The state of every SEC fan base entering Week 4
It’s Week 4 of the college football season and this one is a big one. We could get the chance to see Notre Dame get embarrassed by the SEC on national TV again, or maybe see Tennessee and Florida stir up their usual chaos in Gainesville, or even crazier, see Arkansas’ defense get a stop.
Let’s dive into the action and see how each of the SEC fan bases are feeling heading into Week 4.
Alabama
Only Alabama could put 47 points in an SEC road game and the overwhelming feeling is “What’s wrong with the run game?” But you can guarantee Alabama fans would gladly trade fewer rushing yards for 5 receivers who can turn a simple slant route into an 80-yard touchdown with one cut.
Arkansas
How about that offense right? I mean, 55 points against Colorado State, including 24 in the 1st quarter is about as good as you can ask for. Oh sorry, what was that? Did you ask how the defense played? Next question, please.
Auburn
Who is this Auburn team? They’ve come out of the gates strong, they don’t mess around vs. lesser opponents and seem to have a stable and consistent offense … it’s almost like Gus isn’t their coach anymore. But we’ll find out for sure on Saturday when they play Texas A&M.
Florida
Pour one out for Feleipe. It’s awful to see him go out like that, but the silver lining is now the Trask era is officially upon us. We get to see the Gators once again unleash another brash, brazen and unpredictable QB on the SEC. What happens from here is a total mystery, except for the Tennessee game this Saturday. Judging from recent UF quarterback performances, he’ll have his career best game.
Georgia
Finally, Georgia gets a chance to prove itself this Saturday. And judging by the state of the rest of the SEC East, it might be one of their only times. Will we see 1st half vs. Alabama Fromm or 2nd half vs. Alabama Fromm? The chance for Georgia to make a big statement is high, but so is the chance of embarrassment.
Kentucky
Well, the good news is at least coming off a crushing loss to Florida isn’t exactly a new position for UK to be in. Kentucky has a lot to build off as it heads into another tough conference matchup at Mississippi State this weekend. Who knows, maybe building another losing streak against Florida is just the kind of motivation this team needs.
LSU
Some days, there is nothing better than having the eyes of the college football world tuned in to your game and making a statement win on national television. Other days, you’re glad no one was watching. Last week was one of those for LSU. But the bottom line is the Tigers are 3-0 heading into their SEC opener this Saturday and Vanderbilt should offer them a nice road test and hopefully an even nicer visitor’s locker room. Worst case, it’s still a weekend in Nashville.
Mississippi State
Bad news: The Bulldogs lost a game they probably should have won and now enter their SEC schedule on a down note. Good news: You’ll get to relive that Garrett Shrader flying spin highlight for the rest of the season, if not the rest of your life.
Is that good news? Who knows, but it’ll probably be as good as get gets for Mississippi State this season the way things looked in Week 3.
Missouri
It was an up and down opening 3 weeks for Mizzou, but the simple fact that the Tigers haven’t lost their starting quarterback for the year and they’re not Tennessee puts them ahead of most in the SEC East right now. The Gamecocks will be a great test.
Ole Miss
Ole Miss also really hopes you didn’t watch their game last week as they struggled to fend off an FCS team. And they probably don’t want you to watch this week when they play No. 21 Cal. But if you look at the standings, you’ll see there’s only 1 team with a 1-0 record in SEC West play, and they happen to play in Oxford, Mississippi. Oh, the joys of playing Arkansas.
South Carolina
Ryan Hilinski had the best 24-point loss any freshman quarterback could ever ask for. Carolina fans are all in, and the Hilinski era seems destined for great things. The only thing that could slow him down is if, say for instance, he had a head coach with a long history of not developing quarterbacks and running offenses into the ground.
Texas A&M
The Aggies whooped up on Lamar and now they’ve got a big showdown with Auburn. Sure, Auburn looks to be turning a corner this year and come in ranked in the top 10, but they won’t even be in the top 2 teams named “Tigers” A&M will play this year. Aggies got this.
Tennessee
Officially not the worst team in Tennessee, so no more jokes. Now all they have to do is play in Gainesville as the Gators are trying to break in a new quarterback, what could possibly go wrong?
Vanderbilt
The Commodores had a week to think about what they did against Purdue, and now have to regroup against LSU. Vandy fans will probably enjoy their Saturday much more if they just decide to watch Tennessee lose instead.
Umm…Alabama is also 1-0 in the SEC West, unless you’re talking about only playing other SEC West teams.
I guess we missed when Bama became its own division.
Thought the same thing but he does say SEC west play. So they are the only one to have a win against another west team.
Vanderbilt a “nice road test” for LSU? Nice? Yes. Test? No.
Hey dummy, check the stats. Fromm killed Bama in the third quarter, too.
Jim Chaney, ya boy up there in Tennessee, took the ball out of Fromm’s hands for a second game against Bama in a row in the fourth quarter, and after three-and-out after three-and-out, Bama wore down our defense.
UGA scores 7 points the entire second half..
I know how important this is to you. Just wanted to let you know that a recent LeghumperU and a recent BlueTickU article came out and they were filled with comments not only from Uga and UT fans BUT also from mizzou gatorbaitor aubie AND dare I say BAMA fans!!! Can you please get your troll book out and start issuing troll tickets? This must cease before opposing fans start interacting…SDS is paying you big buck to monitor the halls, get to work…
An offensive coordinator does not throw the ball but GA fans act like Chaney is the reason the team lost. It is simple if an opponent stops the run UGA loses.
Every team except for realistic GA fans knows that Fromm is not beating any ranked team with his arm. I do not understand how people can not just simply see all the games lost the run was stopped.
Look at the LSU game for example. GA has not played even a decent team yet this season.
Anyone that counts Vanderbilt as a decent team is delusional.
This doesn’t sound like the description of each fanbase state, but just rattling off some crap to fill some space. Should be something like Arkansas fans haven’t felt this good in over a year, but the poor defensive performance haunts the back of their minds.
“…just rattling off some crap to fill some space.” hahahahaha
Apparently you didn’t get spit out of some J-school. Here’s some perspective:
“If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you are misinformed.”
Who cares what some guy that cuts hair in Texas thinks?
So no one that gets a hair cut in TX should have an opinion? Do you see how silly that sounds?
LOL the website won’t let me comment what I wanted to say because I was talkin harshly on the writers
Why were you talking harshly on the writers? They were spot on about SC, Hilinski played a good game, Muschamp has never developed a QB.
I will admit I never understood gamecock fans until I worked with one. He was always blaming the refs, coaches, other teams cheating, the A.D., the weather etc if not they would win a National Championship.
I just chalk them up as delusional with no hope. Muschamp has never ever been a good head coach. Spurrier is the only reason SC was ever talked about on the national stage.
Only fan base I seen that celebrates not getting beat badly.
And who are you a fan of exactly? Read this article put zero effort into writing about 80% of the SEC pretty much just fill in the blank type crap the writers are extremely biased and they put no effort into hiding it
I have a hard time taking someone seriously when they can’t even get their alphabet correct. Tennessee still comes before Texas A&M alphabetically, stupid.
So that is what you take from the article that Tennessee was not listed before A&M? Wow
In what world has Auburn come out strong in games? Have you watched a single Auburn game this season?
We’re happy enough now, but if we don’t win this week, that will change rapidly
I’d say we’re in collective wait and see mode
Did you do any research for this article? Judging by some of the comments, I would say no.
I have not heard one person describe Trask as brash or brazen. Every description I’ve heard is how patient, humble, and soft spoken he is.