The state of every SEC fan base entering Week 5
Week 4 was a busy one in the SEC. Georgia showed why it deserves to be among the elite teams in college football, LSU’s offense continues to put Big12 numbers and Tennessee and Arkansas continue to … well, you get it.
Let’s check in with all the SEC fan bases and see how they’re feeling heading into Week 5
Alabama
Ho hum. Tua just threw 5 more TD passes? Is it halftime yet? Let’s face it, the Ole Miss game probably won’t be much different. If the price of a dynasty is that the first month and a half of the season is a bit of a bore, Bama fans will take it. It’s certainly better than the alternative *cough* Tennessee *cough*
Arkansas
Do you ever wonder what life would be like if football never existed? How peaceful would it be to wake up on a brisk Saturday in the fall with no worries and nothing to watch or do other than maybe have a nice drink and take a stroll. Ahhhh sounds nice. Anyways, did Arkansas play this weekend?
Auburn
Is this Auburn’s year? There’s so much optimism surrounding the Tigers right now that it’s almost scary. A star in the making at QB, a dominant defense, not even fake coaching rumors can slow Auburn down this year … or at least not until November.
Florida
Is Kyle Trask really that good or is Tennessee really that bad? Who knows. The only thing that matters is that Florida is 4-0 and Dan Mullen is officially a QB Jedi Master. But the fact that Tennessee is utterly terrible is pretty fun, too.
Georgia
It wasn’t quite the beatdown against Notre Dame that UGA fans were hoping for, but, hey did you see those LED lights? There might still be some questions about this offense, but there’s no question that Athens knows how to create a Playoff atmosphere, which is probably why Notre Dame lost.
Kentucky
Sure, you could look at the negatives of 2 consecutive losses. Or you can appreciate the really great charity work Kentucky has been doing by providing a service to give your newly installed backup quarterback an inspiring victory. Can’t wait to see the Tom Rinaldi special on that.
LSU
Trying hard not to overreact, but Joe Burrow deserves a Heisman, a National Championship, a Grammy and probably a Nobel Prize. And Joe Brady should be President — while still coaching the LSU passing game, of course. As long as the defense can hold opponents to under, let’s say 50 points, you have to feel good about LSU’s chances going forward.
Ole Miss
Friendly advice: If you know an Ole Miss fan, please don’t bring up the end of the Cal game. It’s too soon and not very polite and they’ve already got enough to worry about with Alabama this week. Just let them lose in peace.
Mississippi State
Welcome to the Garrett Shrader era. Who knows how long it will last, but let’s enjoy it while it does. Let’s also just hope he doesn’t try to helicopter flip over the Auburn defensive line on Saturday.
Missouri
If not for that opening game against Wyoming, Mizzou would be one of the most-talked about teams through one month. But they still have plenty of time to ruin the seasons of a few teams in the conference and maybe get a coach or two fired. Might have happened last Saturday.
South Carolina
Usually it takes a little longer than 4 weeks for South Carolina football to become miserable an unwatchable, but here we are. It seems like Muschamp’s days are numbered, so it might be time to start scouting former Florida head coaches again.
Texas A&M
That Auburn game was rough and might have caused an existential crisis amongst some A&M fans. But let’s be clear: No one is giving up on Jimbo. They’re just dipping their toes into the water of potentially, some day in the future giving up on Jimbo. But at least now they have 2 really tough games out of the way with the only games left to worry about being Alabama … Georgia … LSU … oh, good grief.
Tennessee
Quick question: Is it possible to play UT-Chattanooga every week? If not, then there might be some problems.
Vanderbilt
Hey look at that, Vandy just put up 38 points on LSU’s defense. Can you believe it? That is incredible … Oh, you’re asking how many points LSU scored? I mean that game was so long ago who can even remember.
They put up 24 points on LSU’s defense. It’s still too much, but don’t try to make the defense look any worse than it is.
Our defense isnt as bad as people think. Their not used to the offense only taking under 2 mins to score. We will be fine Dave has it under control and dont forget how many starters are out right now.
GEAUX TIGERS
Hahaha you’re deranged.
Oh the defense is that bad. It was Vandy man. And Texas put up great numbers. Your D is making the SEC D narrative look bad.
I think LSU fans are in for a rude awakening when they face a team that knows you’re supposed to play defense too. The irony is, the assessment about Gator fans says “is Trask really that good or is Tennessee really that bad?” What’s ironic is Tennessee’s defense is far better than any defense LSU has faced this season. Will LSU still be able to win if a defense holds them to 21 pts or less? Time will tell on that one.
The defense hasn’t been very good, but that comes with scoring so quickly. It’s probably only a concern when you guys play another team that can hang 50 points…aka Bama.
The state of the actual fans at Missouri right now is high. Because those fans know how the Wyoming game was given away: fumble + 99 yard return just as Missouri was about to put the game out of reach. About five minutes later same thing on a sweep for a 80 yard return. Every score was a very correctable error. And Missouri has also already corrected the defense’s few errors in that game. So the fans are just asking the team to keep improving every week. It’s a good year so far, because they avenged a 2 score loss to West Virginia (Big 12). This makes them .500 against three of the top Big 12 programs since moving to the SEC. Next step, beat the Big 12 in a bowl game this year and get positive in that ledger. Most media sources are saying the NCAA is going to follow the Mississippi State example and reverse the bowl part of the penalty.
Hopefully Mizzou is granted bowl eligibility.
Thank you, Ben.
Non conference loss, put the rest of the season back together, except for the Georgia game :) and get that appeal finished successfully and you will be fine.
I understand that the mistakes are correctable, but at the end of the day, it was Wyoming. Shouldn’t have been close enough for that to happen regardless.
Right. There are no valid excuses for that loss.
Anybody can be beaten on any Saturday its college football. Good luck Mizzou yall belong in the SEC.
So whats the excuse going to be when yall lose 2 games this year? We all know which 2 im talking about.
So whats the excuse going to be when yall lose 2 games this year? We all know which 2 im talking about. Auburn is good this year but not a CFP contender
I wouldn’t expect them to be a contender with a true Freshman at QB. I’ll take 10 wins any day. If they only drop 2, it will most likely be LSU and Bama. I think Auburn stacks up to UGA more favorably with their style of play.
Sort of like Auburn losing to Tennessee last year, right?
I will say that, unlike Tennessee and Arkansas, Missouri has rebounded from their embarrassing loss to a Group of 5 school. I ripped Missouri after that loss, but they have since showed that they will be a tough out for anyone in the SEC.
I hate bye weeks, but we need one so badly.
I like them because we can’t lose a game. You’ve got TWO weeks off to prepare for USC.
“I like them because we can’t lose a game”, lolz
lol TIGER STADIUM is getting.
We’re gonna kick Off Week’s @$$! -Muschamp
That’s so sad.
Ouch!
“…Dan Mullen is officially a QB Jedi Master[1]. But the fact that Tennessee is utterly terrible is pretty fun, too.[2]”
[1] The great “QB whisperer” is now also a “QB Jedi Master”. Good thing Franks is derailed, so he can’t embarrass the whisperer-master any further.
[2] “Pretty fun”? What a stupid thing to say.
Took a guy who many said had no business being a QB in this conference after 2017 and went 13-3 …yeah, he was embarrassed. Thanks for the feedback smart guy.
How much of that record was the defense though. Just asking.
12
So none of them? That’s what you’re implying? The defense didn’t average 35 ppg, put 40+ on Michigan, FSU and UT or have 24/6 TD/INT ratio.
I’ve been very critical of Franks myself but to suggest he makes Mullen look bad or embarrassed him is just stupid.
It’s no secret that their defense carried them much of last year, but Mullen still took a 4 win team with an incompetent QB and made them a double digit win team with at least an average to slightly above average QB. Franks is undoubtedly better than he was before Mullen got there.
Mullen gets way too much credit for developing QBs. Did you notice that both Urban Meyer AND Dan Mullen get credit for ‘creating’ many of the same QBs? How are they both responsible? He was at MSU for about a decade and ‘developed’ one good QB (Dak). Why didn’t he whisper in any other MSU QB ears over the years? Maybe it’s not Dan, maybe it’s just that he occasionally (like everyone else) gets a good player that does good things.
He made Nick Fitzgerald look like a top tier QB in the SEC. Last year, we saw that he probably wouldn’t have started for most of the other teams in the league.
Alatide are we really acting like MSU has the ability to attract elite QBs? I think it’s safe to say he got the most out of what he was able to recruit there. As far as why he gets most of the credit for all the others, instead of Meyer, is because he was the QB coach for all of them. The positional coach has more of a direct impact on the development of a player than the head coach does. That’s kind’ve basic football knowledge.
But if he’s the one creating these great QBs then he doesn’t need the talented guys. If they’re already talented then why do they need him? And I didn’t say Mullen gets more credit than Meyer. I said they both are living off of the same accomplishments which seems dumb. Meyer was the one who ‘invented’ the offensive scheme that makes these guys look good.
Alatide, talent alone cannot win games. So of course a talented QB would need a QB coach. Tua, with all his talent, still needed, and needs, coaching. I just can’t understand the suggestion that a talented player doesn’t need coaching. Also, Urban taking credit for the QBs that were under Mullen’s guidance is a totally Urban thing to do. It doesn’t make both look dumb. Just makes Urban look dumb(er).
Alatide, that is incorrect. It was Mullen who brought the offense to Meyer. They collaborated but Mullen was the architect.
I’m not saying a talented QB doesn’t need any coaching, I’m saying that if the guy is talented then that’s what creates the ability/greatness, not the coach. The whole idea of Mullen is that he takes less talented guys and makes them great, but I think that’s an upside down way of looking at it. He sometimes gets very talented guys who perform well, and many times gets low talent guys who don’t perform well. In other words, he’s not raising the talent level of mediocre guys, he’s just waiting (like everyone else) to land that talented guy and then take the credit for ‘creating’ him. I just think coaches get too much credit. Tua is a good example. He’s had three different OCs/QB coaches at Bama and yet he consistently stays at a high level. He’s the only constant there, not the coaches. And to suggest that Mullen was the guy responsible for everything, not Urban is just an opinion. How can anyone ever know that?
I guess we’ll just have differing opinions. After watching Muschamp & Mac ruin a long list of highly recruited QBs for 8 years it’s just nice to see someone come in and actually have some success with 2 that he’s inherited… though one of which wasn’t highly recruited. Did anyone really think our offense would look like it did with Franks behind center last year? Not that it didn’t have any worts but it was a hell of a lot better than anything we’ve seen in Gainesville this decade.
AGREED
RE: Mizzou
“…they still have plenty of time to ruin the seasons of a few teams in the conference and maybe get a coach or two fired.”
FYI, Missouri’s goal each week is simply to get another W, not to “ruin seasons” or to “get someone fired”. The ultimate goal is a bowl game (victory).
I wonder how we can get third-rate sports writers fired…
South Carolina really needs to get it together.
If only the state of Arkansas really was that peaceful right now. Its fire and brimstone across the state
Chuckled at a couple of these (Kentucky, SCar, & Vandy).
I feel bad for A&M this year, that is an insane schedule. I’m conflicted on if I feel bad for Jimbo as well. On the one hand, I’m not a Jimbo fan and don’t feel bad for him since he is making absurd money and won a natty for FSU. On the other hand, he left FSU in such a horrible lurch, they hired Taggart and that has been one of the most amazing and best things to watch as a Gator. So, overall it’s a wash on him I guess.
It’s become clear Jimbo does not have the depth of talent to replace 11 guys from last season that are currently on NFL rosters or borderline as NFL practice squad. I fell into the “fan” trap of believing that talent and experience was there waiting to play. I’m not saying they don’t have a chance, but they better start performing if we’re going to have a chance at 8 regular season wins.
And yet! Some Alabama fans still found something to whine about.
Seems Kirby stole Nicky’s “Light Show”. And what an EPIC Light Show it was!
Maybe Bama will finally get to play at night in their 9th game against LSU.
Now Alabama knows what it is supposed to look like.
Georgia will always be “First In Light Show” in the SEC.
Yeah I agree that was cool as hell. As for as the night game at bama on the 9th Nicky better worry about that offense LSU has let Kirby be king of the light show. lol
If you’ve ever seen the movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” you will recognize the light show in Athens Saturday night, with the red lights thrown in. It was awesome to be there and see it in person.
Most of the Bama vs LSU game will be in the light. CBS will most likely pick them up for the 2:30. They will probably be playing at A&M at night on ESPN.
Pretty certain LSU and Bama will play at night. If they don’t, it will certainly be the first time in a very long time… possibly this century.
Cool. Will they have rings made for that? “2019 Light Show National Champions*” should fit.
*National Champions in this instance simply means 1st to have a chance to do something. No competition actually took place. If so, Alabama’s backup light show would’ve won.
Cody, the rings will say “First In Light Show 2019” they can hand them out to all the recruits who made the Historic trip….
Cool. Congrats on something totally meaningless, I guess.
Go for it… They can take them to the schools they actually sign with…
I wonder if anyone told them that no UGA player has been part of a NC team in their lifetime so it may be the closest thing they get to a NC ring…
This is why people laugh at moralVictoryU fans…
People commenting on what other people’s fan bases might think. Kardashians meet the gridiron.
virtualkelly, yeah, some always know exactly what others are thinking. One of them even puts words in my mouth that I didn’t even know were there. Happens almost every time I comment. It’s always very enlightening…
I do think it is over the top hilarious how some fan bases think they deserve to be first at everything, every time…
“I do think it is over the top hilarious how some fan bases think they deserve to be first at everything, every time…”
You just described UGA fans on this site…
Actually you posted….”Georgia will always be “First In Light Show” in the SEC.”
You actually described yourself… LMAO
I mean, Bama’s the first SEC team to win five NCs in the span of ten years. The first to play in seven NCG in that same span. The first to beat two SEC teams for a NC. The first, and only team, to be included in every CFP. The first to have two different coaches in different eras win at least five NCs. Have your pretty little light show and relish in being the first. Bama fans will relish in those things that actually matter.
“Trying hard not to overreact, but Joe Burrow deserves a Heisman, a National Championship, a Grammy and probably a Nobel Prize. And Joe Brady should be President — while still coaching the LSU passing game, of course. As long as the defense can hold opponents to under, let’s say 50 points, you have to feel good about LSU’s chances going forward.”
What?!?! The level of sucking the teet of LSU that this page has gone to us unrelenting. It’s disgusting actually. The team has the best Defensive coach (supposedly) in the nation, >70% blue chip talent, and plenty of experience through depth that they have on paper. So how in the f*ck can that defense with a few starters out or not keep mediocre teams from scoring. I mean the backups are still 4-5* players… that’s coaching and more coaching. It’s trash. Joe Burrow is playing well, but they haven’t been tested and also haven’t given good teams enough film. You don’t just reinvent the wheel over night. Burrow is still burrow and when plays elite talent away from home he will suffer. Suck on the teet of that a Texas win too, they were dead f*cking last in the FBS in returning production from last year. Brand new team. So relish in that fact. Good luck on the ninth, see you in hell in the stands.
Seems like someone is scared.
You seem intense.
Looks like someone scared of LSU
It’s a Gumpy troll. Texas is a better win than anything Bama has right now. LSU’s defense is a bit shaky but so is ours. Injuries have hurt both units. LSU’s defense will have a few more opportunities to grow, having to face Florida and Auburn before facing Alabama. Though neither will pose the offensive threat that Alabama will. Alabama’s on the other hand, will get plenty of reps, but won’t be tested until LSU. The only thing going for either is facing similar offenses in practice. I give Bama the edge right now (a bit out of homerism, of course) because they’ve gone up against those offenses more than LSU’s has. But if you honestly think that LSU can’t improve on defense by Nov 9th, especially when some injured players return, you’re simply crimson-tinged delusional.
Also, Bama fans that talk like this guy, please, learn some humility. January should’ve taught all of us a lesson in it. I just hope the players do not share in this guy’s attitude.
I’m surprised the A&M part doesn’t mention the relief of having to play Arkansas this week.
Nothing “Ho Hum” about watching Bama football. I dont think any of the true fans feel that way regardless of the opponent. That’s the attitude that loses championships.
Like to Clemson?
Or Auburn vs Tennessee the same year?
Yes. Exactly like that. Congrats on winning the Music City Bowl while Alabama was playing for, but ultimately lost, the NC. Weird thing to pound your chest about but you do you.
It could be the happiest SEC October ever.There are 5 heavyweights in the SEC this year. All now in Top 10. Auburn v Florida is the first heavyweight fight and only 1 of 2 before Nov. Its possible and not far fetched and to think all 5 could have 0 or 1 loss going into last 3 weeks. If so all 5 would be in Top 10 and all would have playoff chances with 3 weeks to go. Wouldnt it be sweet if all 5 of those teams and fan bases were still in the hunt that late? Nov. is gonna be a blast.
How? Here is one way:
Prior to last 3 weeks:
Fla beats UGA and Auburn
Lsu beats Fla and Ala
Auburn beats LSU
All would have 1 loss
Not saying it will happen, just pointing out the possibilities.
Interesting. This isn’t the end of the season, thought, right? Because ultimately, Alabama or Auburn would suffer a 2nd defeat in the Iron Bowl. Now, if say Auburn beat LSU, LSU beat Alabama, and Alabama beat Auburn, and they win every other game, a three way tie for first in the SEC West would make for a very, very nervous Playoff Committee. I mean one of those teams, based on tie-breakers, would go on to the SECCG, but all three would be equal in record. If the team representing the West wins the SECCG, that would only solidify the strength of all three teams. That becomes even more a headache if the SEC East champion is Georgia, as they would already have a loss to Auburn in this scenario. So if either LSU or Alabama were the tie-breaker winner and then defeated Georgia too, what do you do with all three of those teams?
So yes, November could be a blast.
This year has all the makings of 2017, the only question is which of the big west 3 ends up in seccg to possibly get jumped again by a non-seccg contestant? You are right, what an exciting November we have waiting for us!