Phil Steele picks his biggest surprise team from the SEC
Which team is poised to be the biggest surprise in the SEC this season?
There are several good candidates out there with every second-year SEC coach looking to improve on last season’s results.
Sam Pittman at Arkansas, Eli Drinkwitz at Missouri and Mike Leach at Mississippi State have all shown they have the ability to lead their teams to impressive results on the field but if you were to ask college football guru Phil Steele, the best bet among the second-year coaches in the SEC to surprise in 2021 would be Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss.
That was his answer during a recent appearance on “The Paul Finebaum Show” this week.
“I would go with Ole Miss. Ole Miss impressed me last year at times,” Steele said on the show. “You go back to that Alabama game, they probably gave Alabama their toughest test of the year, tied in the fourth quarter with them.
“They’ve got that dangerous offense and a much-improved defense this year. Nine starters are back on the defensive side of the ball. So, Ole Miss makes my most improved list at number eight and I think they’ll be one of the surprise teams of the SEC.”
Do you agree?