams that struggle, do so even more against them.
Also, if you can't see the difference in the Florida team Bama played and the one yesterday, you're blind. Facing a highly motivated opponent in front of it's home crowd three games into the season is far different than facing them dejected from three losses and their goals unattainable. Sell yourself on it being a rivalry so it means more all you want but that was a deflated and checked-out Florida team. Transitive property isn't applicable in football. Never has been. Never will be. There's just too many variables game to game.
So you think. But the truth is, they've faced a soft schedule. When your best win gets destroyed by a bottom feeder in the West, you can't argue anything but it being a soft schedule. Bama would've ran roughshod over that schedule, too. Celebrate clinching the division. But don't be fooled into thinking it's some grand accomplishment. Y'all won it because the rest of your division is just bad at the game of football.
Pretty easy to do when you play in the terrible East. What a luxury that schedule has been. Clemson is offensively inept, Florida checked out 2 losses ago, and Kentucky, your best win, got destroyed by the West's bottom feeder. Congrats on the easiest race for the Eastern division since, well, last season. It'll be a joy to see y'all destroyed by the 1st & only high-powered offense y'all will see this season.
I learned Georgia's best win is against a team that got destroyed by a bottom tier team in the West. You can't spell least without East. Enjoy the hype you get from playing a soft schedule, Georgia. Reality will be ugly when y'all have to face an actual contender.
Lol. Kentucky was Georgia's best win. Now, it's what? A mediocre Auburn team? You can't spell least without East.
Congrats, State. Once again proving that the West is light-years ahead of the East. Remember, Kentucky has been viewed as Georgia's best win. How laughable!
If Bama was undefeated playing Cincy's schedule, would they be #2? I don't think so. You'd hear everyone whining they haven't played anyone. And they'd be right. If you're not holding teams to the same standard, what's the point? Disregarding conference affiliation, why should any P5 team schedule more than two P5 games if Cincy can get in doing the same thing? This is simply about an agenda. Nothing more or less. And the powers that be aren't even hiding that fact. Not just that, they're allowing their feelings about Cincy from last season influence their thought of this season. If Georgia has just squashed them in the bowl game like they should've, we wouldn't be here. But that would've required a mediocre offense to put up more points. Thanks, Georgia. Can't wait until you guys play a real offense and come back to reality.